The shining Shoko Toyokawa

This is a distance that a Zaku can barely reach!

Only when they really get there, can those arrogant people from Ji'an truly experience the cruelty of war!

Although the concentration of Milovsky particles is extremely high across the entire peninsula,

It can protect us to a great extent, but in this situation where we don't know the enemy's troop deployment, it is a battle that is no different from suicide.

But... this may be our only chance to attack the capital of Ji'an!

Everyone, if you are willing to follow me, please abandon your military identity, abandon yourself... all your bottom lines as a human being, and then -

Bring down punishment on the people of Jian!"

…………

"two"

"One"

"ignition!"

The Rabbit Hole in orbit ignited again,

Aiyin gritted her teeth and endured the acceleration of several Gs.

"Damn gravity!"

300 km!

1000 km!

The orbital altitude is rising at an astonishing speed.

But even at an altitude of 1 kilometers, it is less than one-third of the satellite's orbital range.

It takes about two classes to cross the satellite orbit, which is the altitude where a lot of space debris is distributed.

These 'two classes' were definitely the longest ones Aine had ever taken in her life.

"Damn, was he hit?!"

Aine suddenly realized that the spaceship seemed to have hit something small.

Just at this moment, the third-stage rocket finished burning and separated from the spacecraft.

The 'gravity' disappeared from Aine's body instantly, making her feel like she was falling from a great height.

It was like a kaleidoscope of events before my eyes, with scenes of my first time going to school independently during elementary school.

"Aine, are you ready?"

The young pink-haired girl handed Aine her schoolbag to the bewildered Aine standing at the entrance.

Mom and Dad were standing behind the pink-haired girl, looking at Aine with encouraging eyes.

"..."

Aine was stunned for a moment.

The mist condensed in her eyes, turning into crystal waves.

The next moment, she smiled brightly, took the young pink-haired girl, handed her her schoolbag, and made a "yeah" gesture.

"Of course! I'm your daughter, your future self—

Chihaya Aine!"

She turned slowly and placed her hand on the door handle.

"Thank you,"

"dad,"

"Mother…"

"And...goodbye..."

"I am leaving."

On the Rabbit Hole, Aiyin was breathing heavily as if she was drowning, but her hands were not slow, and she undid the buckle in no time.

The command cabin is sounding an alarm, and the air pressure is dropping rapidly.

The collision just now actually pierced through the Rabbit Hole's command module?!

Aiyin found the emergency balloon in the spacecraft and gently released her hands. In the zero-gravity environment, a little bit of air flow could suck the balloon to the place where the air was leaking.

"There's always a way!"

Chapter 161: Penelope, send my soul to the universe! And I love you

"Alice 2, Alice... hurry back to the cabin, hurry..."

"It's so cold," Aine said as she floated in the dark universe.

At this time, the huge shadow cast by the earth completely covered the orbit of the moon and the rabbit hole.

The umbilical cord system connected Aine, who was curled up in a ball. At this moment, she seemed to have returned to the womb before she was born.

"Is anyone there?"

"Hello... is anyone there?"

"Talk to me...!"

"It's so cold being alone..."

There were still 30 minutes before the deceleration engine was started and the only astronaut on the Rabbit Hole had not returned to the cabin.

If this continues, the deceleration engine will start and throw her into the tail nozzle, burning her to death or burning her umbilical cord... and she will drift into the lonely universe.

"Is there no other way?"

There was a deep silence in the ground control center. People stood up and cast respectful yet complicated glances at the too-young astronaut in the image sent back to Earth by the camera outside the cabin.

The oxygen in the spacesuit had been depleted, and the umbilical cord system, damaged and malfunctioning in the impact, could only provide a thin supply of oxygen. While repairing the impact-damaged deceleration engine, Alice 2 felt boundless loneliness before fainting from lack of oxygen.

They will probably never forget this day.

The girl who yearned for the universe and whose soul escaped the constraints of gravity died alone in the universe on this day...

…………

Time goes back more than ten hours ago——

Aiyin frantically found the holes that were almost invisible to the naked eye, created by the micro-debris' collision at a relative speed of thousands of kilometers per second. It took her nearly an hour to plug them one by one.

In the following hours of troubleshooting, the situation of Rabbit Hole was hopeless.

The umbilical cord system malfunctioned, and the door leading to other compartments in the command module could not be opened due to a malfunction.

Even more terrible was that the fuel pipeline of the deceleration engine was also damaged in the collision. If we didn't find a way to switch to the backup pipeline, the fuel pipeline would burst as soon as the deceleration engine was started, and under the action of the fuel pump and vacuum, all the fuel would be thrown into the universe.

