Chapter 58 - Chapter 58: Launching a Rocket To The Blue Moon. Ask Them What Is Happening!
Chapter 58: Launching a Rocket To The Blue Moon. Ask Them What Is Happening!
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“The shielding light curtain seems to have some issues, Uncle Da…”
Li Zongheng suddenly arrived at the command center of the Moon base.
Uncle Da projected his body in front of Li Zongheng and asked, “What’s the problem?”
“The purpose of manufacturing the shielding light curtain is twofold. Firstly, it prevents lunar electromagnetic signals from being transmitted into space and discovered by other civilizations…”
“Secondly, it utilizes electromagnetic refraction technology to redirect incoming probing waves along their original trajectory, while also employing optical stealth technology to prevent external observation of the lunar interior…”
Li Zongheng paused for a moment before continuing, “It seems like our optical stealth device isn’t working properly. It appears that we can’t see the real outside world from within the moon…”
“Is that so?”
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Uncle Da frowned, nodding. “There seems to be an issue with the device. I’ll go check it later.”
Seeing that Li Zongheng didn’t move, Uncle Da continued, “Is there something else?”
“Yes!
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Li Zongheng nodded. “If it’s an issue with the device, then the equipment sent to Earth may also have problems. Why don’t we take them all back?”
Uncle Da squinted his eyes and said, “Li Zongheng, you’re not in charge of this, are you not?”
“You are the base manager, and I am in charge of base security. Although we often act together for the amusement of our commander…”
Li Zongheng smiled, a gleam of brilliance flashing through his eyes, “But do you really think that I am nothing more than an actor?”
Uncle Da furrowed his brow, somewhat uncertain of Li Zongheng’s intentions. “What is you intention?”
Li Zongheng smiled lightly and said, “I should be asking you the same question.”
“Installing the protective shield on Earth was the commander’s order!” Uncle Da replied confidently.
“The protective shield you reported to the commander wasn’t a bidirectional…” Li Zongheng smiled knowingly. “Tell me your true intentions. Among the ten people involved, only you and I took that step. Do you think I’m easily fooled?”
Uncle Da took a deep breath and closed his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.
After a moment, he opened his eyes and spoke, “We have to be cautious of Earthlings. Humans are terrifyingly smart. We can’t compete with them in terms of intelligence…”
“That’s your reason for concealing it from the commander?!” Li Zongheng asked.
“If you were in my position, what would you do?” Uncle Da retorted.
Li Zongheng furrowed his brow as he tried to think from Uncle Da’s perspective
After a while, he relaxed his brow and nodded slightly. “I understand. Let’s just say that I’ve never come here today and have never known about the malfunction of the equipment. Still, how long do you think you can hide it?”
“As long as I can…” Uncle Da replied.
The command center fell silent as the two men remained silent, seemingly preoccupied. After a long while, Li Zongheng quietly left, and Uncle Da’s projection disappeared without a trace.
“I can’t contact the aliens…”
“Weren’t you supposed to meet with Zhao Yu? Contact him!”
Colonel Chu shook his head. “We did exchange contact information, but now the Earth’s electromagnetic signals are unstable, and wireless communication can’t get through!”
“Are there no other means of communication?” Senator Zhou frowned, feeling dissatisfied with Colonel Chu’s performance.
“No!” Colonel Chu shook his head. “When they sent the prototype over, I specifically asked those robots to help inform Zhao Yu and see if they could keep a spaceship on the ground for communication…”
“What did the robots say?!”
“They didn’t speak. It seems they only operate according to a fixed program…”
Senator Zhou became increasingly annoyed. “Weren’t their extraterrestrial robots supposed to be highly intelligent? How come they couldn’t convey such information?”
“Perhaps it’s not that they didn’t convey it, but rather the other party doesn’t want to establish a communication point on the ground…”
During their conversation, the maglev car had already arrived at the Xia Capital’s secret base.
“You go to the command center first and find a way to contact the aliens. I’ll go report the situation…” Senator Zhou said, swiftly leaving.
Only one person could make him go and report—the one and only!
Colonel Chu pursed his lips, surprised that this matter had actually alarmed that person.
However, he didn’t dwell on it and headed straight to the command center.
