Return from the Sand Sea

In July 2045, female astronaut Jing Tianxing returned from her second moon landing. The return capsule failed due to lunar dust pollution and fell into the depths of the Badain Jaran Desert. There are only 4 hours left in the life support system, official rescue requires 6 hours, and a sandstorm is coming in 3 hours. Lin Xiaoxia, a 25-year-old drone technician, was closest to the crash point - 150 kilometers. 22 Years ago, 15-year-old Jing Tianxing promised to her 6-year-old daughter: "When you grow up, I will show you the moon." A year ago, Master Li Ming passed away, leaving behind an encrypted USB flash drive: the return capsule emergency procedures and his last words - "Go and save Jing Haipeng's daughter." Lin Xiaoxia illegally entered the restricted area and started a three-hour life-and-death race with the 60-year-old Mongolian guide Abu and the AI "Wentian". Travel through quicksand, canyons, and sandstorms, dismantle 12 bolts, and complete sandstorm surgery. At a critical moment, AI "Wentian" refused to execute the blood transfusion order and insisted on waiting for 27 minutes - this was the first time that AI defied humans. Lin Xiaoxia faces a choice: trust the algorithm or intuition? After 27 minutes, the AI's "betrayal" increased the success rate from 17% to 89%, saving two lives and proving the awakening of free will. What's even more shocking is that the lunar samples brought back by Jing Tianxing showed that there is a man-made cavity 3.2 Billion years ago under the mysterious stone, with a message from an unknown civilization engraved on it - "We have been here before, waiting for us to come back." The return journey is the fulfillment of the promise, the redefinition of the relationship between man and machine, and the proof that humans are not alone in the universe. In 2046, new exploration is about to begin.