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Chapter 85 After hardship comes happiness; mission accomplished.

"Black Sun! Black Sun!"

Having narrowly escaped death, Song Xingye grabbed the large black dog's head, ruffled its fur, and roared hoarsely, "Well done! Let's go back!"

Without a word, Hei Ri grabbed his collar and dragged him back like a dead dog.

Two minutes later, Song Xingye finally touched the outer wall of a cement building, then the door, and then a pair of soft boots covered in snow and mud.

Mira, Wang Jianxin, and Ivan had been anxiously searching around the building for half a day.

But with the white blizzard raging, they dared not stray too far. Fortunately, the big black dog lived up to its mission and dragged the people back.

Song Xingye sat by the stove, shivering as he roasted for a long time. He then pinched his thigh with a dazed expression to make sure he wasn't having a nightmare.

Then, as if in a daze, he glanced at his three companions who were still in shock, and then at the blizzard outside the window.

The door frame trembled slightly in the wind, making a rattling sound.

After a long pause, he blurted out, "You're absolutely right."

"About what?"

Mira was poking at the coal stove with tongs, asking without looking up.

Song Xingye's gaze shifted to the large black dog lying by the stove warming itself. "Heiri, it really is a smart dog."

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The fourth day passed by without any major incidents.

The Forbes remains unaccounted for.

February 29th arrived in the blink of an eye.

Song Xingye counted the few remaining compressed biscuits and several cans of expired meat, looked up at the sky outside the window that had darkened again, and sighed, "New Year's Day is in two days. It seems that God is not on our side this time."

Mira was also somewhat regretful, but they had done their best and left the rest to fate.

Just then, her eyes suddenly twitched, as if she had discovered something.

Upon hearing Mira shush, Song Xingye's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately moved closer.

Amidst the swirling noise, a tiny, yet constantly flickering, point of light miraculously appeared on the small screen of the radar control console!

Song Xingye hurriedly grabbed the other earphone and put it on his head, holding his breath and listening intently to the sounds inside.

But it was still just the hissing of cosmic background noise.

Mira's hands moved swiftly, sending beams of high-powered radio waves into space. The VHF communication antenna also adjusted its direction continuously, quickly locking onto the point of light.

An invisible electronic bridge was immediately established between the radar and the flying object.

next second.

"Beep—beep—"

An extremely faint sound, seemingly from another realm, pierced through the noisy background of the universe and clearly entered the cochleas of the two people.

Song Xingye looked up in surprise, only to meet Mira's gaze.

The two looked at each other at very close range, and then grinned at each other simultaneously.

That's the Forbes!

At this very moment, in this desolate wasteland sealed off by a blizzard, they are the only two people in the world who can hear the heartbeat of this missing probe.

Mira's smile was so genuine that Song Xingye was momentarily lost in thought.

But he quickly regained his composure, grabbed his notebook, and began recording data with a ballpoint pen. With lightning speed, he calculated key parameters such as the speed, altitude, and tilt of the Forbes.

This invaluable tracking lasted a full five minutes.

Subsequently, the Phobos flew out of radar view and disappeared once again into the vastness of space.

But five minutes is enough.

"It's all out! The complete roots of the elliptical orbit have all been calculated!"

宋星野兴奋地报出一连串数字，「半长轴9000千米、偏心率0.243、轨道倾角55°、升交点赤经120°、近地点幅角45°、真近地角0°————

探测器的偏移没有想像中那幺夸张。它现在正飘在一条近地点200公里、远地点5000公里的轨道上，周期大约2小时15分36秒！」

Thus, the Forbes hull, which had been missing for seven weeks, finally revealed its true form.

Wang Jianxin and Ivan were also awakened by the noise. Upon hearing the good news, the two grown men clapped their hands excitedly and even gave each other a bear hug.

Finally, all the hardships have come to an end, and we have fulfilled our mission!

However, Song Xingye remained calm and wasn't blinded by momentary joy. He decisively said, "Don't get carried away. This set of orbital elements is only valid for a maximum of 24 hours. Due to the Earth's rotation and perturbations, the data will quickly become invalid. Once it expires, the deviation could widen to hundreds of kilometers. We must transmit the data back immediately—"

However, Mira told him some bad news: due to the raging snowstorm, they were unable to contact the Baikonur base and had to drive back.

