Chapter 386 Return and Easter Eggs

Chapter 386 Return and Easter Eggs

Chapter 386 Return and Easter Eggs

boom!
The International Space Station, which had separated from the return capsule, finally approached the critical line. Under the influence of the earth's gravity, this behemoth made a creaking sound of metal twisting, and then disintegrated due to being unable to bear the heavy load, breaking into countless pieces that passed through the atmosphere, ignited red flames, and cut through the sky.

The return capsule carrying Cheng Xin and Zhang Beihai, which had separated one step ahead of time, returned to space under the propulsion of the engine, and moved towards a higher orbit by brushing the tail of the space junk storm.

There, China's Tiangong-2 space station is floating quietly in the universe, waiting for the children who need its shelter.

Cheng Xin curled up in the cramped space in the re-entry capsule, unable to hold back her tears. Big tears rolled down her pretty cheeks, her eyes were red, but her emotions remained under control, not distorted by the collapse, which was very contagious.

This crying scene alone is the result of Wang Hao's day and night teaching, otherwise Jing Tian's acting skills would not be so expressive.

Now it seems that Wang Hao's teaching is still effective. At least when looking at Cheng Xin's performance, Liu Yun couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. Most of the other women in the screening room had the same reaction.

Compared to Cheng Xin, Zhang Beihai, as a man, was undoubtedly much more restrained. He did not cry, and his eyes were only slightly red. However, just the sight of him floating in front of the porthole, staring at the disintegration of the space station outside, conveyed an emotion that was even sadder than Cheng Xin's.

Liu Huohua can fully express emotions just by looking at his back. His acting skills are already among the best among the younger generation of male artists in China.

"Dr. Cheng, please continue with your mission."

Zhang Beihai turned around and looked at Cheng Xin. He suppressed the sadness in his heart, and directly assumed the responsibility of captain after Zhang Hongyi's sacrifice, and gave orders.

Cheng Xin also broke free from her sadness and realized that Zhang Beihai was right. They could not let Captain Zhang Hongyi's sacrifice go to waste.

The two operated the instruments and equipment in the return capsule and controlled the spacecraft to fly towards the Tiangong-2 space station. They also contacted the ground command center and reported that team leader Zhang Hongyi had died.

In the ground command center, Zhang Hongyi's wife, who had just been picked up, collapsed and burst into tears when she heard the words, while everyone else was silent and bowed their heads in grief.

As one of China's most experienced astronauts, Zhang Hongyi has dealt with almost everyone in this room.

The relationship between them may not be that close, but everyone has seen him and knows him.

With his qualifications and achievements, he no longer needs to go into space to carry out missions. It would not be difficult for him to become a leader in a command center or an astronaut training base and wait for retirement in peace.

But Zhang Hongyi is still working on the front line of the aerospace industry, calmly facing every high-risk aerospace mission that could result in no return.

Now his sacrifice is a huge loss to the entire space center, the space department, and even the whole of China.

However, it is precisely because of the selfless dedication of these heroes that China's aerospace industry has been able to develop smoothly to its current level.

The heroes’ achievements cannot be forgotten, and their efforts cannot be wasted.

Everyone was filled with sadness, but they allowed reason to take over their minds again and provided the greatest support for Cheng Xin and Zhang Beihai's return.

The return capsule approached the Tiangong-2 space station. At the same time, on the land of China, several rockets loaded with supplies and intact return capsules had been ignited, launched, and lifted off.

Even Russia launched a rocket because of China's "cash power".

These are all "saturation rescue" for Cheng Xin and Zhang Beihai. No matter which spacecraft can reach Tiangong-2, it will be a victory.

The sad and gloomy soundtrack gradually became gentler, and the light and shadow colors on the big screen also became brighter.

Cheng Xin and her partner were driving the return capsule close to Tiangong-2, and not far away, China's space station suddenly appeared on the big screen.

That is the "Heavenly Palace"!
Although the Tiangong-2 in reality is still in the paper plan stage, when everyone sees this fictional Chinese space station, they still can't help but get excited.

On the one hand, this is Cheng Xin and the others’ hope of survival, on the other hand, this is China’s space station.

