Chapter 102 Hurricane ravages
When the people in the four action teams are busy surveying the route.
In an area 200 kilometers away from the crater, a crisis suddenly broke out without warning.
Mars Hurricane Dust Storm!!!
Hurricane dust storms on the surface of Mars are unique phenomena in the Martian atmosphere. One quarter of the year of Mars is shrouded in the wild sand flying all over the sky.
Due to the high iron content of Mars soil, the Martian dust storm was stained with orange-red colors, and the air was filled with red dust. From the universe, it looked like an orange-red cloud.
Mars dust storms usually occur around Mars' orbit perihelion. Because at this time the sun has a relatively large effect on the surface of Mars, hot air rises, dust rises, dust storms begin to form, and slowly expand.
Soon, a sudden hurricane dust storm began to spread towards the crater where the Mars Exploration Team was located, and there was a tendency to cover the entire Mars in a dust storm.
This dust storm not only came without warning, but also had a wind speed of up to 160 meters per second (the wind speed of 12-level typhoons on Earth was 32.6 meters per second).
Indeed, the wind speed of 160 meters per second sounds particularly terrible.
You can imagine what it feels like when your car is speeding at a terrifying 580 km/h (in the 1950s, the highway speed limit was 220 km/h), and you open the sunroof, stand up, and expose your head (just think about it, don't try it).
All super hurricanes ever on Earth have basically not exceeded or even approached this speed.
If a hurricane of 160 meters per second (580 km/h) occurs on the earth's land, the result will be devastating!
Fortunately, it's Mars here.
Hurricanes of this level are actually far less terrifying than those on Earth.
When we are on Earth, when the wind blows on the skin, the cause of discomfort is not only the speed of the wind, but also the density of the wind.
On Mars, the air concentration is only one percent of the Earth, which means the wind puts much less pressure on you.
In other words, the Martian hurricane that Yuan Shichen and the others encountered was actually not that terrifying in terms of wind. It was indeed quite dangerous, but it was not devastating.
In addition, hurricane dust storms usually last for a long time, while astronauts' oxygen and other supplies have limited duration, so if they are lost in dust storms, they are likely to be trapped and killed by exhausting supplies.
(After converting, the power of a Martian hurricane of 160 meters per second is roughly equivalent to that of a strong wind of level 8 on Earth, which is probably the level of destroying branches.)
"Please note everyone, please pay attention to everyone! Please return to the camp quickly, please return to the camp quickly."
The first time this hurricane dust storm was discovered by Jason who stayed on the Starship Spaceship.
"A sudden hurricane and dust storm are approaching you quickly at a distance of 200 kilometers southeast of the crater!!!"
Jason didn't care much and directly opened the emergency call channel. His anxious voice rang out in everyone's communication device at the same time.
"The hurricane is expected to reach the front of the crater in 15 minutes." Jason made an infinitely terrifying judgment.
"Oh God, the three of us will be the first to have close contact with Hurricane!" After hearing the news, Durunik immediately became nervous.
"First Action Team, please take action immediately. Your situation is very dangerous!"
Because it is too far from space, the voice device of Harashi Naichen and his space suit can only receive radio signals from the starship spacecraft, but cannot respond.
"Go down the mountain quickly!" Yuan Shichen said firmly. Before he finished speaking, he had already pushed Durunik to the bottom of the mountain.
Bruno is worthy of being a member of the action team. He reacted very quickly and had already jumped four or five meters away with just one steed.
"But, but 15 minutes is not enough. We go down the mountain as fast as half an hour..." Durunik was already out of breath.
"Don't talk nonsense, save your energy and run!!!" Yuan Shichen yelled.
Soon, the hurricane was rolling in with dust storms all over the sky, and Yuan Naichen could clearly see the orange-red sky tumbling not far away.
As time passed, the whole sky began to become darker and darker, and a deep sense of fear began to oppress everyone's nerves!
Yuan Shichen and the other two had already started to rush toward the mountain.
Driven by the survival instinct, the previously slow-moving function has begun to accelerate under the stimulation of hormones. Along the way, they have completely ignored the potential danger. The stones that had to be carefully confirmed to be safe and dared to step on are now completely useless!
