Chen Xuan's eyes lit up and he said, "That's a good idea! This time, we're going to the moon. It's a historical feat in the world of cultivation. We don't have any predecessors' experience to learn from. If we can test it in low-Earth orbit first, it'll be great! "
Song Wei also nodded with a smile and said, "This is indeed a safer approach. I think the seniors will agree!"
"It's only a little more than a week. Let's just stay here and wait!" Xia Ruofei said, "There's nothing to do when we go back in such a short time. Besides, Elon Musk's child is still being treated. If I stay in the United States, it will be more convenient for me to deal with the situation."
"Then it's settled!" Chen Xuan nodded and said, "I'll tell my father, but just tell him that we still have things to deal with here. Don't tell him the details."
Chen Xuan obviously agreed with Xia Ruofei's point of view. He thought that too many details over the phone could easily leak the secret.
Xia Ruofei nodded and said with a smile, "Then we'll have to trouble Yifu for the next few days. We've never been to the United States before. You have to take us to enjoy the scenery of the United States."
Li Yifu quickly said, "No problem! Uncle Master, we'll definitely let everyone eat, drink, and have fun! "
...
A week later, Xia Ruofei and the others, who had a good relaxing tour in the United States, took Li Yifu's private plane to Houston, the famous space city in the United States.
They didn't go to the hotel. After they got off the plane, they got into the two commercial vehicles arranged by Li Yifu and left the airport for the suburbs in the east of Houston.
Halfway there, two container trucks drove out from an intersection and followed behind the MPV.
The commercial vehicles stopped at the door of an inconspicuous factory. After Li Yifu got out of the car, he led everyone to the rusty iron gate and pressed the doorbell.
The camera light on the iron gate lit up. A moment later, a low voice said, "Please wait a moment!"
After a few minutes, there was a sound of footsteps.
A black man in his thirties opened the iron door and walked out. Li Yifu handed him a card.
After the black man took the card, he took out a device similar to a POS machine from his body. After swiping the card and looking at the information displayed on the screen, the vigilance on his face lessened slightly.
He then looked at Xia Ruofei and the others beside Li Yifu. He frowned and asked, "Why are there so many people?"
Li Yifu faintly said, "We've already made an appointment in advance. That's all there are. If you can't make the decision, you can call and ask for instructions! "
The black man's eyes were cold as he snorted and said, "No need. Come in!"
After that, he stepped aside. Xia Ruofei and the others walked into the dilapidated yard in the factory.
The black man was the last to leave. After carefully locking the door, he quickly followed.
He led the way in front, leading Xia Ruofei and the others through the courtyard to a very thick door on the side.
The black man pressed his fingerprint and passed the iris scan. The door opened with a click and the group of people walked in.
Contrary to the dilapidated outside, after passing through the door, Xia Ruofei and the others found that there was a completely different world inside.
It was a spotless factory, brightly lit. The most conspicuous thing was that in the middle of the tall factory, there was a large container covered by a golden tarpaulin. It was more than ten meters long and much wider than a standard container.
In addition, there were hundreds of large and small boxes neatly stacked on the wall of the factory.
A staff member wearing a white anti-static jumpsuit came up and looked at the black man.
The black man nodded slightly to him, indicating that he had checked his identity. Then, he retreated to the side without saying a word.
The white man in the white jumpsuit said expressionlessly, "Hello, I'm the person in charge here. You can call me John."
It was obviously a fake name, but no one cared what a staff member was called. Xia Ruofei stepped forward and said, "Mr. John, we've been notified. We're here to pick up the goods today!"
John said faintly, "Everything is ready. You can check it!"
In fact, after Xia Ruofei entered the factory, he had already scanned it with his spiritual power. He was very clear about the situation of this batch of goods, including behind a secret door and the dozen or so armed security guards who did not show up. He was very clear about it.
