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Episode 4: Short-term Harvest Chapter 14: Living Underground

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    Chapter 14: Living underground

    After two months and twenty-nine days, the underground temporary residence was finally completed.

    According to the area and depth, this temporary residence has been transformed into three levels from top to bottom. The uppermost area is naturally the largest residential area and can accommodate a total of about 80,000 people. At the same time, a series of accompanying buildings have been built.  For example, the simplest toilets, shower rooms, etc., as well as large public canteens and so on.

    The second floor area is also a residential area and can accommodate more than 50,000 people. Basically, the first and second floors are completely enough to accommodate all the people.

    As for the third floor, it is the industrial area. In the past two months, many production lines manufactured by Hope have been here, manufacturing various cutting-edge technology parts and products, as well as the three shuttles being manufactured.  Components, plug-in cabins, etc. are all manufactured in the industrial area on the third level.

    "Of course, this underground subsistence settlement is related to the life and death of more than 120,000 people. To put it simply, if there is a catastrophe or something, then human civilization will be completely finished.

    Therefore, after the temporary residence was completed, several expert groups conducted the most stringent quality certification and inspection. There was no room for error. Yao Yuan even said this in a murderous manner. If it was because of the quality of the construction,  If a disaster occurs due to a problem, then he really doesn't mind killing the people involved. No matter how small the number of humans is, anyone who commits this crime will definitely be killed without mercy!

    But it is obvious that this project involves the lives and safety of those engineers, technical workers, and a large number of workers themselves and their families, and they cannot help but be careless.

    In fact, the entire project should have been completed at the beginning of two months, but due to quality issues and other factors, rework after rework, inspection after inspection, simulation after simulation, and finally it was not until two months and twenty-nine days that the project was completed.  Completely finished.

    After that, there was another week of quality inspection by the expert team. The level of seriousness and caution even Yao Yuan, the captain who yelled about killing people, could not stand it. It was not until several installation errors that may cause water circulation were pointed out that the  During this week's emergency renovation, it was only then that the expert team recognized the safety of this underground living area.

    At this moment, it has been more than eleven months since the Hope left the earth. In total, there are still more than ten days at most before the first New Year in the Hope calendar, and this first New Year is the most important.  Time is not only a record of the first year of humankind's new history, but also because in this year, the remnants of mankind finally left the kind of days where there were only three or four jumps of energy, and they could be saved at any time.

    Everything at the moment is so exciting. The Hope has replenished various materials that are enough to survive in the void for nearly thirty years. The energy of the Hope is also enough to support such a long time, and the radioactive minerals collected in the past two months have been purified.  Finally, basically combined with the stable output of the spar reactor, it can achieve more than 370 space jumps!

    In addition to these basic gains, scientists have also discovered a variety of strange radioactive isotope elements in various radioactive minerals. These are new elements that have never been found on the earth before. The half-lives of several radioactive isotopes are not long, which may  This is probably the main reason why this element is extinct on the earth. As for the functions of these new elements, it is currently completely unknown. Scientists need to verify these experiments one by one.

    However, there is nothing wrong with storing. A large number of unknown minerals have been stored as raw minerals. These are minerals that are not found on the earth and human technology does not know their specific functions. Maybe they are of no great use.  It may be a necessity for mankind's technological leap in the future, just like uranium ore is for nuclear weapons. Who can say clearly?

    It is precisely because of these harvests that the more than 120,000 passengers on board the Hope are delighted. Coupled with the busy work of the past two months and the high wages paid after work, consumption on the Hope is stimulated.  And Yao Yuan is not stingy with a lot of luxury goods. Basically, there are seeds, and there are also mature trees in the ecological park. There are all kinds of coffee, cigarettes, cigars, etc., and there is even an ecological simulation pool.  There are seafood such as lobsters and crabs, so these luxuries that can be recycled are not that important.

    It is this kind of situation that fills the hearts of more than 120,000 people with joy. To be honest, in the past three months, there have been more smiles on their faces than in the previous eight or nine months combined, and even more than before.  After all, only by losing the smile on the earth can you know how to gain joy. When they lost the earth, their hometown, and their safe and warm environment, everything they have gained so far is enough to make them happy and joyful.

