173: Kajaski calls for help
At this moment, Liu Xiaolin had no idea what the netizens in the wanderer no. 1 livestream were saying, but he still brought back a few extra portions of Moon soil. One for Mom, one for his younger sister, and maybe Senior Apprentice Sister would want one too. Should he bring one for the Chief as well? No, the Chief should have been to the Moon long ago, so he won't bring one for him. But it's always right to bring an extra portion.
These bags are small bags made of exquisite thermal insulation cloth. After filling them with a small portion of Moon soil, just tie the opening.
"Have you packed the Moon soil? If so, we're going home!"
With Liu Xiaolin's call, everyone quickly returned to wanderer one.
There were no more stops on the return journey. They flew directly for over ten hours straight towards Earth.
It was just past seven in the morning when they reached Earth, the sky was just getting light.
However, the Wanderer Aerospace Headquarters was already packed with reporters. They watched the livestream feed, seeing wanderer one rapidly return, quickly reach the sky above the dome, and slowly and steadily land.
The group members in the passenger cabin, after a good night's sleep, were home. They walked down from wanderer one with the Astronauts, looking refreshed, and were immediately surrounded by reporters from all sides.
Each reporter found a target and started asking questions, the questions were varied.
"Excuse me, how many planets did you visit along the way?"
"Excuse me, did you see Earth from the Moon?"
"Excuse me, did you bring back some Moon soil?"
Everyone spoke their most genuine feelings, and every reporter got the material they were satisfied with.
The wanderer no. 1 livestream was even more lively.
"I need to put my hands on my hips for a bit. I accompanied the Xingji Travel Group for a whole week."
"Who isn't? I need to get a good night's sleep tonight. Others travel while I watch the livestream, and others sleep while I'm still watching the livestream. I'm almost at my limit."
"Everyone can get a good night's sleep tonight."
At this moment, after Liu Xiaolin and Hong Tongtong finished an interview with a reporter, they saw Niu De walking towards them.
"General Manager Liu, someone has been waiting for you for several days."
"Who is it? Who's waiting for me?" Liu Xiaolin was very surprised.
"Come with me. Just let the media reporters interview the travel group members, they are more eloquent than us," Niu De said, leading Liu Xiaolin away. Seeing this, Hong Tongtong followed closely behind.
"Who is it exactly? Why is it so mysterious?" Liu Xiaolin asked.
"From Great Bear Country," Niu De said these few words and then closed his mouth again.
Liu Xiaolin thought for a while, wondering if Kayaski had come to rush the Xiaohang Drones order? They should be able to deliver all of them in a few more months, why is he rushing?
Walking into the office, Liu Xiaolin saw the person immediately. It was indeed Kayaski from Great Bear Country.
"Hello, Kayaski, are you here to rush the delivery of the Xiaohang Drones? Didn't Deputy General Manager Shen tell you? All of them can be delivered in a few more months," Liu Xiaolin said, shaking the hand of Kayaski, who had quickly stood up.
"No, I'm not here to rush the order," Kayaski quickly denied.
He looked at Hong Tongtong, who had followed them, seemingly not wanting her to hear.
"It's fine, you can speak, this is my girlfriend," Liu Xiaolin said openly.
Only then did Kayaski feel relieved: "It's like this, the International Space Station, which our Great Bear Country took the lead in establishing, has encountered a problem and needs your help."
"The International Space Station has a problem? Didn't you cooperate with Beautiful Country, Sakura Country, Youyizhi, and Sunset Country? If there's a problem, you should solve it together with them? Why are you looking for our Dragon Country?" Liu Xiaolin said, very puzzled.
"If we could solve it, why would we rush over to find you?" Kayaski said with a bitter face.
"What exactly is the problem?" Liu Xiaolin was very curious about what problem so many advanced Western countries couldn't solve.
"It's like this, while our International Space Station was flying, it was attracted by a powerful magnetic field. This powerful magnetic field is like a Space black hole, slowly enveloping the International Space Station. The current situation is that no matter how we operate, the International Space Station is being controlled by the magnetic field, and we are helpless," Kayaski said worriedly, "We can abandon the International Space Station, but there are more than a dozen Astronauts and scientists there. We cannot and do not want to abandon them."
Liu Xiaolin was very surprised: "Space magnetic field? How could such a situation occur?"
"Alas, speaking of it, it's all Beautiful Country's doing. In order to study how to control Space magnetic fields at will, they specifically arranged a large area of Space magnetic field. As a result, they played too big, they couldn't control it after arranging it, and instead got themselves caught up," Kayaski said with a bit of embarrassment, "The large amount of Space debris around the Dragon Country Space Station was Beautiful Country's doing. They used Space magnetic field technology to change their orbits, and they all flew towards the Dragon Country Space Station, but for some reason, that Space debris suddenly disappeared."
Liu Xiaolin now understood. Beautiful Country secretly used the force of the Space magnetic field to change the orbit of Space debris, but they didn't expect him to destroy them all. As a result, the force of the Space magnetic field returned and instead wanted to devour the International Space Station.
This is truly a case of a heavenly evil being avoidable, but a self-inflicted evil being inescapable.
"So you knew that Beautiful Country was doing things to harm our Dragon Country Space Station? Did you condone it?" Liu Xiaolin said dissatisfiedly.
"No, no, I swear to God. We knew nothing about it. It was only after the problem occurred that we found out through investigation. Our Great Bear Country and Dragon Country have always been friendly neighbors. We would never do anything targeting Dragon Country," Kayaski said sincerely.
"Alright, I'll believe you for now," Liu Xiaolin said angrily, "I didn't expect Beautiful Country to be so insidious. I don't want to save them at all."
"You can't just stand by and watch them die? There are only four Beautiful Country researchers there, the others are researchers from various countries, they are all treasure-level scientific talents for humanity. You can't not save them," Kayaski pleaded, "As long as you are willing to bring them back, no matter how much money it costs, we will pay."
"Why don't your own Space shuttles go and pick them up?" Liu Xiaolin asked.
"Our Space shuttles have attempted it several times, but as soon as they got close to the magnetic field, they were almost sucked in, so they returned without success every time," Kayaski said dejectedly.
"Then maybe our wanderer one is even less capable?" Liu Xiaolin said with a shrug.
"No, no, we saw it in the wanderer no. 1 livestream. You actually landed when you passed Little Blue Star. You know, after many studies, we found that Little Blue Star's magnetic field is very strong. Our Space shuttles have never successfully landed there. Only wanderer one landed smoothly and effortlessly," Kayaski said with wide eyes.
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