Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 819: Chapter 818: Training

Although the space station is already quite large in scale, it’s still a bit too small to be considered a spaceport.

Right now, it’s really just a prototype, far from being a true spaceport.

Only when the space station exceeds five kilometers in both length and width can it truly be called a spaceport.

The real spaceports owned by advanced space civilizations are often hundreds of kilometers long and wide.

At present, Jiang Cheng’s space station still seems very small, far from reaching the scale of a spaceport.

So, in order to have a real spaceport, Jiang Cheng has been focused on the expansion work, which is proceeding intensely.

Qu Xiaoming, as a rookie astronaut, came to the space station for this very purpose.

After resting in his room for a night, Qu Xiaoming got up early the next day. He slept quite well last night, as sleeping while surrounded by the cosmic scenery was quite pleasant, allowing him to rest thoroughly.

After getting up, Qu Xiaoming tidied his room and headed to the dining hall within the space station.

Many astronauts were having breakfast in the dining hall; some were stationed personnel, while others, like Qu Xiaoming, were there to carry out missions.

The space station is no longer like when Jiang Cheng first arrived, where he was the only person in the vast station.

Now, at any given time, there are over a hundred staff stationed in the space station, with several hundred astronauts carrying out expansion tasks.

The presence of so many people brought life to the space station, and it was no longer the desolate place it once was.

Standing in the dining hall, watching the comings and goings of astronauts, Qu Xiaoming felt quite excited.

Being able to carry out his first mission in a place like this seemed not much less significant than the Mars Base.

Zhou Country is filled with a group of astronauts, and many of them were acquaintances he’d met at the training center, where they were once reserve astronauts training together.

”Hello!”

”Good morning!”

Upon seeing familiar astronauts, Qu Xiaoming would step forward to greet them, eager to integrate into life here.

While greeting other astronauts, Qu Xiaoming found a seat to enjoy his breakfast.

This place is really nice!

As he ate the food prepared by cooking robots, he marveled at everything around him.

The dining hall’s decoration was simple yet bright, exuding a high-tech feel everywhere.

Everything here is so advanced, even the meals are cooked automatically by robots.

After eating, he didn’t need to deal with the dishes personally, as robots would soon handle them.

Surrounded by fellow astronauts just like him, he was actually in space.

Being at a place like this to carry out missions, specifically working on the construction of a spaceport, made Qu Xiaoming feel like he was dreaming.

This is the kind of environment he always dreamed of, the goal he had been striving towards.

Now, he finally felt like an astronaut; everything here made Qu Xiaoming feel great.

After enjoying a delicious breakfast, Qu Xiaoming headed to the scheduled location to start his task for the day.

Today marked the official start of his astronaut duties, where he would contribute his efforts to the spaceport’s construction.

After exiting the dining hall, Qu Xiaoming walked toward the Yan L8 region.

The L8 region is at the frontier of the space station, where expansion work is currently underway.

Upon arriving at the L8 region, Qu Xiaoming saw the equipment and machinery from Zhou Country.

The place was entirely a construction site, with ongoing construction and building everywhere he looked.

Apart from the construction scenes all around, there were also lots of astronauts.

These astronauts were responsible for the expansion work; it was through their efforts, little by little, that the space station reached its current size after several years.

Qu Xiaoming wandered around the L8 region a few times to get familiar with his work environment.

After getting a general understanding of the area’s situation, Qu Xiaoming found his team, ready to officially start his work for the day.

First, he needed to meet the other astronauts on his team, as they would be helping one another from now on.

Since much of the expansion work was in space, teamwork among the members was crucially important.

Despite the seemingly calm space, danger lurked everywhere; if the team members didn’t coordinate well, they wouldn’t know what to do in emergencies.

The team Qu Xiaoming joined this time had a young captain, who warmly greeted him as soon as he arrived.

”You must be the new astronaut, right? I’m your captain from now on, my name’s Wang Wenzhi, but you can call me Dazhi.”

”Welcome to our team!”

Although Qu Xiaoming’s captain was much younger than him, he was more than capable of being a captain.

Wang Wenzhi was from the first batch of astronauts to complete training and already had years of space mission experience, making him a seasoned astronaut.

On the other hand, Qu Xiaoming was embarking on his first space mission as a complete rookie astronaut.

”Hello, my name is Qu Xiaoming. I’ve been ordered to join Team 0137. I just completed astronaut training, and this is my first space mission.”

”I hope you’ll all give me plenty of guidance in the tasks ahead!”

Standing before the four astronauts, Qu Xiaoming introduced his situation to his future teammates.

Typically, an astronaut team has five members, and Team 0137 originally also had five astronauts.

However, recently one astronaut was transferred to the Mars Base, which is why Qu Xiaoming was brought in to fill the gap.

During his self-introduction, Qu Xiaoming was very humble, presenting himself as someone there to learn.

Especially in front of his captain, Wang Zhiwen, he positioned himself as a junior.

He wouldn’t underestimate his captain due to his age; his captain’s experience as an astronaut far surpassed his own. In terms of qualifications, he was indeed a junior astronaut.

He knew he’d need guidance from his captain in many areas, so humbly seeking advice was surely the right approach.

Though Qu Xiaoming had completed comprehensive astronaut training, simulated training in the training ground was one thing, whereas executing missions in space was a different story altogether.

There would surely be many unforeseen challenges in the actual tasks, and some operational techniques couldn’t simply be learned.

These experiential aspects could only be accumulated over time, and in this regard, Qu Xiaoming was a complete novice.

He understood clearly where his deficiencies lay, so he maintained a humble posture, ready to learn well from these veteran astronauts.