Chapter 72: Life Or Death
Underground Cavity?
Jiang Yang raised his head and saw that as the Automatic Analysis and Drawing Program operated, the light and shadows, lines, and numbers on the large screen in front were changing rapidly.
It was overall a 3D simulation image of the Moon, the picture rapidly enlarging and converging on that special area of the Lunar Mare Tranquillitatis, then the lower layer rapidly becoming transparent, with different shaded areas quickly appearing.
Those shaded areas were some thicker, some shallower, shadowy and indistinct, fully dozens of them, varying in size and shape.
As time passed, as more data entered the Automatic Analysis and Drawing Program, those shadows gradually began to clarify.
Jiang Yang’s pupils began to slowly contract.
He vaguely sensed that after experiencing several cycles, several times concentrating nationwide power to strike at the Apocalypse, at this moment, they had finally touched upon a bit of the truth of the Apocalypse.
It could almost be confirmed that this Underground Cavity was the root cause of the anomaly in the Tranquility Plain area of the Lunar Mare Tranquillitatis, and even more the culprit releasing high-energy neutrinos to precisely annihilate all humans!
What exactly was inside it!
Were they some naturally formed physical reaction processes beyond humanity’s current level of understanding, or some facilities left by an unknown alien civilization?
In the large screen, the image related to this Underground Cavity was still continuously changing, finally stopping motionless.
Jiang Yang knew that the data related to this chamber had already been analyzed. Without subsequent new data supplementation, it would be impossible for them to deepen their understanding of it further.
But the image on the large screen at this moment was still full of blur, even the specific position and size of this cavity unable to be determined.
“Can it be made any clearer?”
Jiang Yang looked toward Professor Li Jiaming, then heard Professor Li Jiaming say: “It’s impossible under the current situation.
Although there is certainly still some data not included in the analysis scope later, that is at the scientific research level and has no meaning for this chamber itself.”
This was now the limit of what they could achieve.
Jiang Yang quietly looked at the Underground Chamber picture in the large screen, understanding in his heart that their attempt to resolve the Apocalypse through more targeted and more effective means had, at this moment, already to be declared a failure.
Probing the existence of this chamber was already the endpoint of hundreds of giant rockets and countless manpower and material resources invested.
Then the next step’s action…
He turned toward Sun Changhe, then saw this elder as if he had long anticipated this situation: “50 intercontinental ballistic missiles have been prepared and can be launched at any time.”
Since more targeted and more effective means could not resolve the Apocalypse, then the only way left to confront the Apocalypse was direct bombardment.
Simple and crude, without asking questions, directly projecting the most powerful force humanity possessed onto the Moon.
Like those ancient assassins, going all out, staking everything on one fierce strike, with life and death, success or failure, all depending on this one time!
Jiang Yang checked the time and saw that it was now past midnight 12 o’clock, already 00:17.
Intercontinental ballistic missile flight required 22 hours. They had less than two hours of launch window remaining.
“Good.”
With the instruction issued, on the largest screen in the middle of the Command Hall, the picture switched again.
The huge launch towers of over a dozen launch sites appeared before people.
Previously, there were only five launch sites that could be used for Giant Spirit God II Rocket launches, because it was too big.
But intercontinental ballistic missiles are naturally different. Even if equipped with boosters, their size is at most comparable to conventional launch vehicles, and they can be launched from any launch site.
And at this moment, 50 of the largest model intercontinental ballistic missiles, capable of carrying out nuclear strikes on the Moon, have completed all preliminary preparation work.
——Domestically, there are of course not just these 50 intercontinental ballistic missiles; there are many of other models as well. But those missiles cannot fly to the Moon and can only carry out Earth strike missions.
There are also many nuclear warheads, but since the number of warheads that can be loaded is limited, naturally the ones with the largest yields must be loaded.
Fuel loading has been completed, and all preliminary preparation work is ready.
The first batch of 17 intercontinental ballistic missiles stood quietly in front of the launch pads, like 17 long spears gleaming with cold light, silently pointing toward the sky.
Although they were completely still, Jiang Yang could still feel the chilling killing intent emanating from them.
These are the most powerful weapons that all of human civilization has been able to manufacture up to this moment, weapons where a single one can destroy several cities and kill over 100 million people, super killers capable of shattering the firmament and making the entire land tremble!
In this final period before the apocalypse arrives, only they have the possibility of shouldering the task of defying the heavens and changing fate, of continuing the entire nation and the entire civilization!
Without any hesitation or delay, the on-site commander’s instruction was quickly issued. The next moment, just like the previous launch of the Giant Spirit God II Rocket, blazing firelight once again jetted out from the tail of the missiles.
More concentrated and hotter than the Giant Spirit God II Rocket. Because these missiles use special fuel.
Their instantaneous burst power is stronger, allowing the missiles to accelerate to higher speeds in a shorter time.
Amid the violent roar, the air was compressed to the limit, and the over 100-ton heavy warheads rose sharply under 20G overload pressure.
This means its acceleration reached an astonishing about 200 meters per second. If there were a human inside at this moment, the overload pressure alone would be enough to crush bones and turn the human body into a mass of minced meat.
But the specially crafted warheads and internal equipment withstood these pressures. And even if the environment was much harsher than that of rockets, their reliability could still be guaranteed.
Across the vast land, 17 launch sites, 17 modified intercontinental ballistic missiles took off simultaneously.
Before the thunder-like roar in the sky had dissipated, the cleanup work on the launch platforms began quickly, and at the same time, the next batch of missiles already standing not far away immediately moved toward the launch pads under the support of mobile launch platforms.
Just 10 minutes later, the second batch of missiles was in position, then launched again. Another 10 minutes later, the final batch of 16 missiles launched.
A total of 50 missiles, from the issuance of the order to final takeoff, took no more than 20 minutes in total time consumed, and all succeeded without a single failure!
The large screen switched to a space perspective.
And what was presented was not animation simulation, but live filming.
At this moment, this side of the eastern Earth had rotated to the sun’s back side, with the entire land completely shrouded in darkness.
Amid this darkness, 50 faint light spots slowly rose from the land, like 50 long spears, carrying a tragic momentum of unrelenting advance, carrying a killing intent as majestic as a meteor crashing to the ground, bearing everyone’s hope, flying toward the vast and deep space.
In the distance, that planet like a disk still hung quietly.
