That was the sound of dreams shattering.

...

Not only Zhao Zijie and Gao Yang, but even Fang Xu, who was sitting next to Lü Yongchang, looked at him with a surprised expression.

"Yongchang, is it really okay to say that?"

"Why not?" Lu Yongchang shrugged and said with a relaxed expression, "I'm not wrong. The focus of this mission is to test the power of the electromagnetic gun."

"What if they are hesitant and afraid to fire? How can we test the effectiveness of the electromagnetic gun?"

A hint of confusion appeared in Fang Xu's eyes.

I feel there's some truth to what they said.

But he always felt that something was wrong.

"Alright, alright." Lu Yongchang waved his hand and patted Fang Xu's shoulder forcefully. "We should go and get some rest."

"A journey of 100 million kilometers will take some time!"

As he spoke, Lü Yongchang reached out and pulled Fang Xu toward the direction of the [Seeking Wood] space elevator.

...

Ten days later.

One hundred million kilometers from Mars.

A strangely shaped starship gradually slowed down until it came to a stop.

"First, where is the asteroid?"

Looking at the red and green dots that were almost touching on the star map, Zhao Zijie sat in the captain's seat and asked in a deep voice.

The star map subtly shifted.

A line of numbers appears between two points.

5073.8 kilometers.

As time goes on, this number continues to shrink.

"Gao Yang, contact Mars."

Zhao Zijie reached out and rubbed his stiff face, then perked up and said, "We should get to work!"