The Yetian Empire had its own mecha test planet. Although this planet was owned by the royal family, all of the personnel were transferred from the military.
The design of a new mecha was not a simple matter. In the past few years, the entire empire had registered less than ten mechas. When there were no test missions, all of the test pilots were serving in the military, and this exclusive test planet was also unmanned.
The choice of a planet to be used as a test planet was actually very particular. For example, the Yetian Empire's test planet was very famous in the galaxy.
The reason why this planet was famous was not only because of the existence of the Yeti Empire Mecha Research Institute and the imperial military, but also because of the harsh natural conditions on the planet.
As a test planet, it was necessary to simulate the harsh conditions of the galaxy as much as possible. As a result, the planet's environment couldn't be any worse. Extremely high and low temperatures coexisted on the planet, and various named and unnamed cosmic rays recklessly intruded into the planet. In addition, there were also various kinds of space junk visiting from time to time …
Due to the unique conditions, when the Yetian Empire did not have any test missions, this planet would often be rented by countries with good relations to conduct test flights.
As the president of the Imperial Mecha Research Institute, Duan Hengye had long heard of the famous "test planet", but he never had the opportunity to come here.
A few days after the completion of the assembly of the new mecha, the photon computer calculated the best time for the test. Accompanying this, as the mecha's creator, Duan Hengye also arrived on the test planet ahead of time. Also on the same starship as him were Meng Jinhuai and two generals from the military.
This was an extremely barren planet. Duan Hengye saw it through the starship's window. Although it was not as terrifying as Duan Hengye imagined, it was not a scene of hell on earth. But whether it was the sky covered by a light storm or the pitch black earth, it was not beautiful at all.
Because the weather conditions on the test flight planet had always been bad, even the military's giant starship had to hover in the air for a long time before finally finding the right time to land through a gap in the storm.
This starship used the highest grade of soundproof material, and Duan Hangye didn't understand the interstellar meteorological terminology. However, from the announcement of the starship's broadcast alone, he could tell that the storm on this test flight planet was strong enough to roll up and crush the mountains in an instant.
"Attention, the starship is descending. Please pay attention to your safety." An electronically synthesized female voice sounded from the starship. After a few seconds, the seat belt on Duan Hengye's seat automatically popped out and firmly secured him in place. At the same time, all the miscellaneous items on the table were also stored in the special device.
Duan Hengye could not help but feel nervous. Although he did not understand planetary weather, his experience as a mecha designer told him that this giant starship's defense was comparable to the best mecha. Although this storm was dangerous, it would not pose too much of a threat to it.
Duan Hengye slowly exhaled and gradually relaxed. As the starship gradually descended, his hand moved to the armrest of the sofa and gripped it tightly. Seeing this, Meng Jinhuai, who had been silent all this time, glanced at Duan Hengye and said softly, "It's okay. There was a time when the weather on this test flight planet changed abruptly. In the end, the starship passed through the storm without a scratch."
Even though Meng Jinhuai said it very casually, after hearing his words, Duan Hengye could not help but break out in a cold sweat.
At this moment, the view outside the observation window suddenly plunged into darkness. Not a single ray of light could penetrate. Duan Hengye knew that the starship had now officially entered the gap between the storm. The darkness lasted for a total of five to six minutes. During this time, the originally stable starship began to sway slightly.
No one in the cabin spoke. Duan Hengye's eyes were fixed on the altitude record on the holographic screen in front of him.
Even though nothing could be seen from the dark window, the numbers on the holographic screen told Duan Hengye that the starship was currently descending at an extremely fast speed.
Finally, when the starship descended to about five thousand meters above the surface, light shone through the observation window. At the same time, Duan Hengye's seat belt unbuckled and the miscellaneous items on the table appeared again.
"... We're about to land." Duan Hengye looked out the window and muttered to himself.
"The storm just now was about thirty thousand meters in diameter," Meng Jinhuai suddenly turned around and said to Duan Hengye. He knew that Duan Hengye sometimes lacked the "common sense" of interstellar life, but he was very happy to learn about it. Sure enough, the moment Meng Jinhuai finished speaking, Duan Hengye suddenly opened his eyes wide and repeated the number again.
Thirty thousand meters? Duan Hengye couldn't help but look up at the storm that was already far away. It turned out that he had just passed through a storm with a diameter larger than the earth. Even though he had lived in the interstellar era for a while now, after hearing this number, Duan Hengye still felt that it was a bit unreal.
