Inside Gao Liangwei's office at the Countermeasure Research Institute.
Li Meng, Zhang Minglu, and Chen Shi, director of the Space Administration, were all present.
Chen Shi placed his phone on the table and pressed play. A crackling audio recording began to play.
"Help... save me... I'm on Dream Boat..."
The recording was brief, but it was clearly a cry for help.
Other than Chen Shi, the other three showed shock when they heard the words "Dream Boat."
"Dream Boat? Do you mean North Star's Dream Boat One manned rocket?" Zhang Minglu asked.
Chen Shi nodded. "That's right."
Back when North Star and Suoloma held their Space Administration briefing, everyone had learned that after the first space colonization plan failed, only the Empire Pioneer had returned to Tianshui Star with several surviving astronauts aboard.
As for Dream Boat One, it had been left behind in Terra's orbit. Since they had yet to determine what had happened to the astronauts, they had no way to send anyone to recover it.
"Based on voiceprint analysis, the person calling for help is Robert, captain of the Empire Pioneer. But according to the returned astronauts, Robert should have died along with the others."
"But he's alive now, and he sent out a distress signal." Gao Liangwei looked thoughtful.
"Something's wrong with this." Li Meng analyzed. "Our previous conclusion was that the power of Scarlet Fear in this rule had already appeared on Terra before the rule was announced. Those astronauts encountered that power in advance, which caused so many deaths. If Robert was also invaded by Scarlet Fear, there's no reason he should have recovered normal consciousness."
This rule had been in effect for half a month, and humanity's research into it had yielded considerable results.
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