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At 14:56 on June 12, 2253, the news that the mysterious cube had wrapped around the Earth had reached the Lunar General Command on the far side of the Moon.

As for why the lunar standard time adopts the time on the far side of the moon, it has to start with the moon itself.

Since the Moon became the only satellite of the Earth billions of years ago, it has become an iron law that it has always faced the Earth with its face and never at the back of the Earth due to the effect of gravity.

After the development of the moon, although there are more frontal bases and people, the real core headquarters and advanced scientific research bases are all located on the far side of the moon. Let's take an analogy, although the north third ring road and the south third ring road of the capital are the same distance from the geographical center of the capital, the north is either rich or expensive, and the poor people in the south are gathered, so it is natural to formulate rules based on the north third ring road.

On the far side of the moon, near Mendeleev Crater, stands a high-level building made of black rare earth alloys, which is the "General Command for the Joint Development of the Moon by Mankind", or General Command for short.

In a huge office on the third floor, Minsk, the commander-in-chief of the United European Community of Earth, frowned and looked at the collection of photographs in front of him like a sculpture.

The only evidence that he was still a living human was probably the flickering cigar in his mouth.

From 22 observatories on the front side of the moon came pictures of the same from different angles — the round Earth had been lifted from the south pole by a cube to form a strange three-dimensional shape, which was exactly what Mark saw.

Minsk was a manager and not a technician, but even so, he could understand the facts reflected in the photos, so he immediately asked Adjutant Taryn to try to use eighteen long-wave communication stations on the moon to get in touch with the Earth as soon as he got the news.

"Refers to ...... Commander, none of the long-wave communication station signals can successfully contact Earth! "A stumbling figure stormed into Minsk's office, none other than the brown-haired adjutant Tyron.

He usually looks graceful and elegant, and it is said that his background can be traced back to the family of an earl in England, and his fluent Oxford accent reflects his quality over the years.

But at this moment, Taryn was completely panicked, and he didn't even notice that his tie was out of the thirty-degree angle, which was impossible in normal times.

"Can't get in touch? What does that mean? Is there no response to the signal sent to Earth? Minsk asked in a deep voice.

Tyron replied breathlessly, "No, it's our long-wave signal that can't reach Earth at all, it'...... It's shielded in space! After testing, only the communications of the various bases on the lunar surface were able to operate continuously. ”

"Isn't there an emergency contact channel? What about the Spirit space station as a relay? Minsk was shocked and said subconsciously.

"No, our long-wave signal can only communicate on the surface of the moon." Taryn looked frustrated.

Minsk nodded, took another hard puff on his cigar, and said, "I see, you can go down first." ”

"But now that everyone on the front side of the moon sees that something is wrong with the earth, shouldn't we be ...... What is it to do something? Also, does the inability to contact Earth and the Spirit space station need to be made public? "Taryn was clearly doing his best to do what he should have as an adjutant adjutant.

"That's not what you should think about, adjutant! Now my order is for you to return to the rest pod to rest immediately, do you understand? Minsk's tone suddenly took on a bit of majesty, which was also a sign of his anger.

"Yes......"

It was only after Taryn closed the door that Minsk put away his anger and replaced it with a very strange expression.

"Come on, get your vehicle ready, I'm going to the Stard Astronomical Observatory on the far side of the moon." Minsk took a deep breath to calm himself and said into the headphones.

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Three hours later, inside the Ystad Astronomical Observatory in the center of Chenghai on the front side of the Moon.

This is the largest astronomical observatory on the front side of the Moon, and it has a variety of astronomical telescopes suitable for use on the Moon, including physical and radio telescopes. However, because the largest astronomical telescope made by human beings is still the third generation of "Habo" orbiting the earth, and the extremely clear photos of any celestial body in the solar system are taken by it and sent to the moon, so the stad astronomical observatory has become a chicken rib unit, usually only one astronomical scientist is stationed, and it is also the kind that is idle and idle, after all, all the operations have long been intelligent and electronic, and scientists come here just to go through the motions to check in and receive salaries.

But such an unpopular astronomical observatory has today welcomed the most important person on the moon - the commander-in-chief of Minsk. After receiving the notice from the commander-in-chief three hours earlier that he was coming to inspect the observatory, all the staff of the observatory began to rush to the ground and began to pack up their things and clean up for the first man on the moon to inspect them.

BUT MINSK DIDN'T STAY IN THE PUBLIC AREA FOR TOO LONG, BUT WALKED BRISKLY TO THE TOP OF THE THIRD FLOOR - THERE WAS A SUPER-LARGE DAOBSON REFLECTING TELESCOPE WITH THE LARGEST APERTURE OF 8,000MM ON THE WHOLE MOON, AND HE NEEDED TO USE THIS ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE TO OBSERVE THE ANOMALIES OF THE EARTH IN ORDER TO ANALYZE WHAT THE CUBE WAS, AFTER ALL, WHETHER WITH THE NAKED EYE OR LOOKING AT THE PHOTOGRAPH, IT WAS NOT AS MEANINGFUL AS THE CONCLUSION HE CAME UP WITH AFTER LOOKING AT THE TELESCOPE WITH HIS OWN EYES.

THERE IS NO AIR ON THE MOON, SO THE INFLUENCE OF THE ATMOSPHERE ON THE OBSERVER'S VISUAL ACUITY IS COMPLETELY NON-EXISTENT, AND EVEN A SMALL HOME ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE WITH AN APERTURE OF ONLY 80MM CAN EXERT AN AMAZING NAKED EYE OBSERVATION EFFECT ON THE MOON, NOT TO MENTION THE 8000MM SUPER LARGE DOUBSON REFLECTING TELESCOPE.

"Why can't you observe it for so long?" Looking at the scientist in front of him who had been adjusting the telescope, Minsk asked with a little unpleasantness.

"Commander, I was focusing just now, and now I need to synchronize the equatorial mount with the Earth's orbit, so that the Earth will be fixed in the same position in the eyepiece of your observation, and will not leave the central field of view, so as to make your observation, okay, now you can."

After all, there was a big man in front of him, so the Chinese astronomical scientist named Qin Yi tried to make his explanation as easy to understand.

Minsk nodded, and then got into the huge eyepiece observation chamber, focusing his eyes on the earth that was magnified dozens of times by the telescope, and observed intently.