Why is his holy light red?

Chapter 110 Redemption from Heaven

Ten thousand meters above the stratosphere.

Thirteen super-heavy aircraft, comparable to skyscrapers, are braving devastating thunderstorms and extreme cold to tear a passage to deep space through the pitch-black sky.

Inside the main cabin of the Juntian Dragon Boat No. 1 flagship, the terrifying gravitational acceleration pressed everyone firmly into their pressure-resistant seats, making even breathing extremely difficult.

The Holy Angel was surrounded by a faint golden halo, and his near-immortal physique made him completely unaffected by the overload pressure; while Robert, sitting opposite him, benefited from the protection of his armor and multiple body modifications, so this pressure was nothing to him either.

"How high do you think our chances of success are?"

Robert's tone was unusually heavy, lacking his usual playboy frivolity. With the apocalypse looming, he could only relieve his depression by striking up conversations with old acquaintances.

"Haven't you already calculated it countless times with your super brain? Less than 30%." The Holy Angel said calmly with her eyes closed.

Their plan was extremely crazy and simplistic: to send thirteen spaceships carrying "planetary engine" modules to the moon and forcibly push it back into its original orbit.

If the timeframe could be extended, not four hours but four months; if there were more spaceships, not thirteen but thirty; if the journey could be longer and safer, and if the preparations before departure were more thorough—perhaps, the success rate could be ninety percent.

But now, they only have a few hours. How many of these thirteen spaceships, which haven't even finished security checks, will make it to the moon depends entirely on luck.

"To be honest, just a few tens of minutes ago, I thought even 30% of that was just wishful thinking," Robert sighed. "But I just noticed some details—maybe, we really can make it."

The Holy Angel slightly opened his eyes: "What details?"

"When I first entered the secret base, looking at the astonishing behemoth, I casually joked, asking if it was an Eastern-made Noah's Ark, and whether they had been preparing for the end of the world for a long time." Robert's eyes flickered slightly. "Guess what? The young engineer who was leading the way corrected me very seriously. He said: 'Mr. Robert, this is a dragon boat, not an ark.'"

"I asked him what the difference was. The young man told me that Noah built the ark to survive the flood and wait for God's forgiveness." Robert's voice rarely carried a hint of awe. "But the Easterners built dragon boats to go upstream in the flood and ride the waves. They said that mankind must save itself, instead of waiting like pitiful creatures for some vague divine blessing."

Upon hearing this, the angel of holy light looked at the twelve shooting stars streaking backward outside the porthole and said softly, "A very good belief. Humanity should save itself, not wait for a savior to descend."

Robert smirked and said sarcastically, "It's quite ironic to hear that from you. Most religions in the world consider you a messenger of God; you're their faith."

The angel of holy light casually said, "You know very well that I am not."

"Whatever, faith is too subjective, I don't want to talk about theology. I'm just shocked by something else—" Robert said with some emotion, "None of the scientists from Tokyo University who were working with us were intellectually enhanced superhumans!"

Dr. Chen, who was in charge of the moon landing project, has the superpower of invisibility. What use is invisibility to a scientist?!

"To be honest, my brain's computing power is stronger than that of supercomputers in many countries, but even I am not confident that I can fully understand the alien technology of the Lobster People: yet these people, relying solely on the brains of mortals, have managed to create these Heavenly Dragon Boats and land on the moon in just four hours. They have surpassed the entire world."

The Holy Angel added casually, "Because the scholars here dedicate themselves to their work 365 days a year. Unlike some genius who spends 200 days a year dating cover girls."

Robert opened his mouth, but for the first time ever, he didn't refute it.

For once, this arrogant billionaire felt a pang of guilt. If he had spent less time partying and instead devoted the time he used to flirting and drinking champagne to his lab, perhaps he could have come up with a more perfect solution today, instead of sitting here gambling with the lives of all humanity.

People always learn their lessons when they face them.

However, before this playboy could even begin to reflect, a stern, top-level red alert suddenly blared simultaneously inside all thirteen spaceships! The entire ship began to shake violently!

"Warning! Large areas of the heat insulation layer on the third ship have peeled off!"

"Ships No. 7 and No. 9 are out of control! Propulsion modules are overloaded!"

"The outer armor of Ship No. 7 has fractured and is about to disintegrate."

