After doing this, at most half of the bucket was left, and at the same time, mist-like dust fell down, immediately blocking all sight.

Only the light was scattered by the dust, showing a pale haze.

However, the haze quickly disappeared, but as the excavator moved again, the smoke almost became a piece, and it was no longer possible to see clearly what was underneath.

Just like on Blue Star, the lunar soil dug out by the excavator was also loaded into four dump trucks and drove towards the distance until they were twenty kilometers away before unloading the lunar soil.

The two excavators began continuous work, and together with them, there were two bulldozers. They were responsible for pushing the lunar soil on the surface far away until it could no longer be pushed.

When we got there, there were two forklifts used to load the pushed up lunar soil on dump trucks and transport it to the distance.

As a result, there were obviously not enough dump trucks. Xiao Ai immediately started assembling them in the spaceship and increased the number of trucks to eight, which was enough to barely supply them.

But this way, with the thick smoke billowing below, it was impossible to see anymore.

Because they are all artificial intelligence and are commanded by Xiao Ai, the work efficiency of these construction machinery is far beyond ordinary.

Especially the excavator, below the moon surface, no matter how solid the stone is, can dig it into pieces in one go, fill the bucket full, and put it in the dump truck.

Although at the beginning, due to the softness of the moon, the dump truck could only load lunar soil weighing only five tons and drive towards the distance.

And the speed is very slow. It takes about ten minutes to cover a distance of twenty kilometers.

But as the number of trips back and forth increases and the road surface becomes compacted, they go back and forth faster and faster. It only takes five minutes to make a round trip, and the load capacity has also increased from the initial five tons to ten tons. The largest is forty tons.

Eight dump trucks can produce 40 tons each in five minutes. Eight trucks are 320 tons, which is almost more than 200 cubic meters.

But with such efficiency, they had been working for five hours, and they had almost cleared the surrounding area with a radius of five kilometers.

As the work was completed, the fog on the ground completely dissipated in just one minute, revealing some damaged and mottled moon rock fragments underneath.

The current depth is already six meters below the lunar surface. Although the lunar soil has not been completely dug out, the relatively small soil has penetrated deeply into the gaps in the lunar rocks, making it difficult to dig.

"Yuxi, would you like to come down with me and take a look?"

Yang Qing looked at the finished work below and turned around to ask Zhao Yuxi.

"May I?"

Zhao Yuxi has long wanted to go out for a walk. You must know that except for the last century, when a few American astronauts landed on the moon without knowing whether it was true or false, no human being has ever landed on the moon.

China, the only country with hope at the moment, has just carried out its first unmanned landing and lunar soil sampling. Although it has the foundation for manned landing, it is still very risky and will not be possible for at least a few years.

The United States, which is in decline, has been planning to return to the moon for several years, but was finally shelved due to lack of budget. It is just as strange as their several consecutive moon landings in the last century.

"Okay, then let's go out!"

Yang Qing waved, and several robots, already holding several boxes, came over.

"What's this?"

Zhao Yuxi asked a little strangely.

"Inside this is our space suit."

Yang Qing said, pressing the button on the side of the suitcase-like box, the box opened completely, revealing the pure white clothes being inflated inside.

After the clothes were fully inflated, they were immediately displayed in front of them.

The spacesuit is about the size of a person, and looks as bulky as a one-piece down jacket.

He opened a special zipper to ensure that the air inside the spacesuit would not leak out, and then unbuttoned a few buttons, and the front of the spacesuit was completely open.

Yang Qing cast a cleaning technique on himself to ensure that there was no dirt on his body, and walked in without hesitation.

Then, a small hand stretched out from the sleeve of the spacesuit, much like a human hand, except that it was exposed without any cover.

The two little hands started to move, zipping up and buttoning normally, and Yang Qing entered the inside of the space suit.

Inside, Yang Qing did it himself, zipping up a few zippers and fixing himself on the spacesuit to ensure that he would not be separated from the spacesuit.

Through the helmet that comes with the space suit, Yang Qing blinked at Zhao Yuxi.

"Yuxi, put on your space suit quickly!"

Yang Qing's voice suddenly came out from the box next to Zhao Yuxi. Zhao Yuxi only saw Yang Qing's mouth moving, but did not hear any sound coming from inside the spacesuit.

Not listening to Yang Qing's words, Zhao Yuxi pressed the spacesuit Yang Qing was wearing with some concern, only to find that this seemingly soft fabric was unexpectedly hard.

"Don't worry. It's made of Kevlar material mixed with metal wires. It's difficult for ordinary small meteors to penetrate. There's also a protective cover here. It can move in a vacuum without any problems."

Yang Qing seemed to see her hesitation and said inside, his voice still coming from the box beside him.

Zhao Yuxi made up his mind, and followed Yang Qing's example and pressed a button on a box next to him.

The box was opened, the spacesuit inside began to inflate, and then he stood in front of Zhao Yuxi.

Zhao Yuxi stepped forward awkwardly to pull the zipper, but the zipper was not that easy to open, so the robot next to her began to help.

"Yuxi, this zipper cannot be pulled with brute force. You need to hold down the slider to open the lock. Be careful not to loosen it during the pulling process, otherwise it will lock itself again."

Yang Qing explained on the side.

It's not that this thing can't be made into a fully automatic type, but that this kind of spacesuit for short-distance departures is mainly thin and light. With the addition of automatic equipment, it will inevitably become more bloated.

With the help of the robot, Zhao Yuxi finally entered the spacesuit, and she felt that her limbs and torso were bound to the inner wall of the spacesuit.

She struggled a little before she freed her arm from above, and then followed Yang Qing's instructions and locked all the inner zippers and locks of the space suit. Then he put his hand back and his arms were locked again.

She also saw the exposed little hand at the end of her arm, and tried to move it. The little hand followed her own hand and made the same movement, with almost no delay.

Seeing that Zhao Yuxi had finished putting on the spacesuit, Yang Qing's voice suddenly sounded inside the spacesuit.

"Xiao Ai, check the completeness of the space suit."

"The communication equipment self-test is normal, the anti-leakage system is normal, the energy system is normal, the protective cover is normal, the power system is normal, and you can leave the cabin!"

After hearing Xiao Ai's words, Yang Qing immediately walked outside, not forgetting to inform Zhao Yuxi.

"Let's go, follow!"

Zhao Yuxi and several robots followed Yang Qing unconsciously.

Descending from an elevator, they came to the spacecraft's hatch leading to the outside world.

The hatches of spaceships are usually double-layered. He and Zhao Yuxi opened a sealed hatch and walked in.

This is a small independent cabin, about ten square meters. Although it is not big, it can accommodate the two of them.

Then, the door behind him suddenly closed quietly, and then Zhao Yuxi felt that the spacesuit on his body suddenly became bloated.

It turns out that the air inside this cabin was also sucked out quietly.

After leaving Blue Star and arriving on the moon hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, even air has become a scarce commodity, and it is completely impossible for all of it to be leaked to the moon.

Soon the growing feeling stopped, and a door in front of them opened quietly.

From the pickup on the spacesuit, there was still a slight sound of air leakage, but it was much stronger than expected.

The door was completely opened, and the light was looking straight out. Yang Qing jumped out of the hatch gently, and then unexpectedly, he did not fall, but instead violated the moon's gravity, standing outside the hatch.

"Press the button on your chest and then come out."

Yang Qing's voice rang in his ears.

Following Yang Qing's prompts, Zhao Yuxi raised her arms and pressed on her chest. Then she felt that she had escaped the gravity of the moon and the spacecraft, and flew lightly.

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