Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

In the darkness of nothing.

A pitch black sky shuttle, slowly coming from the edge of the star curtain. Silent, silent radios echo in vast depths of space, communicating with ground command centres tens of millions of kilometres away for hundreds of seconds.

“This is the Messenger, and we are close to the New World. ”

“Close to the past. ”

“Copy that.”

The Xia Guang is the model of the ship.

As for the “messenger”, it is the code name for the shuttle in this operation.

Since the space industry moved from elitism to scale, not to mention the early model Xiangrui, which had been phased out, the Xiaoguang, which now sailed in outer space, has maintained more than five holdings, and the Xiangqiao, more.

If we continue to refer to the ship's model, confusion can easily arise, so we have now changed the designation to the code name.

Sitting in the main driver's seat, Xu Zhenghong reached out and pulled the joystick on the right hand side and pressed the button to lock the track.

With the aid of an automatic navigation device, co-pilot Liu Biao carefully monitored the speed and distance parameters in conjunction with Xu Zhenghong driving the Xiaguang towards Mars to transfer the intersection of orbit with MOI3.

“Turn on the high-gain orientation antenna, and the laser calibration device. ”

“Copy that.”

The most critical moment has come.

Opportunities can only be successfully orbited once and only if the three main parameters of speed, angle of entry and distance are met.

And if they miss it, they have to go around Mars for an extra week, or at least a half, to modify the orbit.

One minute, as long as a century.

Finally, when the four words [successfully in orbit] appeared on the screen for a moment, tightening the nerves of Zhenghong Liu and Biao Liu, not to mention relaxing.

“This is‘ Messenger ’and we're in moi3 orbit. ”

“This is Ground Command Center. We have received your message. From now on, ground navigation is over, and the rest is up to you. ”

“Roger that. Wish us luck. ”

Promise's over.

Instead of hundreds of seconds of communication delays, guiding the Xia Guang through the Ground Command Center to complete the remaining complex orbital switching has become an unrealistic thing.

The next voyage is up to them.

However, without the navigation of the ground command center, he was relieved for Xu Zhenghong and Liu Biao sitting in the cockpit.

Unless a meteorite crash occurs, or some other accident, there are very few links that essentially require them to operate manually.

It can even be said that if all goes well, all they have to do is push the button to open the hatch door after arriving at the intended orbit and throw the Z particle clock out of the cargo compartment like a laying egg, even if the task of this voyage is complete.

“Would you like a drink? ”

“No.”

“Then I had to do it myself," grinned, laughing. Liu Biao unlocked the lock on the life insurance device, left the co-pilot's seat, drifted to the living area next to the freezer, and removed the refrigerated and preserved coffee from it.

Actually, he prefers beer, but he's still on a mission, and naturally it's impossible to drink that stuff.

Returning to the cockpit with a bag filled with coffee, Liu Biao re-fastened himself to the seat, fastened the bag filled with cold coffee to the chest of the costume, and then pulled the straw out to the mouth.

In a gravity-free environment, whether it's a beverage or something, the taste of all liquid foods changes wonderfully. The flowing liquid becomes like jelly and tastes like an endless strange feeling.

But the smell is still there.

Looking at the planet outside the cockpit as if it were burning, Liu Biao sucked a sip of straw, staring at the view for a long time, and suddenly said with emotion.

“It's so beautiful. ”

Sitting quietly waiting in the main driver's seat, Xu Zhenghong also agreed to gently lower his head.

“Yeah.”

The exchange of the two sentences led to silent silence, completely immersed in the beauty of what had previously been unavailable.

No matter how many times you see it, you won't get tired of it. Every time you see it, it's incredible.

It's hard to describe this feeling specifically.

Like…

The new world is right in front of us.

After about an hour or two, Liu Biao swept the orbital data on the cockpit instrument. Liu Biao estimated the approximate time for touching it. He reached out and turned on the deep space navigation optical sensor, aimed at the direction of the Earth's center of Mars, and secondary corrected the scaled data on the star map.

After the next trajectory change, they will enter the lowest orbit.

With any luck, they should be able to see the BFS ship's return compartment there.

“Sooner or later we will expand our boundaries here. ”

“I don't know if I'll be able to see that day in my lifetime. ”

“It doesn't matter if you don't see it, someone will see it for us… ready to work. ”

“Copy that.”

Almost at the same time as the voice dropped, the ship succeeded in cutting into the lowest orbit around the perimeter after the last deceleration.

Listening quietly to the countdown in his ear, looking at the virtual beacon that was getting closer and closer on the helmet goggles, Liu Biao, sitting in the co-pilot's seat, pushed his thumb away from the safety on the joystick and placed his thumb on that green button.

The penultimate moment of completion.

His thumb is almost reflective.

As a slight current sounded, a metal ball framed by two black rings threw from behind the cargo compartment. Like a pin on a blackboard, it bit firmly into the orbit around Mars.

Acknowledging the orbital parameters of the Z particle clock thrown behind it from the laser calibrator, Xu Zhenghong switched the communication channel to the ground command center and spoke with a steady voice.

“Package successfully in orbit, phase 1 task completed! ”

The response will take about four minutes, during which time their task will be to maintain the current flight orbit and quietly await instructions for the next step.

The task in hand finally ended. Xu Zhenghong's expression finally relaxed a little, unlocked the lock of the in-cabin health care system, and moved some acidic shoulders.

Sitting beside him, Liu Biao suddenly laughed and said, looking at the black dot that gradually disappeared and disappeared on the aft camera.

“… like putting a ring on the bride. ”

Grasping the corner of his mouth, Xu Zhenghong said with a smile.

“That's quite romantic. ”

“I've always felt that space itself is a romantic thing… what about the rest of the work? ”

“Waiting for news from the ground command centre, returning unexpectedly to moi3 orbit, then waiting quietly there.” Looking at the metal sphere that had disappeared far away, Xu Zheng glanced at his eyes, "until the end of the experiment, confirming the Z particle clock status. ”

“Then we can go home. ”

At this point, a distant "receive” came from the communication channel of the ground command centre.

The two of them sitting in the cockpit inspired spirituality without an appointment.

Meanwhile, the Space Ground Command Centre is tens of millions of kilometres away.

Standing in the canoe in the command room, he slowly lifted his left hand and glanced at the silver watch worn there.

Time is pointing to the whole point.

Almost ready to be touched, the ship raised its head and crossed the head of the ground command center, landing on the large, two-man landing screen.

With a voice that everyone could hear, he said.

“It's time for us to go. ”