Assignment1

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The brain secretes a lot of dopamine to save yourself so you can't think. This causes you to be so white in front of your eyes that you can't think at all, let alone recall memories Suddenly, "Ding Dong", the sound of the machine rings out and a film wrapped around you is filled with air, just like a vacuum bag being opened. Lots of fresh air rushes into your lungs, which makes you feel very comfortable, even a drunken feeling, and you know it's intoxicating oxygen.The glass lid opens in front of you, and you crawl to sit up with difficulty as a flood of memories return to your mind. [["Who am I?"]] [["Where is this?"]]

I recall my past in case there is an anomaly in the cryosleep technique that affects my memory as well as my valuable knowledge. It is now 2135, I should have been in space for 13 Earth years, but for me just sleep time, we need to to fly to the Mirek star for exploration operations to retrieve all kinds of samples from the planet, and also also a planetary transformation program to transform the planet into an environment and climate adapted to human existence. I continue to lie in this box for a long time waiting for all body functions to return to normal, before climbing out of the sleep box. [[Go and wake up your teammates manually]] [[Go to the cabin to check the ship's performance]]

I went to Troy's cabin and found that the hatch was already open. "Probably woke up a little earlier than I did," I thought, and went to Jake's cabin and saw a familiar face through the clear glass on the box. After waking Jake up, he didn't overreact like I did, as Jake had been an astronaut for more than 10 years. Jake briefly asked me about my situation and offered to go to the captain's cabin with me. [[Go to the cabin with Jake]]

I opened the door of the cabin. "You're finally awake from your nap? " Troy said to me with a smile. I talked with him for a while then checked the dashboard with him, but fortunately for three years of flying, the ship didn't have any malfunctions and the mission had gone very well so far. After everything was finished, we went together to wake up Captain Jake. Jake woke up and immediately asked about the status of the ship and our physical condition, he breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that we were all well After a brief meal and a mission briefing with headquarters, we began to take a good look at the huge black planet outside the round porthole. [[Outside the porthole]]

Jake opened the door of the cabin. "You're finally awake from your nap? " Troy said to us with a smile. The three of us laughed together, but soon we all immediately checked the ship's instrument panel. Fortunately for three years of flying, the ship didn't have any malfunctions and the mission had gone very well so far. After a brief meal and a mission briefing with headquarters, we began to take a good look at the huge black planet outside the round porthole. [[Outside the porthole]]

The planet is similar in size to Earth, even in a star system similar to our solar system, and thanks to human research on warp engines in previous decades, it was possible to send them explorers to a galaxy so far away from Earth. [[Unfortunately]]

Unfortunately, the periphery of the planet is wrapped in a black atmosphere of unknown elements, the scientists at headquarters speculate that these substances are oxidized silicon, but we need to go to the planet on the ground to retrieve some samples. This also means that sunlight cannot penetrate the black atmosphere and there should be no organic life within the atmosphere. [[After two days of preparation]]

We have prepared several self-propelled exploration vehicles, which are equipped with a large number of features that are of great help in other missions, such as the Explorer Program, the Observatory Program, etc. It took us 24 hours to program these "little robots". [[Before Lauching the self-propelled exploration vehicles]]

Jake decided to board the landing bay himself to find out what was going on in this planet, but was opposed by Troy. "I'm an Astronomer, Geologist, and I'm better suited for field survey missions than any of you. " Jake hesitated for a moment and then left the decision up to you. [[Who will take this mission?]]

I decided to send Jake on a probing mission. He is our captain and has a lot of extraterrestrial experience compared to us. [[before the Jake's departure]]

I decided to let Troy go on the exploration mission. He has more planetary expertise and more effective sample collection than we do. [[before the Troy's departure]]

I was well aware of the dangers of this operation, but I chose to trust my own abilities, not to mention that I did not want Jake and Troy to have unnecessary quarrels over this matter, so I decided that I would complete the exploration mission by myself. I put on my space suit and prepared to board the landing bay. [[Jake and Troy stop arguing]]

Let's just send robots there. <style> img{ max-width:100%; max-height:100%; } </style> <img src="https://www.dlr.de/content/en/images/2022/03/lru2-robot.jpg?__blob=normal&v=2__ifc1920w"> [[Put in the self-probing vehicle for observation.]]