    "Attention everyone, before leaving the Hope and entering the vacuum isolation room, you must confirm your spacesuitWhether it is worn correctly, all parts must be carefully checked, and all precautions must be memorized. The steps cannot be too large when walking, and the strength cannot be used too much. Everyone should hold each other's actions to maintain continuity.  Notice¡­¡­"

    At the exit of the Hope, there is a vacuum isolation chamber, which can allow about a hundred people to enter each time it is opened. There are a dozen entry and exit hatches, and about 1,500 people can enter and exit about every thirty minutes.  This is the entrance and exit of the Hope in the vacuum environment. More than 120,000 people need to leave the spacecraft from here and enter their temporary residence underground.

    At this moment, it is time for more than 120,000 people to move into the temporary settlement, because among these more than 120,000 people, there are nearly 70,000 women and children. Basically, they have never left Hope in the vacuum universe environment.  Therefore, the government attaches great importance to this relocation operation of the Hope. They are afraid that something will go wrong due to this or that situation. Therefore, each team leaving the Hope, about 1,500 people, must be led by about 300 troops.  Personal escort.

    Moreover, before leaving the Hope, they were warned again and again, and various space suits were explained by professionals, and even put on directly by dedicated personnel. It can be said that this is what the government of the Hope can do.  The best situation.

    As for children and infants who do not have relevant space suit sizes, scientists have urgently developed a short-range life support capsule, which is generally the size of a small bus and can accommodate about twenty children and infants. Its internal life support system and oxygen  It can last for about eight hours, and this short-distance life support capsule is used to transport babies and children.

    The entire migration operation lasted three days and three nights, and it did not appear to be rushed. Of course, this was just a migration of people, and the migration of various necessities had already been carried out in advance, including large amounts of fresh water, oxygen, food, and tents.  The categories have already been stored in the underground temporary residence. After arriving there, you only need to rely on the identity card to collect them. There is no need to worry about these.

    Just like that, after three days, all the people had been safely relocated, and the remaining ones were technical staff, as well as a small number of military personnel and special employees, who were responsible for security work and maintenance of the sixth-floor ecological park. These were  There is nothing more to say.

    On the other side, Yao Yuan also moved into the underground temporary residence with the large army, communicating with the Hope through the communication system. There is also a lot of work to be done inside the underground temporary residence, such as the continuous collection of radioactive minerals every day, such as  Industrial manufacturing on the third floor of the underground temporary residence, such as disputes among the people and rationing, etc. In fact, since entering the underground temporary residence, his work has become more and more.

    It was not until six days after entering the temporary underground residence that Yao Yuan was approving a document on the progress of the shuttle transformation that day, members of the Black Star team who were not on the mission, as well as Zhang Heng and Jie Weili came to his office.  , and then put forward an opinion.

    "New Year's party? Bonfire party? What else replays of classic blockbusters? Transformers 7, Spider-Man 8, Death Comes 9"

    Yao Yuan listened to the comrades in front of him excitedly speaking out their own ideas. Suddenly, he suddenly remembered that there were still a few days left, which was the end of the calendar year. Unknowingly, he had already left the earth enough.  It¡¯s been a full year

    "The New Year's party is fine, but the bonfire party is fine. Firstly, there is no burning material, and secondly, what to do with the smoke after burning? And it is not safe, but the playback of classic blockbusters is no problem. You can set up a few more movie areas to watch whatever you want.  Let's just vote, but underage content is not allowed. Yang Waro, don't laugh so obscenely, and don't think that I don't know what is collected in those hard drives of yours. These contents are not allowed to be shown in public.  "

    Yao Yuan thought about it carefully, but he felt that there was no problem in holding a celebration party. First, it would boost morale, second, it would alleviate the insecurity of many people, and third, it could really be a big celebration. To be honest, these few  Even he felt incredible about the harvest of the past few months. The harvest of these months has even determined the survival of mankind in the next few decades. Isn't this worth celebrating?

    When the words fell, not only the people present cheered, but even the government staff in the distance and Barbie, the secretary, were all smiling, and each of them showed expressions of extreme anticipation.

    "We are so happy today, so happy"

    Looking at the members of the Black Star Team who were humming songs and walking away, Yao Yuan also smiled and shook his head, but the sense of relaxation and happiness could not be erased no matter what.

    "I hope that we humans can have this day every year. If there is really a God or a master in the dark world, please bless us humans, so that we can move forward bravely, survive this dark and terrifying cosmic drift, and bless us to findNew hometown.  "

    Yao Yuan prayed secretly in his heart, he laughed and shook his head, and then began to review and approve the remaining documents

    New Year arrived.
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