The quiet atmosphere flowed between the burning sun and the slowly surging earth, and Alex and Ryan started a conversation because they were now the only support for each other.

"Are anyone on Earth looking up at the sky and missing you?" Alex asked.

Ryan didn't know how to answer, and his words became a little hesitant. Even though he tried hard to pretend that he was indifferent, a faint sadness inevitably leaked into his words.

He mentioned his younger brother and family, he mentioned his gradually alienated relationship with them, he mentioned that he missed the news of his nephew and nieces' birth, and everything was learned through an email. However, he did not reply because he did not know what to say.

And when Ryan asked, "Where are you?"

Surprisingly, Alex, who kept emphasizing "I have a story" today, and even Alex, who could tease the cheating of his ex-husband, remained silent at this time and said nothing.

The two of them slowly drifted in space and gradually approached the International Space Station.

Afar, Alex began to evaluate the Soyuz 1 had disappeared; the surface of Soyuz 2 was damaged, and the speed reduction parachute was opened and could not be used as an escape pod.

To make matters worse, there is not much propelling gas left in Alex's jet pack, and Ryan's oxygen content has almost been cleared, and both of them will become a big problem. But now there is no time to hesitate or hesitate, either give it a try or end it.

The whole picture began to become magnificent again

The huge International Space Station occupies one-third of the screen floating on the left, while two white dots of rice grain size on the right are slowly gliding closer, and behind them is the earth intertwined with blue and green.

The entire screening room couldn't help but hold his breath again.

Alex started to approach the International Space Station using the propulsion gas, but it was unable to slow down because there was no gas, just like there was no brake on the traffic jam that continued to accelerate, which forced Alex and Ryan to hit the space station hard.

First, Alex grabbed the handle, but Ryan could not control his body, and implicated Alex to continue to rotate; then Ryan grabbed the handle, but Alex, who followed, could not control his body and hit Ryan head-on, causing the two people to lose their support point again. During the continuous impact, the connecting cable broke like this.

Both of them were trying their best to try to grasp a fixed connection point, any connection point that could offset their acceleration.

But both of them failed.

Finally, after a huge bump, Ryan's ankle was entangled on the parapet rope of the speed reduction parachute and stopped upside down; but Alex still couldn't find the connection point, so he swayed towards Ryan. Ryan tried his best to stretch out his right hand and tried to grab Alex.

The fingertips of the two people grabbed it like this, but before they could tighten the fingertips, the powerful inertial acceleration separated the two people again. Ryan flapped and tried to grab the connecting cable on Alex's body, and at the critical moment, he grabbed it! He successfully grabbed it!

"Yeah!" The whole process was so ups and downs and so thrilling that the screening room couldn't help but cheer and celebrate, but then he closed his mouth firmly, and didn't even dare to let out the atmosphere, because Alex was still sliding into the abyss.

Alex's acceleration inertia was too great to stop, and it even caused Ryan to start sliding again. The scattered paracords were not enough to support the weight of the two people. If Alex did not let go, both of them would leave the space station together.

Without propelling gas, they would not be able to return to the space station and could only float in the universe until the oxygen was completely consumed and they suffocated to death.

Alex already knew her fate, she was the one who was more familiar with the universe and space, so she calmed down first, "Ryan, let it go." Alex said softly, still with a smile on his face and his voice had returned to calm.

But Ryan still refused to compromise.

Alex started telling the story again, "Ryan, do you remember the question just now? I once had a daughter. That year, she played hide-and-seek in kindergarten, slid to the point of hitting her head, and then left." This is a terrible story, with no ups and downs, and she was told in an understatement, "If she was still alive, she would be seven years old this year."

The description that was so simple that it fully demonstrated the pain and struggle deep in his heart. Alex seemed to be able to see the pain deep in Ryan's eyes. She then said, "Ryan, work hard, just... work hard."

After saying that, Alex placed his left hand on the buckle. She could see Ryan shaking his head gently, despair and fear bursting out in his eyes. The helpless eyes made the iceberg's mask melt and disintegrate. Unfortunately, Alex knew that he had to make a choice, "This is not up to you, nor is it up to me."

