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Just as the asteroid exploration team was dragging the asteroid behind them toward Venus, the Mars exploration team had already landed on Mars.

Because there were scientists on board the plane, their mission to explore Mars was exceptionally professional.

With the professional guidance of scientists, the uncertainties of their mission were greatly reduced, and they were almost entirely following the instructions given before departure. Of course, some unexpected situations were inevitable.

Their Mars exploration team, strictly speaking, has really had a lot of misfortunes. Last time, Snow Owl's team first encountered a volcanic eruption, and then they encountered a meteorite impact.

This time, while the Mars exploration team was exploring the Martian subsurface, they encountered a Martian earthquake. They really did encounter a lot of unexpected situations on Mars.

In fact, the earthquake was somewhat related to their activities, because they were drilling deep in the earthquake zone and were releasing energy from beneath the earth's crust.

Fortunately, the Martian crust did not have much energy stored beneath it, so the earthquake was not very large, giving them ample time to return to the spaceplane and escape the epicenter.

While everyone returned to the spaceplane after the earthquake, the astronauts huddled together, watching the earthquake unfold below and discussing related matters.

"I have a feeling that Mars has become more active since we arrived. Is this just my imagination? Or was Mars always like this, and we only discovered these changes after we came here?"

One of them voiced his question, and a scientist on the plane chimed in.

"No one can really answer your question. We still have too little information about Mars and don't know much about the situation there. However, it's certain that Mars is currently active, most likely because it's undergoing self-repair!"

After listening to the scientists' explanation, the astronauts realized that they still knew too little about Mars. They then stayed in this place to study everything that was happening on Mars.

As time passed, a tiny object was moving toward Venus in outer space, trailing an asteroid behind it. This was the spaceplane carrying the asteroid exploration team.

A spaceplane, only three percent the size of a kilometer-tall asteroid, is struggling to fly forward, while the asteroid, dragged along by this tiny contraption, is also heading towards Venus.

This scene is actually quite incongruous, giving the impression of a small horse pulling a large cart. The difference between the two is simply too great. This is because spaceplanes are in a state of weightlessness in outer space, and with the addition of various other factors, they can achieve this state.

After a month of dragging, the asteroid exploration team finally pulled the worthless asteroid from afar to the vicinity of Venus.

After approaching Venus, the spaceplane began to consciously slow down in space, but the effect was not very good. The asteroid's speed remained the same, and after approaching Venus's orbit and being captured by Venus, the speed slowed down even more.

The astronauts on the spaceplane that was dragging the asteroid finally realized that their experiment had gone wrong. With the current power of their spaceplane, they certainly couldn't control the asteroid to land safely on Venus.

With limited capabilities, they were unable to control the situation. After realizing this problem, they immediately sent a request for assistance to the Kyushu Space Agency.

After receiving their request for support, the Kyushu Space Agency immediately dispatched its backup spaceplane.

However, the distance between Earth and Venus is quite far, a full 40 million kilometers. Even if a spaceplane travels there at maximum speed, it would still take more than 20 days.

Moreover, there is another problem: it is unknown whether the spaceplane sent will be useful or whether it will still have insufficient power. All of these are unknown.

After the Kyushu Space Agency dispatched the spaceplane to provide support, five spaceplanes that were in use by the military on Earth also quickly packed up their equipment and rushed to chase after the spaceplane.

Strictly speaking, space fighters are not suitable for performing such long-duration missions. The internal space of space fighters is too small, and in space, the role of space fighters is merely that of carrier-based aircraft on motherships.

However, in this emergency situation, they didn't have any particularly good solutions and could only send out fighter jets.

Fortunately, the space fighters have a follow-up function, which allows one aircraft to lead and the others to follow behind. Otherwise, if each aircraft only had one pilot, it would definitely not be able to withstand the strain.

Meanwhile, the asteroid exploration team, which was still dragging the asteroid toward Venus, felt a little more at ease after receiving the information sent back by Earth. They changed their approach from dragging the spaceplane to controlling the asteroid and applying the brakes.

The support coming from Earth will take at least another twenty days; for now, all they can do is try to delay the asteroid impact on Venus.

Then another twenty days passed. The astronauts on the spaceplane were extremely exhausted. Anyone under such high tension would be constantly worried about what would happen if the asteroid got out of control and crashed into Venus.

Fortunately, their worries were about to end, because their support was on its way, with a total of six planes coming to their aid.

Meanwhile, the six aerospace fighters flying towards Venus were all rushing towards Venus at top speed.

The six astronauts on the spaceplane were fine because there was enough space on the plane, and because there were many people, the several days did not pass too badly.

However, the situation was quite different for the five space fighters. The space on the fighters was limited, and after the cockpit was filled with enough equipment, the astronauts didn't have much room to move around. It was quite restrictive in the cramped space.

Their journey from Earth was incredibly arduous, but as they drew closer to Venus, a glimmer of hope finally appeared in their hearts.

Finally, after some time, the six spaceplanes that came to provide support met up with the asteroid exploration team. Without any hesitation, the six spaceplanes exchanged a few words and then joined the team controlling the asteroid.