In the large container in the middle of the factory, there were already assembled spaceships and expansion modules. In the boxes along the wall, there were a total of five sets of extravehicular spacesuits and 500 oxygen supply modules. There was no need to open the boxes one by one.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei said directly, "No need, let's just load it up! Can the cars drive in? "
John nodded and said, "Of course!"
Then, John shook his head at the black man. The black man understood and walked to the side. He opened a control box on the wall and pressed a button. The entire wall of the factory facing the yard began to slowly rise. It turned out that this was a large roller door that could open the entire wall.
Then, the black man walked out with Li Yifu, opened the yard door outside, and let the two trucks in.
The oversized container containing the spaceship and the expansion module was hoisted and placed on one of the trucks. The other truck itself was a van. Xia Ruofei and the others worked personally and loaded the hundreds of boxes onto the truck in no time.
Li Yifu personally got into the first truck, and Xia Ruofei and the others also got into the vans. Soon, the four vehicles left the seemingly dilapidated factory in a single file. They did not have much interaction with Mr. John and the black man during the whole process.
The four-car convoy did not leave Houston. Instead, they drove to the southern suburbs, where Li Yifu had prepared a large warehouse in advance.
The vehicles drove directly to the warehouse and quickly hoisted the large container down. The other boxes were still unloaded by Xia Ruofei and the others personally. In order to reduce the number of irrelevant people as much as possible, there were no stevedores, including the drivers of the vehicles. They had no idea what they were transporting this time.
After Li Yifu sent all the vehicles away, he quickly returned to the warehouse and locked the door tightly.
Xia Ruofei and the others had already pried open the lead seal of the large container and opened the door.
The Dragon Spaceship revealed its true appearance. It was roughly divided into two parts, the orbital module and the return module. However, the orbital module was connected to several expansion modules.
The exterior of the spaceship and the expansion module were not painted with any logo. In fact, the interior of the spaceship was the same. All the logos related to SpaceX had been removed.
At the door of the container, there was a small and exquisite box.
Xia Ruofei took the box and opened it. Inside was a thick stack of paper documents. Similarly, there were no logos. They were all printed on ordinary paper.
These documents included the simple operation manual of the spaceship, quick troubleshooting lists, and so on. In addition, there were also the essentials of putting on and taking off the spacesuit, the introduction of various functions, the quick replacement of the oxygen supply module, and so on.
Xia Ruofei simply flipped through a few pages and put them all back into the box.
Everyone gathered around the door of the container and looked at the spaceship that looked a little strange because of the several expansion modules.
Chen Xuan couldn't help but laugh and say, "This big guy can be more powerful than a spaceship in space? I think the material is ordinary! "
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "This is the power of science and technology! The spaceship's material has been tested countless times. Not only can it withstand a huge temperature difference, but it can also shield against cosmic rays. The return module has a special heat-resistant material that must be able to withstand a high temperature of thousands of degrees. This is because during the return process, it will violently grind against the atmosphere and generate a huge amount of heat. In addition, the overall airtightness of the spaceship is also very high. To put it bluntly, it's the difference in the use environment. It was designed for long-term operation in space. "
Chen Xuan nodded and said, "Yes! The technology of the secular world can't be underestimated! "
Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "Especially in the field of aerospace, it can be said to be the integration of the top part of human technology."
At this time, Li Yifu locked the door and walked over. He said respectfully, "Master Uncle, the driver has been sent away. I just checked the surveillance. There are no suspicious people nearby. We can put these things away."
Xia Ruofei nodded. Then he released his mental strength and investigated the situation within a few miles. Then he said with a smile, "Okay, then let's get to work! Then we should go back home. I guess sect leader Chen and the others are waiting anxiously! "
Chen Xuan looked at the huge spaceship in the container and said, "It seems that we can only rely on Brother Xia for this big guy. Our storage magic treasures have limited space, and if we want to collect such a big thing, our mental strength is not enough!"
There were only two cultivators at the Gold Core stage, Xia Ruofei and Chen Xuan. Even Chen Xuan felt that it was difficult, so they could only rely on Xia Ruofei.
