At half past eleven o'clock in the morning, just when Tang Yue and the old cat were sitting on pins and needles, the turning point finally appeared.

First, the anemometer detected that the storm's energy was weakening, and then the wind speed began to decrease, and the wind speed of 43 meters per second fell all the way at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the numbers on the anemometer display jumped every two seconds.

43.13 meters.

43.02 meters.

42.77 meters.

42.54 meters.

42.35 meters.

42.07 meters.

41.86 meters.

41.42 meters.

41.21 meters.

40.69 meters.

40.25 meters.

39.44 meters.

The wind speed broke through the forty-meter mark at a very fast speed, and the system computer began to warn, and it seemed that if the wind speed dropped according to this trend, then it would be able to enter below the safety line in the next ten minutes, which was likely to be a suitable launch window. As for Tang Yue and the old cat, they had already jumped up, and they didn't have to wait for the computer to remind them, the first change in the numbers on the anemometer caught their attention.

The old cat pulled over a chair, sat down in front of the workbench, activated the computer, and in this small gap, the wind speed had dropped from 38.12 meters per second to 37.91 meters per second.

This was followed by a drop from 37.91 meters per second to 37.22 meters per second.

"Tang Yue, plug in the data cable over there, red into red, white in white, don't make a mistake." The old cat whispered, and the computer screen in front of him suddenly lit up.

"Received, received, received!" Tang Yue's nerves were tense, he hurriedly sorted out the messy cables, and glanced at the anemometer again, and the number had dropped to 36.08 meters per second.

Tang Yue was overjoyed, God opened his eyes?

The old cat quickly pressed the enter key, the progress bar on the screen was reached in a few seconds, the system computer of the lander was successfully connected, and a dialog box popped up on the computer screen, showing "Welcome to Eagle Lander", and it began to enter the launch procedure of the Eagle spacecraft.

"Old cat, what's going on?" Tang Yue asked, "Why did the wind speed suddenly decrease?" Could it be that God heard my prayers? ”

"It has nothing to do with God, and it has nothing to do with your prayers, we may have entered the low-pressure zone of the storm." The old cat replied, "Do you know about typhoons?" ”

Tang Yue nodded.

"The wind speed of a typhoon may exceed tens of meters per second, but the wind speed at the very center of the eye is zero, and there is no wind and no waves, because there is only updraft at the eye of the storm, and this phenomenon is determined by the laws of physics and mathematics, so all storms in the solar system are the same." The old cat spoke quickly, but its hands moved faster, "This storm above us should be a huge cyclone, it has been moving slowly on the surface of Mars, we may have entered the low pressure zone in its center, so the wind speed is decreasing dramatically. ”

The wind speed dropped to 35.11 meters per second.

"So, there's a chance that the wind speed will drop below the safety line?"

The old cat nodded, "This is our only chance, the area of low pressure in the center of the cyclone is very small, but the storm is moving fast, we don't know how long this wind speed can last, it may only be a few minutes, but we have to seize the opportunity of these few minutes, once we leave the low pressure area, the wind speed will rise again." ”

The wind speed dropped to 34.07 meters per second.

The Kunlun station's system computer quickly gave a predicted curve of the wind speed drop, and the green folded line meandered and gradually descended, and five minutes later it hit a red line – a safety line of 30 meters per second. Although this prediction was only a trivial reference, Tang Yue was still very surprised.

"The lander launch program has been activated." A soft female voice came from the computer, and the old cat raced against the clock to check the lander's system computer for the last time, which was a necessary step before launching.

"The system computer is normal!" The old cat growled.

"The navigation system is working!"

"The engine is in good condition!"

"The propellant is in normal condition!"

"The pre-launch self-test is complete, the upper upgrade lock is unlocked, and the engine is ready." The computer prompts, "The lander is in good condition and ready to launch." ”

The wind speed dropped to 33.79 meters per second.

"Ten!" The old cat and Tang Yue stared at the screen of the anemometer and counted down together.

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

The wind speed dropped to 33.45 meters per second.

"Seven!"

"Six!"

The wind speed dropped to 32.17 meters per second.

"Five!"

"Four!"

The wind speed dropped to 31.88 meters per second.

"Three!"

"Two!"

The wind speed dropped to 30.97 meters per second.

Drop again! Drop again! Tang Yue roared in a low voice, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, the clothes on his body were already soaked with sweat, sweaty, Tang Yue had never been so nervous in his life, as long as the scarlet four-digit number changed again, they could reach the safety line, and they could launch the Eagle spaceship with one kick in the door. The old cat stood beside him, a pair of cat-eyes glaring, the beard on his face trembling slightly, its paws hanging above the keyboard, waiting for the number to change again.

A person and a cat almost put their faces on the anemometer, and the black LCD screen reflected two hideous faces, it seems that if the wind speed cannot be successfully lowered to the safety line, then these two goods will definitely eat the anemometer alive.

The countdown had reached two, but the wind speed had stopped dropping, and the old cat's paws were slow to shoot down.

30.97。

30.97。

30.97。

Or 30.97.

Damn it...... Descend for me! Tang Yue slapped the anemometer screen angrily, thinking that he did the same when he was a child against those disobedient old TVs, and if he was disobedient, he would shoot to death! The monitor shook and fell backwards, with a bang, I don't know if Tang Yue's slap worked, and the moment it fell, the number jumped.

29.98。

"One!" Tang Yue and the old cat yelled at the same time, and the latter's paw slapped fiercely on the keyboard, "Walk you——! ”

Time seemed to pause for a second, and then a slight vibration spread along the ground to their feet, and then the whole earth shook, Tang Yue and the old cat turned their heads, through the porthole, a bright white light suddenly exploded in the darkness in the distance, as if someone had lit an incendiary bomb underwater, this light was so bright and blazing, it pierced the darkness like a sword, even a sandstorm could not eliminate it.

Then a loud bang came, the sound was one step slower than the light, it overwhelmed all the sounds in Kunlun Station, and there were loud noises in all directions, as if there were hundreds of millions of people beating drums at the same time! Tang Yue's eyes widened in a daze, and he watched from afar as the light slowly rose like the sun. Tang Yue could imagine that the engine of the Eagle spacecraft spewed out raging flames several stories high, releasing a huge thrust of tens or hundreds of tons, which was the most powerful force that human beings had ever mastered.

The Eagle spacecraft, successfully launched!