Despite both of their strong opposition to me, I never wavered until Jake used his captain's rights. Jake didn't want either of us to risk our lives, so he chose to send the self probing vehicle on the exploration mission [[Put in the self-probing vehicle for observation.]]

We've decided to go on our first exploration mission [[Put in the self-probing vehicle for observation.]] [[Prepare to enter the landing bay to land on the planet and survey it manually.]]

Jake put on his astronaut helmet and stepped into the landing bay as we watched. We were all very nervous, but Jake's face was full of calm. After checking all the supplies and equipment, he waved his hand at us and slowly closed the hatch of the pressurized chamber. [[After the launch of Jake]]

Troy put on his astronaut helmet and stepped into the landing bay as we watched.We were all very nervous, including Troy himself, but Jake and I had great faith in his expertise, and with us on the ship to remotely maneuver his landing, I figured the mission would be uneventful. [[After the launch of Troy]]

The landing module was under my control and slowly heading towards the black planet. I looked out the porthole, some swirls tugging at the black atmosphere, forming cyclones, like huge eyes in the abyss staring at the tiny us. Troy, on the other hand, was on the phone with Jake giving him final instructions on sampling. [[10 minutes later]]

The landing module was under my control and slowly heading towards the black planet. I looked out the porthole, some swirls tugging at the black atmosphere, forming cyclones, like huge eyes in the abyss staring at the tiny us. Jake, on the other hand, was on the phone with Troy to ease his mental burden during the landing because of the stronger acceleration. [[After 7 minutes later]]

Jake's ship was falling fast due to gravity.(The planet's mass was slightly less than Earth's, so the gravitational force was only about ninety percent of Earth's) With the reverse propulsion system turned on, I controlled the ship toward the target landing site, but the camera was always covered by black, granular smoke, and I had to let Jake fly the ship himself. Jake took over control of the landing module and slowly approached the intended landing site (a plain surrounded by craters with a black sandy surface that had a cushioning effect on landings) with experienced control. After a long time, Jake's voice sounded in my helmet, informing us of the good news of the successful landing. The camera of his spacesuit also lit up on the big screen on the ship, and we all felt very excited to set foot on this unknown planet but also had a hint of uncertainty [[Open the hatch and head out]]

Troy's ship was falling fast due to gravity.(The planet's mass was slightly less than Earth's, so the gravitational force was only about ninety percent of Earth's) After Troy entered the atmosphere, I turned on the reverse propulsion system of the landing bay, but strangely the speed of the landing bay did not drop, and I saw that Troy's signal on the radar was flying straight away from the landing point. [[Trying to get in touch with Troy]]

Before we Lauch the self-propelled exploration vehicles, we need to decide which landing site is more appropriate. [[A mountain peak with relatively high terrain]] [[A high, but flat plateau]] [[A relatively flat plain that is not visible by radar on the topographic map]]

[[Jake]] [[Troy]] [[Me]] [[Neither]]

We lifted the little robots into a special landing bay and decided to send them to a mountain peak with relatively high terrain. (since the radar map shows the mountain range is shaped like a slug with the peak on its head, we decided to call it Slug Peak and wish it good luck). [[After the landing bay is near the peak]]

We lifted the little robots into a special landing bay and decided to send them to a relatively flat plain that is not visible by radar on the topographic map,It was more of a gamble for us because the area was very blank on the radar, not even a raised mound, and we had so many questions about the area that a robotic survey would have solved our doubts, so despite that we decided to consider this as a landing site. [[After the landing bay is near the plain]]

We lifted the little robots into a special landing bay and decided to send them to a high, but flat plateau.This landing address is safer compared to the other two; the plateau terrain allowed us to deliver the robot quickly, and the relatively flat terrain facilitated the landing. [[After the landing bay is near the plateau]]

