"Whew!" As the damaged spacecraft docked to the surface of asteroid 403, temporarily tied to it, the employees who were worried about becoming cosmic dust breathed a sigh of relief.

They quickly gathered to the damaged part to observe the miserable appearance of the spacecraft after being hit by the rock, only to see that in the place where it was penetrated by the high-speed star, there was a crater about 5 meters in diameter, the center part was high-temperature molten metal residue, and the outer edge of the solid shell was all twisted and deformed, and the depth of the crater was more than 10 meters, almost destroying five or six cabins.

"The spacecraft will be maintained for 1 day.

Don't gather here! "Even if the Queen Nana is a big ship, when there are dozens of people here, it still seems crowded, and most of the operations are actually done through robotic arms, Cao Chuan selected a few employees who are proficient in the control of unmanned units to deal with the potholes, such as cutting away the debris after the impact, repairing some key lines, and re-inspecting the safety of the surrounding cabins to ensure that there will be no more problems.

The rest of the people were then dispersed, some of the employees chose to rest, some went back to work, and some decided to organize an improvised exploration of the asteroid under the chanting of the Qiao Canal.

"That's it, let's take our leave!" Qiao Canal said with a smile, it seems that the accident did not bring them any psychological shadow, but made them feel that this trip was more interesting.

The figure of the exploration team quickly disappeared from view, while Cao Chuan stayed inside the spaceship and watched the spacecraft be repaired.

Nana suddenly reported a new serious problem: "Master, we didn't bring enough repair materials. ”

"Aren't there any repair materials?" Cao Chuan frowned, "It's really bad luck, in order to build the Queen Nana, the resources accumulated in the base were almost exhausted, so I didn't store many spare materials on the Queen Nana, what should I do now?" ”

"Wait..."His gaze turned to the asteroid at his feet, this is a typical metal asteroid, the main elements that make it up are iron, nickel, and because it comes from the debris after the impact of a larger diameter asteroid, the distribution of the planet's resources is distinct, all high-purity mineral deposits, if the mining car is driven out, it can directly collect the filler used to become the big hole part of the spaceship, even if the strength, melting point and other properties are completely incomparable to the original shell material, as long as it is thick enough, it can last for a long time.

According to his intentions, Nana calculated and found that things were feasible, using the cheap metal that could be found everywhere as consumables to repair the damaged parts, forming a surface area of tens of square meters and a wall with a thickness of several meters, which was enough to avoid the risk of the ship's cabin being exposed.

As for the equipment, the spaceship carries more than one set, such as mining vehicles and smelting equipment, and all you have to do is to start them.

The mining trucks drove out one by one, and because there was almost no gravitational pull, the work efficiency of the mining trucks was a little slow, but fortunately, the elements that made up the asteroid were too pure, it was simply a whole large iron ball, and there was almost no need to process it, and it still got the materials you wanted.

Finally, a layer of lead-gray ugly nickel-iron patches were smeared on the butt of the spaceship, and at this time, Nana recalculated according to the state of the spaceship, and found that with the guarantee of the patch, the operation of the spacecraft was fine.

Joe Canal's exploration team returned, and they seemed to have made a lot of discoveries, such as bringing back several rock samples and taking pictures.

It doesn't seem to be of much use, but in fact, when it comes to publicity, titles like "East Galaxy Company conquers the asteroid belt" are definitely eye-catching, and they are not without use.

"Assemble everyone!" Cao Chuan didn't bother with it, and after giving the order to count whether there were any absentees, the spacecraft restarted, and they began their journey back to the moon from the asteroid belt that was incomparably far away from the sun.

The journey was long, as they never visited any new planets, and the employees seemed quite uneasy, and the accident that happened a few hours ago made them realize that it was extremely dangerous to go on a long voyage in a lonely universe, coupled with the tossing and turning that lasted for days, wandering around every day, doing messy things.

The staff became extremely mentally tired, and they did not come up with any other ideas, and some of them even slept in the spaceship for a day and a night.

After more than 100 million kilometers along the asteroid belt, the journey back to the Moon will no longer pass through Mars, and it will take them 10 days to return to the Moon.

It's the end of December 2023.

It's about to be a new year, and before they can land, Sun Ruixiang, who hasn't appeared for a long time, hurriedly jumped out and found himself through the Internet.

Cao Chuan was curious about what happened to Sun Daochang, if it was about the Scientology Cult, Nana was still serving as a saint in the Scientology Cult, and would report to him from time to time, he had no reason not to know.

At least he knew that the development of Scientology was booming, with 10 new clergy and 100 believers, and considering that Scientology was not a demagogue or a religion spread by deception, this transformation effect was very good.

Many immigrants often start from watching the excitement, then accept the existence of Scientology, and gradually, for various reasons, such as career setbacks, and then turn to the clergy of Scientology to discuss life and science, so as to get enlightenment, and slowly become more and more believing.

In this way, in the Lunar City with complex sources, with such a stable group of believers, in the face of various other temptations, the possibility of changing their stance is greatly reduced, which provides a basic guarantee for their stable control.

Unexpectedly, Sun Ruixiang told himself that the matter really had nothing to do with Scientology, but it was very important.

"In that case, come to my office," Cao Chuan replied.