Just as the Lunar Track Construction Committee is preparing to push the site from the lunar orbit to the surface of the moon, it has been a month since Xiaguang left the orbit around Mars and embarked on the return route.

With the completion of the last section of the orbit, the Xiaguang, which has a small amount of working fluid, has closed the electro-pushing system and continues to move toward the Earth-moon system in accordance with inertia.

For Taiwei, after a month of getting along, he has basically adapted to life here.

There are clean bedding, plenty of oxygen, and warm and delicious food.

For him who has been guarding for more than a month in the new Virginia Colony Experimental Zone, which is closed and has no private space, everything here is simply paradise.

Especially Chinese people in the bath, this game will play more than nasa. The entire bathroom is a cylinder that is about one person high and two steps wide, simulating the gravity environment on the earth by the centrifugal acceleration provided by the high-speed rotation of the fixed shaft.

If you do not combine drawings, it is difficult to describe the entire structure and its principles in detail. But if you simply say the experience, it is after starting the device, lying inside is like lying in the bathtub of your own bathroom, and the water drops that should have floated away are also "sticky" in the bulkhead. On, there are no flights everywhere.

Because there is no external reference object, stay in this completely enclosed bathroom. After scrubbing the body, the air outlet on the outside of the bulkhead will use a strong wind to pump a drop of water in the cylinder, and wait until the humidity in the device drops to normal. Then the cylinder will slow down and stop.

With this look, this thing is like a large centrifuge.

Such a luxurious bathing method is unimaginable for the bfs spacecraft.

Of course, this may not be related to the fact that electricity is not money for Chinese people. From the moment they start to the end, they are saved. Energy is something that must be carefully calculated...

If there is only one place on the entire spacecraft where Tavi is somewhat dissatisfied, there is probably no freedom.

In a small room, there is only one bed with two shoulders wide, and there is no other furniture except for a table under the bed. In addition to taking a bath and eating time, he can't even leave his room. In most cases, he can only pass the time to sleep.

The slightly depressing atmosphere makes it impossible to create a little bit of comfort. The round porthole on the top of the bed is dark. It is easy to create a symptom similar to deep sea phobia for a long time, so that the porthole He has never opened it.

Compared to the luxurious hardware on the ship of the Golden Heart and the complete entertainment equipment, the Cabin of Xiaguang is like the one that was modified by the cargo compartment.

What do you say?

The experience is like being in jail.

Standing behind the isolation door, Tavi's hands were on the door and asked Johnson, who was facing the opposite room, to ask: "How long will we have to get to Earth?"

Johnson, who was sitting on the bed and flipping through the book, didn't look up, and he returned with a word.

"Maybe a month and a half, maybe two months... or longer."

Seeing that the captain seemed to be less interested in taking care of himself, Taiwei shrugged and wanted to close his mouth and lie back, but couldn’t help but say, "You said why those Chinese people would not let us go around?" Are they still afraid of us-"

"Because you are not sure if you have bacteria on Mars, or viruses, we can't do a full inspection for you."

Interrupted from the side, Liu Wei, wearing a cabin spacesuit, walked over with the lunch box.

Putting the lunch box on the dining table next to the door, he said with a smile, "The conditions are more difficult, you have a little patience. After all, this cabin was originally modified from the cargo hold, only sailing within the Earth and Moon system, we originally Did not consider flying so far."

Looking at the Chinese astronaut who was going to leave after the meal was delivered, Tavi shouted his neck and shouted at him. "Hey, man, can you consider putting a game console in the cabin? Not everyone likes it. Pass the time to read the book!"

Liu Wei smiled and said: "I will reflect your opinions to the ground. If there is a chance, you should be able to see a game console next time."

"Next time? I don't want to sit for the second time!"

Without paying attention to the embarrassment behind him, Liu Wei disappeared into the doorway of the cabin.

Looking at the tightly locked cabin door and the countdown to unlocking the cabin door, Taiwei had a voice that everyone could hear and said: "It feels like being in jail."

Johnson said with a blank expression: "This is the case under the fence... Anyway, they brought us back, first and forbearably."

Think about it, it seems that it is really the case.

At this time, Taiwei suddenly recalled the sentence that the former Chinese astronaut said, and realized a terrible detail.

He swallowed, and he said with a trembling tone.

"Head..."

Johnson: "What happened..."

Taiwei: "If there are microorganisms or bacteria on Earth that are not on Earth, does it mean that we..."

"Don't think too much," turned the book in his hand over a page. Johnson seemed to sneak a slap in the face of a joke that was not so funny. He said with too much undulating tone. "Think too much." It will only make you worry about yourself. What's more, it's just possible, not necessarily."

Taiwei angrily hammered his fists on the heavy door

"Shet! The group of beasts in the White House, what do they think of us? The laboratory mouse?"

On the other side of the room, Jones, who was listening to the two talking, sat on the bed with his knees and looked at the porthole quietly in a daze.

She has been reflecting on her life, reflecting on her choices and about the Ares program itself.

At first she still had some thoughts, and it was clear that everyone had done the best, and why the final result was still the same.

But now she finally understands that the final outcome of Ares's plan may not be an accident.

From the beginning, this hasty trip to Mars was an unwise decision...

......

On the day of the embrace of the earth, it’s coming a little earlier than I expected.

Probably on the 50th day when the Xiaguang began to return from the orbit of Mars, a gray planet, and the blue behind it, gradually appeared outside the porthole of Xiaguang.

"...here is the Xiaguang, is entering the space station running track, request navigation support."

"...This is the moon palace number and is navigating for you."

"Received, thank you."

After a brief communication response, the X-ray of the active deceleration was completed by the reverse jet of the wing engine, and slowly merged into the orbit of the Moon Palace.

As time went on, in the deep dark space, a silver-white light gradually rose, and together with the morning glow from the skyline, reflected in the cold porthole.

Looking at the moon palace that was getting closer, Johnson sitting on the bed board closed the book in his hand, and the blue pupil gradually enlarged.

"God... This is the space station for the Chinese people?"

The moment he actually saw it, he couldn't even believe it.

Because everything in front of me is far more shocking than the one he has seen in the concept map.

The spacecraft is getting closer.

The space station in the distance is getting closer.

Originally, the silver-white size of the rice-grain was eventually turned into a dragon that spreads its wings.

Thousands of square meters of solar panels are like open dragon wings, and the rows of heat sinks are like inverted dragon scales. The cylindrical space compartment that extends outward from the midline forms its strong bones and unbreakable steel body.

It is like a fortress.

And, a piece of art...

At the same time, sitting in the cockpit of Xiaguang, with a few tired captain Xu Zhenghong on his face, the corner of his mouth finally evoked a smile, and he extended his right fist and touched Liu Wei sitting next to him. Then the index finger pressed against the side of the helmet and said with a clear voice.

"Here is the Xiaguang, we have successfully entered the track and requested docking!"

Waiting for only two seconds.

The voice of the response is transmitted from the communication channel.

"...here is the moon palace."

"Welcome home, our heroes!"