Yan Sichen's suggestion sounded good, but Su Wanxia did not agree to it. Instead, she publicly said that she was "making a mountain out of a molehill."

So the topic about whether Xian Qianhua and Yan Sichen are still alive ends here.

Is it really "the end"?

of course not.

Su Wanxia was more willing to believe everything she saw than to believe the opinions of the other four people. The reason why he chose to give up looking for the answer was because it was too stupid to do so now.

They are still floating in the universe far away from the earth. What does it matter even if Xian Qianhua and Yan Sichen really have any problems?

Su Wanxia decided to put the matter aside for now.

The top priority is to solve the current problem of time disorder.

…

"I once heard a friend from the Space Engine Research Department say that there is a bunker space between real space and imaginary space that humans have not yet been able to set foot on. This place is like the sandwich layer in a sandwich cookie, although most of the time we can't see it.

You can't see it, but it does exist." Chu Xiaoming said.

"Your metaphor is a bit far-fetched, isn't it? Moreover, even if we know what space plane we are in now, how can we leave? Time is not something that a few of us can handle." Xian Qianhua asked.

"Um... I'm really not sure about this. You see, I didn't even know what the arrow of time was before."

Yan Sichen looked at the cup on the ground and said: "No matter what, I think going to Mars is much more promising than returning directly to Earth. After all, if there are really no humans on Earth anymore, then we have no chance of going back."

"Well...that's the truth, but Mars is not necessarily an oasis." Chu Xiaoming said.

"Huh?" Everyone was puzzled.

Chu Xiaoming smiled and said: "We don't have landing equipment. Are we going to make an emergency landing of the spacecraft on Mars again?"

"Well...this is indeed a big problem." Xian Qianhua had a headache.

Su Wanxia said: "The second phase of the 'Feng Ying' plan is to build a landing channel. I think...as long as we can accurately locate the location of the Mars camp, there will be no problem in landing."

"Huh?" Everyone expressed doubts.

But in the end everyone reached a consensus.

…

Facts have proved that Su Wanxia's prediction is accurate.

They found the simple starport and docked the spacecraft on it.

Then Su Wanxia and Chu Xiaoming went to the camp as a vanguard team to find out.

After entering the lander, Chu Xiaoming opened his mask and said with a smile: "Although I have stayed at the base for almost seven years, I never thought I would have the opportunity to visit other planets. Now that I am fine, not only did I accidentally go beyond

We have traveled to the moon, and now we are about to land on Mars. It feels like we are traveling.”

Su Wanxia's mask did not lift up, and although her expression could not be seen, her tone was obviously much more relaxed.

From the completion level of the star port, it can be determined that the "Abundance Plan" has completed the preliminary preparation phase as scheduled, which means that there should be everything they need in the camp.

"If we can live another hundred or two hundred years, we might be able to visit relatives in the solar system in the future."

"Haha, I like what you said! By the way, Wanxia, ​​I'll introduce you to a girl when I get back. I'm sure you'll like her."

Su Wanxia was not interested at all: "Just be nice to Sister Yinuo, don't worry about me."

Chu Xiaoming was a little embarrassed when he heard this and could only smile.

After the lander was shut down, the "space elevator" extending from the Mars camp to the star port near the orbit of the Mars A1 satellite was lit.

Looking down from the star port, you can clearly see three blue lines.

Shen Yinuo continued to try to contact the earth in the control center of the star port, while Xian Qianhua and Yan Sichen were responsible for observing the current climate conditions around the camp to prevent accidents.

"We're leaving." When everything was ready, Chu Xiaoming said to the three people in the star port before pressing the landing button.

"Copy that, pay attention to safety." Shen Yinuo replied.

"OK! Let's go!"

With a sudden shudder, the lander plummeted toward the earth at three times the speed of sound.

Although it was very fast, everything was normal inside the specially designed lander cabin, and Chu Xiaoming and Su Wanxia were not thrown to the ground in any way.

But their blood pressure still soared, and their heart rates increased to about 100.

One minute and 21 seconds later, the lander passed through the neutral point, and with a crisp click, it began to enter the deceleration phase.

