At about ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, with a countdown, the rocket took off and went straight to space with the Pangu 4 spacecraft.

Tang Jianping and Lily are in a very similar state at this time, two metal ball-filled objects are fixed in two positions at the moment. These two positions were originally intended to be installed with astronaut seats. But now there are no astronauts, so the two of them have their lifeballs fixed.

When the spacecraft accelerated, through wireless connection, Hou Dalin also asked Tang Jianping how he felt at the moment. Tang Jianping felt it seriously, and then said that he didn't feel anything, it was no different from usual.

Hou Dalin and the ground commander both nodded, this is easy to understand. After all, his brain relies on an electric pump for blood supply, which can automatically adjust the internal pressure according to the amount of acceleration, so Tang Jianping can't feel dizziness or anything at all.

Lily also felt quite good at this time, in her system, a rocket launch was being simulated, and after the ship they were riding in was successfully put into orbit, she would establish a real connection with Tang Jianping.

The launch went smoothly and there were no surprises. After Lily experienced a period of dizziness and weightlessness, she appeared in the system at this time on the Pangu environmental signal. This is equivalent to saying that although Tang Jianping and Lily are on the same spaceship, what they see and hear is roughly the same, but the reality they face is separated.

Everything Tang Jianping experienced was a real object in this world, such as a spaceship, as well as various operation panels in the spaceship, these are all physical objects that he can see and touch.

But Lily is different, although what he sees is not much different from what Tang Jianping saw, it is through signal processing, and then it is fictional in the system she is in. There is only one purpose for this, and that is to test the safety of the Hall of Eternal Life system in outer space.

And the reason why Lily, a spirited person, was sent up was also to test whether the spirited person would be affected in the Immortal Hall system in outer space. Human consciousness is preserved in the brain, and the brain is preserved in the skull. As far as human cognition is concerned, no one can be sure how much of a role the human head plays in the brain.

For example, in outer space, spacesuits isolate all kinds of space radiation or high-energy particles. But something can't be completely blocked by a spacesuit alone. So if the human consciousness is not damaged, does the human brain play a role?

No one knows about this, and it can only be further confirmed through experiments.

The mission went very smoothly, and this time the Pangu 4 spacecraft, its mission lasted for two years, so the ground command center, except for some special experimental personnel and space control personnel who left the necessary manpower on duty in the command hall, the rest of the people basically went to their own work.

Hou Dalin was no exception, and after staying here for half a month, he proved that his design was fine, and he returned to the capital to continue his research work.

So no one expected that just when everyone thought it was okay, the problem happened so suddenly.

Tang Jianping had already come out of the lifeball, and now his brain was placed in the small metal ball. And this small metal ball is connected to the robot prepared for him by Hou Dalin at this moment, doing the necessary work and experiments in the space capsule.

Lily is just his virtual assistant, and there are still so many experiments to be carried out in this capsule. One of them is the seed trial. Pangu 4 is loaded with a lot of plant seeds, which must be taken care of every day according to the requirements of the ground researchers.

This work took up a lot of Tang Jianping's time. Coupled with some other work, Tang Jianping's working hours are at least ten hours a day. But the only good thing is that Tang Jianping's work does not require much physical strength, he consumes electricity.

Moreover, his rest is carried out in the Yao Pond, which will greatly relax his spirit. Combined with the time difference between inside and outside the system, it is equivalent to ten hours of work, and he can rest for several days.

On this day, Tang Jianping, as usual, followed the work schedule

After all the work is completed, I connect my robot body to the charging port. After fixing the robot and the silo wall, he connected the cable of the Yaochi system with himself and began his "week" break.

Just two days after his vacation began, an emergency siren suddenly sounded in the Yao Pond.

Tang Jianping was just stunned for a moment, and then reacted.

"Tang Jianping, just now the outer wall of Pangu 4 was hit by an unknown object, and the preliminary guess is that it may be a meteorite. Now that your rest is over, go check it out."

