Blue Star.
Today, the atmosphere in human survivor sites around the world is as joyful as a festival.
Today marks the day the Vulcan spacecraft returns to Mars orbit, and the Apollo spacecraft will land on Mars around noon later.
Mars Boy will meet his long-awaited lover today.
It's a real, face-to-face meeting where you can feel the other person's warmth.
The "love of the century" between Zhang Fan and Yui Ishihara has long been the subject of countless imaginings by the general public on Earth.
Before today, all of these storylines ended in tragedy.
On the world's largest print novel media platform, "Zhongdian Chinese Network," the top-selling novel is the fan fiction "The Untouchable Lover," featuring Zhang Fan and Yui Ishihara as the main characters. The stage play adapted from it has also begun touring various survivor sites, instantly becoming a global sensation and earning the tears of middle-aged women, aunties, boys, and girls alike.
It is said that the sequel, "First Intimate Contact," was recently released and its first subscription broke the record previously held by its predecessor, "The Lake House."
Even before the Mars live stream started, the squares in front of the various survivor points were already packed with people, each with a beaming smile on their face.
"Waaah, this day has finally come! The two of them are finally going to meet."
The girls watching the live TV broadcast were already in tears before it even started.
"I feel like I'm more nervous than them; my palms are sweating."
"Zhang Dada's scene of confessing his love by moving a stone was so heartbreaking."
"I cried so much when I saw Zhang Dada looking so lonely and helpless when he faced the Rift Valley all by himself."
"It was Yui. I saw how lonely and helpless Zhang Dada looked when he was facing the Rift Valley all by himself. The way she cried made me cry so much."
"No nesting dolls allowed."
"Get lost! You ruined the good atmosphere for me."
...
Qiongzhou Island, Wenchang Temporary Center.
The Third International Multilateral Symposium on Mars Rescue.
"It can now be basically confirmed," said Liao Changtian, director of the Space Research Department of the China National Space Administration. "The information provided by Miro regarding a serious accident at 'Mercy Station' is false, and astronaut Katerina Ross did not die unexpectedly in subsequent missions, and..."
Liao Changtian carefully reviewed the attached documents again: "Based on the information we have, we have reasonable grounds to suspect that even Ross was kept in the dark about astronaut Katerina's faked death."
"The key issue now isn't the faked death of Ross astronaut Katerina," Director Xiao Yimin said, "but rather why did the two countries of Milos and Romania stage that fake accident 10 years ago? And what has 'Peace Station' been doing for the past 10 years?"
“It is obvious that this is an extremely important and top-secret mission,” said Brussnan, Director General of the European Space Agency. “For Milorad and Romania, its importance is so great that they are willing to deceive the international community, which further illustrates…”
"This indicates that this is a task whose content is highly likely to violate international conventions," Director Xiao Yimin added.
"The situation is not optimistic." Brosnan nodded.
"If we further combine this with the nuclear radiation measurements taken near the 'Peace Station'..." Chief Engineer Yang Jiandong looked left and right, "Could we make a bold hypothesis?"
"Sigh... I hope this is just a hypothetical situation."
"We also have two pieces of good news," Liao Changtian said, looking at everyone. "Which one do you want to hear first?"
"The second one, I guess."
"Okay, I'll start with the first one."
Everyone: "..."
"The settling rate of radioactive dust on the Earth's surface is much faster than we predicted. Now, with basic protection, humans can walk safely on the ground."
"Oh?" Xiao Yimin was somewhat surprised. "We launched so many nuclear missiles on the day of 'New Era'. I thought it would take at least a hundred years for the nuclear radiation to decay to a safe level."
“In fact, that’s how it should be,” Liao Changtian explained. “We discovered a new substance in the asteroid sample, which we’ve tentatively named ‘Element X.’ One of the remarkable properties of Element X is its neutralizing effect on uranium.”
"Neutralization effect on uranium? Uranium is a nuclear weapon..."
"Yes, element X exhibits extremely high reactivity with uranium. The two readily combine to form a stable, non-radioactive complex. This complex is easily absorbed by plants, and through plant metabolism, the uranium is eventually returned to nature."
"This..." Xiao Yimin's eyes widened. "Can I interpret this as humanity having found a safe and harmless way to dispose of nuclear waste?"
“Yes. Director Xiao, you can actually imagine something even bolder,” Liao Changtian said. “In the future, humanity may possess a weapon against nuclear weapons, which will cause earth-shattering changes to the world order.”
"Ah, this..." Xiao Yimin was speechless.
"Moreover," Liao Changtian continued, "this compound has a very significant effect on promoting plant growth."
At this point, Liao Changtian began distributing a stack of photos to everyone present.
"Can you tell me what place you think is in the photo?" Liao Changtian asked the crowd after sending the photo.
Xiao Yimin examined the photo carefully for a long time and said, "Is it somewhere in the Amazon rainforest of South America?"
"It could also be the rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa," Brosnan added.
“Judging from the architectural ruins in the background of the photo, it looks more like an Asian style. Could it be a tropical jungle in Southeast Asia?” Chief Engineer Yang Jiandong asked.
“Chief Engineer Yang guessed half right,” Liao Changtian explained. “The photo was indeed taken in Asia, but the location wasn’t Southeast Asia; it was Ordos in Inner Mongolia…”
"Nonsense!" Chief Engineer Yang said angrily, "Ordos is surrounded by desert, where did this tropical jungle come from?"
“I know Chief Engineer Yang is from Ordos, so I specifically instructed our survey team to take this photo.” Liao Changtian walked up to Chief Engineer Yang Jiandong and pointed to a photo in his hand. “Look, does this place look familiar?”
Yang Jiandong squinted for a while, then widened his eyes: "This is a small river next to my hometown. In the middle of the river, there is a big rock that looks a lot like a turtle. When I was a child, I used to climb on it and jump into the water... But... this... is impossible."
"Yes, this is what Ordos, a desert city in Inner Mongolia, looks like six months after being hit by asteroid debris. There are many places like this all over the world."
"It's grown like this in just six months?"
"Yes, after this misfortune, we believe that in the foreseeable future, Earth will be more prosperous and more vibrant."
"So, besides causing harm to humanity, Earth has actually benefited from this misfortune?"
"Ladies and gentlemen, if I may be so bold, then from the perspective of Earth, there is no fundamental difference between humans and cockroaches. So from Earth's point of view, harming humans can be considered a blessing."
"Uh..." Everyone was speechless.
"And what's the second piece of good news?"
"The second piece of good news is that, with the settling of radioactive dust, the impact of electromagnetic radiation has been greatly reduced. Our 4-megawatt transmitter can now complete communication tasks within 100 kilometers. We are also working hard on the design and manufacture of a 15-megawatt transmitter with a communication range of 1,000 kilometers."
"Oh? This is exciting news," Xiao Yimin said happily. "When can we restore nationwide communications?"
“It’s still very difficult at the moment,” Liao Changtian said. “Our current telegraph machines have limited power. Long-distance communication of more than 100 kilometers requires multiple telegraph machines to transmit the content to the distance in a relay. This is too inefficient, and the transmission process is also prone to information distortion. But at least this brings our communication capabilities to the level of World War I. Director Xiao, you can release your pigeons now.”
"..."
"There's another point, which should be considered a surprise," Liao Changtian said. "As radioactive dust settles in the air, electromagnetic interference weakens, and we can receive signals from the 'Torch' deep space communication satellite more clearly. Simply put..."
"We can hear sounds from Mars."
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