Beside the small river under the setting sun, the golden afterglow shines on the winding river, and the river water is dyed a warm orange-yellow color.

On both sides of the river bank, green willow trees swayed gently in the wind under the reflection of the setting sun. Groups of small fish swam in the water, occasionally jumping out of the water and splashing with water.

Yuta was playing football alone by the river, feeling very depressed.

Other children in the class were unwilling to play with him and laughed at him as a wild child without a father.

"I'm not a wild child, I have a father?" Yuta hugged the ball and finally couldn't help it, squatting on the ground, lowering his head and sobbing quietly.

I miss my dad so much. When will dad come back?

I heard from my mother that my father is doing a very important job and he misses Yuta very much. But why does my father miss me but not want to come back?

Is his mother lying to him? Or, as his classmates said, his father is gone and dead?

"Yuta!"

It seemed like someone was calling him,

"Yuta! It's dad!"

Dad? Yuta got up from the grass. His body was covered with grass and mud, and he didn't bother to brush it off. Against the light, there was a tall man standing in front of him.

"dad!"

When he saw the man who was exactly the same as in the photos at home, Yuta had always dreamed of him. Without a moment's hesitation, Yuta ran forward, screaming and rushing towards him, his little face desperately rubbing into his father's thigh clothes.

"Yuta, dad misses you so much." Sado picked up his son and looked at him carefully.

His son had grown taller again, he thought, he was still a small ball when he came back last time, he was growing up so fast.

"Dad, where have you been? Why don't you go home? Mom and I miss you so much!" Yuta asked seriously.

Sado pointed out the symbol on his chest to him,

"Dad is an astronaut. If Yuta misses his dad, then look up at the sky at night. Dad is above a certain star!"

"Wow! Dad is so awesome!" Yuta's eyes widened with admiration shining in his eyes.

Sado rubbed his son's head distressedly,

"Dad, can you play football with me?" Yuta asked expectantly.

"good."

Two people, one large and one small, were playing football on the grass by the river under the sunset light. Only flowers and plants were watching, cheering them on and witnessing their long-lost reunion of father and son.

"Yuta! Yutai!" the woman nervously called her son's name.

This is her only hope.

"Mother!"

"what are you doing?"

"I'm playing football with my dad!"

The woman was startled and hugged the child tightly.

Yuta waved excitedly into the distance and shouted: "Goodbye, Dad!"

Dad said that he was going to work in distant space. He wanted to eat well at home, sleep well, and grow into a man quickly to protect his mother.

Dad said that there was no time left, so he would not meet with his mother.

What a pity!

However, when I grow up, I want to be an astronaut, so that I can fight side by side with my father and lead the way for mankind!

…

Aviation University, library.

The library under the setting sun was shrouded in a layer of golden light. Near the window, a girl in yellow clothes was concentrating on reading the books in her hands.

The girl's eyes were deep and bright, as if she wanted to imprint every word in the book deeply into her heart.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines mottledly on her fair face through the window, plating her outline with a soft golden edge.

Outside the window, a man in a space suit stood quietly, his eyes deep and focused, locked tightly on the girl's body.

He just watched quietly, as if time had stopped at this moment.

Jiang Qi's heart was full of complex emotions. For his career, he owed his daughter so much that he even felt that he was not qualified to appear in front of her.

Suddenly, the girl seemed to notice something. She slowly raised her head and looked out the window.

However, there was nothing there, only the afterglow of the setting sun and the distant scenery.

Qianhe frowned slightly, feeling an inexplicable sense of emptiness in her heart. She didn't know why she felt like this, as if she had lost something particularly important.

…

Victory team, central conference room.

Xincheng hurried in, walked directly to Hui Jian, and asked anxiously: "Captain, I heard that people from the Department of Space Development are looking for the families of the Jeep Tower 3 astronauts to inquire about the situation. Is this true?"

Hui Jian's eyes wandered.

Zongfang walked to the side of Xincheng and patted his shoulder: "Hey, what are you in a hurry for?"

Xincheng ignored it, leaned down, and stared at Hui Jianjian closely: "Captain, is that monster closely related to Jeep Tower 3?"

Hui Jian remained silent.

"team leader!"

Hui Jian hesitated for a while before saying helplessly: "The affairs of Jeep Tower 3 are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Space Development."

Xincheng gritted his teeth, turned around, and said in a deep voice: "Then I'll go ask them now!"

"Wait a minute!" Hui Jian reminded: "They have their own ways of doing things, and we have our own ways of dealing with them. We must not go beyond the scope and interfere with the other party's tasks.

This is the rule!"

"Rules, rules, bullshit rules again! Hey!" Xincheng complained and walked directly to the door, holding on to the railing and looking down helplessly.

Standing on the top floor, the bottom of the railing is bottomless, like a bottomless abyss.

I don't know how deep this base is.

"Xincheng, what's wrong? You're not usually like this?"

Hearing the concerned inquiry, Xincheng turned his head subconsciously, and the figure of a young man immediately appeared in his sight. Dagu was smiling at him, and that smile was like the rising sun, warm and sunny.

After a moment of silence, Xincheng slowly said: "Several of my friends died in accidents. That makes me even more angry! Those people don't understand how worried their friends' families are."

Speaking of this, Xincheng blinked his eyes and gradually turned red. His tall figure quickly turned around, facing away from Dagu, and choked with sobs.

"Da Gu, I clearly feel that everyone seems to be losing some beautiful things, kindness, gentleness, consideration... These beautiful essences of our humanity seem to be slowly fading away.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! What is going on?"

Dagu stood aside quietly and listened.

Men, sometimes just need a listener. Because they will repair all the scars in their hearts alone until the next day, they can stand strong in front of their family and friends again.

.....

Winning team, laboratory.

"The inspection results are out. Based on the analysis of the fragments left on the monster, it contains the outer shell material of the Jeep Tower 3 spacecraft."

Everyone's heart sank.

In outer space, if the spacecraft is lost, the survival probability of the three astronauts is infinitely close to 0.

But, who appeared in front of their family a few days ago? Could it be a monster? Is there any plan by an alien civilization?

suddenly.

"Great, I finally found it!" Ye Rui raised his head loudly and said excitedly to everyone.

"I thought that a smart person like Dr. Jiang Qi would definitely leave us special information. So I used the newly developed search tools on his various electronic devices to exhaustively traverse them.

Finally, I found some specially encrypted information on the private computer in Dr. Jiang Qi's laboratory."

The willows are dark and the flowers are bright.

Everyone quickly gathered in front of Ye Rui.

"He is truly the brains of the Victory Team!" Hui Jian praised.

"Hey hey hey!" Ye Rui scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject: "Okay, the information flow has been decrypted successfully. After being formatted by special software, it is a video. I projected it on the big screen."

【beep.】

An image appeared on the big screen. The background was flickering and blurry. The portrait of Dr. Jiang Qi in the middle also flickered and pulled from time to time. The scene was very strange.

"I hope someone can receive the message I sent.

I want to tell you what happened. When the Jeep Tower 3 that the three of us were traveling on reached the orbit of Jupiter as planned, that thing appeared!

For an instant, our spacecraft was surrounded by a strong luminous object, and no matter how we contacted the Delta Space Station, there was no response.
To be continued...