Beneath Deep Space

The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it had been a month since the destruction of the earth. On this day, the base had an unprecedented 24-hour holiday. Many people returned to their rooms and slept in darkness.

"In the past month, our base construction has achieved new results. Electricity consumption has exceeded 11 million kilowatts, the industrial production index has exceeded 11,360 points, and 1.13 million tons of steel have been produced..." A host on the TV was speaking passionately. Introduce the current development of the lunar base.

As he listened, Wang Zhiyuan suddenly showed a smile. He watched this program every day, and now it has almost become a habit. Although he is just an ordinary engineer, he also cares about everything in the base.

He was lying in the dormitory to rest, having worked overtime for a month, when he suddenly stopped, feeling as if he had lost all strength, and did not want to move at all.

His roommate Zhao Chao was busy cooking a pot of clear soup with Chinese cabbage. The first batch of vegetables after the agricultural reform has matured. Two people have just two kilograms. Boil them with water, add some salt, and add some MSG brought from the earth. The taste is like heaven on earth!

"What a top-notch enjoyment!" Wang Zhiyuan picked up one, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it slowly before swallowing it, and finally let out a long breath with his eyes closed. This piece of cabbage reminded him of the past, and he almost stopped crying from his eyes.

Damn, I have no ambition. I get so excited just after eating a cabbage. He cursed himself secretly, suddenly thought of something, dug out from under the bed and took out something, a wine bottle, "Here, the last bottle of wine, let's have a small drink!"

Zhao Chao opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief: "Why is there still wine? Didn't you drink it all on that day?"

"Um... I hid it before. This is really the last bottle." Wang Zhiyuan was not embarrassed and sighed, "Our lives will get better and better, and there will definitely be wine made in the future. Don't worry. You have to drink. Hey, didn’t you say you were looking for a wife? Have you found a girl?”

"How can we do that? We don't have the time. Our production team is all big men, there are no girls." Zhao Chao said angrily.

The two chatted casually for a few words, and Wang Zhiyuan suddenly asked, "Have you heard any rumors? There are rumors spreading that the moon is about to hit the earth, and people will not survive for a few days!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhao Chao looked tense and quickly closed the door. "What I heard was that the moon was hit by an asteroid. There are several versions... What nonsense. Several people who spread rumors have been arrested. Well, stop thinking nonsense! If it is true, I believe Captain Yu Yifeng will give us an explanation. What are we afraid of? If the sky falls, there will be someone taller to hold it up."

"Oh, that's right." Wang Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "If anything happens, the upper-level people are the first to worry about it. Now they don't know what they are doing, and they have to hold half-day meetings a day."

"Yes, it seems like there is some big move going on. Everything is mysterious and secretive. I even asked my leader, but I only got one reply: Keep it secret! Captain Yu is really capable of twisting things."

"It's a good thing to be able to toss, otherwise it will be a pool of stagnant water and it will stink sooner or later. There are only 50,000 of us in the vast space. Without major changes, how can we survive?"

"Bah, what do you know?"

At this time, the TV suddenly automatically jumped to a channel, and Yu Yifeng's figure appeared on the screen, "Everyone, I am Yu Yifeng, and now I have something to announce." Looking at the picture, it seemed that it was in the Central Building In a huge conference room, thousands of people, including people from all walks of life, were sitting together, waiting for Yu Yifeng's speech.

"Hey, I seem to have seen the notice yesterday. How about we go and take a look?"

"Forget it, there's no room left for a long time, and it's the same on TV."

Wang Zhiyuan and Zhao Chao both stopped and stared at the TV. Not only that, most people in the base stopped what they were doing. Some were reading, some were playing games, and some were eating, but now they all stopped.

Yu Yifeng doesn't often appear on TV, but whenever he does, it's big news, big events, and big events that concern everyone.

Will the moon and the earth really collide? Is there really an asteroid attack? A faint bad feeling appeared in Wang Zhiyuan's heart. After all, there are still many people who have heard rumors, but there are too many and too confusing versions, and no one believes them. Now that it is so official, maybe something big is going on.

Yu Yifeng prepared for a while, and when he saw that everyone had almost arrived, he coughed lightly and said: "We humans, since the birth of wisdom, have learned to look at the starry sky. The dazzling Milky Way and the boundless universe are so vast. How majestic it is, containing endless knowledge and secrets. We have always been full of curiosity and questions about the stars.”