Robert gripped the handrail tightly, his face changing drastically. Sure enough, his calculations were correct; a 30% success rate was far too low. They had been walking a tightrope from the very start of launch; any mishap could have occurred at any moment.

He turned around to call for the Holy Angel, only to find that the safety lock on the opposite seat was empty.

The man had already teleported outside the ship in the 0.01 second the alarm sounded!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!"

In the pitch-black sky, four celestial dragon boats, carrying humanity's hopes, exploded without warning! Four fireballs, comparable to miniature nuclear explosions, instantly illuminated the night sky in the stratosphere.

Thousands of tons of special aerospace steel were torn into countless fragments like paper under the absolute destructive force. The moment the cabin walls were removed, the terrifying negative pressure at high altitude and the flames strong enough to melt steel, like the giant hand of death, rushed straight towards those top scientists who had no way to resist.

With a mortal body, one wouldn't even last a fraction of a second in an explosion of this magnitude before being completely vaporized.

But with that angel of holy light present, even death can only look on with despair.

Amidst the flames of the explosion, a layer of pure and vast golden holy light descended at the critical moment, transforming into an absolute defensive barrier that enveloped all life on the four spaceships!

The intense heat and the shooting metal fragments melted away the instant they hit the holy light.

Robert looked out the porthole, stunned by what he saw.

In the night sky where the wreckage had fallen, the angel of holy light stood suspended in mid-air. The passengers from the four spaceships, along with the extremely important core instruments, transformed into four enormous golden cocoons of light, which floated silently beside him.

Humanity's limits crumbled here, but the divine power held up the mortals who had fallen into the abyss.

Guided by the golden holy light, the four cocoons of light, like true arks of life, flew side by side with the remaining nine Heavenly Dragon Boats, continuing their journey toward the moon.

After breaking through the atmosphere, the rest of the deep space journey proceeded without any unexpected incidents.

Nine celestial dragon boats, spewing thruster exhaust flames, landed precisely at the designated coordinates on the far side of the moon. Before the lunar dust they kicked up had even settled, the heavy alloy hatches had already opened.

Everyone only had time to let out a cheer before getting to work.

With little time remaining, they had to make the most of every second.

Scientists from the University of Tokyo, carrying heavy engineering modules and operating various drones, stepped directly into the vacuum like a group of sophisticated machines. Everything had been rehearsed dozens of times in the underground command center on Earth, and everyone knew the location of every single screw on the blueprints by heart.

Unless people are sent directly to the moon, long-distance communication will be significantly delayed due to the vast distance between the Earth and the moon.

Even a single second is an unacceptable error for this rescue operation.

Therefore, the only option was to send these scientists to risk landing on the moon and perform manual operations.

They were all prepared to die, but fortunately, the angels of holy light saved them from certain death.

Robert's mask fell away, and a stream of cold blue data rapidly scrolled across his retina. This steel titan's role was to replace the supercomputer on Earth, ensuring all the planetary engines could be precisely installed.

The base of the first planetary engine was quickly deployed.

In an instant, a blinding, eerie blue light shone from the bottom of the spaceship, weaving into a vast, suffocating three-dimensional network of light.

"Quantum printing matrix—" Robert looked at the energy readings on the holographic panel, his voice trembling with excitement.

He certainly knew what it was.

This is alien black technology that Earthlings dug out from the remains of the "Lobster Man" expeditionary force that invaded back then.

He had studied it for a long time, but only made a small, conceptual prototype and did not fully master the technology.

Robert was shocked when he saw the design drawings. He never expected that the East had mastered quantum printing technology to this extent and dared to bring this kind of black technology directly to the moon to create a spectacle!

The massive interior of the Juntian Dragon Boat contains no readily available engine parts; instead, it is filled with extremely compressed basic materials!

Under the shroud of a pale blue light, countless materials were directly decomposed and reshaped.

As light continuously scans the projected model, the materials are automatically "placed" into position. This is an assembly at the atomic level, eliminating the need for additional screws or welding.

Before everyone's astonished eyes, a planetary engine, dozens of times larger than the enormous Juntian Dragon Boat itself and resembling a mountain of steel, rose from the crater on the moon!

"Array number one printing complete, self-test complete. 10% power, pilot firing."

Dr. Chen's voice rang out on the communication channel, and everyone watched the behemoth with tension.