The grayish-black storm was getting further and further away. After the notification from the starship sounded, Duan Hangye looked down at the window again. It turned out that unknowingly, the starship had already landed steadily on the ground of the test flight planet.
This planet was different from any other planet that Duan Hengye had been to before. Because the surface environment of the planet was too bad, people absolutely couldn't be directly exposed to the surface of the planet. Therefore, after the starship stopped, Duan Hengye saw that a corridor suddenly extended from the outside of the black metal building in front of him, then connected to the starship.
Seeing that Duan Hengye was still sitting there, Meng Jinhuai stood up and said to him, "Okay, you can go out now."
The distance between the two was a bit close. After seeing Meng Jinhuai's close-up face, Duan Hengye awkwardly looked away and stood up from his seat.
Before Duan Hengye, many people had already arrived at the test flight planet. Among them were the weather team responsible for escorting this mission, as well as the monitoring team from the research institute. This team would be led by Duan Hengye personally, and Su Mingge would be the assistant.
In addition to these traditional teams participating in the test flight work, Duan Hengye also called over another person in advance who hadn't been at the test flight site before. Speaking of which, the two of them met a few days ago at Amro University. That person was the director of the Psychic Force Research Institute, Wen Xunyin.
After seeing the starship land, these staff members who had been waiting on the test flight planet walked out of the corridor and waited. As soon as Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai entered the building, they walked up to them and shook hands. Everyone present was considered a big shot in the galaxy. After a simple greeting, Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai sat in the monitoring hall together, waiting for the test flight to begin.
By now, more than half of the people participating in this activity had arrived. After another ten minutes, the last few people walked through the corridor and into the monitoring hall.
The leader was a middle-aged man in a mecha pilot's suit. Although his appearance wasn't outstanding, he had a very powerful and calm temperament. After he walked over, he saluted Meng Jinhuai and said to the two of them, "Marshal, Professor Duan. I'm the person in charge of this test flight. I'm from the military's test flight team. "
It turned out that this was the test pilot for this mission. After confirming the range of the test pilot's Psychic Force with Wen Xunyin, Duan Hengye pulled up the information of the military's test pilots and found him. Test pilots were very precious. For the sake of confidentiality, Duan Hengye didn't see his picture at the time. After meeting him, Duan Hengye realized that this man really fit the image of a "test pilot" in his mind.
Seeing that Duan Hengye was looking at him, the test pilot nodded again and said, "Thank you, Professor Duan, for your trust!"
Although his spouse Meng Jinhuai was a soldier, Meng Jinhuai's way of speaking was more ordinary. Now that he heard a real soldier of the Empire speak to him in a serious tone, Duan Hengye couldn't help but become serious. He shook hands with the test pilot and said, "Thank you."
After Duan Hangye's voice fell, the test pilot once again gave him a solemn military salute.
After greeting him, Duan Hengye noticed that there was an old man standing behind the test pilot. His hair and beard were all white. Although he still looked hale and hearty, his slightly slow movements told the outside world the fact that he was old.
When the old man saw Duan Hengye looking at him, he smiled at him and walked over.
"Hello, Professor Duan, I'm a reporter covering this test flight event." He shook hands with Duan Hengye while speaking. After that, the old man walked over and shook hands with Meng Jinhuai and said, "Long time no see, General."
This old man knows Meng Jinhuai?
Duan Hengye couldn't help but look at them curiously.
He already knew that even though this event wouldn't be broadcast live, there would still be reporters from the Star Network who would come over to film it. They would edit it into about ten minutes of content and put it on the news program. The old man in front of him was obviously past the age of retirement. How did he become a reporter in charge of this event?
Unlike Duan Hengye's confused face, Meng Jinhuai obviously knew the old man. After the two greeted each other, the old man said to Meng Jinhuai, "So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. The first time I came to a test flight planet was actually a few decades ago." After that, his eyes showed a hint of nostalgia.
After the two chatted for a while, Meng Jinhuai turned around and introduced the old man to Duan Hengye, "Mr. Yan was a well-known interstellar war reporter when he was young. He was a good friend of my parents. Although he has been retired for decades, when he learned about the test flight mission, he still volunteered to come to the test flight planet to report. "
After hearing this, Duan Hengye finally understood the old man's identity. At this time, the old man looked at Duan Hengye and said, "Maybe Professor Duan doesn't remember me anymore, but I still remember when you were young, I went to the research institute to interview your parents."
