There was an embarrassing silence in the communication. Apart from a low rustle, no sound could be heard. The Leishan was also silent. Everyone felt as if there was a big stone in their hearts, weighing them down and suffocating them.
Life support equipment does not refer to a specific type of equipment, but a collective name for a complete set of equipment, including air circulation, temperature control, pressure sensing, gas sensing and other various sensors.
The optimized combination of all the equipment is the life-support equipment of the military equipment. Its main function is to maintain the living environment required by human beings under closed conditions. For the current aerospace field, the role of life-support equipment is irreplaceable.
But no matter what equipment, it must run on electricity. Without electricity, it is just a deaf ear - a decoration!
The power of Base No. 1 comes from a reactor, which was the first equipment to be erected in the base and also the first to be put into use.
At present, the power supply to all hiding holes has been cut off. The possibility of a problem with a certain unified line is very small. It is most likely that there is a problem with the reactor.
The awkward silence lasted for a while before a deep voice asked: "Who is going?"
No one answered, and the communication remained dead silent.
Everyone understands that this sentence is not about who will repair the reactor, but who will take the initiative to open the hiding hole and fight with the aliens to fight for a glimmer of life for others.
Sacrificing one hole to save the majority of people is a simple mathematical question. No matter how you look at it, it is the most beneficial choice for the collective.
This is the situation, but this is not how human lives are calculated. For individuals like humans, everyone's life is the whole life. There is only one life. Who should be sacrificed? Who should benefit?
Moreover, there are at least seven or eight people in each hiding hole, and as many as more than ten people. Even if one person is selfless and willing to sacrifice himself, what about the other people in the cave? They are all willing to die together?
That is absolutely impossible.
Heroes are heroes because they have done things that most people cannot do. Even in the military, a special group, there are only a handful of heroes.
When a crisis strikes, people tend to act according to instinct. Soldiers have received strict military training. In critical moments, fighting to the death is also one of the instincts of soldiers.
In fact, many situations do not require soldiers to fight to the death. If they have enough time to calm down and think carefully, most people will not choose to fight to the death.
How else to put it, times make heroes?
This is the current situation at Base No. 1. The situation was critical before, and everyone would blow up the hiding hole without even thinking. But now the situation is not so dangerous, and no one takes the initiative to step forward.
Anyway, there were so many people in the same cave and no one else said a word. If I didn't say a word, I would just follow the crowd. Everyone was talking about it, so no one should laugh at anyone.
"Let's draw lots," a voice said.
"Then just arrest him and let fate happen. Don't blame anyone."
"How to catch it?"
There was silence again in the communication, and everyone was scattered in different caves. Unless you caught it with your own hands, it would not be convincing at all.
"Let's do it this way. Let the Thunder God arrest you. If you agree, just say something ugly. If you agree, you can catch whoever you want. Don't keep mumbling after arresting him."
"agree!"
"agree!"
"agree……"
"Thunder God, did you all hear what we just said? Could you please help us draw lots? Whichever hole we draw will be the hole."
The ball hit Ye Han's feet, and Ye Han was immediately under great pressure.
Drawing lots is very simple, but the result will determine the fate of an entire hiding hole, and there is more than one person in the hole, which makes people hesitate.
But if we don’t catch him, everyone will be dead!
Ye Han gritted his teeth: "Luo Qi, prepare a note for me!"
"yes!"
"Wait, you arrange for someone to go there, and you stay to send a message to Base No. 1."
"yes!"
Luo Qi immediately got ready.
Ye Han said: "Tell them, I respect their decision, but I suggest them to wait and see what the aliens do. What if the power outage is a coincidence? If the aliens continue to dig, we have to decide whether to rush out.
It’s not too late.”
"Also, if we just check the situation, there is no need to open a hiding hole. They still have sealing materials, right? They can dig it open and seal it, let one person out and then seal the exit."
Luo Qi conveyed Ye Han's meaning to Base No. 1 word for word, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Ye Han.
Ye Han turned his eyes to the screen and sighed quietly.
Compassion does not govern soldiers, justice does not engage in business. Sometimes, neither commanders nor ordinary soldiers have a choice.
The soldier Luo Qi sent out finally came back with the note. When he threw his hand away, several small paper balls stuck to his palm.
Since the fleet has already implemented a paperless office, it is difficult to find a piece of paper on the Leishan. This soldier spent a lot of effort to find a piece of wrapping paper and barely completed the task.
Ye Han took the ball of paper: "Has it all been written?"
"It's written." The soldier nodded.
Ye Han shook his palm, and several paper balls floated away from his palm. He grabbed one of them, opened it and sighed: "No. 2."
Luo Qi turned on the communication equipment and whispered: "Leishan called Base No. 1, and the result came out, it was Base No. 2."
A few minutes later, Leishan received another new communication: "The results are out...No. 2?"
After a moment of silence, a dry voice appeared: "Let's discuss it."
"What else are we discussing? We just agreed and you agreed. It has been decided. There is no need to discuss it further."
"Didn't you hear the Thunder Mountain's suggestion?"
"Okay, okay, if you want to discuss it, hurry up and don't be gibbering like a woman!"
"You are a man, why don't you go out?"
"If you whip me, I will definitely get out!"
"Okay, why are you arguing? Whoever talks nonsense will follow. Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back, right?"
Everyone was quiet now. After a while, a voice said: "I am Cave No. 2. Let me express my position first. Since we have been slapped on the head, we have nothing to say. We plan to do it again.
Just send one person out to see what's going on, that's it."
No one spoke in the communication, and after a while, the voice of Cave No. 2 reappeared: "The selection has been made, but there are a few words to say beforehand."
"you say!"
"What on earth are we going out for?"
"Do you even need to ask? Look at the reactor!"
"Then there's a problem. The aliens are still out there. They haven't discovered that we're hiding here yet. If we go out now, wouldn't it be like exposing our hiding hole?"
"Also, if aliens discover and destroy the reactor, it will be too late to go out now. On the other hand, if they only destroy the lines, there is no difference between going out now and going out later. Do you think our analysis is correct or not?
right?"
"It makes sense." A voice said, "Then what are you going to do?"
"Our idea is to wait. We still have oxygen tablets. It won't be a problem to hold on for another three to five days. It won't be too late to go out after the aliens have left."
"What if the aliens haven't left by then?"
"Then do we still have a choice?"
"Okay, then just wait."
It is now two o'clock in the morning on January 31st. I am staying with the bed in the hospital. My father is right in front of me. He is connected to two medicine pumps and has a nasogastric feeding tube. His condition has been unstable and he will definitely not be able to leave the hospital recently. I try my best to
Maybe take some time to code, and try to keep updating. I’m not used to using a mobile phone to code. The keyboard can be used, but the input method has been changed one after another, and none of the mobile Wubi is easy to use. Let’s stop here and go to sleep.
