63: Chapter 63, Mach 23.2! The First Cosmic Velocity!!!

Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng quickly looked up.

On the giant display screen, the flight data of Lin Mo's Aerospace Fighter was constantly flickering and refreshing.

The numbers that met his eyes instantly left even Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng, a battle-hardened "King of Command," trembling and numb all over!

He stood there, stunned!

"Codename: Aerospace Fighter No. 1!"

"Current altitude: 28,542 meters!"

"Current flight speed: Mach 10.1!"

...

"Current altitude: 35,416 meters!"

"Current flight speed: Mach 13.4!"

...

"Current altitude: 49,865 meters!"

"Current flight speed: Mach 16.2!"

...

In just a few dozen seconds, the Aerospace Fighter's flight speed and altitude climbed crazily in a way that shattered everyone's worldview!

All the technical officers in the command hall went from dumbfounded at the beginning to disbelief, and finally, everyone stood up, bodies trembling, looking like madmen!

"Are you crazy! This is hell!!"

"It's Mach 17!! Is this a missile or a fighter jet? Even missiles aren't this fast!!!"

"Damn, damn!!"

"Why is the speed still soaring!! It's already Mach 20!!!"

"This! This altitude!!!"

"40,000 meters, 50,000 meters... almost 60,000 meters!!"

"The higher the altitude, the thinner the air. How could a fighter jet fly that high? Even Eagle Country's Blackbird unmanned reconnaissance aircraft couldn't do that!!!"

"Look!!"

"80,000 meters, 90,000 meters!! It's about to hit 100,000 meters!!! It's going to break through the atmosphere!!"

On the giant display screen, when the numbers stopped flickering, the flight data for Lin Mo's Aerospace Fighter clearly displayed:

"Current altitude: 100,000 meters!"

"Fighter mission speed: Mach 23.2!"

At this moment, all the technical officers present went mad!

Some technicians, whose worldviews had been shattered and were in total collapse, pointed at the screen and shouted wildly.

"It broke through the atmosphere!!!"

"Mach 23.2!!!"

"First cosmic velocity!!!"

"Damn, damn!! This completely defies physics!!!"

"Ahhh!!! This is no fighter jet, this is clearly a rocket!!!"

Everyone's basic understanding of physics was being brutally assaulted by this demonic Aerospace Fighter.

What kind of alloy was this thing made of?

What about the yield limit of the metal?

What about extreme high-temperature resistance?

Is the person inside still alive???

At this moment, Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng was slumped in his chair, completely drained of strength.

His bloodshot eyes were fixed on the big screen.

His mouth still didn't forget to keep calling out to Lin Mo.

"Chief Designer Lin, stop immediately!"

"Chief Designer Lin, it's dangerous! Stop!"

Perhaps it was because his persistence moved the heavens, but after one call, he finally received a response from Lin Mo!

"Chief of General Staff, look, isn't it fast? We've already broken through the atmosphere!"

"Maintaining first cosmic velocity, we'll be in orbit soon!"

"I told you it would be fast!"

"Chief Designer Lin, you!..." Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng felt like crying!

You're really heading into space orbit!

Madman!

You're truly a madman!

"Chief Designer Lin, what you're doing is really too dangerous!"

"Now that you've broken through the atmosphere, can the engine still function?"

"Will you even be able to come back?"

Speaking of which, Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng suddenly became panicked.

What if he really couldn't come back?

Dammit, how are you supposed to perform a space rescue!

This is way out of scope!

"Don't worry, Chief of General Staff. I built an Aerospace Fighter, how could I not be able to return?"

Lin Mo was extremely excited.

His body was flying through the sky while his soul was left chasing behind!

This extreme speed that surpassed everything made his adrenaline skyrocket!

Beside him, Captain Liu Zhihui was shouting like a madman:

"Awesome, awesome, so awesome! This is just too great, hahaha!!!..."

In the blink of an eye, the fighter jet shot out of the atmosphere, surging to twenty-three times the speed of sound!

Could anything be more thrilling than this?

This was far more exhilarating than any supercar speeding on the ground!

As they spoke, the altitude continued to rise.

In just a few minutes, it had reached an altitude of over 130 kilometers.

The Aerospace Fighter had officially broken through the atmosphere and arrived in outer space!

After breaking through the atmosphere, the fighter jet's engine reduced its operating power, but the speed remained at Mach 23.2.

Unlike inside the atmosphere, there was no intense atmospheric drag here.

After entering a low Earth orbit above 160 kilometers, the engine could even be shut down completely, and the fighter jet could still maintain the first cosmic velocity to orbit the Blue Star.

This was also the basic principle of satellite operation!

Ten minutes later, the Aerospace Fighter arrived at an altitude of 550 kilometers above the surface of the Blue Star.

The fighter's engine stopped running.

Everything around was silent.

"Is this low Earth orbit!"

Lin Mo looked around through the cockpit glass, and a shocking scene instantly met his eyes.

He saw the deep starry sky, flickering with various colored lights, filled with an extremely shocking beauty!

A huge full moon hung overhead, and even the countless huge craters on it were clearly visible!

Looking back at the Blue Star, azure blue, ink green, earthy yellow, and snowy white represented the oceans, forests, deserts, and snow, respectively.

Blended together, there wasn't the slightest sense of incongruity!

It was just exceptionally beautiful!

"Damn! Chief Designer Lin, is that our Huaxia's Great Wall..."

On the Blue Star, embedded in a patch of ink green, was a winding, slightly yellow long dragon.

Captain Liu Zhihui was extremely excited!

Following Lin Mo, he never thought he would have a day where he would become an astronaut!

Previously, although he was known to be proficient in all military equipment, he had never really had the opportunity to dabble in the field of aerospace flight.

Now, having directly enjoyed the treatment of an astronaut, he was truly a master of all trades!

Lin Mo casually responded to Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng while skillfully operating the various systems inside the fighter jet.

This was his first time in space too, and there were many things he needed to hurry up and test.

"Fighter oxygen storage remaining: 18 hours 24 minutes..."

"Exoskeleton Armor oxygen storage remaining: 5 hours 42 minutes..."

"High-energy electromagnetic wave absorption stealth system activated successfully!"

"Neutron beam omnidirectional radar scanning system activated successfully!..."

"Wide-area microwave anti-stealth detection system activated successfully!..."

"Scanning in progress..."

Lin Mo tested each of the fighter's functions one by one, though it was mostly to familiarize himself with the features.

"Huh?" When the radar scan finished, the smart display screen actually imaged over a hundred enemy red dots!