You say you have an iron will, are you serious?

"Oh my God, I can't even imagine it!"

Thomas Werner was shocked and his face was numb. In the end, he didn't know how he got to the experimental site.

Thomas Werner is a physicist and astronomer. This time he went to the moon to participate in the research work of the Lunar Survey Telescope.

There were many astronomers and physicists who registered at the same time as him, but some of them were not as physically fit as him or had less nationality than him, so he was ultimately selected.

There are many sky survey telescopes on Earth, so it’s nothing surprising.

There is also the Hubble telescope in space, and scientists would like to conduct close-up research, but they can't fly, so there's nothing they can do.

Now, we have built a super survey telescope on the moon. It is the most technologically advanced and best-located survey telescope in the world, without a doubt.

The temptation for scientists is unparalleled, and almost no astronomer can resist the temptation of the "Lunar Survey Telescope".

So he came up.

The next day, Thomas and Ouyang Mingri, a Chinese researcher in charge of the lunar survey telescope, started working together.

After a day, the two became very familiar with each other.

Thomas also became familiar with the other researchers, at least they knew each other's faces, got to know each other, and had a rough idea of ​​each other's academic level.

Scientific research is different from literature and art. In literature and art, everyone has their own opinions. Even a pile of shit can be called art. But in scientific research, what is is what is, and there is no room for quibbling.

You only need to deal with a simple problem and see how the person handles it and how he thinks about each aspect, and you can tell how good he is. This cannot be false.

"China is making great progress in this area!"

Thomas can make a very responsible judgment that Ouyang Mingri and the team he leads are excellent and have far exceeded the current international level in many aspects, both in depth and breadth.

While chatting at dinner that night, Thomas learned that their work had been guided and taught by "Professor Zhao", from theory to practice, from astronomy to mathematics.

Thomas immediately understood the situation and said to himself, "So that's how it is."

"So, Ouyang, Professor Zhao is very concerned about the research results of the lunar survey telescope?"

Thomas asked while eating, "Did he make any new big discoveries?"

The food in the lunar base was richer than Thomas expected. There was not only rice, noodles, and bread, but also a variety of meats, fish, and vegetables. It was not a nutritious meal like jelly.

He ate very happily and joyfully.

Of course, from the perspective of "eating", he was once again stunned by China's aerospace capabilities.

I admit that you are indeed incredibly powerful, but isn’t it too extravagant for you to “eat” like this?
Thomas spoke in Chinese, and although he had a strong foreign accent, Ouyang Mingri understood him clearly. He answered while eating, "I don't know whether Professor Zhao has made any new discoveries, but he is indeed very concerned about our research results. Our daily observation pictures and analysis data will be transmitted back to Earth as soon as possible, and Professor Zhao will take a look at them."

Thomas exclaimed, "Don't you think it's a waste of communication resources to transmit data back every day?"

Ouyang Mingri smiled and said: "Our satellites, space stations and quantum communication networks on the moon are the guarantee of strong communication. How can this be considered a waste? Our next step is to realize the function of real-time calls and video calls between the moon and the earth, and realize TikTok on the moon."

"what?"

Thomas had heard about this before, but it was either hearsay or from ordinary staff here, so he was skeptical.

Now that Ouyang Mingri said this, he immediately knew that this was true.

Ouyang Mingri's level is still very high, and what he said can barely be regarded as official confirmation.

After coming to his senses, Thomas exclaimed again: "If there really comes a day like that, I will definitely come here again!"

Ouyang Mingri smiled and said, "Thomas, you have a chance."

"I'll lend you some good words~"

Thomas replied in our style, with an expectant look on his face.

The lunar base operates according to Earth time and also arranges for rest at night.

Thomas was busy until after ten o'clock in the evening, then he returned to his little room, washed up and prepared to go to bed.

The water used for washing is said to be pumped up from the underground of the moon and purified. China has discovered a large amount of water underground on the moon, enough for the entire base to use comfortably.

The room is not very big, with just a bed and a space for storing personal belongings, which is two meters high.

But this does not apply to the living conditions on Earth. On the moon, Thomas just thinks it is too luxurious to build such a private room for everyone to live in.

Thomas had heard Ouyang Mingri and others in the research team complain to him that the moon was too big, so couldn't the base be built a little bigger? That way it would be more comfortable to sleep and make you feel better.

"On the moon, you still need to be comfortable. Living here affects your mood, which in turn affects your scientific research efficiency? You guys really don't know how to appreciate your blessings!"

