Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 1059: Past Events on the Moon (Part )
Smart Building in Shanghai.

Zhou Rui held the tablet, even though he had watched this video many times.

Gan Yuan said: "Mr. Zhou, I have created hundreds of new websites at home and abroad according to your request to prevent the foundation's official website from being attacked and closed, and freed up many of the group's servers to ensure that they can operate smoothly, but it still seems not enough. The speed of information dissemination exceeded expectations from the beginning..."

Her tone was a little unbelievable: "People below reported that some new websites had just been launched and had not even had time to be announced on the 'True History Foundation', but more than 100,000 people had already flocked to them."

Zhou Rui nodded and said, "So fierce? Then increase the intensity."

The reason why he could achieve such an outrageous effect was not only because of his endorsement by Master Zhou and his popularity, but more importantly, it was the first time he used Starlight.
Designate this event as one of his initiatives, and then use a star to enhance its spread.
Zhou Rui threw the tablet aside and said, "Although there was a little incident, we still have our work to do. I have to go to the Wanhu Base. Today is the time for the experimental payload of the 'Chan Gong Project' to land on the moon. I have to go over and take a look. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me."

"Okay, Mr. Zhou."

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At California Institute of Technology, Hansen Doll's alma mater, a group of students sat quietly in the classroom, their eyes fixed on the subject.

They were not attending class, but watching a video together. The professor changed today's teaching plan and played this shocking news that was spreading wildly on the Internet.

In the picture, Hansen Doyle held up a few printed photos and said:

"We re-selected the astronauts, choosing the most loyal, the most patriotic, the most able to understand the significance of the Cold War and keep secrets, not the most talented."

"We re-examined the data. With the experience of the Soviet space sector, we knew how to make a lie look plausible in terms of data."

"Most of the stuff is real, just not that real. For example, the Saturn V is real, but it's not that powerful, and the Apollo 11 lunar module is real, but it's not that complete and can't really be sent to the moon."

"Space suits, space food, space materials. We have been working towards this goal for ten years. Many things have been completed by 70%, but the last 30% is often the most difficult. Now, we can ignore them."

"We have a superficial understanding of the moon. The lunar probes have brought back a lot of data and images, which have helped us make more 'reasonable' fakes and adaptations, and simulated the lunar soil."

"We even decided to broadcast it live on TV, even though we had no prior experience with the technology. But when a hundred perfectly woven lies were piled together, adding one more stone didn't seem to matter. Senior executives even said that any problems would be covered up by the overwhelming propaganda machine."

"The worst-case scenario is that all the space achievements of the past decade will be destroyed by both us and the Soviet Union. In fact, this is even more advantageous to us because the Soviet Union is more advanced. As for credibility, it is worthless in the context of the Cold War."

Hansen took another sip of coffee. Perhaps because the coffee was running low, the bitterness was growing. Some of the residue exploded in his mouth.
"At first I enjoyed it, because I knew that the Apollo program was not just about space research, but also one of the most important parts of the Cold War. For the victory of the United States, I was willing to do things that violated my principles. Of course, my principles were not important at that time. I was just a deputy."

"But as the preparations became more and more complete, even the Soviet space agency was completely controlled and was just waiting for us to put on a 'big show'. I suddenly felt a sense of emptiness. In fact, we have a chance. As long as we have another ten years, we can really send people to the moon. Whether we are the first country in human history or not, it will be a huge achievement."

"As for the final incident, everyone has already guessed it. There is a secret underground base in the center of the Nevada desert. It was built to prevent nuclear war. It is absolutely top secret. The truth has long been guessed, but there is no evidence, and no one like me has appeared."

"We completed all the filming there, and professionals checked it over and over again, frame by frame, to see if there were any mistakes. Of course, since no one had really been there, we were just relying on past research. These things will eventually become 'suspicious' as human technology develops. But I still believed at that time that even if this time was faked, we could still really go to the moon and become the first human being after winning the Cold War."

"Then we launched the Saturn V, which was watched by tens of millions of people on television, and then Apollo 11 orbited outside the Earth for a few days without astronauts on board because there were so many fake things that we couldn't keep them safe."

"In the end, it was just a play, partly live broadcast and partly pre-recorded video, together completing a pioneering feat in human history, in every sense of the word."

"In fact, doubts arose from the very beginning. Almost the day after the moon landing, many media began to question our authenticity. After all, the technical gap between the two was not small, and the live broadcast format was also incredible. At that time, many families did not even have color TVs."

