Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 764 Extra 2: Pollution on the Moon

Space and time outside the extraordinary universe.

September 2030, 9, Wenchang Space Launch Base, Hainan.

According to the weather forecast, the next few hours will be a rare launch window.

As the three astronauts boarded the spacecraft via the elevator on the more than 140-meter-high "mobile launch platform", the moon landing plan officially entered the launch phase.

Command Center: "Now entering the launch countdown, ten, nine... three, two, one, ignition!"

Rumble~
With a loud roar, the five high-power space engines at the tail of the more than 100-meter-tall Shenzhou-10 carrier rocket were successfully ignited. Amid the dazzling light and the cheers of people outside the launch site, the rocket quickly took off.

The first-stage rocket accelerated to 9300 kilometers per hour, and at an altitude of 70 kilometers, the engine was shut down and the first-stage rocket separated.

The second-stage rocket then ignited, accelerated to 6 kilometers per hour in 30 minutes and 25000 seconds, and separated at an altitude of 175 kilometers.

Finally, the third-stage rocket ignited and operated for only about two minutes, sending the spacecraft into Earth orbit.

At this point, Commander Yin Xuejiang reported to the command center: "The launch was a complete success."

The sound of applause from the command center came through the communicator, but this was only the first step of the operation, so everyone just applauded and celebrated for a while and remained on high alert.

After the spacecraft had orbited the Earth three and a half times in Earth orbit, it found a suitable switching position. The third-stage rocket ignited again, and the spacecraft left Earth orbit and headed for the moon.

At this time, the protective cover at the front end of the rocket opened, revealing the "Dream Boat" spacecraft used for this moon landing mission. The spacecraft separated from the rocket and headed for its destination alone.

The speed of "Dream Boat" has reached about 4 kilometers per hour, but it still takes three days to reach the Earth's only satellite: the moon.

On the spacecraft, the three astronauts finally breathed a sigh of relief. For the next three days of the journey, they only had to keep checking the orbit and keep in touch with the command center at all times.

These tasks can be completed by one astronaut, so they can take turns to rest.

Ma Shen, the youngest astronaut, was the first to leave his seat. In a state of weightlessness, he looked out through the porthole at the space outside. He couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so beautiful."

Outside was a dark starry sky, seemingly filled with infinite tranquility and depth.

There is no light pollution here, and no obstruction from the atmosphere, so the view is very clear. As long as you are not facing the direction of the sun, you can see a beautiful sea of ​​stars.

It’s just that this sea of ​​stars seems to be immersed in a distant world. It looks very deep, and it seems a little different from the sea of ​​stars seen on Earth.

In this way, during the rotation monitoring, after more than two days of travel, the moon has occupied a large part of the field of vision. At this time, through the porthole, even several huge craters on the surface of the moon can be seen.

At this time, "Mengzhou" made an attitude adjustment and made a 180-degree turn, with the head of the spacecraft facing the direction of the earth.

After sufficient preparation, the "Dream Boat" spacecraft with its tail in front ignited its thrusters to slow down and successfully entered the lunar orbit.

Because the moon's gravity is small, the moon's orbit is much lower than the earth's orbit. At this time, "Mengzhou" is just tens of kilometers above the lunar surface, flying around the moon.

They will make final adjustments in the lunar orbit and then officially begin the lunar landing operation.

As usual, Ma Shen used his rest time to lie on the porthole and look at the scenery outside.

It was a desert-like planet, seemingly devoid of any life.

Suddenly, something seemed to move in a crater. Ma Shen quickly adjusted his position to look for the moving object.

Nothing was found.

Soon, the "Mengzhou" spacecraft circled the moon again. Ma Shen went to observe the crater carefully again, but still found nothing.

Ma Shen wondered if he had been hallucinating just now.

Suddenly, a hand patted Ma Shen, scaring him.

Looking back, it was Commander Yin Xuejiang: "Boss, you scared me to death."

Yin Xuejiang laughed and said, "Are you so timid? Go to the service cabin and get box number six."

The "Dream Boat" spacecraft is mainly composed of three cabins, namely the lunar module, command module and service module.

