One day later.

In the ward, Bai Yixuan looked at the simulated outdoor scene next to him with a worried expression.

"Captain Bai, you have a communication request."

Dr. Wen's voice interrupted Bai Yixuan's thoughts.

Before he could even react, a holographic image slowly unfolded in front of him.

The holographic projection showed Hong Fan with a slightly pale face and his front teeth showing.

"..."

The communication ended quickly.

"Right?"

Dr. Wen shrugged and said casually, "I knew Hong Fan wasn't that stupid."

"You should just focus on recovering from your injury."

"By the time you've recovered, they'll probably be back."

"Yes, yes, you're right." Bai Yixuan nodded repeatedly, his eyes full of smiles.

...

Three days later.

Dawn Star.

In the caves of the central canyon between the A1 and A2 plains.

The powerful lighting equipment of the two planetary landing vehicles illuminated the interior of the cave as if it were daytime.

Inside one of the planetary landing vehicles.

Hong Fan's face was somewhat pale as he leaned back in his chair.

"Captain Hong."

Andrew, whose face was also deathly pale, said softly, "Wait a moment, why don't you go into the medical pod and rest for two hours?"

The adrenaline rush three days prior, along with the intense exercise during their survival attempt, placed a tremendous burden on their internal organs.

According to the original plan, after they were out of danger, the two of them were required to immediately undergo a deep organ repair treatment in the medical pod that lasted for more than 12 hours.

But... the current situation clearly does not allow for this.

With only two medical pods available, each person can only be allocated two hours of medical pod time per day.

For the other team members, two hours of organ repair time is barely enough to prevent their internal organs from deteriorating.

But for Hong Fan and Andrew, two hours of repair time was far from enough.

Although Xia Wanyi and others tried to get Hong Fan and Andrew to undergo a longer organ repair treatment, but...

Both Hong Fan and Andrew rejected the proposal.

The reason is quite simple.

This proposal is based on reducing the medical time for the remaining team members.

Doing so will only cause the rest of the team members to suffer from chronic damage.

From both a moral and logical standpoint, Hong Fan, as the team leader, could not have done such a thing.

"fine."

Faced with Andrew's suggestion, Hong Fan gritted his teeth and replied softly, "Let's go in order. You go first. I can hold on for another two hours."

"But……"

Seeing that Andrew was about to speak, Hong Fan's expression turned serious, and he interrupted him in a deep voice: "This is an order!"

“…Yes.” Andrew swallowed the words that were about to come out, his expression complicated.

"Now beginning the latest weather report for Dawn Star..."

A familiar synthesized voice came from the communication device: "Currently, the global storm coverage area of ​​Dawn Star accounts for 47.06%. The four strongest storms have initially merged, with the highest surface wind force level being level 10, gale-force winds, and wind speeds of 97 km/h, located in the central canyon of the A1 and A2 plains..."

"Wind speeds are expected to rise again in all areas over the next three days. All exploration team members, please take necessary safety precautions and await rescue forces..."

Hong Fan sighed softly.

"It's been three days already."

"I don't know about the rescue team that Academician Fang mentioned..."

Upon hearing this, Andrew glanced worriedly out the car window.

"I estimate it will take a few more days," Andrew shook his head. "The wind speed is increasing too quickly."

"Under these circumstances, Xuan Nu II is simply unable to take off and land safely."

"Perhaps... we can only place our hopes on Professor Lü."

The atmosphere inside the planetary landing vehicle suddenly became even more somber.

Upon noticing this, Hong Fan's eyes revealed a hint of worry.

He took a deep breath, enduring the slight pain in his abdomen, and forced a smile, saying, "Hah!"

"What are you all thinking about?!"

"Cheer up!"

"Have some faith in Professor Lü, okay?"

Under Hong Fan's words, the atmosphere inside the planetary lander gradually warmed up.

“I remember Academician Cao and Professor Lü even made a bet,” Xia Wanyi chuckled, adding, “but I don’t know what the stakes were.”

Hong Fan's eyes lit up: "I know this!"

"I heard that they ate the Xuan Nu No. 1 experimental machine raw."

"???"

"……ah?"

"Holy crap?"

The planetary landing vehicle was immediately filled with laughter and cheerful chatter.

Seeing this, Hong Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief and cast a grateful glance at Xia Wanyi beside him.

"This is the Earth, now broadcasting the 93rd shipwide announcement."

Fang Xu's voice from the communication device instantly interrupted everyone's discussion.

Everyone turned to look at the holographic projection above the control panel.

Fang Xu's image gradually became clear in the holographic projection.

Everyone could clearly see the heavy dark circles around Fang Xu's eyes and the bloodshot eyes.

"The first batch of rescue robots were modified five minutes ago."

"Rescue operation, begin now."

...

Beside the Dawn Star.

The port gates of the Earth slowly opened.

One after another, the Xuan Nu II ships emerged from them and headed straight for Dawn Star not far away!

Under Zero's control, these Xuan Nu II probes steadily entered the near-Earth orbit of Dawn Star.

They appear to be scattered haphazardly across various areas.

However, if you compare the location map of the exploration team, you can easily find that every three Xuan Nu II ships correspond to an exploration team located on the surface of Dawn Star.

After the final positioning was completed, all the hatches of the Xuan Nu II opened!

One by one, rectangular prisms with a silvery-white metallic sheen slowly emerged from the cabin of the Xuan Nu II!

The dimensions of a single cuboid are an astonishing 10m*10m*15m (length, width, and height)!

These silvery-white cuboids had eerie blue flames emanating from their tails.

That's the light from the Hall thrusters!

Propelled by the Hall thrusters, they slowly headed towards Dawn Star.

The moment it pierced the dense atmosphere, a bright flash of light appeared on the surface of each cuboid!

Accompanied by the light generated by atmospheric friction and heat, these cuboids swooped straight down toward their designated location!