Just as Alex was basking in the joy of research and exploration, a big event happened at NASA. A terrible fire suddenly broke out, burning three astronauts who were training alive in the spacecraft.

Back in the days of President Kennedy, NASA was making all sorts of preparations to try to get ahead of the Soviet Union to land on the moon. In February 1966, the Soviet Union's "Luna 9" was the first to successfully make a soft landing on the moon, and it was the first time for mankind!

For the Soviets, the countdown to the moon landing was already underway.

The developers of NASA and SCC seemed to hear the footsteps of the Soviets landing on the moon, which was enough to suffocate the Americans. All kinds of signs seem to show that if NASA does not hurry up, the people who wait for a landing on the moon will be Soviets, not Americans.

At this time, after this pressure, the Freemasons and the Illuminati joined forces to try to cause Korolev, the central figure of the Soviet space agency, to die in an accident.

What I didn't expect was that in addition to the deviation in the implementation of this matter, it was accidentally leaked.

The Soviets reacted quickly and protected Korolev well, so that outsiders could not reach Korolev, let alone carry out assassination activities. The Soviets, in turn, sent spies to carry out sabotage against NASA, and this fire was one of their achievements.

In the first half of 1966, NASA, under pressure from the Soviets, intensively launched seven lunar "surveyors". Got a lot of information about the moon, for example. After Surveyor 1 landed on the Moon's Storm Ocean, it sent back more than 11,000 photos.

The "Surveyor 2" launched in the same year was unsuccessful, and the "Surveyor 3" also landed with the "Storm Ocean", which dug a deep pit with a 1.8-meter robotic hand and measured the hardness of the surface of the lunar sea, and was sure that the surface of the lunar sea would not affect the landing of the spacecraft.

The 5th, 6th, and 7th also landed successfully, and the composition of the rocks on the lunar surface was measured, and it was confirmed that the surface of the moon was quite hard and not all of it was dusty. And then there's quite a lot of pictures of the moon and so on.

Due to the presence of the space station. The cost of these US lunar explorations is quite low, and the time period is also very short, almost one surveyor has been launched, and the next surveyor has been put on the launch pad. This valuable launch experience and survey data. It gives NASA and SCC R&D personnel full of confidence.

They don't just launch that kind of disposable surveyor. A "lunar orbiting satellite" was also launched. In total, more than a dozen satellites were launched, and a large number of photographs of the lunar terrain were taken during the flight around the moon, and a detailed map of the lunar surface was drawn.

It all works. All were just very good landing sites for "Apollo". Although there are indications that the Soviets did the same thing by launching many satellites to the moon on the space station. But for the United States, everything is ready for the moon landing, and only the east wind is owed.

And this east wind is actually the preparation of astronauts and the construction of spacecraft. Much of the success of the lunar program depends on the personnel, and it seems that this problem has been solved when NASA's Gemini manned flight program has been successfully completed and the astronauts have been fully trained.

Unfortunately, at this time, there was a fire, which burned the astronauts who were training to land on the moon, and even the spacecraft was burned down, and it was impossible to return to normal use in a short time.

Although there is no conclusive evidence that this was the work of the Soviets, a supernatural investigation revealed that the Soviets had created the fire in retaliation for the Americans' attempt to assassinate Korolev and prevent the United States from landing on the moon.

On January 27, 1967, three astronauts, including a commander and two navigators, were conducting a simulated launch from the Apollo spacecraft on top of the rocket at Launch Complex 34.

At around 6 p.m., a voice suddenly shouted through the intercom: "There is a fire in the cockpit." ”

The voice came from the navigator Chaffee, and the communication between the other two was inexplicably malfunctioning. Just a few seconds later, Chaffee's voice ended with a cry of pain. From CCTV, one of the astronauts can be seen trying to open the hatch.

However, the design of the inner hatch could not be opened in a short period of time as the design required the team to release several valves before they could be opened. Crucially, the inner hatch opens inward. This is to use the air pressure in the cabin to better seal the hatch void when flying in space.

