novel520 Chapter 1371 - 704: Yangshan No. 1 Test Flight
Chapter 1371 - 704: Yangshan No. 1 Test Flight
"Mr. Liang, you are here."
Li Hanzhong immediately came forward to greet Liang Yuan with a smile.
Liang Yuan asked, "How are the preparations going?"
"Everything is ready for the test flight anytime."
"How are the test pilots faring?"
"Both their physical and psychological qualities have been tested, and they are excellent."
"I mean their families and their needs." Liang Yuan asked seriously.
"Everything has been taken care of."
Liang Yuan walked toward Xu Huang and others, while Li Hanzhong introduced to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the leader of Yangshan, Mr. Liang Yuan."
Xu Huang and the others quickly greeted him.
"Hello, Mr. Liang!"
"Good morning, Mr. Liang!"
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Liang Yuan nodded to everyone, and Li Hanzhong introduced each pilot to him.
"This is Fei Kang, who is the most agile-minded among the pilots. He is a Spirit Ability User with a super-strong crisis sensing ability, capable of anticipating warnings and possessing super-strong intuitive superpower."
"During this flight, he will act as the captain, overseeing the spacecraft’s trajectory, hoping his intuitive foresight will be of great help."
Liang Yuan looked at him and smiled, "Hello, Comrade Fei Kang, welcome to Yangshan, and thank you very much for trusting our Yangshan R&D department to voluntarily participate in this test flight mission."
Fei Kang quickly responded, "I should be thanking Mr. Liang and the Yangshan R&D department for giving me this opportunity."
"You don’t know, superpower users like me are as common as cattle outside. I really cherish this opportunity."
Liang Yuan nodded slightly and said, "I’ve heard you have a wife and child?"
"Yes."
"Are they settled?"
"They are settled, and the R&D department’s rewards have been distributed. They are now residents of Yangshan Shelter."
Hearing this, Liang Yuan nodded slightly and said to Li Hanzhong, "Regardless of the completion of this test flight mission, the families of these people should be given the highest benefits as the patrollers’ families."
"Okay, I’ll have someone notify the logistics department later."
Liang Yuan nodded slightly and then met with others.
When he came to Xu Huang, Xu Huang took a deep breath and said, "Hello, Mr. Liang, I am Xu Huang."
Li Hanzhong introduced him, "He is a Fire Attribute Superpower User, which is rare even in Yangshan."
"He has strong mind and willpower, and high execution power, responsible for the attack and defense systems on the spaceship."
Liang Yuan nodded and said to Xu Huang, "Hello, are your family members settled?"
"Thank you, Mr. Liang, for your concern. They are all settled." Xu Huang smiled reluctantly.
Liang Yuan said, "If there is any difficulty, be sure to bring it up immediately. Regardless of the mission’s outcome, your families are fully taken care of by Yangshan Shelter."
Xu Huang said, "With your assurance, Mr. Liang, I, Xu Huang, feel satisfied. Mr. Liang, Professor Li, rest assured, we will do our utmost in this mission."
"Everyone, it’s getting late. According to the plan, let’s prepare to board the ship."
After chatting for a while, Li Hanzhong said to Xu Huang and others.
Everyone showed a solemn expression, and then entered the Yangshan No. 1 spacecraft in sequence.
Following daily training, Xu Huang and others took their positions accordingly.
Liang Yuan and others also entered the meeting room, looking at the central control screen.
Li Hanzhong picked up the microphone and said, "Yangshan No. 1, initiate the self-check program."
"This is Yangshan No. 1, the self-check program has been initiated." Fei Kang quickly responded.
Following that were the sounds of currents being activated.
"Defense system activated normally."
"Attack system activated normally."
"Power system normal!"
"Escape pod system normal!"
"Gas is being expelled, cabin door sealed."
"Pressure stable, energy normal."
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As each system was activated, the self-check program quickly completed the spacecraft’s self-check.
All preparations were done, Fei Kang and Xu Huang exchanged glances, followed by eye contact with the other members.
Everyone nodded.
Fei Kang took a deep breath and said, "Tower, tower, this is Yangshan No. 1, the self-check program is all normal, now requesting test flight!"
A moment later, Li Hanzhong’s voice came through, "Permission granted for test flight!"
Fei Kang reached out and pressed the start button.
With a humming vibration sound rising.
Instantly, the power system began running rapidly, followed by high-intensity airflow rapidly discharged from the exhaust holes.
The entire Yangshan No. 1 began to rise quickly.
Below, six energy pillars like flames ejected out, making the flight extremely stable.
As the energy jet devices on the wings activated, the spacecraft instantly soared into the sky over Yangshan, rushing up into the clouds!
The snowflakes flew around as the spacecraft moved against them, brushing past.
Fei Kang, Xu Huang, and others had resolute expressions in their eyes, staring at the heavy dark clouds, not speaking.
In the Yangshan R&D department meeting room, everyone watched the big screen. This was the signal transmitted back by the camera connected to the spacecraft.
Liang Yuan asked, "Wouldn’t the radio signal be affected? How is the signal transmission achieved?"
Li Hanzhong explained, "The presence of Superpower Energy does interfere with radio signals."
"Short distances are unaffected, but once beyond ten kilometers, the signal difference becomes significant."
"However, we discovered a new type of rune from the armored vehicle belonging to the Sprout organization, which we call the ’Filter Rune’. This rune can filter out large amounts of superpower energy, maintaining the transmission of signals at a special frequency."
