Chapter 243 242 Grouping and Walking Alone

"Pierre! Be quiet!"

"This is a second home! Not Earth!"

"We are the pioneers of mankind. We are opening up a new world and exploring a planet suitable for human habitation. What does this sacrifice mean?"

"Think about Magellan, who explored the world in history. His fleet was away for three years and cost more than 200 lives on the way. He even got on board, but we only lost four members of the team."

The middle-aged white man with an unshaven beard who spoke was driving the vehicle while yelling at the black member of the passenger seat. He obviously also had a hot temper.

"F#￥U! Jason, there are no damn monsters on the earth. I would rather go back to Magellan's old path than stay in this damn place for one more day!" The tall black man and the middle-aged white man quarreled.

The team is filled with an atmosphere of depression and tension.

As for the mixed-race young man Bruce, he was squatting in the back row of the lunar rover, looking at the distant horizon with a telescope, and then looked down at the draft map in his hand, with a hint of excitement in his eyes, and interrupted.

The argument between the two people in the front row ended: "Jason, how much battery is left in the car?"

"The battery capacity is still 32% and can last for 56 kilometers. This damn place is full of deserts, with long daylight hours of up to 24 hours, and the solar panel charging efficiency is very high."

"What's wrong? Bruce, have you made a new discovery?" the middle-aged white man asked with his ears pricked up.

From Jason's perspective, this mixed-race young man kept silent all the way. In terms of patience and determination, he was far superior to the two of them. He would only speak suddenly at critical moments.

"There is a new discovery!"

"About ten kilometers ahead, there are signs of water. It is not yet certain whether it is a river or a lake!" The mixed-race young man pursed his dry lips and said with a slight smile.

"What? Bruce, you found the source of water? God bless you!"

"Bruce, you are like a silent sphinx! When you open your mouth, you will bring good news!"

"Finally, I don't have to drink filtered urine anymore!" The black man named Pierre was overjoyed when he heard this.

"10 kilometers?"

"I know!" Jason's face was also full of excitement. He stopped arguing with the black man next to him and stepped on the switch to accelerate forward.

Soon this special all-terrain vehicle was raising smoke and dust, passing through a large area of ​​sandy hills and arriving at the edge of a blue sea.

"Haha! It's the sea!"

"It's the ocean of this planet!"

"God bless!" Looking at the waves rising on the beach, Pierre jumped out of the car first, holding the rifle in his hand, and ran all the way from the beach to the seaside.

The clear water carried waves and washed over the beach, submerging his ankles.

"Pierre, be safe! Don't forget those strange beasts!" Seeing that the black man was about to take off his clothes and jump into the sea for a swim, Jason, a middle-aged white man, immediately shouted a reminder from behind.

"Alien beast? Damn Fake!" Upon hearing this, Pierre's whole body became excited, and he retreated from the tide to the shore in three steps at a time.

As for the mixed-race young man, he took an instrument for monitoring water quality from the car, carefully approached the water and scooped some. After looking at the water composition that appeared on the monitor, his face twitched slightly and he said: "Guys, here it is.

All the seawater can be directly used as raw material for the salt farm! It seems that if you want to extract it into fresh water, you will have to waste some effort."

"What's the salinity?" Jason on the side came over and took a look at the instrument data displayed by the mixed-race young man. His face also darkened and he began to curse: "Hou Li Crab! 46% salinity? This is higher than the highest salinity of the Dead Sea.

high!"

You know, the average salinity of the Pacific Ocean on Earth is about 3.5%, which is equivalent to 3.5 grams of dissolved matter diluted in 100 grams of seawater.

The Dead Sea has the highest salt content among many large waters on the planet. The highest salinity is about 33.7%. At this salinity, ordinary fish cannot survive in it. Only bacteria and plankton can survive.

Moreover, the higher the salinity, the stronger the buoyancy of seawater. Ordinary people can lie flat and float on the surface of the Dead Sea without using a swimming ring or a newspaper.

The salinity of the ocean in front of us is one level higher than that of the Dead Sea. If you take a sip, it won't be a problem for your throat, and you can give it away directly.

"The salt content is too high, and the permeable membrane we brought cannot achieve large-scale desalination."

"The only way is to use soil... Fortunately, there is enough sunshine here, and the temperature is above 38 degrees..." The mixed-race young man analyzed, then looked up at the sunny sky, and waved to the big black man.

: "Pierre, let's work! If we want to drink clean fresh water, we can only rely on our human wisdom!"

"wisdom?"

"Then let's leave it to people like you Bruce! I'm still suitable to use muscles to solve the problem." Pierre made an ugly smile and raised one arm to show off his strong muscles.

The three of them took the excavation equipment from the car and began to work with the two of them to dig several large pits on the beach. Then they poured seawater into the pits, placed a bucket in the middle, and covered the pits with a layer of water.

plastic film.

This is a simple solar still that can use the heat of sunlight to heat the seawater in the pit and evaporate it. The distilled fresh water vapor will condense on the upper film and finally drip into the middle bucket.

