All the Pu Ji understood the risks, but he still chose to start building the rocket.
In doing so, not only did he lead by example, scavenging materials and parts in the high-radiation zones every day, he also personally oversaw the construction of the rocket, and encouraged other personnel to pick through scraps daily, all for this rocket that carried the hopes of them all.
One day, Pu Ji coughed up blood, a symptom of the late stage of radiation sickness.
Pu Ji had the shark-type gene expression, which gave him strong resistance to cancer, but radiation damage wasn't limited to just cancer and tumors. Genetic chain breaks were even more fatal, and as one who delved deepest into the radiation zone, Pu Ji had been suffering unbearable pain for months. Now, the radiation accumulated in his body had far surpassed the limits he could survive, and coughing blood meant he might have only a few days left to live.
