"The last inspection of Tongtian-1 has been completed, the external hatch of the decompression chamber is closed, the launch compartment is emptied, and the energy reserve is 100%."

The giant metal doors of the long-dusty Mton 1 launch bay opened, revealing a vast starry sky beyond the porthole.

"Hahaha, how good this scenery is, I will have the opportunity to ask my father to get me a space villa in the future, and I can experience the feeling of flying every day, I want as much as I want!" Lin Shao proudly played his wishful thinking.

"The spacecraft's energy system is charged, and the power unit is warmed up."

Lin Shao fastened his seat belt and sat on the seat beautifully, but the next moment he found a very important problem, what about the control platform?

Isn't there supposed to be a lot of buttons and a steering wheel, why nothing!?

"The power unit has warmed up, and we wish you a pleasant trip."

Dazzling flames erupted from the tail of Babel-1, and it sped away from the zenith space station.

The people on Mars were all fascinated by the tail flame of Babel-1, they were just curious about why a spacecraft was launched, and they didn't know that bad luck was looming over the entire sky.

In the general control room, assistant Xiao Liu hung up the communication equipment, and from the moment he heard "interception failed", he felt that his soul had been withdrawn.

His brain no longer belonged to him, he couldn't think, and fell into a numb trance because of despair.

And with him in a trance and numbness, Lin Shao on Tongtian No. 1 was also in a state of numbness.

Because he realized that he might have done something very stupid to fly, he didn't care about the interests of outsiders, what he cared about was his own life.

But when life entered the countdown, he regretted that there was no microgravity system on Tongtian-1, so he could only be trapped in his seat and wait for his life to disappear.

"Collision alert, collision alert, there is a large object blocking the fairway! The current speed is one-twentieth of the speed of light, and the estimated impact time is 6 minutes and 09 seconds. ”

No!

I don't want to die, there are so many fun things to do!

Lin Shao wailed in his heart, he broke free of his seat belt, and his body floated in the air, but he had nothing to do but consume more oxygen due to his emotional excitement.

At the International Astronomical Observatory of the Earth, a tense meeting is taking place.

"That's the case, we have very little time left, and we need to come up with a solution immediately." Alvin sat in the middle of the hall, where all the staff of the United Nations Astronomical Observatory had arrived.

"Sir, shouldn't we handle this kind of thing?" One asked.

"There is not enough time for us to react, a dead horse is a live horse doctor, and only here has quantum faster-than-light communication equipment, there is no choice, otherwise a delay of up to 3 minutes will be equivalent to pronouncing the worst outcome." Alvin said, "And don't ask such questions again, whoever asks will leave the scene on their own!"

It's humiliating for a young man to leave in a hurry, and he may even be dismissed by EA as unfit for the job.

"There is only one way to solve the impact, change the direction of a spaceship." One suggested.

"Well, you're off to a good start, Anos, and put the ship's detailed data on the big screen."

On the big screen, the details of Tongtian 1 and Tongtian 2 appeared, from the structural drawings to the materials.

Mo He, who was sitting on the side, stretched out his hand to delete the information of Tongtian No. 1, and everyone did not object, because with Lin Shao's reliability, there was no need to consider it at all.

"Babel-2 has only enough spare fuel to make two changes of direction, which means enough for the spacecraft to change direction, re-route and fly to Mars, and if there is the slightest mistake, the spacecraft will become a death metal box and remain in deep space forever, but we still have a chance...... What do you have to say?" Alvin summed up abruptly interrupted.

"Sir, I'm sorry to interrupt you, I want to say, I'm afraid we have a slim chance, Tongtian-2 is already too close to Mars, if you change direction in advance, the spacecraft will directly skip Mars and fly to deep space!"

Alvin and the rest of the crew fell silent, and as it was, it would only save Babel One.

"The chances are slim, but we have to try, and when the two spacecraft get up close, let's pass by, so that Tongtian-2 will have a good chance of successfully being picked up by the Martian zenith space station." Alvin clapped.

"Sir, there is no quantum faster-than-light communication equipment on the space elevator side, and the delay in giving commands to the spacecraft is fatal, and it must be operated manually by Lebert!" Arnos reminded.

"I'm sure Lebert can do that!" Alvin said with great confidence that when he first selected the candidate, he asked for the ability to operate a spaceship, and he always felt that it would come in handy.

