Chapter 499
Chapter 499: Chapter 82: Turtle in a Jar, No Help from the Sky Chapter 499: Chapter 82: Turtle in a Jar, No Help from the Sky “Eh!”
Huang Que had just stepped out of the passenger cabin and entered the equipment cabin.
Chu Anqing, who had been hiding behind the door eavesdropping, jumped up like a frightened rabbit.
“…”
“…”
The two women’s gazes interlocked.
Huang Que turned her head and strode forward, passing through the equipment cabin towards the cockpit.
Phew.
Chu Anqing, whose eavesdropping had been discovered, let out a breath of relief.
She lifted her face shield and cautiously walked into the passenger cabin, looking at Lin Xian, who had just been in a tense confrontation with Huang Que:
“Lin…
Senior Lin Xian, please don’t argue…
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She whispered, approaching Lin Xian and taking his hand:
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“I know the situation is very dangerous right now, and everyone is tense.Although I don’t understand much…
I believe in Coach Wei Cheng and Elder Sister Huang Que.
They are professional astronauts, and in space, they have more experience than us.
“Coach Wei Cheng also told us that during their driver training earlier, they had simulations of manual steering.
Even though we’ve now lost guidance and navigation, as well as communication from the ground center.
But every system on the Skyspace Aircraft is normal, the sextant, altimeter, direction indicator…
all these devices are working fine.
Wei Cheng said he can complete the task of piloting.”
“Senior Lin Xian, let’s trust Coach Wei Cheng and Elder Sister Huang Que!
Even without communication from the ground, as long as Liu Feng can track the Space-Time Particle and Senior Gao Yang can operate the Mechanical Arm, it won’t affect our capturing of the Space-Time Particle.
“Although…
although I also don’t know what I can do, I will definitely try my best!
I will definitely help everyone, help you and Liu Feng to capture that Space-Time Particle!”
Lin Xian lowered his head.
Looking at Chu Anqing squeezing out a smile.
She had seen it clearly…
When the explosion sounds came, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt wiring, Chu Anqing’s face had turned pale.
A 19-year-old girl, in space.
She couldn’t possibly have such great steadiness and ability to withstand pressure; her smile now was surely forced, with no crescent-shaped eyes, no faint dimples, nothing like the refreshing, spring-like presence she used to have.
“Don’t worry.”
Lin Xian smiled:
“We weren’t fighting, just exchanging some intense communication, nothing more.”
Chu Anqing looked at Lin Xian.
She silently nodded.
She hadn’t meant to eavesdrop…
She had just discovered that the two were missing in the equipment cabin, and it seemed like there was some argument going on here, so she thought of coming over to intervene.
But then.
Listening in, she found both of their emotions were very stable, so she stayed outside the door, not entering.
“Hehe, good that everything is okay.”
Chu Anqing giggled:
“Good that everything is okay.”
…
Ground, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Main Control Command Room.
Now.
This place was in chaos.
People running back and forth, papers falling to the floor, various flashing alarm lights, shouts from different channels:
“Is communication still not restored?
Any signal from the relay satellites?
Big Dipper!
Capture the Skyspace Aircraft signal from the Big Dipper Satellite!”
“Calling!
Calling!
Driver Wei Cheng!
Commander Huang Que!
Please respond if you hear us!
Please respond!”
“It’s no use…
can’t connect at all, it’s, it’s like we’ve completely lost connection, no matter which method we try, we can’t reach the Skyspace Aircraft.”
“Not just communication, but even the most basic signal, feedback, or response cannot be transmitted!
This is too strange…
with all kinds of communication equipment on the Skyspace Aircraft, just the backup systems alone have three sets, how could they all possibly break down!”
“Yes, moreover, all channels of communication equipment failing at the same time…
this, this just seems impossible.
Even if something really went wrong, we would definitely be able to contact the wreckage of those onboard devices…
all communication devices failing is just too strange!”
The ground chief wiped the sweat from his forehead.
This situation.
Had never occurred before in the history of China’s space program, never had this happened before.
All contingency plans had been tried, yet…
none had succeeded.
From the signals transmitted by the observation satellites, the Skyspace Aircraft was most likely flying normally, without any malfunction, and had not encountered explosions or collisions, or other severe accidents.
So.
There remains only one possibility—
[The Skyspace Aircraft, by itself, has cut off all signal networks and communication channels.]
But, this also makes no sense.
Because the highest control over the communication channels of the Skyspace Aircraft is on the ground, even if the Skyspace Aircraft shuts them off on its own, the ground control center can turn them back on.
Strange.
So strange!
“Report!
Anomaly detected in outer space orbit!”
Suddenly!
Another alarming report, a staff member approached the chief:
“Sir, according to our observations!
Within the entire orbital range…
over 20,000 Starlink satellites!
Are simultaneously reversing to reduce speed!
Their orbital altitude is rapidly dropping!”
“What!?”
The chief’s eyes widened, thinking he had misheard:
“Over 20,000!!
All Starlink satellites?
All the Starlink satellites have malfunctioned!”
“No, it doesn’t seem like a malfunction.”
The reporting technician nervously shook his head:
“If it were a malfunction, how could they uniformly reverse thrust and decelerate, and their change in orbit seems to have a target…
the target, above the Atlantic Ocean!”
Atlantic Ocean.
International waters.
The chief was at a loss, unable to fathom the purpose.
Were the Starlink satellites collectively being scrapped?
Could this incident…
be related to this Skyspace Aircraft’s low-orbit mission simulation?