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "My storage magic treasure can hold it. Let me collect this spaceship!"
After that, Xia Ruofei looked at the spaceship in the container. His mental strength covered the spaceship, and then with a slight movement of his mind, he directly put the spaceship into the Ring-Tu space.
The size and weight of this spaceship were much larger than the small yacht he had put in the space before. Even though Xia Ruofei's mental strength was much higher than before, the moment he put the spaceship away, he still felt a long-lost dizziness. However, this dizziness was very slight, and it only lasted for a moment. He quickly returned to normal.
Xia Ruofei also put the small box full of operation manuals into the Ring-Tu space.
The inside of the container was empty.
Chen Xuan gave him a thumbs-up and said with a smile, "Amazing!"
Xia Ruofei pointed to the remaining boxes with a smile and said, "Let's share some of these things!"
What was left were five sets of extravehicular spacesuits and 500 oxygen supply modules. These things were not big, and everyone's storage space could hold them.
Xia Ruofei, Ling Qingxue, and Yu Xin 'er each took one set of extravehicular spacesuits and 100 oxygen supply modules.
The remaining two sets of extravehicular spacesuits and 200 oxygen supply modules were put away by Chen Xuan.
The warehouse, which had been a little crowded just now, was emptied in an instant.
Xia Ruofei said to Li Yifu, "Yifu, I'll leave the finishing work here to you. Also, you have to continue to follow up with Elon Musk. You have to supervise the delivery of the remaining spacesuits and oxygen supply modules on time."
"Don't worry! Grandmaster! " Li Yifu said, "Your disciple will stay in Houston for the time being until everything is handed over."
Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "I won't be coming next time. You'll be in charge. Just let me know when you receive the things. Let's go back to China first. You'll be in charge of the United States during this time. Don't worry about other things, I'll take care of them. "
Xia Ruofei was talking about the Peach Blossom Island, but because Chen Xuan and the others were present, he was vague about it. However, Li Yifu could definitely understand. He said respectfully, "Yes! Grandmaster! I'll remember it. If anything happens here, I'll report it to you. "
"Good! Thank you for your hard work! "Xia Ruofei nodded and then said to Chen Xuan and the others," Then let's go back! "
The group went to the back of the warehouse. This area was relatively remote and almost uninhabited. Xia Ruofei took out the Obsidian Airship from the Ring-Tu space. After everyone jumped on the airship, he stood on the side of the ship and waved to Li Yifu. Then, he drove the airship in the direction of Huaxia.
The Obsidian Airship was much faster than ordinary civil airplanes. Even if it didn't fly at full speed, the whole journey only took two to three hours.
During these two to three hours, Xia Ruofei and the others didn't idle. They were all studying the thick operating manual.
After all, if a cultivator was in the space environment, their survival ability was not much better than ordinary people. Especially cultivators at the Qi Refining stage like Ling Qingxue and Yu Xin 'er, if exposed to the space environment, they wouldn't last more than a few minutes longer than ordinary people. Therefore, they still had to seriously learn the operating procedures of the airship, the process of putting on and taking off the spacesuit, and so on.
Once in space, the outside of the airship was a vacuum environment. There were strict procedures for entering and exiting the cabin, such as which door to open first, which door to open next, and the operation of releasing pressure, pressurizing, and so on. In addition, if there was a leak in the airship, there was also an emergency evacuation procedure. Everyone had to remember this by heart. Otherwise, if they accidentally died, there would be no way to redress their grievances.
Under normal circumstances, if an ordinary person wanted to become a qualified astronaut, they would need to go through a long period of training and participate in various assessments. The time span was calculated in years. Fortunately, everyone didn't need to master comprehensive knowledge like a real astronaut. Moreover, everyone was a cultivator, so their learning speed and memory were much better than ordinary people. Therefore, it didn't take too much effort to master some operating procedures and emergency plans.
Time passed quietly as they studied. Before they knew it, the Obsidian Airship had arrived in the sky above the capital of Huaxia.
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