The actions of the United States and Russia can be hidden from ordinary people, but they cannot hide from them from the great powers like China with space capabilities. Just when Hades and Starry Sky launched the controllable thermonuclear fusion engine and flew into space, Su Yichen had already received the news.

When Su Yichen learned that the Americans had launched a space shuttle at the Kennedy Air Center, the direction was the Hades spacecraft docked in near-Earth space orbit, he decisively judged that the Americans' Pluto landing plan was about to begin.

In fact, it is not difficult to calculate the actions of the Americans, because from the beginning, including their so-called Zeus plan, Su Yichen was very clear. Moreover, like China, Americans also calculated the most appropriate time to fly to Pluto. From this aspect, the result is obvious.

However, it was a bit unexpected that Russia's Starry Spaceship followed at the same time. Is this a coincidence, or is it that the Russians also knew the secret of the Pluto base? Or why Su Yichen didn't know about it.

Earth, where the new base in Northwest China is located, the Pioneer spacecraft has been ready for the final launch. Today is the last night before the launch. Su Yichen took a good rest for a day and adjusted his mental state to the best. At 6 pm on Friday, he arrived at the launch site and made his final preparations.

"Xiao Su, be careful!" Old Tian held Su Yichen's hand and told him. He had said this sentence many times since he met Su Yichen. Old Tian, ​​who was usually strict and vigorous, was not much different from an ordinary elder at this time. He was like an old man who sent his children to a long trip, couldn't help but take care of him repeatedly.

"Old Tian, ​​don't worry, I'm not worried about what else you are worried about?" Lin Dong looked at it and found it funny, and interjected happily.

"You old man Lin, don't you understand what you said?" He glared at Lin Dong with annoyance. Old Tian then laughed. Indeed, he was always worried about Su Yichen, especially when he learned that the spacecraft of the United States and Russia took off, Old Tian was even more nervous.

Su Yichen was not worried at all. On the contrary, his expression was very relaxed. He knew the situation between the United States and Russia, but he was more informed about the Pioneer than anyone else. Whether compared with the Hades, which took the lead or the largest Starry Sky, although the Pioneer has not set off yet, Su Yichen firmly believed that his Pioneer was the most technologically intensive and advanced among these three spacecrafts.

Not to mention, it is just the existence of Su Li as the intelligent core, which is incomparable to the United States and Russia. Compared with the Starry Sky, which has 11 astronauts and the Hades, which has 19 astronauts, there are not many personnel of the Pioneer. In addition to Su Yichen, the Pioneer astronauts have only 5 people. Except for medical care, maintenance, experiments, equipment control, etc., it must rely on astronauts' work, most of the rest of the work is done by the Pioneer's intelligent core, Su Li. This not only improves efficiency, but also greatly reduces the burden of the Pioneer's carrying materials.

In addition, the Pioneer's ecological circulation system is also the latest technology that the United States and Russia have not mastered. This system completely replaces the small ecological balance circle on Hades, allowing it to release the internal space of the Pioneer in large quantities. From this point of view, the Pioneer is the most powerful in terms of navigation speed, duration, maneuverability, etc.

After walking around the launch center, shook hands with colleagues at the base and said goodbye, then confirmed the final preparations of the Pioneer. Seeing that the time was almost over, Su Yichen was about to go to the preparation room upstairs to change his space suits and wait for boarding.

At this moment, a staff member hurriedly ran in from outside. When he saw Mr. Hotan and Lin Dong stood together and whispered Su Yichen, he rushed to this side.

"Director Su, something happened!"

"What happened?" The three people present suddenly felt a slump in their hearts, and the Pioneer was about to launch. Suddenly someone came to report something was wrong? Could something big happened?

When the staff reported that the situation was happening, Su Yichen's face changed suddenly, and the faces of Old Tian and Lin Dong on the side became particularly ugly.

