"It's okay, it's okay!" Jiang Ling presumed he was being polite, so she started with a few indifferent words, "Yan Yan has grown up, I support her decision, so please accept it."
The bass voice was silent for a long moment before speaking again: "I see. Then please don't refuse my son's gift next time."
"Of course." Jiang Ling realized something was wrong, but her good training still allowed her to say this. "Today is their holiday. Don't impose the darkness of the adult world on them in advance. Leave them a complete and happy childhood! Don't forget to say hello to Xiao Yang for me."
"I will. And thank you. I'm glad Qiming can meet your daughter." Father Yang inexplicably gave out a good guy card.
Jiang Ling wanted to say a few more polite words, but her communication quality suddenly became very poor. Many program windows popped up on the helmet display. Then, amidst a shrill beeping sound, a line of flashing, highlighted characters appeared right in front of her - [Warning, communication connection failed!]
It took Jiang Ling two seconds to understand the sudden situation, and then she began to calmly deal with the problem. She used voice commands to the exoskeleton: "System, try to restart the wireless communication module."
[Restarting... Restart successful, communication connection failed.]
"System, expand the communication frequency band."
[Tuning... No available signal band found.]
"System, use laser communicator."
[Scanning... Found 3 repeaters... Communication window remaining time: 1 minute 31 seconds, 1 minute 30 seconds, 1 minute 29 seconds...]
"System, send a distress signal, select a wavelength between 800nm and 900nm, use a binary encryption algorithm, the original code is 'A Letter to Fellow Earthlings'."
[Encoding initialization... Please input voice.]
"Lin Shuang, don't worry, I'm fine now. There's strong communication interference near the target location of this mission, so please note my current position - my current orbital altitude is 803 kilometers, the orbital plane is at an angle of 32 degrees, 11 minutes, and 7 seconds to the ecliptic, and my estimated position is above the Black Continent. I can visually lock onto the mission target. It's a cylindrical structure, approximately 50 meters long, and cannot be locked onto by radar. It's unlike any known communication repeater model, with no photovoltaic panels or heat sinks, but three small companion orbiters. The communication window is running out, so remember to keep it a secret from Yanyan. And don't forget to report to flight management."
[Sending completed... Communication window closed.]
Jiang Lingka finished what she wanted to say at the last second. Fortunately, the exoskeleton's data core was fast enough to avoid missing any information due to the communication window issue. She now had reason to believe the reward the mysterious mission poster had promised. Repairing an unidentified man-made object, possibly a medium-sized spacecraft, in an environment of strong electromagnetic interference was undoubtedly no easy task.
She manually aimed Unit 2 at the rust-colored artificial celestial body, then turned on the RCS and main engines, calibrating her course to an orbit that would allow her to reach it.
Of course, since the thrusters are manually operated this time, her control and accuracy of the route are definitely not as good as automatic navigation.
Jiang Ling expended twice as much fuel as expected to get the three-wheeled vehicle within 100 meters of its target. She didn't rush too close, after all, no one knew what was inside. If it had a self-destruct mechanism, exploding would be a minor issue. The real problem would be the massive amount of space junk it would create—potentially resulting in a hefty fine.
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