Ryan begged, his fingers were trying to shrink, trying to save Alex's life with his remaining strength and fight against the oppression of the entire vast universe.

Alex knew that Ryan would not give up, so she only chose to give up on her own initiative. So, under Ryan's gaze, she opened the buckle and Ryan's slightly trembling call came to her ears, "Alex."

Just a call of a name, Alex's eyes could not help but be covered with a mist, showing a smile, "You will go back, Ryan. You will."

Then, taking a deep breath, and before Ryan could continue speaking, Alex let go of his right hand.

"..." Ryan stared at Alex, who was gradually moving away, and a "no" stuck in his throat. After Alex's body weight was removed, the reaction force made Ryan slowly glid towards the space station. The distance between the two people became larger and larger, while his despair was getting more and more violent.

"I'll catch you." Ryan murmured softly, constantly and repeatedly. The helplessness and confusion became smaller and smaller in the background of the universe. It seemed that the whole world had been broken, the sky and the earth had broken, but there was no sound or movement in the universe. The insignificant sense of dust penetrated the screen and came to his face.

...

There was no sound in the screening hall, both inside and outside the screen. Every audience member looked at Lan Li's clear and transparent eyes quietly. The light projected deep in his eyes was telling his fall apart. Even if he survived, life was worse than death.

What's even more terrifying is that the cold and vast universe doesn't care at all, and the humility and insignificance of life have reached its peak at this moment.

Matthew Dunlop stared at the big screen quietly, as if he could find his own shadow in the reflection of Lan Li's pupils. Just a look, no lines or expressions were needed. The emotional transformation and life perception that penetrated into the bone marrow and injected into the soul seemed to have already told the changes in the world in just one second.

Before I realized it, my eyes couldn't help but turn slightly red. That pure and extreme touch and shock had a power to penetrate the back of the paper.

...

In a panic, Ryan finally came to his senses, his body hit the space station, colliding between different outer walls, making people dizzy. Then, driven by his survival consciousness, he grabbed a handrail conditioned and reflexively, and finally calmed down the direction and center of gravity for the time being, but his brain was still blank and he could not think at all in a short time.

As he drifted away, Alex remained calm. "Ryan, can you hear me?" But Ryan did not answer, "Did you receive it?"

"My carbon dioxide concentration is alarmed. My carbon dioxide concentration is alarmed!" Ryan only felt that his brain was beginning to overheat and could not think at all.

Alex was still directing, "Listen, you need to enter the space station. Have you seen the airlock?"

Under the condition of hypoxia in the brain, Ryan's vision and reaction began to become dull. He could vaguely see Alex, who was gradually moving away, as if he had become the size of a fist, which made Ryan cheer up again. Under Alex's guidance, he knew the next steps to survive.

Because Soyuz 2 has been seriously damaged and cannot return to Earth; he needs to drive Soyuz 2 to the Chinese space station on the west side, and then look for the Chinese lifesaving capsule Shenzhou to return to Earth. Although he has never really driven Soyuz 2 and has only driven on a simulator, he crashed every time he simulated landing.

"At this time tomorrow, you will return to Lake Zurich and tell everyone this thrilling story." Alex still had the heart to joke, "Did you receive it?" But he didn't hear the answer, "Ryan, did you receive it?"

Ryan gritted his teeth and climbed towards the space station's hatch step by step, "I will drive Soyuz No. 2 to find you."

"No, you can't."

"I want to come and pick you up."

"No, I'm already too far from you."

"I will go over and save you."

"I probably won't be able to catch up with this boat. Ryan, you must learn to let go. I hope to hear you tell me that you can do it. Please, Ryan! Say it!"

"I can go back." Ryan was already angry and almost couldn't breathe.

"Want to hear good news?" Alex still wandered in space. "I'm about to break Anatoly's record, and this record may be able to last for a long time. It's cool for a female astronaut, isn't it? Wow, wow! Hey Ryan, you should see the beautiful view of the sun falling on the Ganges. It's so shocking."

Western cowboy music rang again, and Alex's voice disappeared forever.
Chapter completed!