This is the most crucial step, because quantum printing technology has always remained in the laboratory and has never been used formally. Today is the first time, and the result is such a complex and enormous spectacle. No one knows what unexpected things might happen.

"boom"

Even in the absence of sound in a vacuum, Robert could clearly detect the extremely violent tremors of the lunar rock beneath his feet through the stress-sensing system of his armor. A blinding beam of azure plasma shot into the sky, tearing through the darkness of deep space.

Robert let out a long breath as he watched the thrust reading on the holographic panel spike.

Although he had calculated the paper data for this planetary engine back on Earth, he knew those formulas and models by heart.

But when he witnessed the Lobster Man's advanced technology being turned into a "wonder builder" by Tokyo University, and saw a mountain-sized steel behemoth unleash a power strong enough to shake the stars, the overwhelming sense of awe still made his heart pound wildly.

The biggest hurdle has been overcome.

Quantum Printing's planetary engines can operate smoothly on the moon.

The work proceeded smoothly and rapidly, and the second and third giant engines were successfully printed one after another, with no problems encountered during the pilot firing.

However, just as the fourth engine's quantum printing progress reached 90% and was preparing for bottom-level anchoring, a warning rang out: "Wait! Printing at Predetermined Point Four is paused!"

Robert's tone suddenly turned somber, and his fingers drew a series of glaring red warnings on the virtual panel.

Unusual ground cracks appeared at the location of engine number four.

Robert immediately dispatched a drone to monitor the situation and quickly discovered the problem.

The surface rock at point four looks incredibly solid, but there is a huge natural cavity twenty meters deep!

"A natural lunar cave?" Dr. Chen immediately switched to Robert's perspective view, his brow furrowing. "The foundation strength is severely insufficient. Once it ignites at full power, the No. 4 engine will directly crush the earth's crust and sink in. The force balance of the entire thrust array will collapse instantly. We need to recalculate the position."

"We can't change the position." Robert's brain was working frantically. "The three engines in front are already fixed and can't be moved. Even if we adjust them now, we won't be able to find the most suitable position. We don't have time to calculate every single detail."

Faced with such unreasonable geological accidents, the only way to remedy the situation is to resort to unreasonable methods.

Robert turned his head sharply and looked at the Holy Light Angel who had been hovering in mid-air on guard.

"Holy Angel, twenty meters underground, we're missing a load-bearing column capable of withstanding hundreds of millions of tons of recoil thrust." Robert rapidly constructed a complex stress distribution grid on the panel and sent it directly into the shared channel. "Can you solve this?"

The Holy Angel glanced at the data on the panel, and without uttering a word, instantly arrived near Engine No. 4.

He placed one hand on the pale moonstone, and a dazzling golden light shone on his body.

The next second, pure and solidified golden holy light, like liquid metal, surged wildly into the huge underground cavity through the cracks in the rock strata, eventually filling it and then rapidly solidifying. *Drip—*

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On the control panel, the foundation strength reading of Array 4 instantly soared from a dangerous red to a deep green indicating absolute safety, its hardness even exceeding that of the surrounding solid lunar rocks by several orders of magnitude.

"The load-bearing capacity is no longer a problem!"

Robert breathed a sigh of relief and quickly directed the installation of the other planetary engines.

One after another, these colossal mechanical structures were completed, and no further accidents occurred.

As the azure flames lit up the moon, Robert looked at Dr. Chen not far away and said excitedly, "Dr. Chen, we can begin now. Let's push the moon back."

All the planetary engines started at maximum power. At the same time, the angel of holy light came to the center of the entire array and covered millions of square kilometers of land with his holy light, like lighting a solar flare on the moon.

Everyone watched the readings of the moon's orbit with great care. The moon, which had been constantly deviating from its orbit, was gradually moving in the right direction.

"It's a success!"

Robert let out a cheer; if they could maintain this thrust, the moon would be back on track in a few hours.

But at that moment, the thrust suddenly fluctuated significantly.

The thrust provided by the planetary engine has been reliable; the problem lies with the Holy Angel.

Robert quickly asked through the communicator, "Holy Angel, are you alright? Just hold on, don't let your power get too strong. If you exceed the Roche limit, the Earth will truly be destroyed."

After a while, the Holy Angel's reply came through the headset: "I understand, I will try my best to remain stable."