"How could this happen? What are you doing?" Old Tian's anger suddenly came up, and he stared at the person who came and asked sternly. Indeed, it would be strange if he didn't get angry if this happens. Such an important launch is right in front of him. Someone suddenly came to tell him that two of the original astronauts had diarrhea and had been rushed to medical treatment.

Compared to Mr. Tian’s anger, Lin Dong and Su Yichen felt a little incredible. According to the base’s placement of astronauts and the dietary control of astronauts, such a thing could not have happened. If there is an explanation, it would never be a coincidence.

"Let's go! Go and have a look." Su Yichen saw Old Tian ask the other party what happened, but the staff member couldn't answer, so he immediately thought about it and suggested.

The three of them left quickly and soon arrived at the astronaut's rest area. The four astronauts who were originally scheduled to be prepared here were only two of them. They were looking at each other in the chairs, with a bad face. At the scene, the base guard regiment had already taken over, and Zhang Liming, who had just been promoted to major general, stood there with a pale face.

"Director Su, Mr. Tian, ​​Mr. Lin..."

Seeing Su Yichen and others coming, Zhang Liming hurriedly stepped forward. Su Yichen waved his hand to stop his politeness and asked directly what was going on.

"The doctor's initial diagnosis was food poisoning. According to the situation on the scene, this should be a destruction incident..." Zhang Liminghui reported that the base guard regiment was very fast and found out the situation in the shortest time. After the doctor's diagnosis, Zhang Liming immediately investigated the supply of astronauts' drinking water, food and other aspects. After the investigation, he found that a responsible staff member disappeared inexplicably. Although it is not yet confirmed that this incident was done by this person, it is basically certain that this was a destruction incident.

As for the other two astronauts, they were lucky. Since the preparations before boarding the ship were completed alternately, when the other two astronauts were food poisoned, the two were lucky enough not to be caught.

"It's simply dereliction of duty!" Lin Dong was very angry. Such an important launch actually caused food poisoning by astronauts. Whether it was a sabotage or an accidental dereliction of duty, it was certain. When Zhang Liming heard Lin Dong's words, he was very embarrassed.

"Xiao Su, what do you think? Or postpone the launch?" Old Tian was also extremely angry. In his opinion, this matter must be investigated to the end, but the problem is that there are still several hours before the final launch. The sudden fall of the two astronauts is too risky to board the ship with Su Yichen and the other two.

"No! The launch must not be postponed." Su Yichen shook his head and denied Mr. Tian's suggestion. He asked about the situation of the backup astronaut. When he learned that there was a backup astronaut at the base to take over the mission, Su Yichen breathed a little relieved and asked someone to arrange the astronaut to prepare immediately, but the number of people is still missing. You must know that the configuration of the five people has been calculated reasonably, and once one person is missing, it will bring some uncertainties.

"I'll do it!"

Just as Su Yichen and Mr. Tian and others discussed to see if they could arrange personnel from the Aerospace Center as soon as possible, a voice suddenly sounded. When they looked back, they said this, Gao Jian, who had been following them all the time. When they saw Su Yichen looking at him, Gao Jian smiled and said, "I have completed the aerospace training. Besides, I have always been your secretary. Since I have this opportunity now, I think I should continue my work."

Looking at Gao Jian, Su Yichen saw firmness and determination in his eyes. Gao Jian was right. He did complete aerospace training with Su Yichen, including a series of training. From this point of view, Gao Jian has reached the level of an ordinary astronaut. Moreover, Gao Jian's qualifications, ability, and his personality can be said to be Su Yichen's absolute trust. In addition, Gao Jian is indeed a suitable candidate after years of getting along with each other.

Time waited for no one, and Su Yichen had to make the final decision. After thinking about it, he finally agreed to Gao Jian and nodded, "Let's do it, Xiao Gao prepares immediately. Old Tian, ​​Chief and Director Xu will ask you."

Old Tian understood what Su Yichen said and nodded silently. (To be continued...)

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