"I will never allow anyone to land on Mars first than me, Jayden Armstrong!"
Jayden Armstrong faced the three team members in front of him, stared at his huge eyes, and said these words in a stern voice.
There was another man standing next to him, a black man named James King, who also expressed support for Jayden Armstrong.
He pointed at the other three teammates in front of him and said angrily: "That's right! Have you all forgotten what we said before we set off? We want to be the first humans on earth to land on Mars!"
"Why are you so timid now?"
"Do you want to wait until the Chinese land on Mars before us, and then the whole world will laugh at us? Do you want to be called a coward by the people of our country?"
"Let me tell you, I don't want to anyway!"
"And don't forget, Mr. Secretary of State said that as long as we agree, they will immediately transfer 5 million US dollars to our account! 5 million US dollars! Think about it! Then we won't have to worry about it for the rest of our lives.
Got it!"
The words of the two people filled the spacecraft, expressing their opinions.
Facing the two of them, one of them was their captain, but the other three team members did not give in at all.
"You will never allow others to land on Mars before you, and we will not allow others to decide our lives on our behalf!"
Their vice-captain Alexander Wolf stared at Jayden Armstrong with equal anger.
The other two team members also said angrily: "You are risking your lives for money! Do you really think going to Mars is like playing a game?"
"We are not making a movie, and none of us are botanists! Once an accident occurs, death will be the only thing waiting for us!"
"Even if NASA says it will immediately build a new rocket regardless of the cost, it will still take at least half a year for them to build the rocket and then launch it."
"And it will take at least six or seven months until the rocket reaches Mars. You two really have to wait until we arrive at Mars. You will have to face the possibility of Mars alone for more than nine months.
crisis?"
Faced with the rebuttals of these three people, Jayden Armstrong snorted coldly and said: "None of us are botanists, but similarly, none of us are rocket engineers or Mars experts, so none of us have the authority to say
We will have a crisis."
"Moreover, NASA and our Secretary of State have assured us of absolute safety. What's more, the last cargo spacecraft launched to Mars, including the Mars base included in it, is also very safe."
"Even if the Martian dust storm in the movie really happens, hey, our Mars base can completely withstand it!"
"Also, you said we are not making a movie, so why do you think so many accidents like in the movie will happen after we go to Mars? It's just a plot!"
"And even if there is a super sandstorm that can last for three months, according to our life support system, which can maintain power for up to four months, I have no idea what you are afraid of!"
"So, you are a bunch of pure cowards!"
"Forget Tenia, she is just a woman, but Alexander, Bischi, you two men, and you are all soldiers who have come out of our air force, are you all scared now?"
Jayden Armstrong laughed: "Are you two the women in the woodpecker who can do nothing but bark? Hahahaha!"
The black man next to him, James King, also laughed loudly.
When they heard their insulting words, Bischi and Tenia, the only female team member among them, became angry on the spot.
"You are being sexist!" Tenia's face turned red and she pointed at Jayden and James angrily.
As the only woman in the field, she has become a role model for many women around the world since she was selected. And she has been training even harder in the subsequent training, trying her best to make herself perform better than others.
Men are worse.
Because she knows very well that in aerospace, men's bodies are more suitable than women. This is an absolutely indisputable fact from a biological perspective. The inclusion of women is just to demonstrate gender fairness in terms of political correctness.
So it is precisely because of this that she trains harder and never complains about being tired, or asks for some special treatment based on her identity as a woman, just to prevent herself from becoming the target of Mars' plan this time.
burden.
And from the beginning of training until now, she has indeed never been held back. Several of her teammates have also praised her highly in previous interviews with reporters.
But she never expected that the two teammates who once admired her would now be discriminated against because of her gender.
Of course, Bischi on the side was more direct.
He rolled up his sleeves directly. Since the other party had insulted them so much, he just did it and it was done.
But at this time, Alexander Wolf stretched out his hand to stop him, "Biskey, don't be impulsive."
But Bischi couldn't help it and roared: "Alexander! They have gone too far!"
Alexander shook his head and said, "If you take action, it will be difficult for us to talk to NASA."
After hearing this, and Alexander's persuasion, he finally gave Jayden and James a cold look on the opposite side, and then gave up his impulse.
In fact, Alexander Wolf was originally the best candidate for their captain, because Alexander Wolf is a perfect man with a height of 1.88 meters, a strong body, blond hair and blue eyes, and he is also an Air Force major.
He has a very good reputation in their army and is very popular with others.
It can be said that if Jayden Armstrong's name was not there and Alexander Wolf served as their captain, their lighting team could have done better.
But obviously there aren't that many ifs.
For the so-called political influence, NASA and the White House made the man in front of them, Jayden Armstrong, their captain, which led to all this.
Originally, this guy just smuggled over from a small South American country with his mother when he was a child, and then his mother was forced to have sex by the smuggler responsible for the smuggling. There was forced servitude against them, so it complied with the U.S. t
I met the visa conditions and finally got my green card.
