Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 86: This is the only way.
The atmosphere in the command hall began to grow heavy.

Everyone remained silent, waiting.

Fifteen more minutes passed, and it was now 15 p.m. But the astronaut, who was expected to appear, still hadn't materialized.

Professor Li Jiaming couldn't help but stand up and go to the specific control panel to begin operating it, checking each piece of data. After a long while, he walked back and said in a low voice, "The satellite is working normally, and the signal connection is normal."

If it's not a problem with the satellite, then it must be a problem with the astronauts.

The general who had previously been in charge of training the astronauts gripped the railing so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

His voice trembled almost imperceptibly: "They are all great, I know them."

Either they've already sacrificed themselves, or they're trapped. Otherwise, knowing that delaying their report would lead us to make other assumptions, they would have crawled out if there was even the slightest possibility.

Jiang Yang agreed with this assessment.

Although he had never met those astronauts in their daily lives, based on their performance in missions over the past few lifetimes, Jiang Yang was 100% certain that they were warriors with lofty beliefs and firm ideals.

Such warriors cannot be defeated unless they are physically destroyed.

So now...

Time slowly ticked down to 10 p.m.

With only two hours left until the end of the world, 2 hours and 15 minutes had passed since the astronauts were scheduled to come out and report on the progress of the event.

Jiang Yang knew that they most likely wouldn't come out again.

Sun Changhe looked at Professor Li Jiaming: "Did the hydrogen bomb that the astronauts brought into the tunnel explode?"

Li Jiaming hesitated for a moment, but still adhered to the rigor of a scientist: "We have not observed any signs of the hydrogen bomb being detonated."

Our current lunar probes also possess the capability to monitor moonquakes using laser ranging technology. While not as precise as the on-site monitoring achieved by the previous lunar rover, they are still capable of detecting moonquake waves caused by hydrogen bomb explosions.

He only said that "no signs of hydrogen bomb detonation were observed," rather than directly determining whether it had detonated.

After all, there is also the possibility that the hydrogen bomb was detonated, but its impact was limited in some way and failed to spread.
Sun Changhe nodded slightly.

These two possibilities may differ scientifically, but for him, there is no difference.

He then looked at Gu Changshan: "How long until the nuclear missile strike group reaches the moon?"

"There are still 20 minutes left."

Jiang Yang knew that although astronauts had been sent to the moon in this life, the work of modifying intercontinental ballistic missiles had not been abandoned.

The thinking was simple: if the astronauts' exploration work yielded results and they had other means to deal with the apocalypse, then at worst they could just adjust the landing coordinates of those nuclear warheads and not detonate them.

If they are not detonated, they are essentially small impactors with little power.

If the astronauts' exploration fails, then they can bomb again—although the last bombing proved to be a failure and failed to destroy the underground chamber, perhaps it was just due to some accidental reason, or perhaps the landing point was not good enough?

Maybe this time it will work.

In any case, it's still a safety net.

Sun Changhe said softly, "Prepare for bombing."

"Yes."

Gu Changshan strode away, and the command hall fell silent once again.

Everyone knew that if the astronauts hadn't actually perished, but were trapped somewhere, they would have certainly died in the face of this missile attack.

But now… there's no time to worry about that. Faced with a major threat to national security and the continuation of civilization, anyone can be sacrificed.

While waiting in silence, Sun Changhe looked at Jiang Yang.

"If the astronauts are also unable to bring back intelligence from that passage, under the current technological conditions, we have no other means."

Under electromagnetic shielding conditions, technological equipment such as lunar rovers are ineffective.

The fact that the astronauts have not yet appeared means that the possibility of using the naked eye to observe and obtain intelligence has also been ruled out.

So……

Jiang Yang took a deep breath, raised his head, and looked directly into Sun Changhe's eyes: "If the apocalypse does not end, then in the next life, I will go to the moon."

With all conventional methods ineffective, the only one capable of bringing back intelligence from the moon is Jiang Yang.

Sun Changhe nodded slightly: "That's the only way."

Twenty minutes later, through the perspective of the lunar probe satellite, Jiang Yang saw hundreds of luminous objects suddenly fall from the vast depths of space, crashing with unstoppable force onto the desolate and lifeless land of the moon.

The next moment, the large screen was suddenly engulfed by a blinding light. The next moment after that, it went completely black, losing all signal connection.

Clearly, the nuclear bomb swarm has detonated, and satellites in space have also been affected and destroyed.

As for the spaceships, nuclear bomb containers, and various military supplies that have already landed on the moon, they will inevitably be reduced to ashes in the light of the nuclear explosion.

The screen lit up again the next moment, but the view had switched to the image captured by the Earth orbiting telescope.

Jiang Yang saw the familiar scene of lava everywhere once again.

It's 10:22 AM, and there are only 90 minutes left until the end of the world.

Perhaps... this apocalypse will never come?
Perhaps this time the hydrogen bomb bomb with its adjusted landing point will be effective, or perhaps the astronauts were just trapped somewhere. But being trapped doesn't mean they can't do anything.

Perhaps they have already destroyed that underground chamber?
Maybe the apocalypse... has already been resolved?

This hope, though faint, still exists.

Then let's start waiting.

This time, Jiang Yang did not go to the "sickbed" at Doomsday Base 7, because there was no doomsday data that needed to be monitored in this life that he needed to bring over.

However, there is still some information worth bringing over in other areas—if the cycle starts again.

He looked at Professor Chen Yusheng: "In this life, have you gained any new experience in the process of building rockets?"

Yes, I was just about to report that to you.

After summarizing and optimizing this life, we have the following ideas. First,..."

After listening to his explanation, Jiang Yang said, "I've got it."

Time slipped by quietly, and before we knew it, it was 11:59.

Jiang Yang closed his eyes, waiting for the pain that might come.

I don't know how much time had passed, or perhaps only a moment, but that familiar awkwardness and pain returned.

Jiang Yang suddenly opened his eyes.

(End of this chapter)