On the moon, the exploration of the new Apollo team continues.
Another hour later.
"Boss, boss...it's already three hundred meters, do we want to continue?"
In the moon base, the fat engineer Odell asked hesitantly.
The few of them have been controlling the spider robot to explore for several hours. The current depth of the dive has reached 300 meters, but they still have not reached the bottom.
On the side, Tony's eyes were fixed on the screen and he said firmly:
"Continue! We're already here. We can't just give up. We must at least figure out what's down here."
"But, but... affected by this magnetic field, our signal source has become weaker and weaker. It is expected that if we dive no more than thirty meters, we will completely lose all signals..."
Tony gritted his teeth when he heard this, and then said:
"Thirty meters? Then dive another thirty meters!"
"Okay, let me try..."
Engineering expert Odell wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then began to carefully control the spider robot.
The place where they were now was no longer as smooth as it was at the beginning. The angle of the slope extending downward was getting larger and larger, almost reaching 90 degrees.
The robot can still continue to move forward, and it is only because of its ability to hesitate that it does not fall directly.
On the side, the middle-aged geologist Abbott has been muttering silently.
It can be heard from his few words that he should be calculating the structure of this underground space, but so far he has only become more and more alarmed, and still has not come up with any results.
In the NASA Aerospace Command Center, there are also a large number of scholars and experts who are also analyzing the situation on the moon.
But like Abbott, they also failed to draw any valid conclusions.
"Such a long and narrow channel, extending downward for such a distance, and in a layered rock area, is likely to be left behind by crustal movements hundreds of millions of years ago..."
"But that's not right... If this is the case, then after so many years of meteorite impacts, this part of the earth's surface should not still exist..."
"And this passage is too smooth, it doesn't look like it was caused by the splitting of the earth's crust... Wait! Stop!!"
As Abbott was talking, he suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, startling Odell, who was concentrating on controlling the robot.
"What's wrong? Professor Abbott, have you discovered anything?"
Tony looked at him puzzled.
The latter did not respond immediately, and just looked at the monitor in front of him and fell into deep thought.
No one was there to urge him. They knew that this companion must have discovered something, and they were all waiting for his response.
After a while, Abbott finally made a move, and he slowly said:
"I have been thinking from the beginning that there is always something in this passage that makes me feel wrong...but because this is the moon, I don't think too much about that place..."
"But now, as the robot explores inside, the traces seem to be more and more obvious...So, I now have to start thinking in the most unbelievable direction. …”
What he said seemed a bit confusing, and everyone didn't understand what it meant.
Safety officer Osto said doubtfully:
"Trace? What trace? Professor Abbott, what kind of riddle are you trying to solve? Can't you just tell us?"
On the side, captain Tony looked thoughtful.
Immediately, he seemed to have thought of something, and the expression on his face suddenly changed.
"Hey, actually I didn't pay much attention to it at first. It wasn't until they increased in number that I discovered it. Look here..."
Abbott sighed, then pointed to a certain place on the screen.
That was the bottom of the channel, with long, thin strips outlined on the rock wall, which looked very inconspicuous.
"At first I thought it was just a natural pattern on the rock, but after observation, the pattern shouldn't be this messy..."
"At the same time, the surrounding layered rock walls have signs of slight churning, but I have never been able to find a suitable reason to explain all this..."
"So, I boldly guess that these striped lines may not be lines, but traces of the activity of certain organisms..."
"If this is really the case, then some of the previous doubts can be explained... These tunnels... are not caused by crustal movements... they are... newly excavated..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone, including everyone on Aquamarine, was shocked, even Tony, who was already mentally prepared.
"Newly dug!? What do you mean? We are on the moon now! What could dig a hole here!?"
Safety officer Ottos said with eyes wide open.
"Besides, that's anorthosite. Are you saying that living things can dig out such a hard rock by themselves and run hundreds of meters underground!?"
His words represented the voice of everyone. Everyone looked at Abbott without saying a word, waiting for the other party's answer.
However, the geology professor did not refute, but smiled bitterly and said:
"Otus, you are right. In fact, I don't want to believe it... After all, we are on the moon now. If what I said before is true, I know exactly what it means... "
"But even if I don't want to believe it anymore, I still have to express my judgment. Even if it does sound ridiculous...but...this is what I saw..."
Ottos' mouth moved but he didn't ask any more questions.
Obviously, he was not completely unprepared for this answer.
Although it was not clearly stated why the Hurricane Bureau asked him to follow him, the meaning was actually quite obvious.
That is, there are indeed certain safety risks here. Otherwise, it is just an ordinary lunar exploration operation. Why would a fully armed professional combatant like him be needed?
However, when this situation really could happen, he still felt a little unbelievable.
Are there really aliens on the moon?
What kind of creature can live in such a harsh environment?
Based on human observation of the moon, how come they have not been discovered after so many years?
"No...it's not necessarily a living thing, maybe it's some machine or something like that? It could be an excavation machine left by China, or the Northern Bear Country, doing exploration similar to ours in this area..."
Engineer Odell explained it from his professional perspective, but his statement was also unconvincing, and no one at the scene agreed.
