Earth Era

Zhao Lan knew that the high-energy rays released by the hydrogen bomb explosion must have damaged the wiring equipment of the maintenance cabin in an instant, causing the maintenance cabin to lose its energy supply, so the lighting equipment went out.

At this moment, the maintenance cabin fell into absolute darkness. It was darkness as heavy as mercury, without any light, and nothing could be seen.

There were no stars in the sky. The posture adjustment made before ejection made the thickest and opaque side of the maintenance cabin point towards the sun, so the sun could not shine into the maintenance cabin.

The moment the maintenance cabin fell into darkness, Zhao Lan's heartbeat almost stopped. At this moment, Zhao Lan even had an illusion. Zhao Lan felt that at this moment, he was floating freely in the illusory universe. There was nothing else in the world except himself. The deep-seated fear and loneliness suppressed Zhao Lan's soul, giving Zhao Lan the urge to go crazy and scream with all his strength.

But Zhao Lan finally suppressed this feeling. Zhao Lan said in a trembling voice: "Is everyone... okay?"

There was a burst of excitement from Zhou Xiaoming in the darkness, and An Liya floated to Zhao Lan after Zhao Lan made the sound, and grabbed Zhao Lan with one hand. An Liya's hands were still steady and strong, without any tremors.

"I'm okay, the condition of the keyboard is not good." Cruise replied, "The radiation damaged the energy supply module of the maintenance cabin, and the high heat melted a little of the wall of the maintenance cabin, causing a small gap in the maintenance cabin. At this moment, the gas in the maintenance cabin is leaking to the outside..."

"Can it be repaired?" Zhao Lan asked tremblingly.

"It's difficult. I can only work inside the maintenance cabin. We have no way to get out of the cabin. But I can give it a try. Tyrannosaurus, I have a lighter here. You can hold it for me and give me some light. I will try to repair the circuit. Equipment,” Cruise said.

Although the maintenance cabin has its own energy and oxygen circulation system, the reserves of these things are not much, only a very limited one. The burning of the flame will consume more oxygen reserves. Not only that, it can cause a fire. Or even cause an explosion. Normally Zhao Lan and others would not choose to light a fire, but at this time. There is no other way except using this lighter for lighting, even if it involves taking a lot of risks.

Zhao Lan felt An Liya's hand loosening his grip, so Zhao Lan knew that An Liya had left him and went to Cruise. Zhao Lan heard a noise coming from the maintenance cabin. After a snap, the faint light of the lighter illuminated the small space inside the maintenance cabin.

Under the light of the lighter. Half of Anlia's face was illuminated, and the other half was still hidden in the darkness, looking extremely weird. But the appearance of the light still made Zhao Lan breathe a sigh of relief, and felt that his heartbeat began to return to normal from the violent beating.

Pure darkness can bring great psychological pressure to people, leading to a series of stress reactions in the human body. Because in the long process of evolution, the principle "darkness usually means danger" has been deeply engraved in human genes. Although the light of the lighter is weak, it is light after all. As long as it is light, it can dispel darkness. Dispel the fog of fear that hangs over people's minds.

Zhao Lan stared at the blue and white lighter flame in trance, unwilling to let go of his eyes for a moment. In this space environment, the flame of the lighter is not the usual upward long strip. At this moment it is spherical, with a blue interior. The exterior is in yellow and white colors, which looks very beautiful.

The reason why the lighter's flame is in an upward strip shape is because of the existence of gravity. It is precisely because of the existence of gravity that the hot air with lower density will rise and the cold air will fall. The flow of airflow envelops the shape of the flame and compresses it into a long strip. There is no gravity here, so the hot air will not rise, and naturally no airflow will form. The flame then returned to its original shape, which was a sphere.

Under the reflection of this group of flames. Cruise first roughly checked the overall environment of the maintenance cabin and found the point where the gas was leaking. Then he put the piece of rubber in his hand on it and fixed it, so the sound of the wind that had always lingered in Zhao Lan's ears due to the flow of air disappeared.

According to the strict maintenance manual, Cruise's maintenance plan is obviously unqualified. Not only is it unqualified, it can even be said to be completely wrong. But now is a special period after all. The purpose of Zhao Lan and others is not to rely on this maintenance cabin to survive here for a long time. Their purpose is only to rely on this thing to support half an hour. In this case, this maintenance plan is also There is no need to be overly elaborate.

