Amidst the violent tremors, Cheng Lin clenched the armrests of his seat almost subconsciously. The scene outside the rocket became blurred, which was the airflow surging at high speed.

He looked at the other people around him and found that they all looked similar. In Xia Guo's previous manned spaceflights, Cheng Lin could only remember that he had transported at most three astronauts at the same time, but this did not mean that he could only transport three astronauts at the same time.

Transport three people.

Similarly, fifteen people is far from the limit, even if the weight of the warhead is added.

However, many times, having too many people is not necessarily a good thing. Too many people can cause coordination problems and affect the efficiency of operations. This is also the reason why after repeated weighing, only fifteen people were allowed.

The entire launch vehicle was divided into three stages, and fifteen of them sat in the uppermost cabin. The temporarily installed seats seemed a bit crowded and cramped, but no one cared about this at this time.

Cheng Lin looked at the round, fusiform warhead placed at the feet of everyone. It looked ordinary, about one and a half meters tall, with numbers painted on the surface and an opening device installed. He looked at it

, the codename of this warhead came to Cheng Lin's mind: "Hope"

When he learned the name of this warhead, his mood was momentarily complicated.

"Destruction and hope...if I hadn't been in this situation, I might have thought this name was full of irony."

He thought to himself, then quickly retracted his thoughts and found that the cabin began to vibrate more violently, and the invisible weight on his body became more intense.

Even with his fifth-grade physical fitness, he felt uncomfortable. As for the two second-grades, through the transparent helmets, one could see their faces turning red.

He understood that this meant that the rocket was passing through the atmosphere. He recalled what he had seen on TV and thought that the rocket had probably begun to fall off in stages at this time.

After another while, the vibration suddenly disappeared, the rumbling sound disappeared, and everything became silent. He saw some signal lights in front of the cabin began to flash regularly, and the communication equipment built into the spacesuit transmitted "Already."

The electronic sound of "Into the Predetermined Track".

"We're out."

I don’t know who it is, but he spoke through a communication device and said - they are on the same signal channel.

Cheng Lin pursed his lips, knowing that he had entered space. According to the process that Liang Jing had explained on the big screen, the rocket should currently be in a geosynchronous orbit, and then it would need to rotate around the earth for one and a half times, staggering the distance between the Federation and the Soviet Union.

The rocket then ignited again and derailed.

"Buzz..."

Suddenly, the closed porthole slowly opened, and everyone was attracted to look at the universe through the clear and transparent window.

This is not the first time Cheng Lin has seen the universe from this perspective.

During the last deduction, he flew into space and had a glimpse of it, but it was too hasty. This time, he could appreciate it properly.

The boundless universe is deep and empty darkness, with only the cold starlight twinkling, but every ray of light seems extraordinarily far away.

His sense of direction disappeared, and Cheng Lin felt like he was trying to catch something, but couldn't.

He looked at the Earth and found that he could not see her in full view. After all, the orbit at this moment was still too close. Within this distance and the limitations of the portholes, he could not even see the curved surface of the Earth.

"It's so big..."

I don’t know who said something with emotion in the channel, and then got a burst of support from everyone.

The earth in their eyes is slightly different from what they have seen before. The biggest change is the color. There are large patches of green and misty gray on the land patches. This is the change of the planet caused by the alienation of plants.

The changes seen from a macro perspective are enough to illustrate the drastic changes.

"look!"

Suddenly, someone shouted, and Cheng Lin saw countless branches, stems and leaves appearing outside the porthole. They were "tentacles" extending from the plant overlord body, floating in the cold and silent universe, and already connected to the earth.

Together, they are like a bridge.

"Oh, if these plants are not lethal, I might try to climb up these branches from the earth."

Someone joked that they heard it clearly this time and it was Li Yang's voice.

"Haha, just you? Do you know how far it is? Hundreds of thousands of kilometers, even a turtle grandson like you is too exhausted to come up." Another team member joked.

The channel was filled with a strange kind of laughter, and Cheng Lin could tell that this was everyone deliberately cheering up the atmosphere, hoping to dispel the depression in their hearts.

He didn't speak, just looked at the track, and seemed to see other rockets faintly, but they were too far apart from each other. He couldn't even tell which country's rockets they were from, let alone wave. This discovery made everyone

All a little regretful.

After an unknown amount of time, the rocket suddenly accelerated again, left the orbit under the control of precise calculations, and headed diagonally towards the group of plants in the deep sky. The channel suddenly became cold, and only the breathing of each other could be heard.

"Buzz..."

A non-existent buzzing sound appeared, and Cheng Lin raised his eyebrows slightly. Just now, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had crossed a transparent and illusory boundary.

Soon, the scene outside the cabin window began to zoom in quickly, zoom in... and zoom in again...

Until the entire field of vision was filled by the group of plants, and then there was a crash, and the entire cabin rolled. Fortunately, everyone was fixed on the seats, so they would not be thrown out, but the warhead codenamed "Hope" was there.

Rolling around on the ground.

"rub……"

When the vibration stopped and the cabin door opened automatically, Cheng Lin shook his dizzy head and saw that Shi Shengcun was already unfastening the "seat belt" on the seat.

