Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 106

People quickly flocked to Building 874.

During his previous explorations, Jiang Yang had some impression of Building No. 874.

It is a square platform that is over one meter high, with a semi-cylinder on top of it that has a radius of about 3.5 meters and a height of two meters.

Its design was certainly odd, but compared to the other buildings in the floating city, it was quite ordinary. Although the astronauts conducted extensive tests on it, they did not give it the same level of attention as the other buildings.

At that moment, the seventh astronaut, who had noticed the anomaly, stood next to the building.

Jiang Yang examined building number 874 carefully again, but couldn't see anything unusual about it.

Once everyone had arrived, Astronaut No. 7 bent down solemnly and pointed to the junction of the semi-cylinder and the square platform: "There is a gap here. It seems that the upper semi-cylinder and the lower platform are not a single unit."

Jiang Yang was slightly taken aback.

The buildings in the floating city have a very important characteristic: no matter what their shape is, they all look like a single, seamless whole, without any trace of seams or connections.

There is a gap in building number 874?
Jiang Yang leaned closer to examine it carefully, and sure enough, he saw a barely perceptible gap at the connection point, one that was almost invisible unless you looked closely.

The astronauts exchanged glances and fell into silent contemplation.

Why is this building so special? What does this gap signify?
After a moment, Tong Zheng finally made a decision: "Try moving it."

Several astronauts stepped forward and worked together to try to lift the semi-cylinder, but they failed.

"Try frying it."

A high explosive was attached and detonated with a bang. The smoke dissipated quickly in the vacuum, and the strange building remained unchanged.

The spent cartridge cases ejected rapidly, and hundreds of bullets bombarded it like a storm, yet still failed to cause any change.

It appears that, apart from having a gap, it is no different from the rest of the building.

Jiang Yang looked at it carefully, and out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently glanced at the passage he had come from. Instantly, something seemed to pop into his mind, making him freeze for a moment.

"It has other abnormalities as well."

Jiang Yang controlled his breathing: "If this semi-cylinder can be removed, then, judging from its size, it is the only one among all these buildings that can pass through that passage."

At that moment, even Tong Zheng's pupils constricted instantly, his voice filled with solemnity: "You suspect it's a spaceship?"

If it were a spaceship, wouldn't it almost certainly possess the ability to resist the influence of the negative matter field when this underground base is operating normally and the surrounding area is enveloped by the negative matter field?

If we can figure out the secrets of this ability, wouldn't that mean that in the next life, we might also have the hope of creating this substance and thus gaining the ability to enter this underground base?

This is, of course, merely speculation, just a possibility. Even if we were to figure out the secrets of this material, whether we could actually replicate it is highly doubtful—more likely, we wouldn't even know what kind of material it is. But, there is still hope within it!

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, it is precious enough, enough for all the astronauts, including Jiang Yang, to risk their lives for!

"If this floating city contains a vehicle for those aliens to enter and exit, then considering everything, this semi-cylindrical structure is the most likely candidate." With a diameter of 3.5 meters, a height of 2 meters, and a length of approximately 9 meters, its total internal volume is about 40 cubic meters, roughly qualifying it as a small spaceship. But perhaps those aliens are also relatively small?
In any case, it meets the requirements to be a spaceship.

Tong Zheng nodded, and the group of astronauts gathered again in front of the semi-cylinder, bringing over all the testing equipment they had brought with them and carefully testing each one.

All initial tests yielded no valuable information. It wasn't until an astronaut connected a current detection device to the semi-cylinder that a discovery was finally made.

"Its resistance is zero! It's a superconductor!"

The astronauts turned their attention to the device and saw the test results.

Zero resistance? Superconductor? This property has never been seen in any other building.

Jiang Yang met Tong Zheng's gaze and felt his heart begin to pound wildly.

If this semi-cylindrical creation is indeed a spaceship that can pass through that passage, and it possesses the properties of a superconductor, does that mean... that a superconductor is the key to penetrating that ubiquitous negative mass field?

In any case, it is a possibility, and it is worth a try!

This is our first major discovery since entering the floating city!
Subsequent testing further confirmed the authenticity of this information. At this point, it is now beyond doubt that the material constituting this semi-cylinder is a superconductor.

Silently noting down this discovery, the astronauts temporarily ended their exploration and then evacuated. When they returned, they brought back a large amount of supplies, and even set up a temporary camp with temperature control, circulation, and pressurization functions, as well as plenty of oxygen, water, and food.

Surrounded by these strangely shaped buildings, the astronauts settled down here, repeatedly studying and testing all the buildings until they were sure that they could find no more anomalies.

Five days have passed since then, and six days have passed since the extinction of human civilization.

After completing the final test on the last building, Tong Zheng slowly straightened up.

He knew it was time to evacuate.

The astronauts took all the supplies and equipment with them, except for one thing.

That giant hydrogen bomb with a yield of 200 megatons of TNT.

Climbing up the rope to the end of the passage, Jiang Yang turned around and glanced at the floating city where he had spent five days, before turning away with his astronaut comrades.

After walking silently for more than an hour, people emerged from this passage, which, according to tests, was built approximately 30 years ago.

Not only this passage, but even the underground spherical cavity was built approximately 30 years ago. However, the appearance of the floating city cannot be determined, as human equipment cannot obtain any information from it.

But considering that this passage and underground cavity were built about 30 years ago, the floating city was probably built around the same time.

30 years ago, humans on Earth were probably still eating raw meat and drinking blood, living like wild beasts. At that time, an extraterrestrial civilization with countless advanced technologies had already arrived in the solar system and left behind this creation.

After existing silently for 30 years, it suddenly launched an attack, wiping out the entire civilization.

(End of this chapter)