After first blocking the air leakage point, Cruise began to inspect the damaged circuit equipment in the maintenance cabin in an attempt to restore the energy supply. Energy supply is also a top priority. Without energy, the air circulation and purification system cannot operate, nor can the temperature maintenance system. Most importantly, radio transceivers were also unavailable.

Without an air circulation purification system, as the human body continues to breathe, carbon dioxide will continue to accumulate in the air, eventually causing carbon dioxide poisoning and claiming the lives of Zhao Lan and several others. Without a temperature maintenance system, heat will continue to escape from the maintenance cabin in the form of radiation and spread into the cold and boundless starry sky outside. Zhao Lan and others are at risk of freezing to death. Without radio transceiver equipment... Zhao Lan and others would not be able to contact the military spacecraft that arrived later. They would most likely ignore the small maintenance cabin where they were.

After all, this is a dark and vast space, tens or even hundreds of kilometers away. Who can detect a small maintenance cabin in the distance that is hidden by darkness and cannot send out any signals? If Zhao Lan and others did not take the initiative to call for help, the military spacecraft that arrived later would probably think that Zhao Lan and others had been killed in the earth-shattering hydrogen bomb explosion, and would return home, never paying attention to Zhao Lan and others again. That's when the real desperate situation comes. Zhao Lan and the others will truly transform into a cold stone in the universe, drifting in this sea of ​​stars forever, drifting to the end of time and space.

Therefore, restoring the energy supply to the maintenance cabin is a top priority. Under the flickering light of the lighter, Zhao Lan saw that Cruise's expression was unusually solemn. Cruise floated around in the maintenance cabin, looking here and there, but he never started repair work.

After a full two or three minutes, Cruise said: "I'm sorry, I can't repair the maintenance cabin. It's too badly damaged, and I have to carry out an out-of-cabin operation, and then I can restore it with the help of suitable tools." of electricity supply.”

Zhao Lan's heart became desperate. Zhao Lan knew that Cruise's words were as good as unsaid. Extravehicular operations? How is it possible that there are conditions for EVA operations now? Not to mention the lack of a spacesuit and the lack of suitable maintenance tools, the mere lack of an isolation cabin has blocked the possibility of extravehicular operations. The absence of an isolation cabin means that if Cruise wants to go out, he must directly open the hatch. As soon as the hatch is opened, the gas in the maintenance compartment will leak out in a very short time, which will only make people who stay there The few people inside died faster.

Cruise's words caused silence to fall into the maintenance cabin once again. Since Cruise can't fix this thing, then... who else can?

Do you really want to stay in this maintenance cabin, die as the temperature drops and the concentration of carbon dioxide slowly rises, and eventually transform into a cold stone in the universe, drifting forever?

There was always a voice roaring in Zhao Lan's heart: "No! I don't accept this result. I definitely don't accept this result! We have gone through many difficulties and dangers and finally reached this point. As long as we can hold on for more than half of Within hours, as long as we can send out the distress signal, we will be saved. How can we die at this time! This is absolutely not allowed, absolutely not allowed!"

But...what should we do?

An Liya sighed softly, and then said: "There is nothing we can do about it. At worst, we can just pretend that we have not escaped from the hydrogen bomb spacecraft. Before carrying out this mission, didn't we do it long ago? Are you ready to sacrifice your life?"

While An Liya was speaking, Zhou Xiaoming made another seemingly meaningless sound. Zhao Lan held on to the bulkhead with her hands and floated to Zhou Xiaoming's side, calling softly: "Keyboard, keyboard, are you okay?"

Zhou Xiaoming did not answer. Zhao Lan touched Zhou Xiaoming's forehead and found that it was surprisingly hot. Zhao Lan felt increasingly uncomfortable. Perhaps it was because Zhou Xiaoming was relatively weak, or perhaps because of other reasons. In the accident just now, Zhou Xiaoming was more seriously injured than others.

An Liya also floated here, glanced at Zhou Xiaoming, and said sadly: "Keyboard, just hold on for a while, your pain... won't last long."

Obviously, the pain An Liya said would not last long. It did not mean that Zhou Xiaoming would recover, but that... everyone here would die. As long as you die, the pain will naturally be gone.

Zhao Lan was unwilling to accept this result. Zhao Lan was in immense pain and self-blame at the moment. But under this boundless pain and self-blame, a flash of light suddenly appeared deep in Zhao Lan's heart. (To be continued ~^~)