After hearing Mr. Yan's words, Duan Hengye couldn't help but be surprised. After carefully thinking about it, this seemed to be the first time he heard his parents mentioned after transmigrating into this novel. In Duan Hengye's memory, although they were well-known interstellar scientists, their daily lives were very low-key. They didn't even leave the planet where the research institute was located often.
"You look very much like your mother," the old man said after looking at him for a while.
Although Duan Hengye had never met the original owner's parents, after hearing someone mention them, he also had some desire to ask questions. However, Duan Hengye's rationality told him that now wasn't a good time. The data on the light screen in front of him showed that the planet was about to reach the best state for the test flight. He needed to sit in the monitoring seat and work.
The layout of the monitoring hall was very similar to the satellite monitoring center on Earth. In front of each staff member was a different light screen. At the front of the hall was a huge screen with a length and width of more than 30 meters.
Behind the light screen was a window. At the beginning of the test flight, the light screen would be in a dormant state. At this time, the people in the room could directly observe the scene through the window. After the mech flew away, the light screen would come out of hibernation and start broadcasting the scene around the mech.
Under the watchful eyes of the people in the hall, the test pilot walked into the preparation room. A few minutes later, a silver-white mech flew out of the preparation room's skylight and instantly appeared in front of the window.
From the corner of his eye, Duan Hangye saw that from the moment the mecha appeared in front of the window, Wen Xunyin, who was sitting beside him, had been staring intently at the screen in front of him. Then, he quickly recorded the changes in his spiritual power. As if he felt Duan Hengye's gaze, he turned around and whispered, "Everything is normal. The spiritual power is very compatible with the mech."
Although the simulation experiment was very thorough, the person sitting in the mech was still a living person. No matter how strong Duan Hengye's mental fortitude was, he still couldn't help but feel nervous about the experiment. However, after hearing Wen Xunyin's words, Duan Hengye finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The silver-white mech stopped in front of the window for a few seconds. Then, in a short three seconds, it flew into the sky at the fastest speed possible. Looking at it with the naked eye, the huge mech disappeared in front of everyone's eyes in an instant.
After the mech took off, Duan Hengye quickly shifted his gaze from the window to the small light screen in front of him. The light screen recorded the natural environment around the mech, as well as the mech's own condition. From the green indicator light on the screen, it could be seen that the mech was in good condition.
As a mech that condensed countless high-precision interstellar technology, Nanzhu's data was being monitored by hundreds of people. No matter how powerful Duan Hengye was, he couldn't see everything clearly. In fact, today's monitoring task was mainly carried out by the research institute's team. Duan Hengye and Su Mingge were responsible for the implementation of several emergency plans.
After confirming that the mech's data was normal, Duan Hengye raised his head and looked at the giant light screen not far away. Nanzhu had already flown to the edge of the interstellar storm. After a few seconds of waiting, the silver-white mech rushed into the storm without hesitation.
Flying in an interstellar storm was a necessary quality for a mech. However, after seeing the rapidly spinning interstellar storm on the satellite image, Duan Hengye couldn't help but feel nervous.
At this time, there were two different situations in the monitoring hall.
The research team represented by Duan Hengye was extremely nervous. Su Mingge, who was always fearless, couldn't help but bite his lips. Needless to say, the research institute staff couldn't wait to get into the light screen. In sharp contrast, the military staff represented by Meng Jinhuai were all calm and composed. Looking at the extremely dangerous scene on the light screen, this group of people didn't even frown.
Because of the tension, Duan Hengye looked at Meng Jinhuai with a much more straightforward gaze. When he saw Duan Hengye looking at him with a probing gaze, Meng Jinhuai suddenly opened his mouth and said to him, "When a soldier walks on the battlefield, the first thing he has to learn is' trust '."
While speaking, Meng Jinhuai was still looking at the light screen in front of him. His expression was still relaxed, but there was an undeniable firmness in his words.
The word "trust" made Duan Hengye's heart tighten.
