As the rocket ascended faster and faster, Li Xingkong could clearly feel the airflow hitting his body.
If it were an ordinary person, let alone hanging it outside, even if it were tied with a rope, it would probably be blown away by this airflow.
Looking down at this moment, the field of vision in front of one's eyes has undergone a complete transformation.
What had appeared as an endless expanse of sea now curved at the edge of the field of vision. As the rocket ascended, the curve in the field of vision grew larger and larger. Gradually, the land in front of us became a Arc arc, and the various objects on the ground became too small to be seen.
The rocket broke through several layers of clouds, and the ground was no longer visible. Looking down, all that could be seen were endless, churning clouds, and looking up, the sky gradually turned from blue to black.
The stars in the sky regained their nighttime brightness, spreading across the sky and beginning to twinkle.
The rocket was about to leave the atmosphere. Just as Li Xingkong was watching the approaching stars, the rocket shook and split into two parts. A large section of the first-stage booster separated. Due to inertia, this section of the booster continued to rise for a while before crashing down and disappearing into the sea of clouds.
Then, the second-stage thruster, where Li Xingkong was lying, ignited. The rocket didn't even slow down in the air; instead, after shedding the first stage and losing most of its weight, it sped towards the sky at an even faster speed.
At this moment, Li Xingkong was too preoccupied to appreciate the scenery around him. He needed to buff himself before leaving space, which meant activating his spells.
At such a high altitude, the air is so thin that ordinary people cannot breathe. Fortunately, this does not have a significant impact on Li Xingkong. Even if he stops breathing, he can still hold on for a long time.
That's enough time for him to return to Earth Star from space.
As the rocket continued to ascend, Li Xingkong suddenly felt that everything around him had become quiet.
Rocket propulsion normally generates tremendous noise, but at this altitude, the sound of rocket propulsion has gradually disappeared.
This means that the environment around Li Xingkong is now extremely close to a vacuum, and the propagation of sound has begun to be affected.
The pitch-black surroundings proved this point. Looking around, Earth Star was nowhere to be seen; all around was endless blackness, studded with countless starlight points.
Earth Star was already beneath our feet. Looking down, we could see the entire Earth Star in its entirety: a huge blue planet suspended beneath our feet, slowly rotating with time.
The surface of the planet is covered with countless clouds, which change rapidly due to Earth Star's rotation.
Seeing Earth Star from space for the first time, Li Xingkong felt a strange sense of fear.
This is a natural human fear of colossal objects, especially in the universe, where such fear arises naturally when facing planets many times larger than ourselves.
Many astronauts need long-term psychological treatment after returning to Earth Star, largely because the immense fear they experienced when facing the planet directly altered their mindset.
Fortunately, Li Xingkong only panicked for a moment during their first meeting and quickly adjusted his mindset.
What's there to be afraid of? Even if I were to fall headfirst right now, with my skills, I'd be basically unharmed upon landing. From this angle, Earth Star may look quite large, but it doesn't actually pose any threat to me.
Besides, this is his home planet. The Divine Land People have a very deep attachment to their homeland. From this perspective, the sheer size of Earth Star actually brings him a sense of peace.
Such a large planet brings a sense of security and peace of mind.
The rocket was now officially in space, and Li Xingkong could clearly feel that the gravitational influence from Earth Star had weakened to a very low level. If he hadn't been attached to the rocket by the Cloud Falling Spell, he would have already started drifting in space.
Space was quite different from what he had imagined; the strongest feeling was emptiness and loneliness.
There was not a sound, and all that could be seen was darkness. Standing there, I felt as if I were a struggling, adrift creature between heaven and earth.
The Earth Star beneath our feet is the closest object to us; a little further away, we can even see the moon.
The moon appears large enough from here, like a forgotten pearl slowly revolving around the Earth.
Everything we can see in this universe is in motion; there is no place that is still.
This made Li Xingkong feel very uncomfortable because he couldn't find a static coordinate axis to refer to.
This dizzying sensation, coupled with the feeling of weightlessness and disorientation, makes it impossible to distinguish up from down from left from right.
The combination of these two feelings made Li Xingkong feel extremely uncomfortable.
Just as Li Xingkong was thinking of taking his time to get used to it, the rocket beneath his feet began to shake and then shut down.
He understood that they were about to reach Earth Star's synchronous orbit, and the second-stage thruster was about to detach.
In other words, my journey has come to an end.
As the second stage booster detached, the rocket carrying the launch vehicle continued its journey towards the moon, while Li Xingkong followed the second stage booster into the boundless expanse of space.
Li Xingkong also voluntarily jumped off the thruster, since the thruster still had some follow-up power to send him back to Earth Star on his own, and Li Xingkong wasn't prepared to go back so soon.
He needs to get used to space first, ideally until he can move around normally in space.
After detaching from the thruster, Li Xingkong was unable to control his movements for a time, tumbling dozens of times in space before finally managing to stand still.
On this geosynchronous orbit, Li Xingkong originally thought it would be a desolate scene, just like when he first went into space, but the reality was clearly not what he imagined.
Looking out from this geostationary orbit, he could already see dozens of satellites, space exploration devices, and space debris.
From a distance, it doesn't look like much, but up close, you realize that this area has been largely taken up by garbage dumped there by humans.
Seeing these things, Li Xingkong couldn't help but feel disgusted. Did they really think that no one was watching over space and they could just leave things lying around like that?
Anyway, I need to adapt to this place for a while. If I can't see it, so be it. But if I can see it, then he'll interfere.
They like to litter, huh? Fine, I'll just throw it all back at them.