In low-Earth orbit, the massive International Space Station is orbiting the Earth steadily.

The space shuttle Atlantis successfully separated from the space station's hanger at 7:50 a.m. GMT. After the space station's regulator pipe detached from the shuttle's fuselage, a trace of white smoke came out.

The auxiliary thrusters on one side of the shuttle's fuselage are constantly sprayed intermittently, allowing the shuttle to move away from the space station in accordance with the established flight procedures.

After the Atlantis moved away from the space station and slid into a safe area, it made a 360° rotation in the cold silence of outer space, and then the main thruster ignited, and although a huge turbulence wave was formed, it rushed towards the Earth's atmosphere like a sharp arrow.

I watched as the flames erupted from the Atlantis' three main thrusters faded into the darkness. Yang Rui sighed and moved his gaze from the lookout window back to the living cabin. His brow furrowed unconsciously as he looked at the surrounding walls lined with pipes and instruments of various colors.

At this time, James floated over from not far away, he had obviously just finished excreting, and he didn't even zip his clothes. His mood looked exactly the opposite of Yang Rui, his face was ruddy, his eyes were attentive, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

When he floated in front of Yang Rui, he said, "What? Homesick when you first arrived? ”

Yang Rui said crookedly: "My toilet hasn't been repaired yet." ”

James smiled and said, "I remember that you were not in the flight plan." ”

Yang Rui nodded: "I'm a temporary worker on shift." ”

"You temporary worker, NASA pays a lot of money. You can pay more than a year for your toilet repairer. James said as his body drifted to the other side of the living module.

Yang Rui didn't speak again, his feet kicked lightly on the bulkhead, his body was lying flat and floating in the air, he held his hands behind his head, it looked like he was lying on a transparent bed, and it was quite comfortable.

At this time, with a "boom", the hatch connecting to the space laboratory was pushed open, and the tall Russian cosmonaut Kirov propped up the hatch with both hands and got into the living compartment, his arrival made the place seem a little crowded.

Kirov pushed Yang Rui aside with his big hand, muttering in beetroot soup-flavored English: "Don't stand in my way here." ”

Yang Rui stretched out his middle finger and gestured hard at Kirov, who saw this scene and smiled: "I'll kill you when you get back to the ground." ”

Yang Rui sarcastically said: "You might as well do it now, then you will definitely make the headlines tomorrow." ”

James shouted from a distance, "Gentlemen, this is a violation of the space station code of conduct." ”

Yang Rui scolded: "Fuck the rules of conduct." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the green light next to the monitor on the bulkhead, which indicated that a communication signal from Earth had been received by the International Space Station.

James turned on the monitor, and a distorted fat face appeared on it, and the fat face opened his mouth and said, "This is Houston, please reply." ”

James turned on the intercom and replied with a sunny smile on his fat face, "Good morning Houston, this is the International Space Station." Complete! ”

The fat face continues to distort on the monitor to an incredible degree, and despite James' attempts to adjust the angle of the receiving antenna, the effect is still not noticeable.

"This is Houston, the gamma rays are intensifying further, and I need detailed data for the last twenty-four hours," said Fat Face. Complete! ”

"I'll pack and upload the data to the transfer unit in ten minutes," James said. At present, the intensity of gamma rays is still below the warning value. Complete! ”

Apparently the fat face saw Yang Rui floating behind James, and he asked, "Rui, are you okay?" ”

Although Yang Rui knew that the fat face was his top boss, Peter, the director of NASA's aerospace technology department, he couldn't help but turn his head and shout at the monitor: "** is a big liar!" ”

There was a lot of laughter over the loudspeakers, coming from their counterparts at NASA's command center in Houston. Peter smiled too, revealing his huge yellow teeth, and said, "After this mission, I will consider your transfer request." ”

Yang Rui looked a little emotional, he pushed away James who was blocking in front of him and shouted at the monitor: "This is the fourth time you have told me this, I won't believe you anymore, I want to go home!" ”

With that, he smacked the bezels of the monitor a few times to show his anger.

Peter seemed calm, he was not worried that the astronaut who was a little out of control would cause him some personal harm, he calmly said, "Rui, you need the counseling of a psychiatrist, I will arrange for Dr. Charlton to talk to you in ten minutes." ”

Yang Rui knew that his face would appear on the big screen of the Houston command center at this time, so he stretched out his middle finger and replied to the monitor: "I can search for those psychological counseling skills of the British on Google, I don't want to listen to his nagging." ”

James said on the side: "Houston, this is the International Space Station, I think Ray is just a mild sign of some space confinement syndrome, and he will be back to normal after breakfast." Complete! ”

Unmoved, Peter said, "We'll evaluate Ray's behavior to see if he can continue to be an astronaut." ”

"Then you'd better get me arrested!" Yang Rui continued: "It's better to be locked up in prison than here. I'm just fed up with this damn coffin. ”

Suddenly, the alarm above the head of the living module came to mind, and James immediately grabbed the handrail and rushed to the monitor and shouted, "Report the fault code." ”

Kirov's massive body moved through the living module nimbly, and came to his position to check the instrument and shouted: "Fault code BSH775, the fault location is the main solar panel No. 1." ”

James shouted again, "Rui, activate the surveillance camera and confirm the fault." ”

Yang Rui's left hand turned the holographic camera to the No. 1 main solar panel.

