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From the humorous descriptions in the game, it's clear that Kerbals are generally more foolish and accident-prone than humans.

For example, Kerbal astronauts might accidentally mistake a planet for dust, smudge the telescope lens, or completely misunderstand how a telescope works.

While playing the game, Tang Chao found them adorably silly, and he feels even more so now, because they remind him of the Minions from a certain animated movie, possessing both high intelligence and high stupidity.

Moreover, their origins are equally fantastical.

Although the Minions movie has an 'evolution tree' that explains how they evolved, that's just official lore.

Yes, just lore.

It's similar with the Kerbals; they also come from lore, and even the game company didn't develop it in detail.

Then, the interesting part comes.

Now that this has become a 'real' world, the Kerbals are actually filling in these 'lore' details themselves.

They've researched and discovered that Kerbal anatomy and biology are similar to plants, with green skin, long lifespans, and resilience to death.

They believe they were created by 'gods,' with ancient myths saying they grew from trees, while later theories suggest genetic engineering, such as cloning.

The template was an original Kerbal named 'Ker,' who wasn't even a Kerbal.

Therefore, they only have one surname, 'Ker,' and their appearances are similar; both men and women look like they were cast from the same mold.

Their height is generally around 0.75 meters, but they weigh 50 kilograms, making their body density quite high.

They have huge, cylindrical heads with black hair; men usually have buzz cuts, and women usually have single ponytails. Their eyes protrude noticeably from their faces, somewhat like frog eyes.

They have wide pelvises and short legs, resulting in an awkward, shuffling gait, making them unable to walk or run fast.

Their current reproduction and survival rely entirely on cloning because they lack reproductive systems.

Furthermore, they believe those 'ancient myths' aren't particularly ancient, only a few hundred years old, since the cloning technology they depend on was developed by the first Kerbals, and the last of those first Kerbals only died a few decades ago.

The first thing they learn after birth is to 'look up,' striving to stand taller and see farther, to fly into the sky, to fly into the universe, to find their origin, their 'gods.'

This is their desire for interstellar travel.

They've also discovered that they're very suitable for space travel because they don't experience any muscle atrophy or other adverse effects in space, and they can survive for years with minimal food and oxygen.

Their green skin contains chlorophyll, enabling them to perform photosynthesis.

This is also why the first Kerbals initially thought they grew from trees.

They can collect solar energy like plants, using it to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugar, then consume the oxygen and sugar during respiration, producing carbon dioxide, water, and usable energy when needed, allowing Kerbals to survive entirely on light.

When there's no light, they can replenish energy through food; they have mouths, digestive systems, and excretory systems.

Compared to humans, their survival rate in space is immeasurably higher.

Tang Chao couldn't help but feel envious.

Moreover, their society is free of strife, unlike humans who engage in internal conflict, and almost all their energy is devoted to space exploration.

The reason for saying 'almost' is that while they don't focus on weapons development like humans, competing for resources and killing each other, harming their entire civilization, they also don't engage in selfless cooperation.

It's not that some people find resources and then give them to rocket development companies for free, so they can make parts.

Rocket development companies also don't give the parts they make to launch bases for free, so they can build rockets to go to space.

They need to pay each other.

They won't research or sell goods without payment, and they're very firm about it.

They don't feel there's anything wrong with this and still believe they're working towards the goal of all Kerbals.

Seeing this, Tang Chao couldn't help but exclaim, 'Game lore is awesome!'

No wonder they weren't puzzled when he suddenly appeared in the Vehicle Assembly Building, nor were they puzzled by his height, color, or appearance being different from theirs, and they even recognized him as their BOSS and recognized the space center as his property.

Tang Chao was thinking about these things when Werner, having finished the report, trotted over and held up a tablet for him to see. He reached out and took the tablet, and was stunned by what he saw on it.

He subconsciously read it out loud.

"According to reports from various companies and headquarters, the planet's data has changed, some aircraft within the atmosphere cannot fly normally, some spacecraft cannot enter orbit normally, and all equipment in space has disappeared."