"Yes, I'll check on the situation right away." Tang Jianping did not delay, and immediately retreated from Yaochi, and then disconnected from Yaochi. He untied the strap between the robot's body and the ship, and began to inspect the approximate position given by the personnel on the ground.

Tang Jianping first looked around, and then sent the video to the ground. After detailed observation and judgment, the ground personnel did not draw any conclusions.

Of course, this is inconclusive, because the inner wall of the bulkhead is impossible to see with the eye. On the outside of the inner wall, not only is it surrounded by various surface materials, but also a variety of equipment is installed on it. You can't see anything with your eyes alone.

"The ground, the ground, it's really impossible to detect from the inside, there are too many equipment inside, if we do large-scale demolition, our spaceship will be useless." Tang Jianping was also a little anxious, he looked around the place where there might be a problem for a long time, and he couldn't see the problem at all.

However, judging from the ship's self-inspection, its outer wall was indeed impacted, and it was damaged.

"Tang Jianping, don't worry, we will find a way to confirm the problem area, and then you will carry out repair work. Now you need to bring the emergency support system first to ensure your safety."

"Yes, Pangea 4 understands!" After replying, Tang Jianping floated to the bottom of the spacecraft and put on an emergency life-sustaining system.

The device is said to be a life-sustaining system, but it should be more precisely a spacesuit. Because his body is purely mechanical, his spacesuit is not like a human spacesuit, and the overall appearance is very bloated. His spacesuit is more like a backpack, which is connected to his body by some wires and tubing, keeping his oxygen supply and blood system functioning properly.

By design, the spacesuit can sustain his energy and oxygen consumption for about a month. Not only that, but the spacesuit is powered by a radioisotope battery, which is enough power for him to use normally for a thousand years.

After checking again and again that there were no problems, he received a call from the ground control center: "Pangu 4, please answer when you hear it!"

"Pangu 4 received, please speak on the ground."

"Our plan is to go out of the cabin and observe and determine the location of the damage. Please wait for the specific departure time. What you have to do now is to add additional protection devices to the Yao Chi system and the Hall of Eternal Life system."

"Pangu 4 understands." Tang Jianping knew that this additional protective device, this device was actually very simple, it was a thick "cloth". This cloth, of course, is not an ordinary cloth, but a cloth that is made up of various radiation-proof materials superimposed on top of each other. The purpose of covering this cloth is to prevent all kinds of radiation and particles in space from causing possible damage to the Eternal Life Hall system.

Tang Jianping arranged this piece of cloth little by little according to the training, and the order to leave the cabin at this time also arrived.

Tang Jianping came to the exit hatch, tied the protective rope to the handle, and then opened the hatch.

Pangea-4 is equipped with a metal pole, a bit like the kind of working arm used on the current space station. It's just that the working arm on Pangu is much thinner and simpler. It is a metal pipe, which has an electric joint in the middle and at each end of the metal pipe, and one end of the metal rod is fixed to a specific position of Pangea 4, and the other end is attached to his own foot, so that he can perform spacewalks freely.

Tang Jianping slowly moved around the spaceship while carefully observing the surface of the spaceship. At the same time, the staff on the ground can also observe the entire outer surface of the spacecraft through the camera he shared.

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As he circled the ship two-thirds of the way, he finally noticed a scratch. The scratch was more than a meter long, and some of the covering material on the outside of the ship was completely destroyed, leaving a black trail along the route. This makes the whole scene a little shocking.

With the movement of the metal rod, Tang Jianping slowly approached the trace, his heart was nervous at this time, although even if the warehouse wall leaked, it would not affect it very much, but this would be a huge hidden danger after all. When his hand touched the scratch, his heart relaxed a little.

The walls of the spaceship are only a little concave, and there is no leakage in the senses, which is a blessing in misfortune. The next thing he had to do was to use the spare materials on the spaceship and repair the scratch. For him, it was a very simple job.

