"Whew... that's a relief."
Standing at the command console, Lü Yongchang let out a small sigh of relief. "Your report came two minutes later than expected. What happened?"
The corner of Bai Yixuan's eye twitched twice.
What happened?
How was he supposed to answer that?!
They'd been held up playing rock-paper-scissors?
"Ahem..." Bai Yixuan coughed softly, his eyes full of embarrassment. "Professor Lü, we were just discussing who would get off the spacecraft first."
Lü Yongchang: "..."
"How are you feeling physically?"
Lü Yongchang changed the subject without asking for the details of their discussion.
Bai Yixuan breathed a small sigh of relief, his tone instantly growing more serious. "Reporting in! All three astronauts are in good condition! We're ready to leave the cabin and carry out the lunar landing mission at any time!"
"Good! Proceed according to plan!"
Bai Yixuan took a deep breath and was the first to unfasten his safety harness.
"Everyone, it's time to get ready to leave the cabin!"
Half an hour later.
Dressed in their spacesuits, the three astronauts slowly entered the airlock at the bottom of Black Lady One's cabin.
As Bai Yixuan pressed the switch, a clear notification sounded inside all three helmets.
"Equalizing pressure..."
"Pressure equalized!"
By the time the notification sounded, the airlock had become a vacuum.
Bai Yixuan gave Xia Wanyi a meaningful glance and said softly, "Wanyi, you're up!"
At her captain's order, a spark of excitement flashed in Xia Wanyi's eyes.
The first person from Xia Country to set foot on the Moon, and the first human woman to do so!
Those two distinctions kept stimulating her nerves like a shot of adrenaline.
She swallowed and ran her tongue over her slightly dry lips.
Then she stepped forward and gripped the ring-shaped handle of the airlock's