Bai Yixuan and the other two froze.
A moment later, they understood what Lü Yongchang meant.
Bai Yixuan fought back a laugh and nodded emphatically. "You're absolutely right, Professor Lü!"
"All right, enough small talk." At the Ground Control Center, Lü Yongchang grew serious. "Five minutes until takeoff. Get ready!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Hello, everyone. Black Lady Two is now five minutes away from takeoff."
Bingbing's slightly sweet voice rang out on the livestream. "We've just received some information about Black Lady Two from the Space Administration."
"Black Lady Two has a fuselage length of 60 meters and a payload capacity of 80 metric tons."
"Its maximum range is 6.68 astronomical units, and its maximum speed is 167 km/s."
At this point, Bingbing added, "Although its maximum speed reaches 167 km/s, that is only after sufficient acceleration."
"Accounting for acceleration and deceleration, Black Lady Two will need approximately fifteen days to reach Mars orbit."
"In addition, thanks to its second-generation Hall Thrusters, Black Lady Two can take off and land vertically."
As Bingbing finished speaking, two streams of deep blue flame burst from the underside of Black Lady Two on the livestream!
Driven by its two Hall Thrusters, Black Lady Two slowly rose into the air.
"Holy shit! Holy shit!"
"Honey, come out and witness a miracle!"
"Good lord, vertical takeoff and landing! This technology... did Xia Country steal a UFO?"
Amid the viewers' exclamations, five deep blue exhaust ports gradually appeared at Black Lady Two's tail.
A moment later, Black Lady Two streaked straight toward the azure sky, trailing a long plume of flame!
"Huh? Why does Black Lady Two seem kind of slow to me?"
"I noticed that too. Its speed... doesn't look much different from an ordinary airliner, does it?"
"Did the Space Administration give us fake