After the robot crashed, we observed and analyzed the data sent to us before the robot crashed, including the atmospheric velocity and other planetary data, we re-examined the difficulty of the mission, and due to the unbearable risk of landing, we decided to abandon the exploration mission and directly to the transformation mission [[Transformation Mission]]

Although the crash of the robot has lowered our morale, we still have absolute confidence in the exploration mission, and we have absolute courage as astronauts to face the fear of the unknown in the universe. We decided to take on the planet ourselves. After two days of preparation, we were all set for the landing. [[On the surface of the planet]]

Apparently the naming of the peak did not bring us luck, although the terrain was high enough for the landing bay to reach quickly, the landing space was very limited and we misjudged the speed of the planet's atmospheric cyclone, which caused the landing bay to be blown off course and crash into the valley. [[Give up the mission]] [[Continue the mission]]

Unfortunately, the landing bay did not get out of the black vortex, we do not know if the atmospheric vortex friction damaged the landing bay or other reasons, when the module flew over the target area and slowly descended, we lost contact with it and tried for hours to generate a link with the robot but did not receive any reply message. [[Give up the mission]] [[Continue the mission]]

We decided to implement the second part of the plan - the planetary transformation program. The planet is similar in size to Earth with a stable star, but the atmosphere on it is extremely special. Transformation plan will last a long time, we are equivalent to the pioneer team, we need to do is to raise the atmospheric temperature by tens of degrees, so that the surface temperature suitable for human habitation. The specific approach is to unfold a graphene-like structure of only one carbon atom thick composite material as a reflector (it is only 100 grams but unfolded more than four times the area of Australia), it will be launched to the back of the planet to reflect the warm sunlight of the star, so as an artificial sun generally to the entire planet heating. <style> img{ max-width:100%; max-height:100%; } </style> <img src="https://cdn1.cybassets.com/s/files/17634/ckeditor/pictures/content_fc2b967a-8a41-4ba8-bd74-4eab2b5a2c18.jpeg"> Two Earth days later, the hexagonal reflector has reached an area of three Australia's, and the fog on the black planet is becoming thinner and thinner due to the ultraviolet light. Three Earth months later, our transformation program has been completed, the black storm is not as the original swept the entire planet, they huddled near the planet's equator, as if living things continue to scurry, and these are no longer a problem we need to consider. [[Return]]

Our choice was a wise one, and I was extremely excited as the robot sailed smoothly out of the landing bay and we looked clearly through the camera at the black continent. ...... We immediately started to operate the robot for exploration and sampling work. [[Two hours later]]

The robot's efficiency is obviously not as high as humans, but the work is about to have a stage of success. ....."Deeeee.Deeeee.Deeeee.....". <style> img{ max-width:100%; max-height:100%; } </style> <img src="https://d9olupt5igjta.cloudfront.net/samples/sample_files/16192/9cdd3201508d90f9642354c38728ceabf3997c94/waveform/_1.png?1520062367"> Suddenly, the robot began to show anomalies, black fog from the distance, a moment the visible distance of the robot's lens is only a few meters. Jake quickly reacted to give the robots the order to return to the landing bay, but from the camera of the landing bay we saw only a robot slowly coming to the cabin.Then the signal from the landing bay disappeared and we lost contact with the robot. Obviously the robot can not withstand the black fog storm, we intend to go together to carry out recovery work after the storm passed, valuable data has been transmitted by the robot back to the ship, but the soil, air and other samples can only we go to bring back, the robot has completed the most important task, we just need to go to the recovery of it. [[Landing on the surface|On the surface of the planet]]

We tried for a long time to get in touch with Troy, but we never heard his voice in the communication device, only the sound of some electricity zipping and some rhythmic roar of howling wind. Radar shows Troy's landing bay was blown more than 200 km off its intended landing site by gusty winds .... With great difficulty, I connected to the outside camera on the landing bay, and after waiting for a long time the blurred image of the camera showed the mangled landing bay in front of us, the bay was torn apart by a giant beast and scattered in pieces on this unknown and horrible black sand ..... Two hours later, I had an argument with Captain jake, I think we should go looking for Troy, even though he may have become part of the ship's remains. And although Jake was also sad as hell about Troy's loss, he still rationally analyzed the risks he would face in searching for him. We decided to [[ abandon the exploration mission and directly to the transformation mission|Transformation Mission]] [[ find Troy, or at least bring back his remains]]

