The simulated spaceship made one loud bang after another, and when the last explosion sounded, everyone felt something hit their bodies, and everyone felt the spaceship explode.

Just as everyone was immersed in sorrow, Xu Jiawei shouted: "Are everyone still alive?"

"I'm alive. ”

"I'm alive too. ”

Xu Jiawei said: "No, if the spaceship exploded, why haven't we died yet?"

As soon as Xu Jiawei's words fell, the lights of the spacecraft came back on. At this time, everyone saw some standing very calmly, such as Xu Jiawei, Ma Biao, Lin Shanshan, some sitting on the ground, with a frightened look on their faces, Chen Jie sitting on the ground holding his head, his eyes seemed to be shining with tears, and some even lay on the ground and didn't get up.

Su Xiaojia quickly stood up and said, "Hey, what's the situation?!" The spaceship is fine, it's not damaged at all! Everything inside is as it is, and it's not damaged at all, so what is the thing that was smashed on the body just now?"

Professor Wu's voice immediately sounded in the spaceship: "Students, congratulations on passing the test, the door of the spaceship is about to open, and you can come out." ”

"Ah, so this is the last level?" Chen Jie stood up and said with a sigh of relief.

Lin Shanshan said: "It turned out to be a false alarm, ha, Xu Jiawei, you see how I performed in the end, I should be able to pass the test." ”

"If I were a judge, I'd make sure you passed. But I was also blinded, and I thought it was a spaceship that exploded, and it was too realistic. Xu Jiawei said with a smile.

"The spaceship is about to explode, but you are still so calm and psychological. Lin Shanshan said.

"Didn't you calm down later, huh. Xu Jiawei said.

"It was under your influence that I calmed down, and I was frightened at first. Lin Shanshan said frankly.

The spaceship was opened, and Professor Wu stood at the door to greet everyone. He said: "Please gather in the conference room and announce the final list immediately. ”

Walking out of the hatch, everyone look at me, I look at you, congratulate each other, and there is a feeling of escaping from the ghost gate.

On the rostrum sat several top professors in China, including astronomers, life scientists, and biologists, and Professor Shen Wei was also there. Professor Wu, as the chief judge, announced: "After half a year of testing, all the staff performed well, but due to the limited number of places, they had to eliminate half, after the comprehensive assessment of the judges, the following personnel will participate in the rescue operation, Yang Qi in biology, Luo Dongfang in life science, Xu Jiawei in outer space resources research, Lin Shanshan in code information decipherment, Ma Biao in space target positioning, and Zhou Wenbo in spacecraft control." Congratulations to the above 6 students. ”

The people who reported their names answered loudly and immediately stood up.

Professor Wu continued, "Please sit down. Originally, there was another classmate, but the total score of the two students in the end was the same, they were both excellent, Chen Jie, the adaptability was 0.5 points higher than Su Xiaojia, and Su Xiaojia's psychological quality was 0.5 points higher than Chen Jie, and the other scores were the same as "excellent". We have a hard time choosing, and we are ready to make a decision in an open interview here, and several of us on the stage are judges, and each person has one vote. Ask the other students to step back to their seats and supervise our grading. ”

Xu Jiawei thought, this Chen Jie is a little hanging, he is not good at words, and the interview is his weakness, but fortunately, he is not very enthusiastic about this mission, and it doesn't matter if he goes or not.

Professor Wu said: "There is a remote control on the seat, and you can draw the questions from the question bank by yourself." ”

Chen Jie raised his hand and said, "I give up." ”

Everyone was taken aback, not knowing what was going on, and at the last moment he actually took the initiative to give up. Chen Jie said: "I was not very enthusiastic about this expedition, it doesn't matter if I go or not, since the two of us have the same grades now, I will take the initiative to withdraw and give the opportunity to Su Xiaojia." ”

Everyone couldn't imagine that Chen Jie would behave like this at the last moment, was it timid? Is it noble? Professor Shen Wei sat on the stage with a very ugly face, he thought, if Chen Jie's interview score is not as good as Su Xiaojia, it doesn't matter, choose one of the two, there will always be someone who wants to quit, although he is defeated, he is still honored. But it would be too embarrassing to lose without a fight, and he couldn't guess Chen Jie's thoughts, if he didn't want to participate in this operation, then there was no need to go all the way like this, how many resources were wasted, are you Chen Jie joking with others. Shen Wei whispered to Professor Wu, who was sitting on the side, and left.

Xu Jiawei looked down on Chen Jie a little, this guy usually doesn't talk much, and he has no passion at the critical moment, he was a little surprised by his registration, and then he really reported it, and to this day, I thought I was blind, and I thought that it was good for 4 colleagues to participate in the rescue operation together, but I didn't expect it to be such a result. Seeing that the professor left, Xu Jiawei guessed that the professor's heart must be very unhappy, with Chen Jie's performance today, it is difficult to say whether he can return to the laboratory, but fortunately, everything does not matter to him.

Seeing that the conference room was silent because of his unexpected move, Chen Jie then explained: "I always thought that I would not be selected to participate in such an operation this time, so I haven't told my family yet, if I am selected, I have to leave immediately, then I will have no chance to say goodbye to my family." ”

Lin Shanshan thought, you said that your parents believed in Buddhism, and people who believed in Buddhism were easy to understand, and they would agree to you going up, but today you actually used such words to prevaricate, and if you are timid, you will simply say that you are timid, why do you want to put the responsibility on your parents? It is really contemptible, a big man is not even as good as us women.

