"Goldfish" class transport ship is the most successful cargo ship designed by mankind in the space age. It looks like a goldfish, with a large belly and can carry thousands of tons of materials. This spacecraft is a specially designed spacecraft, which has been flying in a space environment close to vacuum and does not enter the planet's atmosphere, so the wind resistance is not considered when designing. As long as it can be loaded, strong, and save fuel.
There are only four pilots in such a huge spaceship, and they take turns to drive in shifts in groups of two. This journey will take about a month. There is no recreational activity on the ship. The driver has no recreational facilities except to fly the ship or sleep. Xia Chen locked herself in her room and began meditating.
He now has a mental level of 10. Level 9 and Level 10 mental level is an insurmountable gap for most people. 90% of the people in this world have not reached Level 10 in their whole lives. The biggest difference between Grade 9 and Grade 10 lies in the total amount of mental reserves. The total mental reserve of Grade 10 is dozens or even hundreds of times that of Grade 9. If the total amount of mental power of Grade 9 is a glass of water, the total amount of mental power of Grade 10 is bathtub water.
The total amount of mental power has increased, and the mecha division can fly the mecha to fight longer. Therefore, only a level 10 spirit will be allowed to pass the qualification of a D-level mecha division.
Another point is the speed of mental recovery. After meditation at level 10, the speed of mental recovery also increases by geometric multiples compared with before.
Xia Chen soon entered a state of meditation. The crystal pyramid came to his mind again. Countless apes were worshipping... After more than ten hours, severe hunger came from his body. The mental stimulation of the pituitary gland secretes hormones to strengthen and transform the body, but this transformation also consumes a lot of nutrition and calories. He stood up and took a lot of space food to supplement his energy. He took a look at the meditation meter in his hand and the number displayed turned out to be 90.
Xia Chen was a little surprised. After the meditation degree exceeds 50, every increase in the meditation degree will cost a lot. After the meditation value reaches 50, the mental growth rate will double for every 5 points of meditation value. It seems that this crystal pyramid is indeed magical. Xia Chen is already looking forward to what kind of surprise will it have if his spirit is improved by another 10 levels.
"Didi..." The intercom on the cabin wall sounded, interrupting his meditation. He stood up and connected the call.
"Soldier Xia Chen, I am the captain of this ship. Your destination, the Watch Star Space Station, has arrived. It's time for you to disembark. I wish you all the best and don't feel homesick." The captain said with a smile.
"Yes, thank you, sir".
Xia Chen packed her bags and came to the Watch Star Space Station through the connection channel.
The watch space station is about the size of the moon. Due to the large gravity and dense atmosphere of the watch star, it is not conducive to the take-off and landing of spacecraft. To facilitate the maintenance and replenishment of spacecraft coming and going here, human beings transformed the only satellite of the watch star and finally built a super-large space station.
A day later, he followed a landing transport ship loaded with cargo into the atmosphere of the watchman.
"Damn atmosphere, damn gravity". When the landing ship passed through the atmosphere, it rubbed violently, the whole shell was flushed with fire, and the hull of the landing ship shook violently. Although it had to go through such torture every five days, the captain couldn't help cursing incessantly.
Xia Chen sat in the cockpit, holding the armrest in front of him tightly. He fought back vertigo and the urge to vomit.
More than ten minutes later, the spacecraft finally passed through the dense atmosphere, and a planet with yellow, green, and blue colors came into view. The water coverage rate on the surface of Watch Star is only about 30%, and half of the land area is next door and desert, but there are countless oases embedded in it.
"The altitude is 50,000 meters, the descent speed is 500 meters per second, the eight landing engines are fully opened, the power is controlled at 80%... the altitude is 30,000 meters, the descent speed is 80 meters per second, and the deceleration parachute is released..." The captain kept giving orders, and several pilots operated skillfully.
"Bang" a loud noise accompanied by the violent shaking of the hull, a huge white parachute was released, Xia Chen could feel that the landing ship's descent speed slowed down a lot.
Eight huge rocket engines sprayed flames, and the landing ship finally landed slowly on the ground. The hatch opened, and several huge engineering mecha came forward to prepare for unloading materials.
Xia Chen walks down the gangway. A military jeep was parked there. A blonde, blue-eyed, healthy wheat-colored, hot female officer leaned against the car. She saw someone coming and asked, "Private Xia Chen?"
Xia Chen gave a military salute. "Private Xia Chen came to report!"
The female officer replied with a gift: "Welcome, private, I'm Lieutenant Freya, vice-captain of Mecha Brigade of Quicksand Base, and I have been ordered to give you a ride this time. Get on the bus, the quicksand base is more than 3,000 kilometers away from here.
The two got on the bus. As soon as Freya stepped on the accelerator, the car drove on a crude road, and the speed soared to more than 200 kilometers per hour. It's a long journey, and they get familiar with each other and talk.
"Well, lieutenant, the launch site is so far away from the base, why not use a transport plane?"
"Boy, don't you feel anything unusual after landing on the ground for so long?"
"No." Xia Chen thinks it's nothing special.
"It's really in hindsight. It's gravity. The gravity of the watch star is 2.3 g, which is 2.3 times the earth's gravity, so it has such a thick atmosphere. Under such gravity conditions, it is very difficult for aircraft to take off and land, the accident rate is very high, and the fuel consumption is multiplied. Moreover, all kinds of interstellar pirates and sand thieves watching the stars are rampant, and the aircraft is very vulnerable to attack when taking off and landing. Only the launch site where you just landed is safe. "
"That's why." Xia Chen suddenly realized. The average person will not adapt to this gravity environment when he first arrives, and his body will feel very uncomfortable, because the strong gravity will double the consumption of his body, and the blood supply to his heart and brain will be insufficient, which will take at least half a month to adapt. However, Xia Chen did not have such adverse reactions. He thought that this was probably due to the mysterious crystal pyramid.
In the following time, Freya gave him a detailed introduction to the quicksand base.
Not far from the Watch Star is the Death Star Domain, which is full of mystery and danger, but rich in resources. Every year, a large number of spacecraft take risks and treasure hunts in the Death Star Domain through the Watch Star, naturally attracting a large number of interstellar pirates. These pirates were no match for the army in space, so they fled to watch the stars, set up pirate bases and harassed the space station and spacecraft coming and going. Forced by helplessness, the military also set up a spacecraft launch site on the watch star, and took the launch site as the center, and set up more than a dozen outposts. These bases must eliminate the landing interstellar pirates and protect the local native residents-Emini people.
Quicksand base is the farthest base from the launch site. It is located in an oasis with Gobi stalls, and its natural environment is very harsh. It is not only necessary to fight with interstellar pirates frequently, but also to be attacked by wild animals such as sandworms and scorpions. Every year, 200 or 300 people are killed in this base. It is like quicksand, which devours the lives of soldiers. Therefore, this base is named "quicksand" to remind everyone who comes here.