Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 50 Aliens
Introducing foreign research expertise hastily will only make things more chaotic and uncontrollable, and will actually slow down the overall progress.

"Are we the only ones who can rely on ourselves...?"

Sun Changhe remained silent for a moment, then solemnly asked again, "What were your reasons for saying it wasn't feasible? Even if the entire country went all out to provide support, it wouldn't be feasible?"

Chen Yusheng's expression grew increasingly grave: "This is not feasible."

A rocket involves millions of parts, which need to be assembled with extreme precision. The failure of any tiny part could lead to the failure of the entire mission.

Our current manufacturing model relies on extensive testing and adjustments to iterate the rocket step by step until it reaches perfection, which is the only way to ensure a high launch success rate.

Testing is the most time-consuming part. Not only is it time-consuming, but the large-scale equipment involved in the testing process, such as test benches, vibration tables, and vacuum tanks, is also extremely limited in my country, making it impossible to complete a large number of tests in a short period of time.

These devices are also highly complex and large-scale, with construction cycles measured in years, making it impossible to increase their quantity in the short term.

According to my department's assessment, even with the support of the entire nation, and with all efforts and maximum compression...

His expression showed more struggle: "At most, we can only compress the production cycle of a single Giant Spirit II heavy launch vehicle to about 12 months."

12 months...

This number silenced everyone in the conference room.

This almost completely blocks any possible path to launch satellites and lunar rovers to the moon to uncover the truth behind high-energy neutrino bursts.

It seems that only one path remains before people.

Launch intercontinental ballistic missiles to indiscriminately bomb the corresponding areas of the moon.

But this is merely a last resort, a desperate gamble after all hope has been lost.

Choosing this option is essentially handing over your fate to the heavens and leaving it to destiny.

This is unacceptable to people.

Sun Changhe remained silent for a long time before raising his head and saying, word by word, "Since the testing phase is the most time-consuming, then let's skip the testing!"

Chen Yusheng suddenly looked up, his arm beginning to tremble slightly uncontrollably: "No, not testing? That won't do, it's impossible..."

"Tell me, skipping the testing phase, with our country's industrial capacity, are we confident that we can mass-produce this type of rocket within five days?"

Sun Changhe's voice was filled with unwavering determination: "Build a hundred or two hundred of them. Even if only one out of ten rockets succeeds on average, that's still twenty in total, enough to transport satellites and lunar rovers!"

Now, tell me, can you do it?

Chen Yusheng clenched his fists tightly, a hint of ferocity flashing across his face as the muscles twitched: "I...I can do it!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away!"

"Yes!"

The window displaying Chen Yusheng's image immediately went black. Clearly, he had left the online meeting room and was gathering people to carry out related tasks.

As of now, based on the intelligence from the previous cycle brought back by Jiang Yang, the Doomsday Project Command has determined two plans.

First, the lunar launch vehicle should be manufactured and launched within five days, and arrive on the moon within four days to begin its exploration mission, investigating the specific conditions of the JH region and attempting to confirm the truth behind the high-energy neutrino burst. Second, the modification of intercontinental ballistic missiles should be immediately undertaken, enabling them to directly bombard the moon. Based on the results of the previous phase of exploration, a decision should be made regarding whether to launch directly, and the specific number of missiles to be launched, along with the yield of the nuclear warheads.

The meeting seemed to have reached its end at this point.

But Sun Changhe remained silent for a moment, then turned to look at Lu Zhaoming, his tone becoming increasingly serious: "Professor Lu, do you seem to believe that the neutrino radiation source on the moon is not natural?"

Jiang Yang was taken aback, but then he realized what was happening.

Professor Lu Zhaoming mentioned the word "destruction." "Destruction" typically refers to something non-natural, man-made—whether that person is human or extraterrestrial, it falls under the broad category of man-made structures.

Lu Zhaoming smiled wryly: "I really can't imagine that there would be a natural neutrino formation mechanism that happens to target the Earth and then happen to have an effect on the human body—or at least an auxiliary effect. Otherwise, there shouldn't be a neutrino explosion at the end of the world. I find it hard to imagine such a thing."

But if it's man-made, then everything makes sense.

"Are you talking about...extraterrestrial civilizations?"

Jiang Yang found it hard to believe.

For a long time, the so-called extraterrestrial civilization has only been a speculative existence.

Although almost all scientists believe that extraterrestrial life and even extraterrestrial civilizations exist in the universe, it is difficult to explain why life would appear on Earth.

Although Earth's environment is somewhat unique, there should be many environments similar to Earth compared to the entire universe, or even just compared to the Milky Way galaxy.

The vast Milky Way contains hundreds of billions of stars. The number of planets is even greater.

With so many planets, what kind of environment can't be shaped?
It doesn't make sense that life could arise on Earth but not on other planets.

That being said, in reality, let alone extraterrestrial civilizations, even simple extraterrestrial life forms, such as extraterrestrial bacteria or viruses, have never been discovered.

Uh... I guess they didn't find it?
Jiang Yang subconsciously looked at Sun Changhe. He then heard Sun Changhe say solemnly, "I can say with certainty that, to date, our country has not discovered any extraterrestrial life."

I cannot guarantee 100% certainty regarding foreign countries. However, based on available data, I can say with an extremely high probability, exceeding 99%, that the same applies to foreign countries.

Since no signs of extraterrestrial life have ever been found, Professor Lu now believes that there may be some extraterrestrial creation on the moon...

Lu Zhaoming looked at Jiang Yang, still wearing that wry smile: "Even things like time loops have appeared, so what's so unacceptable about a mere alien creation?"

Jiang Yang was startled.

It does!

Sun Changhe's voice grew increasingly serious: "I agree with your opinion."

In any case, at least for now, we can have a considerable degree of suspicion that certain objects in the Sea of ​​Tranquility on the moon are man-made, and that the end of the world was intentionally orchestrated by some extraterrestrial civilization.

"Then, Professor Lu, how can this be verified?"

Lu Zhaoming pondered carefully: "I think... as long as we can find a way to test whether these high-energy neutrinos are concentrated only on Earth when the apocalypse comes, we can determine whether the apocalypse is a man-made event."

(End of this chapter)