Jake stood on the plain for a long time after he stepped out of the pod, and we deliberately did not remind him. He quickly responded without saying a word and began to work up. He was very efficient and after two hours, the data was transferred to the ship. Until I saw from the satellite a huge black vortex forming rapidly and rushing toward Jake's position at high speed, I hurriedly reminded him, and he quickly reacted and moved various equipment into the hull. Three minutes later, Jake was ready for everything, and the black storm was close at hand, I hurriedly controlled the landing pod to take off, but it was out of control. troy shouted loudly to Jake, and he muttered a few unknown words and then suddenly turned off the voice, then opened the hatch and stood in front of the huge storm, a huge black storm on the screen like a living thing stopped in front of Jake We were in despair until Jake turned off the camera on his spacesuit. We lost contact with him completely. The black vortex on the satellite stayed at Jake's lost position for a long time and then went in the opposite direction incredibly ....... <style> img{ max-width:100%; max-height:100%; } </style> <img src="https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/radar-round-screen-isolated-black-vector-illustration-87842944.jpg"> [[15 years later....]]

Seventeen years later, due to the loss of the captain of the mission ended in failure, Troy and I again fell into a thirteen-year sleep after returning to Earth, Jake was killed before the video was snowed by the headquarters, and I after my investigation I also accidentally found that our plan is actually part of the colonist program, is part of the government's exploration of extraterrestrial life, I was also told by the government can not be revealed to the media and the public this I was told by the government not to disclose any details of the mission to the media and the public, and Troy and I have been under public criticism for the past few years. The vortex of blackness that roared at us has been with me every night for the past four years since I returned to Earth. [[The End|end1]]

Upon reaching the ruins of Troy's crash landing, what struck my eyes was a large crater smashed out of the sand by a landing pod, with debris spilling onto the black sand. Jake and I quickly rushed to the largest pod that still appeared to be intact .... Suddenly I almost threw up in my astronaut cap in a flash, the cold feeling came again from my tailbone, this time as if to freeze my brain stem, I could not speak I could not contract any of my muscles... Jake, the same, pupils constricted, mouth wide open and shivering .... [[What did I see?]]

Some pieces of spacesuit scattered in the cabin, accompanied by some broken flesh and blood spilled all over the white bulkhead, a spherical object stained red by blood through the broken glass, a pair of horrible bloody eyes reveal fear, open bloody hole is obviously Troy's mouth, but his jaw was also apparently torn apart. I don't know why he was so tortured and pained, but after calming down, Jack and I looked at each other and slowly began to sort out Troy's remains. I dragged Troy's body bag and Jake carried what equipment was still usable, leaving two lines of marks in the black sand. We didn't say a word, but we both pondered what is Troy's killer. From the remains, it was clear that it was not by natural hands, but by some unnamed supernatural force, and the inexplicable fear stopped my thinking, except for the thought of getting out of here immediately, making us move as quickly as the walking dead in the direction we came from. Until I saw Jake drifting away from me and towards [[A giant black mountain range]] [[A black storm coming from afar]]

I rushed over and tried to call out to Jake with my communication device but all I heard was the sound of harsh electricity already howling winds, I dragged Troy's body bag and ran towards Jake. .... I don't know why, but in a short time Jake was getting farther and farther away from me, until I saw him arrive at the foot of the Black Mountain and then disappeared. I began to look at this huge mountain range. The highest peak of this mountain range is right in front of me, pitch black like a nightmare, looking up at the peak is covered by a black swirling atmosphere can not see the top and do not know how high, I estimated that this is more than twenty kilometers away from our landing point, a black swirling area is visible on satellite radar here. At the foot of the mountain there are some round seemingly not naturally formed caves, the rest too late to think, Jake must have gone into these caves it. Dragging heavy things running makes me sweat a lot, shortness of breath makes me dizzy, this black mountain peaks crisscrossed cracks in my eyes actually magically twisted up, I hurried to move my eyes away, but glimpsed The body fragments in the body bag actually scattered out of the ground writhing, I was terrified to put down the body bag rope towards the direction of Jake disappeared wildly. [[In the cave]]

