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Chapter 271 - 247 Its Mission is to Destroy the Moon! (Combined - )_3

Chapter 271: Chapter 247 Its Mission is to Destroy the Moon! (Combined Chapter)_3

The mask was wooden, completely black, with four eyes and sharp fangs.

This Strange Object was known as the "Personality Mask," which, as the name implied, could control emotions within a desired range.

Of course, the side effects were quite apparent, too; prolonged use of the Personality Mask would subtly change one’s personality, often in an inhuman direction.

Jenny concentrated and calmed herself down.

With the help of the Personality Mask, at that moment, inspiration burst forth!

Her mind was filled with waves of hallucinations, indistinct murmurings surrounded her, rustling, and colors of the world shifted, creating a dreamscape.

In the dream, there existed the Moon.

But the greater the entity perceived, the greater the price to pay.

Before long, waves of deep, bone-engraving pain attacked her, as if insects were ceaselessly devouring the pulp of her brain!

"If this continues, I’ll go mad."

But she had no other choice.

She persisted painfully, sweating profusely, her face flushed red.

It took five minutes before she quickly removed the Personality Mask.

In a flurry, she spilled a bottle of Spiritual medication and swallowed some, and the flushed look on her face finally subsided.

"How did it go?"

Jenny said hoarsely, "I saw an indescribable massive force brewing and arising at the core of the Moon."

"It... will destroy the Moon! Its mission is to destroy the Moon!"

"Destroy... Destroy the Moon?" Smith couldn’t help but exclaim loudly, "If the Moon is destroyed, what will become of us humans? Aren’t we doomed as well? Oh, God, this is terrible. What level of disaster is this?"

And from Earth’s superior command, they questioned, "When will the catastrophe erupt?"

"It should... not be too long, within a month. I can’t predict the exact time!" Jenny wiped the sweat from her body with a towel, "It’s coming to life rapidly."

The destruction of the Moon would bring an extinction-level disaster to humanity!

The massive chunks of meteorites would be enough to spell trouble for humanity; even a single large meteorite could bring ecological destruction on Earth, with dust covering the skies and bringing about an ice age.

Dinosaurs were extinct because of a meteorite!

Secondly, the Moon is responsible for the stability of Earth’s rotation. Without the Moon, the Earth’s rotational axis might shift, wobbling erratically, resulting in the current North and South Poles becoming the equator and the equator becoming the poles. No region would be able to maintain a stable climate!

Li Qingshan swallowed hard, he and Smith looked at each other, realizing the severity of the situation.

Meanwhile, at Earth’s communications headquarters, all the experts and leaders were utterly shocked.

The struggle between [Game] and [Delusion] was not yet over, and now another force wanted to inexplicably destroy the Moon?

What was this supposed to be?

This entity could be an ally of [Game], an ally of [Delusion], or an entirely new third party that emerged without reason.

Without sufficient evidence, all conjectures...

Had a non-zero probability!

"Gentlemen, our most powerful weapon, the Hydrogen Bomb, can we use it to destroy the Moon, or eradicate that entity at the core of the Moon?"

This question arose during an emergency international cooperative meeting.

"As of now, it seems impossible."

"Only if we have enough Hydrogen Bombs, there might just be a slim chance. We’d need decades, maybe even a century to produce them," an industry expert said with a wry smile, "Decades or a century is an understatement. I suspect it’d take a millennium of Hydrogen Bombs production to destroy the Moon. Don’t overestimate the power of nuclear weapons in a vacuum."

However, this thing with Hydrogen Bombs... How should it be put?

The nations on Earth were not united; there were many regional conflicts. Developing a large number of nuclear weapons could lead to their proliferation.

If some ambitious person were to press the nuclear button, Earth might be destroyed just like that.

Thus, the control of nuclear weapons was also quite necessary.

Of course, aside from nuclear bombs, there were other plans. Like using the previously utilized Turin Shroud or other World Level Strange Objects, sparking high-level discussions yet again.

...

Finally, after three hours.

The directive from Earth’s surface arrived: "Permission to land granted, to investigate firsthand."

Li Qingshan nodded, "Let’s start!"

The spaceship deployed a lunar rover, and the three Investigators got in, parting ways with the two Astronauts.

The dust drifting on the Moon was actually quite sparse and wouldn’t pose an obstacle.

Finally, the lunar rover’s retro rockets fired, ejecting bright plasma sparks. After a violent shake, it landed safely on the surface.

"We have reached the surface, physical condition good! Moon rover condition good!"

"Proceed with the mission!"

"Yes."

Li Qingshan took a deep breath, donned his spacesuit, and gazed out the window at the desolate, sunless expanse of stars, in which lay an ancient, primordial desert.

An overwhelming sense of loneliness confronted him.

This was the far side of the Moon, invisible to the azure Earth, skies veiled with dust, inhabited only by three intelligent beings—surely, this was the quintessential loneliness that explorers must endure...

Li Qingshan found himself thinking of a comedy movie about an astronaut and a kangaroo stranded at a lunar base, which led to various amusing incidents.

But the comedy of a group could just as well be the tragedy of the stranded.

"Could there be a giant kangaroo sleeping in there?" Li Qingshan chuckled at his own idea, and even though he was a serious man, he couldn’t help but feel like laughing.

Shaking his head, he steadied his mind.

Suddenly, a faint vibration came from below, and all three present stopped their movements, clinging to the handles of the rover.

"Rumble, rumble," the rover shook incessantly.

After about three minutes, the vibration finally ceased.

"Did that sound like breathing?"

Even though the Moon had no atmosphere.

"[Game], is it reacting?"

"No," Li Qingshan shook his head, "it remains as peaceful as ever."

They cautiously exited the rover.

Movement in the low-gravity environment was inconvenient, it wasn’t possible to walk as on Earth.

They had to leap forward like kangaroos.

With a hundred-kilometer diameter, this mining pit would likely require the investigation to continue for several days.

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