Chapter 69 Explosion_1

"Boom~"

The Space Shuttle slowly landed, and then the hatch was opened. Kupa rushed into the spacecraft and then took off his helmet and yelled.

"Mann has deceived us, all the data he provided were fabricated. He just tried to kill me but failed, and now he has taken control of the Space Shuttle and is heading for the Space Station. We must get there before him, or we're in serious trouble."

"I was just about to tell you, the data calculated by Dr. Mann deviates significantly from what we've actually observed." Luomi immediately pulled up the mistakes she found on her tablet after hearing that Dr. Mann had fled.

Sweating profusely, Kupa moved from the hatch to the pilot's seat, took over the controls immediately, and then prepared to launch the Space Shuttle at full power.

Cao Ge glanced at Kupa and then requested to disembark, stating that his own Space Shuttle was still at the base.

Cao Ge didn't know why he wanted to leave the spacecraft; he just blurted it out instinctively. He always felt better piloting his own ship.

In the original script, with Kupa's death-defying maneuvers, Cao Ge felt it was better to be cautious.

"Boom~"

Cao Ge stood on the ridge, watching the Space Shuttle lift off and soar into the sky. Within a matter of seconds, it had disappeared from his view.

After the Space Shuttle was out of sight, Cao Ge pressed the communication button on the side of his helmet.

"Murphy, bring the Explorer over."

"Yes, Dr. Miller."

Murphy, ten kilometers away, immediately responded and controlled the Space Shuttle to come to him. Within tens of seconds, it arrived by his side.

Cao Ge climbed aboard the Space Shuttle and then moved to the pilot's seat, steering the Space Shuttle into outer space.

About twenty minutes later, he also controlled the Space Shuttle to reach outer space.

At this moment, in the dark space, the Space Shuttle's reflection was bright due to Kagangtuya's presence, so Cao Ge could see that there were two Space Shuttles ahead of him.

Further in the distance was the Jerusalem Space Station, stationary in a geostationary orbit.

While Cao Ge was observing, the first Space Shuttle had already begun docking with the Space Station.

Then, without waiting long, it exploded.

The Space Shuttle broke apart, and the Space Station suffered damage as well due to the shockwave caused by the forced opening of the hatch during docking, shattering the connected modules and affecting several others.

Seven or eight modules were destroyed in an instant, leaving the ring-shaped Space Station with only half a ring remaining, and because of the shockwave, it began to drift off course into outer space while spinning rapidly.

All of this happened too fast, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into this state.

Cao Ge controlled the Space Shuttle to a halt and docked in the planet's satellite orbit.

Then he looked at the far-off space station, now shattered into countless pieces.

After about five minutes, he saw the Space Shuttle controlled by Kupa began to accelerate frantically, chasing after the Space Station.

Cao Ge did nothing but wait to see if Kupa could catch up with the rapidly spinning Space Station and take control of it.

As for Mann, at that moment, who had the heart to care about him now turned into an ice sculpture?

Everyone's attention was focused on whether Kupa could catch up with the Space Station.

Kupa pushed the speed to the maximum, so it didn't take long for the Space Shuttle to catch up with the Space Station.

At that time, their problem turned to how to dock with the rapidly spinning Station.

For a successful docking, the Station, which was spinning fast, had to come to a relative stop, meaning the Space Shuttle also had to spin at high speed.

This was an extremely difficult operation, and a slightest mistake could result in the destruction of both man and machine.

But at that moment, Kupa had no other choice; failing to reclaim the Space Station meant complete failure of their mission.

The result was that not only could they not save the people of Earth, but they also failed to complete the mission of establishing a new civilization.

And without the supplies from the space station, they themselves would grow old and die on this planet, unable to go anywhere else.

......

Just as Cao Ge thought Kupa would successfully retrieve the space station just like in the original drama, the space station exploded once again.

The firelight was so glaring against the pitch-black night sky.

The space station and the space shuttle both disappeared in the blaze, turning into cosmic dust.

Seeing this scene, Cao Ge stood up abruptly, his expression one of disbelief.

"How could this happen?" Cao Ge was stunned.

Through the space shuttle's front window, he watched the sea of flames that was ten kilometers away.

As time passed, the cosmic dust from the explosion even began to hit his spacecraft.

But because they were so tiny, they did not inflict serious damage on his craft, only creating a "clang clang" sound as they struck the metal hull.

The plot had changed, Kupa and Brand were dead.

Who would save the Earth's humanity now?

Cao Ge's eyes widened, his mind in a state of blank shock.

Gradually, the larger fragments, some flew towards the cosmic starry sky, others were captured by the planet, turned into meteors, and plummeted to the ground.

All of this happened too quickly, less than an hour had passed since he discovered Mann fleeing in the space shuttle.

But that one hour had steered the course of human civilization in this universe towards a different ending.

Kupa and the others were dead, he didn't care, but what about his mission?

Originally, he planned to play it safe, but now it seemed he could only fly towards Kagangtuya.

The system's issuance of the mission to explore the tesseract, it now seemed, was like it was luring him into the black hole.

The Savior System did not issue a salvation mission; instead, it handed him a task completely unrelated to salvation.

That was his opinion before, when Kupa was still around.

If a salvation mission had been issued, he could have done nothing, and Kupa would have saved humanity in this world.

But now, his mission wasn't to save the world, but he had no choice but to enter the black hole.

And if there really was a tesseract inside the black hole, he could easily send a message back to Earth.

The system was telling him that saving the world had to involve his personal participation; he couldn't just reap the benefits without effort.

Cao Ge sat in the pilot's seat, silent for a long time.

After confirming that Kupa and the others were indeed dead, he made a decision—to enter the black hole.

Since the system had issued the mission to explore the tesseract, then it wouldn't fail him, there should be a tesseract inside Kagangtuya.

But for safety, Cao Ge decided to wait a little longer.

He would wait until after the system's dormant period before proceeding.

By then, if he encountered something in the black hole, he could traverse back at the first opportunity.

Even if there really was a tesseract inside, he couldn't be sure that he'd be as lucky as Kupa in the original drama, to come out and be discovered by humans in time.