Rescue

When humanity ventures into the starry sky, the passage of time can rarely be measured in days.

A year, or two, is but a fleeting moment.

How can one not lament the fleeting nature of youth? Without the Life Elixir, a mere hundred years of lifespan would surely have led countless people to their demise.

Over the past eleven years, humanity has undergone a true transformation, evolving from Level 0 Civilization or Level 0.7 Civilization to Tier 1 Civilization.

If we remove the beginning and the end, calling it a golden decade would be quite appropriate.

Today, almost all the preparations that Yue Yuan wanted to make have been realized as the rescue operation unfolds.

The last two years gave humanity relatively more time.

Three thousand eight hundred hydrogen bombs, each with a yield of 100 million tons, have formed a network in the orbit of Ross 154-4 Planet, much like a satellite network.

"Have all personnel who went out on missions returned?" Today was the day to launch the operation, and Yue Yuan arrived at the bridge of the Hope at the right time. As soon as he strode to the captain's seat, he asked loudly.

"Reporting to Commander Yue, all personnel from the Ross 154-7 planetary base, satellite base, Space Dock, and various Space Laboratory have been evacuated to the Hope." A female voice rang out from the bridge of the Hope; it was a communications officer sitting on the right side of the circular control panel.

Her voice continued broadcasting, "The core components of the Space Dock have been separated, and the packaging of the components is complete. Currently, the last batch of component modules is being transported to cargo hold number 39 of the Hope by a transport robot, and is expected to be completed in 18 minutes. All mobile industrial equipment on the Ross 154-7 planet has been delivered to the Hope."

"The Hope's fuel chambers are fully filled, the Fusion Reactor is operating normally, and thrusters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are ready for ignition and can be started at any time."

Yue Yuan stood with his hands behind his back on the platform in front of the captain's seat, looking at the several large screens in front of him, listening quietly to the communications officer's report.

Equipment, fuel, supplies—not a single warehouse on the Hope was empty, and all personnel were on board.

It doesn't seem like they're going to rescue the Moke Star People at all; anyone who didn't know better would think the Hope had already set sail.

In reality, humanity wasn't planning to set sail directly; on the contrary, all of this was preparation for rescuing the Moke Star People.

"Okay, how are the rescue transport ships and transport boats doing?" Yue Yuan asked again.

"One transport ship and eight transport boats carrying out this rescue mission have arrived at Ross 154-4 orbit, and the signal is currently normal." This time it was the Science Officer's voice.

As this sound appeared, one of the large screens in front of Yue Yuan changed to display the orbital status of a transport ship and eight transport boats.

"Okay, issue the orbit change command in 5 minutes," Yue Yuan said immediately after glancing at the screen.

Currently, both the transport ships and transport boats are in synchronous orbits with Ross 154-4. His order means to adjust the rescue ships from circular orbits to elliptical orbits, a routine orbital change in preparation for landing on a planetary surface.

"Switch to view of the Neutrino Communicator compartment."

After Yue Yuan said this, relevant staff immediately operated the system to make a small screen appear on the large screen, showing the view of the Neutrino Communicator's cabin.

"Chief, shall we begin?" Zhao Youqin appeared on the screen, followed by several communications experts and sociology scholars.

"Okay, Zhao Youqin, you go and inform that Moke Star People!"

"Clear!"

As expected, the signal transmitted by the Neutrino Communication received a response very quickly.

Oh, kind human explorers, I'm so glad you wrote to me within the agreed time. I've been waiting for this moment for so long. I'm so glad you chose to help me. I'm sorry, I'm just too happy. You understand, it's a longing for life.

"Oh, you're all ready, but please wait a moment. I've just woken from hibernation, so please give me some time to prepare. Yes, I need to prepare. I need to get the equipment that's confusing the Nanobots consciousness working. It won't take too long; I can finish it right away."

By the way, kind human explorers, considering the communication time difference between us, we must agree on a time—a time when you will land and I will activate the distraction device. Of course, you also need to tell me the time it will take for your Landing Ship to reach the designated ground landing point from the start of the landing, so I can prepare to move from the base to the surface.

The reply from the Moke Star People Mining Area Patrol was translated by 'Tianhe Light' and displayed on the Hope's bridge screen.

After reading the reply, Yue Yuan instructed his staff to package the data of the Landing Ship into a data packet for translation. He then replied, "Of course, our ships have already reached planetary orbit and can land at any time. Let's set the time three days after you receive this message!"

Oh, Mr. 'Shu Po', before this great operation begins, I would like to ask you one more question and make one more request. If you feel you can answer, please give us a positive response.

First, you possess a device capable of confusing the consciousness of Nanobots. So, can you transport such a device up here? Yes, we desperately need this device. If it's too large or for other reasons, and given that your Moke Star Civilization is the manufacturer of Nanobots and possesses this technology, then I would like to ask, are you also aware of the vulnerabilities in the Nanobots consciousness program?

"Secondly, in addition to the transport ship we dispatched to rescue you, we also sent eight transport ships. The purpose of these eight transport ships is simple: we want to remove everything from your base. Ah, you should know that we are just an expedition team, and you also know that our civilization is very xenophobic. Based on this, since you don't know the key technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, we want to send some benefits back to our civilization. Only in this way can we avoid being ostracized by our civilization. We hope you can understand."

Also, our intelligent robots are quite clumsy and probably wouldn't be able to handle the task of dismantling the equipment at your base, so we'll have to ask your advanced civilization for help with this. Oh, you should have more intelligent robots in your base, right?

Yue Yuan's words seemed rather presumptuous, but he felt at ease with them. After all, what was wrong with gaining more benefits for humanity?

Because of the presence of the 'Silver Mist', the transport ships and vessels used in this rescue operation were all unmanned.

As for the agreed time, it certainly can't be that quick. Such an interstellar landing operation can't be completed in just one or two hours; it's normal to schedule it for three or four days.

If humans hadn't already put transport ships into orbit around Ross 154-4, this timeframe would likely have been measured in months.

After all, the transport ships sent to the rescue all used old fission propulsion. Humanity wanted to create the illusion for the Mining Area Patrol that "we have not yet mastered Controlled Nuclear Fusion" in order to gain some information advantage.

Before the dust settles, all precautions must be taken.

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