"The signal transmission device on the armored vehicle uses this filter rune technology."
"After disassembling it, we applied it to the spaceship. Not only can it achieve long-distance signal transmission, but with adjustments by our professionals, it can even achieve long-distance visual signal imaging."
"That’s why we now have remote video signals."
Liang Yuan listened somewhat ambiguously as this knowledge naturally exceeded his understanding.
However, professional matters should be left to the professionals.
He doesn’t need to understand every principle, just smiled and said, "You guys really know how to solve problems."
Li Hanzhong chuckled and said, "This isn’t particularly difficult technology, mainly those crucial runes. Video signal technology is still the pre-apocalypse stuff."
"As long as we can overcome the influence of superpower energy fields, a lot of pre-apocalypse technology can be used."
"Currently, our people are already researching the reconstruction of a local area network, perhaps in the near future, within our Yangshan sphere of influence, we might be able to get back online."
"Those electronic devices, tablets, and phones you collected back in the day might be usable again."
Liang Yuan was quite surprised upon hearing this: "Really? Doesn’t that require satellite signal transmission?"
Li Hanzhong laughed, "It’s just a local area network, not as complicated as that."
Liang Yuan found his explanation simple and started to look forward to it.
If the network could be restored, then humanity’s technological level could probably advance rapidly.
"We’re about to enter the cloud!"
Suddenly, Ren Jie reminded everyone.
Everyone was startled and quickly turned to look at the big screen.
Fu Qibo, nearby, said, "We’re soon going to test the ship’s lightning resistance capability."
"I wonder if the energy shield, along with the feather-covered hull, can withstand such high-intensity thunderstorms."
As the screen showed the ship getting closer to the clouds, terrifying lightning seemed to explode right in front of everyone.
Suddenly, the screen went hazy, covered in dense snow-like interference.
The staff immediately shouted, "Lost video signal!"
"What about the communication signal?" Li Hanzhong immediately asked.
"Yangshan No. 1, Yangshan No. 1, this is the control tower, this is the control tower, please respond if you hear, please respond!"
The liaison officer quickly started trying to contact Yangshan No. 1.
However, only a series of electrical noises came through the microphone.
Everyone’s heart was in their throat.
Liang Yuan frowned and looked at Li Hanzhong.
Li Hanzhong said, "I fear the magnetic field inside the thundercloud is too strong, interfering heavily with signal transmission."
"So what now?" Liang Yuan asked.
Li Hanzhong glanced at Shen Yunxi in the distance and said, "Check the test pilot’s vital signs."
Shen Yunxi quickly nodded, operated on her computer screen a few times, and then said, "The heart rate of Xu Fei and Fei Kang has increased, both reaching over one hundred and fifty."
"Jiang Hui and Wu Zhengyu are experiencing arrhythmia and elevated blood pressure, but still within controllable range."
"Xu Huang’s physical data is all normal."
Li Hanzhong breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems they are okay; Xu Huang’s psychological resilience is indeed impressive."
Liang Yuan was surprised, "You guys even have their real-time physical data?"
Li Hanzhong smiled, "This is a pure superpower method, let me introduce it to you."
He pointed to a middle-aged woman not far away and smiled, "She is a newcomer discovered by the medical department, named Cao Xianghua, and her awakened ability is bloodline sensing."
"With just a drop of the opponent’s fresh blood, she can effectively sense their physical data, and this process can last until the cells in the blood lose activity."
"These days she stays in the medical department, responsible for tasks related to blood testing—she’s a key player for Dr. Yang."
The woman named Cao Xianghua looked over here, and her gaze at Liang Yuan was filled with reverence, fervor, and gratitude.
Liang Yuan smiled and nodded to her, quietly reflecting that as the Yangshan Shelter grows larger, more talents come seeking refuge.
Various bizarre superpowers emerge, shining in different places.
This woman’s superpower is undoubtedly very well-suited for work in the medical department.
Liang Yuan asked, "Did she join Yangshan later?"
Li Hanzhong shook his head and said, "She was originally one of the survivors from Sunshine New City; that group of women and children was personally rescued by you, and quite a few among them have awakened superpowers now."
Liang Yuan nodded in understanding, no wonder Cao Xianghua looked at him with that expression.
"I wonder what’s the situation with the spaceship now," Li Hanzhong looked at the sky outside the window, somewhat worried.
Ren Jie said, "Old Li, have confidence in our design!"
Fu Qibo also said, "Yes, our spaceship has undergone internal lightning resistance tests; there shouldn’t be any problems."
Time passed bit by bit, about ten minutes or so.
Suddenly, the screen full of snow interference jumped up, displaying an image!
"Signal’s back!"
The staff instantly shouted excitedly.
Everyone hurriedly looked and saw in the image, a serene blue sky.
In the sky, golden sunlight was dazzlingly bright.
Giant floating islands drifted at varying distances.
Clouds flowed among the mountainous terrain of those floating islands. Across the sky, a massive Milky Way spanned the horizon like a suspended river hanging in the air, with vast streams of water pouring down!
During these streams’ descent, upon hitting the floating islands, they either transformed into waterfall springs or evaporated into cloud mist, or simply merged into the endless thunderclouds.
Terror-inducing giant beasts, whose names could not be called out, flew back and forth in the air.
Some moved in large groups, while others were solitary.
But without exception, they were all gigantic, with the smallest being at least ten to twenty meters!
Even through the screen, everyone in the research department could feel their terrifying presence.