spaceflight manual

Chapter 23 "Quaint Chivalry"

With that said, the group of people finally showed their credentials and crossed the gate.

The simulated gravity of the space station is provided by the rotation, so as the distance between the position and the central axis of the rotation is different, the gravity of each area is also different.

The simulated gravity of the outermost circle of the space station is roughly the same as that of the earth, so most of the living areas are set in this area, which helps officers and soldiers stationed in space for a long time to maintain their muscle strength.

In addition, the marines live in a special barracks area, which is connected to the main body of the space station with a very long connection. The radius of rotation is larger than the outer ring of the space station, so the gravity is much greater than the standard earth gravity.

This also makes the Marine Corps members have very obvious appearance characteristics, as if the muscles have grown all the way to the brain.

Passing through the gate is the sixth street of the space station. The Chinese word "six" means that the direction of this street is perpendicular to the central axis of rotation of the space station. to the starting point.

It is said that it is a street, but most of the landscape is actually a projection, such as the blue sky above the head.

All the hollow cylindrical space structures of human beings are all built by private companies for rich people to live and travel.That kind of structure can restore the feeling of living on the earth as much as possible.

The Space Force doesn't even use that structure for space sanitariums, because it's too much of a waste of space and goes against the principles of Space Force pragmatism.

As soon as she arrived at Sixth Avenue, Lu Yingying introduced: "This road is the main road in the living area. There are eleven such arterial roads in total. This one happens to be located at the 'waist' of the space station, just like the belt of the space station."

Wang Pingan: "You told Angeli what are the main shops on both sides of this road, why are you just talking about these useless things?"

"I was just about to say it!" Lu Yingying gave Wang Pingan a look. "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 The shops are on the left. In addition, there are various private restaurants, barbershops and clothing stores on the left.”

"Is there no shopping plaza?" Angeli asked curiously, "I saw all these things in Huaguo from the ground."

"Of course, that's it." Lu Yingying pointed to the shop on the right side in front, "But be careful, you will be punished for buying too many snacks."

"That's because you want to sing, and eating too many potato chips will hurt your throat." Wang Pingan said, "We eat whatever we want, no one tells us."

"It's really unfair." Lu Yingying muttered.

Wang Pingan: "Okay, let's go quickly, we have to go to the dormitory to report, and then go to eat."

As he spoke, he directly started an electric car parked on the side of the road with his military officer certificate.

Angeli: "Driving in the space station...?"

"It's far away." Wang Pingan said, putting both of their luggage into the trunk, and was about to turn to the driver's seat, but found that Lu Yingying had already sat in it.

"I'm driving." Lu Yingying said.

Wang Ping'an shrugged and sat in the back seat by himself.

Lu Yingying immediately became displeased: "Why did you sit in the back, what a bitch a big man is in the back seat?"

"That doesn't make sense, why is the back seat so sissy?"

Angeli opened the co-pilot's door and sat in, urging, "Let's go."

Lu Yingying: "Okay. It's for my sister's sake that I don't care about you."

"Why have you been yelling at my sister and sister since the beginning?" Wang Ping'an asked.

"Because she is indeed my sister."

"I don't really care." Angeli pushed her glasses.

Lu Yingying started the trolley—in fact, the tram is basically controlled by a computer. Lu Yingying just held the handle and pretended to be driving. All the effective operations she did were pressing the start button.

Before Lu Yingying could speak, Wang Pingan gave an order to the computer: "Go to the 611 dormitory."

The computer starts up immediately.

Lu Yingying pretended to be driving.

Angeli looked at her curiously: "Is it fun to drive? This should be automatic driving, right?"

"Yes, but... I am very happy. When I retire and return to Earth, I must get a real car to drive."

Wang Pingan explained in 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 that also possible to sing on Earth? Go and participate in the Voice of Earth."

Lu Yingying sighed: "My father said that the space army is good, it has security, benefits are good, and there is no danger in the cultural team."

"Who said there is no danger," Wang Pingan dismantled, "A while ago, the detachment that did not go to Titan to give condolences just happened to encounter the geological changes of Titan... that is not right, it may not be called geological changes, because Titan's More than half of the earth's crust is ice, and the other half is liquid alkanes. In short, there was a big earthquake, and the liquid alkanes that spewed out directly hit the landing spacecraft, and then..."

Lu Yingying: "Ahhhhh, I don't want to listen! I won't be drawn to a dangerous place like Titan!"

"Then I wish you the chance to go to the Deep Space Watch Base in Kuiper, maybe you can meet the Trisolarans who came to investigate."

Lu Yingying: "You bastard, can you wish me a little bit of goodness! You can go to Europa!"

"Do you think Europa is safe? The frozen planet is affected by the gravity of Jupiter, the weather is very bad, and the ice will be broken by the gravitational tide from time to time, and various accidents will occur. The death rate of the miners mining ice on Europa is only Second only to alkanes miners on Titan."

Lu Yingying held back for a few seconds: "Then I'll go to Mars! Mars isn't dangerous, is it?"

"Mars has a giant dust storm, which is [-] times more terrifying than the dust storm on Earth, and it will sweep across the entire surface of Mars. You can see the 'front line' formed by the dust on the ground from space."

