"Minister, are the rocket launches going to continue?"
"Zhang Ming's entry into the mangroves...should not delay the launch."
Li Xianfeng checked the weather indicators on the big screen and nodded slightly: "Go on, the mysterious area is not the same space as ours. As long as the current wind is not strong, we can launch."
"Everyone, are you ready?"
"Ready!"
Just like that, the 100,000-ton large warship started its engine, carried a small rocket, and slowly sailed into the mysterious area.
There is also a thick steel rope tied behind the butt of the warship, connecting several large ships in the outside world.
In this way, it can be ensured that the entering ship will not get lost in the mysterious area.
The process of the large ship entering the mysterious area seemed to pass through a thin layer of "soap bubbles", causing waves of water ripples to vibrate in the space. The sunlight emits a strange refraction phenomenon, and even the temperature drops by two or three degrees.
Wherever you look, you can see the dead sea, which is black and blue.
Empty and lonely.
It's like facing a vast and vast world.
A strong sense of uneasiness came from all directions, and the psychological phenomena described in the investigation report appeared.
Everyone has a sense of loneliness like "a wanderer leaving home". It is so strong and heartbreaking that if the will is not strong enough, you may burst into tears on the spot.
As time goes by, human beings may get used to this kind of loneliness, but this feeling of loss will not disappear, but will only accumulate more and more.
"A special space phenomenon?"
"Without that rope, it would be really easy to get lost and unable to find the original path." Li Xianfeng took a deep breath and suppressed the uneasiness in his heart.
Looking along the direction of the steel rope, this long rope is hanging in the air, and the other end seems to "disappear".
In the mysterious zone, the existence of the earth cannot be observed!
Of course, the Earth is not missing.
The other end of the rope is still tied to the earth.
If you return along the original path of the rope, you can indeed penetrate that layer of "space ripples" again and return to the earth.
"What is the principle of this strange spatial mechanism?" Li Xianfeng couldn't help but ask.
A professor explained: "It is not clear yet, and the current physical knowledge cannot explain it. According to some idealistic views, the earth may be 'deliberately' hiding itself."
"We are children of the earth. When we leave the world, we will naturally feel lonely and homesick."
"The Earth hides itself?"
"It's just a way of saying..."
Li Xianfeng didn't dwell too much on things he couldn't figure out. He said a few words on the communication channel in his headset: "Comrades, according to the investigation report of the Americans, after arriving in the mysterious area, there is about a one-tenth chance of Awaken your superpowers.”
"Everyone should also know that the quota for awakening superpowers is very precious."
"If you notice an increase in body temperature, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, chest tightness and shortness of breath, it may be a sign of awakening superpowers. Please go to the bedroom to rest immediately and report the abilities you have acquired."
"Always observe the surrounding trends. If there is a problem, we will return to Earth at any time."
"If there is no accident, prepare to launch the rocket!"
"Countdown, half an hour!"
In the quiet waiting, 30 minutes seemed a bit torturous.
Most people came to the mysterious area for the first time, and they were extremely curious. They even wanted to know in which corner Zhang Ming was trapped.
But he did not dare to be careless about the work in hand. In the temporarily renovated headquarters, the only sound was the tapping of the keyboard.
People are making final preparations.
When the time came, Li Xianfeng loudly gave the "ignition" command.
There was a loud "boom", and a powerful white hot flame was sprayed into the deck cooling pool, triggering a large amount of white mist.
The rocket continued to rise upwards, and a huge roar sounded throughout the sky.
"Procedural turn!"
"The spacecraft captures both directions!"
"The telemetry signal is normal!"
"Optical USB radar tracking normal!"
"Light radar tracking is normal!"
Watching the bright white light in the sky gradually fade away, Li Xianfeng's heart beat faster.
Now the industrial capacity of the entire country has been greatly reduced. If this rocket fails to launch, it will be even more difficult to produce the next one in a short time.
He couldn't help but ask a white-haired old man: "Academician Ge, how is the condition of the rocket? Can it penetrate into the atmosphere of the mysterious zone?"
The engineering academician stared at the screen, his expression was not very good, and he said nothing. Suddenly, a sentence popped out of his mouth: "The rocket's flight speed is lower than expected!"
Cold sweat broke out on Li Xianfeng's forehead all of a sudden.
"Frictional resistance on the ascent was greater than expected."
A large number of staff nearby were also busy, and the room was filled with the sound of crackling keyboards.
"Teacher Ge?" Li Xianfeng asked again.
Academician Ge, who had a bad temper, had a gloomy face: "To tell you the truth, things are not going well!"
"Earth's atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude, but here the thickness of the atmosphere is strange and appears to be evenly distributed."
"The friction is too great and the rocket cannot rise."
"And... there seems to be a huge strong wind in the sky?" Academician Ge frowned and calculated several times in a row.
"You mean, the rocket has soared hundreds of kilometers and has not yet left the atmosphere?" Li Xianfeng's face turned ugly.
"Yes, this possibility is very high. God knows how thick the atmosphere is here. It may be tens of thousands of kilometers. This rocket is just a small launch vehicle. It can only send low-orbit satellites. Now the rocket does not even have an atmosphere. Get out, it will fall from the sky soon after you run out of fuel!"
The cold sweat on Li Xianfeng's forehead fell to the ground.
Really...what are you afraid of?
The satellite launch failed.
Academician Ge stroked his white hair on his temples: "There is only one option in the current situation. Start the various functions of the satellite as soon as possible. How much information can be collected? Don't think that if the launch is successful, the satellite will inevitably crash!"
Without any time to hesitate, Li Xianfeng gritted his teeth.
"Just do what Academician Ge said, turn on various detection functions of the satellite, and prepare to eject the fairing. Collect as much data as possible!"
The fairing is a device located on the top of the launch vehicle to protect the spacecraft from rectification and heat insulation when flying in the atmosphere. Once the rocket breaks out of the atmosphere, there will be no air and no air friction, so there is no need for rectification and insulation.
But now an abnormal situation has occurred. After the fairing is thrown away, friction with the air generates heat, and the satellite will not be able to persist for too long.
After a few seconds, or tens of seconds, the satellite will burn and crash.
"How long can the rocket fly?" Li Xianfeng glanced at the big screen, and all kinds of abnormal data were almost overflowing.
"In 10 seconds, the fuel will be exhausted!"
"There's no time... eject the fairing immediately!"
After the fairing was thrown away, the satellite detection equipment was fully opened, and the mysterious area was fully visible!