With the addition of one spaceplane and five space fighters, the asteroid, which was on the verge of going out of control, was finally defeated by human efforts.

The asteroid was completely under control this time. The anti-gravity force field and propulsion of the seven spaceplanes were all applied to the asteroid, and the asteroid was controlled by the numerous planes to stay in Venus's orbit.

At this moment, the asteroid looks like a satellite of Venus, much like the moon relative to Earth, but the difference is quite significant, because this asteroid is somewhat lower than the moon!

After bringing the asteroid under control, they were able to move on to the next step of the experiment. During this time, the scientists on board finally calculated the required control force for the asteroid based on their knowledge.

However, for safety reasons, all seven spaceplanes were deployed. One asteroid exploration team served as the commander, while the other six spaceplanes assisted, controlling the asteroid as it slowly approached Venus.

Venus has the thickest atmosphere of the four terrestrial planets, with over 96% of it being carbon dioxide, and its atmospheric pressure is 92 times that of Earth. Passing through such a dense atmosphere is no easy feat.

It's important to know that Venus's atmosphere is a full 250 kilometers long. After the asteroid passes through Venus's atmosphere, it will also face Venus's immense atmospheric pressure and temperatures exceeding 400 degrees Celsius.

This is why spaceplanes have particle energy shields to protect them. Without these shields, the spaceplane would suffer irreversible damage if it stayed in such high temperatures for too long.

Under the control of seven spaceplanes, the asteroid slowly entered the atmosphere of Venus. After entering the atmosphere, the presence of these uninvited guests provided a large area for the electrical charge in the atmosphere to be released.

The numerous charges accumulated in the atmosphere, as if finding an outlet, all began to discharge towards them.

The lightning continued, and the asteroids kept falling toward the surface of Venus. Although their descent was slow, it wasn't actually that slow, and they soon passed through Venus's atmosphere.

The asteroid, however, was carrying a massive amount of electrical energy because it had just passed through Venus's atmosphere and been struck by a huge amount of lightning.

After passing through Venus's atmosphere, they entered Venus, but what followed was the immense pressure on Venus. After the pressure appeared, the asteroid was also affected to some extent.

After passing through Venus's atmosphere, in order to verify whether the asteroid was truly under the control of their seven spaceplanes, they hovered the asteroid over Venus for five minutes.

During this time, when the asteroid was indeed controlled and hovered above Venus, all the astronauts involved in the mission knew that their plan was feasible.

It's feasible to drag the resource asteroid they previously discovered back to Earth intact. Since all of this is possible, then all the vast number of asteroids in space, whether they have resources or not, can be used by Kyushu.

After the asteroid containing various resources is dragged back to Earth, its resources will be mined. After the mining, the waste can be transported to the sea for land reclamation.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if asteroids with little usable resources were dragged back to Earth, thrown into the ocean to create continents, and used to expand humanity's living space on Earth?

These massive numbers of asteroids in outer space once again became important fuel for Kyushu's rise.

Under the control of seven spaceplanes, the asteroid no longer hovered over Venus but began to descend towards the surface of Venus.

When an extremely irregularly shaped asteroid comes into contact with the surface of Venus, even if it is under control, the contact will still generate a large amount of dust.

The dust stirred up was quickly blown far away by the gale-force winds on Venus.

Venus's surface is formed from solidified basaltic lava, and its crust is much stronger than Earth's, which is likely due to the immense pressure on Venus.

Even with such a solid crust, the asteroid was constantly crushed by its immense weight after being placed on the surface of Venus.

Meanwhile, all the astronauts on the seven spaceplanes that were controlling the asteroid's descent to Venus were also captivated by the sights that Venus presented.

The surface of Venus is covered with a series of large craters connected together, and between these craters are numerous volcanoes. It was only then that the astronauts discovered how many volcanoes there were on Venus.

After safely placing the asteroid on the surface of Venus, they did not stay on Venus for long because the environment there was too harsh.

For humans, Venus has very little practical value. It doesn't even compare to Mars, which at least has a magnetic field, though it's very weak. Venus, on the other hand, has absolutely no magnetic field.

Without a magnetic field, it would be impossible to restart one. Furthermore, the harsh environment on Venus makes its transformation far more difficult than that of Mars.

They haven't even fully figured out the relatively simple Mars exploration yet, so they don't have the energy to explore Venus. After they finished their main experiment, seven spaceplanes, supported by particle energy shields, rushed out of Venus.

Back in space, all the passengers and crew felt their stress caused by the Venusian environment subside after seeing the dazzling and vast universe.

After they emerged from Venus, the six spaceplanes that came to their aid completed the experiment and, after bidding farewell to the asteroid exploration team, immediately flew back to Earth.

When they came to provide support, they were not well prepared, especially the five fighter jets. The astronauts on board were extremely exhausted, and they had also consumed nearly half of their food.

During this mission, the space fighters also discovered a minor but illogical detail, which is why they had to rush back to Earth immediately.

As they headed towards Earth, the asteroid exploration team also headed towards their target. Their next task was to return to the vicinity of that resource-rich asteroid and drag it back to Earth in its entirety.