Lu Yingying stopped talking.Obviously, Lu Yingying didn't realize from the beginning to the end that Wang Pingan would not hesitate to go to danger as long as the Space Force needed it. This was the most important barrier between her and him.

At this moment, Angeli said suddenly: "Don't you know, Miss Lu, that the disaster really likes the song "Singing the Turbulent Youth"."

Lu Yingying: "Huh? Does he like it? Doesn't he like the green grass next to the house?"

"I have a wide range of hobbies." Wang Pingan said.

Lu Yingying: "Hey, I told you I like it earlier, I will sing it to you, listen to the noise of the wind and snow, watch the shooting stars flying, my heart is calling to me, go to the turbulent distance..."

Lu Yingying's singing is like a lark.

Suddenly her voice dropped.She seemed to suddenly understand why Angeli told her that Wang Ping'an liked this song.

"Uh... I, I will apply to go to Titan next time!" Lu Yingying said in a hurry, "And Kuiper's Deep Space Watch Base! I also want to go to the turbulent distance!"

Wang Pingan: "Even if you want to go, you can't pass the physical fitness test. You should stay here. Everyone has their own way of functioning. The Space Force needs your singing voice."

Angelie: "Everyone has expressed their desire to change, so you can just praise them. Chernyshevsky said that if love can't make you better, then this love is worthless That's the general idea. You see, Yingying's love is valuable!"

"That's right! But why do French people say famous quotes from Russian writers?" Lu Yingying asked suspiciously.

Wang Pingan: "Why don't you tell me why the French are stealing Chinese?"

Just as Angeli was about to respond, the car turned into the gate of the dormitory area. The electronic eyes had already checked the identity of the person in the car, so they let it go directly.

Inside the gate, more than 100 Space Force soldiers lined up, wearing big red flowers in front of them.

They are singing a chorus with their comrades who don't wear red flowers: "Send off your comrades, embark on a journey, cry silently, and the camel bell rings in your ears..."

Angeli: "This is... Veterans retiring, right?"

"Yes, although the Space Force is mainly composed 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 fail to get promoted, they will be discharged." Wang Pingan replied.

"Where do they go after they leave the army?" Angeli 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 trained by the Space Force, and they just need a little training. Hey, let's not talk about this." , I will apply to go to dangerous places, and I will also exercise, can you not be angry with me?"

Wang Pingan: "I'm not angry with you, I just think we are really inappropriate."

Angeli: "You should say, 'Then I'll see how you behave'. Be gentle with girls."

"That's right, you need to warm up the oil! Besides, I, I sing very well, and I can give you harmony."

"I sing rock and roll, why do you need 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 partner.

Wang Pingan opened the door and got off the car, opened the trunk to get the luggage.

Lu Yingying: "I can't enter this dormitory, so I'll wait for you in the car, come out quickly!"

Angeli: "We'll be there soon."

And Wang Pingan walked towards the door of the dormitory carrying the suitcase, and Angeli hurried to follow.

After catching up with Wang Ping'an, she whispered, "You, I probably understand why you don't like her anymore, but isn't it good for girls who like you?"

"Then what should I do? Use her favor to be a real scumbag? Talk sweet words, and then pull X ruthlessly? No, I refuse to do this. It's better to try my best to make her hate me to death.

"But for some reason, it doesn't work for me to do these things. Whether it's explicitly telling them that I don't want to be in a relationship, 'I don't like you', or playing tricks on them, it doesn't work."

Angeli: "Because you're single, they think there's a chance. You really want to drive her away so much, why don't we pretend?"

"No, then I'm sorry for you?" Wang Pingan refused flatly, without hesitation, "My father taught me to be responsible for girls."

Angeli: "Although he divorced three times?"

Wang Pingan stopped, faced Angeli, and said solemnly: "I don't usually care about people making jokes about this, but if you want to be serious, I have to say that my father lost his spouse for the first time. It was a widow. He. In the next three divorces, although the reason was personality differences, my dad did not feel ashamed of the woman.

"For the first time, I just got a new house 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 when he divorced, the house was given to the woman.

"The second time, it was the 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.

"For the third time, my dad didn't have much work points left, so the main work points were paid by the woman, but the furniture and decorations were arranged by my father himself. In the end, he left the house again. Did you see that? I In your western words, Dad has a kind of quaint chivalry. As a son, I don't want to embarrass him."

Angeli: "That's it... But how do I remember that you have a mother at home?"

"That aunt was assigned by a computer, and the marriage has continued until now. That aunt has also helped take care of my grandparents for a long time. She is a kind aunt."

"So that's it, the computer is equipped..."

Angeli deliberately prolonged the ending.

Wang Pingan: "Come on, hurry up and go through the formalities, don't make Lu Yingying wait too long."

"Oh, are you worried about her now? Don't you want her to hate you? Let's just slip through the back door after checking in and leave her here!"

"No, that's too pitiful." Wang Pingan shook his head, "That guy, crying is [-] times more lethal than you. After all, she acts like an innocent eight-year-old child all day long. I don't want to go to Mars." The whole flight was a nightmare."

"Hey~ that's it~" Angorie dragged her voice.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go."

(End of this chapter)