Chapter 2 Moon Base

Human beings' yearning for the moon began in the ape period.

In the initial primitive period, humans had just developed wisdom and were full of curiosity and awe for all natural signs. They held regular sacrifices, worshiped the moon for a long time, and prayed for the blessing of the moon god.

In the Middle Ages, the moon was still a mysterious natural phenomenon. People could not understand why such a huge thing could hang in the sky. They attributed all this to "gods". Many myths and legends revolved around the moon. People believed that the moon was where the gods lived.

The first time people really understood the moon was during the Renaissance.

The great scientist Galileo observed the moon with a telescope and found that it was not composed of the legendary "fifth element", but was similar to the earth, full of rocks and sand. The environment of the moon is much worse than that of the earth, with pits and craters, gray and black land, and no trace of life...

From then on, people knew that the moon had no beautiful buildings, but a lifeless dead land!

However, people's exploration of the moon will not stop because of this. Entering the 20th century, science and technology ushered in a comprehensive and rapid development, and a series of means such as space telescopes, artificial satellites, rockets, and space shuttles emerged in an endless stream. For political or other reasons, several major scientific and technological powers competed to develop means of landing on the moon, hoping to be the first to land on the moon.

After a series of struggles in the aviation field, finally, in 1969, the American astronaut Armstrong took the first step on the moon. This is a small step for an individual, but a big step for all mankind!

"However, behind the moon landing, it is not as simple as it seems..."

Yu Yifeng organized his words and continued, "The moon base built with huge funds is not just for science as the government propaganda! This is a top secret of the country... But now it doesn't matter, I will tell you in detail."

In his words, a huge secret was revealed...

In the 1990s, the US government held a secret meeting and met with the leaders of 20 powerful countries in the world.

At the meeting, they disclosed a secret that had been kept for 20 years!

In 1969, they found an alien spaceship on the Bailey Crater at the South Pole of the Moon!

After the first successful moon landing, the Americans landed on the moon for the second time, aiming directly at the alien spaceship. This moon landing was carried out secretly and kept extremely confidential. There was no media coverage and no news.

In the meeting, the Americans described it like this:

"It is too big, with a diameter of 15 kilometers. Only a small part is exposed on the surface, and most of it is buried in the soil. With our level of technology, there is no way to move it back to Earth."

"The interior of the spacecraft is a honeycomb structure, which seems to have a huge space. Strangely, there is nothing inside. In the middle room, we found a metal box, and the things inside, we named it-Perfect Element."

Hearing the term "Perfect Element", the team members changed their faces slightly.

Everyone sometimes comes into contact with this term in some tasks. However, "Perfect Element" is a top secret and is absolutely taboo. Although everyone is curious, after so many years of military career, they still don't know what it is.

Yu Yifeng didn't keep it a secret and continued to tell the story.

Perfection, a magical substance, is the only relic of aliens besides the spacecraft. With the level of human technology, its molecular form cannot be detected at all! In other words, it is not a substance composed of atoms that humans know.

On the surface, it is liquid, a bit like mercury, and its biggest feature is that it can be absorbed by organisms.

At that international conference, the Americans described it like this: "We have done a lot of experiments. Oh, God, there is such a substance in the world! For example, Epiphyllum, a plant that can only bloom for two hours and has a very short lifespan, after being treated with perfection, the flowering time... is magically extended ten times!"

"For example, rice, the most common annual herb, has a life cycle of only one year. However, after being treated with perfection, it is still alive after twenty years!"

"We found that perfection can greatly repair genetic defects, enhance cell vitality, and delay aging. It can be said to be the legendary elixir of life!"

"We have also done the same experiment on animals and obtained almost the same results. Although the success rate is extremely low... it also means that it may work on humans!"

This is news that makes politicians from all countries tremble. Think about it, if the perfect element can work on people, then the whole world will change!

Ignoring other benefits, just the tenfold increase in lifespan is enough to drive the whole world crazy!

"Ten times, that's ten times the lifespan! You are still young now, and you may not understand the meaning... But for older people, it is undoubtedly a blockbuster... No, a big Ivan!" Yu Yifeng sighed.

