Chapter 114 Alert!
It takes three days to reach the moon from here.
And they have already delayed country M's spacecraft by a full day.
"The order given to us by our superiors is that we must reach the moon as quickly as possible, and we must not let Country M get the secret of Blue Moon first!"
Although the captain said this, everyone knew that this was already the fastest speed of the space capsule, and no one could make this space capsule faster.
So all of them had to wait patiently for three days to pass.
But fortunately, they have enough time for entertainment. In addition to reading and studying, they can play chess and battle games, and artificial intelligence can also join the game.
It became a chess master after losing several consecutive chess matches, and no one has been able to beat it since.
There is no day or night in this space capsule. They can only carry out the day's activities according to their own living habits. At "night" they all start to rest.
But the artificial intelligence robot is still working.
On the "night" of the first day, after everyone had rested, Captain Tu got up and then issued instructions to the artificial intelligence.
"Kiki, give me the crosshatch of the moon."
Soon, four faint thin lines appeared on the screen, encircling a satellite that was growing in size and very bright.
That is the Moon, larger and clearer than when seen from Earth.
After confirming it is correct.
The captain returned to his sleep chamber and began to fall asleep.
After the captain fell asleep, Shi Ling suddenly woke up. He left the dormant cabin, came to the cockpit, and then looked at the huge blue moon through the window.
Everything on the blue moon is so clear. Those huge craters mark that the moon is a planet without atmosphere protection. For hundreds of millions of years, countless meteorites have hit the moon's surface, and then formed these craters one by one.
"The earth's signal is weakening, and we may interrupt our communication with the earth at any time."
The artificial intelligence sent out a report, but Shi Ling didn't pay attention.
The intersection of the cross lines is always pointed at the moon. This is in the space station. The slightest difference is a thousand miles, and we cannot relax for a moment.
Thanks to artificial intelligence, otherwise they would have to put people on constant duty just to look at the crosshairs.
But, everything is business as usual.
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The next day, the artificial intelligence reported a very concerning problem.
"The space capsule's photosensitive detection instrument has malfunctioned. The reason is unknown and needs to be left for inspection."
The captain called everyone together and said: "This problem is very serious. It will affect our ability to aim the space capsule at the moon. If we don't always aim the space capsule at the moon to eliminate the error, then we will collide with the moon. It would be a waste of time to pass by.”
The only engineer in the team said: "However, there is no problem with the space capsule. It is continuing to approach the moon. As far as we can see with the naked eye, our space capsule has been heading straight to the moon."
The moon is so big that they can see it from the earth.
Now that they have walked another half of the distance, the moon has naturally become larger. In this case, they can fly to the moon even if they operate manually, and there is no need to worry about any light-sensitive instruments.
But the captain persisted.
"We have to fix this instrument because we are not just traveling around the moon, we are going to the moon!"
Shi Ling was very confused: "Is that instrument really broken? It can be seen with the naked eye that we did not yaw even half a millimeter."
The engineer said: "Theoretically, it won't break. That instrument has gone through tens of thousands of testing experiments."
"That's just a theory." The captain interrupted, "We have to make sure nothing goes wrong, and that's why we let you board the cabin."
The engineer nodded. He knew he had to go. It was his duty.
"Contact the Earth and ask professionals for advice." The captain issued the order.
However, the artificial intelligence said: "The news has been sent out, but there is no response. We have reached an area where we cannot communicate with the earth."
Yu Manzhi felt very strange: "What a coincidence?"
Have a problem when you can't communicate with Earth?
The atmosphere in the capsule changed somewhat. They were all silent, and then waited for the engineer to leave the capsule.
"The space capsule is moving in a straight line at a constant speed and can exit!"
The captain asked the engineer to put on the spacesuit first and then go to the pressure chamber. Then he changed the air pressure according to the instructions to make it consistent with space.
"Everything is ready and you can leave the cabin. Note that you only have one hour. After forty-five minutes, you must return to the cabin."
The engineer took a deep breath, feeling the pressure of being outside the capsule for the first time.
He had no intention of leaving the safety of the capsule if he could, but there was no other way, he had to do his job, and that was why he was here.
"The crosshairs have shifted sideways and I can't adjust them. I need to adjust them manually." The artificial intelligence suddenly issued a report.
Everyone frowned. It seemed that there was something wrong with the external photosensitive instrument.
The captain manually adjusted the capsule, which caused the capsule to vibrate, and then continued to stabilize.
"The capsule is stable, Engineer, you may exit the capsule."
The engineer nodded, and he began to turn the valve. Since there was really a problem with the space capsule, he had to take action.
But at this time, the crosshairs shifted again, but the captain could not control the capsule because the engineer had left.
If he controls the space capsule, it is likely that his teammates outside the space capsule will be thrown out.
In a vacuum, there is no friction.
The artificial intelligence spoke at the right time: "Please give me partial control authority for the space capsule, and I can automatically calibrate the direction of the space capsule."
The artificial intelligence does not have the authority to control the space capsule, it can only remind.
The captain frowned: "I can't give you this authority, this is the rule."
The artificial intelligence immediately shut up.
Yu Manzhi felt very strange. Isn't the intelligence of this artificial intelligence too powerful? It actually asked for authority itself?
And Shi Ling had a bad premonition.
This trip to the moon does not seem to be so smooth.
Just as Shi Ling was thinking about this, an alarm suddenly sounded in the space capsule.
"Low fuel alarm! Low fuel alarm!"
All members suddenly showed a look of shock.
The captain was extremely surprised: "What's going on? Why did the low fuel alarm sound in the propulsion module?"
No one answered, everyone was panicking, only Shi Ling.
Shi Ling also heard the alarm, which made him very strange. If a superpower destroyed the propulsion cabin, he should not be able to hear the alarm.
The thrusters were still working normally, without any problems. If the fuel was gone and the thrusters stopped, he should be able to feel the capsule slowing down.
But...
Why didn't the capsule slow down?
"Stop the thrusters immediately, don't waste fuel!" The captain immediately issued an order.
Shi Ling reacted immediately and shouted, "No, the engineer is still outside!"