"But just like what the supervisor said, any doubts will be whitewashed by the powerful propaganda machine. Maybe many years later, even who captured Berlin will become a question. What's more, the 'moon landing' is very far away from ordinary people and cannot be understood without a certain level of scientific literacy."

"The doubts were eventually covered up by revelry and praise. We conquered the moon, on Earth."

"Of course the Soviet leaders would find this unbelievable. They immediately summoned their own space scientists to inquire about this matter. However, these people who had been given fatal evidence could only weave prepared lies to the leader who had no scientific knowledge. Some of the content was even provided by us.
"In addition, the Soviet Union had also lost interest in the costly moon landing program, and perhaps it could have cut the budget. Under the combined effect of many factors, the Soviet Union's doubts only lasted for a short time, and in the end, the volume of doubts was not even as loud as that in the United States."

"As for other countries, I'm sorry to say that most of them were not qualified to express academic opinions at that time. They were too far behind and could only discuss it among the people at best."

"Let me add one more thing. In the following decades, the Soviet space sector did not get rid of this control. They continued to provide the Soviet Union with space technology, and we also gave them generous financial rewards, including their presence in the cooperation of the International Space Station. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, most of these people came to the United States. Of course, their final end was miserable."

Hansen Doyle was becoming increasingly exhausted, as if he might die at any moment.
Many people around the world who watched the video were worried that the old man would die on the screen before he finished telling his story.

No, this may not be a story, but history
Hansen took a breath and continued:
"This is the story of the Apollo 11 moon landing, but it is far from over."

"After tasting the sweetness and confirming that the Soviet Union was a failure, the participants immediately became more daring. The worst-case scenario did not happen, but instead things were moving in the best direction. Everyone was rewarded with merit, everyone was loved by the whole country, everyone was a guest of honor wherever they went, and the bonuses were enough for ordinary workers to work hard for half a lifetime. So why stop?"

"Scientific fraud is like a curse that will become an addiction for everyone who breaks the rules, and will eventually punish everyone"

"It's very similar to the Soviet space agency. After the first time, there was a second time, and we couldn't stop. The outside world's expectations were getting higher and higher, and our frauds were getting more and more fake."

"We started by bringing back hundreds of kilograms of lunar soil, letting astronauts drive mountain bikes on the moon, conducting so-called scientific research on the lunar surface, and then making up a lot of results based on extrapolation. During the last few 'moon landings', it was more like a commercial activity. Just by selling toys and models, or authorizing certain manufacturers to use the logo, NASA was able to recoup billions of dollars in costs, and those astronauts were even more generous with endorsement fees."

"But the farce will eventually come to an end. Gradually, we are facing a situation similar to that of the Soviet Union a few years ago. There is no room for us to continue to 'perform'. The next step seems to be that the only thing we can continue to tell the story about is 'building a lunar base', and the difficulty of faking this will increase exponentially, and it will be exposed one day."

"So in 1972, after Apollo 17 completed its mission, we terminated the 'Moon Landing Plan' because there was no more value there. Then we quickly sealed all the content, and all the data in everyone's hands was taken back and destroyed. We broke hundreds of shredders alone."

"Some older members of the plan chose to retire. They took their generous pensions to South America or some mountain resort, but intermittently, I heard news of many people dying unexpectedly."

"I'm not sure if they were killed because they had a change of heart or had some bad tendencies, but I have always been vigilant about this, so I prepared some safe houses a long time ago, and the place where I am now is one of them."

Hansen Doyle smiled helplessly:
"Because I was still young, only 32 years old at the time, I stayed at NASA. At the beginning, I set a goal for myself. 'Okay, now there is no need for competition. The Soviet Union has given up on lunar exploration. We can find a way to really make up for those unfinished technologies and then 'return' to the moon. We will still be the first country to reach the moon.'"

"But fraud is like a curse. It hangs over the American space industry and NASA. Because we have done too much in the past, any real down-to-earth project related to the moon looks like a major technological setback, like a man who was once invincible suddenly turned into a bed-wetting baby overnight."

"The few people in the bureau who knew the truth warned me that the Cold War had not yet ended and our abnormal behavior of technological regression would only make the world suspicious again. Since we had already won the game and received the medal, there was no need to expose our cheating. If I had any plans, I would at least wait until the Cold War was completely over before making any plans."

"So, I waited until I was fifty. I didn't give up secretly, and I carried out slow research and design alone. The Eye of Artemis is my life's work, and its main design work was almost completed by me alone. At the beginning, it was called 'The Waiter'."

