Chu Guang did not personally go to low Earth orbit to welcome Ye Shi. Instead, he sat in the study of Vault 404 and watched the live broadcast on Dawn City Television's news channel.
For one thing, that place could more or less be considered the front line of humanity's confrontation with the Heavenly Ones, and his presence would draw too much hatred. For another, so many little players had already gone to pick them up for him, and he did not want to steal everyone else's spotlight.
As a professional mascot, Chu Guang felt that he should honestly stay where he belonged and maintain the aura expected of a faction boss.
At the same time, a thousand miles above the ground.
The silver-white research vessel slowly adjusted its orbit and approached the defense platform suspended in low Earth orbit.
Through the cockpit glass, Ye Shi could already make out the familiar faces pressed against the bridge's floor-to-ceiling windows.
Of course.
He could see them because his eyesight was better. Jiang Xuezhou, who was sitting beside him, could not see nearly as clearly.
"Space station access protocol downloading..."
"Interface position locked... Initiating docking procedure!"
Jiang Xuezhou, seated in the pilot's chair, exchanged a few words with the defense platform's navigator and quickly completed all preparations for docking with the space station.
To be honest, Ye Shi was pretty awestruck.
He had only ever seen scenes like this on the news before. He had never imagined that one day, he would get to experience what it felt like to be an astronaut.
Even if it was just in a game.
Even if he had played something even more exciting not long ago...
Under the expectant gazes of countless eyes, the docking arm extending from the front of the research vessel slammed