I rushed over and tried to call out to Jake with my communication device but all I heard was the sound of harsh electricity already howling winds, I dragged Troy's body bag and ran towards Jake. .... I don't know why, but in a short time Jake was getting farther and farther away from me, until I saw him disappear into a dark fog, I hurriedly chased after him, not caring about Troy's body bag, and rushed headlong into the black fog. The blackness in front of me, without any light source, the fog is similar to the sand on the ground, floating in the air and it is a black dust sliding on my spacesuit. I was surprised to find that the black glittering powder slipped from my fingertips and then floated back up, filling my entire body like a black foggy glove over my spacesuit. This situation clearly violated the laws of physics as seen on Earth. This unexplainable phenomenon brought me amazement, but more than that, fear. Whatever this black fog really is, I do not want to explore it.I couldn't figure out why Jake would want to go to such a place, I opened my searchlight but could only see a few meters in front of me, let alone the terrain ahead. I cautiously continued on until a towering stone wall appeared in front of me, with a big circular hole below that was apparently not naturally formed. [[In the cave]]

Deep inside the cave, everything was quiet, the sound of the suit's detection echoed in the darkness of the cave, which gave me a strong sense of unreality, as if it was now a dream because the comfortable temperature and filtered air inside the suit conflicted with the environment I was seeing, and all smells, temperatures, and perceptions were blocked by the advanced suit. I unconsciously took off my astronaut cap and all my senses returned to my physical body giving me a sense of clarity. The device on my wrist reported the air composition and the oxygen content actually reached 65%. The warm, humid air inside the cave made me uneasy, but the spirit of adventure that existed in my heart and an ineffable feeling drove me to continue to take steps deeper into the cave. [[depths]]

"It is a memory that I have buried deep in my heart and never want to wake up," I wrote in my biography. I couldn't explain to the crowd why I was the only one of the three-person expedition to return to Earth and what happened on the planet Mirek star. When I was in the depths of the cave, all my senses were strongly stimulated, I had forgotten the purpose, everything was driven by instinct, what I saw I no longer remember, but in my instinctive resistance to this memory, because I knew that the horrible atrocity I saw was not the work of natural disaster ...... All I remember is that my brain lost the ability to think and the spacesuit automatically injected me with adrenaline to help me run all the way back to the Wormhole 2 spacecraft and escape the black planet without stopping for a moment. [[The End|end2]]

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Our landing craft landed firmly on this sandy area, about 30 km from Troy's crash site. After calming down and breathing a little, I slowly opened the hatch. This is a vast black land, I stepped on this land, bending down to hold up the black sand to observe carefully, black incomparable I do not know what material particles slowly slipped from my palm, my head buzzing like someone wants to talk to me, a trace of unexplainable wonderful feeling from my tailbone down the spine to the brain and feel a kind of hellish cold. "How long are you going to squat, we should go!" Jake's voice sounded behind me and I recalled my thoughts and that wonderful feeling and stood up. [[Keep moving]]

I struggled to get up and breathed in the air. The ear-splitting noise came from my helmet, then it kept warning "Suit rupture, suit rupture, please return to the capsule immediately... I touched the shattered mask and looked around, according to the previous data, the oxygen content of the air here reached 65%, and it wouldn't take long for me to die from intoxication, I hurriedly slowed my breathing, but the unstoppable dizziness and weakness told me that the situation was dangerous, I immediately called Troy and Jake, but didn't get a reply from them until I turned back to the other two driving seats... A steel pipe was inserted through Jake's lungs and through the back of the seat, and he lowered his head blood had coagulated due to the low temperature. And Troy's entire body was twisted and folded up, and they both lost their vital signs. Too late to grieve, I took off Troy's still intact mask and replaced it with my shattered helmet, the holes in my own broken body could only be tied up with sealant tape. Pain from my legs made me unable to stand up, they were obviously broken, I could only slowly crawl out of the cabin on the ground [[Out side of the cabin]]

