Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 1054 Another New Year's Eve
12 month 31 day.

The last day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

All over the country are decorated with lights and colors in preparation for the new year.

In cities with a stronger business atmosphere, such as Shanghai, major shopping malls, landscapes, and landmarks are on war footing to cope with the terrifying crowds.

On this day, Zhou Rui's family naturally had a family dinner. Han Rongze couldn't come home early due to his get off work schedule, but Zhou Rui went home a few hours early and took on the position of head chef. He and Li Huihua were responsible for dinner together.

In fact, a long time ago, or when Bai Xiaoying was still in charge of his security, the other party had mentioned whether to arrange a nanny for the family.

This candidate must be trustworthy. The Secret Service has some recommended candidates who usually do laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc.

But Zhou Rui refused.

It depends on how you look at the problem. If you regard the trivialities of life as a burden and a trouble, you can naturally find a way to free yourself from it if conditions permit.

But Zhou Rui is still young and he is not tired of the trivialities of life. He likes to cook delicious food and does not like to have anyone other than family members at home.

Just like some people drive themselves not because they can't afford a driver, but because they like driving.

Besides, to be honest, he didn't have to worry about much. Han Zinyin and Li Wenqian managed their lives in order. The only thing he contributed was to make some delicious food to reward them.

Amid the sizzling sound of frying, the dishes gradually took shape. The kitchen was big enough, and the two stoves were enough to support him and Li Huihua working together.

In terms of cooking skills, the two of them are 40% and 60% respectively, with him getting 40%.

Li Huihua, who has studied gastronomy for many years, is still better than Zhou Rui and knows more dishes, but Zhou Rui has a cheat. Once he comes up with "luminous cuisine", he will crush Zhou Rui.

The sizzling fish head pot, a dish that requires a lot of cooking time, gradually makes a "sizzling" sound, meaning it is cooked and a charming aroma is emitted.

Zhou Rui, wearing gloves and an apron, stood beside the casserole waiting for the harvest. The fleeting faint light made Zhou Rui smile proudly.

As for cooking, it depends on the Zhou family!

Li Wenqian, who was about to put on her gloves and was cleaning the table, called out crisply, "Zhou Rui, your phone is ringing."

Zhou Rui said: "Bring it here so I can see it, I don't have any hands."

Li Wen Qian held up her cell phone and Zhou Rui took a look. It was a message from Gan Yuan, also with a link attached.

Zhou Rui said nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's not important, put it aside first, and help me wash two bell peppers."

It's about the landing of the Eye of Artemis, and NASA is broadcasting it live.

Although the time of this New Year's Eve varies from country to country due to time differences, many people are paying attention to this event.

But Zhou Rui is different, he only needs to know one result.

Whether the lunar probe can successfully land on the moon is not more important to him than the fish head in front of him.
Li Wenqian asked: "Ziyin said you have to work overtime tonight?"

Zhou Rui smiled and said, "Yes, some things must be dealt with before the New Year's Eve, but I will leave after dinner and come back after 12 o'clock. Maybe my dad and his friends are still drinking, so I will only be absent for a few hours."

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Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, East Coast.

After twelve days of flight, the "Eye of Artemis" lunar probe was captured by the moon's gravity. After another three days, the lunar probe cut into a near-moon elliptical orbit from a far-moon orbit.

As for the "fairing" accident during the launch half a month ago, which caused the lunar probe to be collided, it has been almost digested.

NASA had almost non-stop discussions and speculated on various possibilities, but there was actually not much they could do and they could not get a definite answer.

They can only perceive the lunar probe flying alone 380,000 kilometers away through feedback from various sensors.

In the previous ten days, the test program was run hundreds of times, and all the feedback was normal, but this does not prove anything.

They could only keep praying and hoping that the moon landing would go smoothly.

Especially under the watchful eyes of the public, this time the moon landing, like the launch, was also broadcast live, attracting a lot of attention.

Inside the command center, the content transmitted by the "Eye of Artemis" camera appeared on the big screen, at a fixed angle, facing a void.

"Enter orbit change parameters and countdown to power landing."

"Main thruster activated!"

"The horizontal thruster started successfully, and the vertical axis is pointing to the lunar surface."

On the screen, the endless gray moon surface finally appeared.

Deadly silent and cold.
Due to the lack of atmospheric protection, almost every inch of land has been baptized by meteorites.

This scene shocked many people in the command room. Even though they were NASA employees, the last lunar exploration was the Apollo program in 1972. It was not something their generation could do.

I have seen it countless times in information and photos, but it was never as shocking as seeing it this time.

Hansen stood in the center of the command room, his hand pressed tightly against his chin, his whole body trembling slightly.

He had seen this scene decades ago.
Hence, I have been chasing after him for my whole life.
The poor health that had been going on for a long time seemed to have improved, and the body began to regain its vitality, if only on a mental level.

