What did it feel like to fall from hundreds of kilometers up in the sky?
Lu Zhou felt that after this expedition, he probably had more authority to speak on the matter than anyone outside the Orbital Drop Brigade.
That feeling of standing on the Critical Line between life and death sent adrenaline surging through him. Gripping the armrests of his shock-absorbing seat tightly, he could even hear his own heartbeat.
The moment the landing capsule crashed into the sea of sand, Lu Zhou felt more keenly than ever how wonderful life was.
And...
The Aerospace Technology Research Institute at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study really ought to give more thought to user experience.
Accompanied by a violent tremor, the heavy alloy hatch blasted open outward.
A gale carrying yellow sand rushed in from outside the capsule, pelting everyone.
After disconnecting from the capsule's life-support system, Professor Furnal rose from his shock-absorbing seat and staggered outside. Looking at the boundless desert stretching before him, his eyes were filled with indescribable shock.
"God... it feels like we've arrived in Egypt."
"Egypt?"
"Mm..."
His knees touched the ground. Kneeling there, Professor Furnal scooped up a handful of sand and held it in his palm. Feeling the texture of this alien soil through his graphene fibers, his face was filled with excitement and awe.
"...I once worked there for three years. From the Nile River to the Sahara Desert, the footprints of our archaeological team crossed the entire country... Yet even so, I had never seen scenery this magnificent."
"Could a civilization have existed here?" Lomonov stepped over the hatch lying on the ground behind them, narrowed his eyes, and looked through the layers of blowing sand at the disk-sized patch of light above the horizon. Then he glanced at the gamma