A series of operations on the spacecraft are mainly completed in the command module. The service module consists of two parts, one is the aircraft engine and fuel tank, gain antenna, four-way thruster, oxygen tank, etc., and the other part contains some necessary materials and supplies.

When Ma Shen brought box No. 6, Commander Yin Xuejiang said to another astronaut on duty, Luo Rui: "Temporarily turn off all communicators."

Luo Rui was slightly stunned, but still executed the order immediately.

After all the communicators were turned off, Yin Xuejiang said, "Before you rest, I want to convey a top-secret document to you and explain Order No. 0 to you!"

Ma Shen and Luo Rui were slightly stunned, and immediately realized that there was a secret mission in this moon landing.

Yin Xuejiang began to narrate: "During the Chang'e 3 mission, the camera captured an object moving at high speed on the lunar surface.

“Because the images were blurry and fleeting, we were not sure whether they were extraterrestrial beings, so the news was not announced to the public.

"So the Chang'e 4 and 5 missions both have the task of searching for high-speed moving objects.

"During the Chang'e-5 mission, the intermediate-range satellite finally observed the object again, and we named it the 'lunar moving object'.

"After 48 seconds of observation, it was basically determined that the object had no intelligence, but its destructive power was very high. If the lunar spacecraft was hit by it, it would definitely suffer very serious damage.

"So if we want to launch a moon landing, we must first find out what it is and how to solve this problem.

"Another problem then emerged. People who repeatedly watched the videos sent back by the relay satellites all developed mental problems to varying degrees. Some even went crazy two weeks later.

"It is basically certain that the mental problems they have are caused by watching the video about the 'moon moving object'. The other party's appearance may have caused unknown mental damage.

"Ultimately, the space agency determined that the message and video were not suitable for public release."

Ma Shen and Luo Rui were both a little surprised. This was the first time they had heard of this type of cause of illness.

The commander continued, “At this time, the space agency established contact with NASA and asked them if they had encountered similar situations when they landed on the moon in the last century.

"The space agency didn't respond.

"After we asked many times, NASA responded: Why do you think we stopped the moon landing?"

Luo Rui understood: "They also encountered the same problem."

"Obviously," the commander said, "and they obviously failed to solve the problem, and thus interrupted the moon landing plan and failed to establish a temporary base on the lunar surface.

"So we had to solve the problem ourselves, and launched three more satellites to monitor the 'lunar moving object' in turn and conduct a more detailed analysis of it.

“First, the researchers discovered that the ‘lunar mover’ actually has illusory properties and often seems to be not in the real world.

"Satellites have also made many attempts, and conventional weapons, electromagnetic weapons, and radioactive weapons have had little effect on them.

"It suddenly became the biggest problem for the moon landing, and we were not making any progress in studying it."

Yin Xuejiang took a deep breath and continued: “At this time, a civilian named Zhou Mingrui said that he knew exactly what it was.

"At first, the space agency didn't pay much attention to the other party's remarks, but because they couldn't find a solution to the problem, they invited Zhou Mingrui to join the research team.

"His solution was also very strange, which was to launch a copy of the Constitution that we are currently using at the other side."

Ma Shen opened his mouth and said, "It's the Constitution, not the scriptures?"

Luo Rui also laughed and said, "I also think that launching a Buddhist scripture seems to be more reliable."

Yin Xuejiang smiled and said: "This is indeed a strange proposal. Three months after the proposal was made, no solution was found. The Space Agency then tried its best to save the situation. While conducting other experiments, it also carried a copy of the Constitution on the experimental spacecraft.

"The result was very surprising. The same batch of weapons used for the experiment still had no results. However, when we fired the Constitution at the other party, the other party obviously made an evasive move.

"To confirm the results of the experiment, we sent several copies of the Constitution to the moon again, and the 'Lunar Mover' made evasive moves each time."

This time Ma Shen opened his mouth even wider, and Luo Rui was also very surprised.

Yin Xuejiang said: "The Space Administration has only just begun to take Zhou Mingrui's proposal seriously, and the director even went to ask for advice on the principle behind it.

"According to Zhou Ruiming, the monster on the moon is a projection of another cosmic monster."

