Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 180 Super Radiation
31 seconds, approximately 310GB of data.

This is the entirety of the world government's efforts to mobilize global human and material resources, drill 15 ultra-deep wells reaching the Earth's mantle, and then painstakingly and tirelessly build a communication link between the Earth and the Moon.

Jiang Yang shifted his gaze from the communication device to the images of Earth taken by lunar satellites and ground-based telescopes.

He could not see the movement of matter on the Earth's surface, nor could he see any signs of an earthquake, but he could clearly see the frantic surging of the Earth's atmosphere.

At this moment, it seemed as if some unseen hand was stirring wildly within the Earth's atmosphere.

and……

Just like what I saw in my previous life, the Earth's brightness has increased!

The next moment, the image of Earth suddenly disappeared.

Clearly, the violent electromagnetic environment around the moon destroyed all equipment outside the satellites and bases.

Fortunately, so far, the Moon City base itself has not been affected.

The next moment, most of the equipment that had been set up in advance to measure the changes in the moon itself also lost its connection with the base.

Only a small number of devices that were originally installed in the Moon City base, such as seismometers, are still in operation.

Jiang Yang knew that from this moment on, Yuecheng's communication channels with the outside world had been almost completely cut off.

Unless personnel are dispatched away from Moon City, our side will be unable to obtain any external intelligence other than a few data points such as moonquakes.

However, given the current chaotic electromagnetic environment, it doesn't seem like a good time to send personnel to investigate.

Let's use the robot dog then.

A robotic dog, or rather a specially designed unmanned lunar rover, with as much protection as possible, slowly drove out of the base, trailing a thin optical fiber behind it.

The desolate and lifeless lunar canyon landscape has once again appeared before people's eyes.

But the lunar rover had only moved a short distance when sparks suddenly appeared on its body, and communication was instantly lost.

"The external radiation is too great."

The engineer operating the lunar rover reviewed the data and said with a heavy heart, "And the intensity seems to be increasing."

The intensity is still increasing?!
People looked at each other.

After discussing the matter briefly with several leading figures in the scientific community, Sun Changhe made a final decision.

"Our base should be safe for now. Let's wait and see, and send out reconnaissance forces when the external radiation weakens a bit."

At this moment, more than ten minutes have passed since the apocalypse. The fact that the base has not suffered serious damage in these ten minutes most likely means that the apocalypse did not occur on the moon—the environmental changes at this moment are most likely just the aftermath.

Given this, it is highly likely that our side can conduct long-term observations on the moon.

Let's wait and see.

Geologists and geophysicists have already begun analyzing and studying the 310GB of data, but it seems that no clear conclusions have been reached yet.

Engineers and astronauts continuously inspected all facilities and equipment within the base, but only found a few minor malfunctions that could be easily fixed.

Suddenly, Jiang Yang felt as if he had arrived in a mountainous area amidst a raging storm.

A mountain cave provided him with relatively good shelter, allowing him to escape the harsh winds and rain. The thick darkness of night obscured his vision, preventing him from knowing anything about the outside world.

All we could do was wait silently, wait for the storm to pass, wait for the downpour to end. The first three hours after this apocalypse and the demise of human civilization were spent in silent waiting.

Just then, Jiang Yang suddenly felt a slight tremor beneath his feet on the lunar ground.

At first, he thought it was his imagination. But when he saw his colleagues, who had been waiting silently with him, also look up instantly, and when he saw a clear jump in the waveform drawn by the seismometer on the big screen, he knew it was no illusion.

The moon really did tremble!
Jiang Yang felt an immediate urgency.

Holy crap, is the moon having an earthquake too?
The apocalypse manifests on Earth as earthquakes, so now... the apocalypse, delayed by a few hours, has also descended upon the moon?
Earthquakes occur because an unknown force disturbs the mantle, but the moon has no mantle at all!

What is this mechanism? Or rather... regardless of the geological structure, whether there is a core or mantle, that force can stir things up?

In that case, I can't stay here and wait to die.

I must leave the base. Even at the risk of lethal radiation, I must get out and gather as much information as possible!

Jiang Yang suddenly stood up, and Sun Changhe looked at him at the same time, his voice still steady: "Wait for the geologists!"

At this moment, a group of experts with extensive knowledge of lunar geology had gathered in front of the screen, staring intently at the data.

The lunar ground beneath their feet shook again, and at the same time, the buildings of the Moon City base itself emitted some ear-piercing creaking sounds.

"This, this, this... These moonquakes didn't come from underground! They came from the surface!"

Jiang Yang was slightly taken aback.

"The Earth's surface? An asteroid impact?"

"No, not at all! The shocks caused by asteroid impacts or explosive explosions are extremely short-lived and have a significant gradient decay effect in the surrounding area."

The lunar seismic waves at this moment indicate that the area of ​​surface tremors is extremely large, almost covering the entire hemisphere!

The entire surface of the moon's hemisphere is shaking?!

What forces caused these tremors? Why in a hemisphere and not globally?
What exactly happened in the outside world?
As Jiang Yang waited anxiously, he saw that the geologists were still closely monitoring the seismometer's data, and occasionally a few small arguments would break out.

The tremors beneath his feet were gradually increasing, and Jiang Yang became restless.

Just as he was about to put on his spacesuit and prepare to leave the base, the geologists' discussion finally came to a conclusion.

No, don't go out now.

We believe that the vibrations originating from the Earth's surface are highly consistent with the pattern of high-temperature fracturing of lunar rocks and the release of internal stress.

We suspect that some extremely strong radiation is currently irradiating the moon, heating the rocks on the lunar surface and causing them to break and burst, which in turn triggers this vibration that affects the entire moon.

But our base is at the bottom of the canyon, so this radiation doesn't reach us!
We're safe for now. Leaving the base now, losing our protection, could put us in danger!

A thought flashed through Jiang Yang's mind: "Super strong radiation? In my previous life, I saw the Earth and the Moon brighten, could it be..."

Sun Changhe said in a deep voice, "Will it continue to get worse?"

"I do not know."

The geologist shook his head: "But we think... even if we want to go out and investigate the situation with the naked eye, we should wait until the tremors really intensify and the base is really facing destruction."

Sun Changhe thought for a moment and looked at Jiang Yang: "Then let's wait a bit."

(End of this chapter)