7 seconds after launch.
Li Liang, who was lying on his back and pressed on the seat, exerted all his strength, his muscles were tense, and his whole body was as tight as a piece of iron. However, the huge pressure he imagined did not come. He remembered that Mark said in the course that taking off is In a gradually accelerating process, various loads will gradually increase.
The tension eased slightly, and he stared at the dusky sky through the triple-layer glass window. He discovered that the space shuttle did not go straight upward, but began to turn over and adjust the direction of the nose.
The flipping speed is very fast, but much slower than the training cabin. Thanks to the previous devil training, this flipping speed is completely within his tolerance.
20 seconds after launch.
The orbiting spacecraft had completely flipped under the fuel tank. Through the glass window, Li Liang saw an upside-down world. The desolate land was "above his head" and the dim sky was "under his feet".
26 seconds after launch.
Mark's voice came from the earphones: "Reduce the main engine throttle and reduce the thrust to 60% of the rated thrust."
The space shuttle entered a short, smooth flight.
However.
Before Li Liang had time to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the command broadcast in the headset again: "Push to 100% rated thrust."
Violent vibrations came suddenly, like driving a car without any shock absorption on the cobblestone ground at high speed. Li Liang's eyes could no longer focus, and everything in his eyes became blurry. At the same time, the roar of the engine rang in his ears, like A burst of muffled thunder came from the distant horizon.
Then, the shuttle tilted upward sharply and its speed surged.
In just a few seconds, Li Liang felt like he had turned into a towel and was being squeezed by a pair of giant hands, as if they were trying to wring out the blood from his body.
The huge pressure made him breathless. At this moment, his mind went blank. Zhuos, Xi'an, goblins, the earth, and the spiritual world were all forgotten, and all his strength was used to fight against the acceleration of gravity.
The body is miserable and weak, but only the determined will remains.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Liang felt like he had endured a long winter, and finally heard Mark's slightly noisy voice: "The solid rocket booster is separated."
The shuttle accelerates and slows.
Li Liang finally saw the scene in front of him clearly. On the control panel in front of him, countless indicator lights were flashing, green and red, and interfaces kept popping up on the screen, displaying complex graphics and parameters.
After a brief scan, he noticed that many of them were bright red "warnings". There might be problems with some parts during the lift-off process. However, according to what Mark said in the course, he did not need to pay attention to any indicator lights and program reports, because There was nothing he could do but trust RR-441.
The belly of the metal crab was attracted to the device like a magnet, and the tops of its two tentacles flashed continuously.
Then, the screen changed, the pop-up windows were closed one after another, and the blinking lights quickly decreased.
Mark's voice no longer came from the helmet earphones, only harsh noises remained. Li Liang realized that the space shuttle had lost contact with the ground and the system had been taken over by RR-441.
Li Liang turned to look at K, only to see K lowering his head and giving a thumbs up with difficulty.
At this moment, the space shuttle is still flipped, with the orbiting spacecraft at the bottom, the yellow external fuel tank at the top, and the astronaut's head facing the earth.
However, in the weightless state, Li Liang did not feel the difference between up and down.
Since the helmet of the space suit could not rotate with his head, he could not see Dr. Xisen, Child Li and Cain behind him, and could only focus on the glass window.
In the limited field of view, the universe below is deep black, with sparse starlight faintly visible. The earth above the head is different from the documentary I saw a thousand years ago. It is not blue, but mottled and dim, like a naughty child. I took a paintbrush and dipped it in dirty yellow paint and applied it randomly.
A few seconds later.
The orbiting spacecraft shook, and a dynamic diagram was displayed on a screen. The cylindrical external fuel tank was separated from the orbiting spacecraft.
Then, the orbiting spacecraft began to flip.
This flip was extremely fast. Fortunately, Mark introduced it in class and Li Liang was mentally prepared.
When the rotation of the orbiting spacecraft ended, Li Liang saw a shocking scene through the glass window.
In the distance, the obviously curved horizon seems to be traced out with a golden edge, exuding bright golden light.
As the orbiting spacecraft advanced, the light spread, pouring like golden sand and covering the dusky atmosphere.
This is a sunrise from space.
next moment.
A wheel-shaped geosynchronous orbit satellite appeared in the field of vision. In the center of the wheel-shaped structure, there was a constantly rotating column piercing the earth's atmosphere. The dim atmosphere was shining with blue light.
This satellite is so big that even when compared with the earth beneath its feet, it still looks extremely abrupt. From a distance, it looks like the earth holds up a parasol.
Xi'an, Shangcheng District.
Li Liang had imagined what Shangcheng District looked like countless times, and had heard people describe its wheel-shaped appearance. However, until this moment, he finally realized that his imagination was too conservative.
The long-term hostility towards Xi'an could not cover up the awe rising in his heart at this moment. This is the instinct of a small human being facing a majestic giant.
It exudes milky white brilliance and rotates slowly. A thick green color is faintly visible on the inside of the "wheel". Four huge "spokes" divide the "wheel disk" into four pieces. Countless small light spots linger in it, gathering and scattering endlessly, like Ethereal gauze.
At this time.
Dr. Sisson's voice sounded in the helmet: "Xian."
K immediately asked: "Doctor, how are the little girl and Cain?"
"It looks like nothing is wrong," Dr. Sisson said in a weak voice.
Sudden.
The orbital maneuvering system engine starts, and the orbiting spacecraft deflects to one side, accelerates, and is about to enter an orbit farther from the ground.
This time the entry into orbit was gentler and smoother, allowing Li Liang to focus on the scene outside the window.
As he got closer, he saw more details.
The "wheel" is actually divided into two layers: the inner and outer layers. The outer layer rotates slowly, but the inner layer rotates extremely fast. At the same time, he noticed some "black spots" scattered around the wheel.