"Microwave rangefinder starts! Laser rangefinder starts!"

"Accelerometer activated!"

"The variable thrust engine coordination is successful. The vertical axis transformation speed is normal!"

The picture of the moon is getting clearer and clearer.

The "Eye of Artemis" continued to fall, and its thrusters constantly adjusted their angles, heading towards a carefully selected place.

This is the "Sea of ​​Rains" on the moon, one of the largest "plain areas" on the front of the moon.

A few minutes later, at a height of four meters from the lunar surface, the "Eye of Artemis" completely shut down its thrusters and landed steadily in the loose lunar soil, stirring up some dust.

Hansen closed his eyes and pumped his fist slightly.

Without anyone taking the lead, everyone cheered like a tsunami at the same time.

"success!"

"We did it!"

Applause, whistles, and weird shouts.
"Eye of Artemis", the most dangerous process. Completed successfully!

Even for a smooth soft landing, there are only a few countries in the world that can do it. If we only look at recent decades, only China has achieved it three years ago.

If the entire lunar exploration is viewed as a "big gamble," then once the soft landing on the moon is completed, it is almost like standing at the door of an exchange office with chips in your hands.

They have worked so hard for so long and finally proved to everyone that they have the ability to return to the moon!

This is definitely a historic moment!
Even the senior executives at the back of the command room couldn't help but applaud.

A smile appeared on Hansen's haggard face, and his complexion visibly improved. He clapped his hands and said, "Conduct a self-inspection. Open the cabin door in five minutes and let our 'Keryne' out to experience the scenery of the moon."

Similar to Chang'e 3, the Eye of Artemis probe adopts a nesting doll mode. The main probe does not have a mobile function. The lunar exploration mainly relies on the lunar rover "Ceryx" carried inside it. The name comes from the mount of the moon goddess Artemis in mythology, a doe.

The command room briefly returned to silence, and all work was carried out in an orderly manner. Of course, those who were thinking further ahead were already thinking about promotions and salary increases.

After all, “returning to the moon” has been a call for decades, and this is the first success.

Even the top brass in the rear are considering whether to use this as a starting point to deliver several brilliant and exciting speeches in the Senate.
A senator came up.

"Dr. Hansen, impressive success, congratulations."

Hansen shook his hand and said, "It's very rare. My team and I are proud of it."

"I can push for a bill meeting and invite you to walk into the Senate and tell everyone about the fruitful life of an Apollo program hero. I believe this can promote the continued investment of the United States in the field of space."

Hansen hesitated slightly. He was not very interested in this. All honors were meaningless to him.
But if it can promote the development of the US space industry, he is willing to use his remaining energy.
"Can we talk about it in detail later, the specific plan and so on?"

The senator, who was clearly full of energy, nodded. "Of course, this is a big deal. We can do that in."

Just as he was about to say something else, a notification came from the command room. "One minute left until the warehouse door opens."

The senator gestured for Hansen to finish the work at hand first. Hansen nodded and turned to look at the screen.

There are two directions in the picture, one is under the feet of the probe, and the other is the lonely lunar surface in front.

It's so beautiful that you can't see the end.
However, as the countdown ended, a scream spread in the command room.

"Warehouse door opening command. Completed, warehouse door not opened."

"What do you mean?"

"Command feedback shows that it has been unlocked! But the 'Keryne' camera shows that the door is not open."

Panic, disbelief, and incredibleness instantly swallowed up the original excitement and enthusiasm.

"The circuit system is normal. The door cannot be opened due to physical reasons."

"It seems like it might be deformed."

In an instant, many memories flashed through Hansen's mind like a revolving lantern.
Fairing emergency handling during launch. Collision reminder
His vision began to blur rapidly.
After experiencing so much joy and sorrow, this 70-year-old man finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Everyone looked at him, at the Apollo hero, the backbone of this place.

Hansen opened his mouth, intending to say something, to do something.
But I found myself losing my voice.
In the sight, everyone's face turned into a hideous grimace with a blatant mockery.
Hanson Doyle.

He fell down in the command room and fell unconscious.
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"According to the latest authoritative news, the 'Eye of Artemis Project' successfully landed on the lunar surface, but during the subsequent lunar exploration process, due to an unknown fault, the cabin door could not be opened.
"The lunar rover 'Keryne' inside could not be driven out, resulting in 80% of the scientific research projects being unable to be completed."

"According to international practice, lunar exploration needs to complete the following: 'soft landing', 'lunar rover driving out', 'instrument and rover aligning', and 'lunar rover driving more than 30 meters' before it can be declared a success. Although NASA claims that it is still looking for a solution, the outside world has already believed that this lunar exploration plan has ended in failure."

Smart Building in Shanghai.

The time is now 9 o'clock in the evening, and there are only three hours left until the new year.

After the family dinner, Zhou Rui came to the office in the Smart Building alone.

He did not watch NASA's live broadcast, but only confirmed the failure through the news flash.