Seeing that the two team members did not understand what he meant, he further explained: "You should have heard of this hypothesis.

“The universe we are currently in is actually a projection of another higher-dimensional universe.

“It’s like taking a three-dimensional object with a camera and putting it on the screen and it becomes a two-dimensional picture.

“The monster’s projection is similar to this theory.

"According to Zhou Mingrui, in another universe, this monster is on the moon, turning it red.

“Because it is so powerful, by chance, it left a shadow on the moon in our universe.

"In another universe, the hero who defeated this monster used abilities including the 'Power of Order'.

"We have been using the Constitution for decades, and it already has the abstract power of 'order'. So when this monster saw the Constitution, it instinctively dodged."

The two astronauts had many questions, and after the commander finished speaking, they raised their hands to ask questions.

Ma Shen asked: "Boss, could it be that Zhou Mingrui is also from another universe?"

Luo Rui asked: "Commander, what is the other universe like?"

Yin Xuejiang said: "That is a higher level of confidentiality."

Both astronauts smiled helplessly.

The commander continued: "With Zhou Ruiming's participation, we have developed a solution to deal with that monster.

"Because it's just a projection, it can be contained using a special mirror with a dark color.

"Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8 have proven that this method is feasible, but because there is a signal delay between the lunar rover using the mirror and the ground, we have tried several times but failed to solve the monster.

"But those experiments made us realize that it is almost impossible to complete such a complex operation through intelligent robots, so we have Order 0 for this operation!"

Yin Xuejiang's expression turned serious: "The above information is top secret!"

The two astronauts immediately stood at attention in the weightless state: "Yes!"

Then Ma Shencai said: "It sounds like a fantasy."

Yin Xuejiang said: "At present, human probes have not yet left the solar system. In fact, we don't know what the universe is like." Then he said: "The content of Order No. 0 is: The most important task of this moon landing operation is to contain the monsters on the moon and lay a good foundation for us to build a moon base later."

He paused and continued, “I want to remind you that after close contact with a monster, there is a high probability that you will go crazy within two weeks.

“So you can choose whether to carry out the mission. Those who don’t want to carry out the mission can stay in the command module.

"Before the spacecraft was launched from the earth, I had already chosen to carry out this mission. Now it's your turn!"

Ma Shen smiled and said, "I was going to land on the moon anyway, count me in."

Luo Rui followed up, "I never thought I could land on the moon to perform a mission, so I will definitely go."

According to the original plan, the commander and Ma Shen would board the lunar lander "Lanyue" to land on the moon and carry out a series of tasks on the lunar surface.

Luo Rui will stay in the service module in the lunar orbit, and after completing the lunar surface mission, he will dock with the "ascent stage" of the "Lanyue" spacecraft.

However, the docking process can also be completed using a smart computer. Leaving Luo Rui in low-Earth orbit is just in case. The lunar lander is not very crowded, and the fuel is enough to carry three people to and from the lunar surface.

After making sure that the other two were willing to execute Order No. 0, Yin Xuejiang opened box No. and took out three small boxes from it.

Each small box contained a dark-looking mirror and a brand new copy of the Constitution.

Yin Xuejiang said: "There is a fastener on the left chest of our space suit, which is used to fix this Constitution.

"As long as this Constitution exists, the monsters on the moon can't hurt us.

“After successfully using the mirror to contain the monster, you need to put the mirror and the Constitution back into the box. Under the effect of the Constitution, the monster will remain sealed inside the mirror.

"Take the box into lunar orbit for further processing."

Ma Shen suddenly realized a problem: "Commander, that is to say, if we hang a Constitution outside our lunar spacecraft, our lunar spacecraft will not be attacked by monsters?"

"Yes."

Ma Shen was stunned for a moment and asked again: "Then, why do we have to take in that monster? This mission sounds very dangerous."

Yin Xuejiang smiled slightly: "How can I allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed!"

Ma Shen also smiled: "I have no problem anymore."

So the "Dream Boat" spacecraft reopened its communication system, and after the three people took turns to rest, the lunar lander separated from the spacecraft and began the lunar landing operation.

