Warm and beautiful times always pass in a hurry, so short, can only be remembered in the memory.

After bidding farewell to his parents in his hometown, Yuan returned to Beijing and revisited his hometown with Chen Shuqin, Deng Xiaochao, Yang Yang, Zhang Xiaoming and other university friends to reminisce about the good times of college.

I am a cloud in the sky,

Occasionally projected in the heart of your wave -

You don't have to be surprised,

There is no need to rejoice—

In an instant, all traces were wiped out.

You and I meet on the sea of night,

You have yours, I have mine, direction;

You remember,

It's better that you forget,

The light that shines on each other at this rendezvous ("Accidental" - Xu Zhimo)

The month-long vacation has ended, and Yuan Haochen once again boarded a helicopter to the IEA (Star Exploration Alliance) Pacific base.

Bidding farewell to his hometown of Hanhai City and his alma mater Tsinghua University, he is now going to enter a higher and bigger platform to pursue his dreams

Pacific Ocean, Kokolas Island.

Yuan Haochen walked into a very simple stone house and came to the dark black iron door.

He then pressed his right hand on the iron door control panel, and at the same time raised his head for surveillance camera identification.

With a "buzz", the dark black iron door smoothly disappeared to both sides of the wall, which was the first time that Yuan Haochen personally opened the door of the IEA (Interstellar Exploration Alliance) Pacific Base.

At this time, Yuan Haochen's heart was filled with an inexplicable sense of ritual, as if from this moment on, he really became a member of the IEA (Interstellar Exploration Alliance).

After passing through the passage about 50 meters long behind the gate, Yuan opened a metal door again.

"Hello, Catherine." Yuan Haochen greeted Catherine in the reception room at the eastern entrance of the base with a smile.

"Hello, Chinese lad. You are welcome back. Catherine's big eyes were still flashing vividly.

"I want to thank you for helping me last time."

"It's nothing, Catherine, it's a pleasure to help you, and I think Richard will love the gift you gave him." Yuan Haochen replied with a smile.

"That's great." Catherine looked very happy, and her long eyelashes danced with her big eyes.

"Catherine, I'm coming back this time to officially report to the science group." Yuan Haochen shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Oh, okay, please come with me." Catherine got up and said, "By the way, which institute are you assigned to?" ”

"Institute of Astrophysics." This is an arrangement made by the IEA science team based on Yuan's learning background.

In the organizational structure of the IEA (Interstellar Exploration Alliance), the status of the science group is comparable to that of the brain, and it is the veritable highest scientific and technological center on Earth.

In the previous conversation with Richard, Yuan Haochen has learned that the IEA (Interstellar Exploration Alliance) Pacific Science Base Science Group has five branches, namely: Institute of Astrophysics, Academy of Space Science, Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Nuclear Power, and Institute of Biology and Biochemistry.

Each branch will also be divided into many parallel scientific project teams, such as the Institute of Astrophysics, where Yuan Chen is going to report, is divided into ten regular scientific project teams and one special project team.

In addition, each branch has an independent super laboratory and a well-established logistics team.

Under Catherine's leadership, Yuan traveled through two isolated areas and took six tunnel elevators to reach the vicinity of the Institute of Astrophysics, located in the southeast area of the IEA (Star Exploration Alliance) Pacific Base.

In the past year, Yuan, like other new trainees, only stayed in the training and living area of the new trainees, and did not have the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the distribution of the entire base.

"It's just a huge underground castle." Yuan Haochen secretly exclaimed in his heart.

"Well, Chinese boy, it's not what you think." Catherine seemed to see through Yuan Haochen's surprised expression, and said quite proudly, "We are only operating on the periphery of the base, and we have not reached the core area of the base. ”

"Is this just the outlying area?"

"Yes, the five branches of the Science Group are located in the east and south of the IEA base's perimeter, and the operations team is located in the west and north of the base's perimeter." Catherine continued to introduce with great interest, "And the core area of the base is said to be a rocket and space shuttle launch site with direct access to the ground. ”

"Supposedly? Catherine, haven't you been to the core area either? Yuan Haochen asked suspiciously.

"We are just administrative and logistical staff, and only core members of the IEA like you will be able to access the core area of the base."

Catherine, who was walking ahead, stopped, turned around and said meaningfully.

"Administrative logistics? Core members? ”

"New members of the science group and action group selected through each training session like you are the core members." Catherine turned around and continued to walk, "And the other people in charge of administration, logistics, security, etc. in the base are generally recruited into the base through recruitment, and our work period is generally 10 years. ”

"I see"

While talking, Yuan Haochen and Catherine arrived at the administrative office of the Institute of Astrophysics.

"Hello, I'm Catherine, the administrator of the eastern part of the base, and this is a member of the science team who has just arrived at your institute."

Catherine paused and smiled at a young Asian girl in the executive office.

"Thank you, Catherine, and leave it to me." The Asian girl smiled at Catherine.

"Okay, you're cute, hope to see you again next time." Catherine complimented the Asian girl and then turned to Yuan and said, "Goodbye, Chinese boy, good luck!" ”

"Goodbye, Catherine.

"Hello, my name is Lin Yuxin, a Korean, and I am the administrative administrator of the Institute of Astrophysics." When Catherine walked away, the Asian girl smiled and said to Yuan Haochen.

Yuan Haochen looked at the Korean girl named Lin Yuxin in front of her, although her appearance was not outstanding, she could see that she was a lively and cheerful person, with a white melon seed face, a pair of watery eyes under her bent eyebrows, and she was unusually smart.

"Hello, my name is Yuan Chen, and I'm from China." Yuan Haochen introduced himself with a smile.

"Oh~, it's the first time I've met Chinese at the IEA Pacific base." Lin Yuxin said with a little surprise, "I have not been here for a long time, and I have only heard of the new tutor of the science group, Richard. Wang is Chinese. ”

"Yes, please take care of me in the future."

"I'll take you to the dean's office now, and the dean will arrange the next work for you."

With that, Lin Yuxin led Yuan Haochen towards the office of the dean of the Institute of Astrophysics

(Lin Yuxin, the name of the dragon set that the book friend Mu Mu asked for, a foreigner, I hope I will like it.) ）