Chapter 3: The Old Captain's Thoughts (Part II)

After the ban issued by the United Earth Government, the steps of human space development came to a complete halt, and humanity was like a child in trouble, hiding in a corner where he thought he was safe, hoping to be safe. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

But in this apparently calm state, some different voices and consciousnesses have begun to quietly surge.

The earliest changes occurred in an enclave.

As the earliest extraterrestrial object developed by human beings, the moon established a relatively complete survival circle at a very early stage, and a large number of space and astrophysicists moved here with their families in order to better study the environment.

At the time of the coalition government's ban, they had been living on the moon for more than half a century, and they became a de facto outlaw; Over the course of more than 60 years, the first settlers of the Moon have grown old, and their children have become new Moon inhabitants.

These more than 600,000 people were born in a place where the gravitational pull is only one-sixth of that of the earth, and they were already adults when the ban was issued, and their entire physiological structure is already quite different from that of earthlings.

On the other hand, politicians often leave themselves some room for maneuver when doing things, and the first batch of space humans in the true sense of the word has become the only special case among the human beings on Earth who can continue to live outside the terrestrial.

It was also in this group of people that the person who changed everything appeared-Qin Zheng!

Qin Zheng is a natural leader, and at the first moment the ban was issued, he was keenly aware that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, an opportunity to completely change the future!!

He acted quickly, and less than a decade after the Earth government declared the Moon a special administrative region, he had de facto control over the entire Moon; And the ban of the Earth government helped him to a certain extent, and almost all space engineering and related facilities were abandoned after the ban was issued. And the people who had previously voted for the abandonment of space exploration did Qin Zheng even more favor, and they flocked to the previously heavily guarded space base to tear down everything that the government did not recycle.

Therefore, when Qin Zheng declared independence on behalf of the moon, the earth government suddenly found that they could not think of the moon, and all the weapons in their arsenal could only threaten the near-earth orbit at most, and the moon, which was 380,000 kilometers away, could not be reached.

Just when the Earth government urgently mobilized and prepared to build a spaceship again to crusade against the moon, Qin Zheng's attack came first.

The extremely rich helium-3 contained on the moon, coupled with the industrial facilities that were originally built according to the permanent base of space, allowed him to quickly produce **; The extremely low escape velocity of the moon allows the carrier to be easily detached, and the rest is the free fall motion under the gravitational pull of the earth.

In order to succeed in one attempt, he took into account the Earth's defense system and launched a full 400 missiles at once, although in the end only eleven missiles hit the target he had already set - a no-man's land on Earth, but this was enough.

When everyone was shocked by his strength and didn't know how to deal with it at all, Qin Zheng himself led 100,000 moonmen armed to the teeth and landed on the ground.

Originally, these 100,000 people were almost a joke compared to the earth's population, which had already reached 10 billion at that time. But what happened then made everyone collapse.

The Earth army that went to the landing site to intercept was shocked to find that they were not facing the moonmen who they thought were powerless, but a group of supermen!!

They are faster, more agile, and more responsive...... On top of that, they are almost painless and can continue to pounce on their opponents after being hit by a dense stream of bullets! And their weapons are more advanced than those possessed by the Earth army, and the killing efficiency is higher.

On top of that, they also have absolute air superiority, the fighters that the Earth army has are designed for battles in the atmosphere, and the spaceships of the Moon people are designed for space, and they are able to shoot down the Earth fighters that have just taken off in the higher heavens.

The war soon ended, and the United Earth Government sued for peace, but the long peace had already worn out their fighting spirit, and Qin Zheng's iron-fisted methods made them have no other choice.

Soon, the United Earth Government issued a proclamation to fully accept the rule of the independent empire of the moon represented by Qin Zheng, and the earthlings bid farewell to the era of the coalition government that lasted for a hundred years and became an imperial country again.

After the establishment of the empire, the mystery that had plagued countless people was also revealed.

The expeditionary force sent by the moon before turned out to be all transformed people!!

The cause of all this has to start with an adventure of the first generation of moon people.

When the moon base was established, the first long-term occupants were the first-class scientists that the earth could send at that time; The reason is simple, space flight at that time, especially long-distance flights such as the moon landing, was still an extremely expensive business, so only the best people were selected to participate in it.

Because of this, the depth of thinking of this group of people is also very different from ordinary people. In the fourth year of the base's construction, a moonquake aroused the curiosity of several of them, who were very curious about the "do-gooders".

The geological activity of the Moon is far less frequent than that of the Earth, and it is often meteorite impacts that cause moonquakes; The moon has almost no atmosphere at all, and meteorites tend to be relatively well preserved. These people had been meteorite enthusiasts since they were on Earth, and this opportunity to contact them was extremely greedy.

So, after a simple plan, several people took the opportunity to repair the protective layer of the base, squeezed into the lunar rover, and immediately galloped towards the previously measured fall point.

What happened later, studied and confirmed by countless historians, was the key to ultimately changing the fate of mankind.

They quietly transported the meteorite they found at their destination back to the lunar base, and Qin Xinming, a biologist among several people, used the equipment in the base laboratory a few days later to isolate the microorganisms that were still alive from it!!

This microorganism from the vast expanse of space was named by him: "S" spores.

What happened after that, many historians have different opinions, and there have been endless disputes for many years, but there is one thing that everyone agrees on - Qin Xinming injected the cultivated "S" into his son Qin Zheng's body. Qin Zheng, the first emperor in human history to rule the whole world, was the first person to transform people in the true sense!

Jason poured the remaining liquor into his mouth, got up and placed the empty glass on the table, sighed softly, and focused his eyes on a picture frame on the table.

Instead of a photograph, the frame contained a yellowed certificate, the text of which could be read in the dim light: Awarded to Jason. Cornell, the Order of the First Class of the Imperial Warrior, with a signature and seal underneath.

Recalling everything that had been, the wrinkles on Old Jason's face seemed to have deepened, as a first-generation reformer, he participated in Qin Zheng's coup d'état and was awarded a first-class medal for his bravery in battle.

However, in the subsequent period of imperial construction, he chose to withdraw in the face of the opportunity to become a high-ranking officer by virtue of his military merits and enjoy aristocratic treatment from now on; Instead, he used his high pension to buy a cargo spaceship, and since then he has been wandering the world.

The Benjamin was already his fifth cargo ship, and this year, he was already a full three hundred and fifty years old, even by the standards of a transhuman.

What's next?

As soon as he thought of this, old Jason felt a pain in the top of his head, and couldn't help but look at the wine bottle on the table again; But the loading of cargo on the wall monitor finally stopped him from wanting another drink, and he finally turned around and left the captain's room.