“63.6s！！！ Light, it's faster by more than a minute! "
"Hyperspace! Hyperspace! We opened a hyperspace channel! "
"Hahahaha! I knew it! There's no way there's a problem with Academician Lu's theory! "
"God Lu is nutty!!!"
Cheers, whistles, and applause drowned out Lu Zhou.
He was still immersed in the dream-like joy when Luo Wenxuan hugged him. Luo Wenxuan grabbed Lu Zhou's shoulders and shook him back and forth excitedly.
"You know what! You wrote the history of physics! And the history of aerospace! Oh wait, the history of civilization! "
"Yeah."
"You've done such a great thing, and your answer is only 'hmm'?" Luo Wenxuan was so excited that he almost went crazy. His face was distorted because of his excitement. He didn't even know what he was saying. "Why aren't you a f * cking woman? I want to kiss you!"
Lu Zhou: "…?"
"You're making him dizzy."
Wang Peng couldn't stand it anymore. He sighed and reached out his right hand.
Luo Wenxuan didn't have time to react. He only watched as his hands were moved to the side like two chopsticks.
"No, I'm fine … I just haven't thought about what to say."
Lu Zhou signaled Wang Peng, who was standing next to him, to not be nervous. He took a deep breath and looked at the large screen not far away. He then looked at the cheering researchers and engineers and spoke.
"I might have to think about it for a while. Give me a day … No, two days. Two days should be enough."
After hearing this, Luo Wenxuan suddenly widened his eyes and said, "Two days?! You can't disappear for that long! You're the star of tonight's celebration party! We will open the champagne and let the foam spray to the ceiling. Everyone will cheer your name, wish you a long life, wish you … "
"Remember to record it and send it to me." Lu Zhou interrupted Luo Wenxuan and pinched his eyebrows. He said, "I have some things to take care of here … It's about research. Wang Peng, go to the parking lot and drive the car to the entrance."
"Alright."
Wang Peng nodded and walked to the door.
The quest completion notification kept reminding him that there was a huge sum of money waiting for him to collect. Even though he was quite interested in sharing the joy of victory with his peers, he was more excited about the world after level 10.
He had waited too long for this day.
So much so that he didn't want to waste even a moment.
As for the opportunity to show off …
To him, it was simply too much.
After taking one last look at the screen, Lu Zhou continued to look at Luo Wenxuan.
"Get the messenger to prepare for the aftermath."
"I'll leave this place to you."
Lu Zhou looked at Director Li and patted Luo Wenxuan's shoulder. He then walked toward the entrance of the command center.
At this moment, his eyes met Edward Witten's.
The old man smiled at him and gave him a thumbs-up.
Lu Zhou read the words "well done" from her dark green pupils. He responded with a bright smile and strode out the door.
…
Tens of millions of kilometers away.
In the deep, silent sky, a shining ball of light lit up. The titanium alloy skeleton and shell could no longer withstand the expanding energy, and they began to be gradually swallowed by the overflowing light.
Liu Biao, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, suddenly sighed softly as he watched the explosion that occurred hundreds of kilometers away.
"I guess they've opened the champagne."
"I think so …" Xu Zhenghong glanced at the radiation value detected on the gamma value counter and said, "The ground command center just sent a message saying that the experiment was very successful."
"How much does this thing cost?"
Even though Liu Biao didn't understand physics, his intuition told him that the two pairs of small electric thrusters that held the sphere in place probably cost a lot of money.
Xu Zhenghong: "I don't know, but apparently it's over a hundred million."
"Over a hundred million is fine."
When Liu Biao thought about how this thing didn't just burn one, but a pair of spheres, he suddenly went silent.
After a while, he sighed with emotion.
"The physics industry is so rich."
Not far away, the Z particle clock, which had completed its final mission, was completely swallowed by the light.
In the silence, it bloomed, withered, and finally, like a withered flower, scattered into tiny sparks in the boundless deep space, slowly pulled by the gravity of Mars into the tumbling sand.
Xu Zhenghong recorded all of this through the high-power optical camera. He manually corrected the direction of the shooting and finally pressed the stop button.
"Shooting is complete."
Liu Biao reconnected the life support system to the spacesuit in the cabin. He moved his shoulders and spoke with renewed vigor.
"What's next?"
"Go over and see if there is anything that can be recycled." After confirming the mission instructions from the ground command center, Xu Zhenghong reached out and turned on the tail engine. He said, "If possible, collect some samples from the wreckage of the Z particle clock."
The remaining mission wasn't difficult.
The damaged Z particle clock didn't explode violently. Most of the wreckage was gathered together, and under the combined action of solar wind and Mars' gravity, it maintained a highly consistent trajectory and moved closer to Mars.
Xu Zhenghong carefully approached the edge of the wreckage. He controlled Starlight and released the maintenance robot in the cargo compartment.
A robot that was about half the height of a person and holding a mechanical arm that was nearly two meters long was pulled by a thick and long carbon nano rope. It was propelled by nitrogen as it floated toward the nearest fragment with a diameter of about 0.25 meters.
A mist-like liquid nitrogen sprayed out from the spray gun and wrapped around the fragment. The irregular fragment that was emitting a hot white light cooled down at a speed visible to the naked eye and returned to its original metallic luster.
"Package receipt."
With a smile on his face, Xu Zhenghong continued to shake the joystick in his hand, manipulating the robot floating in the deep air, and continued to retrieve the four samples.
After he confirmed that there wasn't much propellant left, he parked the robot that had successfully collected the fifth sample in the cargo hold and closed the cargo hatch.
"Five samples should be enough."
As he muttered to himself, he raised his right hand and pressed on his helmet, switching to the channel where the ground command center was located.
"This is Messenger. The sample recovery mission has been completed. We don't have much fuel left. If we delay any longer, we may miss the best window for return. Please return."
After more than four minutes of waiting, a response came.
"This is the ground command center. The return request has been approved. Thank you for your work. We have prepared a banquet for you."
"Roger that."
Xu Zhenghong turned off the communication device and gestured to Liu Biao, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat. Liu Biao cooperated with him and began to operate the orbital maneuver.
The five engines ejected at the same time, leaving a blue arc in deep space.
Xu Zhenghong glanced at the fiery red planet and suddenly had an inexplicable thought.
This thought told him that in the near future, he would have the opportunity to come here again. He might even set foot on the fascinating desert.
He just didn't know what kind of mission he would be performing next …
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