"Headquarters' food reserves are sufficient for two months, but considering that some aircraft cannot take off normally, please contact manufacturers in time to replenish supplies with cargo ships to prevent a food crisis."

"Chief Financial Officer Miteman reports that headquarters' funds are zero. Please sign mission contracts with other companies or organizations as soon as possible, complete tasks, and earn funds…"

As he read, Tang Chao trailed off.

What could he say? The Kerbals still weren't surprised by these things, and it made him want to shout 'Awesome lore!' again!

Then, suddenly having his own space center made him very happy, although he understood that managing a space center would be difficult, he really didn't expect such difficulties.

What was this about the planet's data changing?

Why couldn't aircraft take off normally?

What's the point of building them if they can't fly properly?

I'm so…

«Wait!»

Tang Chao suddenly thought of a question.

«Before, I seemed to have installed a new planet mod…»

«Uh…»

Okay, realizing it was his own problem, Tang Chao instantly stopped complaining.

At least some aircraft can still fly normally, and there are enough parts, so some contracts should be able to be completed… right.

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Moreover, Kerbals don't engage in intrigue and deceit, and everyone interacts sincerely, so the steps have been simplified a lot, not counting all the advantages being wiped out.

It should be possible to make money.

It's a good thing this happened on Kerbin; if it had happened on Earth, then he…

"Hiss—"

Tang Chao gasped and shuddered, truly admiring those famous business tycoons.

No choice, he had to work hard.

He asked Werner to list the aircraft that could be used now and found that the mod items were almost unaffected and could be used normally.

He understood.

For example, the Long March 9, which could take off very smoothly on the original Kerbin, would have even less of a problem now that Kerbin had become Earth-like.

After all, the Long March 9 was originally designed to break through Earth's atmosphere.

Okay, the situation wasn't too bad.

The warehouse had 100 units of each part stored. Small screws, wires, and other things that were negligible when playing the game also had large stocks here, enough for him to build 8 fully assembled Long March 9 rockets.

With these mod rockets, completing some missions should be no problem.

After selecting, he chose the space shuttle.

After all, that thing had already been retired on Earth, and he only played with it for fun in the game, but now it was perfect for making money.

And clearing out inventory.

After all, 'zero funds' was a bit terrifying.

It would definitely be difficult to build here in the future, without the 'one-click free fill' function. He had to clean up the underground warehouse to make room for future things.

Although he didn't know what he would do in the future, cleaning up outdated items was definitely the right thing to do.

The research center shouldn't be idle either. He asked Werner where he learned Chinese characters, and Werner brought him a Chinese character dictionary.

This dictionary was very strange. It recorded very comprehensive Chinese characters and had definitions, but it didn't have pronunciations, so the Kerbals could only write but not read.

He read the several thousand characters he used daily, and then read some special characters related to aerospace, and then asked the research center to develop corresponding voice translation software as soon as possible, which would be very helpful for their communication efficiency.

From initially arriving here, then browsing, then understanding the situation, and finally issuing a series of orders, Tang Chao didn't know how long he had been here, but he didn't want to stay here any longer.

It wasn't that he didn't like it here, but that he needed some peace and quiet; too many things had happened during this time.

And at this moment, a bright light seemed to flash in his mind. Without any warning, he knew he could return to Earth.

He was a little confused, but it was always good to be able to go back, and he wanted to go back now, so that was perfect.

Before leaving, he also asked Werner and learned that he had been here for ten hours.

He remembered this data, and then asked Werner to bring him a special thing.

It wasn't heavy, only 20 kilograms, and looked like a large gray shoe box, with a nozzle the size of a water cup on top.

This was a liquid rocket engine called 'Ant.'

He definitely didn't have this thing at home. If he could take this thing back, then it would prove that he wasn't dreaming.

Okay, he himself didn't think he was dreaming, he just wanted to see if he could bring physical objects from here back with him.

If he could bring it back, that would be awesome.