But the howling wind and snow outside made Wang Jianxin hesitate: "This awful weather—can we even get back?"

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"We have to go back, even if we can't!" Song Xingye said decisively. "Even if we have to crawl, we have to get this data back to Baikonur. How about you and Ivan stay, and Mira and I will go first?"

"No way! More people means more help. If we need to push the cart along the way, I'll have to rely on my own strength." Although Wang Jianxin was a coward, he didn't let him down at the crucial moment. "Let's go, let's go together!"

Wang Jianxin was to accompany them, so Ivan naturally couldn't stay behind alone.

The four quickly packed their equipment and put out the fire.

They wrapped themselves tightly in their fur coats and down jackets, and covered themselves up with their fur hats before leaving the technical building of the No. 31 tracking and control station.

Song Xingye looked into the distance and saw nothing but a vast expanse of white.

This blizzard from Siberia has completely engulfed the Baikonur region.

The four people and one dog helped each other as they struggled forward.

All that could be seen was a vast expanse of wind and snow, where neither the sky nor the earth seemed to be the sky or the earth.

Before the large swaths of dry snow could even touch the ground, they were swept up by the gale and formed a terrifying "Blank".

Even when the four of them were standing close together, they could barely see each other's faces.

Song Xingye's eyebrows were covered with frost. When he looked at the road with his naked eye, the snow did not fall from the sky, but flew horizontally close to the ground. All he could hear were strange howls like ghosts wailing and wolves howling.

After finally managing to move to the side of the road, the four of them scrambled into the SUV as if fleeing a disaster.

Mira inserted the key and tried to start the engine more than ten times before she could barely get it going.

The windshield wipers were frozen to the windshield, making a screeching sound. Song Xingye then opened the car door and leaned half his body out to knock on the ice.

Behind them was the Saturn tracking station shrouded in darkness. A strong wind was blowing through the steel structure of the radar base, producing a low growl like the howl of a giant beast. This sound made the big black dog in the car a little restless.

After struggling for a while, Song Xingye used a cloth soaked in hot water to cover the wiper blades and managed to dissolve them.

At the same time, the car's heater finally took effect, and the cold car became warm and cozy.

After warming up the car for a while, Mira finally stepped on the gas and slowly drove towards the foot of Snake Mountain.

However, after only a few hundred meters, the SUV could no longer move.

Song Xingye jumped out of the car and saw that the tires were deeply stuck in the snow and were spinning freely.

The wind was so strong that it was almost impossible to stand. Snowflakes slapped against his face with a loud thud. He gritted his teeth and called Wang Jianxin and Ivan down to push the cart.

The three of them struggled for a long time behind the car, but the car didn't budge. Song Xingye then ran to the side and tried to dig the snow away, but it was still to no avail.

Finally, the three of them, exhausted and panting, scrambled back into the car.

Song Xingye wiped the ice from his face. "No, the snow is too deep; the tires are half-buried. Even if we push them out now, they'll only go a few meters before getting stuck again—"

"Damn it!" Mira slammed her fist on the steering wheel in anger. "If I'd known the snow would be this heavy, I should have brought out that Hummer from the base! This piece of junk has such narrow tires!"

Song Xingye sighed.

It looks like the latest orbital elements of the Phobos probe will be lost in this icy landscape.

Just then, a sound seemed to come from deep within the dense forest beside the mountain path.

That wasn't the sound of the wind.

Immediately afterwards, the treetops not far away suddenly trembled, shaking off a large amount of snow.

The big black dog suddenly sprang up, its fur standing on end, and let out a growl more ferocious than ever before.

Wang Jianxin quickly shushed them and said, "You guys—did you hear that? What's that noise?"

Song Xingye listened intently, but apart from the howling wind and snow covering the mountains and plains, there seemed to be nothing else.

However, the big black dog's reaction said it all.

It was no longer agitated, but had entered a state of combat readiness, its huge head staring intently out of the windshield and barking incessantly!