Hansen fumbled for a moment and took out a thick stack of yellowed and curled manuscripts from outside the camera. On it was the early design of "The Waiter".

Of course, this is less than one-tenth of it. He will send all these things to the "True History Foundation" together.

"But after the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended, new problems emerged. The older generation of astronauts died or left, and I have become an old man in the field of aerospace, but the curse has not been eliminated. Because of the brilliance of the Apollo Program, latecomers are like standing on a non-existent step. No matter what they do, they will regress, and no matter how they do it, they will be questioned. So the more fearful they are, the more stagnant and backward they become."

"In my opinion, the only plan that has been established since the 90s is the exploration of Mars, using the technology that we used to land on the moon. But this is the wrong route. Mars is too far away. There is no reason to ignore the moon and discuss the construction of Mars. But the moon has become a roadblock for the US space industry and is an untouchable existence."

"Time and too much chaotic information have turned lies into consensus. Those who came later really believed in 'manned moon landing', even though they couldn't find any information in the bureau and couldn't learn any wisdom. Even some of the technologies we actually achieved were banned because they were afraid of being 'exposed.'"

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At this time, Kennedy Space Center.

The dead silent picture was still playing on the big screen. It was the content transmitted back by the Eye of Artemis, but not even a pixel moved, like a lifeless photo.

It has lost the opportunity, and NASA has subjectively given up on this lunar probe.

The command center was equally silent.

Because the staff who stayed here were also watching this groundbreaking video.

The fat white man with natural curly hair never closed his mouth..Every word of Hansen shocked him.
"So, this is the truth. Oh my god, I've worked in the bureau for ten years. I always thought it was because I was not qualified enough to view the manned lunar landing data!"

A colleague at the side said angrily: "I heard that you were the last person to see Hansen. Why did he do this? He is betraying the United States! He should take this secret into his coffin!"

The naturally curly fat man was furious: "Why did he leave with lies! Do you know that he dedicated his entire life to the US lunar exploration project? What qualifications do you have to blame him!"

Thinking of what the doctor said to him, the corners of his eyes became a little moist.

(He had advanced liver cancer. He should have died a long time ago! He was holding on by willpower! You shouldn’t have let him go!) Just when things were tense, someone suddenly pointed at the screen and exclaimed, “Look! What’s that? The screen seemed to move!”

Everyone turned to look.

"Impossible! The Eye of Artemis has no power! Maybe it was a meteorite!"

But on the big screen, there are indeed a few pixels moving in the distance.
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"In the past decade or so, when a rival that was stronger and rising faster than the Soviet Union emerged, NASA gradually became serious, but the curse of those decades is not so easy to eliminate."

“Science is the most fair. Everyone should seek truth from facts. Any cheating and slacking may seem easy, but in fact, the price has been marked. Our generation once took a shortcut, but this shortcut has become a roadblock for those who came after us.”

For some reason, Hansen Doyle's tone became much more relaxed.

He smiled at the camera and said:

"I will submit this video to the True History Foundation, along with the evidence I have quietly collected and restored over the past few decades. Maybe someone will ask me why I do this. Why not let the United States retain its dignity and let secrets remain secrets forever."

“The reason is simple.”

"For all the space professionals, students, or amateurs around the world, I have good news for you."

The old man's smile became brighter and brighter, and his voice became louder and louder:

"The moon! The moon has been with the earth for 44.6 billion years, and it is still a virgin land. It is still waiting for the first human to come. Even more, it is still waiting for the first human to bring back the moon soil!"

"I originally thought that I would be the one to achieve this, so that I could fulfill my lifelong dream and die without any regrets. But now, I have no regrets either!"

"I want to remove the 'curse' of the Prowler hovering in the sky for decades for all American aerospace practitioners, all students who have not yet graduated, and all future scientific researchers!"

"From today on! You can catch up without any burden, and no longer need to be afraid of being compared with a non-existent 'predecessor'."

“Even if we are already behind, even if many honors will be taken away by others, we must keep our feet on the ground! One step at a time! Take a small step first, then another small step!”

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The moon, an endless gray surface.

Sea of ​​Rains region.

The lonely and quiet "Eye of Artemis" probe maintained the same appearance as when it landed on the moon, with only two cameras working.

In the distance, a strange thing is approaching.

It has a scratched, gray-looking metal surface, and a five-pointed star-like structure, which gives it "hands", "feet" and a "head". It is several dozen centimeters tall, like a 'little man'.

