Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
As the spacecraft landed, three astronauts from the Fla Country quickly erged, each grabbing their tools and getting busy.
The ti for the teorite to pass through the lunar orbit was extrely limited. To utilize the Moon’s gravitational influence to push the teorite off its collision course, they had to race against the clock.
Watching the astronauts in their bulky spacesuits busily working on the teorite’s surface through the spacecraft’s cara feed on the screen, Chen Xin silently cheered them on.
This was unlike the Federation team, who disappeared without a word after heading down. The Fla Country’s team had a continuous livestream, so the progress of the project could be seen at a glance.
With the TV comntary explaining the scene, viewers didn’t even need to watch; they could listen and know the progress, how far the astronauts had gotten, and how much was left to complete.
Compared to the Federation team, who had to drill holes into the teorite, the task for the Fla Country team was sowhat easier. Although they also had to drill holes, theirs were rely bolt holes for securing the propellants and not several hundred ters deep like the Federation’s.
So, even though there were more holes to drill, the diligent efforts of the three astronauts completed the job quickly.
Seeing that they had finished drilling, Chen Xin, like everyone else watching the livestream in front of their TVs, got excited. Even the TV host’s excited narration ca through: "Great! All the bolt holes are done! Now the astronauts just need to install the bolts and they can finish the ground tasks, return to the spacecraft, and activate the propellant to push the teorite!"
Hearing this, Chen Xin couldn’t help but stand up, watching as the three astronauts, with their thick gloved hands, clumsily installed the bolts. He almost wished he could reach out and help them screw in the bolts.
But with a distance of 380,000 kiloters, even if Chen Xin’s hand could reach into the screen, it wouldn’t suffice, so he watched anxiously.
Fortunately, the astronauts had anticipated the bolt installation issue before setting out, equipping themselves with professional electric tools that could tighten a bolt in a second. With three people working together, all the bolts were screwed in under the watch of six billion people worldwide.
Seeing that the astronauts had completed all the ground tasks, the chief commander at the mission control, excitedly grabbed the microphone and shouted at the astronauts: "Return to the spacecraft imdiately, start the propellant! Don’t worry about that pile of junk on the ground!"
When the screen switched to the gray-haired chief commander in the mission control, Chen Xin found it hard to imagine that this old expert could be so excited, making one worry about his heart condition.
But the chief commander’s excitent was understandable. Even Chen Xin couldn’t help but shout at the astronauts to ignore the tools on the ground, get on the spacecraft imdiately, and start the propellant to leave.
Compared to tidying up the tools on the ground, every second the astronauts boarded the spacecraft earlier ant starting the propellant earlier, pushing the teorite off its collision course earlier, and saving the Blue Planet earlier.
Under the grand premise of saving the Blue Planet, the Federation had already blown up a billion-dollar spacecraft, let alone so tools.
The astronauts imdiately executed the chief commander’s order, only checking if the bolts on the ground were properly installed before quickly returning to the spacecraft and, under the watch of six billion people worldwide, activated the propellant.
As the tail flas of the specially customized propellant for this mission erupted violently, the spacecraft the astronauts were on separated from the propellant and quickly ignited, lifting off the teorite’s surface.
The Federation team could use the blast waves from a nuclear explosion to clear away surface debris when leaving the teorite. The Fla Country’s team, lacking nuclear explosives, naturally couldn’t enjoy such a convenience.
But the heavy propellant they installed on the teorite was not far behind the effect of a nuclear explosion in clearing debris. Although it couldn’t instantly blow away all the debris on the teorite’s surface, the continuous spray of the propellant’s tail fla opened a gap in the surface debris flow.
Through the opening created by the propellant’s tail fla, the Fla Country’s spacecraft successfully left the teorite’s surface, returned to space, and rendezvoused with the Federation’s Endeavor, embarking on the journey back to the Blue Planet together.
As the spacecraft from both the Fla Country and Federation returned, the teorite also dislocated under the propellant’s thrust and the Moon’s gravitational influence.
"Thanks to the tireless efforts and heroic sacrifices of astronauts from the Fla Country and Federation, the massive teorite hurtling toward the Blue Planet is now being gradually pushed off its collision course. According to scientists’ predictions, the teorite will be completely removed from the collision path within hours, passing by the Blue Planet in the following days. The threat of humanity’s annihilation has been averted!"
As the female TV host’s voice rose in a jubilant cry, Chen Xin also couldn’t help but shout loudly. Although it ant all his preparations were in vain, if he could avoid a teorite impact on the Blue Planet, ensuring life under the sun continued, he’d rather all his efforts be for nothing.
Screaming loudly until his throat was hoarse and he needed water, Chen Xin finally cald down.
But as Chen Xin cald down, he realized a key point subtly overlooked by the TV station, that the teorite had already broken into two pieces. The Fla Country team had installed a propellant on the larger piece moving it, but there was no ntion of the smaller piece being pushed away as well!
Thinking of this, Chen Xin hurried to his computer, checking the latest information. The TV was also on as he switched channels, hoping for any updates on the teorite.
However, the TV was full of mirth and laughter as if the crisis had been resolved. Everyone was optimistic, and the reporting relaxed, much to Chen Yu’s disappointnt as he wanted to hear any critical information.
Thankfully, he could still find so information online, and others were raising the sa question as Chen Xin: Would the smaller piece of the teorite hit the Blue Planet?
For this question, soone online provided a well-reasoned answer: "The Lucia will blast it into fragnts with a nuclear bomb."
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