With that said, the group finally showed their IDs and crossed the gate.
The simulated gravity of the space station is provided by rotation, so depending on the distance between the location and the central axis of rotation, the gravity in each area will be different.
The simulated gravity in the outermost circle of the space station is roughly the same as that of the earth, so most of the living areas are set up in this area, which helps officers and soldiers stationed in space for a long time maintain muscle strength.
In addition, the Marines all live in a special barracks area. That area is connected to the main body of the space station with a very long connection. The rotation radius is larger than the outer ring of the space station, so the gravity is much greater than the standard Earth's gravity.
This also gives the Marines a very obvious appearance, as if their muscles have grown all the way to their brains.
Passing through the gate is the Sixth Street of the space station. The Chinese word "六" indicates that the direction of this street is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the space station. It is a ring-shaped street connected end to end. If you walk along it, you can circle around the space station.
to the starting point.
It is said to be a street, but in fact most of the scenery is projection, such as the blue sky above your head.
All the hollow cylindrical space structures that humans currently have are all built by private companies for rich people to live in and travel. Such structures can restore the feeling of living on the earth as much as possible.
The Space Force does not even use such a structure in its space sanatorium, because it is a waste of space and goes against the pragmatism principle of the Space Force.
As soon as they arrived at Sixth Street, Lu Yingying introduced: "This road is the main road in the living area. There are eleven such main roads. This one happens to be located at the 'waist' of the space station, just like the belt of the space station."
Wang Ping'an: "You should tell Angeli what are the main shops on both sides of the road. Why are you just talking about these useless things?"
"What I was about to say!" Lu Yingying glared at Wang Ping'an, "This road basically distinguishes the military residential area and the civilian area of the space station. The civilian area is on the left and the dormitory area is on the right. The Military Welfare Club is on the right, and the Friendship Area is on the right.
The shops are on the left. In addition, there are various private restaurants, barber shops, clothing stores, etc. on the left."
"Isn't there a shopping mall?" Angeli asked curiously, "I saw from the ground that China has these things."
"Of course there is, that's right." Lu Yingying pointed to the shop on the right in front, "But be careful, you will be scolded if you buy too many snacks."
"That's because you have to sing, and eating too many potato chips will hurt your throat." Wang Ping'an said, "We just eat whatever no one tells us to do."
"It's really unfair." Lu Yingying muttered.
Wang Ping'an: "Okay, let's go quickly. We have to report to the dormitory and then go to eat."
As he spoke, he used his military ID card to start an electric car parked on the roadside.
Angele: "Driving in the space station...?"
"It's very far." Wang Ping'an said as he put their luggage into the trunk and was about to turn to the driver's seat when he found that Lu Yingying had already sat on it.
"I'll drive." Lu Yingying said.
Wang Pingan shrugged and sat in the back seat.
Lu Yingying immediately became unhappy: "Why did you sit in the back? What a sissy for a grown man to sit in the back seat?"
"This doesn't make sense. Why is there a pussy in the back seat?"
Angele opened the passenger door and got in, urging: "Let's go."
Lu Yingying: "Okay. It's just for my sister's sake that I won't argue with you."
"Why do you keep calling me sister from the beginning?" Wang Ping'an asked.
"Because she is indeed my sister."
"I don't really care." Angeli pushed up her glasses.
Lu Yingying started the tram - in fact, the tram was basically controlled by a computer. Lu Yingying just held the handle and pretended to drive. All the effective operations she did were to press the start button.
Wang Ping'an ordered the computer before Lu Yingying could speak: "Go to the 611 dormitory."
The computer starts immediately.
Lu Yingying pretended to be driving.
Angeli looked at her curiously: "Are you happy driving? This one should be self-driving, right?"
"Yes, but... I'm just very happy. When I retire and return to earth, I must get a real car and drive it."
Wang Ping'an explained from the back seat: "She is proficient in various racing games and is a racing fan. I don't even know why she came to the Space Force."
"Because my favorite thing is singing." Lu Yingying said.
"Isn't it possible to sing on Earth? Go and participate in The Voice of Earth."
Lu Yingying sighed: "My father said that the space force is good, with security and good benefits, and there is no danger in the cultural team."
"Who says there is no danger," Wang Ping'an said, "The detachment that went to Titan to express condolences happened to encounter geological changes on Titan a while ago... That's not right. That may not be called geological changes, because Titan's
More than half of the earth's crust is made of ice, and the other half is made of liquid alkanes. In short, there was a big earthquake, and the liquid alkanes that erupted directly hit the landing spacecraft, and then..."
Lu Yingying: "Ah ah ah, I don't want to listen, don't listen! I will never go to a dangerous place like Titan!"
"Then I hope you get the chance to go to the deep space watch base in the Kuiper Belt. Maybe you can meet the Trisolarans who come to investigate."
Lu Yingying: "You bad guy, can you wish me something good? You can also go to Europa!"
"Do you think Europa is safe? That frozen planet is affected by Jupiter's gravity, and the weather is very bad, and the ice blocks are pulled apart by gravitational tides from time to time, causing various accidents. The mortality rate of miners mining ice on Europa is only
Second to the alkanes miners on Titan.”
Lu Yingying held it in for a few seconds: "Then I'll go to Mars! Mars won't be dangerous, right?"
"There are giant sandstorms on Mars, which are 10,000 times more terrifying than those on Earth. They will sweep across the entire Martian surface, and the 'fronts' formed by the dust on the ground can be seen in space."
Lu Yingying stopped talking. It was obvious that Lu Yingying did not realize from the beginning to the end that Wang Ping'an would not hesitate to run into danger as long as the space force needed it. This was the most important barrier between her and him.
