the "pie in the sky" painted by Lv Yongchang

Half a month passed in a flash.

The training programs of the three astronauts were coming to an end.

Looking at the training progress reports, Lv Yongchang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth a bit.

He had to admit that the people Hong Qiming picked for him were really good.

The comprehensive qualities of these three astronauts were definitely among the best among all the astronauts in Xia Country!

Coupled with the motivation from the "pie in the sky" Lv Yongchang painted before the training...

The combined effect was so astonishing that he could hardly believe his eyes!

Fusion reaction rate control, Hall thruster power control, spaceplane take - off and landing on the ground, lunar take - off and landing...

The original one - month training program was abruptly compressed into just fifteen days!

Lv Yongchang put down the training report in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then picked up the landline on his desk.

...

Inside the First Ring Road of the capital city of Xia Country.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

A rapid knock on the door made the old man, who was buried in approving documents, frown.

"Come in!" The old man put down the pen in his hand, slowly took a breath, and then said in a deep voice.

The heavy wooden door of the office was slowly pushed open.

The moment he saw the visitor, a flash of surprise appeared in the old man's eyes. "Academician Cao? Why are you here?"

The old man looked at Academician Cao Liangcai standing at the door with a solemn expression and asked softly, "What's wrong? Has something gone wrong with the Xuannü - 1 project?"

Cao Liangcai quickly shook his head, and then said in an excited voice, "Speaker, I'm here to report the progress of the Xuannü - 1 project!"

"This morning, the Xuannü - 1 project was completed!"

The old man was stunned.

The next moment, he suddenly stood up from his chair and looked at Cao Liangcai in front of him with burning eyes. "Is this true?!"

Hearing the Speaker's question, Cao Liangcai straightened his back and replied loudly with a serious expression, "Absolutely true!"

"At present, the pilots of Xuannü - 1 have completed all training programs!"

"Xuannü - 1 is fully prepared and can conduct a test flight at any time!"

"Great! Great! Great!" The Speaker laughed. "There's no time to lose. Let's set the test - flight time for..."

As he spoke, the Speaker glanced at the calendar on his desk. "Let's set it for three days later!"

"By the way!"

The Speaker's eyes flickered, and he said in a low voice, "We'll broadcast the whole process of this test flight live on the whole network!"

"It's time for Xia Country to show its strength to the world!"

...

That evening, a piece of news was broadcast on the news channel of Xia Country.

On the TV, the host announced with a smile at the corner of her eyes a piece of news that shocked not only Xia Country but also the world!

"This is the latest news. The research project of Xuannü - 1, the first spaceplane of Xia Country, has been a complete success!"

"Three days later, Xuannü - 1 will conduct its first test - flight experiment!"

"According to the latest instruction issued by the Parliament of Xia Country, this test - flight experiment will be broadcast live on all frequency bands!"

The moment the news was broadcast, there was an uproar!

"?? Am I seeing things?"

"Xuannü - 1? Isn't this the thing in the Nantianmen Plan announced not long ago?"

"Damn, is the Rabbit for real?"

"Needless to say, I've already asked for leave. See you all on DouSha live - streaming in three days!"

"DouSha? Are you sure DouSha will have this live - streaming?"

"The news said all - frequency - band live - streaming. DouSha must have it!"

...

Different from the reactions of netizens in Xia Country, there was a series of negative comments on Twitter abroad.

"Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. Spaceplane? Is Xia Country daydreaming?"

"Tsk, this must be another smokescreen!"

"I thought Xia Country was already bad enough for reaping dozens of countries with nuclear fusion, but I didn't expect it to come up with this now!"

"Now Xia Country reminds me of the US decades ago. They're all just bragging and making empty promises!"

"Needless to say. If there's really a spaceplane, I'll live - stream myself doing butterfly stroke in a septic tank!"

"Butterfly stroke? That's nothing. I'll do underwater swimming in a septic tank!"

"You two upstairs, I've taken a screenshot. Remember to send a link when you start the live - streaming!"

...

Three days later.

On DouSha live - streaming.

At 12 noon, a live - streaming room appeared on the front page of DouSha live - streaming on time.

"Live - streaming of Xuannü - 1's Test Flight!"

The title was ordinary, but the number of viewers started to skyrocket the moment the live - streaming room appeared!

Zhao Zijie sat in front of the computer desk, excitedly manipulating the mouse to click on the DouSha live - streaming room.

It was a black screen.

The next moment, a dense mass of bullet comments appeared on the black background.

"Open the door! Open the door! You have the guts to live - stream the test flight but don't have the guts to open the door?"

"Is my phone broken? Why can't I see the picture?"

"That's right, your phone is broken. We can all see the picture!"

Looking at these random bullet comments, Zhao Zijie twitched the corners of his mouth twice.

He had to admit that sometimes the saying "silly netizens bring more joy" was really true.

Just as he was about to type on the keyboard to send a bullet comment to interact, the picture in the live - streaming room suddenly changed.

A dazzling white light appeared in the camera.

"Ah! My eyes are blinded! Pay me!"

"Fine, tell me your address. The community workers will come to offer warmth right away!"

"Excuse me!"

After a few seconds, the picture in the camera gradually became clear.

The moment he saw the picture, Zhao Zijie held his breath!

In the camera, there was a long runway.

At the starting end of the runway, there was a sleek jet - black plane with a full sense of science - fiction.

The live - streaming room fell silent for an instant.

But the next second, an overwhelming number of bullet comments instantly appeared on the screen!

"What is this? Why does it look so much like the US B - 2?"

"Damn... This is amazing!"

"It just looks a bit similar. Although we don't know the specific size, we can roughly tell from the proportion that the wingspan of Xuannü - 1 is much smaller than that of the B - 2!"

Just as a group of netizens were arguing wildly, a voice - over sounded in the live - streaming room.

"Hello, dear viewers. I'm Yiyi, the host of this test - flight live - streaming.

"Now it's 12:15 in the capital city time. There are exactly thirty minutes left until take - off.

"Before Xuannü - 1 takes off, I'll give you a brief introduction to this spaceplane."

"..."

...

In the White House, the US.

Albert looked at the picture on the TV with a gloomy face.

In the picture was the live - streaming of the test flight of Xuannü - 1 in Xia Country!

"... Xuannü - 1 uses the latest Hall thruster. Thanks to this, its propulsion power can reach an astonishing fifty tons!"

Looking at the translation below the video, Albert's face became even more gloomy.

"Morton, tell me, what's going on?"

"I remember you said that the Hall thruster has no effect in the atmosphere, right?"