Although the space background is also almost black, those patches have faint irregular outlines, and the black within the outlines seems to swallow up the light, making it look darker than the background.
Other than that, he didn't see any spaceships, fleets, or giant weapons that he expected.
The orbiting spacecraft continued to deflect, increasing its altitude from the ground, and soon was almost level with the wheel.
K's voice sounded in the earphones: "Where is Li Hao's support? If he doesn't come, we will fucking collide."
"Why doesn't Xi'an attack us?" Dr. Xison asked tremblingly.
Li kid interrupted and said in a milky voice: "White umbrella umbrella."
Li Liang said nothing.
Not long before departure, in his last phone call with Li Hao, the young son of the heroic spirit Zhuosi said that he would do his best to restrain Xi'an and help them, and claimed that they would be safe as long as they could land on the moon.
But...where is Zhuos' support?
More importantly, where is Xi'an's spaceship?
Is this white "satellite" completely undefended?
As soon as the thought came to his mind, his vision was flooded by a bright orange light.
Right in front, orange light outlines a huge rectangular outline, which seems to encompass the entire universe with bright stars.
Portal? !
Li Liang was stunned.
However, what shocked him even more was that when the "portal" was fully formed, what flew out was not a spaceship, but a... cloud.
His three views were subverted again.
Where do the clouds in space come from?
But those ethereal and light things were clearly ordinary clouds, white in color, clusters and pieces, spreading out from the portal as if blown by the wind.
K murmured: "Doctor, what is that?"
"I don't know..." Dr. Sisen hissed.
Child Li: "Marshmallow."
"No matter what it is..."
Li Liang's words stopped abruptly.
Because, a saucer-shaped spacecraft "emerged" from nothingness not far away.
"Emergence" was the most accurate description he could think of. It didn't appear suddenly, nor did it appear from invisibility to reality. The spacecraft seemed to spurt out in the form of liquid or gas from a very small point, and took shape in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, one saucer-shaped spaceship appeared all around.
The clouds floating out of the portal suddenly accelerated, as if they turned into a solid white whip and swung over.
At the same time, Li Liang felt the entire orbiting spacecraft shake. The vibrations came from above his head, as if something had fallen on it.
"Li Hao..." K just spit out a word.
The glass window was suddenly obscured by something, making it impossible to see outside. Only four screens, an array of flashing indicator lights, and a white light source above the control panel were left in the cabin.
next moment.
The orbiting spacecraft moved, as if it had been kicked by some giant and suddenly jumped out.
Fortunately, everyone never unbuckled their seat belts and were still fixed in their seats.
Next, all the indicators began to flash, and "warnings" and program abnormalities popped up on the screen. The orbiting spacecraft seemed to be wrapped up in the spacecraft and was flying rapidly.
Li Liang's breathing was rapid and his forehead was covered with sweat.
He knew very well that the moon and the earth were not as close as they seemed. In fact, they were extremely far away, nearly 400,000 kilometers away. At the speed accepted by the structure of the space shuttle, even flying in a straight line would take more than ten hours.
How could Li Hao guarantee that they could escape Xi'an's pursuit for such a long time?
Just when he finished his thoughts, his weightless body swung forward and was caught by the seat belt.
Slowed down?
Is the Dros spaceship ready to surrender?
The thing covering the glass window disappeared, and his eyes widened instantly.
The moon was actually right in front of him, but it was no longer what he remembered.
The moon is only half full at the moment.
The side facing away from the earth is still intact, but the side facing the earth has been hollowed out. A huge metal mesh structure forms a hemisphere, layered on top of each other, with various colors of light shining between the gaps, as if there is a bright light group inside. .
However, Li Liang had no time to think deeply about why the moon was transformed into such a ghostly appearance, and how they came from the earth to the moon in a few seconds, because the orbiting spacecraft was diving straight towards the moon in a free fall attitude.
Dros' ship abandons them, and RR-441 takes over the system again.
The indicator lights stopped flashing one after another, and the screen showed that the spacecraft's engine was igniting again.
However, the orbiting spacecraft itself is just a glider. Its engine can only adjust its attitude and change orbit, but cannot support flight at all.
All RR-441 can do is ensure that the spacecraft lands in the correct attitude.
Sudden.
The light outside the glass window flickered, as if there was a fierce firefight outside the field of vision.
After Xi'an passed the level, the level of Zhuos Yingling and the Marginal Business Department came one after another.
Li Liang felt calm inside.
Time seems to slow down.
The flickering light was projected on the glass cover of his helmet, and the colorful lights and shadows changed. He inhaled deeply, and then exhaled slowly, so quiet that he could hear his own heartbeat in his ears.
The moon's network structure became closer and closer in his field of vision until it was no longer visible. Soon, he could only see a huge metal column that stretched across his eyes.
Getting closer…
The metal cylinder turned into a huge milky white wall in the field of vision. The surface was uneven and seemed to be densely covered with complex equipment.
The glaring red warning light came on.
About to collide.
K's growl came from the earphones: "Fuck——"
The next second.
A bright circle of light appeared on the wall, and the orbiting spacecraft crashed straight into it.
What follows is a bumpy ride in the dark.
When the light came in from the glass window again, Li Liang was stunned.
He saw... the blue sky, and at the same time felt the "long-lost" gravity, as if he had returned to the earth.
what's the situation?
The orbiting spacecraft seemed to have lost all power. After rushing out for a certain distance by relying on inertia, the nose began to sink.
The moment he saw the ground clearly, Li Liang roared: "Fuck!"
K shouted out loud: "Where is this?"
Dr. Xisen shouted hoarsely: "Sea sea sea sea...it's going to crash——"
"pay close attention--"
Following Li Liang's roar, the orbiting spacecraft dived towards... the blue sea.
