Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 83 Sun-orbiting Spaceship
Carefully feeling the gravity from another planet beyond Earth, Zhao Jianguo held onto the spaceship's hatch and left his footprints on the lunar surface.

A clear footprint appeared on the thick moon dust.

He straightened up, looked around, and a strange feeling arose in his heart.

Above, in the vast and boundless starry sky, amidst countless twinkling stars, lies a blue planet.

On the horizon, only a corner of the sun was visible, yet it was still bright and dazzling, too bright to look directly at.

The universe was completely silent, with only the soft rustling of the spacesuit's material rubbing against each other reaching the ears.

After standing there for a while, he suddenly felt a slight burning sensation in front of his body, while his back felt a bit cold.

It's like there's a campfire in front of you, and you're standing in front of it in the cold night.

Of course, there are no campfires on the moon, but there is a sun.

Even though the sun is only partially visible at this moment, its power should not be underestimated.

The side facing it can reach temperatures above 100 degrees Celsius. The side facing away from it can drop to below minus 100 degrees Celsius.

The phrase "a world of ice and fire" is an apt description.

This phenomenon doesn't occur on Earth because of the insulating effect of the atmosphere, but there's nothing like that on the moon.

There are two ways to deal with this situation. First, every once in a while, turn the side of your body to face the sun so that the sun can heat you evenly.

The second one is...

He raised his arm, opened a cover at his waist, pulled out a small handle, and then, as if winding up a toy, vigorously turned it.

After a moment, feeling that he could no longer turn the handle, he put it away. The burning sensation in front and the icy feeling on his back gradually disappeared.

Because of the mechanical power, the liquid inside the spacesuit has begun to flow.

The heated liquid in front mixes with the cold liquid on the back, flowing to every part of the spacesuit and ultimately ensuring that all the heat in the spacesuit is evenly distributed.

Each turn of the handle stores enough energy in the spring and gears to last for about half an hour.

We haven't entered that special area yet, and electronic devices are still usable.

He then used the communicator built into his helmet to report back to Earth: "I have exited the capsule."

There were no missions for him to carry out at the moment, as his comrades, supplies, and weapons had not yet arrived.

But he knew he wouldn't have to wait long.

Looking up, he saw a rapidly moving "star" in the sky.

He knew that it wasn't actually a star, but rather the exhaust plume from the spaceship slowing down.

One of his comrades was on this spaceship.

The star grew brighter and brighter, then plummeted towards the moon like a shooting star.

Combining visual observation and equipment measurements, he roughly confirmed the approximate location where the spacecraft landed.

So he hopped and skipped, covering several meters with each hop, and quickly made his way to that area.

After quickly surveying the terrain and selecting the most suitable landing spot, he reported again: "The coordinates are as follows..."

Minutes later, a spaceship exactly like his own crashed heavily into the spot he had marked.

Moon dust rose and then slowly settled. When the moon dust dissipated, the spaceship's hatch finally opened, and a comrade wearing the same spacesuit emerged from inside.

"how do you feel?"

"It's alright." "Okay, let's wait for Liu Qingfang to land. By the way, pressurize the liquid actuator first, otherwise it will be uncomfortable later."

"clear."

The two communicated seamlessly via radio.

A bright star appeared in the sky again. Zhao Jianguo and Qian Liang skipped and hopped towards it once more.

But this landing went awry. Before it even reached the ground, the brightness of the "star" rapidly diminished.

The engine unexpectedly stalled.

Having lost the brilliance of its tail flame, only the sunlight it reflected could enter Zhao Jianguo's eyes.

Without engine deceleration, at this spaceship's speed, it would crash into the ground at a speed of over 300 meters per second in less than half a minute.

This speed is faster than an airplane.

Zhao Jianguo's heart leaped into his throat.

The communication channel was silent, except for the sounds of rapidly pressing switches and pulling triggers.

He knew that inside the cabin, Liu Qingfang was quickly troubleshooting the problem and trying to restart the engine according to standard procedures.

But even as the star grew brighter and closer to the ground, the light from the engine's exhaust never appeared.

Now, the death altitude has been surpassed. Starting the engine is pointless now.

This spaceship was doomed to crash.

"call……"

Zhao Jianguo heard a long sigh of relief coming from the communication channel, a sigh of relief and ease that came from finally being relieved of a heavy responsibility: "Comrades, the tasks ahead are up to you. I'll go first."

The next moment, the cone-shaped spaceship suddenly descended from the sky and crashed violently onto the ground.

boom!
In the vacuum environment, there was no sound, but Zhao Jianguo felt as if he could really hear the sound and truly feel the ground shaking beneath his feet.

Without going to the crash site to check the situation, Zhao Jianguo and Qian Liang turned around and jumped towards the next spacecraft landing site.

One spaceship after another descended into the area like shooting stars, and following behind Zhao Jianguo, the number of his comrades, also wearing mechanical spacesuits, also increased.

Each time Zhao Jianguo received a comrade, he would say the same instruction: "Press the liquid actuator first." Then the comrades would gather together and head to the next landing point to welcome the next comrade.

In the end, the number of comrades following Zhao Jianguo was eight. Including himself, there were nine people in total.

The rocket that successfully launched and entered the Earth-Moon transfer orbit consisted of 12 people.

Three are missing.

One of his comrades failed to land and crashed to his death. Another comrade encountered a gas leak during the flight and perished in the vacuum.

Another comrade failed to enter orbit and, under the acceleration effect of the moon's gravity, completely broke free from the gravity of the Earth and the moon, was flung into deep space, and became a "sun-orbiting spacecraft" orbiting the sun.

He is still alive, but he won't live much longer.

When the last supplies on the spaceship are exhausted, death still awaits him. And before death comes, he will endure all the loneliness and torment alone.

Because of the great distance, he has lost communication with Earth and the Moon and can no longer contact Earth.

A total of nine astronauts stood on the desolate and lifeless land of the moon, and simultaneously jumped to the next coordinate.

It's time to receive the supplies.

(End of this chapter)