Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 359 Emergency Rescue

Zhong Cheng didn't have time to correct Meng Ye's title, he quickly asked about the situation of the personnel in the base.

It has been more than 4 months since Wu Tie found him, and the emergency rescue work is slow enough.

During the two-month voyage, Hu Bo also asked Xu Yongfu many times about the situation of the base personnel, and the reply he got was "please rest assured that the situation is under control and no personnel have been sacrificed."

Zhong Cheng knew that it was because they couldn't quench their thirst from far away, and he didn't force them to explain carefully.

Now that he has arrived on Ceres, what he wants to know most now is this situation.

Xu Yongfu briefly reported that there are a total of 6796 people in the base, and only 1278 are still able to work, and the rest are confined to bed due to their weak health.

There are 1044 people in relatively poor physical condition, and they must rely on medical treatment to maintain their lives. There have been no deaths yet.

Zhong Cheng was a little relieved that they were not late.

He asked Xu Yongfu and Mengye to lead the way, and first went to see the situation of the seriously ill.

The Penglai base is very small, there are no vehicles inside the base, and everyone floats all the way to the only half skyscraper in the base - Gushen Building.

The Gushen Building was originally planned to build 188 floors, but now only 78 floors have been built to support the dome.

The indoor work and life of all the people in the Penglai base are in this building.

On the ground floor of the building, most of the rooms were converted into wards, and eight seriously ill patients lived in one room.

More than 1000 seriously ill patients live in the first to third floors of the building, and they are intensively nursed.

They were fixed on the bed in anti-G suits, and when viewed from outside their masks, they were all skinny, and some of them had only one breath left.

Zhong Cheng asked in shock: "How could this be?"

He is well aware of the dangers of weightlessness to human health, but he has never seen such a serious situation.

The most important thing is that the medical conditions here are so poor that they are just making do.

Xu Yongfu replied bitterly: "We never expected that there would be so many patients. Professional medical equipment is far from enough. We can only use anti-G suits as oxygen inhalers and superchargers."

Lin Wei asked: "I think the astronauts in the past lived in a weightless environment for more than a year without any problems. How could the situation here be so serious?"

Meng Ye replied: "The previous astronauts were all one in ten thousand, and their physical fitness was excellent. There are many such people in our base."

"But most of the people in the Penglai Base are just a little stronger than normal people. How can they live in a weightless environment for a long time and work."

"Long-term weightlessness has caused some people to have physiological dysfunction, unable to eat or sleep. We have tried many methods, but they are all to no avail."

Zhong Cheng asked the accompanying medical experts to check several seriously ill patients. The medical experts said that the situation was very serious and their lives could be in danger at any time.

However, the solution is also simple, which is to let them return to the gravity environment, and they can return to normal after one to two months of recuperation.

Zhong Cheng pondered for a moment, thinking that these people should not be delayed, if they died during the installation of the artificial gravity system in the past few days, it would be called wronged.

He said to everyone: "Everyone, don't worry about other things now, we will immediately move the critically ill patient into the Star Reacher and treat it immediately!"

"The approved number of people on board the Asterisk is 180, but if you count the activity space and accommodate a few more people in one room, more than 1000 people can still be accommodated."

As soon as Zhong Cheng finished speaking, Hu Bo said loudly: "Mr. Zhong, how can this work? If the patient is admitted to the Star Picking, where will you live these few days?"

"You guys just came here, and you can't get used to resting in a weightless environment. After a few days, if you fall ill, you'll be in trouble!"

Xu Yongfu, Meng Ye and others also tried to dissuade them.

Zhong Guo said decisively: "At most we will fall ill, but they may die, which is more serious?"

"Don't say any more, it's settled like this!"

Xu Yongfu and Mengye bowed to Zhong Cheng movedly, "On behalf of all the members of the base, we would like to express our gratitude to you!"

Zhong Cheng waved his hands and helped Xu Yongfu and Mengye up, "Let's save people first!"

Xu Meng and the two quickly summoned people who were still able to move, and Hu Bo, Yang Xi, and Lin Wei also organized the personnel of the Star Picker, and together they started to transport the critically ill number to the Star Picker.

The medical expert grabbed Zhong Cheng and said hastily: "Mr. Zhong, you can't let the critically ill number enter the earth's gravity environment immediately. There needs to be a gradual adaptation process, otherwise there will be big problems."

Zhong Cheng reacted and was taken aback, thinking that he almost did something bad with good intentions.

He quickly asked: "What gravity is more appropriate at the beginning?"

The medical expert replied: "One-tenth is enough. We will adjust it after a few hours according to the patient's condition."

Zhong Cheng called Lin Wei, "Go pick the asterisk first, adjust the gravity, and then teach the medical staff."

Lin Wei nodded and hurried away.

More people are easier to handle. In less than an hour, all the critically ill patients were transported into the asterisk.

Medical experts came to report that the condition of the patients had stabilized, and the gravity environment was the best way to treat this weightlessness.

Zhong Cheng let out a long breath of relief.

But the shock in my heart can't be calmed down for a long time!
If he hadn't seen these seriously ill patients in the Penglai base, and the "walking dead" in the underground world of the city that never sleeps, Zhong Cheng would never have imagined that behind the brilliant achievements of human beings in developing the solar system, there are so many ordinary people who are unknown and have paid huge sacrifices .

These people come from all regions of the earth, no matter what their purpose is, they are all working hard to open up a new home for mankind.

Zhong Cheng glanced at the earth, which was lost among the stars in the starry sky.

The new frontier of the Asian Federation has extended to a place hundreds of millions of kilometers away from the earth, and a new Great Wall is to be built here.

My heart is still inside the Great Wall in eastern Asia on Earth. Is this an attachment or a stubbornness?
Zhong Cheng shook his head, no longer thinking about this question that has been bothering him.

It is absolutely correct to speed up the pace of Red Star Company's march into space, to develop Mars, Venus, and Mercury as soon as possible for the Federation and human beings, and to relieve the pressure on the earth.

Afterwards, Zhong Cheng summoned the leaders of Zhaixing and Penglai Base to hold a joint meeting.

Everyone discussed the installation and commissioning plan of the artificial gravity system, mainly explained by Lin Wei, and supplemented by Xu Yongfu and his assistant.

Lin Wei had already obtained the detailed architectural design drawings of the Penglai base, and worked out a detailed implementation plan. The additions by Xu Yongfu and others were only some details and how the staff of the Penglai base would cooperate.

Zhong Cheng finally announced that the installation project will start immediately, Lin Wei will be the project commander, and the others will fully cooperate.

The biggest headache for the Red Star staff on Ceres is time.

The rotation period of Ceres (Ceres day) is 9 hours and 4 minutes, that is, there will be a sunset and sunrise within 9 hours.

If people work and rest according to the schedule on the earth, people will have a feeling of being upside down day and night, and this is one of the reasons why so many people in the Penglai base fell ill.

People at the Penglai base currently work 6 hours during the day and sleep 3 hours at night. After six consecutive days, they sleep all day to replenish their energy on the seventh day.

The people at the base joked that it was 40 hours less than the 4-hour work week on the earth.

But Zhong Cheng and others know, can this be compared?

(End of this chapter)