After the pre-movement meeting, Liu Hanyang spotted Zhou Yun in the lieutenant colonel uniform among the people who were getting up. With short shoulder-length hair, fair face, tall figure and decent military uniform, he stood out among the crowd like a chicken. middle.
Elegant and cool.
The moment their eyes met, they froze as if time had stood still.
He looked at her and she looked at him, a faint smile blooming on their cheeks.
She turned slightly and looked at him with a pair of clear eyes in the crowd of people passing by. Her smiling eyes were full of tenderness and unique female beauty.
He pushed aside the crowd walking towards each other and walked quickly towards her...
The last time they met was during the rescue battle in Antarctica. Since then, the two have never seen each other again. More than three years have passed in a flash.
Since the launch of the "Mission Exploration" program, the tedious work and arduous daily training have placed the two on two different planets.
She is in the distant Mars. As the squadron leader of one of the squadrons in the armed escort spacecraft formation, she and the four squadrons are responsible for protecting the safety of the entire fleet.
For more than three years, in addition to daily arduous training, we have practiced and simulated various response measures under different astrological conditions and various crisis situations.
During this period, she took almost no vacation.
He spends a lot of time on Earth, and occasionally goes to the starship manufacturing base on Mars. As the commander-in-chief of technical starships, in addition to systematically handling the construction of some of this type of starships and solving some thorny technical problems, he also He is also responsible for the daily training of the crew members, including himself of course.
There are also few vacations during this period.
"We meet again." He smiled.
"Why again?" she asked in a slightly humorous tone.
The two looked at each other and smiled, their brows filled with joy and excitement of meeting each other.
"Aren't you going to buy me a drink? It's on your turf."
"Why has it become my territory?" She smiled, brushed a strand of hair in front of her forehead with her hand, and continued, "Then when you return to Earth, do you have to buy me a drink?"
"certainly!"
"Tell me, what do you want to drink?"
"The guest does as the host does."
Ten minutes later, the two came to a tea restaurant and sat down at a table near the glass window. The tea restaurant was small, warm and romantic, and the entire interior structure and furnishings were full of Mediterranean style.
Under the soft and rhythmic music, people feel as if they are on the azure Mediterranean coast, surrounded by beautiful scenery in the gentle sea breeze.
However, what they saw in front of them was not the vast sea, but a vast and desolate red wasteland, with red dotted with clusters of blue.
Those are cyanobacteria planted on the surface of Mars, and they are releasing oxygen into the atmosphere.
In more than 100 years, the composition of Mars' atmosphere will change as a result, and the oxygen content will reach the current level of Earth.
The wasteland was shrouded in a thin layer of mist, through which one could vaguely see the large and small dome-like settlements built by humans.
They shine in the reflection of sunlight.
After a while, a humanoid robot placed two cups of tea next to Liu Hanyang and Zhou Yun, and placed a plate of fruit and a plate of desserts between them.
"The fleet will set sail in more than 20 hours. Don't you plan to say goodbye to your relatives and friends?" He finished speaking and took a sip of tea.
She smiled bitterly, with a touch of sadness on her face, stretched out her hand to take the tea cup into her hands, stroked the cup handle and said: "Those who should say goodbye have already expressed their feelings through the video connection, and those who should not say goodbye never have the courage."
"What do you mean you shouldn't say goodbye?"
After she let out a long sigh, her eyes
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She looked at the leaden sky outside the window: "Ever since my father entered the world of programming, my mother has been left alone to live alone. Every time she goes home to visit relatives, she looks cheerful during the day, but at night, she seems to change. I felt like I was alone, and I cried all night long, and I didn’t dare to tell her when I would end my vacation.”
"She's afraid you'll leave her."
"Yes, she wants me to do something great, but she doesn't want me to leave."
Her words reminded him of his mother. Once upon a time, he was everything in her life. She poured all her efforts and youth into him. From elementary school, junior high school to high school, she read with him all the way.
To this day, he still clearly remembers that when he was packing his bags and preparing to go to another city to study, she was leaning against the door, with a pair of red and swollen eyes under her joyful expression.
"Parents all over the world are like this." He said sadly, and after taking a deep breath, he continued, "We may never be able to set foot on the earth again in our lifetime. You should go home to get together with her and spend this time together. The last moments.”
"Why don't I want to? But..." She swallowed more, shook her head, and couldn't help herself in pain.
He took out a tissue and handed it to her. After wiping her tears, she took a long breath and her mood became much calmer.
"I'm sorry, I can't help it when I think of my mother."
He smiled lightly and shook his head.
"This is not a farewell in the ordinary sense. Maybe we will never see each other again in this life. I am afraid that she will be even more painful when she sees me... so I only talked to her about training through video connection. "She said as two lines of tears fell involuntarily.
"Does she know you were selected for the Mission Discovery Program?"
"I haven't told her yet, but she may have guessed it."