An umbilical cord-like power cord connected from the center to the back, which was even more tattered than it, and almost unrecognizable as the original. It seemed to be the chassis and solar panels of a lunar rover.
Wu Gang slowly came to the Eye of Artemis and looked curiously at the man-made object in front of him that was out of place on the moon. It had been wandering on the moon for three years. It couldn't even receive instructions from the ground space agency because the communicator was on Yutu, and Yutu only had a few wheels and solar panels.
It became a "wild" device. The Earth could not contact it or monitor it, but it still moved aimlessly on the lunar surface according to the last instructions it received.

Only after a long period of wandering did "Wu Gang" seem to have gradually undergone some different changes, and his behavior had gained some more "consciousness" of his own.

It itself is not sure.

When he arrived in front of the "Eye of Artemis", Wu Gang was stunned for a moment and found that the front track had been lowered, but one door was only opened a crack and seemed to be stuck.

Wu Gang climbed up silently and kicked the door directly.

It may not even realize that it has an inexplicable obsession, which is to "kick the door"...
God knows why.
It once kicked through the back door of Jade Rabbit, and today it also kicked open the door of the "Eye of Artemis".

The door of the cabin opened, and inside lay a brand new lunar rover quietly.
"Ceryne" waited for its destined
New owner.

A few minutes later, regardless of the angry roars of many people in the Kennedy Command Center, Wu Gang dismantled many of the equipment of "Kerynne" and pulled it down by a wire.

As for why they wanted to dismantle things, it was because this guy seemed to have moved on his own just now, as if he had received instructions.

Still want to run?
So Wu Gang destroyed its communicator and some other things that it didn't know what they were.

It has its eyes on the solar panels and wheels of Kelyne and wants to replace them on Yutu. The power provided by Yutu is getting less and less.
This also allowed Keryne, who had no chance to set foot on the moon, to leave a wheel mark on the lunar surface in another way.

Wu Gang stared at the two lunar rovers in a daze. They had some emergency repair instruction packages stored inside them, but it was the first time they were used, and there was no guidance from Earth, so it was a "headache".
Suddenly, "Wu Gang" raised his head and looked upwards.

In the dark universe, there are many more visitors.
Huge 20-sided man-made structures flew rapidly from above and went to the far side of the moon.

That was the experimental payload launched by Project Toad Palace.

When these icosahedrons passed above Wu Gang, he realized that they seemed to be the same species as him.
So they simply pulled the two lunar rovers, changed direction, and chased after the landing point.
Endless energy
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"This video, along with the evidence I have collected and reproduced over the past few decades, will be submitted to the True History Foundation."

"They have enough energy to make this matter public, and 'Rui Zhou' is also smart enough to distinguish the truth from the false. By the way, I want to apologize to 'Rui Zhou'. Some of my previous remarks were not my original intention."

"As for my location, there's no need to look for it anymore. When you see this video, I may have already left this world."

Late at night, on a deserted desert road, an old, skinny figure wearing a heavy outdoor jacket was driving an off-road vehicle at full speed.

On the co-pilot seat, his own video content was playing
Hansen Doyle, who everyone is frantically searching for, is speeding forward in the darkness.
He murmured, "Not dead yet... almost there."

Hansen looked at the professional GPS device, then turned the steering wheel and drove into the deserted desert.

The violent shaking caused his thin body to feel suffocating pain, and he could only bite his lips to hold on.

In this way, after more than half an hour, he finally arrived at his destination.

Turn off the lights, turn off the engine, and get out of the car.

Hansen took one last look at the GPS to confirm his location.
"It's here. It's changed so much. Did they completely level this place? Even the road was demolished."

If there are photographers who take pictures from a unique angle, they will find that this place is similar to many pictures of the Apollo moon landing.
Hansen looked around, but it was obvious that he couldn't find the entrance to the underground. It was probably sealed by cement. He had no strength left, and his breathing was like a broken bellows.
So he just sat down in the sand.

Falling backwards, just looking at the starry sky.

The starry sky in the desert is always beautiful, like a river of stars.

Seventy years ago, he also developed the dream of studying aerospace after watching the stars on the roof of his house for a night.

However, Hansen soon found that his vision began to blur and he could no longer see the bright galaxy.
"Damn it. Even if it's just one last look, I really want to see it."

He felt his strength slipping away quickly. His limbs were becoming increasingly stiff and even his breathing was gradually stagnating.

He used the last bit of time to adjust the angle of his neck.
"Well, I may not be able to see the stars, but at least I can see the moon."

"What a nice view."

(End of this chapter)