Voyage of the Stars

Chapter 14 It’s good to be alive

The flower grower's infrastructure is the best in the world.

The Callisto Base is undoubtedly a base that integrates the most peak construction technology of the flower growers, so it is no exaggeration to say that this base is the pinnacle of human construction technology.

But such a peak work was easily shattered by the aftermath of this explosion. You must know that the most lethal first shock wave and the material ejected at one-tenth the speed of light were blocked by Jupiter. This was just the aftermath, and there were also the valley rocks of Callisto as a shelter.

In the face of cosmic-level disasters, the buildings that humans are proud of are like ant nests, collapsing at the first touch.

The topmost building completely collapsed, and the building materials and steel that originally protected people turned into part of the magma, raging to the lower level.

This is the second line of defense for the base. When preparing for evacuation, a large number of high-temperature resistant materials in the base were transported here to either reinforce the partitions or embed them in various cuts.

This is an emergency plan formulated by the expert group based on the latest data.

According to the topography of the base and the corresponding data of supernova explosions given by various astronomical experts, they piled up coolants such as liquid nitrogen on the top layer, and filled the lower layer with a large amount of high-temperature-resistant materials as thickened partitions. On the first floor, many load-bearing beams, columns, supports, etc. were temporarily installed using machinery.

The infiltration of magma was foreseeable.

According to the project's assumptions, the aftermath is likely to cause large areas of Callisto's surface rock to magma, and then penetrate into the base. Or the outermost layer of the base is directly melted by the high temperature heating of the aftermath, causing surrounding magma to directly flow into the base.

If the outer layer of the base is destroyed and magma infiltrates, the uppermost layer will act to delay and weaken it. If it works, the magma will cool down slightly in the process. Then on the next layer down, the magma will be blocked by various insulation materials.

The next layer is obviously for anti-collapse reinforcement, so that people will not be buried alive underneath. After all, the influx of external magma will inevitably increase the load-bearing capacity of the base.

However, because Callisto's gravitational acceleration is only about one-eighth of Earth's, experts are quite confident in the base's load-bearing capacity.

Yue Yuan's eyes were fixed on one screen after another. Finally, after a long period of suffering, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

blocked!

The second layer of thermal insulation blocked most of the magma, and the small amount of magma that penetrated into the third layer had no lethality. After falling to the floor, it began to darken and solidify into black volcanic mud.

"Turn the video outside and let everyone know that we succeeded." Yue Yuan let go of his hand that was so tight that the joints turned white and said to the operator.

Then, he jumped forward, picked up the microphone from the equipment table, pressed the button to connect it to the external loudspeaker equipment, then took a deep breath and said loudly: "Comrades, friends, we succeeded, we Survived!"

Wow!

Upon hearing Yue Yuan's announcement, bursts of cheers rang out from every corner of the base.

At the same time, videos appeared on countless TV screens, starting with the magma infiltrating and finally stopping and stabilizing.

People were in tears.

Now, all those who slandered the Great Relocation Movement have disappeared. People seem to have no memory of the previous slanderous words. They all turned around and became staunch supporters of the Great Relocation Movement.

People looked at the thrilling scenes on the screen. Although they knew the ending, they still had lingering fears every time they saw the scene of raging magma.

Survived, really survived!

This is the last power of the supernova, and it is also the most powerful force that damages the Callisto base. After withstanding this shock wave, the survivors really survived.

According to expert predictions, as long as this wave of impact is withstood, then the aftermath can be completely weakened and the magma has cooled, and then it can be dug out.

Yes, dig it out.

The survivors have now been buried under the base, but many large-scale excavation equipment are still there, so there is no problem in digging them back.

As for what to do after digging it back, as ordinary people, they haven't thought that far yet.

"Major General, what should we do next?" At this time, Zhu Pite approached Yue Yuan and asked.

He admires Yue Yuan even more now. Without Yue Yuan's series of decisive decisions, at least half of this huge base would have died, or even all of it would have been swallowed up by lava.

Although there are still a few stubborn guys who don't believe in Xie Dai and hang around in the upper floors until they die, there are only about a hundred of them. From Zhu Pi's perspective, these people really deserve to die.

"What's next?" Yue Yuan took a deep breath and did not answer directly.

Yes, what to do next?

This question made Yue Yuan think a lot, just like when people relax and think about things.

If Yue Yuan answered directly, then he would definitely say that the next thing to consider is still the issue of survival, and what needs to be done is also related to survival.

But at this moment, there were too many doubts in his mind.

For example, why was the sun destroyed?

Why was the Centauri triple star system destroyed?

Why was not one of them destroyed, but all three?

In addition to these two star systems, were there any other star systems that were destroyed?

What's the connection between them?

Why?

These questions came to mind, but Yue Yuan quickly put them behind him because these questions could not be answered immediately.

Then it's still a matter of survival.

Now that the crisis of immediate destruction has been temporarily overcome, how more than 80,000 people will survive in the next period of time is an issue that must be considered.

Nearby, food, clothing, housing and transportation!

Far away, humanity continues!

In the near future, because the disaster struck so suddenly, although most people's lives were saved through planned measures, it inevitably caused a lot of material losses. So in the following days, the main contradiction at the Callisto base is the contradiction between the shortage of supplies and people's daily needs.

On the far side, it was also because the disaster struck so suddenly that only more than 80,000 people survived. Obviously, this person cannot support the entire technology tree, which may cause technological regression in the future. Good things cannot be built, bad things cannot be repaired, and then everything will die.

call!

With a sigh, Yue Yuan exhaled, then turned to Zhu Pi and said: "Inform the heads of various departments, elites in various fields, and technician representatives to come to the temporary conference room on time at eight o'clock tomorrow morning for a meeting, and then go back to rest. "

In the past few days, everyone has been working all night long for nearly a week, and they are all very tired. Now that they can breathe a sigh of relief, it is time to take a good sleep.

Only by taking good care of your body can you have enough energy to solve the next difficulties.

Yue Yuan noticed that in this temporary command post, several staff members had fallen asleep unknowingly due to their sudden relaxation.

too tired.

Yue Yuan himself had managed to hold on until now with red eyes, but he couldn't rest yet because he knew that it would be dangerous if everyone went to sleep.

People's hearts are unpredictable and Yue Yuan cannot understand people's hearts, so after everyone went back to rest, he went to the security department.

After the major relocation, the security department was arranged inside the damaged spacecraft, which was below the lowest level of the base, while the temporary command post was on the current top level.

This is Yue Yuan's arrangement, and the purpose is self-evident.

At this time, placing the security department inside the damaged spacecraft will reassure the soldiers, and placing the temporary command post at the top closest to the danger can convince the public.

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