"Then you should go back and sit with her, even if you talk about the past and interesting things between you mother and daughter, don't leave any regrets to each other."
She cried even more sadly, and the tissue in her hand was already filled with water.
He reached out and held her hand tightly, expressing comfort and sympathy. At this moment, she felt as if a warm current poured into her heart.
She nodded.
"I'll accompany you back to Earth, just to test your driving skills." He smiled mysteriously.
She burst into tears and smiled, "Wow!" she pulled out her hand, and said slightly unconvinced: "What, you doubt me?"
"How dare I?"
"Do you still remember when I took you to fly the Dark Body man's aircraft into the sky, into the sea, and travel through space?"
"Of course I remember! I just want to experience your superb driving skills again."
Fifteen minutes later, a space vehicle took off from a space airport on Mars. It penetrated the lead-colored clouds like lightning and headed straight to the sky...
It was Zhou Yun who was piloting the spacecraft, and Liu Hanyang was her passenger.
Through the navigation screen, Liu Hanyang noticed that the spacecraft was not heading to the earth, but flying towards the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
What was displayed in front of him was a ring-shaped, high-speed rotating jade belt, which stretched across the vast interstellar space and exuded a crystal luster under the sunlight.
Magnificent and overwhelming.
"What are we doing there?" he asked in shock.
"Don't you want to test my flying skills? I'll take you on an exciting ride."
After she finished speaking, she pushed the joystick fiercely, and the aircraft rushed into the asteroid belt like a bolt of lightning. Looking up, huge icy materials and asteroids of different shapes quickly passed through the portholes like meteors.
They almost brushed against the aircraft's body and roared past like lightning.
The spacecraft travels at high speed through dense ice and
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Among the rocks, it sometimes flipped over and sometimes flew sideways, like an agile cheetah galloping in the forest of "arrow rain".
Liu Hanyang was shocked by the sight in front of him. His body was constantly changing positions as the machine flipped and flew sideways, and he was sweating profusely amidst bursts of screams.
"Don't be nervous, it's okay." She comforted, a sly smile flashing across her face as she spoke.
"Ah! Look ahead, it's dangerous!" he shouted.
At this moment, a huge rocky planet suddenly appeared in front of the aircraft. It stood like a big mountain in front of him. He could even clearly see its clear rocky surface and the concave crater left by the impact. .
It is too close. If you don't evade it urgently, the aircraft will hit it head-on. At that time, it will only end up with a crash and death.
But Zhou Yun was quite calm. She suddenly turned around and increased the thrust while turning. The spacecraft roared past the surface of the rocky planet like a roaring lion.
Liu Hanyang slumped down on his seat and let out a long breath, large beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.
"Being your passenger will really scare you to death." He murmured with lingering fear.
"Do you know what the rocky asteroid was called just now?" she asked with a faint smile.
He shook his head, obviously he had not recovered from the shock just now.
"Ceres! It is the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system and the largest celestial body in the asteroid belt."
He carefully recalled the thrilling and fleeting scene just now, not because he was recalling the excitement just now, but because he wanted to appreciate the star called Ceres again.
He has seen most of the planets in the solar system with his own eyes, and has also landed on some, but this is the first time he has witnessed the true face of Ceres, which exists in various academic studies and astronomical magazines, so close.
"How do you know it is Ceres?"
"We are old friends."
"Old friend?"
"Yeah!" she responded playfully.
For three years, in order to train the pilots of various ships to fly under complex astrological conditions, especially the pilots of armed escort spacecraft like them, they were ordered to enter the asteroid belt for intensive training.
They spent countless days and nights flying at such extreme high speeds, and they knew the shape and position of every larger star in the asteroid belt almost by heart.
A feeling of admiration emerged from Liu Hanyang's heart. The woman in front of him, who seemed to be calm and frightened, actually had impressive strength and perseverance.
"Sit down, let's head to the earth!" she said loudly, her brows filled with joy and joy.
He stared at her quietly, as if admiring a perfect work of art, elegant and capable, solemn and beautiful, every frown and smile was fascinating and intoxicating...
So much so that he was unwilling to look away from his drunken gaze for a long time.
Suddenly, she glanced at him. Under her shocked expression was Mu Ran's flushed face. She turned her head as quickly as lightning and stared forward as if nothing had happened.
"Cough cough cough..." She coughed hard, just to remind him not to look at her so dreamily, but he didn't wake up at all.
The fiery eyes made her feel hot and uncomfortable like needle pricks.
"If you keep staring at me like that, the aircraft will crash!"
"Ah! What crashed?"
He looked around in panic. After a moment, he realized that he had lost his composure. After coughing a few times, he looked at the soles of his feet like a child who had made a mistake and sat upright in his seat.
She smiled leisurely, changed the course, and the space vehicle jumped out of the asteroid belt and flew rapidly towards the earth...
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