The "Lanyue" lander is mainly divided into two parts, the ascent stage and the descent stage.

Three astronauts performed landing operations in the ascent stage. The main function of the descent stage was to decelerate during landing and provide a launching platform for the ascent stage.

After completing the mission on the lunar surface, the ascent stage and the descent stage separated, and the engine of the ascent stage started working. Under the not-too-strong gravity of the moon, the ascent stage was sent into the lunar orbit to dock with the Dreamzhou spacecraft.

With the skilled operation of the three astronauts, "Lanyue" successfully landed.

The lunar mission was about to begin. Yin Xuejiang ordered: "The three of us will split into two groups, one to stay behind and the other to go out of the spacecraft.

"Luo Rui and I will conduct the first extravehicular operation, and Ma Shen will stay behind."

Ma Shen, who was about to put on the space suit, asked in disbelief, "Why?"

Luo Rui smiled and said, "Because you are the youngest."

Yin Xuejiang took a deep breath and said, "Yes, if both of us went crazy while on a mission, it would prove that we had close contact with monsters.

"Don't worry about us. Retrieve the mirror that contains the monster and immediately operate the 'Upgrade' to return to low-Earth orbit. In the No. 10 folder of 'Dream Boat', there is an outline of the subsequent tasks."

Ma Shen was stunned for a second or two before saying, "Yes!"

So Yin Xuejiang and Luo Rui put on their space suits and carried out the first round of extravehicular missions.

The first person to get off the landing gear was Yin Xuejiang. After trying to walk a few steps on the moon, he said: "After 56 years, humans have visited the moon again.

"This time we will bring new surprises to the moon, and then we will systematically build temporary and permanent bases. In the future, we will also grow vegetables on the moon."

At this time, in the command center of the Wenchang Launch Base, all the staff stood up and applauded excitedly. Although they smiled, most of them had tears in their eyes.

There was a time when we could only watch others travel through space, land on the moon, and explore deep space.

Now, those who set out early are still standing still, but this giant oriental dragon is catching up quickly and steadily.

After that, a series of sampling, photography, preliminary geological exploration and other operations were started, but no monsters on the moon were encountered.

One round of extravehicular operations lasted four hours. After returning to "Lanyue" to rest and replenish some food and water, the second round of extravehicular operations began.

When the assigned task was basically completed, the alarms worn by Yin Xuejiang and Luo Rui suddenly sounded.

Ma Shen, who was on the "Moon Landing", reported: "According to satellite monitoring, the 'Moon Monster' is coming towards us. The estimated movement trajectory is about eight kilometers away from you. Please move to the north immediately!"

Yin Xuejiang and Luo Rui immediately stopped the work in their hands, quickly boarded the lunar rover, and after looking at the compass and determining the direction, they immediately took action.

After more than ten minutes, the lunar rover had traveled about six kilometers, and they could already see a rapidly moving shadow in the distance.

If there were no satellites to calculate the movement trajectory in advance, there would be no way to encounter the monster unless the monster was rushing towards them.

The moment they saw the shadow, their scalps suddenly felt tingling and their spirits seemed to have been shocked.

Fortunately, this was just a projection. If they had seen the real person, they would have lost control and died by now.

Two people got out of the car immediately, opened the box and took out the mirror, while surrounding the monster in two directions.

As for the Constitution, they had already placed it close to their chests.

But soon they found something wrong, the monster was actually adjusting its direction.

The two men immediately realized that the monster was afraid of the Constitution and was trying to escape in another direction.

Astronaut Luo Rui immediately made a decision. He threw the Constitution in the direction of the monster and shouted, "Come to grandpa, you bastard!"

The monster seemed to understand Luo Rui's humiliation and actually came towards him.

Yin Xuejiang in another direction tried his best to rush over here, but the moon's gravity was not strong, making it very difficult to move. It was obvious that he was too late to get here.

Luo Rui placed the mirror horizontally in front of himself and stared at the monster in front of him.

As the monster approached, his mental activities became more intense, and his emotions were at risk of getting out of control, but he still held the mirror steadily across in front of him!

In a breath, Luo Rui seemed to enter a dreamlike space.