I have fallen into despair, the landing module has been broken, lifting off is impossible, I am already a dead man. Looking at the huge black figure in the distance, I lamented how arrogant and how courageous humans are to challenge the unknown of the universe one at a time... At the moment of despair, the space suit's detection device actually received a response, it was actually the signal of our exploration robot! Our landing site was originally 10 kilometers away from our chosen robot landing site, but the black storm during the crash brought our manned ship to the previously chosen robot landing site! As soon as I found the exploration droid I could send a distress signal to the mother ship in planetary orbit and it would automatically send a landing module to pick me up. Radar shows the robot's signal from a few kilometers north, far away from the far black fog surrounded by lined with a towering black mountain, rolling hills like fangs and jagged teeth, ancient and terrifying [[To Black Mountain]]

My legs, supported by the external skeleton, dragged my tired body with difficulty, my feet had no touch, but I clearly perceived that the ground had changed from soft sand to hard black stone, I raised my head through the black fog to see the eerie black, fierce and evil mountain, my vision became blurred, black fog from the gap in my torn spacesuit, I felt a hint of suffocation, I was in a trance and saw a black cave in the rock wall, and the radar display signal came from the dark cave. [[In the cave|secound]]

Deep inside the cave, everything was quiet, the sound of the suit's detection echoed in the darkness of the cave, which gave me a strong sense of unreality, as if it was now a dream because the comfortable temperature and filtered air inside the suit conflicted with the environment I was seeing, and all smells, temperatures, and perceptions were blocked by the advanced suit. I unconsciously took off my astronaut cap and all my senses returned to my physical body giving me a sense of clarity. The warm, humid air inside the cave made me uneasy, but the spirit of adventure that existed in my heart and an ineffable feeling drove me to continue to take steps deeper into the cave. [[depth|third]]

After walking for a very long time I was exhausted, and the spacesuit kept giving me adrenaline according to my physical condition which made me unable to think at all until a bright light came from the depths of the cave, it was as if it was my only hope .... When I returned to the surface, I was in awe of a huge square surrounded by high black walls, which was obviously the creation of an extraterrestrial civilization. Suddenly, a bizarre, piercing sound came from afar, which made my head ache, but slowly these restless sonic frequencies seemed to align with my brain waves, giving me intense pleasure as if it were a miracle! My soul seemed to fly out of my body, I saw myself, my broken legs could no longer support my body, I went down on my knees, then folded my hands as if I were a believer and prayed to the void in the distance ...... [[The End|end3]]

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It's time to go home! The three of us cheered on board, and after we had done all the finishing touches, we set up our return navigation program and returned to our respective hibernation pods to prepare for another 13-year-long sleep. (Outside the cabin, a wisp of black particulate matter crept along the surface of the ship, but there was not a single gap in the airtight ship, and then the particles unfolded and wrapped around the entire cabin like a human unfolding composite material, but this did not seem to have any effect on the course of Wormhole 2. Will this black matter that wrapped around the Mirek star be brought to Earth?) [[The End|end4]]

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In fact, the black smoke is a silicon-based organism that, unlike the carbon-based organisms on our planet, has no group consciousness. All the black fog and storms on the Mirek star form an organism that people later call the Black Wind. It symbolizes an unstable unnameable organism, a concrete manifestation of Cthulhu mythology, so that humans who have come into contact with it have mental problems, so much so that three of the four endings, the protagonists have no good results. And an ending in which the black wind was brought back to Earth by the wormhole II, and caused great damage on Earth (silicon-based life can control all human silicon chips, resulting in human guided weapons do not work on it and it can grow by ingesting silicon material in the Earth formed an unprecedented huge black storm) In addition, this game draws on the famous American Cthulhu mythology writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft's middle-grade novel "At the Mountains of Madness", picture sources are from my own hand-drawn and google search of free image resources.<style> img{ max-width:100%; max-height:100%; } </style> <img src="https://images.booksense.com/images/327/162/9781725162327.jpg">

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