Then Meng Jinhuai continued, "Not only do you have to have trust in your superiors, but you also have to have trust in your mech. If a soldier doesn't have trust in his mech, then it's best if he doesn't go to the battlefield. "
Meng Jinhuai's tone was very calm, but the meaning behind his words made Duan Hengye feel inexplicably guilty. This was because Duan Hengye remembered that on the day he transmigrated to this world, the original 'Meng Jinhuai' had just done something to Meng Jinhuai's mech.
Just like what Meng Jinhuai said, to be able to pilot this mech, he must have trusted the mech and its designer. However, the original 'Meng Jinhuai' had used this trust to set a trap for Meng Jinhuai.
Duan Hengye didn't even dare to think about how Meng Jinhuai viewed this matter, and how he viewed himself as the mastermind behind it.
Even though Duan Hengye wasn't the one who tampered with the mech's data, Duan Hengye couldn't help but feel guilty and … fearful every time he thought about it.
Meng Jinhuai could sense that Duan Hengye's mood had dropped significantly. However, before he could say anything, the large light screen in front of him disappeared again, and Nanzhu reappeared outside the window.
Today's test flight was relatively basic, but it was also the most dangerous and tested of the mech's performance. After a few minutes of flight, when the mech reappeared in front of the window, all the staff in the hall stood up from their chairs and applauded.
There were still many experiments to be done, and the test flight would last for more than two months. However, today's mission was completed with zero errors, which meant that the mech's most important functions were operating normally. For the rest of the test flight, the research institute's specialized team would be stationed here permanently.
Seeing that the experiment was over, Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai stood up. A few seconds later, the test pilot walked back into the hall. As the marshal, Meng Jinhuai walked up to him and began to communicate with him. At the same time, Duan Hengye and the other research institute staff began to organize the data.
Today's test flight mission was completed smoothly, and all the data was almost exactly the same as what the photon computer simulated, but this kind of post-production analysis was still necessary.
After the experiment was over, the entire hall suddenly became busy. On the surface, Duan Hangye seemed to have forgotten what he was thinking, but in reality … After staring blankly at the data on the screen for the umpteenth time, Su Mingge, who was sitting on the side, finally couldn't help but ask nervously, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the data? "
Duan Hangye's usual appearance was simply too calm, so much so that his current contemplative and conflicted appearance scared the surrounding staff members. Duan Hengye looked up and noticed that almost all of his colleagues from the research institute were looking at him nervously. If it weren't for Su Mingge's question, someone would have already started to recheck the data.
After realizing that his state of mind was affecting others, Duan Hengye quickly shook his head and said, "Sorry, I was distracted. I haven't rested well for the past few days, so … um, I'm a little sleepy. " As he explained, he subconsciously reached out his hand and massaged his temples. After seeing Duan Hengye's state, the surrounding staff finally relaxed.
Su Mingge smiled and patted Duan Hengye's shoulder and said, "Okay, now that 90% of the data has been checked, do you want to take a break?"
Just like Su Mingge said, the experiment data was about to be checked, and the remaining data were very simple auxiliary system data. Duan Hengye looked at the light screen again and stood up. He took a deep breath and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Among the people present today, other than the test pilots, the research institute staff had the most important task. So by the time Duan Hengye finished checking 90% of the data, there weren't many people left in the hall.
Duan Hengye saw that Meng Jinhuai was standing in front of the window, looking at the gray storm in the distance. He couldn't help but walk over slowly. After Duan Hengye came over, Meng Jinhuai turned to look at him and asked unexpectedly, "A Heng, did you have something to say just now?"
Duan Hengye hadn't completely let go of the matter just now. After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, he was silent for a moment. In the end, he turned to look at the other party and said slowly, "The next step of my work plan is to complete the upgrade of the top-level mecha."
Duan Hengye had never hidden his desires and goals. After hearing his words, Meng Jinhuai wasn't surprised.
Then, Duan Hengye continued to ask Duan Hengye, "Are you still willing to trust me?" After saying this, Duan Hengye couldn't help but feel nervous. He was anticipating an answer, but he was also afraid to hear it.
Before Meng Jinhuai could respond, Duan Hengye added, "Tell the truth."
Duan Hengye didn't know that his serious expression and the words "tell the truth" gave Meng Jinhuai the illusion that he was facing a stubborn child.
So … even though they were talking about a serious topic, Duan Hengye saw the marshal couldn't help but smile at him. Then, the marshal nodded lightly and said, "Of course, I will always trust you."
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