Earth Era

No one in this world wants to die as long as they can live. Zhao Lan is like this, An Liya is like this, Zhou Xiaoming and Cruise are also like this. This is true for everyone in the world. The decision to die along with this spaceship was made just because I was forced to do so and there was really no other way. After all, compared with one's own life, the future of human civilization is more important. It would be perfect if you could have your cake and eat it too, if you could complete the task and save your own life at the same time.

Therefore, after Zhao Lan said "I have a solution", Zhou Xiaoming and the other three stood up immediately. An Liya even stepped in front of Zhao Lan in one step and held Zhao Lan's hand tightly: "Zhao Lan, Zhao Lan, what solution have you come up with?"

Zhao Lan bit her lip tightly and thought hard in her mind. The flash of inspiration just now was just a thought. Zhao Lan had to grasp this thought and then improve it to finally form a perfect plan.

Zhao Lan said slowly while thinking hard: "The time difference between the pursuers and us is half an hour, which means...that is...as long as we can leave the spaceship in advance and find We can survive in space for half an hour, and then a military spacecraft will find us, and they will definitely rescue us."

"But, how can we survive in space for half an hour?" An Liya asked immediately.

Human beings will not die if they are briefly exposed to the vacuum environment of the universe, but the upper limit of this time is only a few seconds. Beyond these few seconds, the human body will suffer serious and irreversible damage. Any longer and the human body will suffer serious and irreversible damage. Will die and become a cold stone in the universe. To survive in space for half an hour without any life support equipment... it's impossible, no one can do it.

Zhao Lan thought hard, holding tightly to the point of "leaving the spacecraft to survive for half an hour", trying to get back the flash of inspiration just now. As Zhao Lan thought, a complete plan gradually appeared in Zhao Lan's mind. Zhao Lan glanced at the timer. It shows a countdown of fifty-nine minutes, which is probably enough time to implement this plan. So Zhao Lan breathed a sigh of relief.

"It is naturally impossible for us to survive in the vacuum environment of the universe for half an hour without any protective equipment... But, but! The maintenance cabin can still support at least two hours. We only need to repair the spacecraft before it explodes. The cabin must find a way to detach from the hull of the spacecraft. If we leave the spacecraft, we can avoid the explosion of the hydrogen bomb! At that time, we will just drift in the universe and wait for the rescue of the military's combat spacecraft!"

"This hydrogen bomb spacecraft was originally designed under my leadership. I am familiar with every structure of it. Although I did not consider detaching the maintenance cabin from the spacecraft hull when it was built, I thought about it carefully. After a while, I think it is completely possible to detach it from the spacecraft! Especially if we have a mechanical genius."

Zhao Lan spoke eagerly, speaking out his idea in one breath.

This plan is actually very simple, but before, everyone subconsciously ignored this idea. Because both Zhao Lan and An Liya subconsciously regarded the spacecraft as a whole. At this critical moment of life and death. Only Zhao Lan thought of this.

Zhou Xiaoming and An Liya's eyes lit up, and they turned their attention to Cruise at the same time: "How about bald man, can you do it?"

Cruise thought nervously for a while. Then he spoke very quickly: "There are two problems with your idea. First, this hydrogen bomb spacecraft is not a specialized manned spacecraft. It does not have a complete life support system. The only thing that can sustain our survival is this It’s just a maintenance cabin, so how can we carry out construction outside the maintenance cabin? After all, we want to separate the maintenance cabin from the hull, and it is simply impossible to do this without external construction.”

"Second point, even if we successfully separate the maintenance cabin from the hull, where does its power come from? Don't forget that the maintenance cabin and the spacecraft have the same movement direction and speed at this moment. If there is no additional propulsion equipment If so, even if it is separated from the hull, it will move forward with the spacecraft, and it will inevitably be affected by the hydrogen bomb, so there is no point in separating the maintenance compartment. "

Cruise's mind is sharp. The moment after Zhao Lan proposed this idea, Cruise thought of these two questions. Zhao Lan thought for a moment and started to answer at a very fast speed: "The first problem is easy to solve. You have to know that there is no need for us to separate the entire maintenance cabin. We can completely separate only one part of the maintenance cabin. , such as the room we are in now. In this case, we are doing construction inside the maintenance cabin and do not need to go outside the maintenance cabin."

