Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 133: Landing on the Moon

The P1-A6 SN rocket managed to glide all the way to Low Earth Orbit, then the third raptor engine escaped from the Second Level.

"The "Second Level (Raptor Module) successfully unleashed the Third Level. The Raptor module began self-destruction, and the Third Level was successfully released towards the Earth's Intermediate Orbit at a speed of 6,000 km/h.”

“Third Level successfully entered the Earth Intermediate Orbit, broke away from the Fourth Level and opened the transport cabin.”

When the Fourth Level escaped from the Third Level, the Third Level opened up like a lotus flower blooming at night due to the moonlight, giving off the Heilong Telescope

Heilong Telescope successfully separated from the Third Level module, Heilong Telescope has a shape like a tightly closed scallop.

The telescope was fully open, so it was 100 meters long and 45 meters wide. When this telescope opens, it also shows the same part as the James Webb Telescope, a mirror made of gold. The size of this mirror has a width of 35 meters with a height of 45 meters, and the gold material used is very pure.

Why use gold as a mirror coating...

Telescopes are essentially instruments that are highly sensitive to infrared light emerging from the farthest corners of our universe. A beam of light becomes infrared when its wavelength is stretched as it travels for billions of years and billions of light-years. The telescope will collect these infrared wavelengths, break down their properties and squeeze out whatever information stored in them about their origin and the environment they have been in for years.

The use of gold to ensure the highest reflection of infrared light to the instrument. It is worth mentioning that the coating is on a microscopic level. According to NASA, our everyday mirrors usually have silver or aluminum in them but are not suitable due to their lower reflection properties. Silver reflects 95% of infrared light whereas aluminum reflects only 85% compared to gold, which reflects 99% of all infrared light it encounters.

Another reason to use a valuable element like gold on a mirror is that it is highly unreactive. Silver and aluminum, in addition to reflecting less infrared, are also easily tarnished and not as durable as gold, which is highly unreactive to elements in space.

When the Heilong Telescope fully opened, Xiaochu's voice came back:

“Fourth Level successfully start Ion Pushing Machine with speed of 15,000 km/h and is expected to arrive on the Moon in 23 hours 19 minutes 48 seconds.”

“Fourth Level Module brings 10 Worker Robots with 5 Replacement Robots.”

“39 SkyNet Satellite in High-Earth Orbit activates signal reinforcement and successfully connects with 10 Robot Workers.”

The fourth level is the space shuttle used by astronauts traveling into space.

The upper echelons gathered together in the Rocket Launch Monitoring Room in the Imperial City, along with the related scientists, were stunned when they saw the large screen in front of them.

They did not expect Mingyue Defense to have 39 SkyNet Satellites in High Earth Orbit, which is more than 35,786 kilometers from sea level.

The camera quality on the satellite is also amazing, so you can see the surface of the moon clearly.

Xun Yanzhu looked at Fan Chen in the form of a hologram beside her. "This, it seems like your progress has been very rapid."

Fan Chen smiled faintly and said, "This project we've been working on for an entire month, but to assemble a rocket, it only takes 18 hours."

Xun Yanzhu took a deep breath, trying to calm her shock. "What are you doing on the moon?"

Fan Chen paused for a moment, thinking about whether to tell him or not. But, due to limited manpower and resources, it is better to talk about this.

"Do you know about Space Worms?"

The President, Ministers, Generals, Admiral, Scientists and Engineers in the Rocket Launch Monitoring Room in the Imperial City nodded their heads. They know they even use it.

"Space Worms, we named it that way because these worms can survive in vacuum conditions without air and oxygen, can even move freely in zero gravity space. Our scientists suspect that when the First Disaster came, where previously there was a meteor that fell, this meteor brought Space Worm in it. Then this Space Worm uses animals on Earth as its host, and develops like a parasite ..."

"Our scientists also captured radio waves coming from the 1987A Supernova. We're guessing, what if this supernova was created not because of a naturally exploding star, but a deadly battle ..."

"What if there's a monster out there sending Space Worms to Earth to clean up all the humans on Earth?"

Astrology scientists in the Imperial City looked at the images captured by the Heilong Telescope.

Cameras placed in the Rocket Launch Monitoring Room (Imperial City) captured the actions of Astrological Scientists and Xiaochu directed the Heilong Telescope to look at the Hydrogen Wall surrounding the Solar System.

Fan Chen looked at all the scientists in this place. "We accept all scientists and engineers to cooperate with Mingyue Defense, we plan to build a detector that will be sent to Pluto. Right now, the Ion Driving Machine we created is still far from the Speed of Light, even Sub-Light has yet to get there. It's still 1:720,000!"

Hearing Fan Chen's words, everyone in the Rocket Launch Monitoring Room (Empire City) was stunned in shock, although they had once guessed why the First Disaster had come and thought about it boldly, though, but never thought like Fan Chen.

If this was before looking at the technology, they might consider Fan Chen stupid, but after seeing how the technology that was in Mingyue Defense, as well as the learning led by Xu Chen, was, they see a new world and are no longer simple-minded.

Other life outside the Solar System? It's possible!

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—The Next Day—

The module carrying 10 Worker Robots and 5 Replacement Robots had already entered the Moon's Orbit and was only counting the time before landing on its surface.

Fan Chen was already in the VR Pod and currently his consciousness was shifting to the Substitute Robot.

She was not alone, she was with the extremely excited Fan Xiaoyu beside her, always looking into space through the thick glass.

"Sister! This is awesome!"

Yun Mingyue was also here, she smiled as she looked at the scene from outer space, looking at the Earth from a different angle.

The others were Xu Chen and Wang Bin, both tasked with researching the situation and planning infrastructure development on the Moon.

Fan Chen looked at Fan Xiaoyu who was drifting to and fro, he sighed and said, "Yu'er, when landing later, don't go far, if it doesn't obey, I won't take you anymore."

Fan Xiaoyu turned her head, she nodded. "Yu'er knows." He moved his hands like a row until he reached his seat, then he sat down and put his seatbelt back on.

Fan Chen stretched out his hand, pinched his sister's cheek gently.

Fan Xiaoyu turned her head and snorted coldly. "Whether it's a real body or a surrogate, Big Brother likes to pinch Yu'er's cheek!"

Fan Chen just kept quiet with a smile, he did not stop pinching his adorable sister's cheeks.

“An aircraft MK-888 enters the moon's gravity and will land within 60 seconds.”

The MK-888 shut down the Ion Propulsion Engine on its rear, and the bottom of the aircraft was activated with little power, which made the plane reverse until its bottom faced the lunar surface.

The countdown continues and as the plane continues to descend closer to the lunar surface, its speed also slows down over time.

When only two tens of meters were left, the bottom of the MK-888 fuselage took out four legs made of titanium.

The plane continued to descend with the plane in a horizontal position, then when the metal foot touched the surface, there was a slight impact that made the plane almost lift again. But before that, a shot of a sling rope made of graphene shot from four sides, it pierced the lunar surface that held the plane in place.

The hatch door at the side opened, then the Robot Worker came out first and was followed by Fan Chen, Yun Mingyue, Fan Xiaoyu, and the others, Xu Chen and Wang Bin were moving cautiously as they descended the stairs.

Fan Chen looked up, he saw a blue-colored planet with darkness around it. "I didn't expect us to actually make it to the Moon."

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