"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, we are about to arrive in lunar orbit."
Inside the command center of the Pangu spaceship, Yuan Yi sat in his seat, gazing at the moon that seemed so close at hand.
I remember watching the TV series "Journey to the West" when I was a child, specifically the part where the Jade Rabbit spirit was stealing the pestle and mortar.
The silvery moon had just climbed to the top of the sycamore tree in the east. I held half a melon close to the glass, wondering if Wu Gang on the moon was still chopping down the cassia tree with his axe, and if Chang'e's wide sleeves would sweep down the cassia blossoms, turning them into fragrant rain on earth.
Back then, the moon carried a touch of mystery. I imagined the gnarled branches of the cassia tree swaying in the wind, and Chang'e sitting on the steps with her jade rabbit in her arms, her white skirt trailing into the clouds, frost forming wherever her fingertips touched. I wondered if there really was a so-called Guanghan Palace on the moon.
Later, every moonlit night, I would move a small stool and sit in the yard. As the moon moved, I would move too, my shadow stretching long, as if trying to climb up the moonlight. Once, I called out "Sister Chang'e" to the moon, my clear voice startling the sparrows in the locust tree.
My mother came out to collect the laundry, smiling as she ruffled my hair: "Silly child, those are just the shadows of stones and dust." But I always felt that there were rustling sounds hidden in the moon. Was it the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine, or Chang'e picking cassia flowers?
Many years later, when watching a space documentary, the craters on the moon's surface were clearly visible on the screen. It was gray and gloomy, with no palaces or cassia trees, and certainly no Chang'e or the Moon Palace.
The entire surface of the moon is pitted and uneven, as if someone had dug countless large holes on it.
Thinking back to his innocent self as a child, Yuan Yi couldn't help but smile.
He turned his head and looked directly at the chief of staff beside him.
"When we were kids, looking at the moon, did we ever think about this day?"
Upon hearing Yuan Yi's words, the chief of staff also laughed.
He's considerably older than Yuan Yi; he's forty-three years older than me this year.
"When I was a child, I looked at the moon and thought it would be nice if the moon was round every day."
"Back then, my family was poor, and we could only eat some good food during the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 18th of August and during the Spring Festival."
"Mid-Autumn Festival, a festival for family reunion! I remember my favorite was five-nut mooncake."
"When you bite into the rock candy inside, it crunches and it's so sweet!"
The chief of staff looked down at the moon as he spoke.
"Who knew this day would come!"
"That was the first time I saw Teacher Yang land in space. I was still in school at the time."
"Back then, I also fantasized about one day being able to pilot a spaceship to space and establish a base on the moon."
"I was wondering if there was a Chang'e on the moon, so we could come and see the so-called Guanghan Palace."
Hearing the chief of staff's words, the young staff members around him also began to speak.
"Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff, did you also like to fantasize like this when you were young?"
"However, things are different now than they were when you were young."
"When we were kids, we wondered if there were aliens in outer space and when we could go on interstellar voyages."
"Are there any transforming robots from Cybertron, or does the Land of Light really have them? Will Ultraman really fight monsters in space?!"
Yuan Yi's lips twitched as he listened to the words of the group of young people in front of him.
It has to be said that Emily and the Japanese are not even in the same country or world anymore.
Their imaginations are still so wild; they still make those sci-fi movies and Ultraman.
I remember when I watched these movies and TV series in my past life.
I think I played similar games with my classmates, and I also stood there for a long time after seeing an Ultraman model, unwilling to leave.
When he was a child, his family was poor and his parents worked hard to make a living, so he didn't have the courage to ask for gifts.
After growing up and becoming a star, my family never lacked these things.
They have limited edition figurines and models that they display in a dedicated room at home.
Unfortunately, with my time travel, I don't know who will end up with these things.
It might be donated directly, or it might be sold; who knows!
"Preparing for landing."
"Let's go see what mysteries are on the moon."
"good."
With the landing of the Pangu and the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Fleets, the First Fleet, which had arrived many days earlier, was already waiting in the camp.
That's right, Mom has now established her own camp on the moon.
They also built an airport above the lunar surface to dock spaceships.
There are dedicated oxygen generators in the camp, and with the protective shields activated, there is no need to wear any spacesuits.
Unfortunately, humans cannot yet walk freely in space without any protection.
After all, there is no oxygen in space, but humans need oxygen to breathe.
In addition to the oxygen cylinders carried by the camp, artificial oxygen production is also an essential piece of equipment for the camp.
"Greetings, Commander-in-Chief."
After the protective shields were activated, all the warships docked at the spaceport and then took the elevators to the lunar camp.
Everyone in the First Fleet, except for those on missions, came out to greet Commander-in-Chief Yuan Yi.
Seeing the soldiers and officers saluting before him, Yuan Yi stood at attention and returned the salute.
"Thank you all for your hard work."
"It's not hard work."
"Commander-in-Chief, why have you come in person?"
The fleet commander and political commissar of the First Fleet were the same captains and political commissars from the first batch of ships on the Luan Bird.
Captain Zhang Liang, Political Commissar Zhou Hua.
Zhang Liang came forward to greet him; he was also considered a veteran under Yuan Yi.
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