Everyone believes that the huge spacecraft they see in the movie today will become a reality in the future and float in the starry sky, because they have many astronauts like "Zhang Hongyi".

However, just as the return capsule was about to contact the Tiangong-2 space station, its fuel was exhausted first because it had escaped the Earth's gravity. At the same time, the return capsule's communication system was also damaged for unknown reasons.

The two spacecraft were clearly within sight, yet there was a huge distance between them that seemed like an insurmountable chasm. This meant that Cheng Xin and the others would end up as two corpses in the return capsule, dying silently in this absolute vacuum.

Cheng Xin tried to find an upgrade. She turned on the spacecraft's radio system, hoping to reestablish contact with the ground command center.

But after trying for a long time, the inability to communicate with the Inuit turned hope into despair again.

Just when Cheng Xin was getting discouraged and ready to give up, a hand suddenly appeared outside the porthole, startling Cheng Xin, Zhang Beihai in the spaceship, and all the audience in the screening room.

alien!
This was the first thought that came to the mind of Li Sinian, a science fiction fan.

Fortunately, "Gravity" is a science fiction film, not a science fiction thriller. The next second, Cheng Xin shouted out happily.

"team leader!"

Yes, the hand that appeared outside the return capsule belonged to Captain Zhang Hongyi. He was not dead, he was still alive!

Seeing that the captain miraculously survived the disintegration of the space station, both Cheng Xin and Zhang Beihai were naturally very excited.

Even the audience in front of the big screen were very happy. After all, today was New Year's Eve, and who wouldn't want to watch a movie with a beautiful and perfect ending?

"Don't be happy, solve the problem first!"

As soon as Zhang Hongyi opened his mouth, he took back the command of the small team of three.

Relying on his rich experience, he quickly proposed a solution to the problem and told Cheng Xin that if she ran out of fuel, she could try the soft landing thrusters. After all, landing and launching are based on the same principle.

With Zhang Hongyi's guidance, Cheng Xin regained her confidence. She immediately began to learn the manual ignition for soft landing, followed the steps in the manual, pressed the button, successfully separated the lander and the spacecraft, and then entered the manual program to control the lander to fly to Tiangong-2.

At this time, the picture stretched from inside the cabin to outside the cabin, giving a panoramic view of the landing cabin. The audience then saw that Zhang Hongyi was actually hanging outside the cabin by an extremely thin silk thread, which would have been invisible if it were not for the help of reflection and lens magnification.

This was the small spindle-like decoration that Cheng Xin had hung on Zhang Hongyi's space suit. Unexpectedly, it would play such a big role. A small silk thread actually pulled Zhang Hongyi out of the disintegrated space station.

The landing capsule, like a cannonball, quickly approached Tiangong-2, and everything went smoothly afterwards.

Cheng Xin and Zhang Beihai, wearing space suits, walked out of the cabin not far from the space station, then pulled up team leader Zhang Hongyi, and with the help of the thrust provided by several fire extinguishers, pushed themselves and others back to the space station.

After many twists and turns, Cheng Xin and the other two finally opened the hatch of the Tiangong-2 space station, entered it, and saw the buttons and panel displays marked in Chinese inside the space station. Only then did everyone, including the audience in front of the big screen, breathe a sigh of relief.

"Identity verification has been confirmed. Comrade Zhang Hongyi, Comrade Cheng Xin, Comrade Zhang Beihai, welcome home!"

The voice of the Tiangong-2 intelligent system sounded through the loudspeaker. At this point, the movie "Gravity" has come to an end, and everything has a happy ending.

The space junk storm has been ended because of the heroic actions of Zhang Hongyi and others, and mankind's exploration of the universe and the starry sky will not be hindered.

Zhang Hongyi was able to survive because of Cheng Xin's little trinket. Although both of his legs were broken, at least he did not become a martyr. He finally had the opportunity to return to Earth and watch his daughter graduate.

In the end, the movie did not explain whether Zhang Hongyi and his team successfully returned to Earth.

However, the scene changed. Three months later, Cheng Xin and Zhang Beihai appeared in the Earth's orbit again wearing new spacesuits, and there were many companions around them who were working like them.

The camera gradually zooms out, and a larger space station located not far from Tiangong-2 is taking shape under their busy work.

