Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 994 The Problem of Survival

"It's a good thing I'm wearing a helmet and a neck protector..." Ke Lan touched his head. With his current body strength, even if he didn't have a concussion, his cervical spine would probably suffer a bit from such a collision.

In this memory world, fatal injuries are not terrible, but the kind of injuries that can make Ke Lan feel the pain that the Fool has endured but can't die will be more "lethal".

Compared with the physical pain, the mental torture is even higher.

"You're not injured, are you?" Braised Dan also came over and pulled Ke Lan up.

"No." Following the faint light of the emergency light above his head, Ke Lan glanced at the thin wire in the team doctor's hand, and muttered, "I didn't expect you to have such abilities."

"It's just some small tricks for making a living, not worth mentioning." The team doctor put away the wire, turned around and walked to the screen, trying to restart the control system of the shuttle, but she tried several times, but the machine still had nothing to do. reaction.

"I tried it, but it didn't work. It's probably because there was a problem with the power supply system when it landed... Now the entire shuttle, the only place with power should be the hibernation cabin. It uses independent power supply equipment, and is equipped with Emergency battery." Said Braised Egg.

"The landing of the shuttle was detected, and everyone else should have been awakened." Glasses Lolita added, "Let's go out after everyone is assembled."

Not long after, a group of advance team members also wearing protective suits walked into the control room—a total of 25 people set out from the Ark on this shuttle. Died of various reasons, including Ke Lan and the other five, there are still seventeen surviving advance team members.

Through a brief exchange, these newly awakened people quickly understood the situation. After trying to repair the shuttle failed, everyone immediately made a decision-divided the personnel into two groups, and one group explored the surrounding conditions of the landing site. Some available resources; another group of people stayed in place, dismantled the shuttle, gathered all valuable materials, and set up a temporary camp on the spot.

Although this is the first time humans have set foot on Alpha Star, drones have collected enough information before that—Alpha Star has a huge temperature difference between day and night. The low temperature of tens of degrees below zero is absolutely fatal to human beings.

The protective clothing worn by the team members can indeed adjust the temperature, isolate radiation and other toxic and harmful substances, but the problem is that the protective clothing consumes power. Once the power is exhausted, the protective clothing is completely a burden—no power For exoskeletons, it is simply a fantasy to rely on the wearer's own strength to drive this hundreds of kilograms of clothing.

Before departure, the experts on the Ark decided on three sets of energy supplement plans—one set was based on solar power generation, the other was based on geothermal power generation, and the last set was kinetic energy generation.But in the current situation, the first two plans are basically useless: the entire Alpha star is covered by thick clouds of radiation, the sunlight that can penetrate the clouds to reach the ground is very thin, and the efficiency of solar power generation is probably only [-]% to [-]% of the expected. Unable to meet the daily needs of the advance team.

As for geothermal power generation, unless the landing site is in a crater or some place with frequent geological activities, otherwise, if you want to use geothermal heat, the advance team must first dig a geothermal well on the ground that does not know how deep it will be... And like craters or other areas that can obtain shallow geothermal heat, their own safety cannot be guaranteed, and it is not a suitable location for camping.

The most reliable, but at the same time the most unstable, is only the third solution: kinetic energy power generation.

There are many kinds of kinetic energy power generation, relying on wind power and hydraulic power is one kind, and relying on human power is also another kind. There are no rivers near the landing site, and there is no available hydraulic power. Yes—fortunately, in the open wilderness area, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the hot and cold air flows frequently, so the feasibility of wind power generation is still very high.

"We carried six sets of kinetic generators, but the folding windmills are too bulky, so there are only two sets." Ludan, a mechanic, said to everyone, "However, the outer shell of the shuttle can be made into a simple windmill. We also have cutting machines and other equipment, and the processing is not too difficult, and the power provided by the six windmills should be enough for the daily consumption of the camp."

"But the biggest problem is food." A man with a square face with Chinese characters said, "In 19 years, there is not much food left on the shuttle. It can only last for two months at most... Moreover, this is not considering the premise that the exploration behavior will greatly increase the body's calorie demand... If it is a pessimistic estimate, the remaining food may only be enough for one month's consumption."

This Chinese character face is the captain of another rotating team. The original commander of the advance team died of a hidden disease in the sixth year of his journey. A command group was formed to jointly manage the advance team.

"We are already on Planet Alpha. Of course, we have to rely on this planet to solve the food problem. There is an old saying in China, isn't it called 'Eat mountains by relying on mountains, and eat water by relying on water'... If this planet includes seventeen of us If you can't even feed them, how can you meet the colonization needs of the Ark?" Braised Dan answered.

"You speak lightly." The person speaking was a blond Caucasian woman with shaved hair as short as a man, and she is also one of the four squad leaders on duty, "In a month, even if the land here is suitable for farming, it will It’s too late to harvest enough crops to satisfy our hunger... Then we have only one way to get food, hunting like primitive people... But the indigenous creatures on this planet must be known to you, they are far more powerful than the beasts on the earth It is dangerous, but more aggressive. Moreover, once the indigenous creatures retaliate due to hunting, how long do you think our temporary camp can hold on under the siege of the beasts?"

"Maybe we can look for some indigenous works of Planet Alpha as rations." Braised Dan curled his lips, "You are wrong about one thing. The way primitive people obtain food is not only hunting, but also gathering."

"If I remember correctly, the location where we landed is the desert area marked as area B17, right? In this area, as far as I can remember, no edible crops have been found by drones at all." Blonde The woman frowned and said, "Besides, the terrain here is flat, there is no danger to rely on, and you can find camps built on flat ground from a long distance... My suggestion is to use this month's time to find a place that is rich in resources, easy to defend and difficult to defend." Camp where you want to attack, not just where you are.”

"Camping on the spot is the plan we decided just now. In our current state, we are simply unable to make a long-distance trek." Guozilian shook his head and said, "Also, we are still not sure whether there are any survivors of the Alpha civilization left on this planet. On the planet, if we stray into their territory, have you ever thought about what would happen?"

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