At this time, Angeli suddenly said: "Don't you know, Miss Lu, Huanxi particularly likes the song "Singing the Turbulent Youth"."
Lu Yingying: "Ah? Does he like it? Doesn't he like the green grass next to the house?"
"I have a wide range of hobbies," Wang Ping'an said.
Lu Yingying: "Hey, you told me you like it earlier, I'll sing it to you, listen to the noise of the wind and snow, watch the shooting stars flying, my heart calls to me, go to the turbulent distance..."
Lu Yingying's singing voice is like a lark.
Suddenly her voice dropped. She seemed to suddenly understand why Angeli told her that Wang Pingan liked this song.
"Uh... I, I will apply to go to Titan next time!" Lu Yingying said hurriedly, "There is also a deep space watch base in the Kuiper Belt! I also want to go to the turbulent distant place!"
Wang Ping'an: "Even if you want to go, you can't pass the physical fitness test. You should stay here. Everyone has their own way of playing a role. The Space Force needs your singing."
Angele: "People have expressed their desire to change, so you just praise them for what's wrong. Chernyshevsky once said that if love cannot make you better, then this love is worthless.
That's the general idea. You see, Yingying's love is valuable!"
"Yes! But why do French people say famous quotes from Russian writers?" Lu Yingying asked doubtfully.
Wang Ping'an: "Why don't you tell me why the French speak Chinese?"
Just as Angeli was about to respond, the car turned into the gate of the dormitory area. The electronic eyes had already verified the identity of the people in the car, so they were allowed to go directly.
Inside the gate, more than a hundred Space Force soldiers lined up, wearing big red flowers in front of them.
They were singing a chorus with their comrades who were not wearing red flowers: "Seeing off comrades, setting off on the journey, silently shedding tears, the sound of camel bells ringing in their ears..."
Angele: "This is... veterans retiring from the army, right?"
"Yes, although the Space Force is mainly made up of non-commissioned officers and officers, there are still soldiers. A considerable number of them will be promoted to non-commissioned officers by becoming technical backbones. If they are not promoted, they will be retired." Wang Ping'an replied.
"Where will they go after they are discharged from the army?" Angele asked again.
"You don't have to worry about that," Lu Yingying replied quickly. "The big companies under the Production Planning Committee are rushing to get it. After all, they are experts trained by the Space Force. They only need a little training. Hey, let's not talk about this anymore.
, I will apply to go to dangerous places, and I will also exercise, can you not be angry with me?"
Wang Ping'an: "I'm not angry with you, I just think we are really inappropriate."
Angele: "You should say at this time, 'Then I'll see how you behave'. You should be gentler to girls."
"Yes, you need to be warmer! Besides, I, I can sing very well, and I can give you harmonies."
"I sing rock music, why do I need you to sing a bel canto harmony?"
At this time, the car suddenly stopped in front of a gate with 611 written on it. It seemed that this was the location of the dormitory temporarily assigned to Wang Ping'an and Angeli's partners.
Wang Ping'an opened the door and got out of the car, opened the trunk and took out his luggage.
Lu Yingying: "I can't enter this dormitory, so I'm waiting for you in the car. Come out quickly!"
Angele: "We will be quick."
Wang Ping'an carried the box and walked towards the dormitory door, and Angeli quickly followed.
After catching up with Wang Ping'an, she whispered: "You, I probably understand why you don't like her, but isn't this bad for the girl who likes you?"
"Then what should I do? Take advantage of her favor and become a real scumbag? Talk sweet words, and then pull out the ruthless words? No, I refuse to do this. It's better to try my best to make her hate me and give up on me.
"But I don't know why, it's useless for me to do all these things. Whether I tell them clearly that I don't want to fall in love, 'I don't like you', or tease them in various ways, it doesn't work."
Angele: "Because you are single, they think there is a chance. You really want to drive someone away, how about we pretend to be?"
"No, wouldn't that make me sorry for you?" Wang Ping'an flatly refused without hesitation, "My father taught me to be responsible for girls."
Angele: "Even though he was divorced three times?"
Wang Ping'an stopped, faced Angele, and said solemnly: "I usually don't care if people make fun of this, but if you want to be more serious, I have to say it. My father lost his spouse for the first time. He was widowed. It was not his fault.
He later divorced three times. Although the reason was personality incompatibility, my father did not feel ashamed of the woman.
"The first time, I was allocated a new house just before the divorce. The work points were mainly paid by my father. During the divorce, because my father believed that a man should leave the house after a divorce, the house was given to the woman.
"The second time, it was still a damn house. The woman brought a son who was two years younger than me, so my dad left the house again. After all, my grandparents were taking care of me at that time, and my dad was alone.
"The third time, my dad didn't have many work points left, so the woman did the main work points, but my dad personally arranged the furniture and decoration. In the end, he left the house again. Did you see it? I
To use your Western terminology, Dad has a simple spirit of chivalry. As a son, I don’t want to embarrass him."
Angele: "That's right...but how do I remember that you have a mother at home?"
"That aunt was matched by a computer, and the marriage has lasted until now. That aunt has also helped take care of my grandparents for a long time. She is a kind aunt."
"I see, it's equipped with a computer..."
Angele deliberately prolonged the ending.
Wang Ping'an: "Come on, hurry up and go through the formalities. Don't let Lu Yingying wait too long."
"Oh, are you worried about her now? Don't you want her to hate you? Let's just sneak out through the back door after checking in and leave her here!"
"No, that's too pitiful." Wang Pingan shook his head, "That guy is 10,000 times more lethal when he cries. After all, she behaves like an innocent eight-year-old child all day long. I don't want to go to Mars.