I farmed in military academy and crushed the entire intergalactic world.

Chapter 458 They are coming
Wen Mingzhe did not issue a gag order regarding Li Dawei's matter, but everyone attending the meeting kept quiet without prior agreement.

Chen Fan didn't even let his guard down with Chen Lin.

"I'm going to the 3rd today to collect suspected glacial till. Are you coming with me?" Chen Lin asked, chewing her teeth vigorously with a mouthwash in her mouth, her eyes glancing at Chen Fan behind her through the mirror.

Chen Fan was wiping his face with a static-absorbing towel, but he only wiped his right cheek and didn't touch his left cheek at all.

Seeing his absent-minded look, Chen Lin smiled helplessly and gently nudged him: "I'm asking you a question. Didn't you take your wedding leave?"

"Huh? Oh, right, I took the day off." Chen Fan snapped out of his daze and gave Chen Lin an apologetic smile. "I'll go with you."

Chen Lin stepped aside and complained in a low voice, "I don't know what's wrong with you all, you're all so muddled. You're like this, and Commander Wen is like this too."

Chen Lin is a key member of the frontline workforce, and she only has two days of wedding leave.

And so, right after her wedding night, she was already setting off again.

To avoid wasting her time, Chen Fan quickly washed up and changed his clothes: "Let's go."

The two woke up a little late, so they simply grabbed a bag of pre-heated oatmeal and some rehydrated apple chunks from the cafeteria.

The taste is naturally not as good as soy milk, fried dough sticks, or xiaolongbao, but it is convenient and saves time.

As the two ate, they headed to the reception area. A passing colleague jokingly remarked, "Is Manager Chen accompanying his wife to the front lines?"

Chen Lin, who was being teased, didn't react much, but Chen Fan blushed first.

Chen Lin glared at her colleagues who were watching the commotion, annoyed: "Go away, stop teasing us. If you keep making fun of my husband, I'll give you extra work during your next rehabilitation session."

"Hehe, Sister Lin, please forgive us. Happy wedding, bye-bye!" The young colleagues put their arms around each other's waists and necks, laughing and running away.

With two hours left before the countdown to leaving the isolation ward, Chen Lin and Chen Fan each held a two-liter bottle of specially made electrolyte water and gulped it down for forced hydration.

For the next 8 hours, they will not be able to use the toilet.

Sometimes Chen Lin would wonder, why do humans need to eat, drink, and excrete? If we could absorb 100% of the food we eat and skip the excretion step, wouldn't our work efficiency be much higher?
Chen Fan had no idea what strange things his wife was thinking. He took Chen Lin's hand and walked into the airlock lobby.

The two people were assembled like a sophisticated instrument, first the urine collection system and cooling underwear, then the pressure suit itself, the life support system, the main and secondary communication antennas, and finally the helmet sealing with a loud bang, leaving only their own breathing in the world.

The two held hands and, pulled by the robotic arm outside the cabin, boarded the short-range jet collection vehicle.

Collection area No. 3 is located in a small meteorite belt.

Chen Lin has been here many times and knows the work process by heart.

Basic work in space is monotonous, tedious, and dangerous.

You might collect data 1000 times and get absolutely no useful results.

However, even with 1000 collection attempts, a single mistake could cost one's life in space.

Chen Fan knelt down, his movements slowed by the pressure on his abdomen. He first used a drill to chisel at the surface of the rock, then used a robotic arm to put the sample into a sealed container.

Because he wasn't used to the gravity environment of the No. 3 collection area, his movements were a little clumsy at first. But after getting used to it, his efficiency increased more and more.

Chen Lin was more efficient than him: "At this rate, we should be able to complete the collection task ahead of schedule."

"Hmm. Honey, what do you think a Mars space station should be like?"

"I don't know, I can't imagine it. Is the technology on our planet really that advanced? A Mars space station, built just like that?"

"No, I was just saying. Haha, maybe someone has already built a base here."

Chen Lin glanced at Chen Fan suspiciously; the laughter sounded rather awkward.

Men and women working together makes the work less tiring.

Six hours later, the two had completed their task for the day.

Chen Lin was just about to finish work when she was stunned by what she saw.

The radio communication device went completely offline after a sharp alarm sounded.

[Warning! All members must return immediately...]

At that moment, all the lights on the New Hope ship suddenly turned a dim red alarm. "Quick! Quick! Quick! Regular pulses are appearing in the background radiation readings!"

"Commander Wen has requested the activation of the quantum communication channel. Quickly prepare the energy!"

The footsteps were hurried, yet orderly amidst the chaos.

Inside the control room, Wen Mingzhe looked at the all-domain intelligent monitoring system with an inscrutable expression.

Various complex data, after being processed by AI, are represented through simple images.

At a distance of less than 13,000 astronomical units from Mars, there are thousands of red dots.

Each red dot represents a spaceship.

These red dots are approaching Mars at an extremely fast speed.

Even with such a vast expanse of space shrunk to a small screen, the movement of the small red dot is still visible, demonstrating just how fast the other party is traveling!
Wen Mingzhe said without any emotion, "Given our technology, we should have discovered them much earlier."

The other party possesses counter-detection technology.

As for why the other party no longer hid, Wen Mingzhe had the answer in his heart.

The Star Alliance was clearly there for revenge, so they naturally had to appear before Earth with an extremely tough stance.

And the New Hope will be the first sacrifice they use to consecrate their flag.

Wen Mingzhe remained expressionless, stood up, straightened his uniform, and carefully pinned the Guixu Army badge on his chest: "All units, prepare. Enter combat readiness in three seconds!"

"Yes!"

Three seconds later, the New Hope closed its hatch, and its main and secondary guns slowly moved to charge up, waiting for the enemy to appear.

Thirty seconds later, a phantom image appeared at the edge of the Great Wall radar, like air distorted by a heat wave.

The other side is only 5 kilometers away from Mars, and the distance between the two is rapidly decreasing.

The roar of the New Hope echoed through all the compartments.

"Push the steering thruster to reach the critical point."

"Main gun locked on."

"Quantum communication channel activated!"

To conserve energy, the New Hope only sent one message to headquarters on Earth: "They're here!"

They cut off the communication channels without even waiting for feedback from Blue Star headquarters.

There was only one path facing the New Hope: fight!

……

In the No. 3 collection area, both Chen Fan and Chen Lin saw that patch of darkness.

Beyond the crimson arc of Mars lies a darkness deeper than deep space. Then, that darkness begins to move.

Chen Fan stared intently at the leading dark figure.

It is unfolding, some kind of non-optical structure turning out from the inside, like a flower, or like a weapon array.

The radio was filled with noise.

Chen Fan simply turned off the communicator, turned around and hugged Chen Lin, turning his back to the darkness.

In the silent universe, Chen Lin looked up and, through the astronaut's helmet, saw Chen Fan saying, "I love you."

Chen Lin smiled, her eyes curving into crescents: "I love you too."

The two embraced tightly, and almost in the blink of an eye, they turned into two stone statues.

(End of this chapter)