At the same time, more space capsules and spaceships with the Chinese flag were gathering here.

The camera continues to zoom out, and more spacecraft from other countries appear in Earth orbit. Some are cleaning up space junk, some are rebuilding the International Space Station, and some are deploying new satellites...

The camera pulls away again, and the blue earth, the home of mankind, appears entirely on the big screen.

Then there is the sun as the background, and in the final zoomed-out shot, the universe is full of twinkling stars, and the earth and the sun are just a drop in the ocean.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The ending song of "Gravity" sounded, and the cast list scrolled out. The audience sat in their seats, but were reluctant to get up for a long time, as if they were still savoring the feast of light, shadow and story they had just seen, or as if they were waiting for the "easter egg" dessert at the end of the meal.

This time they didn’t have to wait long, as there were two desserts at the end of Gravity.

Let’s have a big first dessert.

When the black screen lit up again, Shi Qiang and Qin Yanni, both in uniform, walked in the cold-toned corridor. The latter held a document in his hand, while the former pushed open the door of the conference room and walked in together.

It is called a conference room, but in fact it is a hall, or even a small command center.

Around the hall, there is a circle of neatly arranged computer equipment that looks extremely advanced. Technicians in military uniforms are sitting in front of the computers, typing away, looking extremely busy.

The network cables of the computer equipment are all gathered in four silver-gray racks that reach the ceiling. Through the transparent glass doors of the racks, you can see a pile of network switches neatly stacked inside, with green, yellow and red lights flashing on them, full of mystery.

In the center of these computer equipment and racks is an oval maroon wooden conference table.

The desk was already piled with various documents, and most of the participants looked tired. Many of their clothes were wrinkled, and some of their ties were torn. Some of them had coffee or strong tea in front of them, as if they had been up all night.

As for their identities, half of them were wearing military uniforms, a small number were police officers, and the rest were experts and scholars who looked quite intelligent, including several very prestigious scientists.

Familiar faces such as Ding Yi (played by Wang Jinsong), Ma Zhao (played by Ning Li), and Zhao Hailun (played by Xiu Xian) are also among them.

Seeing Shi Qiang walk in, everyone looked at him in unison. The host of this meeting, whose seat name was printed with the three words "Chang Weisi" in front of him, and the middle-aged military leader played by Lin Yongjian spoke.

"Da Shi is here. Didn't you say you had something to report? Tell me what your special affairs department has found out."

Shi Qiang was not stage-frightened. He opened the file bag in his hand, took out the documents, and asked Qin Yanni to distribute them. At the same time, he plugged the USB flash drive in his pocket into the computer in front of him and started explaining directly.

"The 'Dream Stealing Project' executed by our special affairs department not long ago was very successful. Later, based on the information obtained and the help of intelligence personnel, we can basically confirm it.

In the past six months, the suicides and murders of famous scientists around the world are definitely related to the ETO organization in some way."

Shi Qiang turned on the computer, clicked on the file, and photos of scientists began to scroll on the huge monitor.

If scientific researchers in related industries saw this, they would definitely exclaim in amazement, because most of them are leaders and elites in their respective fields, and some are even leading figures in a certain discipline.

In particular, the photo on one of the documents is particularly eye-catching. The main composition of the photo is a superconducting coil being installed. It is nearly three stories high, but only half installed. It looks like a technological monster made up of a huge metal block and a tangled network of ultra-low temperature refrigerant pipes, showing the coldness of technology and the brutality of steel.

Right in front of this new-age steel monster, a slender female figure was standing there quietly. A beam of golden light from the setting sun shone on her through the hole in the ceiling. The soft warm light shone on her smooth hair and the white neck at the collar of her work clothes. She looked like a delicate flower blooming on the huge metal ruins after a violent thunderstorm.

Ding Yi looked at the photo of the woman with a sad expression on his face and deep sorrow in his eyes.

That was her wife Yang Dong, an outstanding basic physicist.

The camera deliberately gave a close-up of the report, and the content was very clear on the big screen.

She collapsed suddenly after taking an overdose of sleeping pills and died in her sleep after running and verifying a superstring model she proposed for the first time after the accelerator, which cost 20 billion yuan, was built.

(End of this chapter)