The fire caused the hot air to close the hatch tighter, and the air pressure inside quickly rose enough to cause the ship to explode. The fire got out of control and quickly spread through the capsule, dissolving the spacesuits of the three astronauts and the gas pipes connected to the in-cabin life support system, and the spacesuits of the two astronauts who were close to each other were even burned together.

Judging by the location of the three astronauts' deaths after the fact, they tried to escape, but they didn't have a chance. Because the procedure for opening the hatch is extremely complicated. This is a design flaw, and future ships will certainly not be able to use such a complicated door opening procedure.

All in all, three astronauts died, and the spacecraft burned down, causing NASA's lunar landing to be greatly delayed.

When Alex learned about this matter, he didn't think there was anything, but a few people reacted quite violently. Because of this practice of the Soviets, their plan to land on the moon by possession was frustrated. After losing three containers, they have less than ten containers left, so there are fewer places to go to the moon.

For such a thing, Alex is aware of it for the first time. So he quietly flew to the desert base and asked Hughes, what the hell was going on?

After Hughes was completely transformed into a vampire, his body's rejection had completely eliminated, and he even regained his youthful appearance. It looks like a playboy in his thirties, except that he can't bask in the sun at will, there seems to be no other flaws.

He had this question about Alex. Of course, Zhilu said a lot, and said with a chuckle: "Isn't this made by those three crazy people?" It is said that they had previously thought of a way to enter the inner space of the moon through conventional means. As for the astronauts, they are actually their slaves, which can be used as containers to contain their souls and distractions. ”

Three madmen?

Alex's mind quickly flashed over the images of Lord Newton, Marie Curie, and Dante, and he immediately understood that these three had been trying to land on the moon before they had even obtained the key to the sage, as long as they had access to the gates of space. Maybe there's a chance to go to lunar space.

"What is a soul distraction? Is it the same as a doppelganger? Alex continued.

Hughes nodded. "It's as if you're controlling another body, and even if you lose it, it won't hurt you too much," he explains. At least not to die because of it! ”

"There is still such a means!" Alex couldn't help but exclaim.

"However, the carrying capacity of the spacecraft is limited. Plus the container is not so easy to cultivate. Estimate the accident. It will delay their plans considerably. Hughes smiled and picked up the wine glass in his hand. Then I drank it down, and it was filled with a rose-red liquid.

Alex ignored his actions and continued: "Aren't they going to fall behind the Soviets?" But. If the Soviets didn't have the key, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to enter the lunar space, right? ”

Hughes raised a finger and shook it at Alex: "That's not necessarily, you know, there are relics left by the Moon Demon on the moon." If they do, maybe they'll find a way into space? ”

Before Alex could say anything, Hughes continued: "In order to succeed in landing on the moon first, they even made things like the Philadelphia experiment, what else do you think can stop them?" ”

The Philadelphia Experiment! Alex naturally knew what this was, but he didn't think that these people would be able to do it, so he said, "I'm afraid it will be a few more years before they can land on the moon!" ”

When Hughes heard this, he laughed: "Who said, they have already landed on the moon!" ”

What? Already on the moon?

Alex looked at Hughes with a look of surprise on his face, and it didn't seem like a deceitful look. I only heard Hughes say slowly to him: "When there was a fire, they knew that if they landed on the moon in the usual way, it would definitely be the Soviets who were ahead of them." So they started the first ship of the Philadelphia experiment that day, carrying dozens of people and breaking through the air. ”

"Did it work?" Alex asked nervously.

Hughes glanced at Alex and continued, "If it weren't for the key code you gave, maybe they would have been bounced back by space this time. The reason why the Philadelphia experiment went wrong was that there were no accurate coordinates of the lunar space, and the password you provided had coordinates. ”

"So they succeeded?" Alex asked.