"What the hell!" Ma Biao couldn't help but blurt out. Xu Jiawei slapped Ma Biao with his hand, and Ma Biao immediately realized that he was too excited, and added: "I'm sorry, we deserted, Xu Jiawei asked me to see a gesture that I couldn't understand, and I accidentally said it." ”

Xu Jiawei didn't expect Ma Biao to kick the ball to himself, but fortunately, he didn't have any malice and laughed.

"I, I'm sorry to disgrace my colleagues. Chen Jie said softly, "But if the organization needs me and asks me to go on the expedition, I will be happy to participate." ”

Professor Wu said: "Since you have decided to give up, there is no need to say anything, and we would like to express our gratitude to Chen Jie for his high spirits. After speaking, they applauded, and everyone also applauded politely.

Su Xiaojia said excitedly: "Thank you to the judges, thank you Chen Jie, thank you for your trust in me, in the days to come, I will get along well with my colleagues, obey the arrangement, obey the command, spare no effort to dedicate the knowledge I have learned, and resolutely complete this task." After Su Xiaojia finished speaking, Professor Wu took the lead in applauding.

Professor Wu said: "Su Xiaojia has made high achievements in cosmic gravity, and some of the relevant materials provided by your commander-in-chief, Professor Shen Wei. Next, 7 students are invited to sit in the front row. ”

Professor Shen Wei walked back to the podium.

Professor Wu invited Professor Shen Wei to speak.

Shen Wei said: "Students, the code name of this operation is 'Flying to the End of the Sky'. As the commander-in-chief of this operation, I am proud to have this team, you have come all the way from so many applicants from all over the country, it is not easy, you can be regarded as the elite of our astronomy community. I won't say much about it now, but I hope that in the days to come, we will cooperate with each other and work together to successfully complete the task. Next, I announce the list of persons in charge of the front: Xu Jiawei is the captain, responsible for all the affairs at the front of the rescue operation, and Yang Qi is the deputy captain to assist Xu Jiawei in his work. ”

Then Professor Shen Wei briefly explained the path and said that he would always keep in touch when the time came.

After the simple ceremony, Professor Wu asked everyone to go to the lounge to rest for a few minutes, and they could talk to their families on the phone. Professor Wu and they want to send the losers out, although they are not selected, they cannot judge heroes by success or failure, they are also honorable.

Ma Biao's phone call was the most straightforward, and he told his adoptive parents such a news, and after a few words, the adoptive parents didn't say anything.

Lin Shanshan's parents had no objection to their daughter going to heaven to save people, so they only asked if they were with Xu Jiawei, and when they heard their daughter's affirmative answer, they stopped saying anything and told their daughter to pay attention to her body and come back safely.

Xu Jiawei is different, his mother is still opposed, crying and crying.

"This makes Jia Wei feel better. Lin Shanshan said to Ma Biao with a smile, "His mother talked endlessly, and Jia Wei couldn't hang up the phone." ”

Fortunately, Jia Wei was determined, and his mother couldn't pull his heart back. Ma Biao said.

"Gawe's will is as strong as steel. ”

"Shanshan, I didn't expect your parents to be so open-minded. ”

"yes, I didn't expect that, I thought they would hold me back. ”

"What if your parents don't let you go?"

"Then I have to give up, I'm not as strong as Jia Wei, and when I see my parents crying, I will compromise. ”

"There are four of us, the two of us are the smoothest, I am in charge of my own decision, I just have to agree, and there is no question of consent or disagreement on the parents' side. You agreed to it yourself, and your parents agreed. Jia Wei wanted to go by himself, but his mother refused to let him live or die, but his opposition was invalid. And one ......"

"Ma Biao, everyone has their own ambitions, let's not talk about him, didn't Professor Wu say it just now, and the one who lost the election is also glorious. ”

"Ha, yes, yes, yes. ”

Professor Wu sent off the losers, and the meeting continued, saying, "Warriors ......"

Professor Wu's eyes glistened with tears.

"You are about to leave the earth and embark on a long journey, this is the first real expedition of our generation, no, it should be said that it is the first real expedition of our generation, I believe that you will successfully complete your mission and sing triumphantly. Professor Wu paused for a moment and then said, "All your clothes and other daily necessities have been prepared and put on the spaceship, and we have done all the logistics work, so you can go out with confidence." ”

After Professor Wu finished speaking, Professor Shen Wei announced loudly: "Go on the expedition!"

Xu Jiawei led 6 team members into the spaceship. Half an hour later, Professor Shen Wei returned to the Earth Laboratory, and Chen Jie also returned, and the professor did not reproach him, but encouraged him to put down his burden and continue to work hard, and let him temporarily take charge of the work of the laboratory. Chen Jie was very grateful for the professor's tolerance and said that he must work harder.

Fifteen minutes later, Lin Shanshan received a signal from the laboratory, and Lin Shanshan was responsible for the information sending and receiving of the spacecraft. Twenty minutes later, Lin Shanshan reported to Professor Shen Wei that everything was normal, so Shen Wei issued a departure command, and the spacecraft took off immediately.

On March 19, 2020, mankind's first manned spacecraft at 100 times the speed of light took off on Mars, aiming for a goal of 15 billion light-years away.