"Second point, regarding the issue of power... Cruise, you have to solve this problem. You have to search in the maintenance cabin to see if there are any tools that you can use to make a thruster. ."

Cruise thought for a moment, and then immediately said: "Okay, let me give it a try."

"That's good." Zhao Lan then said: "Cruise, I am familiar with the structure of the spacecraft. I will first explain its general structure to you and draw a sketch for you. Zhou Xiaoming, An Liya, you two check us out. The sealing performance of the room you are staying in, if its sealing performance is not enough, you can find something to repair it."

Zhao Lan took another look at the timer and found that there were only fifty-six minutes left, so he said no more, immediately grabbed the brush, quickly drew a sketch, and started to learn about spacecraft maintenance with Cruise. After learning the general structure of the cabin, Zhou Xiaoming and An Liya immediately began to check the sealing performance of the room.

Everyone understood what this operation meant. The ever-dwindling time is like the reminder of death, making people dare not relax at all. Everyone began to get busy and began to fight for the continuation of their lives.

Cruise started working immediately after getting a general understanding of the maintenance bay and the structure of the spacecraft hull in the area. There are various handy tools in the maintenance cabin, and these tools come into play at this moment. I saw Cruise unscrewing a screw from here, removing a cover plate from there, or sawing off a steel column from here... Cruise's actions seemed completely out of order, with no connection between them. , but Zhao Lan knew that Cruise must have a complete action plan in his head directing his actions.

After working for about ten minutes, after Cruise sawed off the last steel column, Zhao Lan suddenly felt the room he was in shake. Cruise wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I have successfully separated this room from the hull of the spacecraft."

Zhao Lan couldn't help shouting: "Good job! Now it's time to solve the problem of the power system. Look for it quickly and see if you can find anything that can be used to make thrusters?"

Cruise shook his head: "It's not realistic to make a thruster now. Not to mention not having enough tools, we don't have that much time left. I just thought about it and I think it's better for us to make a catapult."

"Catapult?" Zhao Lan repeated the word.

Cruise nodded affirmatively: "Yes, it is the catapult. I can make a mechanism. When we all enter this room, we trigger this mechanism, and it will eject our room. But the catapult I can’t guarantee the power it provides us. Whether the power it provides us can allow us to leave the spacecraft a sufficient distance before it explodes... That depends on God’s will.”

"It's good to have hope, it's better than waiting to die now." Zhao Lan shouted, "Then what are you waiting for?"

Cruise nodded, picked up a bunch of strange tools and materials and started working on them. Zhao Lan had no idea what Cruise was doing and how the things he was holding had to do with the catapult, but judging from Cruise's serious look, he thought this thing should be very useful.

At this time, nearly twenty minutes had passed. After finally making the thing into shape, Cruise took a thick spring and pressed it hard, trying to flatten the spring. However, even though Cruise used all his strength, the spring was still only small. A small change.

Cruise looked at An Liya for help. An Liya came over, put the spring between his hands, and pressed it lightly with both hands, and the spring was compressed to the extreme. An Liya asked: "Is that so?"

"Yes, yes, that's it." Cruise shouted, "Quick, put it here."

Anlia put the spring into the groove, and then under the command of Cruise, installed the ejector at the designated place. Cruise took out a long rope and tied one end to the ejector. On a switch of the device, the other end was tied to the hatch of the room.

"Are you ready?" Cruise said, "As long as I close this hatch, this room will be completely sealed, and the mechanism will be triggered at the same time, and the catapult will eject us."

Zhao Lan and Zhou Xiaoming each found a place to fix themselves, while An Liya fixed herself while grabbing Cruise in front of the hatch with one hand. After the three of them were ready, Cruise grabbed the hatch and pulled it hard, closing the hatch. (To be continued ~^~)