Extraordinary in Reality Through Magic Games

346: Chapter 338: The maiden flight of the Black Bird, all eyes are on this.News of Huaguo’s upcoming launch of a new generation rocket was announced via the official website and reprinted by official media in various countries, quickly spreading across the globe.

The upper echelons of Ying Country and America were shaken.

Mr. Gao and Dumbledore had respectively notified their two countries that the progress of Huaguo’s spacecraft project was extremely swift and would most likely be completed first.

They were mentally prepared for this, and as a result, the two countries accepted the fact that Huaguo would be the first to launch a spacecraft; they just never expected it to be ahead to this extent.

How on earth did Huaguo do it?

Neo’s side had only recently started work, so they hadn’t yet clearly felt the difficulties they would encounter during the construction of the spacecraft.

NW was different. The construction progress of her own country’s spacecraft was already more than half finished, and she understood very well how difficult it was. Therefore, she was even more surprised than Neo that Huaguo had actually built the spacecraft in only about a year.

Huaguo would certainly not reveal the details of the project. The two of them couldn’t figure out a result, so they temporarily put the matter aside and turned their curiosity to another question.

When a new type of rocket is produced, the maiden flight cannot directly carry out a manned mission; that would be a disregard for the lives of astronauts. The normal situation should be to first launch an unmanned rocket into space, collect data related to the rocket’s operation, and perfect any potential loopholes before carrying out a manned mission once there is confidence.

But Huaguo’s official announcement was ”the new manned spacecraft is about to lift off,” which meant Huaguo intended to skip the first step and go directly to the second step.

Aren’t they afraid of an accident?

Even with theoretical verification, the maiden flight of a new rocket carries great risk. After all, humans are still too unfamiliar with space, and no one can predict what kind of changes will occur.

Huaguo has always had a steady style and has never been so reckless.

NW and Neo even suspected whether the writer had been negligent and made a typo when drafting the news headline. On second thought, it was the primary official website after all; it was impossible to make such a low-level mistake.

After thinking back and forth without a clue, they couldn’t suppress their curiosity and requested a visit in the name of ”hoping to observe on-site.” After receiving Huaguo’s consent, they immediately sent teams there.

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Mountain range near NH, cave base.

The Director stood in the middle of the hall of the underground workshop, arms folded across his chest, looking up at the huge spacecraft that had already been completed.

According to the general concept of spacecraft, the term ”rocket” is easier for the public to understand, but the Director still firmly believed it should be called a ”spaceship.”

In the empty and vast construction site, the spaceship lay quietly on the steel floor, and workers were dismantling the scaffolding around it.

It’s so beautiful.

The Director’s gaze as he stared at the spaceship revealed a touch of obsession.

Its hull was like the UFOs depicted in early science fiction movies—overall flat and oval-shaped, with lines full of aesthetic beauty. The outer shell was bright silver, and when the light from the incandescent lamps fell on it, it was incredibly dazzling.

At this moment, the Director suddenly understood why those aerospace experts were willing to dedicate their entire lives to the cause of the motherland.

There was love for the motherland, and also a longing for humanity to head into space.

”Director, it’s estimated that all the equipment can be dismantled in another hour. Uh, do we wait for Immortal Xu?” Yue Ruo walked up behind him and asked.

Xuan Niao was the name of the spaceship, decided after discussion by the entire design team.

”Wait for Immortal Xu.”

After speaking, the Director raised his finger and pointed at the Xuan Niao, asking with a silly smile, ”Do you think she’s pretty?”

Yue Ruo looked over and nodded. ”Pretty.”

”I’m really looking forward to the scene of her soaring in space. How spectacular will that be?”

”Won’t it be launched in two days?”

”Waiting even one more second feels like torture to me.”

Yue Ruo shrugged, indicating she was powerless.