"What!"
Upon hearing the researcher's words, Cao Liangcai felt a buzzing sound in his brain.
"How could such a big person just disappear?!"
Cao Liangcai glared at the researcher in front of him with bloodshot eyes, and roared angrily in an agitated tone: "Have you looked through all the toilets in the institute?"
The researcher was almost in tears.
Faced with Cao Liangcai's questioning, he shook his head repeatedly with a bitter face: "I...I've looked for Professor Lü, but I haven't seen him."
"Let alone Professor Lü, there's not even anyone in these toilets in the research institute!"
Cao Liangcai took a deep breath, turned around and shouted, "The surveillance footage! Get me the surveillance footage right now!"
"Academician Cao, there is one minute left before the scheduled takeoff time!"
A voice of warning came from the side.
Cao Liangcai gritted his teeth, sighed heavily, and said, "Forget it! Let's deal with the Xuan Nu No. 1 matter first!"
"Since Professor Lü is not here, I will be in charge of the entire test flight of Xuan Nu No. 1!"
As he spoke, Cao Liangcai reached for the wireless telephone receiver on the command platform: "Xuan Nu No. 1, attention!"
"Thirty seconds countdown to takeoff!"
...
Mysterious Woman No. 1
The three drivers stared intently at the instrument panel data on the control panel in front of them.
A figure in a white flight suit quietly appeared in a corner at the back of the cabin.
As the camera zooms in, the face inside the helmet is none other than Professor Lü Yongchang, who should have been in the restroom!
Lu Yongchang tiptoed to the passenger seat behind the driver's seat.
Because the three driver's seats were quite tall, they created blind spots, and the three drivers didn't even notice that there was an extra person in the seat behind them!
He skillfully grabbed the seatbelt from the seat and fastened it to himself.
A look of satisfaction appeared in Lü Yongchang's eyes.
Not bad, not bad, all those secret training sessions were worth it.
"Click!"
The sound of the seatbelt buckle was particularly loud in the quiet cabin.
Lu Yongchang's body stiffened abruptly, his gaze trembling as he stared at the three drivers in front of him.
"Gulp..."
Lü Yongchang's Adam's apple bobbed slightly as he swallowed.
The plane hasn't even taken off yet; if it's discovered...
He was 100% certain that he would be kicked off the plane!
A few seconds later, seeing that the three drivers looked normal, Lü Yongchang breathed a slight sigh of relief.
The sound must have been blocked by the headphones inside the helmet.
"...30 seconds left!"
Lü Yongchang's eyes flickered slightly.
We're about to take off!
A flicker of excitement crossed his eyes.
"Mystic Maiden Number One received!"
"Small fusion reactor output power is normal!"
"Prepare to activate the Hall thrusters!"
"..."
A series of announcements came through the headphones inside the helmet.
Lü Yongchang couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Even though he has lived two lives, this is his first time riding a spaceplane and his first time entering space!
"Three, two, one, takeoff!"
At Cao Liangcai's command, Bai Yixuan, in the driver's seat, pushed the control lever on the console with a determined look.
A slight tremor came from the soles of my feet.
The Hall thrusters were activated.
The moment the thought crossed Lü Yongchang's mind, he felt himself being pressed firmly against the back of the chair by a tremendous force!
...
Inside the Douyu live stream room.
"Why hasn't it taken off yet...?"
"I've been waiting so long the flowers have all withered~"
Just as netizens were getting impatient, a calm and steady command voice came through.
"30 seconds until takeoff!"
Upon hearing this command, the netizens in front of their computers perked up immediately.
In the live broadcast, a dark blue flame slowly appeared at the tail of the Xuan Nu-1 spaceplane.
"Holy crap! Holy crap! What is that thing?"
"One, two, three, four, five... Holy crap, so many Mach rings!"
"Is that the exhaust plume of a Hall thruster? I love it!"
"Someone, put me up there and roast me to liven things up for everyone!"
Thirty seconds passed in a flash, and as the order to take off was given, the eerie blue flames at the tail of Xuan Nu No. 1 suddenly increased several times in size!
The next moment, propelled by the Hall thrusters, Xuan Nu No. 1 began to slowly accelerate.
In the blink of an eye, it arrived at the end of the track!
As the nose of the aircraft tilted upwards, Xuan Nu No. 1 leaped into the azure sky!
The moment this scene was captured by the camera, the live stream room erupted in screams and wails once again!
"Takeoff! Takeoff!"
"Holy crap, that tail flame, that shape... I'm speechless. A ten-year fan of Xuan Nu No. 1 has come uninvited!"
"Everyone says that Xuan Nu No. 1 is a spaceplane, so where is the destination of this test flight? It can't just be going up in the sky for a loop, can it?"
The live broadcast host seemed to have seen this comment and explained softly, "The destination of Xuan Nu-1 this time is geosynchronous orbit, which is 36,000 kilometers above the Earth's surface."
"Hiss... It's a synchronous orbit!" Zhao Zijie, sitting in front of the computer, gasped sharply.
Taking off from the ground and heading directly to geostationary orbit... the power of this Xuan Nu No. 1 is probably more exaggerated than anyone imagined!
Regardless of how many other countries' satellites are in geostationary orbit, or whether Xuan Nu-1 is carrying weapons or equipment, the consequences of it simply dropping a tungsten rod would be unbearable for most countries!
Under the capture of a high-speed camera, the figure of Xuan Nu No. 1 appeared clearly in the live broadcast.
After takeoff, the eerie blue flames at the tail of Xuan Nu No. 1 intensified even further.
Unlike conventional chemical fuel engines, Hall thrusters produce a wake of high-speed plasma at hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius.
Therefore, within the atmosphere, the tail flame of Xuan Nu-1 appears particularly spectacular!
Countless Mach rings were densely distributed within the ten-meter-long, eerie blue flame!
Before any netizens could even utter their comments, the nose of the Xuan Nu No. 1 aircraft suddenly lurched upwards.
Propelled by the Hall thrusters, the entire aircraft climbed upwards at an angle of nearly 90 degrees!
"Bang!"
A loud bang came from the sky!
A beautiful sonic boom cloud instantly appeared around the fuselage!
The moment the sonic boom cloud appeared, the number of comments in the live stream exploded dozens of times!
"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!"
"Mom, come out and see God!"
"That's supersonic speed? Good heavens, the Xuan Nu No. 1's maneuverability is incredible!"
...
As the Xuan Nu No. 1 soared straight into the sky, cheers erupted from the research institute!
Hearing the celebrations around him, Academician Cao Liangcai secretly took off his glasses and wiped his eyes.
So many years have passed.
In the field of aerospace, Xia Kingdom has finally surpassed the Western powers in a true sense!
Before Cao Liangcai could be happy for long, an alarm suddenly went off!
"Academician Cao! The speed of Xuan Nu No. 1 has suddenly slowed down a lot!"
"Xuan Nu No. 1's trajectory has deviated from its planned course!"
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