As soon as the words came out, the astronauts from the second team and the test flight team all made surprised sounds.
Angele looked at Wang Ping'an with wide eyes: "Is it true or not?"
Wang Pingan nodded: "Really."
"You don't think that every time it will be as smooth as the time when you got the Silver Star! You know, before..." Angele probably opened her mouth without thinking for a moment. Only then did she realize that she directly mentioned the time when Xiao Fang died.
It doesn't seem very good.
It's like rubbing salt into someone else's wounds.
However, Wang Ping'an said directly himself: "You mean Xiao Fang, I messed up that time? But this time it's not an actual battle, it's a simulation. Even if I lose under such conditions, it just proves that I was lucky before.
"
Angele raised her eyebrows: "If you think it's okay, then that's no problem."
Wang Ping'an couldn't wait to get into the simulation cabin. Angele quickly went around to the other side, opened the cabin door and got in.
Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai outside said: "Although this condition is very harsh, since I don't have any objection, we don't have any objection either. But you are not allowed to do such a trick when fighting the rest of us!"
The test pilot uncle nodded: "Of course, fighting with others is fair competition. I hope you can show us more of your experience in actual combat."
After saying that, the uncle and his partner also got into the simulation cabin on the opposite side.
**
In the simulation cabin, Angeli turned off the radio equipment in the cabin and asked Wang Pingan in a low voice: "Do you really think you can do it?"
"Didn't you ask outside?"
"I can understand if you want to save face in front of everyone outside. Now it's just the two of us here."
"Is there any difference between the two of us?" Wang Ping'an asked.
Angele was speechless for a moment: "This... we are partners!"
"I'll tell you when we're lovers, or should I just skip the previous steps now and go straight to that step?" Wang Ping'an returned to his usual tone.
Angele hit him in the abdomen with her elbow, but the blow was not heavy.
Wang Ping'an smiled and said: "Don't worry, you see, there is a huge advantage now compared to when I got the Silver Star."
Angele thought for a second and asked, "You mean, we don't wear spacesuits?"
Theoretically speaking, real simulation training should put on a spacesuit and sit in the simulation cabin, and then drain the air inside the cabin. But this is very troublesome, and there are maintenance costs for so many spacesuits, so training in spacesuits is modified.
It became once a week, and I usually sit in the simulation cabin like this without pumping out the air.
But now this kind of friendly match is mainly about communication, so both sides don't need to be so formal.
Angele: "That's it? Does this allow you to avoid massive debris with residual heat? Or is it in a complex electromagnetic environment?"
Wang Ping'an: "Let's give it a try."
At this time, a voice from outside came from the earphones: "I am Nikolai as the referee. The computer has generated the battlefield as required. It will start when you are ready."
Wang Ping'an took a deep breath: "Let's start!"
The simulation cabin was started, all the screens lit up, and the battlefield just generated by the computer was suddenly displayed in front of Wang Ping'an's partner.
Angele glanced at the thermal imaging screen, shook her head and said: "The thermal imaging is finished, and the radar is also full of clutter. Computer anti-collision is definitely out of the question, it's up to you."
Just like when he took the Silver Star, Wang Ping'an pulled out the control panel for manually controlling each attitude and engine control, and then cracked his knuckles like a kung fu master and said, "Just take a look!"
Angele exclaimed: "Over there!"
The next moment all the screens turned red, and the text "You are dead" appeared in the center of the spherical panoramic screen.
Wang Ping'an kept on cracking his fingers: "What?"
Nikolai's voice came from the earphones: "Wang Ping'an's plane was hit by debris. According to the data given by the computer, the mass of the impact debris was three tons, and the relative speed was ten kilometers per second. You both became a mess, thinner than jelly.
.”
Wang Ping'an: "I'm still gathering my emotions to come again."
Nicholas: "Let me ask the other party...well, the other party just said they agreed, let's do it again. The countdown will start when the countdown is over."
Wang Pingan quickly put his hand on the control panel and swallowed.
Angele: "The sound you make when you swallow this mouthful of saliva is so loud, make a gulp."
