This Civilization is Strong, Just a Bit Crooked on the Tech Tree
Chapter 24

As Everyone Knows, Planets Are Round

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"It's here! It's here!"

"I'm here to watch the content creator brag again!"

"The streamer's bragging is truly impressive; both times they bragged, it came true."

"The streamer's glasses and headband look cool today, a new look!"

"The drone's takeoff point is in Penghai. The aerospace mission will head east from the west, flying along Earth's rotation line. The ascent will pass through Fuhai and Bay Province. Are our compatriots here ready!?"

"Xiamen University is ready. Fuhai's remote sensing equipment is normal. The space telescope is ready and awaiting the streamer's drone to fly over Fuhai!"

"Bay Central is ready. I've climbed to the mountaintop and am waiting for the streamer's drone signal to appear."

"Bay North University is ready. Three telescopes have been set up with angles and automatic adjustment programs. Once locked on, they will be able to precisely track the streamer's drone as it enters orbit around the planet!"

Unlike the first time he announced a sprint to space.

This time, as soon as Chen Yi's announcement was posted, it caused a small sensation across the entire internet.

A group of model drone enthusiasts, aerospace enthusiasts, and university clubs even set up their equipment in advance, eagerly anticipating Chen Yi's broadcast.

[Consciousness Wave: 2120917↑]

The consciousness wave was soaring.

Chen Yi glanced at the lively bullet comments, picked up the high-power antenna beside him, opened the avionics software, and began pre-flight debugging.

Within a few minutes, the signal debugging was normal.

A Haval H6 drove into the park and stopped not far away.

"Boss, the drone you ordered is assembled."

Two employees from Yifei Factory got out of the car, opened the trunk, and took out a new drone.

"Okay, I'll debug it."

Chen Yi took out a main control board and the drone's onboard communication antenna, skillfully opened the drone's casing, and replaced the main control board and communication antenna.

"What is the streamer doing? Another drone!"

"Are two drones going to the moon together today?"

"No, this is the same style as the previous drone, different from the one next to it."

"It's replacing the communication module. The streamer is probably trying to make an aerial signal relay station."

"As everyone knows, except for Eagle Country, everyone else knows that Earth is round and the horizon is curved. Aerospace requires a parabolic ascent.

When the drone flies to a certain altitude, due to the curvature of the Earth, the ground antenna in Penghai will no longer be able to track the drone's signal.

At this point, if you want to continue communicating with and controlling the drone, the streamer must set up an aerial signal relay station."

"Actually, a ground remote sensing base station can also act as a relay, but that's the treatment for the national aerospace team, which the streamer definitely doesn't have."

There were no shortage of technical experts and professionals in the live stream.

They quickly identified the functions of the main control board and antenna in Chen Yi's hand and further analyzed Chen Yi's objective.

Chen Yi installed the main control board and communication antenna, then closed the casing.

An interface, visible only to him, appeared on the drone's surface.

[Item: Fixed-wing model drone] [Attributes: Energy x9.3, Speed x10.3, Stability x5.4, Strength x9.4, Communication x40.7, Radar Imaging x6.1, Avionics x8.7, Aesthetics x5.1] [Note: This is a drone with unimaginable communication capabilities. Although it cannot reach the moon and enter space, the moon can feel its signal of love for you.]

Chen Yi looked at the drone's attributes. After confirming there were no issues, he connected this drone, the moon-landing drone, the signal antenna, and the control equipment to his laptop's avionics system.

The laptop was connected to the car's power supply, then to the car's virtual helmet and brainwave host. With the brainwave host as the core, the signal was connected to the AR Glasses and the brainwave sensing headband.

This moon-landing mission required high precision and maneuverability, so Chen Yi decisively adopted brainwave control.

Of course, since it was a live broadcast.

The brainwave virtual equipment was not convenient to expose.

Devices like the drone's foot pedals and joystick were still necessary.

"Xiaoyu, I'll leave this drone to you to control. Await my takeoff command."

After spending more than ten minutes debugging all the equipment connections, including the live stream signal, Chen Yi handed the drone responsible for signal relay to Qin Xiaoyu.

Beep!

The avionics system started.

The drone began self-checking.

Chen Yi switched the live stream screen to three sections. One section connected to the drone's external camera, another shared the avionics software interface, and the third connected to an external camera on the ground.

Everything was ready, and Chen Yi looked at the lens of the external camera.

"Welcome to the Yifei Live Room.

I believe everyone already knows the purpose of our Yifei Live broadcast today.

In recent years, with the development of our aerospace industry, Chang'e has ascended, Jade Rabbit has entered the moon, and Chang'e 5 has traveled to and from the moon, among other achievements.

The development of these lunar exploration projects represents our grand exploration of space, deep space, and other planets, and it embodies our unwavering spirit of space pioneering.

However, lunar exploration has mostly been the domain of official state actions, with only a handful of private companies attempting it.

There isn't a single company using drones for space exploration and attempting lunar missions.

Today, we at Yifei will be the first to achieve drone lunar exploration and reach the pinnacle of space!"

As Chen Yi finished speaking, he pressed the ignition button beside him.

BOOM!

The engine ignited.

A sapphire-blue tail flame erupted.

The lunar exploration drone shot straight up from its stand.

"Quick, quick, track it, film it!"

Seeing the drone ascend, and driven by the prospect of prize money for successful tracking and filming, and penalties for failure.

The Hurricane Team, responsible for tracking and filming on the other side, shouted urgently.

Five space tracking and filming telescopes simultaneously adjusted their angles, aiming at the drone that was rising vertically like a rocket, a dry land pull onion.

Three telescopes were responsible for real-time tracking, and two telescopes were set for pre-tracking along the flight path.

Additionally, two people were on standby to direct, switching the tracked and filmed signals in real-time.

This ensured that the live broadcast image transmitted to Chen Yi was always effectively tracked.

When the drone reached a certain altitude, the footage from Yifei's own camera began to blur. Chen Yi decisively ordered:

"Keke, switch to the Hurricane Team's tracking footage."

As Chen Yi's voice fell, the external camera image of the live broadcast flickered.

The previously blurry 340P picture suddenly upgraded to 8K resolution.

Seeing that the Hurricane Team's tracking was normal, Chen Yi didn't hesitate. He opened the throttle, pulling the joystick all the way back.

WHOOSH!

High in the sky.

The tail flame dragged by the drone suddenly lengthened several times.

Mach rings appeared one after another, clearly visible.

Under the lens of the Hurricane Team's million-dollar tracking telescopes, the entire drone seemed to blur.

Circles of white smoke appeared out of nowhere around the drone.

The next moment, the drone seemed to break through an invisible barrier.

Its speed dramatically increased.

The fuselage plunged into the clouds, piercing through them.

RUMBLE!

A few seconds later.

The roar of breaking the sound barrier and the strong winds generated by supersonic shockwaves assaulted from the sky.

However, due to the long-distance attenuation, these roars were no stronger than firecrackers, and the winds had weakened to a gentle breeze.

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