Although Zhang Chengguang's hands and feet were in a state of weakness just after coming down from space, and he had to grit his teeth to even walk on his own, he still removed the data memory in the return capsule as quickly as possible.
In Zhang Chengguang's view, the data memory was something more important than himself and even the other two astronauts. It was all the observation data of the Blue Star that they had used the Tiangong Space Station for more than half a year.
After the original mission failed, they were unable to return to Blue Star, so they took control of the spacecraft and went to the Tiangong Space Station, which was previously used as an operational support base.
The Tiangong space station has a large amount of fuel and supplies prepared for this mission. Although the previous mission has refilled most of the fuel to the three spacecraft flying to the meteorite, the supplies on it are still very sufficient.
After they arrived at the Tiangong Space Station, they tried to use the communication equipment on the Tiangong Space Station to get in touch with Blue Star. They did get in touch with the command center at one point, and conducted meteorological and other data on Blue Star in accordance with the requirements of the command center. Observation to provide data support for scientists to analyze the impact of meteorite impacts.
But as the meteorite fell, dust completely obscured the entire Blue Star, and their communications were severely disrupted, making it almost impossible to make any contact with the ground.
In the following months, although they have been trying to restore communication with the ground, they have had little success. They can only receive a few insignificant ground signals here and there, but most of them are messy civilian radio signals.
As for communication with the command center, it has never been restored.
Over the course of several months, they gradually exhausted the supplies in the Tiangong space station. In desperation, they decided to risk using the return capsule to return to Blue Star.
This is almost an all-out gamble, because they only have one return capsule, and once they start to return, they will never miss the chance to do it again.
To them, failure to land is just a word of death.
The three astronauts did not care about their own life or death. They were ready to sacrifice for their country long before they set off on their mission.
It's just that they have collected a large amount of precious data from the Tiangong space station, but they have to find a way to hand it over to the country no matter what. That is something that they think is far more important than the lives of the three of them.
That's why they took the risk and chose the densely populated area along the Yangtze River instead of the sparsely populated northern desert where traditional landing areas are.
On the one hand, this is to facilitate rescue after landing, and on the other hand, they consider that if the landing fails, then their wreckage falls in this area. As long as someone can find the return capsule, the data storage in the return capsule is closely protected. can also be discovered.
In this way, even if they die, these precious data can still be returned to the surface of Blue Star and delivered to scientists.
However, they seemed to be lucky. When they landed, although the shell of the return capsule was hit by various debris and dust, so that the shell of the return capsule was smashed into shape, it was not damaged, and they were still able to successfully launch them. Sent back to the surface of Blue Star.
However, the situation on the ground was worse than they expected. If they hadn't met Chen Xin, who happened to save them, the three weak-handed astronauts would have been unable to find shelter in this cold weather of dozens of degrees below zero. Place.
After all, even if they are rigorously trained astronauts who have stayed in the gravity-free environment of space for more than half a year, it is impossible for them to suddenly return to the surface and travel long distances while wearing a space suit weighing more than 20 kilograms.
Not to mention that they have to face malicious survivors in the wind, snow and darkness, and hand over the data storage they brought back to the country.
Fortunately, they were really lucky and met Chen Xin, a person who had the ability to help them and who didn't have any bad intentions towards them.
Zhang Chengguang moved quickly to disassemble the data memory. Although this thing was originally designed to be cheap to disassemble and assemble, in order to protect the data memory itself, it was fixed very firmly, and more than one had to be dismantled.
Zhang Chengguang's hands were a little weak. He could do anything easily in a gravity-free environment. Half a year had already made his body accustomed to a gravity-free environment. Suddenly returning to a gravity environment, he couldn't help but feel that everything he did was laborious.
But now is not the time to worry about this. He must remove several data memories as quickly as possible.
Zhang Chengguang was not slow. He said it would take ten minutes, but it only took more than five minutes. There were only the last two data memories that needed to be dismantled. At his speed, he could finish them all in three minutes.
But at this time, the sound of car engines also came to Zhang Chengguang's ears, and the four cars were approaching.
This made Zhang Chengguang anxious, but he did not panic. He loaded the pistol that was placed aside and then continued to race against time to remove the data memory.
Chen Xin and the remaining two astronauts in the car were also anxious. They saw the four vehicles that had come into sight earlier than Zhang Chengguang.
These cars didn't hide their intentions at all. The light of their headlights penetrated the night and shone directly over them, not even trying to hide their arrogance.