"Kant once said that there are two things in the world that can deeply shock people's hearts. One is the lofty moral principles in our hearts, and the other is the brilliant starry sky above our heads."

"The brilliant starry sky above our heads shows us the immensity of the universe. Compared with it, human beings are so small, but with wisdom and courage, small humans want to compete with the starry sky!"

The TV screen began to jump, showing the infinite universe, the vast starry sky, and the great things that humans have accomplished.

"In 1961, Soviet Yuri Gagarin completed the world's first manned space flight and took the first step toward the stars."

"In 1969, American Neil Armstrong landed on the moon for the first time and took the second step towards the stars."

"Next, our remaining humans, the last 50,000 people, will inherit humanity's last will and take the third step towards the stars!"

Many people are confused by Monk Zhanger, wondering what Yu Yifeng is going to say. Going to the stars, is he going to start an aviation industry? Some people secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from what Yu Yifeng said, it shouldn't be a bad thing, right?

Yu Yifeng took a deep breath and suddenly said: "I announce that mankind's first interstellar voyage project has been officially launched, codenamed - Noah!"

"Starting tomorrow, we humans will usher in a project that has never been seen in history - the interstellar navigation project! All of us will witness this great moment! According to the plan, in five months, all of us will leave In the arms of the moon, embark on the journey to Mars! ”

"Target planet—Mars!"

As soon as this sentence was said, everyone was startled, and the meeting suddenly broke into commotion. Wang Zhiyuan and Zhao Chao were no exception. They had both a passionate impulse and a strange sense of uneasiness. Human beings are creatures that long for stability. If they are used to staying on the moon, and suddenly going to Mars, they will feel a little uneasy.

The most important thing is that this event was so sudden that people were not mentally prepared. Some were excited and some were confused. Is interstellar navigation really feasible?

"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me." Yu Yifeng said, "Our more than 3,000 scientists, after more than two weeks of discussion, have come up with a completely feasible plan. Interstellar navigation is feasible with our human capabilities. It’s doable. We won’t take our lives for granted, please believe us!”

"We discussed every detail and every step. This time, we will take an alien spacecraft, the Noah spacecraft, and use nuclear propulsion to go to Mars!" In just a few words, the general plan was explained. .

The crowd gradually calmed down. What about alien spaceships and nuclear propulsion sounds bold and crazy. Since the most authoritative scientists say it is feasible, then maybe it is really feasible. Many people have visited alien spaceships. In the eyes of the general public, the technological content is very high, so interstellar navigation should be a no-brainer...

Besides, Captain Yu Yifeng's character is still very trustworthy.

Some people started whispering to each other, "Boss, you have attended those meetings, is it feasible?"

"feasible!"

After getting a positive reply, some people began to feel a strange feeling in their hearts. Interstellar voyage, this is interstellar voyage! Women are better off, but men are different. All men have grand dreams of stars, seas, and steel battleships in their hearts. But these dreams will slowly dissipate with age and the passage of time. But now, the original dream has been picked up again. Can childhood fantasies come true?

They began to get excited and their blood started to surge.

"The moon is not our home star, and there is nothing worthy of nostalgia on the moon. There is no air, no blue sky and white clouds. Do you want to stay here for the rest of your life? Do you hope that your children will never see the blue sky and white clouds?"

"No! We have to leave, leave the barren moon. Mars not far away is waiting for us like a beautiful girl!"

"Brothers, far away from us is the sea of ​​stars!"

People were silent, silent. Suddenly, a few absentee brothers from behind shouted loudly, "Aerospace! Aerospace! Aerospace!" They were from a small country and had no aerospace technology at all. Now after listening to Yu Yifeng's program, they couldn’t contain their excitement and they were proud to be a part of this great project. "Ah Lei, Ah Lei, Ah Lei, Ah Lei..." Several buddies sang like a roar.

More people began to be inspired, and when they thought that they were one of the members of this great project, their blood surged up, and the uneasy feeling was washed away.

A kind of crazy passion appeared in people's hearts. They started cheering and screaming. The whole venue was boiling. People didn't bother to consider its feasibility. Anyway, scientists said it was feasible, so why should they object?

"Pa!" With a sound, Yu Yifeng knocked on the table with his palm, "Then, starting from tomorrow, Project Noah will be officially launched."

“Project duration: five months!”