The Americans wanted to monopolize this scientific achievement, but the technical level was too different. There was only so much progress in 20 years. Once the perfect element acts on a person, it will cause brain death in a short time. There is no successful example. As a result, many leaders of the older generation can no longer wait. They want to concentrate the power of the world to speed up the research progress.

A complex plan was born. The first step was to build a lunar base. On the one hand, it was to study the alien spacecraft, and on the other hand, it was because the perfect element could play a greater role in the alien spacecraft!

"This is the origin of the lunar base." Yu Yifeng looked at his comrades and said, "Everyone knows about the lunar base. But the existence of perfect elements and alien spacecraft is a top secret of the country, but now that the earth is destroyed, it doesn't matter... As for the research progress, there may be some results..."

As he said, he sighed softly.

What alien spacecraft, perfect element, although I have heard of it before, but when it is really revealed, it is like listening to the book of heaven. Many people are stunned and can't accept it for a while.

But think about it carefully, combined with the various strange details in the previous missions, it is indeed possible. The existence of the Perfection Element explains many of the previous questions.

Deputy Captain Xu Yunjin asked thoughtfully, "So, the establishment of the lunar base is because of this Perfection Element?"

"Yes, the main reason is the Perfection Element!" Yu Yifeng clenched his fists, "Think about it, if there is no temptation of ten times lifespan or even eternal lifespan, can the politicians and wealthy people of various countries pay huge amounts of money? What helium-3 new energy, alien spacecraft, are all accessories, not the most important thing, the most important thing is lifespan!"

"Without this substantial temptation, can they invest money in it?"

"30 years, 60 trillion US dollars of investment, it can be said that it is the largest investment in history. For the sake of longevity, these people are really fighting! But now it seems that the establishment of this lunar base is also the luck of mankind, otherwise, there will be no place for us in the vast universe... How can more than a hundred people on our ship survive in space?"

In fact, in order to build this space project, people did spend... nearly the effort of the entire civilization.

The first thing built on Earth was the space electromagnetic catapult cannon to solve the problem of too low rocket carrying capacity.

This large electromagnetic gun was built in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. People even built a large hydroelectric power station on the Yarlung Zangbo River to supply it with electricity.

The only function of this electromagnetic gun is to replace chemical rockets and launch a large amount of material resources, including machinery, food, etc., into the Earth's low-Earth orbit.

In this way, a kilogram of material can be launched into space for only a few dozen dollars, which is much cheaper than a rocket.

"As you know, the research and construction of this space electromagnetic catapult gun took ten years."

At the same time, a large space station flying in space was built to receive the material launched by the electromagnetic gun.

Then, this space station was used as a transit station to launch materials to the moon.

"It was particularly difficult in the early stages of construction. There was no air, no supplies, no water. Everything had to be transported from Earth. The most critical thing was... a lack of manpower! People cannot be transported using electromagnetic guns, as the cost would be much higher."

"And the dust particles on the moon are 50 times smaller than human hair, and can exist in human lungs for several months. Long-term stays can cause toxicity to the human body. Working on the moon for a long time, due to gravity, will cause bone and internal organs to degenerate over time, affecting lifelong health. The selection of people is likely to be..."

"So all countries have adopted the "army plus death row prisoners" construction plan. Soldiers in the army can rotate back and forth between the moon and the earth, and death row prisoners don't matter. High-quality death row prisoners are recruited from all over the world and sent to the moon after a period of training. It would be best if the construction is successful, and the government promises to reduce their sentences. Of course, it doesn't matter if they die."

"This is a base built with lives!"

"It took about another twenty years to complete. With the initial prototype. Then slowly developed to the present, after developing a small number of alien spacecraft areas, there are 50,000 permanent residents, which has become the most advanced scientific base! "

Speaking of this, Yu Yifeng's expression became serious, "Okay, the story ends here. I just got a message from the moon. Some restless death row prisoners in the base rebelled a few days ago!"

"Even some troops participated in the rebellion! They think there is no chance of survival. At present, the entire base is in a state of chaos."

"So our first task is to quell this rebellion!"

Hearing this, the deputy team leader Xu Yunjin's heart jumped, but he immediately stepped forward and saluted at the same time: "Guarantee to complete the task!"

"Then...disband!"

Everyone is an elite among the soldiers, and there is no long-winded talk. They walked back to their positions in silence, digested what they just heard, and made final preparations.

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