Then this guy grew up and entered the Air Force through luck, and now he became their captain because of his name. In order to make him more qualified to become the captain, the military even directly awarded him a special rank of major.
, like Alexander Wolf, while also becoming the tallest among them.
So Bischi was very jealous of this guy's luck, and at this time, Jayden Armstrong wanted all of them to take this risk for his personal honor, which made Bischi completely burst into anger.
If it weren't for Alexander, at this moment he would just want to give this bastard a slap in the face for this South American smuggler whose mother is a sex worker.
When Jayden Armstrong saw Biskey's move of trying to hit him just now, he frowned and then said provocatively: "Hey? You still want to fight? You still dare to fight with me? Don't forget that I am your captain.
!This is aboard the spaceship of the Mars Project. Do you want to go to a military court after returning to Earth?"
"you!"
Provoked, Bischi became furious again, but Alexander quickly stopped him again and said to Armstrong: "Jaden, although this is a spaceship and fighting is not allowed, you are not allowed to do this deliberately.
provocative!"
Jayden Armstrong snorted again: "I am the captain, you should listen to me. I am not deliberately provoking, it is you who completely violated the instructions!"
Alexander took a deep breath, then calmed down and said, "Okay, Jayden, please stop saying these meaningless words."
"You just want to anger us, and then report our problems to the command center and disqualify us from voting."
"But from now on, you don't have to think about it. We are three people and have three votes. You are two people. Although you are the captain and can get two votes, you only have three votes."
"The Secretary of State has said that only if you have the most votes in support can you use all the fuel on the way to Mars."
"And now, as long as we still have three votes, you can forget about it!"
After hearing Alexander's words, the faces of Jayden Armstrong and James King suddenly darkened.
Indeed.
They really only have three votes.
At this time, Alexander once again said to James King: "James, think about it, do you really want to risk your life for that 5 million US dollars?"
Then he patted Bischi and Tenia and said to them: "Okay, let's put our energy into resting."
"Also, Tenia, you are the bravest and strongest woman I have ever seen. You are no weaker than some men, so don't care about what they say."
Hearing Alexander's words, Bischi and Tenia both nodded heavily, and Tenia burst into tears and hugged Alexander to express her gratitude and touch.
Then the three of them left here and returned to their rest cabin.
However, before leaving, Tenia, who regained her mood, turned to Jayden Armstrong and said: "If Neil Armstrong was still alive, he would definitely be ashamed because of you! You don't deserve this last name!
You’d better choose another one!”
After saying that, they left here completely.
Jayden Armstrong, who stayed where he was, became even more angry when he heard Tenia's words.
But it was obviously impossible for him to take action.
"Fuck, you bitch."
He cursed in a low voice because Tenia mentioned the pain point in his heart.
Neil Armstrong was the real first man to land on the moon.
And what he did was obviously not like the first man to land on the moon.
But what made him angry the most was because of a secret in his heart.
In fact, his surname was not Armstrong originally. When he was a child in a small South American country, he did not have a surname, only one name.
It wasn't until later that he smuggled himself over and successfully obtained a T visa with the help of his mother. The visa officer at the time asked him to state his last name, but since he didn't have one, the visa officer randomly chose one for him, and he got it.
This Armstrong, armstrong.
Just like that, he became Jayden Armstrong from then on.
It is precisely because of this that Tenia asked him to choose a new last name, which just touched on this sensitive point of his.
So, after Alexander and the others completely returned to the rest cabin, he kicked the ground violently, trying to vent his anger.
But the embarrassing thing is that because this is the universe, after he kicked, his body floated directly up, so he had to quickly grab the handrail next to him and let himself stand on the floor again.
Of course, for them in the universe, the floor can be used anywhere.
At this time, James King also asked Jayden Armstrong: "Jaden, what should we do now?"
Jayden Armstrong had a sullen face and finally said: "Now, let's contact Earth and find the Secretary of State."
"Oh, okay!" James King nodded immediately.
Then they came to the liaison desk.
The first thing is to contact the ground command center.
However, the communication method they used was radio, not quantum communication, so there was at least a two-minute communication delay.
In fact, they have also considered purchasing a quantum communication device from China that can be installed on the Mars spacecraft.
However, they have regulations that prohibit any cooperation with China in aerospace, so this matter naturally passed.
In this way, two minutes later, the message he sent finally reached the earth, and about five minutes later, he finally received the message.
[I am the Secretary of State, Dear Mr. Armstrong, what can I do for you?]
This text was sent via encrypted communication to ensure privacy.
After seeing this reply, Jayden Armstrong sent a text he had already typed in the same encryption method.
[Dear Mr. Secretary of State, James King and I strongly agree with the plan to consume the remaining fuel to accelerate, but the problem is that Alexander Wolf, Bischi Smith, and Tenia Schmidt are not the same.
