Chapter 51 51. "Terrace" view

The outer door of the air lock to the north was easily opened, and then a dark rectangular shadow was cast, which was outlined by the fiery red crossbar on the handrail; Glittering in the searchlights that shot straight down at the zenith from the distant hills below.Morgan took a deep breath; he thought he was in good spirits.Then, he waved to Qiang Ge who was watching him through the porthole of the inner door, and left the door. The workbench surrounding the "basic" station is composed of a two-meter-wide metal grid, and a twenty-meter-wide protective net is stretched outside it.As far as Morgan can see, the "base" part of the station has not been damaged at all from the long years of patient waiting.

He began to circle around the orbital tower, shielding his eyes from the blinding light from below.The wall of the Space Orbital Tower stretches upwards like a road leading to the interstellar space. Under the light from the side, it clearly shows that there are a few extremely tiny bulges and damages on it... As Morgan had expected, the explosion on that side of the orbital tower did not cause any damage here; the tower was so strong that a real atomic bomb would have to be detonated to seriously damage it. to do it.Next to the steep facet of the space orbital tower, Morgan walked slowly towards the west.As he turned the corner, he glanced back at the open airlock, and then boldly walked along the flat, doorless wall of the western face.

A curious mixture of excitement and fear seized him.He hadn't felt anything like this since he learned to swim and the first time he was on the heights with the bottomless abyss beneath him.Although he believed that he would not encounter any danger, after all, danger might hide somewhere and wait for him secretly.He felt Cora's presence strongly, and knew she was bent on waiting for the right moment.However, he didn't have the habit of leaving work halfway before finishing it. The west facet is the same as the north facet, except that there is no airlock.There was no damage here either.

Morgan fought against the urge to pick up the pace—god, he'd only been out there for a total of three minutes! —he approached the next corner.Before he turned the corner, he knew that he would not be able to complete the planned circle around him.The blasted metal materials on the workbench stretched crookedly over the bottomless abyss like a warped tongue.There was no sign of the netting at all—apparently, it had been ripped off by the falling transport plane. "No need to risk my life any more!" said Morgan to himself; but still holding on to the ruined railing, he looked behind the corner along what was left of it.

There is quite a bit of debris embedded in the walls, but nothing has been found that requires several people to gas mow for hours to remove.Over the radio, Morgan explained the whole situation to Janger in detail; the pilot, relieved, urged him to come back as soon as possible. "Don't worry." Morgan replied, "My cosmic sealing suit can last for ten minutes, and the distance I need to pass is only thirty meters. I can run back even if I hold my breath at this point." However, he did not intend to conduct such experiments.Morgan had had more than enough thrills for an evening on the Spider.If Cora's diagnosis was to be believed, his physical exertion would have been excessive.From now on, he will carry out all her orders without compromise.

After returning to the open air lock there.For a few seconds he stood leaning against the railing, bathed in a fountain of light from the distant summit of Sri Konda.On the wall of the space orbital tower leading straight up to the interstellar space, his body directly cast a huge long shadow.This shadow may extend thousands of kilometers away.So there was an idea in Morgan's mind that it would even be reflected on the transport plane that was now descending rapidly from the "10-K" space station.By waving his hands, rescuers would see his signal, and he could converse with them in the Morse alphabet.

This ridiculous idea led to another, more serious one.Wouldn't it be better to just wait here with the rest of the people instead of risking the Spider ride back to Earth alone?However, it will take a whole week to ascend to the "central" station of famous doctors!This is obviously unwise - you know, if you return to Sri Konda, it will take less than three hours in total. Time to go back! —There is not much air left, and there is nothing more to see.well!One only needs to think of the exciting scenery that can be seen from here day and night, and one should know how ruthless the encounter is.Now, however, neither the earth below nor the sky above was at all visible due to the blinding glare from Mount Sri Konda; and Morgan was standing exactly in the midst of the enveloping darkness. in the narrow beam of light.Even with a different sense of weight due to weakened gravity, Morgan had a hard time convincing himself that he was in space.He felt very safe, as if he was standing on a mountain instead of being six hundred kilometers high in the sky.Undoubtedly, it is such a belief that needs to be fully enjoyed and brought back to Earth.

Morgan touched the very hard surface of the Space Orbit Tower. Compared with it, the difference in size was infinitely greater than the difference between an elephant and an amoeba.But the amoeba would never have conceived of an elephant—let alone created it. "We'll see you on Earth in a year's time." After Morgan whispered, he slowly closed the gate behind him.