Hughes nodded: "After they entered space, they sent a message of peace back to Earth, but when they continued to go deeper, we lost contact. However, judging from the last piece of information, they did enter the inner space of the moon. ”

"Tut-tut! What a great old fellow! Alex sighed again and again, "I haven't been able to study the secret of the Sage Key for so long, and they figured it out not long after they got it, it's amazing!" ”

Hughes glanced at Alex in surprise and said, "I thought you would say, why don't they bring you along." As for the study of mysterious things, you are still too young, and people have long been studying the Dao. I've already failed once, and this time I got the key in my hand, how could I not figure it out? ”

He paused and added, "Do you think they gave it for free?" ”

"How do you know that I took their things?" Alex said as he looked at Hughes with wide eyes.

"Ha Lu Ha!" Hughes laughed, and he said, "With your identity and backer, do they dare to snatch the treasure?" Naturally, you got a great benefit, so you will hand over the key, right? Do you still need to think about it? ”

Alex nodded, agreeing with Hughes's statement. But then, Hughes suddenly said, "Do you want to go to the moon?" Aren't you at all tempted by the sage's legacy? ”

Alex smiled at such a question: "I never care about the treasures that I can't get my hands on. Besides, so many people are staring at the moon, what if I go up and get the inheritance? Don't you have to share the interests of others? Whoever likes to do such a thing can do it, I will not stand in the way of others. ”

When Hughes heard this, he smiled: "You are quite truthful in what you said!" It seems that it has been experienced! ”

He paused and continued: "Yes, we have achieved the position of being a superior person, if there is no matter of life and death, then everything can be resolved through negotiations, even if it is one more step?" So, when they first proposed to dig up the sage's legacy, I wasn't very interested. ”

"Then why are Newton, Marie Curie and Dante so anxious?"

"They want to get the sage's inheritance because they have their own shortcomings and want to make up for them in a hurry."

Hughes saw Alex's incomprehensible expression, so he explained, "Lord Newton was transformed into eternal life through alchemy, but he lost the ability to perceive the outside world, just like the walking dead. Marie Curie was exposed to a large amount of nuclear radiation before she became a vampire, causing her body parts to show signs of decay, and if she continued to do so, she would probably collapse and die completely. ”

"As for Dante, I believe you already knew when you saw him, that such a person could no longer distinguish between himself and others. Only a brief period of sobriety will maintain oneself, and the existence of this form is not much different from death. ”

Alex nodded silently, when he saw Dante, he felt as if he was facing a lonely ghost, even if the soul was not broken, he was involved in too many impurities and lost himself.

Hughes suddenly smiled at him: "I thought that you would want to get the sage inheritance, after all, it is rumored that you are the great sage of this generation, and you are the heir to the sage estate designated by Tesla." At first, I thought that this rumor was deliberately released by you, so that it could be justified when inheriting the inheritance in the future. Now it seems that it is not like that? ”

Regarding Hughes's statement, Alex dismissed: "If you really want to inherit the inheritance, then why make a big fuss?" I went to get it secretly, and you don't know what to do. ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" Hughes laughed: "The sage's inheritance is not so easy to take, if you go to get it secretly, maybe someone will rob you as soon as you get it." To be honest, the legacy of the sage in the hands of the great sages of the past is only equivalent to a symbol, just like the papal status of the Vatican, with the legacy of the sage will be more influential for others. ”

Alex's eyes widened: "Then they exchange the treasure for my key, won't they lose a lot of money?" ”

"No, they have what they want in it. I'm just saying that the meaning of the sage inheritance is more symbolic of the sage lineage, if you get the sage inheritance and loudly promote it to others, as long as the sage line recognizes the legitimacy of your acquisition, then no one will dare to do anything wrong with you in the future. ”

"I see!" Alex nodded in understanding.

Originally, they thought that this was the end of this matter, but they didn't expect that this was just the beginning. Soon after, a major event occurred that made Alex inevitably come forward to solve it. (To be continued......)