Several senators were already present, seemingly inquiring about the situation, and Chief Engineer Yang was explaining anxiously.
When Colonel Chu entered, the senators immediately left Chief Engineer Yang and approached him to ask about the situation.
Naturally, Colonel Chu recounted the information he had previously told Senator Zhou.
“Xiao Chu, you didn’t do a good job trying to establish communication with the aliens…” one of the senators said disapprovingly.
“Now that Old Zhou has gone to report the situation, let’s wait for further instructions…” an elderly senator suddenly stood up and, after speaking, looked at Colonel Chu and gestured towards an empty area. “May I have a word with you?”
“Sure!
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The two of them walked to a place where no one was around.
“Senator Sun, may I ask what you want to discuss?” Colonel Chu had some speculations in his mind. Senator Sun’s business was related to commerce and probably involved the issue of right of agency of the major products.
“Have you already told them about the right of agency?” Senator Sun asked.
“Yes, it was all strictly following the ‘Alien Negotiation Act’…”
Colonel Chu shook his head. “This is ridiculous. I cannot believe that our country is doing all this just to please a young man…”
Colonel Chu had opposed this plan when he proposed it, but unfortunately, more people agreed than disagreed.
“All of this is precautionary. It might not be necessary in the future, but if it works, it might buy Earth an extra lifeline…” Colonel Chu insisted.
Senator Sun shook his head, not entirely agreeing. “That Zhao Yu is just an ordinary person, a lucky one who happened to be chosen by the aliens…”
“Xiao Chu, I’m not criticizing you, but your handling of the alien situation hasn’t been up to par…”
“What you should do is not to please Zhao Yu but to find a way to send our people there…”
“Isn’t it better to directly negotiate with the aliens instead of having a middle man who we’re not sure may speak in favour of us?”
Colonel Chu nodded, “You’re right. We have prepared some plans in this regard, but we lack the opportunity to execute them…”
“If you ask me, I think Zhao Yu played you like a fiddle…”
After speaking, Senator Sun turned and left.
The He family mansion was bustling with activity, as it was crowded with prominent business tycoons, a sight rarely seen before.
He Maosheng accompanied the distinguished guests throughout, his muscles almost twitching from smiling so much.
As for He Jingxuan, she was surrounded by a group of young ladies, who showered her with attention and care, leaving her both delighted and somewhat anxious.
“Ladies, may I inquire about the purpose of your visit this time?”
“Of course, it’s for cooperation. Didn’t we discuss it over the phone?”
“Yes, my family happens to have a project and we would like to collaborate with all of you…”
He Jingxuan got scared the more skeptical she became. She quickly excused herself and tried to find her father.
“Dad, Grandma is calling for you!”
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Huh?”
He Maosheng was momentarily stunned, quickly apologizing to the guests and explaining that he needed to leave for a moment.
To his surprise, all the guests were being excessively polite when he told them he had to leave for a moment. They even praised him for being a good son who cared for his mother.
So, the father and daughter went upstairs. They didn’t go see the grandmother, though, because grandmother didn’t even live here.
“Jingjing, did you call me upstairs for something?”
“Dad, don’t you feel that something is off? They all came over without telling us what they want to do. Also, they are all bosses of their companies. I’m pretty sure if we look online, we’d find out that they are actually CEOs and managers…”
“I feel the same way, but I haven’t had the time to process all this. It was a good thing that you got me here…”
He Maosheng nodded. “Wait here, I will call Uncle Liu and see what he has to say…”
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“Launch a rocket?!”
Colonel Chu was getting anxious and quickly responded, “But what if the aliens interpret it as a provocation? That wouldn’t be good!”
Senator Zhou pointed to the sky and shook his head. “They have already caused such a commotion. If we don’t find out what’s going on, how can anyone sleep peacefully?”
“Contact your people and have them launch the rocket. Send someone to the moon to investigate!”
Hearing this tone, Colonel Chu understood that there was no room for discussion anymore.
He sighed and could only find General Yang, urging him to launch a manned rocket into space as soon as possible.
“Now, we can only hope that our actions won’t anger the aliens…”
When Senator Zhou heard his words, he approached, saying, “You should hope that the aliens’ activities in outer space are not meant to destroy Earth!”