Thomas listened to them and thought they were showing off in front of him, but he couldn't find any evidence, so he could only criticize them in his heart. According to his thoughts before coming here, it would be enough to have a sleeping bag in this place and sleep in a big bunk together.

I never expected it to be so luxurious!

He turned on the small desk lamp and read for a while. It was not until eleven o'clock Earth time that Thomas took off his clothes and went to bed. Everything was just like it was on Earth, without any inconvenience.

In the following days, in addition to doing research, Thomas would also wander around the base when he had free time, or help others and do work within his ability.

However, because the entire base is controlled by the "Moonlight" strong artificial intelligence, it is highly intelligent and has many robots handling affairs, so he is basically unable to help.

Except for some places marked as strictly prohibited for entry by unauthorized personnel, Thomas would visit other places when he had time.

Thomas spent three days visiting every place he could.

Upstairs, downstairs.

To his disappointment, he did not discover what it was that "controlled" gravity.

"It should be in those places where entry is strictly prohibited~"

So he thought.

In those places, if he approached or looked at them closely, the "Light of the Moon" would not say anything. Only when he tried to enter these places, the "Light of the Moon" would remind him that he had entered a "strictly restricted area" and asked him to leave as soon as possible.

It's not that he hadn't thought about what would happen if he broke in by force, but it was just a thought.

After the sound of "Moonlight" was rang out, relevant staff members came over immediately, asked him to leave expressionlessly, and told him that it was a confidential matter. According to the previous notice, if he had any abnormal behavior, compulsory measures would be taken against him.

Thomas therefore completely gave up the idea of ​​visiting these places.

Five days later, it was the weekend and the base was closed.

Thomas, who got up in the morning and was about to go to the laboratory, was shocked to hear the news. My goodness, are you here for vacation or to do scientific research? You actually have a holiday?
In the news, the foreigners who work four days a week and have three days off never thought about having weekends off on the moon. How can you Chinese who work all the time relax after coming to the moon?
“Won’t this affect work?”

Thomas asked incomprehensibly.

Ouyang Mingri smiled and said, "There are people on duty, and those who are not on duty will have a day off. It's only one day a week, which is very rare. It also gives everyone some time to relax and adjust their state. Alternating between tension and relaxation is the correct working state."

"..."

Thomas was speechless for a moment, then asked, "Your Professor Zhao has a will of steel and works all year round. Don't you want to learn from him?"

After these words came out, it was Ouyang Mingri's turn to be speechless: "..."

My goodness, is Professor Zhao something we can compare to?
After a while, Ouyang Mingri finally answered him: "We want to learn from Professor Zhao, but we also need to pay attention to methods and our own actual conditions. Most of us don't actually have the talent that Professor Zhao has!"

After thinking for a while, he didn't know how to describe Zhao Mo's peculiarity, so he used the word "talent".

Thomas was a little confused and thought for a long time before he understood what he meant. Although it felt a little wrong, he still thought it made sense.

The vast majority of people are ordinary people and cannot reach the level of Zhao Mo.

Zhao Mo is a genius scientist like Einstein and Newton, and he is more hardworking than them.

Even if an ordinary person is as diligent as Zhao Mo, the heights he can reach are far less than what Zhao Mo has achieved, so this leads to the input far exceeding the output, which is not cost-effective.

"Okay~"

Thomas approved of this and then asked, "What are we going to do on a day off?"

The moon is different from the Earth. You can go out and wander around after leaving the laboratory, but there are no supermarkets or anything outside. What can you do during your holidays?
Ouyang Mingri, however, was very excited and pulled him outside, saying as they walked, "Of course, we're going to do a lunar rover drift."

"???"

Thomas had a question mark on his face when he heard this.

It was not until he and Ouyang Mingri and others put on their space suits and walked out of the base and boarded the lunar rover, and watched Ouyang Mingri driving the lunar rover across the moon, that he suddenly woke up, and then he let out a burst of "Ouch~"

“Haha, that’s what it is!”

Thomas was so excited that he didn't expect that it was really a lunar rover drifting.

At this moment, he thought of the video he had seen on the Internet of the American Apollo lunar rover speeding across the moon. It completely changed his worldview and shocked him for decades.

Unexpectedly, one day he repeated the same action.

"Wait, Apollo should be fake, what I have now is the real one!"

Thomas quickly asked someone to help them take videos and photos, so that he could share them with his family and fellow countrymen after returning to Earth. (End of this chapter)