Inside the White Cabin, the group chatted away until a sudden, belated realization struck them.
From the moment they entered the cabin, the signal jammer had cut off their contact with Earth.
In other words, the people on the ground had no idea what was happening.
Several hours without contact during the perilous, unknown-filled Moon Landing mission was enough to drive everyone on the ground frantic.
"Oh, crap! We got so caught up talking that we forgot to tell them we're safe! Send a signal, quick!"
Li Xiang panicked and hurriedly urged everyone to restore communications.
Stanley acted without hesitation. At her words, he immediately turned and stepped out of the White Cabin, then hurried back to the Landing Craft Communications Center.
He deftly unlocked the equipment and restarted the satellite link.
After a burst of crackling static, communications finally came back online.
The channel from Earth's command center erupted.
Xeno's voice, strained for hours, immediately came through. "Stan! Are you all right? What happened? Why did you suddenly lose contact?"
Everyone at the ground base had spent those hours on edge, checking for a signal over and over, terrified that bad news would arrive.
Stanley's voice remained steady. "Calm down, Xeno. Everyone's safe. Everything went smoothly."
"We encountered an unexpected complication along the way, and the Lunar Device blocked our signal. The danger has now been completely resolved. No one was injured."
The words "everyone's safe" eased much of the tension in the command center.
Xeno let out a long sigh of relief, then asked in a low voice, "If everything's fine, when do you expect to return?"
"Barring any surprises, we'll initiate the return sequence in exactly two hours," Stanley replied.
With communications fully stabilized, everyone could finally relax.
Li Xiang, Senku, Kohaku, and Ryusui quickly gathered their