Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 179 31 second

More than a month has passed in a flash.

During this period, the population of Moon City gradually increased, even exceeding 10,000 at its peak.

Of course, only 8000 people will remain in the end; the rest will return to Earth on the return spaceship.

According to the design standards, Moon City cannot support so many people; they must return. This means they will die in the apocalypse.

Just like when the scientists of Moon City were selected, they were not enthusiastic about it and had an indifferent attitude. Now, these people who are about to leave Moon City and return to Earth to wait for the end of the world do not have much resistance.

Those who can participate in this Moon City Project are relatively outstanding and rational individuals. Since they possess sufficient rationality, they naturally know that staying in Moon City is not necessarily a better outcome than dying in the apocalypse.

Of course, from a purely rational point of view, the best course of action for these people is not to send them back to Earth, but to execute them directly on the moon—whether by suicide or by someone else.

This would save a significant amount of resources and energy needed for the return trip to Earth.

However, this most rational solution was subconsciously rejected by everyone.

It would be better to waste more resources sending these people back to Earth than to do something so inhumane. Since we haven't truly reached that extreme, black-and-white situation, we should consider people's psychological well-being more.

At this moment, the construction of Moon City is nearing completion. The main framework is finished, and all that remains is for the installation and testing of the internal equipment.

In just over a month, with the authorization of the World Government, the Moon City management system, with Sun Changhe as the decision-maker, was also established and took over all management matters of Moon City.

Although he wasn't a technician by training, compared to his previous professional experience, the current task was still a piece of cake for him. In just a few days, he sorted out everything in Moon City and arranged all kinds of tasks in an orderly manner.

Under these circumstances, time slowly passed to the 13th day of the doomsday countdown.

"The Mantle Project has successfully completed its most critical phase. To date, a total of 12 ultra-deep wells have reached the mantle, and the relevant detectors have been deployed and observations have begun."

It is anticipated that three more ultra-deep wells will reach the mantle before the apocalypse, bringing the total number of available probes for mantle exploration to 15.

Jiang Yang nodded as he looked at the announcement.

The situation is even better than the best we had anticipated.

Fifteen ultra-deep wells, fifteen detectors that directly probe the mantle, and specially treated detectors with ultra-high pressure resistance, high temperature resistance, and signal interference resistance... should be able to collect more information when the apocalypse comes.

Time continued to fly by. Jiang Yang saw that the lunar supply mission was completely completed, the once bustling landing site was now empty, and the number of people in the Moon City base was decreasing, eventually stabilizing at 8000, with the rest of the personnel evacuated.

Jiang Yang saw the scientists in the Moon City working tirelessly day and night, using every means to test the reliability of communication with Earth and strive to improve its stability. He also saw the engineers and astronauts repeatedly checking every part of the Moon City, striving for greater reliability in the face of the apocalypse.

Under these circumstances, the countdown reached its final day.

Jiang Yang saw that the Moon City base, which stretched for several kilometers and was covered with various lights, resembled a giant dragon. A thick tarpaulin slowly extended out from above, covering the entire base.

The specially collected moon dust was evenly sprinkled on the tarpaulin, piling up to a thickness of more than half a meter, leaving no dead corners.

This is a natural protective layer.

The Moon City base gradually disappeared from Jiang Yang's sight.

Outside the canyon, next to a lunar rover, Jiang Yang, Zhou Yu, and several others, dressed in spacesuits, carried out their final lunar surface observation mission.

After putting away all the detection devices, Jiang Yang took one last look at the Earth, which was still radiating a deep blue light and suspended in the vast deep space, before getting into the car.

As they drove into the warehouse, the base's outer hatch closed, completely severing Lunar City's connection with the outside world. From this moment on, people could only obtain intelligence from the outside world through the probes deployed on the exterior and the satellites orbiting the moon.

As the countdown dwindled, the atmosphere within Moon City grew increasingly heavy.

Eight thousand scientists, astronauts, engineers, and others remained at their posts, diligently debugging and testing various equipment, not daring to be careless for even a moment.

The personnel maintaining order, ensuring equipment supply, and providing medical care were on high alert and prepared to deal with any potential chaos.

The area where Jiangyang is located is of paramount importance.

Under these circumstances, the countdown eventually jumped to 1 hour, and then to the last minute.

Everyone's hearts were in their throats.

Jiang Yang saw that the number displaying the Earth-Moon communication speed suddenly jumped from 100 megabits per second to 10 gigabits per second.

According to the previous plan, the information sent by the Earth Doomsday Command to Moon City before the end of the world was data that had been processed by scientists and Earth-1 supercomputer. The amount was small, and 100 megabytes per second was sufficient.

Starting one minute before the end of the world, the Earth will transmit raw data from mantle probes and deep-well probes.

Because there wasn't enough time on the ground to analyze the data, it had to be handed over to the Moon City staff for further processing.

The endless stream of data, like rivers flowing into the sea, is rolling towards the moon.

The countdown continues. 10, 9, 8...

0!

On the large screen, images of Earth taken by satellites and ground-based telescopes remained stable. But at the same time, numerous numbers on another screen began to fluctuate wildly.

The faster the numbers jump, the more intense the events happening on Earth.

But Jiang Yang had no time to care about the people on Earth. His sole attention was focused on his perception of the ground beneath his feet and on the screen displaying various data about the moon.

No one knows whether the moon will be affected in the apocalypse.

And now, fate will finally be revealed.

The lunar surface beneath our feet remained consistently stable. On the large screen displaying various data points about the moon, numerous numbers also remained consistently accurate.

Only a small fraction of the numbers started fluctuating wildly.

Those numbers indicate the current electromagnetic environment around the moon, specifically whether there is communication interference around the moon.

Clearly, communication interference has occurred.

So……

Jiang Yang looked at the lunar-Earth communication system.

The insane data transmission at 10G per second had been going on for 20 seconds, then 21 seconds, 22 seconds...

Data transmission was abruptly interrupted after 31 seconds.

(End of this chapter)