We disagree with this plan, which makes us very embarrassed.
Can't you think of another way? For example, grant me the right to have one vote equal to three votes, or the power to pass with one vote.
To be honest, those three people are so cowardly. I can't believe I have such teammates.
Mr. Secretary of State, I believe you don’t want the title of the first country to land on Mars to be taken away by the Chinese, right?
So please provide me with some help.】
Then, he and James King waited.
It wasn't until about ten minutes later that they finally received a reply.
[Mr. Armstrong, I am very grateful to you and James King for having that kind of courage. Please let me first give you my appreciation.
In the human aerospace industry, we need the spirit of adventure that I mentioned to you, just like Columbus. His spirit of adventure brought our predecessors such a large and perfect land as the United States.
But unfortunately, I think there is nothing I can do about the requirements you mentioned. After all, I need to ensure that you have enough fair rights to choose on this issue. It is already all I can do to give you the power of two votes.
Did it all.
Of course, you are on the spaceship now, and you are the real controllers of the spacecraft.
In war, those who become heroes often need to make some decisions that violate orders. Just like Forrest Gump, Forrest Gump, who disobeyed his commander's orders and rushed into the jungle to recite
One by one, his comrades made him a hero.
So, the choice is yours, Mr. Jayden Armstrong.
Remember your time, the earlier, the better.
God will bless you.]
After reading this reply from the Secretary of State, both of them were slightly stunned.
"Jaden, what do you mean Secretary of State?"
James asked.
Jayden continued to think.
But at this time, they received another attachment sent back.
After opening the attachment, they were stunned.
Written in this attachment is the background code on how to obtain absolute control of the spacecraft engine system!
What is absolute control, that is, completely allowing the engine to run in the way they have set it, without being subject to other controls!
Seeing this, the two of them immediately had a plan in mind.
That is to rely on the code inside to allow them to gain absolute control of the engine system, and then let the engine start burning fuel to achieve acceleration!
Thinking of this, the two men immediately looked at each other and understood what the Secretary of State meant.
Why are they the real controllers of the spacecraft? That’s what it means!
Thinking of this, the two of them immediately looked at each other and saw each other's excitement.
Jayden Armstrong even growled in his heart: "I am destined to be the first person to climb onto the fire!"
Then he took another look at the attachment and copied all the contents inside.
At this time, they also discovered that there was another sentence at the end of the attachment.
[After backing up, completely delete the source file to avoid being discovered by Alexander and the others, otherwise they will be able to have the highest control. 】
Seeing this, the two of them couldn't care less. In their eyes, the Secretary of State was a good person. In addition, they didn't want Alexander and the others to see him, so they immediately followed suit.
Later, Jayden Armstrong said to James King: "Look for an opportunity later, and while the three of them are resting, we will get absolute control of the engine system and ignite the fuel!"
"At that time, even if they find out, absolute control is in our hands, and there is nothing they can do."
"Yeah." James King nodded immediately, but then he hesitated: "But the question is, when they report this matter to the command center, will we be punished?"
Jayden Armstrong immediately said: "At this time, don't think so much. As the Secretary of State said, in war, sometimes heroes have to make decisions that go against orders. You want to be a hero that attracts the attention of the whole United States.
?"
Hearing this, James King's eyes suddenly became firm: "I want to!"
"That's good!" Jayden Armstrong nodded, and then said: "So, don't hesitate. After becoming a hero, not to mention the 5 million US dollars promised by the Secretary of State, when you go back, the money,
Fame, beauty, etc., they will all be there."
James King's eyes suddenly seemed to shine with light.
"good!"
"Yes, but they may monitor us during this period. You can pretend to have a quarrel with me later, and then go back and tell them that you have figured it out and are not willing to risk your life for 5 million US dollars."
Speaking of this, Jayden Armstrong paused, and then said: "Then you take the initiative to say that you want to monitor me and let them rest."
"At that time, we can carry out our plan."
James King suddenly exclaimed: "Jaden, I didn't expect you to be able to come up with such a method!"
"Otherwise, why would I be your captain instead of Alexander?" Jayden Armstrong snorted, and then said: "Okay, it's time for us to quarrel."
Then he pushed James King hard and cursed: "You nigger, what do I want to do that I need you to tell me?"
Before James King could react, he came to his senses only after he was pushed out. Then he immediately scolded him back: "You try to curse me again? You're a racist!"
"nigger!"
…
The quarrel between the two immediately attracted the attention of the three people who returned to the rest cabin.
When the three people arrived, they saw two people fighting each other in the air.
It wasn't until the three of them separated the two people that the two of them showed acting skills that would even award an Oscar a statuette, and successfully made Alexander Wolf forgive James King and accept him.
After all, Alexander Wolf was considered the good guy Alexander when he was first trained.
In this way, when James King "left angrily", he and Jayden Armstrong met their eyes, and both saw the smile in the other's eyes.
