I live in the Martian wilderness!

Gu Yu quickly walked to the small single-person emergency airlock on the side of the vehicle, verified his permissions, and entered.

After a brief pressurization, he opened the inner door and sat in the robust and compact cockpit. He then connected the data interface of his combat suit to the main control system of the [Titanic].

The cockpit of the Tissot is more like a sturdy fortress covered in heavy armor, with only a few small bulletproof portholes. Its entire design serves function and survival.

In stark contrast to the Skyscanner's "virtual porthole" design, which prioritized a wide field of vision, the Skyscanner's cockpit was a veritable steel fortress encased in thick, composite armor.

There are no physical portholes inside, only a few palm-sized bulletproof observation ports for emergency use. Its entire design prioritizes the absolute safety of the pilot.

However, the absence of windows does not mean the absence of a view.

When Gu Yu connected the combat suit's data interface to the main control system, the previously pitch-black inner wall of the circular cockpit in front of him was instantly illuminated!

This is not just a simple screen; it is a fully immersive "eagle eye" panoramic driving system.

It can project a 360-degree high-definition view of the outside world in real time, just like the Sky Surveyer.

More importantly, it can perfectly present the images from dozens of cameras installed at the front of various functional modules such as the mountain-moving excavator arm and the sky-piercing crane arm to Gu Yu's eyes.

"Xuan, remove all restraints and activate the Sky Shuttle."

[Command confirmed. Disengaging the primary and secondary electromagnetic locks... The mounting bracket is now fully unlocked.]

Gu Yu pressed the red start button in the center of the console.

"Buzz—"

A deep, rumbling sound came from the cockpit floor.

The Candlelight Nuclear Battery was fully activated, and a powerful current surged into every corner of the vehicle instantly.

Dozens of screens and indicator lights in the cockpit lit up one after another, their deep blue glow illuminating Gu Yu's resolute face.

"Release the No. 1 cargo hold ramp."

[Command confirmed.]

With a heavy mechanical hum, the massive ramp of the Candle Dragon 1 slowly descended and landed firmly on the reddish Martian ground with a loud thud.

The morning sun shone on this sleeping behemoth for the first time.

Gu Yu maneuvered the Sky Shuttle, slowly driving it down the slope.

As the six massive tracks completely crushed the Martian sand, he felt as heavy and domineering as if he were piloting a land-based aircraft carrier!

Without pausing, he immediately switched to the "land reclamation" bulldozer module under the holographic navigation guidance of "Xuanjian" and sped off towards the place of the adventure seven kilometers away.

The 8.5-ton steel body rolled over the rocky areas that the Sky Surveyer thought it needed to avoid with care, as if walking on flat ground.

Its powerful independent suspension tracks give the entire driving process an overwhelming sense of power.

The second Martian day, 07:00 AM, the place of the adventure.

Gu Yu arrived at the inconspicuous cave entrance. He didn't start working immediately, but instead parked the shuttle in an optimal observation position.

"Xuan, activate the laser radar to perform 3D mapping, then digitally overlay the design drawings of the command module with the real-time model to calculate the optimal cutting path."

[Command confirmed. LIDAR system activated.]

The sensor mast on the roof of the Tianshuo car began to slowly rotate, and invisible laser beams swept across the rock wall.

On Gu Yu's cockpit screen, a detailed 3D model of the opening, composed of millions of data points, took shape in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, a blue wireframe model representing the command module was precisely embedded within it.

[Overlay complete; optimal cutting path generated.]

"Very good," Gu Yu's voice was full of confidence. "Activate the laser guidance system and project the path onto the rock wall."

As soon as he finished speaking, another device on the roof of the Tissot car started up.

A bright, emerald-green laser beam shot out from the projector onto the dimly lit cave entrance wall.

"Start your homework."

The next hour and a half was a "sculpting" process filled with the aesthetics of industrial violence.

Gu Yu wielded the massive bulldozer blade of the Sky Shuttle, which was over three meters wide, like a sculptor with boundless power.

