Chapter 6 Selection

   "I have to say that using the temperature difference between inside and outside to condense the moisture in the air is really a ghost idea."

   "That's because the air system in the cockpit is a technology we can't understand!"

   "But even if the water source is not a problem, the food carried by the target can't last long. Those paper skins on the wall can be eaten after simple treatment if necessary, but they still can't last more than three months."

   "The relative position of Mars and Blue Star is not good now. Even if the launch plan is ready, it will take almost two years to land on Mars."

  In the closed base, dozens of top-ranking scholars in the Huaguo think tank were divided into six discussion groups for brainstorming. The topic of the content was of course the analysis of Lu Yu's situation.

   "Then why not try the so-called system? Since the space jumping machine can be replaced, it doesn't seem difficult to create a little food-generating machine."

   "According to the description of the goal, it requires so-called points, and points are something that can only be obtained by promoting the development of science and technology on Blue Star."

"Then why can't we let the target send back Mars image data, and then disclose or recruit a group of professors of related majors in his name to research the results with the data provided by the target, so that the target can be regarded as promoting the development of science, after all, astronomy is also a An important science subject!"

"This is a way of thinking, but the environment of Mars has been continuously explored as early as the last century. With the release of more and more data in recent years, image data alone may no longer have any effect on astronomy. The goal Confined in the cockpit, without suitable equipment to collect and analyze the Martian environment, it is not much better than the detection function that Zhurong can play."

   Having said this, the entire discussion group fell into a subtle silence.

  It’s hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. The protagonist in "The Martian" needs at least a simple base, but Lu Yu can only stay in a narrow cockpit, and it is difficult to even straighten his feet. There is really no room to show off.

Wei Wei felt a little cold, and after looking around for a week, the host sitting in the middle asked the middle-aged man who hadn't spoken: "Professor Han, you are one of the most authoritative professors of human psychology in China, why are you so taciturn today?" look?"

   "All the professors have expressed their professional opinions."

  The middle-aged man named Professor Han said with a faint sigh: "I think everyone has made a mistake of a premise, and everyone seems to have subconsciously ignored a possibility."

"Why don't you jump in space again? Now that the target is on Mars, the lack of supplies is hard to support, and Blue Star is doomed not to be rescued in time. It is completely doomed. But just now a professor also said that he can last for almost three months. Then There are almost 720 opportunities for space jumps, only jumping out of Mars may still have a chance of survival."

  "Of course I know why, and everyone knows why, but everyone is unwilling to say it."

   "Forget it, I'll be the bad guy. It's nothing more than the universe is so big, even if the target jumps in space, the probability of surviving is extremely low."

   "But if he can die on Mars, we can still recover the space jumping machine! And if he space jumps and disappears into the vast universe, we will never get it again."

  Professor Han blatantly stated the possibility that the discussion group has been avoiding all the time, and everyone's eyes flickered, staring at this professor of psychology who began to analyze human nature.

I saw Professor Han adjusted his glasses, sighed and said: "From a psychological point of view, and from the fact that the target revealed a lot of information, he has given us great trust, and entrusting this trust is to let us He can get out of trouble."

   "But if as time goes by, the target can easily perceive that we can't actually give him any real help, this trust will begin to slowly decline."

   "And with the physical and mental impact of being out of food and staying in a narrow space for a long time, I think that sooner or later the goal will be desperate, and open the space to jump to fight for the small possibility."

   "Even for professionally trained personnel, when faced with this tortured long-term and chronic death, the desire to survive will sooner or later overwhelm the reason, and seek the small possibility of survival."

   "This has nothing to do with reason, but our instincts as creatures."

   "So why can't we give a pertinent suggestion, let him choose whether to use the space jump to gain a chance after confirming that the returned image of Mars can't allow him to get points."

   "In this way, his trust can be preserved, and there may be a glimmer of hope when his sanity collapses in the future."

   "After all, we have never had the right to decide whether to start the space jump or not. Everything depends on his choice."

  ………

  Unknowingly, Lu Yu, who has been on Mars for the third day, feels depressed because of the long stay in the cramped cockpit.

   And he began to go on a diet. Except that he ate half full when he first arrived on Mars, he only ate two biscuits after that. The hypoglycemia caused by hunger would make people unbearably irritable.

  The only consolation is that the mobile phone can still access the Internet at least. Watching novels and brushing videos on Mars is the only way for Lu Yu to soothe his mood now.

  Looking at the time, it was time for the agreed communication. First, he got up and pulled the steel wire tied to the corner of the bridge, and pulled back a flat plastic bottle from the light film, which contained frozen ice.

  Put the bottle in a large broken bottle and let it condense the water vapor in the air by itself.

   Relying on these three days, Lu Yu used this method to collect more than 30 bottles of water, large and small, and he didn't have to worry about water in a short period of time.

   After completing this step, Lu Yu opened the newly downloaded app on his phone. This app is a mobile phone software developed for him to use with strong confidentiality.

  After opening, you can choose text communication or video interaction.

   "We have asked several astronomy professors to rush to complete the corresponding papers on the Mars image data you have taken, and they have been published in the most authoritative scientific journals in China. The foreign submissions are still under review."

   "Did your system... get points?"

  In order to reduce calorie expenditure, Lu Yu has been advised countless times by experts not to make unnecessary movements, and it is best to lie on the position without moving, so his answer was just shaking his head.

At the other end of the video, the pretty girl poking at Lu Yu's XP showed a disappointed expression, as if she felt sorry for him: "The professors suggested that you might as well consider using space jump and leave Mars to win the first line when you still have some food to support you. vitality."

   "Continuing on Mars is already..."

  A warm feeling that he did not live up to his trust flowed through his heart. Long before he decided to contact the official, Lu Yu had already thought about whether he should take such a gamble.

  Such encouragement made him hesitate, maybe it would be better to leave the Silver Star as his legacy to mankind?

  When human beings overcome many technical problems leading to the sea of ​​stars because of the Silver Star, maybe their own names will be recorded in the annals of history one day, right?

   But the desire to live is the only motivation for Lu Yu, who is now starving, to persevere.

  The flash of humanity of self-sacrifice can make Lu Yu great after death, but the **** of longing to live may allow him to grasp the possibility of life continuation.

   After thinking for a while, Lu Yu rarely said: "Indeed, it's time to consider another method."

  The two sides were silent for a while, and he spoke again: "Could you please invite a professor of astronomy?"

   "No problem, just a moment."

  Lu Yu's current request, as long as it can be realized, can basically be satisfied. Yesterday he even received personal encouragement from the chief.

  A gray-haired professor soon appeared in the video. Lu Yu adjusted the angle of the phone camera so that it could capture the night sky outside: "Can you help me find where the blue star is?"

  At this time, the dawn of Mars is approaching, and there is already a ray of light on the horizon.

   Lu Yu looked at the sky according to the explanation given by the astronomy professor. The atmosphere of Mars was so thin that there was no sense of existence, and the pure black sky was full of stars.

   Soon he found the star representing the blue star, observed with the naked eye on Mars, it was so ordinary, no difference from the stars in the sky.

  For Lu Yu, a human being, it is so unique.

   That's my home planet. My race, the cradle of my civilization.

   "I want to go back to that star, let me go home!"

  Looking at Lanxing for a long time, Lu Yu meditated in his heart, and slowly closed his eyes.

   "Dah."

   Watching the star disappear into the brighter and brighter light, Lu Yu reached out his hand and flipped the lever switch with determination, ushering in the second space jump in his life.

  (end of this chapter)