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The sun turned to the other side of the earth, and a ray of sunlight shone along the horizon, shining peacefully on the blue planet. Astronauts who were able to go into space were lucky, and not all of them had the opportunity to see such a beautiful whole picture of the planet that nurtured them.

But sometimes, they are unlucky. Space is uncharted territory for humanity after all, and they always have to consider any eventuality and be prepared for the worst.

Just like it is now.

Because of the interference of the mysterious hacker group "Ascension" that suddenly appeared, a space station owned by the US military in the surface orbit was out of orbit at this moment. No, it is not very appropriate to say that it is detached, but rather it is more like an invisible external force that has been pulled out of its orbit and thrown down towards the earth like a shot put. The atmosphere burned the station's outer shell mercilessly, the metal plating turned a charred carbon color, and the parts kept peeling off, like shelled eggs.

The two astronauts stationed on the station sweated profusely in the cabin, but in vain.

"We're already close to 80 miles per hour, and the effects of gravity will be even more pronounced and accelerate when we break through the atmosphere!" One shouted loudly.

"Hell, isn't the booster system up yet?" His companion asked.

"No response!" The astronaut shouted, "None of the systems are responding, and we can't even contact the ground to report the situation!" We're almost done! ”

The moment the words fell, the hull of the ship shook suddenly, as if a green bullet had pierced through the hull, and the armor that lingered with the green divine light broke through the cabin.

The two astronauts were taken aback: "What are you?" ”

"Helper." Eric spoke briefly, quickly observing the situation inside the ship, and without saying a word, the green light beam turned into a bubble and enveloped the two astronauts in it, and threw it out of the hole in the cabin with a flick of his arm.

The two astronauts exclaimed, "What are you going to do!?" ”

"The energy shield will protect you from landing, don't panic." Eric didn't look back, "I'm going to stay and change the landing position of this ship." ”

According to the trajectory of the fall, there is a densely populated area below, and this big guy of unknown tons is thrown from this height at an accelerated pace, which is tantamount to a heavy bomb with immeasurable destructive power. Eric had to steer it off its path and into something like an uninhabited mountain.

It shouldn't be too difficult, but it's just a matter of using the green light energy to materialize and push it off course, rather than completely stopping the big guy, which isn't a huge burden on the armor.

Eric flew out to the outside of the hull, and the green light manifested as a row of thrusters mounted on the side of the hull, and the thrusters were fully powered to eject, pushing the space station to move sideways. Although the deflection speed is not fast, at such a height, it should be possible to successfully fall into an empty valley without accident.

However, the unexpected happened.

Without warning, the space station itself erupted. The metal shell, which had been burned and deformed by the atmosphere, suddenly lifted up as if someone had torn it open, and swept towards Eric like a sharp blade. Eric was taken aback, and the green light energy almost subconsciously turned into a sword blade and sliced the hot iron piece.

But before it was over, the circuits buried in the metal walls inside the cabin suddenly exploded, and several electronic pipes drilled out of the circuit board like pythons, sprang out of the hull, and involuntarily tied Eric's upper body like chains, and the broken mouth rose like a snake's head, spitting blue arcs towards Eric's helmet.

It was as if the space station itself was resisting his interference. When Eric came up with the idea, even he was taken aback.

At the same time, the other side of the surface track.

The lighthouse, humanity's most advanced space station to date, is the only other manned project of two of the eight space programs that have been hacked. It is a space station that the United States, Japan and Russia have spent seven years jointly developing, and they plan to make its existence public next year – if the political time is right.

It's a completely new space station, designed to serve as a hub for deep space exploration, small, high-speed, and rugged. But even with all these advantages, it will not help it escape the same fate as other aviation projects - turning into a speeding missile and smashing it into the earth.

Iron Man was the first to arrive, his armor's laser beam melting the shell, cutting a breach to help him enter. The interior of the lighthouse is a mess, with sophisticated instruments floating freely in weightlessness, interspersed with sparkling broken wires.

Iron Man slammed through the door to the cockpit with his repulsion cannon, tearing open the remaining layer of iron with his bare hands, and the two astronauts were desperately clutching the console to prevent it from being sucked out of the cabin. The moment I saw Iron Man, it was like seeing a savior.

"Is everyone alright?" A mechanically manipulated voice came from under Iron Man's helmet.

"Iron Man! Thank God! One of the astronauts shouted, "We're all fine, but the space station is like suddenly going crazy, all the instruments explode automatically, and the parts pop out like crazy, as if they suddenly have a mind of their own......"

"Sounds ridiculous." Iron Man jumped down and into the cabin, "The main thruster shouldn't be broken, it's just that the system is out of order." Jarvis, let's see if I can plug the thruster system into my armor system, and I'll manually activate the booster to get this thing flying again...... Yes! ”

As soon as he said this, a mechanical arm had already shot through the hole he had just pierced like electricity, grabbed Iron Man's waist violently, and threw him out.

The robotic arm made of tungsten carbide, which was originally used to clean space rocks, has gone crazy with the space station.

Iron Man fell into the middle of a pile of tattered and undetermined parts, and when he looked up, the mechanical arm shot at him again. He quickly raised his arm, and the repulsive cannon in his palm roared out, blasting the joints of the mechanical arm to pieces.

But as soon as he got up, the pile of broken copper and iron under him was not happy again. A pile of cracked wires and unnamed discarded parts hugged his body like claws and tentacles, preventing him from standing up.

"Damn! What's going on? Machine Story? Tony complained.

"Sir, the armor system is out of response." Jarvis' voice rang out.

"What!?" Tony was shocked, "Impossible! There is no way that any hacker on earth can break into my system so easily, let alone someone who can break into my firewall without alarming me at all! ”

"No hacking of any kind has been detected, sir." Jarvis continued, "But the full armor system is off the assembly line. ”

"Restart me!"

"If there is no response, the instruction is invalid."

Sweat began to flow from Tony's forehead, and Iron Man's armor would turn into a useless pile of scrap metal, and even he would fall with the space station and smash into a pulp.

What exactly is this "ascension"? This is beyond the capabilities of hackers, right?

Fortunately, he was not the only one who rushed to support the "lighthouse".

At an invisible super-high speed, the afterimage clings to the Earth's orbit, as if it were shooting from a ray of sunlight on the horizon, and flies straight towards the "lighthouse".

The metal cabin was easily torn apart like papier-mâché, red boots fell into the mess, and the bright red cloak stood majestically against the backdrop of the cosmic sun. He appeared here in a heroic manner, his super speed making him look like he was teleporting, and the blue uniform had an eye-catching "S" on its chest.

Tony recognizes him, and the people on Earth call him "Superman".