After all, this is the moon. To be able to dig out such an underground passage hundreds of meters long in this environment, based on the current level of human technology, they don't think the other party can do this.
Even the Fanxing Group, which has been in the spotlight recently, will not work. As we all know, they are only engaged in the electronics field and the biogenetic field. This outer space industry is simply two different concepts.
On Planet Aqua, in the command hall of the Aerospace Center.
A pot of porridge had already been cooked here, and the atmosphere fell into silence the moment Abbott expressed his guess, and then a burst of heated discussion suddenly broke out.
Some people thought this was ridiculous, while others thought it was traceable. The two sides had a heated discussion about this, and the command center was noisy for a while.
Although these people are top scientists in related industries, they still lack a certain degree of discipline compared to the soldiers responsible for guarding outside.
When the new Apollo team encountered the current unexpected situation, they immediately became confused and the situation seemed a bit out of control.
"Director, what should we do? Should we ask those people to stop first...?"
Beside the big screen, an agent from the Hurricane Bureau was asking Lu En what he meant.
The latter was frowning at the moment, staring thoughtfully at the monitor in front of him, thinking about what the professor just said.
"You go ahead and control the order of the scene. It won't look good if it continues to be noisy like this."
Lu En waved his hand and motioned for his men to go to work, while he was still thinking about the conclusion that Abbott had just speculated.
If it had been before, he would have regarded the other party as a lunatic without even thinking about it.
But things are different now. With alien species appearing frequently, who can guarantee that one or two will not appear on the moon?
While others didn't know it, he, the director of the hurricane bureau, knew it very well.
In the underground shelter at the Button City branch base, my research team has conducted relevant experiments. The experimental results show that there are indeed many alien species that can survive in that vacuum environment.
This means that the geology professor’s speculation is very likely to be correct!
Although so far, there is no clear evidence that monsters do exist on the moon.
But he didn't dare to gamble. The Longinus plan was crucial and he couldn't take any risks.
Thinking of this, Lu En's expression couldn't help but change. He was just about to give instructions on this matter, but unexpectedly something unexpected happened. Suddenly, a harsh alarm sound came from the communication channel, startling everyone present.
An agent who was originally going to play a broadcast to ask everyone to quiet down also stayed in place. His finger had not had time to touch the play button. He did not do all this.
"It's over there with the new Apollo spacecraft!"
Someone immediately found the source of the alarm, and the area representing the new Apollo spacecraft on the display lit up with a bright red distress light.
"What's going on!? Why did the new Apollo suddenly ask for help!? Oops! What are you doing standing still! Contact the spacecraft communication station quickly!"
Professor Houston was so anxious that he was sweating and roared loudly at several researchers on the side.
Those people were obviously frightened, and they frantically dialed several communication requests without getting through.
They couldn't figure out why the spacecraft, which was originally fine, suddenly lost contact. Is it possible that there are really aliens on the moon?
In this regard, Tony and others in the lunar base also expressed ignorance. They had established an independent communication platform here, and they were not informed of what happened to the new Apollo at the first time.
…
Two hours ago, the new Apollo 1.
Vice-captain Maximilian led the two astronauts to successfully put down the spider robot and returned to the cabin of the spacecraft.
Compared to the middle-aged Maximilan, these two astronauts are relatively young guys. They are geniuses in the aerospace field. They were lucky enough to be selected for this project, and even finally set foot on the moon. This is a piece of cake for them.
The two of them were extremely excited and followed the vice-captain on an excavation work. Although they were very tired, their hearts were filled with sweetness. Others could not even cry for such an opportunity.
Finally, after several hours of digging, the exploration robot was finally able to be successfully dropped into the hole, which also announced that their mission was completed.
"Captain, do you think our action this time can really be written into textbooks in the future? The confidentiality level this time is so high, I don't know when it will be lifted..."
In the locker room, a tall boy was asking Maximilian longingly. At the same time, he quickly took off his spacesuit and put on the work clothes of the space station.
Facing the inquiries from behind, Maximilian did not have the patience to answer. He just glanced at his mouth and said in an impatient tone:
"Bevin, I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible, let alone tell other people. You are only here to carry out the task. Whether the US government will disclose this operation in the end has nothing to do with you!"
"If the guys from Fopulu know what you are thinking now, I can guarantee that you will be invited over for tea!"
The intimidation from the senior obviously made the young man a little confused, and he quickly kept saying that he was just talking casually and didn't really want to say it out.
"Tsk, a guy with this kind of mentality is also selected. I really don't know what those old men are thinking."
Maximilan secretly despised the other party in his heart, and then planned to take the two of them back to the control room of the spacecraft.
"Dong dong dong~"
At this moment, a dull knocking sound suddenly came from behind.
Maximilan stopped impatiently and shouted behind him without looking back:
"Reddy! What the hell are you doing!? Stop your hyperactive hands! This is the new Apollo 1! It's the moon! If you knock something, everyone will die. !”
After he finished speaking, a short boy ran out of the locker room, looked at him with a confused expression, and said:
"It's not me, Captain Hershey. I was just about to come out when I heard that voice. It seemed to be coming from the locker room..."
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