Time Difference

(ps: Please subscribe and bookmark) Half an hour later, the Mining Area Patrol's reply arrived.

"I see! I'm truly sorry, but regarding your request to dismantle the bewitching Nanobots device, I'm afraid that's impossible. The bewitching system itself relies on the coordinated operation of the entire base's equipment. However, I can disassemble other equipment you mentioned and provide it to you. I understand your desire to contribute to the Main Civilization, and I will do my best to help you dismantle some easily removable devices that won't affect the bewitching program's operation."

[Just send more transport robots down then. I only have a few intelligent robots here for routine base maintenance; you'll have to handle the transportation yourself.]

Regarding the Nanobots program vulnerability you mentioned, to be honest, I don't know. However, I think the deception system program used in the base should have some relevant clues. If you need it, I will make a copy of the program and give it to you to study after I am rescued.

Oh, I still need to remind you that Nanobots consciousnesses are extremely dangerous. According to my calculations, my base currently only has enough energy left to keep the deception program running for eighteen hours. I hope you can hurry.

The Mining Area Patrol were as easy to talk to as ever, and even started to consider the needs of humans.

"Very good, we have no problem. See you in three days. I hope everything goes well." This was the human's reply.

[We definitely will, kind human expedition team. See you in three days!]

After ending the long call, Yue Yuan connected with the Think Tank: "Did you spot any problems?"

"Commander Yue /Chief, the behavior of the Moke Star People is not unusual. It is only natural for them to hold onto some leverage before being rescued, and there is nothing wrong with that," a representative replied. "However, if we do get our hands on that program, we must not bring it back to the Hope for research, nor should we connect it to the network."

Yue Yuan nodded as he looked at the screen, indicating that he understood.

"Minister Man, conduct a final check of the hydrogen bomb network and the Landing Ship systems. Three days from now, at the agreed time, we will proceed with the landing operation."

"Minister Zhu, within three days, the comrades from the Security Department will cooperate with the Propaganda Department to ensure that the public is ready to depart at any time."

"Understood!" In the bridge atrium of the X2 Hope, Man Yuemei and Zhu Pete, sitting on the seats on either side of Yue Yuan's seat, said in unison.

Three days later.

After a final orbital maneuver, a transport ship and eight transport boats transitioned from high Earth orbit to Low Earth Orbit, and then made final landing Attitude Adjustment based on the position coordinates provided by the Mining Area Patrol.

After reaching their designated orbital points, the nine transport ships detached from their original orbits, tracing an arc across the sky above the Ross 154-4 Planet, and slowly descended.

Since the atmosphere of Ross 154-4 Planet is negligible, Landing Ship do not need to consider the problem of frictional heat generation.

During the landing phase, the vectoring engines steadily stabilize the ship's attitude, while the thrusters located at the rear of the propellers are used as reverse thrust engines.

"Report: Satellite data shows that the Landing Ship have passed the area where 'Silver Mist' is located, and 'Silver Mist' has not reacted at all."

"Okay, it seems the Mining Area Patrol have activated the deception program."

The landing site given by the Mining Area Patrol was a place about 100 kilometers away from the area covered by Silver Mist, and the ground was relatively flat.

On one side of the flat ground, there was a cave much larger than the previous mines. From the outside, this cave was similar to the previous sample caves.

The cave is obscured by a cliff-like geological structure extending diagonally upwards, making it virtually invisible from a satellite view. In fact, even from the ground, it's difficult to spot this cave.

Therefore, this cave is one that humans had not previously explored.

As the ship landed, the appearance of this cave was converted into an electrical signal by the transport ship's communication system and then sent to the Hope.

However, due to the distance between the Hope and the Ross 154-4 Planet, the people on the Hope were actually seeing the footage from seventeen minutes earlier.

In other words, at this point in time, what the Hope is actually seeing is the view of nine ships still in the process of landing.

The landing time has been agreed upon, and humans have calculated it with great precision.

So, in reality, there was no need for humans to notify the Moke Star People again. However, out of courtesy, Hope still managed to send the message to the Mining Area Patrol at the exact moment the ship landed.

"Mr. Shu Po, our ship has reached the designated position. Please come out quickly. Our intelligent robots will also enter the cave leading to your base to begin transporting equipment." This message was sent seventeen minutes ago from the Hope's Neutrino Communication.

At this moment, announcements from staff members began to emanate from the bridge of the Hope.

"Chief, signal monitoring of the transport ships is normal, and the satellite signal Relay Station is continuously listening."

"No hydrogen bomb triggering conditions have been detected so far, and the landing operation is proceeding normally."

"The optical satellite detected no signs of 'Silver Mist' activity; everything is normal!"

Listening to the routine reports, Yue Yuan did not give any instructions. He simply watched the images of the nine landing ships displayed on the big screen.

The footage is from seventeen minutes ago, and the various monitoring signals are naturally from seventeen minutes ago as well.

If something were to happen now, the Hope would actually have to wait seventeen minutes to see it. Currently, all the situations of landing ships can only be handled by the ship's AI according to programs written by humans.

This kind of remote operation delay is something that humans cannot solve at present.

Not only humans, but according to intelligence gathered from Mining Area Patrol, even Level 3 Civilization couldn't solve this problem. Type I, II, and Level 3 Civilization are all Aerospace Civilization, and Aerospace Civilization lack Superluminal Communication technology. As for whether Level 4 Civilization possess Superluminal Communication, the Moke Star People don't know, because they are also only Level 3 Civilization.

Humans, of course, do not know either. All that humans currently know is that Quantum Entanglement cannot enable Superluminal Communication.

Time passed by, second by second.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes.

Yue Yuan waited quietly.

Given the current relative positions of the two stars, he will be able to see the situation of the Landing Ship from seventeen minutes ago in just two more minutes.

Of course, the footage seen from the Hope is still continuous; it doesn't mean that the landing craft suddenly flashes from one position to another. It's just footage from the past.

The last two minutes have passed.

From the perspective of the Hope, the transport ship has just landed on the ground, but in reality, the landing craft had landed seventeen minutes earlier.

Yue Yuan returned to his seat and continued to stare at the large screen.

He saw the transport ship come to a steady stop on the ground, waiting for the Mining Area Patrol to board, while the other eight transport boats opened their hatches according to the established procedure, released one Ground Transport Robot after another, and began to head towards the cave.

The cave was pitch black, and the transport robot, equipped with obstacle avoidance capabilities, slowly descended while scanning the surrounding cave environment.