First, the leading edge of the bulldozer blade, like a scalpel, is used to precisely remove the excess hanging rock above the opening.

"Boom—"

The boulder crashed to the ground with a dull thud, kicking up a thin cloud of red dust.

Each push was accompanied by the dull sound of rocks cracking and the high-frequency sound of the motor outputting huge torque.

"Xuan," Gu Yu said, his eyes fixed on the constantly changing data on the screen, "monitor the stress changes inside the rock mass in real time. Report any tiny crack expansion to me immediately."

"Understood." Xuanjian's voice responded calmly, "The current rock mass structure is stable, and stress changes are within the safe threshold."

Gu Yu used the sharp side blade of the shovel bucket to carefully trim the sides of the hole.

Instead of sweeping, large strokes, he slowly "scraped" away excess rock with centimeter-level precision, gradually carving it from an irregular circle into a flat square.

That green laser guide line was his only benchmark. All he needed to do was make the cut edge perfectly align with that light beam.

Throughout the process, Xuanjian will continuously verify the design using laser radar and overlay the virtual design drawings with the real construction site on Gu Yu's cockpit screen.

The green highlighted areas indicate that the work is complete, while the red flashing areas indicate to Gu Yu where further fine-tuning is needed.

At 08:30 a.m., when the last piece of rock debris was cleared away, a perfectly new square entrance appeared before Gu Yu.

The green laser that served as a guide perfectly outlined every edge of it.

"The cave entrance renovation is complete." Gu Yu's voice contained no trace of joy, only the calmness of having completed a step.

He glanced at the energy panel: [Tianchi Battery Pack Remaining Power: 80%]

An hour and a half of high-intensity work consumed one-fifth of the reserve power.

Gu Yu quickly calculated the remaining energy budget in his mind. "That's enough. Let's go back."

10:00 AM, landing site of Zhulong-1.

The Tianshuo engineering vehicle slowly came to a stop at its starting point, next to the mothership that brought it to this planet, the Zhulong-1 landing module.

Gu Yu raised his head and gazed through the cockpit window at the silver-gray monument that stood quietly on the red wasteland.

Its outer shell still gleams with a brand-new luster under the Martian sun, as if it had just arrived yesterday.

But Gu Yu knew that from this moment on, its mission as a spaceship had ended.

Now, it will become an "organ donor".

"Xuan, activate the Sky-Piercing Crane boom."

"Understood," Xuanjian replied in a clear voice. "Good luck, Captain."

The crane boom module at the rear of the Tianshuo vehicle was activated, and the huge boom slowly rose, like a cold metal scorpion tail.

"Begin unlocking the task."

According to the plan, Gu Yu manipulated the ingenious mechanical claw at the front end of the crane to probe into the structural gap between the command cabin and the main hull.

He needs to manually release 72 electromagnetic latches hidden inside.

This is a process that demands extreme patience and precision. Each latch requires a mechanical gripper to insert, rotate, and then pull out at a tricky angle.

[Lock #34...unlocked successfully.]

[Lock #35...unlocked successfully.]

Everything was proceeding smoothly, however, when the mechanical claw reached for the 58th latch on the lower left, an accident occurred.

[Warning! Physical deformation detected in the internal structure of the latch!] Xuanjian's voice suddenly sounded, [Possibly due to the impact upon landing; standard unlocking procedure failed!]

Gu Yu's heart sank. He immediately saw the stuck latch through the miniature camera at the front of the robotic arm.

Its latch, due to the enormous impact, underwent a deformation of one-thousandth of a millimeter, and locked together tightly.

"Switch to manual mode." Gu Yu's voice remained calm. "Pull up the design diagram of this latch and perform stress analysis. I need to find its weakest point."

[Model built. Finite element analysis in progress... Analysis complete. Weakest point marked.]

Gu Yu took a deep breath. His next move was completely unplanned. Success or failure hinged on a single decision.

"Xuan, open the airlock of the Sky Shuttle. I'll handle it myself."