"The landing ship has arrived on the starboard side of the ship, requesting to return to the team." Li Chengzhe, who was fully focused on the battleship control system, immediately shouted out in front of Xu Lei and Li Chengzhe after receiving the programmed return request from the landing ship.

In fact, because Xingtong is also in the landing ship, he can directly give the command to open the starboard hatch.

This saves this time.

But she did not use her authority on this matter.

Instead, I chose the normal return process.

Main interstellar flight is actually a very dangerous behavior. Facing the unknown and changeable space, we must strictly abide by the regulations on the battleship.

Even the captain is not immune to this.

This is also to ensure the safety of the warship itself and avoid invasion by external forces.

After all, the greater role of interstellar battleships is to conduct interstellar wars, and we must be more cautious when encountering extraterrestrial civilizations. It has to be said that from this small matter alone, we can see that Xingtong has gradually acquired the human thinking mode and can be more long-term and comprehensive.

Consideration issues no longer rely solely on calculation and simulation.

Xu Lei, who was immersed in the influence, immediately said after hearing Li Chengzhe's report: "Open the hatch and let the landing ship come in."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengzhe naturally quickly executed the order and operated the battleship program.

At this time, if someone observes the Shenzhou from an external perspective, they can see that the starboard hatch is slowly opening and then closing again after all three landing ships have flown in.

Immediately, the battleship stopped wasting time and adjusted its flight attitude under Li Chengzhe's operation. Then the six nuclear fusion power engines were started, providing powerful power for the Shenzhou to move towards the location of the Earth Star at one thousandth of the speed of light.

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at the same time.

After seeing the end of the live broadcast, the audience in the live broadcast room was still a little unsatisfied. Their excitement could not be calmed down for the time being, so they had to focus on the photo of Pluto.

For ordinary people, everyone is talking about Pluto during this period.

His words were full of worries about Pluto.

But until yesterday, their knowledge of Pluto was limited to its diameter of twenty kilometers, and they knew nothing about the rest of the information, let alone what Pluto looked like.

Now the Mars monitoring station is officially put into use and has taken high-definition photos of Pluto.

The heat it can cause can be imagined.

Almost less than ten minutes after the live broadcast ended, this photo appeared on the homepage of major website platforms around the world.

A large number of news media reported on this photo.

In the comment area of ​​related content, netizens can be seen everywhere commenting on Pluto, but unlike before, it is difficult to see comments of worry and panic.

It's more about ridicule and humor.

It can only be said that the mission of Shenzhou to Mars was a complete success and it successfully gathered public confidence.

"How scary is Pluto? Doesn't it look no different from a meteorite? It's a bit bigger at most, but with the power of our heavy rail gun, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"It is indeed only a little bigger than a meteorite, only twenty kilometers away."

"It can only be said that Pluto picked the wrong opponent. Human civilization is not the dinosaurs 65 million years ago."

"Anyway, my self-confidence is extremely high now, and I have nothing to fear."

"I believe it will be over, Mr. Xu."

"To the eternal god of future technology, this crisis will eventually be resolved smoothly."

"Although I was indeed very scared of the crisis brought by Pluto a few days ago, after seeing the power of Shenzhou today, I am not worried at all. There is no way that a lifeless asteroid can threaten human civilization.

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Because a photo of Pluto completely ignited the public's belief, which perhaps even Xu Lei did not expect.

However, the most discussed in the world are the Shenzhou and the heavy rail gun.

Especially those overseas forces.

Seeing that the Shenzhou could easily destroy a meteorite with a diameter of 500 meters at a long distance, everyone took a breath, thinking that if the Shenzhou launched an attack on a certain location on the Earth from outside space,

Then nothing can intercept it.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Shenzhou alone has absolute control over the Earth.

In this case, they must make a choice and make it clear in time that their attitude is tied to the same warship as Yanfang and future technology.

As high-level leaders of major forces, we are definitely not fools. We know very well that making the right choice at the right time is the most beneficial approach for ourselves.