He saw a huge figure that represented everything standing on the horizon. Suddenly, the sound and shadow collapsed, and part of it formed the shadow in front of him.

Then, twisted and crazy thoughts appeared in Luo Rui's mind one after another. Finally, he tilted his head and fainted.

But he still remained standing, holding the mirror steadily in front of him.

Not far away, Yin Xuejiang, who was also under tremendous mental pressure, saw the huge shadow enter the forearm-high mirror while breathing heavily.

At this point, the huge mental pressure disappeared.

Luo Rui fell to the ground slowly.

Yin Xuejiang crawled over as fast as he could and picked up the mirror. There was no reflection of his figure in the mirror, only a blurry black shadow.

He immediately stuffed the mirror into the box, put the Constitution on his chest into the box, and locked the box.

Yin Xuejiang went to check on Luo Rui again. He looked pale and seemed to have stopped breathing.

At this time, Yin Xuejiang felt as if he was crying and having snot. When he reached out to wipe it, he realized that he couldn't wipe it through the helmet.

In fact, it was not snot and tears, but blood flowing from the nose and the corners of the eyes.

He was too close to the "Moon Monster" just now, and his body and mind suffered irreparable damage.

Yin Xuejiang hurried back and drove the lunar rover over. Then, while bleeding continued from his nostrils, corners of eyes, ear canals, and corners of mouth, he put Luo Rui and the small box on the lunar rover.

When driving the lunar rover back, Yin Xuejiang felt that his mind was a little dazed, but the last bit of consciousness allowed him to operate the lunar rover and continue to drive towards the "moon".

Suddenly, Yin Xuejiang saw a figure appear in front of him. Yes, there was a person there! A person who was not wearing a space suit, but a person wearing earth clothes!
He was a young man with short hair, unremarkable facial features and a rather gentle appearance.

The only thing that impressed him was that he looked both young and experienced, which seemed a bit contradictory.

Yin Xuejiang, who was already a little dazed, looked for three or four seconds before he seemed to come back to his senses: How could there be someone dressed like this here?

This is the moon! This is space! Even if you don't consider the temperature here, this is a place without oxygen and humidity. If you are exposed to it, you will die instantly and turn into a mummy.

The young man just raised his hand slightly, and in a trance, Yin Xuejiang's vision seemed to become a little unreal.

At this moment, their fate was "fooled" and all the mental and physical damage they suffered was "transferred" to the surrounding rocks.

When the illusion disappeared, he seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, and the physical and mental discomfort disappeared just like that.

Yin Xuejiang hurried to look for him. Was there any young man around?
At this moment, he suddenly recalled that the young man just now was Zhou Mingrui! As the commander, he had met this "civilian".

Just when Yin Xuejiang was wondering if he was hallucinating, Luo Rui's voice came from the communicator: "Commander, we succeeded."

Yin Xuejiang turned his head and saw through the visor of his helmet that Luo Rui had woken up. His face was rosy and his voice was full of energy, and it seemed that he was no longer seriously injured.

"Yes, it succeeded." Yin Xuejiang still found it a little unbelievable. He had already made up his mind to die. He planned to get off the lunar rover after getting close enough to "Lanyue" and let Ma Shen retrieve the briefcase with the mirror and "Constitution".

At this time, he took a deep breath and said to Ma Shen through the communication system: "Begin preparations to return to the lunar orbit!"

There is a launcher on the "Dream Boat" that will push the box containing the monsters away from the moon, and eventually leave the solar system, drifting in the quiet, dark universe forever.

More than an hour later, Zhou Mingrui, standing on the lunar surface and watching the Dream Boat spacecraft take off, whispered: "Not having extraordinary powers is not necessarily a bad thing."

After saying this, he disappeared from the surface of the moon and from this universe.

Four days later, the "Mengzhou" successfully returned to Earth, and China's lunar landing mission was a complete success. The three astronauts who executed Order No. 0 did not suffer from mental breakdown.

Later, the three astronauts witnessed the construction of the lunar base, the breakthrough in technology such as using lunar soil to produce pure water, and the beginning of immigration to the moon.

The era of developing the solar system has begun.

(End of this chapter)