Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 73 What can I bring with me?
Those points of light shone for less than ten minutes in the vast and deep space before going out.

Jiang Yang then knew that the advance phase had ended and the missile body had separated from the warhead.

They have completed their mission, accelerating the warhead to speeds of over ten kilometers per second and placing it into its designated orbit.

They will fly straight to the moon along this orbit, and over a period of more than 20 hours, they will slowly adjust their orbits to precisely target that special area located in the Mare Tranquillitatissimum on the moon.

Jiang Yang let out a soft breath as he watched the 50 points of light disappear.

He knew that, up to this point, his side had done almost everything it could.

All we can do now is wait quietly, wait for these nuclear missiles to fly to the moon, and wait for midnight tonight.

If the nuclear bomb strike succeeds, destroying that underground chamber and the peculiar creation within it that led to the extinction of humanity—whether natural or man-made—then there's no need to elaborate further.

Human civilization will continue, and we will gradually clean up the mess created by these ten days of mobilization.

Jiang Yang knew that the country's aerospace industry was almost completely destroyed due to this kind of over-exploitation, and who knew how many more troubles it would face in the future.

But let those people who survived the apocalypse worry about those things.

If the nuclear bombing fails and the apocalypse still arrives, then we won't even have the right to worry about how to clean up the mess.

People in this generation only need to consider the two possibilities mentioned above.

But as the only one in the time loop, Jiang Yang knew that he had another matter to consider.

If the plan to save the world in this life still fails, then... what can I bring to the people of the next life?
He looked at Professor Chen Yusheng and asked, "How are our astronauts doing now?"

Professor Chen Yusheng said in a low voice: "In another 7 hours, the spacecraft will reach the apogee of its orbit, at which point it will perform a second maneuver, and then it will orbit the Earth at a speed of 0.8 kilometers per second with a cycle of about 63 days."

Everything is normal at present. The spacecraft is in good condition, and the astronauts are in good condition.

Jiang Yang then looked at Professor Lu Zhaoming: "What is the situation at the Moriyama Neutrino Base?"

"The main construction has been completed, and we are currently conducting final equipment debugging, which is expected to be completed within 6 hours, after which we can enter the observation phase."

Jiang Yang nodded slightly, his gaze returning to the image of the lunar underground cavity on the large screen.

At this point, all we can say is that we know there is an underground cavity there. But almost everything about this cavity is uncertain.

We don't know the exact location, the size, the distance from the ground, or the depth...

Data from a single seismic wave is far too vague and general. Even with eight seismographs collecting data, it would still be impossible to achieve sufficient precision.

It's not that we can't get enough data, but rather that we get far too much data, and that the data often contradicts each other, making it impossible to know which data is true.

The data related to this underground cavity would be extremely important to people in the next life should the nuclear bombing ultimately fail and the time loop restart.

"Professor Li, is there a way to make the data for this underground cavity more accurate?"

Professor Li Jiaming sighed: "It's very difficult to improve accuracy based on existing data. Unless we can have a new impactor that can regenerate the data..."

Jiang Yang remained silent.

On Earth, people can easily detonate explosives and improve accuracy through repeated testing.

But how do we do it on the moon?
Don't forget, at this moment, our side has no means to induce a moonquake on the moon.

Professor Lu Zhaoming suddenly spoke with a grave expression: "No, we still have a way."

Jiang Yang looked at him with some surprise. The last intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering payloads to the moon had already flown away; how could they possibly induce a moonquake on the moon?

Even if they could, their speed wouldn't be as fast as a missile, and if a nuclear bomb were to explode on the moon, it's certain that all lunar rovers would be reduced to ashes.

Facing the gazes of almost everyone in the control room, Professor Lu Zhaoming slowly uttered two words: "Satellite."

Jiang Yang was taken aback, then suddenly realized what was going on, and his heart immediately warmed up.

Oh right, and satellites too. How could I forget about satellites?

"Not counting the four lunar satellites launched recently, my country originally had two more in lunar orbit."

There are six satellites in total. We can modify their orbits and have them crash into that area instead of acting as an impactor.

His expression was somewhat somber: "The situation is already bad enough; losing six more lunar satellites won't make a difference."

Too many lice won't bite, too much debt won't worry you.

With the entire aerospace industry almost destroyed, why would they care about a mere six lunar satellites?

Let's wait until we've actually survived the apocalypse before worrying about cleaning up the mess.

"While the nuclear bombs haven't reached the moon yet..."

Jiang Yang was interrupted by Gu Changshan before he could finish speaking.

His expression was serious: "Professor Lu, you're wrong. We can use 12 satellites, not 6."

Don't forget, there are also six other satellites on the moon belonging to other countries.

Jiang Yang subconsciously said, "They would agree? We haven't launched any intercontinental ballistic missiles for deterrence in this life."

A smile appeared on Sun Changhe's lips: "They will agree."

"Ok?"

Jiang Yang thought for a moment and asked, "Should we announce the apocalypse to them?"

Aside from publicly announcing the apocalypse, Jiang Yang couldn't think of any other way to gain foreign cooperation without resorting to violence.

That's a lunar satellite!
Even a single satellite of Earth is extremely expensive to build, let alone the Moon.

In addition, under normal circumstances, launching the same payload costs more for foreign countries than for domestic ones. The cost of a foreign lunar satellite is probably over 100 billion.

Sun Changhe smiled and shook his head again: "No."

We will keep the doomsday prophecy under wraps until the very last moment.

If we successfully survive the apocalypse, there's no need to announce it. If we fail to survive, we will also keep it under wraps.

We hope that even if the end times eventually come, our civilization will die in order, rather than in chaos and evil.

Our civilization has endured on Earth for thousands of years; this is our...dignity.

Jiang Yang nodded silently.

Given the nature of those foreigners, if doomsday information were revealed to their leaders, it would likely spread throughout the world within hours. Therefore, the only solution is to prevent it at its source: don't tell anyone.

But how can we get them to cooperate?
(End of this chapter)