Cao Liangcai's expression changed drastically. Without thinking, he grabbed the radio on the command platform and shouted loudly.

"Calling Mystic Maiden Number One, calling Mystic Maiden Number One, please respond!"

Soon, Bai Yixuan's voice came through the radio.

"Ground command center, Xuan Nu-1 received."

There was a response!

It seems there are no major problems...

Cao Liangcai breathed a slight sigh of relief and quickly asked, "What happened? Why did the plane suddenly slow down and deviate from its planned trajectory?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Bai Yixuan's slightly bitter voice came through: "Report, Professor Lü, Professor Lü is on the plane."

...

Let's rewind a few minutes.

The moment Xuan Nu No. 1 took off.

Lu Yongchang, sitting in the back, was pressed firmly into his passenger seat by the recoil.

After takeoff, the recoil lessened slightly.

Just as Lü Yongchang breathed a sigh of relief and was about to greet the three drivers, an even stronger recoil force pushed him back into his seat.

Unlike during takeoff, this acceleration came quickly and suddenly!

Moreover, Lü Yongchang felt that his sitting posture had also shifted by 90 degrees.

The recoil and gravity caused blood to rush to his brain, and Lü Yongchang's face instantly turned bright red.

The consequences of a large amount of blood rushing into the blood vessels of the brain...

A chill ran through Lü Yongchang's heart.

This is not good!

A wave of dizziness washed over him, and alarm bells rang in his mind.

He reached out and laboriously pressed the radio switch, speaking with difficulty into the Xuan Nu No. 1 team's internal channel: "Slow...slow down..."

"Holy crap! *3!"

Upon hearing the voice coming from the helmet radio, the three drivers trembled violently and uttered a powerful, resounding interjection in unison.

Bai Yixuan's hand gripping the control stick trembled violently, causing the Xuan Nu No. 1 aircraft to shake violently as well.

"Holy crap..."

This time, the interjection came from Lü Yongchang's mouth.

He suddenly regretted boarding the plane so hastily.

With the help of the three pilots, the acceleration of Xuan Nu No. 1 gradually decreased, and the aircraft gradually returned to stability.

The fuselage angle also returned to the normal range from nearly 90 degrees.

"Phew... I'm finally alive." Lu Yongchang tugged at the collar of his flight suit, slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and sighed softly.

“Professor Lü, shouldn’t we be the ones saying that…” Hong Fan, in the passenger seat on the left, turned around and looked at Lü Yongchang in the back seat with a helpless expression. “So, Professor Lü, what are you doing here?”

"That's right, Professor Lü, do you know how dangerous that was just now?"

Xia Wanyi, who was in the passenger seat on the right, also joined the condemnation.

She looked at Lü Yongchang with a reproachful expression and said irritably, "Luckily, the Hall thruster's power wasn't too high just now."

"If the thruster were more powerful and the acceleration were even higher, you probably wouldn't even have a chance to speak."

Lü Yongchang chuckled and coughed lightly: "Ahem!"

"I'm doing this so I can go to space and see the world... It's also for my upcoming research project!"

"As for how I got on... I designed this plane, after all. Do you think I wouldn't know where someone could hide?"

As he spoke, Lü Yongchang proudly patted his flight suit and seatbelt: "Don't worry, I trained on it several times!"

The three drivers: "..."

Just as the three were wondering what to do, Cao Liangcai's voice came through the radio.

"What's going on? Why did the plane suddenly slow down?!"

Bai Yixuan turned around, gave Lü Yongchang a wry smile, and asked, "Professor, how should I answer this?"

Unlike the three astronauts, Lü Yongchang calmly said, "Of course I'll tell Lao Cao the truth! Don't worry, nothing will happen!"

Bai Yixuan's bitter smile deepened. He then turned around, pressed the radio switch, and truthfully reported the situation inside Xuan Nu No. 1.

"...What the hell?!" Just a few seconds later, Cao Liangcai's roar came through the radio again, "How did that brat Lü Yongchang end up over there?!"

Where is he? Let him speak!

"Ahem! Old Cao..." A hint of embarrassment flashed in Lü Yongchang's eyes as he reached up and touched his nose, speaking softly.

"Shut up! Don't try to get close to me!"

Cao Liangcai, who was still on the command platform, was completely taken aback when he heard Lü Yongchang's voice!

"You, you get down here right now!"

Lu Yongchang shrugged and calmly replied, "Old Cao, calm down. I'm just taking a plane ride, is there any need to be in such a hurry?"

Cao Liangcai was so angry he laughed: "Take a flight? You call this taking a flight?"

"This is the first test flight of Xuan Nu No. 1! If anything goes wrong, how am I supposed to explain it to Minister Hong and Councilor Li?!"

"Calm down, calm down... Lao Cao, you have to trust the quality of Xuan Nu No. 1, and more importantly, you have to trust the skills of the three pilots!" Lu Yongchang said cheerfully.

"No! Bai Yixuan, I order you to return to base immediately and bring Professor Lü down to me first!"

Cao Liangcai stopped wasting words with Lü Yongchang and directly gave orders to Bai Yixuan.

"No! We can't turn back!" Lü Yongchang's expression suddenly turned serious.

"Grandpa, can I call you Grandpa?" Cao Liangcai said, both amused and exasperated. "What were you doing up there in the sky all of a sudden?"

Lu Yongchang was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice.

"I said I would lead the Xia Kingdom to the universe."

"It wouldn't make sense if, in the end, I, the director of NASA, never went to space.

"Moreover, seeing the universe with my own eyes will be helpful for my subsequent research."

"Academician Cao, I do scientific research for the sake of the starry sky above me. Do you understand what I mean?"

Upon hearing Lü Yongchang's words, Cao Liangcai fell silent.

As a researcher, Cao Liangcai naturally understood the feeling of "If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die content in the evening".

After a long while, he sighed softly.

"Fine... go ahead and do it."

"However, I need to report this matter to Minister Hong and the Speaker of the National Assembly."

Lu Yongchang's face immediately fell: "This... I'm afraid this isn't a good idea?"

"They're both so busy, there's no need to trouble them with such a small matter, is there?"

"No way!" Cao Liangcai snorted coldly and said irritably, "Fine, I'm not going to say anything more to you."

Where is Bai Yixuan?

“Academician Cao, I’m here,” Bai Yixuan, in the driver’s seat, quickly replied.

"Remember, Professor Lü is the future of Xia Kingdom!"

"No matter what method you use, you have to bring Professor Lü back to me safely! Do you understand?"

"Otherwise, you will be the eternal sinners of the Xia Kingdom!"

Cao Liangcai spoke in a very harsh tone.

"Yes!" Bai Yixuan's expression turned solemn as he replied loudly, "Please rest assured, Commander!"