Chapter 18

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Four days later.

“This is Jue Jue from the Moon Information Centre. Over the past four days, the four major countries have launched a total of 19 rockets…”

“According to the calculations made by the amateur scientist, White Rabbit Thirteen from Great Xia and the Mani rockets from Meine have already landed on the moon…”

“After analysing the information available online and studying the trajectories of various spacecraft, it can be inferred that their final destination is the landing point of the White Rabbit Nine mission, located at moon coordinates 173.5 degrees east longitude and 41.8 degrees north latitude…”

“I have been sifting through a large amount of data over the past few day. In doing so, I finally found a picture that covers this coordinate point…”

“It’s a photo released by the Great Xia Space Agency a year ago. From this, it can be seen that they discovered something unusual a long time ago, which led to the landing of the White Rabbit Nine mission,”

“As the final segment of this video, I have a secret to share with you all. Our Moon Information Centre has found a way to obtain the latest information on the moon landing…”

“If you want to stay up-to-date with the latest news, please continue to follow the Moon Information Centre, leave your comments, and support us by giving a donation. Thank you for watching!”

Meanwhile, at the Great Xia Space Agency, a three-story metal house was built next to the main building, all in a hurry.

Experts from all over the country, including astronomers, physicists, dynamics experts, and others with possible connections to aliens technology, were all invited to participate in the investigation.

As they gathered in the room, one expert speculated, “That tentacle might be emitting a special electromagnetic wave to disrupt the signal.”

Another countered, “No, I think it’s using sonar. The thin atmosphere on the moon can cause vibrations that disrupt electronic devices without the need for actual sound.”

For the past four days, top experts from various fields have been analyzing the series of photos taken after the crash of Chang’e 3 on the moon.

But with limited information, no one could persuade anyone else, and no useful information could be gleaned.

Many people were waiting for new photos,preferably ones that could capture a clear and complete image of an alien spacecraft or machine.

“Here comes Colonel Chu…” someone shouted.

Colonel Chu strode in with determined steps, his presence immediately attracting everyone’s attention.

Before he even entered the room, he was stopped and asked if he had any new updates.

“I do. It’s a 30-second clip of the movement of an alien rock,” Colonel Chu replied without hesitation, and quickly projected the footage onto the screen.

The footage showed a small exploration vehicle moving slowly across the moon surface, almost like an old man with a wobbly gait.

Just as all the experts were staring at the screen, the footage began to switch. The exploration vehicle seemed to have turned around.

After rotating 180 degrees, the screen showed a second exploration vehicle.

“What is that?!” People shouted. Near the second exploration vehicle, a giant rock was hovering in mid-air, breaking into several nanometer-sized machines that packed the exploration vehicle and dragged it into what looked like a trunk.

By now, the boulder had transformed significantly. The upper half seemed to maintain its original shape, but the lower half resembled a Transformer, displaying an internal steel structure.

After packing the second exploration vehicle, the alien spacecraft disguised as a giant rock flew towards them, but its speed was not fast, only about 30 yards.

The 30-second video showed that for the first 15 seconds, the giant alien rock had been packing the second exploration vehicle, and in the next 15 seconds, it was the time when the alien rock rushed to the first exploration vehicle.

The video ended with a shot of the two sides getting very close, and a tentacle-like object protruded from the giant rock.

“It’s this tentacle again. This is definitely an electromagnetic wave jammer.”

“Nonsense, it’s controlled by sound waves.”

Just as the two experts were about to start arguing in their respective fields, Colonel Chu interrupted them.

“Now, I need experts in aerodynamics, magnetism, gravity, and so on. I want you to analyse something…”

“What is holding up that alien rock in midair?!”

With Colonel Chu’s voice, the crowd finally realised that the giant alien rock seemed to have been floating all along.

“Have you seen the air flow?!” someoneasked Colonel Chu to rewind the video and watch it again.

After watching it again, there was no fluctuation of airflow beneath the giant rock in the video.

“It doesn’t seem to rely on the suspension force as the jet…”

Many experts in the field were excited and shocked.

On Earth, all flying vehicles, whether jet planes or propeller planes, relied on aerodynamics to fly.

The alien rock in the video clearly used another technology, a more advanced way of flying than aerodynamics.

“Did you notice that this rock can stop in the mid-air…”

“I see it, there are no propellers…” another expert replied.

“Could it be using magnetic levitation?” someone asked.

“It’s impossible. The magnetic field of the moon is extremely weak, only one-thousandth of Earth’s, and on Earth, relying solely on the magnetic field is impossible to lift such a large object so far from the ground…”

“Then, it must be anti-gravity?!”

“There are two research directions for anti-gravity. One aims to shield the Earth’s gravity, allowing the device to move freely as if in a vacuum. The other direction involves repulsion, also known as anti-gravity, which is currently the main focus of research in Great Xia,” explained the white-haired old man.

“According to current estimates on Earth, it will take at least a thousand years to research anti-gravity technology…”

Colonel Chu narrowed his eyes and pointed at the still image of the alien rock ship on the screen. “If we can capture this thing, can you research it in a short time?!”

“It’s hard to say!” the old man replied.

Although the old man wanted to see the details of the alien spaceship, he shook his head and said, “Research must be analysed in detail. With a sample, we may be able to overcome various difficulties in a short amount of time. Or, we may be stuck and remain incapable to make progress for hundreds of years…”

To console Colonel Chu’s disappointment, the old man added, “However, one thing is certain. With the prototype in hand, our research progress will increase exponentially.”

“Wrong!” An expert spoke up, “This alien spacecraft clearly does not rely on anti-gravity flight. Did you notice something? When it releases nanorobots, some of the small nanorobots stopped in the mid-air.”

“It seems they’ve been demagnetized…”

“Are you suggesting that the moon’s surface has a magnetic levitation track built by aliens?”

“This is highly probable!”