While a serious fight broke out in District 7, the work in District 4 also reached a critical moment.
One after another, carriers laden with production line modules disassembled from the launch site drove out of the massive gate, stopped briefly at the unloading point, and then, without stopping, turned a corner on the busy internal road to join the next convoy. The traffic flow they formed was like a tangled ball of yarn, seemingly impossible to cut or untangle, but actually precisely controlled by artificial intelligence.
In this complex but orderly system, several special passenger vehicles that were out of place in the surroundings inserted themselves into the queue when the traffic light turned red. Then, as if a switch was triggered, all the transport vehicles in front of them used standard emergency one-way road avoidance maneuvers to create a wide enough passage for these passenger vehicles.
The special passenger transport vehicle maintained a steady speed, neither too fast nor too slow, passing by each transport vehicle leaning against the roadside. The drivers quickly understood the tasks they might be performing and showed their respect by honking their horns and flashing their lights.
The convoy had a smooth journey, so it didn't take long to reach the launch site's entrance. Two escorting armored vehicles stopped at the gate. Two soldiers in exoskeletons jumped out and placed a safe containing top-secret items onto the bus carrying seven astronauts. They then walked to the door and connected a data core to the slot in front of the driver's seat. They saluted the passengers inside and returned without a word.
Artificial intelligence quickly took over the various systems of the special bus, and the other people escorting them turned in front of the bus and joined the traffic of transport trucks that were still crawling slowly in the opposite lane.
The unmanned bus drove into the gate, which then closed. When the last human voice in the tunnel was blocked by the heavy steel, the climbing road surrounding the launch pad was lit up with circles of pale yellow street lights.
Looking at the silent road, even the well-trained astronauts began to shed sad tears. Someone took the lead, but they spontaneously sang an ancient song:
"Forward, forward, forward! Our team is heading towards the sun! Standing on the land of our motherland, carrying the hope of our nation! We are an invincible force..."
At that moment, they understood the songwriter's emotion, and their voices grew louder and louder, almost shouting. After a brief moment of surprise, the AI shared their voices with the combat command room at Donghai Station, where the combat command recorder faithfully recorded them.
The people in the command room naturally heard the sounds coming from hundreds of miles away, but they were too busy to resonate with the music. At that moment, the large screen in the command room flashed with hundreds of real-time communications about their joint operation. Dozens of high-ranking leaders of the metropolitan area, who were in charge of the command, gathered around a conference table, quietly discussing the details of the mission.
"When is the launch window?"
"It's 2:10 AM now. It will be here in 12 hours, 5 minutes and 36 seconds."
"How's the weather at sea?"
"It's not very good now, but the wind will start to blow in a few hours. After daybreak, it will be cloudy, with a cloud thickness of about 2,000 to 3,000 meters, which is enough to cover the 'smog plan'."
"Okay, let's stick to the plan for now!"
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