In this stage, the lander will decelerate six times before landing, each time the deceleration amplitude is half of the previous one. It will reach the final safe speed before the final landing.

Another five minutes passed.

As the cabin beneath their feet trembled, Chu Xiaoming and Su Wanxia, ​​who were sitting on both sides of the lander, successfully landed in the camp.

"We're here." Chu Xiaoming looked at Su Wanxia and said with a smile.

Su Wanxia stood up silently and opened the lander's hatch.

The pressure must be equalized before the hatch is opened. During this process, the camp has been awakened.

…

In Su Wanxia's impression, the "Fengcheng" project is the prelude to the "Second Colonization" plan and the prelude to mankind's official start to transform Mars and build a new home.

Compared with the previous seven Mars exploration programs, the investment in the "Abundance" program is much larger.

So the campsite here is also quite spacious.

Chu Xiaoming and Su Wanxia were stunned when they stepped out of the lander and entered the camp.

What kind of camp is this?

It’s clearly a miniature city!

Although they had determined that the camp was empty when they were at the star port, the artificial intelligence that implemented the "Abundance" plan still managed the camp in an orderly manner.

After identifying the IDs of Chu Xiaoming and Su Wanxia, ​​the door of the camp was opened to humans.

"I feel like it's okay for us to live here for the rest of our lives." Chu Xiaoming sighed.

"It's okay to live, but it's too uncomfortable to live here all the time." Su Wanxia is not like Chu Xiaoming, he still hopes to return to the earth.

"Haha, what I'm saying is, um, should I notify Yinuo and the others to come down now?"

"Don't worry, let's explore the camp first." Su Wanxia was very cautious. He felt something was a little bit wrong when he approached the similar integrated cabin structure on the left side of the camp's main entrance.

After Chu Xiaoming came in, he also noticed something was wrong.

"Tsk... this place... is so clean!" Chu Xiaoming looked at the neatly arranged Mars terrain vehicles and the surrounding solar panels. They were all clean, which really made people concerned.

"Let's go and take a look..." Su Wanxia said and walked towards an entrance numbered A1.

Chu Xiaoming hurriedly followed.

After the two completed the pressure balance one after another, they finally officially entered the interior of the Mars camp.

Compared with previous designs that were designed to save space, the style of this camp feels more earth-like.

There is even space left in the corridor dedicated to decoration.

This is not very common.

After walking through the corridor and entering a ring-shaped structure, Su Wanxia and Chu Xiaoming found that the place was very clean like the outside, and it did not look like it had been ravaged by the harsh climate of Mars.

So in order to find out the truth, they decided to move to the main control center to determine what exactly happened here.

On the way to the main control center, Su Wanxia and Chu Xiaoming also got their hands on weapons.

These things are also well kept in the guard room.

With weapons, both of them are confident.

After the main control room was connected to the camp's carrier core, Su Wanxia obtained the camp's overall structure diagram and the highest management authority of the monitoring system.

Then he discovered the truth behind the cleanliness of the camp—three dedicated artificial intelligence robots.

…

More than two hours later.

The five of them sat down in the restaurant in the camp.

Each of them was lined up in a row with a chair, and three artificial intelligence robots stood in front of them.

The robot numbered iocp01, which is tall and fat and looks like a large pillow, is the "medical expert" of the camp, but its patients are devices located throughout the camp, not humans.

The robot numbered iocp02, which looks like a large iron plate in the middle, is the "big housekeeper" of the camp. It is mainly responsible for commanding and dispatching low-intelligent robots throughout the camp to clean the camp. It also provides various catering and daily living services.

The robot numbered iocp03 on the far right has the appearance of a human female, but its lower limbs are a moving disc. It is the "personal assistant" of the camp's delivery core and mainly provides personal assistant services to the future commander of the camp.

These three types of robots have been waiting loyally in the camp for more than a century.

So the five humans sitting in front of them at this moment are all in a bad mood.

More than a century...

Chu Xiaoming crossed his arms and crossed his chest, completely unable to accept this fact.
To be continued...