Wang Ping'an didn't respond at all, because the countdown had reached zero at this time.
He immediately started operating and managed to dodge the first fragment.
The surrounding environment is simply like a maze of fragments. Although the distance between fragments is very large in ordinary people's terms, considering the speed of the current combat boat and the size of the combat boat itself, the distance between the fragments is terrifying.
People.
For twenty seconds, Wang Ping'an could not do anything else except avoid the fragments.
At the twenty-first second, Wang Ping'an suddenly felt a bad premonition in his heart, and the next moment the spherical screen turned red.
Nikolai's voice came from the earphones: "Wang Ping'an, it collided with debris again. The combat boat was half destroyed. The computer judged that you were unable to fight, and your partner was also killed."
Wang Pingan frowned and looked down at his hands.
Angele patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, in this case..."
"I feel very strange." Wang Ping'an interrupted her, "I don't know if it's because this is a simulation, not a real universe, or for some other reason. In short, I feel... I feel like I don't have the same concentration as before.
, the feeling of becoming one with the combat boat.”
Because the radio device in the simulation cabin was turned on at this time, it was obvious that both Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai and Major Iras heard this.
The instructor's voice came from the earphones: "Maybe it's because you are not in danger now. When people are faced with danger, they will unleash their amazing potential."
Wang Ping'an: "Then how can I reproduce this potential in the simulator?"
"Generally speaking, most excited states in humans can be reproduced by using hormones in the body. For example, injecting dopamine or epinephrine."
Wang Ping'an: "Then..."
"These are hormones that are naturally produced by the human body. If they are not overdosed, they can indeed be provided to you. Do you want to give them a try?" the instructor said in a consultative tone.
Wang Ping'an: "Come on a little!"
At this time, through the microphones on Nikolay's and Erath's side, he could vaguely hear the people from the test flight detachment shouting: "It turns out that the new humans rely on stimulants! This is a million or so different from what we thought!"
"Maybe this is the 'humor' of the 'new humans'!"
Wang Ping'an: "I think that attributing the reason to me not being excited enough is more acceptable to me - and more acceptable to everyone - than to attribute it to 'this is not the real universe'."
Erath: "Then just wait a moment, the injection will be sent to you right away."
After a while, Wang Pingan received an injection from the medical team. As soon as the hormone was administered, Wang Pingan felt an obvious difference, and fine beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.
He muttered: "That's what it means. Hurry up and close the hatch and come while the effect is still there!"
The doctor originally looked like he wanted to give some advice, but when he heard what he said, he quickly closed the cabin door.
Wang Ping'an breathed rapidly while nervously pressing the buttons on the control panel - the simulation hadn't started yet, so these buttons would naturally have no effect.
Nicholas's voice came from the earphones: "Then the situation is special, let's omit those and start directly!"
One minute later.
Wang Ping'an fell on the chair like a deflated rubber ball, and the big red characters in the center of the spherical display screen even reflected directly on his face.
Angele took out a handkerchief and wiped the big beads of sweat on his head.
Wang Ping'an: "What's going on? I was obviously very excited just now...Do I really want to be in the universe, at a critical moment? In fact, I am not a new human being at all, just an ordinary burst of potential?"
Angele: "Isn't it good to be an ordinary person?"
Wang Ping'an remained silent.
The voice of the test pilot uncle came from the earphones: "How are you doing? Are you still coming?"
Wang Pingan did not answer immediately.
At this time, Angeli suddenly took away the earphones and whispered in his ear: "How about doing the opposite and injecting a sedative to force yourself to calm down."
Wang Ping'an: "What the hell?"
"Maybe if you want to enter that state of harmony between man and nature, what you need is not excitement, but calmness." Angele continued, the air she exhaled blew on Wang Ping'an's earlobe, making it moist and warm.
Wang Ping'an: "I am a materialist, and I cannot accept this kind of metaphysical statement..."
"It's not metaphysics, it's psychology. A calm mood allows your subconscious to work better. You see in many sports, athletes need to calm themselves down, such as shooting and archery."
Wang Ping'an's lips twitched and he nodded: "Okay, let's give it a try."