Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 69 Core Area
Images from a high-resolution lunar exploration satellite have replaced the previous images from the Lunar Rover No. 2.

Jiang Yang then saw the lunar rover suit, about the size of a small car, crash into the lunar surface at extremely high speed, kicking up large amounts of lunar dust and rock debris.

Another failure?

This……

Jiang Yang suddenly noticed a number.

When Lunar Rover No. 1 lost signal contact, it was at an altitude of 1706 meters. At the same time, Lunar Rover No. 2 lost contact at an altitude of 1689 meters.

They are only 17 meters apart.

If we also take into account the lunar rover's descent speed of over 200 meters per second, the altitude error, and the minor differences caused by multiple signal relays and transmissions, as well as the exploration and imaging processes, then the altitude difference of only 17 meters can be considered as the same altitude.

Both lunar rovers lost contact with Earth at this altitude? Then...

It wasn't that the lunar rover malfunctioned, but rather that some kind of interference caused the signal to drop!

Jiang Yang suddenly said, "The landing site of the third lunar rover has been changed to 10 kilometers, no, 11 kilometers away, centered on the neutrino detection coordinates!"

No one objected to Jiang Yang's order. Clearly, Jiang Yang wasn't the only one who realized this.

Professor Li Jiaming typed rapidly on the keyboard again, and soon a brand-new landing program was uploaded to the Lunar Rover No. 3 kit.

At an altitude of over 100 kilometers above the moon, the Lunar Rover No. 3, which was orbiting the moon and violently ejecting gas to slow its speed, suddenly stopped ejecting gas.

As a result, its landing point, which was moving in a parabolic orbit, deviated from the originally planned landing point by about 11 kilometers.

After a series of orbital adjustments, its altitude dropped again to only about 3000 meters, and then it began to free fall in the lunar gravitational field.

Thirty seconds later, its altitude reached 2000 meters. In just a few more seconds, it would reach the "life-or-death line" of about 1000 meters.

The altitude figures were changing rapidly, decreasing. In the blink of an eye, the altitude figure had changed to 1650 meters, and then to 1489 meters.

"Initiate reverse thrust!"

The four corners of the square, flat-shaped thruster suddenly spewed out blazing flames, abruptly pulling the rapidly falling lunar rover suit back into position and abruptly slowing the rate at which the altitude readings changed.

Jiang Yang suddenly exhaled the breath he had been holding back due to nervousness.

The connection has not been lost! The signal is normal!
Sure enough, sure enough!
At this moment, although formal exploration has not yet begun, one fact has already been confirmed.

There was indeed something unusual in this area!
Prior to this, the only evidence that this area was abnormal was the detection data from the neutrino telescope that Jiang Yang brought back from his previous life.

However, it should not be forgotten that neither the existing lunar probes nor the recently launched high-resolution exploration satellites, gravity and geological probes, and radiation measurement satellites have detected any anomalies in this area.

This has led to some doubts among people.

Is this seemingly ordinary place really the culprit behind the end of the world?

Now, at the cost of two lunar rovers crashing, people have finally found direct intelligence to prove this.

The unusual thing is right here, there's no mistake!

This is a major piece of intelligence comparable to Jiang Yang's "doomsday prophecy"!

Suppressing their tension and excitement, people focused their attention back on the screen. After several tens of seconds of reverse thrusting, the lunar rover finally came to a smooth stop, hovering just two meters above the lunar surface.

After verifying that the surface was suitable for landing, the retrorockets separated from the lunar rover and were dropped directly onto the ground.

Like an object slowly sinking in water, the lunar rover gently landed on the lunar surface, stirring up a large cloud of lunar dust.

As if there were air, the lunar dust was stirred up and then slowly fell back down. Meanwhile, the thrusters suddenly increased their thrust power and were propelled hundreds of meters away, where they also crashed onto the lunar surface.

Its mission is complete; it is no longer of any use.

The lightweight metal buffer layer slowly opened like lotus petals, creating a "platform" on the moon.

Inside the lunar rover, the top camera slowly rose, surveying the surroundings. Thus, in its static state, the most pristine images of the moon came into view.

The sun is currently hanging on the edge of the lunar horizon, with only its tip showing.

But even a small part of the sun is so bright and dazzling that it is impossible to look directly at it, which is completely different from the situation on Earth.

It cast a long shadow on the desolate, lifeless surface of the moon. Jiang Yang noticed that the boundary between the shadow and the sunlit part was very clear, without any of the blurriness seen on Earth.

The dark gray rocks ahead had sharp edges, as if they had just been broken, showing no signs of erosion from wind or water. The moon dust beneath their feet appeared thick and rounded, but upon closer inspection, one could see that each moon dust particle had distinct edges and corners, just like the rocks.

"Let's head to the designated area."

"Yes."

After completing its self-check and confirming that everything was normal, the lunar rover did not linger around the landing site like previous scientific lunar rovers. Instead, it drove directly off the buffer platform and, using its autonomous navigation system and ground remote control, began its journey towards the 10-kilometer radius area without looking back.

In extreme cases, the lunar rover can reach a speed of approximately 4 kilometers per hour. With some safety margins, this translates to 3 kilometers per hour.

At this moment, its landing site is 1 kilometer away from the edge of that area.

The lunar exploration satellite has planned its path using previously captured footage, with a total length of 1.9 kilometers.

At this speed, it would only take about 38 minutes for it to reach the edge of that area.

After handing over the control of the lunar rover to a team, Jiang Yang and his colleagues focused their attention back on lunar rover number 4.

This time, the chosen landing site was on the other side of that special region measured by the previous neutrino telescope, also 11 kilometers from the core.

But this landing attempt was unsuccessful. At an altitude of approximately 1692 meters above the Earth's surface, it lost contact with Earth again.

"The landing site for Lunar Rover No. 5 has been expanded to 15 kilometers!"

This time, the lunar rover No. 5 landed successfully.

Following the same procedure, it also resolutely set off for the special area.

The remaining lunar rovers landed at distances ranging from 11 to 15 kilometers from the core, with a total of 10 successful and 5 unsuccessful.

The 10 lunar rovers vaguely formed a circle, surrounding that special area, and then moved together toward the core.

(End of this chapter)