His serious voice came from the channel: "Attention, everyone! We have landed! We may encounter danger at any time!"

Everyone was silent and got up from their seats one after another. According to the previous arrangement, they climbed out of the cabin door one by one and started to be on guard.

The last person to crawl out was an awakened person with physical energy. He was responsible for carrying the warhead. Cheng Lin noticed that while he was holding up "Hope", he opened a device on its surface and entered the password twice in sequence.

Then, I heard the signal flares on the surface of the device begin to flash.

"The countdown to detonation has started."

He said in a deep voice on the channel.

Everyone was silent. This was also the planned arrangement. Considering that the team may encounter fatal danger, the worst case scenario is that after entering, the entire army will be annihilated before detonating.

Therefore, before entering, the warhead will be turned on for a countdown. If there is an accident, it will detonate itself at the predetermined time.

And if the process goes very smoothly, and everyone is still alive before the countdown is lifted, and they are still far away from the "white hole", then you can re-enter the password and restart the countdown.

In short, through this mechanism, it is ensured that it will explode even if no one controls it.

Cheng Lin withdrew his gaze and began to look around at the situation.

The "Plant Overlord" is a group of plants floating in the void. Although it is irregular, it also applies to the rules of gravity. Therefore, Cheng Lin feels that he and others have landed on a strange planet.

There is gravity here, but it is much lower than on the earth... If you jump casually, you can fly up. What you are stepping on seems to be a huge leaf, the species is unknown, there are bulging veins, it is very rough, and the surrounding areas are

They are all worlds wrapped in all kinds of strange-shaped plants, and their only characteristic is that they are huge.

When I raised my head, there was a layer of mist floating above my head. Through it, I could see the deep universe, the sparse and cold light, and... the earth in its complete form, rotating in a spherical shape.

"Detect surrounding conditions!"

In the channel, Shi Shengcun said in a deep voice.

One team member took out a small instrument that could detect the surrounding environment. After a while, rows of values ​​popped up on the screen of the instrument, and he was surprised to hear: "The oxygen concentration here is higher than we previously guessed!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and looked over one after another, and saw that the face of the other party's aerospace helmet was also full of surprise, and he showed the measuring instrument.

In the past few days, people on the earth have not done anything. They have also tried to launch detectors to analyze this place. However, due to conditions and time constraints, the harvest is not comprehensive. The surface of the plant overlord has been detected before.

There seems to be oxygen, but it is very thin and cannot support human breathing.

This is not difficult to understand, after all, plants are the source of oxygen... Of course, plant overlords may be special, but this does not prevent us from making guesses.

However, since there is no protection from the atmosphere, theoretically even oxygen will escape. Therefore, to be conservative in the plan, it is still a simulated vacuum environment.

The current changes are understandable. Firstly, there is an error in the actual measurement. Secondly, the plant overlord is constantly growing and changing, which will also lead to changes in the numerical values.

Cheng Lin noticed a little joy on everyone's faces.

This is good news, because in theory, the oxygen concentration inside the plant overlords will be higher, which may support their breathing. In this way, their "life" capacity will be greatly improved. If the oxygen tank can be completely thrown away, it can also reduce the risk of

Burdened, easier to fight.

"Okay, hurry up, we'll go down now."

Shi Shengcun opened his mouth and said.

Everyone nodded and began to explore the surroundings, and soon found a relatively "gentle" path to the interior of the plant.

"This is it." Shi Shengcun closed his eyes and sensed it for a moment before saying.

Everyone stepped forward one after another, grabbing the surrounding roots and leaves with their hands, and climbed down cautiously.

Cheng Lin stood on the edge of the leaves and looked at the "cracks" below. This experience was tantamount to diving into the interior of a planet.

And this "planet" is too fluffy, made up of countless plants, and there are countless gaps inside. If you want to enter the core as soon as possible, you need to find a gap that is spacious and safe enough and fall down.

"It doesn't look too difficult. If the gravity is stronger, it can fall faster."

A team member next to him couldn't help but say.

Shen Shanjing came over, shook his head and said: "Gravity is too strong? No, that way, this 'planet' will become more compact. Do you think it is easier to drill snowballs or ice balls?"

Cheng Lin glanced at him and thought that Shen Shanjing did have some talent in making metaphors.

"Okay, let's go."

Cheng Lin spoke the first words when he arrived, and then jumped up first and fell into the abyss.

…

…

Contrary to initial expectations, the interior of the "Plant Overlord" was not completely dark, which made the search equipment everyone prepared useless.

There are many "flowers" growing inside the plant, each different and emitting light of different colors, just like lanterns.

Especially these flowers, the smallest one is as big as a table, and the big ones are almost as big as a square, and the hazy light they emit is enough to provide a light source.

This also makes everyone feel as if they have entered a dream-like space.

"Be careful and don't approach rashly. The more gorgeous things are, the more dangerous they may be!"

Someone reminded me.

Everyone tacitly avoided the colorful flowers, but stayed as close as possible to the ordinary stems, leaves and branches, keeping a distance of less than ten meters from each other, and started jumping around.

Compared to walking, jumping is a more efficient way in this kind of space.
To be continued...