When the transport ship of the Air and Space Administration appeared in outer space on the earth, the entire country with space observation capabilities on the earth was shocked by this uninvited guest.

In particular, the Arcadia supercarrier did not rely on the planet's gravity to slow down, but dived directly towards a certain area of the earth.

This makes the Earth unable to react at all, knowing that it takes nine hours from the beginning of the detaching of the return capsule of the low-Earth orbit space station to the return to Earth. And it takes more than 40 minutes for the return capsule to begin to disengage and decelerate to complete the landing.

However, in the observation of the Earth, this spacecraft, which looks different, sailed directly into the Earth's atmosphere, like a comet, and crossed a dazzling trajectory in the outer atmosphere and fell towards the ground.

At the moment, NASA's Johnson Space Center, which is usually replaced by Houston. Command was already completely tense.

Teddy Sanders, who is the head of NASA, forced himself to calm down and asked the data analyst on the side: "Where is the expected location of the crash?" ”

According to the data model, the data analyst looked at the answer given by the computer and said in disbelief: "Coordinates-95.09201, 29.56071." ”

Teddy clutched the phone in his hand and asked loudly, "Be clear!" I need a place name that the average person can understand! ”

"This is it, Houston!"

The data analyst slumped in his chair, and Teddy pulled his swivel chair over and leaned himself in front of the computer to confirm his position.

Without the slightest hesitation, Teddy immediately dialed out a call on his mobile phone and shouted to the other side: "I'm Teddy Sanders, the head of Johnson Space Center." Personal code 12HR243. Now for the fourth plan! ”

After saying this, Teddy directly threw down his phone, waved away everything on the table, and stood on the table.

Standing out from the crowd, Teddy shouted, "Now, we might really have a third type of contact!" So, I hope you can stay here and until everything is figured out, no one can leave the space center, including me! Guard! Confiscate everyone's private communication devices! Wartime control! ”

As Teddy's words fell, a group of guards rushed in from outside, taking all the important positions, and began to collect the equipment.

Of course, there will be people who will not cooperate, but these guards will not care about your previous identity and status, and when the butt of the gun is smashed, the pain will make the thorn obediently cooperate.

Satellites and ground-based observation equipment were reversed, staring at the spacecraft, which did not belong to Earth.

The Arcadia supercarrier had entered the deceleration phase, the engine adjusted direction, the bow slowly lifted, and stopped steadily on the grass next to the Johnson Space Center.

As the Johnson Space Center, there are definitely military defenses around it.

The fourth plan was launched to deal with the contact of extraterrestrial civilizations. The originally scheduled anti-aircraft missiles were locked, and only the ground forces were responsible for close contact.

When the Arcadia transport had just come to a stop, the first wave of operatives approached the transport ship from the underground bunker in various vehicles.

One of them was holding a light sign, the most basic light signal on the flashing light sign, trying to establish contact with the transport ship. Someone began to detect biochemical radiation, and large spectrometers began to detect spacecraft materials.

However, more people were soldiers with weapons in their hands, after all, no one knew the intentions of the comers before the exchange.

At the beginning of this tense contact, the airlock of the side door of the Arcadia transport ship slowly opened, and a human stood on the gangway at this moment, looking at the earth's compatriots in front of him with some embarrassment.

Mark could only raise his hands at the moment, indicating that he was not threatening, and shouted outside: "I am Mark Watney, an astronaut of the Ares III flight program, and now I am asking to meet with Teddy Sanders, the director of the space center." Teddy, it's me, it's really me, I'm back from Mars! ”

Mark's shout appeared in the command room of the space center, and everyone looked at each other.

"Could it really be Mark?"

"How did he get back? Now Earth and Mars have 1.35 AU, and Hermes has 261 days to go back! ”

Teddy looked at the panic of the people around him, and after hearing the discussion for a short time, he quickly made a choice.

"Bring him back! Then find a doctor, a genetic, and a biologist, and I'm going to make sure he's still an earthling! ”

Mark watched all this in embarrassment, he could have died on Mars, or he could have returned to Earth with the full assistance of Earth, which would have made him a hero.

But now I've been brought back from Mars. The existence of the Space-Time Administration will definitely be informed to the Earth in advance through his mouth.

Zhang Peng was vague about a lot of his training, and Mark also understood that this was due to the need for confidentiality.

But Zhang Peng clearly told him one thing, whether the earth can join the space-time administration will affect the future fate of the earth.

The first step is decided by Mark, and then the planet as a whole.

Mark, holding his hands up, slowly approached the cordon, and was then taken away by two combatants wearing full-coverage hazmat suits.

Mark's departure had no effect on Rorschach and the others inside the ship, and the little shark surrounded Rorschach aggrievedly, as if complaining about something.

"Who told you to provoke them before, but now that they have grown up a little, you are not an opponent. Mmmmmmmm ”

Rorschach comforted the aggrieved little shark, which caused everyone to laugh. Only Casper, after laughing, occasionally looked around and thought about the next negotiation.

Mark was taken to a secret location underground, with no process at all, and doctors, geneticists, and biologists each took his tissue and bodily fluids to check Mark's identity.

Mark was restrained in his seat, opposite his old boss, Mitch Henderson.

The moment he saw his old boss, Mark preemptively said: "Listen to me first, what I say is very important!" ”

Mitch Henderson was stunned for a moment, looked back at the camera behind him and turned on, and motioned for Mark to continue.

"On the night of the 134th day on Mars, my cultivation chamber blew up due to loss of pressure. Just when I was at my most desperate, I heard a knock on the door outside the cabin......"

Without a hint of subjective bias, Mark tells what he sees. The more impartial he is, the more beneficial it will be for the contacts between the two sides.

"So, I don't know their specific intentions, but reason is telling me that the Earth needs this opportunity......"

After Mark finished speaking, Mitch slowly stood up and cleaned up the camera behind him.

Looking back at Mark, Mitch said, "Mark, take a good rest, I'll report what you said, and that's all I can do here." Do you need anything else? ”

"No, it was my only wish to return to Earth. By the way, remember not to have potatoes for breakfast tomorrow, I feel bad when I see potatoes now! ”