Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 74 Meteor Falls to Earth
Three hours later, Gu Changshan strode into the command hall and saluted Jiang Yang, Sun Changhe, and others: "Reporting to Commander Jiang, control of a total of six foreign lunar satellites has been transferred to us."

Jiang Yang's pupils contracted slightly.

This incredibly difficult task... and you actually accomplished it?
Gu Changshan turned to look at Jiang Yang and added a special explanation: "They are afraid."

Jiang Yang thought for a moment and then nodded.

"Sometimes, things that seem complicated are actually quite simple to do..."

With a sigh in his heart, he looked at Professors Lu Zhaoming and Li Jiaming and said, "Let's begin."

"Yes."

As commands were transmitted, satellite after satellite began maneuvering in the vast space near the moon.

Their internally stored, extremely precious, and nearly depleted fuel began to be injected as if it were free, propelling their orbits to constantly change.

An hour later, the first satellite completed its orbital adjustment.

It flew past the moon at a distance of only a dozen kilometers with an extremely eccentric orbit, then traveled to a distance of several thousand kilometers from the moon, and returned, at which point the extended line of its orbit intersected with the moon.

Furthermore, this intersection is located in a special area of ​​the Tranquil Plain.

As it gradually returns from the farthest point, its speed gradually increases, from a few hundred meters per second at its slowest point to one kilometer per second, then two kilometers, and finally 2.4 kilometers per second.

Like a meteor from outer space, it hurtled down in the vacuum, crashing heavily onto the moon dust from the distant heavens in an instant.

At that moment, at the cost of its own mass, it released energy equivalent to the explosion of more than a ton of TNT onto the moon.

As rocks flew, seismic waves were generated instantly, propagating rapidly along the lunar surface in different patterns, and were then captured by the seismometers mounted on the lunar rover.

A large amount of data was generated. Soon after, Jiang Yang saw that the image representing the lunar underground cavity on the large screen in front of him became clearer.

Shortly afterward, the second satellite arrived and crashed heavily onto the lunar surface, making the image clearer again.

Then came the third, the fourth...

Up to the twelfth one.

Because of the large number of experiments and the massive amount of data, the plotting and analysis program was unable to display the results in real time.

This requires multiple teams of scientists to work for more than ten hours to complete.

Looking at the image, which was already much clearer than before but not yet fully processed, a thought naturally came to Jiang Yang's mind.

"Whether it was coerced or a voluntary act of dedication."

In short, this time, in order to uncover the truth about the end times, it is no longer just our country that is working hard, but the power of the whole world and all civilizations has been concentrated.

I hope the apocalypse can be averted, and I hope there won't be a next life. But if there really is a next life... I hope this data, obtained through the combined efforts of the entire civilization, can guide us in our next life.

All the work for this lifetime has been completed; now all that's left is to wait.

It's already 4 a.m., and there are still 20 hours left.

"Let's go."

Together with Zhou Yu, Gu Changshan, and others, Jiang Yang once again took a helicopter back to Doomsday Base No. 7, and then quickly fell asleep in the rest room.

Fate was about to be revealed, and before that, he needed to rest well and recharge. Jiang Yang slept for a full ten hours, not getting up until 2 PM.

As with the previous cycles, Doomsday Base 7 was bustling with activity amidst a solemn atmosphere.

Accompanied by Zhou Yu, Jiang Yang once again learned about the preparations in this base and the key points to note in case the apocalypse still comes. It was already nine o'clock in the evening.

In just one hour, the nuclear strike group will descend upon the moon, delivering the gift of humanity's most powerful weapon.

After more than 20 hours of flight and orbital adjustments, the 400 nuclear warheads have now been precisely aligned into a "flat plane".

They are equidistant from the moon, and their directions and speeds are the same.

This means they can bombard the moon simultaneously and detonate at the same time. This eliminates the possibility of detonating the first nuclear bomb and destroying the others, while also unleashing maximum power in an instant to inflict maximum damage on the chamber hidden beneath the lunar surface.

At this moment, live footage from deep space is being broadcast from the conference room of Doomsday Base 7.

Jiang Yang saw hundreds of steel cones silently floating in space, while the moon in front of him was slowly growing larger at an imperceptible rate over time.

Everyone looked serious.

Everyone knows in their hearts that at this moment, the only hope of surviving the apocalypse and avoiding its arrival rests on these warheads.

If this nuclear strike fails, then...

Jiang Yang looked away and turned to Zhou Yu: "Come with me outside the base for a while."

The two left the conference room and, under the escort of numerous security personnel, took a high-speed elevator to the outside of the base. Under the cover of night, they climbed to the top of a small hill.

The weather is great tonight, with no clouds or light pollution. The night sky over the mountains is clear and bright, surrounded by countless stars, with a full moon hanging quietly.

If Jiang Yang squinted and looked closely, he could even see the shadows cast by the Jinghai Plain on the upper right side of the moon.

Its altitude is too low, so less sunlight reaches it, making it appear somewhat dark to people on Earth.

The summer breeze blows gently, insects chirp, and the roars of wild animals echo from all around and in the distance, bringing a sense of peace to one's heart.

Jiang Yang raised his head and stared straight at the moon, as if he could see the figures of those powerful weapons capable of destroying cities and countries.

He knew that, limited by their own insufficient fuel and the combined gravitational pull of the Earth and the Moon, these powerful weapons would not reach the Moon at a very fast speed, less than Mach 4.

In contrast, when deployed on Earth, these deadly weapons can reach speeds of over Mach 20 when re-entering the atmosphere.

The difference is a full five times.

At Mach 4, even with Earth's current technology, intercepting it would be possible.

So... will this mission to bomb the moon be intercepted?
Jiang Yang didn't know.

He just watched quietly, in the stillness of the night, without speaking or moving, waiting patiently.

The moon, as it has for billions of years, hangs quietly in the sky, casting its bright moonlight upon the world, its tranquility carrying a sense of timelessness and eternity.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Yang suddenly noticed a bright spot appearing in the upper right part of the moon.

(End of this chapter)