"Countdown timer: approximately 1 hour and 21 minutes remaining. On the upper level of the 'Xinxiang Base', in the medical room on the desk, we—Su Nisheng, Hydra, and I—discovered a lunar calendar."
Li Cheng calmly said, "The format of the lunar calendar is quite interesting, from January 2070, when the 'New Hope' spacecraft departed from Earth, to March 2071. These 15 months of lunar calendars are all hand-drawn,
and each square is subtly lengthening.
February, 1.02 times.
March, 1.05 times.
April, 1.09 times,
until March 2071, when it becomes 1.4 times."
Dir paused for a moment, then realized, "The calendar squares represent the effects of time dilation as the spacecraft travels away from Earth at near-light speed."
"Bingo."
Li Cheng snapped his fingers silently and calmly said, "When an object's speed approaches the speed of light, the flow of time around it slows, and the spatial dimensions shrink.