"I see it." Yang Rui shouted: "Visually, it was a miniature meteorite that hit the A4 module of the battery board. ”

James shouted, "We have successfully blocked an asteroid that will destroy the Earth!" ”

With that, all three astronauts burst out laughing.

Peter's fat face became more and more distorted in the monitor, and the screen was so snowflickered that he could barely see a human figure, and James could only communicate with Houston through the microphone.

James reported what had just happened and said, "Houston, please go outside and disassemble the destroyed battery panel module. ”

Peter replied, "No! Rui's state of mind is not suitable for extravehicular operations. ”

"From the surveillance footage, it is likely that the destroyed battery template will detach on its own and hit the outer bulkhead of the space lab, causing unknown damage," James said. Request extravehicular operations again. Complete. ”

Yang Rui snatched James's walkie-talkie and shouted: "I'm fine, I just want to get a haircut, if I'm really crazy, this space station would have been blown up by me a long time ago, ask for permission for me to carry out extravehicular operations, over." ”

The loudspeaker made a screeching noise due to the interference of the electric current, and Yang Rui continued: "Houston, this is the International Space Station. I am currently in good condition and can do extravehicular work. I don't think you can get Atlantis back to the station, I'm the only one here with extravehicular experience. Complete! ”

"Houston understands that extravehicular operations are permitted." Peter made his decision.

Thirty minutes later, after the temporary plan for extravehicular operations was determined, James meticulously put on a spacesuit for Yang Rui in accordance with the regulations. While wearing the helmet, he found a metal necklace exposed from Yang Rui's neck. So he reached out and grabbed it, and it was a beautiful necklace, and the pendant was a delicate cross.

James smiled and said, "Hanging ornaments is a violation of the Code of Conduct for Extravehicular Operations. ”

"Fuck the code." Yang Rui scolded: "The space station regulations also stipulate that each astronaut can carry no more than one kilogram of personal belongings. ”

"But ......" James still hesitated: "Will taking this out of the cabin interfere with the instrument?" ”

Yang Rui patted James on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Take it easy, I have performed a total of 27 extravehicular operations, and I have worn it every time without any problems, and this thing can be regarded as my talisman." ”

James shrugged his shoulders and made no further objections, continuing to pressurize the inside of the spacesuit. After helping Yang Rui put on his heavy helmet, he suddenly asked, "Do you also believe in God?" ”

Yang Rui chuckled and said, "If I had believed in God, I wouldn't have chosen to do this." However, my girlfriend is a theist, she is a devout Catholic, and she has been trying to convince me that God exists. But I told her that I was God. Because what we are doing now was what God was doing in the eyes of people in Jesus' missionary day. ”

James nodded and said, "I really can't believe that you guys are coming together. This is simply a difficult problem in the physics of the universe, and you are not in the same plane at all. ”

Yang Rui stuck out his tongue: "This can only be explained by a miracle." ”

James snorted and explained, "Love goes beyond science. ”

"You're right." Yang Rui pushed the drinking pipe to the side, saving himself from poking his jaw when he turned his head, and when he heard James say this, he nodded and said, "Love brought us together." ”

James turned on the power of the spacesuit, and the oxygen mask slowly fell until it completely covered Yang Rui's handsome face, and he said, "Good luck, don't make a mistake." ”

Yang Zhong adjusted the posture of his body in the spacesuit, and then turned on the communication module and replied: "In order to return to Earth as soon as possible and see my girlfriend, I will also do the same thing." ”

"I hope so." With a slight force on his arms, James floated into the cabin and said to Yang Rui through the microphone: "Enter the position and make preparations for the last five minutes." ”

"Understood." Yang Rui, wearing a clumsy spacesuit, slowly slipped into the upper hatch of the living module, which connected to the exit preparation room. At the last moment of getting in, Yang Rui didn't forget to greet Kirov: "See you later, Russian." ”

Kirov beckoned to Yang Rui: "Although you are saving me, I will not miss your good." ”

“**you！” After Yang Rui cursed, he completely disappeared in the preparation room.

James said to Yang Rui in the cabin: "Now start external decompression and check the instrument index." ”

Yang Rui raised his arm and saw that the oxygen, pressure, and sensor indices in the comprehensive display installed on his arm were all within the normal range. He said, "Everything is normal, it's over." ”

James was nervously working on the equipment, his eyes fixed on all the monitor screens, and he connected to the band of the Houston ground command center and said, "Houston, the astronauts are normal, please ask for instructions." Complete! ”

Peter's voice came over the loudspeaker: "Permission to leave the cabin, keep in touch at all times, over." ”

James raised his voice and shouted, "Decompression is complete, open the outer hatch in thirty seconds." ”

Yang Rui heard the command in the headset and replied, "Understood! ”

"Open the outer hatch." James pressed the button and said to Yang Rui, "God is with you." ”

Yang Rui replied with a smile: "Take it easy, young man." ”

Before he finished speaking, he only heard a special noise made by the hydraulic transmission, Yang Rui felt that he was violently lifted up by a huge suction, he quickly stretched out his hands and grabbed the handrails on both sides, and after finally confirming that the traction protection chain was installed correctly, he looked up at the top of his head.

It is a round black hole, silent, containing boundless mystery and power. Yang Rui took a deep breath, grabbed the handrail and climbed up step by step.