Faced with Bai Yixuan's extremely brief explanation, Hong Fan was itching to complain.
But when he saw both his teammates turn toward the Quantum Computer in the cargo hold, Hong Fan could only purse his lips and follow them.
With gravity at one-sixth of Earth's and powered hauling equipment to help, moving the enormous machine to its destination wasn't particularly difficult.
Except...
After opening the door of the silvery-white "little house," all three astronauts froze.
A dense tangle of wiring greeted them, along with all sorts of elaborate components whose functions they couldn't begin to guess.
"Captain, are you sure we can take this thing apart?"
Hong Fan swallowed and spoke with difficulty over the team's radio channel.
The corner of Bai Yixuan's eye twitched as he recalled Lü Yongchang's words.
"Oh, this thing's dead simple. All you have to do is connect the wires of the same color and tighten the screws. That's it!"
Looking at the colorful array of at least a thousand different wires before him, Bai Yixuan's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"W-we should be able to, right?"
He swore he would never believe another word of Professor Lü's nonsense!
After they shut down the old Quantum Computer according to Professor Lü's instructions, every piece of equipment around them abruptly stopped moving.
The Regolith Collection Rover sat motionless.
The automated mining equipment also stopped its drill's constant rattling.
The lunar surface, which had been somewhat lively just moments earlier, returned to an eerie silence.
As though affected by their surroundings, the three astronauts fell silent as well.
"Ahem!" Bai Yixuan coughed softly, breaking the silence over the radio. "We should get ready to dismantle it!"
Xia Wanyi, who had been staring at the distant mining equipment, shuddered slightly, apparently startled by the sudden voice.
She abruptly turned