Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 118 Go Forward!

Even if our side overcomes countless obstacles and finally resolves this apocalypse, for this "harvester" civilization, it's no different than having a harvester broken down.

Just like wheat in a farmer's field, after countless hardships, it finally pushes a stone into the combine harvester's blades, damaging them.

For humans, a broken harvester is simply a matter of replacing the blade. But what about for the harvester civilization?

Sun Changhe stood up, his voice a little hoarse, but still full of determination.

"We are human beings, with feelings and reason, not crops."

We have thrived and multiplied on Earth, creating a splendid culture. We have defeated one enemy after another and overcome one difficulty after another. We have always been firmly on the path of making civilization develop further and enabling every person who makes up civilization to live a better life.

Anyone who dares to stand in our way will be destroyed. Even if our creator were to descend and try to block our progress, we would not hesitate to charge at him.

If one charge cannot defeat the enemy, then charge twice, three times, countless times.

As long as human civilization exists and continues, we will not fear any challenge.

Moreover, we now have Comrade Jiang Yang, giving us even more opportunities to try new things.

The Reaper Civilization wants to harvest us? Then come on, we'll wait.

If we can break their harvesters the first time, we can do it again, a third time, until we completely wipe them out!

These powerful words instantly dispelled the heavy atmosphere in the control room.

Will there be a second or third harvest in the future?

We'll wait!

It's simply a matter of dealing with whatever comes our way.

For now, let's focus our energy on this apocalypse.

……

At this moment, not far from the entrance to the lunar underground passage.

The mechanical spacesuit Zhao Jianguo was wearing emitted a faint, cold light, illuminating a dark lunar underground passage and part of the "minibus" in front of him.

In the dead silence, the minibus moved forward quietly, at a speed of only about five kilometers per hour.

Zhao Jianguo knew that, according to mechanical calculations, the minibus's forward momentum at this moment came only partly from gravitational potential energy.

Due to its own weight and friction, its movement mainly relies on the human power provided by the astronauts inside.

When the 12 astronauts stepped on the vehicle together, they not only propelled the minibus forward but also caused the liquid nitrogen throughout the vehicle to flow, bringing back all the heat and dissipating it through the radiator connected to the "tail".

The minibus moved forward slowly, and Zhao Jianguo followed behind, moving forward at a leisurely pace.

He didn't just stay at the back of the minibus; he would occasionally walk to the front and carefully inspect the entire vehicle to see if any cold light was shining through.

When this minibus was being built, the engineers added a layer of fluorescent material inside the vehicle's structure.

Under normal circumstances, this fluorescent layer would not be visible. However, if the outer material is corroded, it will be exposed and seen by Zhao Jianguo.

Zhao Jianguo can then determine where the car body has been corroded and make the corresponding repairs.

Time passed by little by little, and in the blink of an eye, almost an hour had gone by.

After glancing at the mechanical watch and pedometer on his arm and doing some calculations, Zhao Jianguo knew the current depth.

Around 4000 meters.

Before reaching this distance, there was no perceptible corrosion on any part of the vehicle body, nor any fluorescent light, and my spacesuit showed no signs of damage.

According to the intelligence provided by Comrade Jiang Yang, from this moment on, that kind of corrosion will slowly appear.

His mind became increasingly tense, and his gaze at the vehicles ahead through the helmet visor sharpened, becoming as sharp as a hawk's.

The surroundings remained absolutely quiet and deathly still, so much so that he could even hear his own heartbeat.

Knock knock knock, knock knock knock.

My heart wasn't beating very fast; clearly, even though this was my first time entering this mysterious and unknown place, I had managed to control my emotions well.

A faint glow emanated from the upper left side of the vehicle.

At this moment, the passageway was almost completely dark, except for the cold light emitted by their own spacesuits.

This is why Zhao Jianguo's eyes became extremely sensitive to light. Although the fluorescence was faint, it still couldn't escape its detection. And so the corrosion began.