If it's a real person doing all this, it's a lot more complicated. But he's a robot, and he doesn't need to think too much about what most astronauts need to worry about. At least don't worry about the damage of the spacesuit, because his spacesuit is a backpack, and this backpack has excellent protection.

Just as he took a few high-definition photos and sent them to the ground, a light suddenly appeared in his field of vision. The light was coming from the upper right of his field of vision. At first, he didn't pay much attention, after all, that direction should be the earth.

But this light has always existed, and it is very bright, and it is not the reflected light of the earth at all. That's when he reported, "The ground, the ground, I saw a light, a blue light."

The people on the ground were stunned for a moment, because they were sharing his vision at this time, and everything he saw should be shown on their big screen. But the ground controller looked up at the big screen, everything is normal, where is the blue light?

"Pangea Four, we don't see the light, we don't see the light. It may be your delusion, leave it alone."

"The ground, the ground, that light really exists, always exists. It's right in the upper right corner of my field of vision. It's bright!"

The ground personnel are not settled, it is impossible for Tang Jianping to lie, so what is going on?

Just when the ground personnel didn't know how to reply, Tang Jianping reported again.

"The ground, the light has changed, it's smaller, but it's brighter. Its shape has changed, and it looks a bit like a butterfly. There are two wings, and the middle is vertical."

At this time, this light was even more magical than Tang Jianping's description, at first it was a blue light, and this blue light slowly changed, until it got closer and closer, and at this time it showed its original appearance.

It did resemble a butterfly, and the butterfly got closer and closer, until it landed completely on the ship's trail, and then it dissipated.

Such a scene directly made Tang Jianping stupid, he never thought that there would be such a magical thing in space. This kind of thing can't even be explained with anything he's learned.

And the people on the ground didn't see the light Tang Jianping said from beginning to end, and they even thought that Tang Jianping was dazzled.

But thinking about Tang Jianping's identity, how could he be dazzled? So this incident was solemnly recorded by the people at the scene. But I don't know what kind of idea it was, this record was not made public, let alone let Hou Dalin know about it.

After experiencing the initial shock, Tang Jianping's mood gradually recovered. The most important thing now is to deal with this abrasion and restore the safety of the ship as soon as possible.

So Tang Jianping didn't think much else, he began to take out the necessary tools and materials one by one, and then began his extravehicular repair work.

This work lasted for more than 20 hours, and by the time all the work was done, Tang Jianping was exhausted. He endured fatigue, according to the schedule of the ground command center, after doing the final inspection work, he felt that he was back in the spacecraft, and the spacesuit for the spacewalk was not taken off, so he fixed his body on the spacecraft, and then connected the Yaochi system, ready to rest.

After Tang Jianping connected to Yaochi, he did not go outdoors to do sports as usual, but plunged directly into the bed to let his brain

It's time to rest.

He slept soundly this night, and if he hadn't dreamed of that light again, he would have slept for a few more hours.

In Yaochi's room, he woke up at this moment, and reached out to touch the switch on the bedside, but suddenly he felt empty, it was empty, not to mention the switch, and even the wall was gone.

There was darkness all around, and there was not a single light. Tang Jianping's heart sank, and he didn't know what was going on.

"Connect to the ground! Connect to the ground!" Tang Jianping gave two orders in succession, but he didn't hear the slightest response, as if the space he was in now had nothing but darkness.

"What's going on? Activate the emergency system, urgently contact the Hall of Eternal Life, and use a backup connection device!"

Still no response.

"Disconnect the Yao Chi system and activate the emergency life system!" Tang Jianping made the last struggle, this system was prepared for him by Hou Dalin alone, and at the same time, this system was also installed in the protective shield outside his brain. It was independent of any system, and it was his last resort.

At the command, his eyes lit up. It's just that what catches his eye is no longer the angle he often sees. At this time, he saw his mechanical body, and there was a sphere like him on top of his head, and through the diagram on the sphere, he already knew clearly that it was Hou Dalin's daughter, Lily.