Chapter 1280: The Day of Departure

Winter in the northern hemisphere came earlier this year.

Before the winter solstice, the wind in Jinling was filled with a bitter chill.

Seeing his wife standing in front of him and the baby in her arms, a trace of reluctance flashed in Sun Lieyang's eyes, but he still took a deep breath of the cold air and said with determination.

"I gotta go."

The woman stared into his eyes, that lake-like gaze seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end only one sentence came out.

"……remember to miss me."

"Don't be so sad."

Gently pushed aside the bangs on her forehead that were blown by the wind, as if to engrave this face in her memory, Sun Lieyang, who was staring at his wife, grinned from the corner of his mouth, trying to make his tone sound as clear as possible. May be easier.

"It's not that I won't come back. And I feel that it will be ten years at most. Let's go to the moon, it's as simple as taking a high-speed train back to our hometown. When you come up to see me, or I go down to see you, it will be the same."

Looking at the little baby in the woman's arms, Sun Lieyang stretched out his index finger to tease him, and showed him a warm smile.

Perhaps infected by that warm smile, the little baby stopped crying, giggled and stretched out his hand, trying to grab Dad's index finger.

"Hey baby, wait for me to come back."

Gently holding the child's hand, he continued to speak in a fascinated tone.

"At that time, your father will be able to tell you an incredible story that will make your classmates envious."

Biting her lip, the woman looked at him with a hint of sadness in her eyes.

"Really...do you have to go now?"

"I can't help it, someone has to go," Sun Lieyang gently opened the child's hand, looked at his wife, and said with a smile, "My younger brother will get married next year, and there is also a younger sister who is twenty-five or six years old. If I, the senior brother, don't stand up, why don't I let the two of them go up?"

Some things have to be done.

There are only a few research owners in the country who are doing second-generation controllable fusion, and their research group can be said to be the backbone of it. Although it is only a preliminary work so far, and it is still far away from unlocking the energy treasure house on the moon, if no one takes this first step, there will be no future.

"...I heard it's very cold there, remember to wear more clothes when you go up."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of myself."

After kissing his wife and the child in her arms goodbye, Sun Lieyang threw the half-person-high backpack on his body, resisted the urge to look back, and walked towards the SUV parked outside the dormitory.

The first batch of pioneers who went to Guanghan City Special Zone had a total of 50 people.

As pioneers to open up the future, they will take a special spacecraft specially prepared for them at the No. 2 launch base, and go to the Magpie Bridge waiting in the synchronous orbit.

Looking at Sun Lieyang who was the last one to get into the car after smearing ink for a long time, Tao Muye turned his questioning eyes to him.

"You even have kids?"

Sun Lieyang grinned, and a string of white mist floated out of his nostrils.

"What? It doesn't look like it?"

"It really doesn't look like it."

"What about you? You have been studying for a Ph. D. for a few years, haven't you found a partner?"

"I'm a celibate."

"It's the first time I've heard people talk about being single so fresh and refined... But I'm a little curious. There shouldn't be a shortage of people in your research institute, right? Why send an older, unmarried young man there?"

It is reasonable to have such doubts.

Although the archdruid no longer has doctoral students, there are still quite a few people in his research institute. Agricultural research is different from controllable fusion. The latter is an emerging discipline, while the former has been developed for decades. Given the choice, there is no reason to send an only child who is not yet married.

"It's my own name."

Unlike Dr. Sun, it can be said that he spent a lot of effort in order to get this spot.

"...you reported it yourself?" Sun Lieyang looked at him blankly, and said with some confusion, "Why?"

"Didn't Academician Lu say that?" Tao Muye smiled faintly, and glanced at the passing scenery outside the car window, as well as the autumn leaves blowing down from the plane trees, "This is a necessary expedition."

"For the future of civilization."

"Don't you think it's a very romantic thing?"

...

The last vehicle arrived at launch site two.

Luggage and passengers were divided into two groups, and under the command of the on-site staff, they boarded the giant bird-shaped aerospace plane step by step.

Thirty minutes later, they are about to go to the moon more than 300,000 kilometers away and open up a new home there.

Although the road ahead was full of uncertainty and confusion, none of them who were sitting in the life support device showed fear in their eyes.

As the man put it, it was an expedition of necessity.

Every one of them sitting here has a great and glorious mission.

They went not only to the moon.

It is the future of human civilization.

The wide engine ejected azure blue arc light, and driven by the high-speed ejected plasma, the aerospace plane with its wings spread began to move forward slowly, heading towards the sky.

The loved ones standing on the ground waved goodbye to those who had gone away, until the arc disappeared into the corner of the sky, drawing everyone's attention to the distance...

At the same time, at the Xingkong Science and Technology Building, which is less than 50 kilometers away from the No. 2 launch base, the general manager of the aerospace project department sent the launch briefing from the command center to the CEO's office, and briefly reported the current launch situation .

"...Chang'e has passed through the stratosphere smoothly and is switching to the vertical flight mode to change its course. It is expected to reach the predetermined orbit in two hours."

After taking the report and glanced at it, Chen Yushan nodded.

"Just leave this report with me, you go down first."

"Alright Mr. Chen."

The man nodded, turned and left the office, and closed the door behind him.

After carefully reading the report in hand, Chen Yushan thought for a moment, then summarized the situation into a more concise report, and sent it to Lu Zhou through Xingkong Technology's internal office system.

Although she was not there to direct, she knew exactly how much Lu Zhou attached importance to this launch plan.

Presumably after hearing this good news, he should be very happy.

Unconsciously, my thoughts drifted tens of thousands of kilometers away.

Stretching her sore arms, Chen Yushan stood up from the office chair with her hands on the desk after finishing the work at hand, and walked to the French window with a coffee cup in her hand.

Looking at the sunset outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, a little melancholy appeared in her heart for a moment.

Even though we haven't seen each other for a few days, it always feels like a long, long time has passed.

"...I wish I could come back sooner."

Muttering something softly in her mouth, Chen Yushan suddenly felt that the face reflected on the floor-to-ceiling windows was a little strange.

I always feel that this kind of willful words that only a little girl would say, really doesn't match my image of a strong woman.

"...It seems that I have to work harder."