Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 120 3 minute
Half?

How come there's only half left?
At this moment, Tong Zheng's thoughts entered an unprecedented high-speed operation.

Is it due to wear and tear?
Even the wheel, the only device in contact with the outside world, is constantly replenishing the superconducting material and receiving heat to maintain its superconducting state.

This may be one of the reasons, but it cannot be the whole reason.

So……

Tong Zheng turned his head slightly and caught a glimpse of the light coming from not far away from the underground passage on the moon.

At this moment, we are not far from the floating city mentioned in the intelligence, only 100 meters away.

So……

An idea popped into Tong Zheng's mind.

The closer you are to the end of the passage, the closer you are to that floating city, the stronger the negative matter field becomes, and the faster the "corrosion" will be.

Add to that the wear and tear that wheels themselves face, and the combination of these two factors has created the current situation.
He looked at the car body and found evidence to support his judgment.

At this moment, the entire minibus was enveloped in a faint glow, with no part of it dim.

The astronaut who came out on duty last time is still alive and must have been carrying out the repair mission. But even the repair mission couldn't stop the fluorescence from appearing. So, besides accelerated corrosion, are there other possibilities?

This was information that had not been previously investigated; it was an accident.

What should I do next?
With their full power, the superconducting armor seemed barely able to hold on. But it was clear that if they remained stationary until all the superconducting materials and cooling devices were exhausted, they would still face certain death.

We must take the initiative.

In an instant, Tong Zheng made his final decision. He opened the car door, faced his few remaining comrades, and suddenly stretched out his arm.

This is an order for everyone to get off the bus.

Now that we are surrounded by a negative matter field, without the protection of these superconducting armors, our spacesuits cannot last long.

Within minutes, our entire team will surely die here.

But at this moment... there's no time to worry about that!
Without the slightest hesitation, the remaining astronauts immediately stood up and quickly got off the vehicle.

Then, Tong Zheng roughly pulled open a wrench and kicked it hard. The corroded car body collapsed instantly, directly connecting the interior of the car to the outside environment.

Including the astronaut who went down to take his shift earlier, a total of seven people worked together to pull down the 1.5-ton hydrogen bomb, which has an equivalent of 100 million tons of TNT.

Its landing caused the ground beneath it to tremble slightly.

Tong Zheng immediately bent down and quickly operated the mechanical detonator. The number 180 immediately appeared on it and began to decrease rapidly.

179, 178, 177...

Three minutes to go. After that, the hydrogen bomb will detonate automatically.

Based on the current rate of corrosion, the hydrogen bomb should not be corroded to the point of losing its explosive capability within three minutes.

Then, what we need to do next is quite simple.

Because a negative matter field exists within the channel, and there is evidence that this negative matter field greatly weakens the energy of a nuclear explosion, our side must bring the hydrogen bomb into the cavity in front within three minutes and let it explode there.

Furthermore, because they couldn't be certain whether a negative matter field existed within the cavity, but were certain that it was highly unlikely to exist at the floating city, the closer the hydrogen bomb exploded to that floating city, the better. At that moment, the seven astronauts, as if by telepathy, understood Tong Zheng's plan and what they should do simply through his extremely simple hand gestures.

Since the minibus could not move forward, they would rely on their own manpower to carry the hydrogen bomb over!
The intensity of the negative matter field has increased, and the corrosion rate has accelerated. Time is running out for our side.

The astronaut who had previously come out to "take duty" and whose spacesuit had suffered the most severe corrosion stood at the back of the line.

The remaining six people stood on either side of the hydrogen bomb, each holding onto the handle and pulling simultaneously.

At this moment, even the astronauts, who had undergone long-term rigorous training and whose physical fitness was at the peak of humanity, showed a ferocious look on their faces as they exerted all their strength.

The hydrogen bomb weighed 1.5 tons, but in the moon's gravitational field, it weighed only 250 kilograms. This weight, distributed among the six astronauts, amounted to about 40 kilograms per person.

This weight seems insignificant to the astronauts.

But let's not forget that the astronauts were already carrying a load of up to 100 kilograms, and they had been pedaling continuously for more than an hour in the minibus, and their minds were in a state of high tension the whole time.

The next moment, as the last bit of strength in his body was squeezed out, the huge thing was pulled up by the combined efforts of the six astronauts, and then began to move forward at a speed that looked slow but was already going all out.

The first astronaut to emerge followed closely behind the group, his gaze always fixed on his comrades.

A wisp of white mist suddenly appeared from one of his comrades.

Without hesitation, he immediately moved forward and, in the process, took out tape and accurately applied it to the gas leak point.

A moment later, another comrade appeared to be covered in white mist, so he moved over again and blocked it once more.

With six people contributing their strength and one person responsible for logistical support, the team advanced rapidly.

But after advancing less than 30 meters, a large steel plate on the astronaut in charge of logistics support ripped off his spacesuit.

All the internal gases leaked out at that instant.

His body froze on the spot for a moment before collapsing with a thud.

He was the first among them to leave the minibus, and his spacesuit was the most severely damaged. At this moment, he could no longer hold on.

But at this moment, it won't work without logistical support.

Tong Zheng immediately pointed his right arm at the astronaut behind him.

He instantly understood Tong Zheng's instructions, immediately released the hand holding the hydrogen bomb, and retreated to the rear of the team to take over the duties of the fallen comrade.

Therefore, the approximately 40 kilograms of weight that he was originally responsible for was now evenly distributed among the remaining five astronauts.

Each astronaut carried a load of 50 kilograms.

The team continued to advance in silence.

Ahead, the light from the floating city described in the intelligence report was growing brighter. I checked the distance; it was about 70 meters away.

At that moment, the astronaut behind him, responsible for the right rear corner of the hydrogen bomb, was instantly filled with white mist.

His spacesuit also collapsed, and he fell to the ground, powerless.

At the same time, due to the uneven force on the hydrogen bomb body, the right rear corner hit the ground instantly, and the team had to stop.

(End of this chapter)