He was not very happy. To be honest, he hoped that there would be a decent opponent in this field.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to give full play to his energy and he would lack motivation.

But today, or tonight, there is something more important to him.

That is, he has five "Mind Creations" quotas this year, which have not been used up yet.
When he obtained [Peak of Human Mind], his five simulation abilities (Return to One, Castle in the Air, Tracing the Origin, Copycat, and Similarity) were integrated into a new ability: "Mind Creation"

The system's computing power can be used to construct deductions and simulations in the brain, including but not limited to mathematical principles, chemical substances, biological genes, physical experiments, and engineering designs. It can be used five times per year.

This "prize" was so big that it was a little hard for him to grasp it.

In addition, he had not yet resolved his previous emotional issues, so he was not so eager for new technology and was even a little resistant to it, so he never used it.

It is conceivable that after today, he will have five more cutting-edge technologies second only to "Revelation from Heaven".

But before activating "Mind Creation", he still has some preliminary work to do, which may improve the quality of the products obtained.

In the huge and empty office, Zhou Rui stood in front of the French window with his hands behind his back.
There is not a single light on in the office, but it still has its own color, because outside the floor-to-ceiling windows are the lights of thousands of homes decorated with colorful lights.

The flow of people is like the never-ending tide, and every window is filled with warmth. The night of New Year's Eve is not quiet at all, and even seems a little too lively.

But he likes this kind of excitement.

Zhou Rui just looked at them through the glass with a distant gaze.

I silently opened the system and looked at the first one in the taskbar.

"Entry task [Time Management Master], current progress (100/100)."

This was a very special task, which came from the suggestion of "Master Zhou Rui". At first Zhou Rui just thought that the master felt that he was hesitant in his feelings and gave him some external help.

But in fact, during that candid exchange in the Hall of Thought, the master reminded me of the special nature of this entry before leaving.
This is also a piece of the puzzle. An extremely important piece of the puzzle.

From yesterday afternoon to this morning, he finally gained the last bit of experience by working in three shifts.

Zhou Rui hesitated for a moment and then chose to receive it.

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the white entry [Time Management Master]."

"Effect of the entry: The probability of the host's deception and lies to the intimate object being exposed is greatly reduced, and the intimate object's trust in the host is greatly increased."

"Note: Even if you are caught in the act, she will just think you are talking about work and you are just wearing less because it is hot."

Zhou Rui curled his lips. What a scumbag's ability. And he is a white
Fortunately, this is just one material. Otherwise, he would feel that his own entry library is not clean.
Zhou Rui took a deep breath and didn't want to look at it any more.

According to the previous suggestion of "Master Zhou Rui", the two entries were dragged into the synthesis column respectively.

They are:
[Aquaman] and [Time Management Master]

(Please refer to the author's words to review the effect of the entry. I won't give a word count.)
After a while, the system prompts that the synthesis path does not exist.
But Zhou Rui was not in a hurry. He followed the advice of Master Zhou Rui. If these two didn't work, he would add another one.
[Peek in]!
"Retrieving the path. The synthesis path exists. Do you want to synthesize it?"

"synthesis!"

[Aquaman] + [Time Management Master] + [Peeking] =?

A flash of blue light flashed.

"Congratulations to the host, blue entry [Master of Emotional Management]."

"Effect 1: The host can detect the target's emotions and feelings towards him, including but not limited to love, admiration, hatred, disgust and other clear emotions. For overly complex emotions, only the current and most intense one will be displayed."

"Effect 2: In face-to-face situations, the host's lies are extremely difficult to expose, the host's promises are extremely easy to be trusted, and the host's influence is extremely difficult to eliminate."

"Effect 3: When the host is concentrating, he can interfere with the target's emotions and thoughts, and project his own emotions and thoughts onto the target."

"Note: Brainwave resonance is a law of nature that always affects anyone who tries to influence another's mind. Your abilities are stronger, but you also need to be more careful."

A new, powerful blue entry.

And because its materials are very "bad", the effect of this [Emotion Management Master] is also very dangerous.

But tonight is still a long night
This is not the end for Zhou Rui.

Sometimes, all you’re missing is a small piece of the puzzle.

The accumulation has already been completed.
Tonight, he only accepted an entry task, and it was a useless white entry.

But it leads to a very important road.

In the synthesis column, Zhou Rui pulled the [Emotion Management Master] he had just synthesized into it again.

Then an old entry was dragged in that had been silent for a long time but had been playing a role.

【Faith Collector】. (Author’s words)

"Searching. Whether the synthesis path exists or not"

"synthesis."

The same blue light flashed, and the new entry was made of blue and green materials, and the rarity was still blue.

But its name is extremely special.

In other words, Zhou Rui has been waiting for many years.
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the blue entry [Elected Person]."

Tonight, he will be.
【The Light of Humanity】

(End of this chapter)