Chen Xin gritted his teeth. These four cars were no threat to him. His car had armor protection, even the windows were bulletproof, and there was a heavy machine gun on the roof. It could be said that Chen Xin was willing to split the car. These guys can be taken care of in minutes.
But the existence of the three astronauts made him full of concerns about exposing his heavy machine gun. If it were just a weapon such as a pistol, Chen Xin believed that the three astronauts would not delve into it, but the meaning of the heavy machine gun was completely different. , even in this apocalyptic and chaotic world, this is not something that ordinary people can install in their cars.
However, if things come to an end, Chen Xin will not hesitate for such a trivial matter. Four cars and three astronauts with malicious intentions are not enough for him to hit him up for the sake of confidentiality.
"I'll go down and help Lao Zhang!" An astronaut stood up and wanted to get off, but Chen Xin stopped him.
"It's minus 40 degrees outside. If you go out like this, you're looking for death!" Chen Xin's tone was not polite, and another astronaut also cooperated to hold the astronaut who wanted to get off the car.
Forty degrees below zero is an extreme cold that the human body simply cannot withstand. Without adequate protection, it only takes ten minutes to freeze a person to death, and half an hour to freeze to death.
That's why Chen Xin gave Zhang Chengguang his protective suit to prevent the astronauts from getting off the train.
As for the space suit that the astronauts wore before, although it had very good protective properties and weighed less than 20 kilograms in total, it took more than ten minutes to put it on, which was too late.
In this case, Chen Xin thought for a moment and started his car, placing the car body between the direction of the four cars and the return cabin, forming a shield with the car body to buy Zhang Chengguang time.
However, Chen Xin did not stall the engine, but just stopped the car. At the same time, he picked up the intercom hanging on the console and handed it to the astronaut beside him, and said to him: "You can shout this to the outside. Let's talk casually first." Say something to scare those people!"
The astronaut immediately understood what Chen Xin meant, and hurriedly followed his instructions, holding the intercom and shouting outside. Chen Xin also turned up the volume of the speaker outside the car to the maximum without being polite.
"Stop the vehicle in front of you immediately! Stop the vehicle in front of you immediately! This is the Yanguo Space Agency, which is performing a confidential mission! No one is allowed to approach! Please stop the vehicle immediately! Otherwise we will take forceful measures to drive them away!" Although Chen Xin and the two men were behind the car. An astronaut, but this astronaut still pulled out the flag of the space agency very seriously.
For ordinary people, the space agency and the secret mission are names that are enough to scare them from some unwanted thoughts. Even in today's apocalypse, the Yan Kingdom's national institutions still have full deterrent power.
Sure enough, under the bombardment of the loudspeakers, the four cars that originally rushed toward Chen Xin's location all stepped on the brakes, stopped on the snow, and stopped a few hundred meters away from Chen Xin's car. distant location.
Clearly, the deterrent worked.
The four cars parked far away seemed to be hesitating. If the other side rushed over regardless, Chen Xin could only pull out the heavy machine gun on the roof of the car and blow them up one by one.
But now they stopped, saving themselves and Chen Xin from exposing the heavy machine gun.
However, no one knows how long this deterrent can last. Maybe these people will take risks next moment, or maybe the name of Yanguo Space Agency can scare them away, but for Chen Xin and the three astronauts, what they need It only takes a few minutes.
Seeing that the four vehicles just stopped and did not move away, Chen Xin signaled the astronauts beside him to continue shouting. At the same time, he launched a second drone and approached the four vehicles with two drones. He adopted a threatening posture.
Chen Xin didn't know who these people were, but there was no doubt that his actions clearly calmed them down and made them dare not act rashly.
Zhang Chengguang on the other side naturally heard the sound. He quickly removed the last data memory, packed up the tools, and held the six data memories in his arms, ready to take them away, but the heavy weight was not good. take.
This made Zhang Chengguang suddenly anxious. He took off his protective suit without hesitation, wrapped six memories in the protective suit, and climbed out of the return cabin holding the protective suit.
The cold air instantly eroded his whole body. Zhang Chengguang felt a biting coldness, but it did not affect his movements. He quickly rushed to Chen Xin's car, and Chen Xin, who had been staring at this side, also rushed towards him. I opened the car door when I came over.
The two astronauts stood at the door of the car. When they saw Zhang Chengguang rushing over, they quickly reached out and pulled him into the car.
Seeing Zhang Chengguang get into the car, Chen Xin quickly closed the door. Regardless of the reactions of the four cars, he hit the accelerator and drove away quickly.