"The biggest problem is that if Mr. Lebert is doing manual control in the cabin, he can't see what's going on outside Babel-1 at all, and he can't tell when to change direction." Arnos added.

That's right, the big question is, it's okay to change direction, but when to change it?

If it is early, it will skip Mars and become a metal box of death floating in the universe.

If it's too late, it will become a fireworks released by humans in deep space that no one can afford.

Timing is the hardest thing to do, and it's impossible to get Lebert to gamble, it's a desperate odds.

However, Alvin seemed to have a way, he looked at Mo He, and Mo He nodded understandingly.

"It's up to me to decide when to make a change, and if it's wrong, I'll take all the consequences." Alvin said firmly.

"Sir, you don't have to take on this responsibility." Arnos retorted anxiously.

If there is really an accident that causes the accident, the responsibility lies with the Mars base and Lin Shao, and Alvin will not be held accountable.

But if the decision of when to change direction is made, if it fails, Alvin will also be drawn into the quagmire of doubt.

"Signal to Lebert."

"Sir!"

"Anos, do as I say."

The light and video on the Babel 2 was abruptly interrupted, and Lebert didn't know what was going on, so he could only remain calm, and no matter what happened, there would be nothing wrong with being calm.

"Impact warning, impact warning, there is a large object in the channel, the current speed is one-fifteenth of the speed of light, estimated impact time: 2 minutes and 56 seconds."

Lebert closed his eyes, he felt the need to use the time to make some memories, he didn't expect it to be so sudden, death was always unexpected.

Was it a meteorite on the fairway?

Oh, it doesn't matter, if only I could see Xiaowei and his wife again, they should have dinner at home.

"There are 2 minutes and 36 seconds left before the impact."

Well, it's a pity, God always likes to play with the world and make these boring jokes......

"Lebert, I hope you can read this message from me, and it's up to you whether you can save your life."

Mr. Elwin?

Is it an auditory hallucination?

No, it's not, Elwin's image appears in the light and video feed, and he is telling himself about something that will determine life and death.

"Above you there's a metal plate in the inner wall of the cabin that's movable, and when you open it, there's a verification process, and you're allowed to open it with enough permissions to enter the engine room, where you can bypass the system and manually control the energy delivery pipes on the side side fumes."

Lebert walked to the light and video message, pulled it down, and sandwiched it between his arms, in order to ensure the transmission of information, at this time, there were no public facilities.

"Intelligence, turn off the microgravity system."

"The microgravity system is shutting down......"

Lebert's body was suspended in a vacuum, and he stepped lightly on the seat, and his body wanted to float upwards to the bulkhead that Alvin had spoken of.

"Two minutes until impact."

Lebert pushed the alloy plate with his hand, and a seemingly sealed alloy plate came loose, and he pushed the plate open, and inside was a hatch.

"Drop, authentication is successful, access to the cabin is allowed."

The hatch opened, revealing the dense lines inside, and Lebert expertly locked onto the energy line where the fumarole was located.

"Lebert, I don't know what the situation is on your side, you have to remember the location of all the energy pipes of the fumaroles, and as soon as I tell you that you want to turn on the energy delivery, you have to do it immediately!"

Lebert spun beautifully, his body skilfully navigating through the narrow passage, without touching a single line.

He flew near the fumarole's cluster of energy pipes and wrapped the light and video around a few unimportant wires.

Now it was just a matter of waiting, he understood what Alvin was going to do, he was missing a pair of eyes...... Alvin will serve as his eyes...... Although he didn't know if Alvin was just gambling!

The impact alarm in the passenger compartment is not heard in the cabin, maybe there is a minute and thirty seconds left, maybe only a minute.

His hand on the energy pipe was shaking, and he was trying to restrain himself from opening it early.

"Lebert, forget about time, don't be disturbed by it, I will tell you at the right moment how to open the door to life, believe me!"

Hope you're right!

"Did you see the sea behind me, did you see the sunset, did you promise your daughter to take her to see the sea, believe me, the moment I wave my arm, you turn on the energy delivery of any side of the fumarole."

Lebert hadn't paid attention to it before, only to realize that Alvin was actually standing on the beach, and the waves and the setting sun gave people a very peaceful feeling.

In the afterglow, Alwyn raised his right arm, his gaze piercing the atmosphere into the far reaches of deep space.