To put it simply, it means embracing future technology.

Otherwise, I am afraid that before Pluto arrives, the power structure on Earth will change.

The key is that with the successful operation of the Shenzhou, everyone in the world knows that only future technology can solve the problem of Pluto. Therefore, if they want to ensure the continuation of human civilization, they can only follow the arrangements of future technology.

To this end, multiple joint meetings were held around the world while the Shenzhou was returning.

Discuss the final solution together.

Of course, Xu Lei, who is still on the Shenzhou, doesn't know about this yet, because he is checking the changes in influence.

In the captain's rest cabin on the upper deck of the Shenzhou, Xu Lei was seen lying on the bed with his eyes closed tightly. He seemed to be sleeping and resting, but in fact, his consciousness had already entered the science and technology museum.

Taking the elevator to the space where the advanced civilization science and technology exhibits are located, I casually looked at the information screen next to a booth.

Suddenly the familiar template information came into view.

Name: Antimatter Engine

Level: Level 3 civilization

Evaluation: A core system that can travel freely in the galaxy.

Influence: 80 million/22.1 million

Collection unit: Universe Civilization Science and Technology Museum

"The influence has increased by almost two million, which is beyond expectations." Xu Lei stared at the value in the influence column and whispered to himself.

Calculated based on the influence value he checked before entering the Shenzhou, this time the Shenzhou was officially commissioned and launched a live broadcast, which brought him an influence of about two million, which is already comparable to the income of the fusion power station.

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If a few more ships are built, I believe it will be a big boost in terms of influence.

Unfortunately, judging from the Shenzhou manufacturing process alone, its difficulty is still far higher than that of the fusion power station.

It's not feasible to rely on this to gain a lot of influence.

What also surprised Xu Lei was that the booth he randomly selected was a technological exhibit from a third-level civilization.

This can indeed be considered a surprise.

However, human civilization has just entered the stage of using nuclear fusion engines, which is equivalent to the level of second-level civilization. The antimatter engines of this third-level civilization can only be viewed from a distance but not played with.

What's more, buying the technical viewing rights for this technological exhibit requires 80 million influence, which is obviously not enough for him.

Even with the current level of scientific and technological development of human civilization, even if the relevant technical knowledge is obtained, it is impossible to reproduce this antimatter engine.

With Xu Lei's character, he never spends too much time thinking about such impossible things, so he withdrew his gaze in the next second and looked around the exhibits on the booth in front of him to search for suitable targets for his next purchase.

Prepare for permissions.

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Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the flight of Shenzhou, Xu Lei, Yu Hongliang and Li Chengzhe successfully returned to the orbit of the Earth.

Through the portholes of the battleship, you can see the Tiangong Space Station and the Near-Earth Space Port not far away, and they are all connected by carbon nanotube cables.

There are also beautiful scenery in space.

It's just different from the situation when they arrived. After the Shenzhou successfully docked at the space port, Xu Lei and the others did not take the space elevator back to the ground, but directly drove the landing ship.

After all, after testing on Mars, the landing ship has no problems and can be used on Earth and planets.

The key is that if they take the space elevator, they can only return to Dentian Island. In addition, Xu Lei has to return to Binjiang City to take charge of the overall situation immediately after completing the initial plan, so the hassle will naturally take more time.

It would be better to drive a landing ship and land directly in Binjiang City.

that's all.

After making a good decision, Xingtong drove one of the landing ships and flew to Binjiang City with Xu Lei, Yu Hongliang, Li Chengzhe and the others.

As for the crew on the Shenzhou, they will continue to stay and carry out the next mission.

And by then, more crew members will be added to the Shenzhou, making the Shenzhou a truly complete interstellar battleship that will play an important role in solving the crisis on Pluto.

"Determine the coordinates of the end position."

"The location has been determined. The landing location is Binjiang International Airport."

"Open the hatch."

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To be continued...