If the oxidizer pipeline also leaks, the Rabbit will explode into a huge firework in space.

In this situation, even if we want to give up going to the colony, we have to find a way to repair the reduction engine.

"Looks like we need to clear the orbit before heading into space!"

Aiyin changed into her extravehicular space suit, evacuated the air from the command module, opened the heavy hatch, and exited the module.

What appeared before her was the Rabbit Hole spacecraft, which was nearly 30 meters long.

Most of its length is the reduction engine compartment.

At this time, the deceleration engine at the tail of the spacecraft has adjusted its state to face the direction of the moon.

According to the plan, after slowing down and parking at the Lagrange point, it will separate from the spacecraft and fly into the gravity of the moon. Since it will no longer have any orbital velocity at that time,

Attracted by the moon's gravity, it will fall to the moon soon. Scientists will explore the internal structure of the moon through the shock waves of the impact. It can be said that there is no waste at all.

But plans cannot keep up with changes. If the deceleration engine is not used to slow down, the return capsule's weak power will be unable to do anything.

Just like Xiao Jin and many predecessors who have devoted themselves to the aerospace industry have said; with the current aerospace technology, going into space is like riding a washing machine across the Pacific Ocean.

Aine felt firsthand the dangers of the universe.

And now she wants to repair her own 'washing machine',

Although this 'washing machine' is almost as tall as two of Yugaoka's teaching buildings,

And in Aiyin's hand, there was only a blueprint of each 'class' on that floor.

What she had to do was to find a "wound" in these "classes" that the "students" themselves hadn't noticed, but that could kill everyone in an instant.

What's worse is that she didn't have long.

"Damn it, if I were a new human!"

Aiyin doesn't think of herself as a new kind of person. She feels like one of those pilots who have experienced war and have sharper intuition.

Therefore, Aiyin, who is not a new human, can only open the door of each "class" and check the pipes one by one.

"If I were a new human like Xiao Deng..."

…………

"Aine went to the colony?!"

When Deng heard the news, although he had a premonition, he still almost couldn't hold it back.

"Is she okay now?" Although she was worried about Aine's condition, Su Shi was still somewhat relieved. 'In this way, Aine won't have to fight Xiangzi. Aine, you should stay in the colony for a while and come back after everything is over...'

In an independent temporary command room on the USS Ford nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the pilots had complicated expressions.

After flying here urgently from Area 11, they all changed into the pilot suits they wore during the Y Organization period.

But the driving suits they used to love now only make them feel heavy when they wear them.

But what was even more depressing was what Misora ​​Naomi said next—

"I'd like to tell you it's fine...but Ms. Micaiah's report says the spacecraft collided with satellite debris and seems to have experienced a number of malfunctions."

"how so?!"

Su Shi, who was already mentally exhausted, almost fainted after hearing the news.

"You must have tricked that guy onto the spaceship!" Riki, already very upset, took a step back and became even angrier. He slapped Misora ​​Naomi hard, "Adults like you only use children as shields!"

Naomi Misora ​​didn't fight back, nor did she say anything.

"Say something!"

This attitude did not make Li Xi more angry, but made her completely panic.

"You're quite good at talking, aren't you? Tell us now! You'll send a spaceship to rescue her! Just like in your movies!"

"There are no more ships,"

Misora ​​Naomi didn't look at the black girl who was covering her collar, "The spacecraft launched from that space center was just to cover the other two spacecraft.

But... the other two spaceships failed due to collisions and malfunctions. For a long time to come, America will have no usable spaceships."

"Trojan horse..."

Su Shi seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Where's the white horse? Amelica, didn't you already take the white horse?!"

"It's too late," Naomi Misora ​​said calmly, "For us, a spaceship like the White Trojan is a machine we have never actually operated.

Until now, they have not been able to make the boat float,

It might take a long time to sail the ship out of the troubled place of Caesar.

The big guys won’t let it go to space rashly…”

"how so……"

Li Xi weakly let go of Naomi Misora's collar, took two steps back and almost fell to the ground. Lenai quickly supported her and glared at the only 'adult' in the temporary command room, like a cat whose dried fish had been snatched away.

"What about other countries?" Miao Meng, the 'unrelated person' involved in this, was able to think more calmly at this time. "Other countries should have spaceships, right?"

"The risks of going into space are too great now. Even if there were any, I wouldn't take that risk for an 'outsider'."

Misora ​​Naomi steadied herself by holding onto the table and rubbed her swollen cheeks. "All we can do now is trust her..."

"Only you," Su Shi stared at her angrily, "only you are not qualified to say such things."