"Damn it, I didn't expect to encounter this incident again!!!" Yuan Shichen's mind was strangely flashed in his mind.
But now it is no longer the same as before. He is now on Mars, where the environment is extremely harsh.
Yuan Shichen's pupils tightened, and he quickly eliminated the unnecessary thoughts in his mind.
At this moment, he couldn't feel distracted. This is a race between life and time!
Bruno opened the way at the front, Durunik, who was slightly in poor physique, tried his best to follow behind, while Yuan Shichen ran in the last behind.
After 10 minutes, Yuan Shichen could clearly feel that Durunik's physical strength had been severely overdrawn, and was even close to exhaustion.
It can be said that Durunik is moving forward mechanically with his last perseverance and instinct.
Although Yuan Shichen was very anxious, he had no other way, so he could only provide promotion and support from time to time behind him.
Five minutes passed, and as they ran away like a life-long journey, it took at least half an hour, but it took 15 minutes to run nearly 80%.
At this time, they were nearly one-fifth of their way from the foot of the mountain, but the dust storm did not give them a last chance, and they were already surging and rolling towards them.
"It's over!"
Looking at the hurricane dust storm that was close to him, Durunik couldn't help but spit out the three words of despair.
The hurricane quickly passed by their bodies, and Yuan Shichen suddenly felt that his eyes became hazy, and he could no longer see anything except a piece of orange red in his sight.
In my ears are the rustling sound of a hurricane or dust rubbing at high speed in the space suit.
"What should I do?" Durunik's voice began to tremble.
However, no one answered his question.
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the three people standing in the wind were completely covered by dust storms.
The visibility at this time is extremely poor, almost reaching the state of not seeing your five fingers.
"Squat down, let's crawl down the mountain, don't give up!" Bruno screamed in the hurricane!
This is simply no way!
No matter how difficult it is, they have to find a way to get to the bottom of the mountain and try to find their way back to the camp, because no one knows when the hurricane will end.
If you stop stagnating at this time, you will be waiting for death!
Even if they don't have accidents in a hurricane, they are likely to be buried here because of exhaustion of supplies and oxygen.
The three of them naturally understood the crisis they were facing, so they tried their best to lower their bodies, try their best to suppress the surging fear in their hearts, and touched the stones under their feet and moved down the mountain with difficulty.
Soon, they discovered that it was a delusion to make clear the way forward in this dust storm that covered the sky and the sun!
"Can't give up!!!" Bruno's torn cry sounded again!
This is such a strong man!
Haraki put his hand on Durunik's shoulders, and Durunik's shoulders looked so soft and powerless. Haraki grabbed it hard, hoping that Durunik, who was almost desperate, could rekindle his fighting spirit!
The greatest fear in a person's heart is losing the direction to live, which is a sense of powerlessness that is almost desperate.
If someone can point them in a clear direction at this time, even if they use their energy to feed themselves, they will crawl forward desperately under the driving force of their survival instinct.
However, no one can tell them the direction.
They want to survive, but they don't know how to fight for this slim opportunity.
“Ah~”
Under the tremendous pressure and fear, Durunik's feet finally lost.
I was not careful and took a step into the air, and my body was about to roll into the rocks at the foot of the mountain in a twist.
"careful!!"
Almost at the same time, Haraki Chen and Bruno both spread their hands and held Durunik's fallen body hard.
"Boom~" The stones under Yuan Shichen's feet finally collapsed instantly under excessive pressure.
At this time of crisis, this sudden situation is like adding insult to injury.
Yuan Hashichen's body also began to slide downward uncontrollably.
“Ah~”
Bruno seemed to use all his strength to push Durunik to the relatively safe pile of stones on the side.
Then he rushed towards the direction where Yuan Shichen was sliding down at a speed of lightning.
At the critical moment, Bruno grabbed Yuan Shichen's arm.
"Stand!" Bruno's voice sounded extremely firmly again!
"Boom~" Another whole piece of stone collapsed and fell.
The ruthless hurricane roared ragingly and rolled Bruno and Yuan Shichen down the vast rocky walls...
Chapter completed!