Now that I'm here, it means my spacesuit is starting to corrode.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Jianguo ignored the corrosion he was experiencing and, following the standard operating procedure he had been trained in, walked a few steps to the minibus, moving in sync with the vehicle. At the same time, he raised his arm and accurately pulled out a thin metal sheet from the top of the vehicle.

It was so thin that it didn't look like metal at the moment, but rather like some soft piece of paper.

Carefully unfolding it, Zhao Jianguo did not hesitate at all and directly stuck it to the place where the fluorescence had appeared before.

He carefully looked around the car and only felt relieved when he saw that there was no more fluorescence coming through.

But in less than a minute, he noticed the fluorescence reappear.

At the same time, a wisp of white mist appeared beside him.

A gas leak has occurred.

Zhao Jianguo showed no emotional fluctuation. His arm remained as steady and precise as a machine.

A special tape was quickly pulled out and accurately applied to the gas leak point on the spacesuit, and the white mist disappeared instantly.

Afterward, he pulled out another metal plate from the top of the car and stuck it to the spot where the fluorescence appeared, extinguishing the light once again.

For the next few minutes, Zhao Jianguo repeated these actions.

If a spacesuit leaks, tape is used to patch it up; if a minibus shows signs of fluorescence, a metal plate is attached. Everything is done in an orderly manner.

But a few minutes later, the situation changed again.

There was no fluorescent light on the vehicle body; instead, the "tail" at the back and the radiator connected to the tail emitted fluorescent light.

Because of the temperature, it does not have a shield of superconducting material like PDYY-6 for protection.

If the radiator is damaged, the heat inside the vehicle cannot be conducted out, which will cause all the superconducting materials in the entire vehicle body to lose their superconductivity, thus causing the shield to fail.

But Zhao Jianguo was powerless to fix the damaged radiator.

But that’s okay.

After casually covering up a newly discovered gas leak, Zhao Jianguo looked again at the mechanical watch and mechanical pedometer.

The minibus has traveled 4300 meters and is about to reach the planned 4500-meter mark.

Ignoring the damage to the radiator, Zhao Jianguo continued working, repairing the damage to the vehicle until a large piece of steel ripped off his spacesuit.

At that moment, Zhao Jianguo felt as if his body had suddenly expanded, and a chill permeated every part of his body. At the same time, his lungs felt as if they were being compressed, and the air was being forced out irresistibly. The saliva in his mouth began to boil like popping candy.

The spacesuit was damaged beyond repair.

He staggered and fell to the ground. At the same time, he clearly saw that the radiator unit at the rear of the minibus had detached from the vehicle and remained stationary.

Almost simultaneously, the minibus, which had been dim with only a few faint glows, suddenly became brighter, as if oil had been poured on it.

He struggled to crawl over, but his strength and consciousness vanished from his body as quickly as water leaking from a bucket.

……

Inside the minibus.

The mechanical watch and the mechanical rangefinder both pointed to the same location.

Without any communication, astronaut Li Hui immediately stood up and, under the watchful eyes of his comrades who were still struggling to step on the pedals, pushed open the car door and got out of the vehicle.

Based on previous training, the three actions of opening the door, getting out of the car, and closing the door took less than two seconds, maintaining the vehicle's sealing as much as possible.

As soon as he got off the car, a fluorescent glow immediately caught Li Hui's eye.

However, he temporarily ignored the fluorescence and instead pulled out a cooling device with pipes from the storage compartment under the vehicle, which was also protected by superconducting armor.

He walked a few steps to the rear of the vehicle and, seeing the liquid nitrogen leaking from the pipes, simply shoved the new pipes onto it.

There were also two lights in the passage behind.

One of the clumps should be a damaged radiator, and the other one is... Zhao Jianguo?

In the dim light, Li Hui saw the ball of light move slightly, as if waving goodbye to him, and then it became completely still.

(End of this chapter)