"Then it's all about time! With the temperature so high, a bucket should be filled very quickly." Looking at this simple pothole, the mixed-race young man let out a long sigh.

Although this strange planet is full of life minerals, the environment at their landing site is too harsh.

In addition to the desert, it is a wasteland. In search of water, several members have lost their lives in the hands of strange beasts.

Fortunately, there is no end to the problem. After searching for more than 100 kilometers southward, we finally solved the water source problem temporarily.

"Pierre, just keep an eye on the bucket inside. When it's full, just drink."

"I'm going to observe the nearby terrain to see if there are any signs of activity by strange beasts."

"Jason, use the radio to contact several other teams and ask them to come closer to us. If you want to bring more fresh water back, you have to rely on everyone's strength." The mixed-race young man acted like a team leader.

After a few words of instructions, the other two people were mobilized.

He himself took a telescope and climbed to a towering sand dune on the edge of the beach to observe the nearby situation.

Scanning all the way from the desert to the sea, a black shadow like a mountain in the depths of the sea caught his attention.

"Is it an island?" the mixed-race young man muttered, turned up the magnification of the telescope, and soon he discovered the towering mountains on the island.

"Is this a volcano?"

"No! The shape is so similar to the mountain where we landed..." The mixed-race young man put down the telescope and rubbed his eyes, feeling as if something incredible had happened.

Using the lens to search the edge of the island, there was actually a raft with several figures sitting on it, floating out to sea from the island and sailing towards this beach.

At this moment, the mixed-race young man could not help but swallow his saliva, and his body trembled, as if he had discovered a new world. He could no longer maintain his composure, and shouted to the two team members who were busy on the beach: "Guys! There's something going on.

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When Pierre and Jason, who were in charge of their own affairs, heard this voice, they hurriedly dropped what they were doing, quickly got on the terrain vehicle and sped towards the sand dunes.

"Bruce, have you found any strange beasts?" Jason's face was solemn, while the big black man stood ready with an automatic rifle in one hand and a grenade that could be pulled at any time.

With the death of several team members, the members of the joint expedition team that landed on this second home became like frightened birds.

"It's not a strange beast!"

"It's an alien! Look!" Bruce also skillfully grabbed a rifle from the back of the car and threw the binoculars to Jason.

"what?"

"alien?"

"Intelligent creatures on this planet?" When the two of them heard this, their expressions changed. Although they were mentally prepared before coming, their emotions were completely different when they actually encountered them.

As for Jason, he took a telescope and looked in the direction the mixed-race young man was pointing, and found that there was really a raft like a ship sailing on the sea, constantly approaching.

“Aliens cross the sea on rafts?”

"Then the civilization level of these aliens is no different from the uncivilized primitive people on the earth?" Jason put down the telescope and analyzed with a slight twitch of face.

"Let's hide first!"

"Even primitive people have to be careful. Don't forget that some of the strange beasts we encountered before are also harmless to humans and animals," Bruce suggested with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, the other two people nodded. The three of them drove the vehicle and hid behind a large sand dune. They found a bunker and buried themselves in the sand. They used telescopes to constantly monitor the approaching ship.

raft.

As the raft got closer and closer, several blurry black figures in the telescope began to become clearer. Jason saw clearly the clothing symbols worn by those people, and exclaimed: "Bruce! It's not an alien! It belongs to a furry bear."

Expedition team! I remember that this batch of rocket launchers happened to have a bear lunar landing spacecraft, and the ground command center also said that they happened to be a few hours behind us."

Upon hearing that it was a human being, the big black man was the first to breathe a sigh of relief and put down the rifle he had been raising, while the mixed-race young man took the telescope and started observing again.

After seeing the physical features and faces of the people on the raft clearly, he suddenly stared and screamed: "Why is she here?"

Then he climbed out of the sand, shook the sand off his body, turned back and laughed at his two teammates: "Guys! Do you believe in love at first sight?"

"What do you mean? Bruce? Are you in love?" The two people lying on the sand didn't understand what the mixed-race young man meant.

After the mixed-race young man said a seemingly mindless remark, he no longer maintained his previous caution and calmness, and began to run wildly from the sand dunes to the beach, shouting and waving to the raft on the sea.

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"Bruce, are you crazy? Even if it's the Bear's expedition, we can't have easy contact with them!" Seeing this, Jason and Pierre had no choice but to follow them.

When the raft took more than 20 minutes to reach the coast, taking advantage of the tide and wind, several fully armed members of the Bear Expedition got off the raft. In addition, among this group of people, there was also a large

A woman who is obviously a bit smaller.

They saw this heroic woman wearing a silver-patterned combat uniform, frowning as she looked at the mixed-race young man who was yelling at them on the shore.

"Beautiful Miss Linglong, I had a quick farewell in Antarctica last time. I thought about you day and night, Miss Linglong, and couldn't sleep at night."

"I didn't expect that I would be able to meet you here even though we are 380,000 kilometers away from the earth! It really fits the old saying of flower growers: We are destined to meet you thousands of miles away!" The mixed-race young man was obviously extremely excited.
To be continued...