Wander!blue star

Chapter 4 The Fractured and Healed Femur
It was a sunny morning, and there was a crowd gathered in front of the Coalition headquarters building, all of them waiting for the unveiling of the Monument to the Moon—that is, what was under the black cloth in front of them.

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The staff dragged a corner of the black cloth, and the black cloth slowly slid down, revealing a gray-black cube made of granite.

This is the Monument to the Moon.

The carvings on the monument are very simple, with only a pattern symbolizing the monthly plan and a few lines of small philosophical characters.

"Today is June 2058, 6, and behind me is the Moon Launch Monument that was just unveiled"

The reporter introduces the monument to the audience behind the screen.

In the Coalition Government Headquarters building behind the monument, an old man is watching what is happening below through tall French windows.

There are more wrinkles on his face than 14 years ago, and his waist is more bent.

But his eyes are brighter.

"Xiaoxi."

he called softly.

Hearing the call, Hao Xiaoxi glanced at the photo of his son on the phone screen saver, then got up and came to Zhou Zhezhi's side.

"sit."

Hao Xiaoxi sat down without thinking.

"A backup plan for the moon." Zhou Zhezhi asked with concern, "Have you received a reply?"

Hao Xiaoxi replied: "Some countries have raised objections and have not signed the plan. The main differences focus on the donation of strategic nuclear weapons."

Zhou Zhe shook his head and sighed.

Although Hao Xiaoxi didn't say anything, he didn't need to think about which countries raised objections. After all, there are only a few countries with strategic nuclear weapons.

But why are they unwilling to donate nuclear weapons?

Are they planning to use nuclear weapons against their compatriots in the next long journey of interstellar wandering?
"Ugh."

Even if mankind has reached the most difficult time in history, human beings still cannot unite.

Zhou Zhe sighed and said, "I'm afraid it will still be the same as it was 14 years ago."

Hao Xiaoxi's eyes changed slightly.

14 年前
She knew that what Zhou Zhe was talking about was the attack on the Gabon base, and the Ark space station fell at that time.

"Strictly guard against death."

"Make a plan."

Zhou Zhe said emphatically.

Hao Xiaoxi nodded seriously, she knew why Zhou Zhezhi suddenly mentioned 14 years ago, because all countries have recently received a strange message.

205807
July 2058, that is, the next month, happens to be the month when the monthly plan is officially launched.

The information itself is nothing surprising.

It's amazing how the information is obtained and how history repeats itself.

This set of numbers comes from the laboratory.

It is the arrangement of microscopic particles observed by experimental instruments when scientists conduct optical experiments, and it has happened in thousands of laboratories around the world.

Not only that, as early as 1987, Huaxia had received similar news.

At that time, it was an aviation industry technology institute, and the number received was 2044, and 2044 was the year that the Gabon base was attacked.

The combination of the incomprehensible delivery of the message and what had happened since the last time a similar message was received made everyone uneasy.

What will happen in July 2058?

"Our country is opening up all the underground cities." Hao Xiaoxi said seriously, "to maximize the safety of the lives of people in the territory."

Time flies, and it's July in the blink of an eye.

People finally understand what the string of numbers 205807 means.
The end of humanity!
The three planetary engines on the moon overloaded and exploded at the same time. The human plan to exile the moon not only failed, but also pushed the moon into the embrace of the earth.

When the earth and the moon collide, the consequences are self-evident.

Humanity must take immediate action, and countermeasures are being discussed in the conference room of the coalition government at this moment.

Hearing Hao Xiaoxi's words, the representative of the Stars and Stripes strongly protested: "Young people, if you let them in now, they will never come out again!"

"Do you know what's going to happen after that?"

"Wait until the food is finished!"

"Everyone will starve to death inside!"

Hao Xiaoxi replied politely but forcefully: "Our opening of the dungeon is to inform, not to ask for your country's opinion."

Zhou Zhe laughed a few times in relief.

Xiaoxi can now be on her own. If this crisis can be resolved, it's time for me to step down and give the stage to young people.

The representative of the Stars and Stripes stood up.

Hao Xiaoxi made him breathless, and he couldn't breathe unless he stood up.

Hao Xiaoxi ignored him.

"Everyone, please look."

She pointed to the screen and spoke to representatives of other countries.

Time is tight.

After a small meeting in the morning, the coalition government held a general meeting in the evening. Representatives and journalists from various countries attended the meeting.

All are concerned with the same problem.

Now how to do?Is humanity going to perish?
"Mr.president."

"Representatives."

"Friends all over the world."

Zhou Zhe walked up to the podium leaning on crutches. He spoke slowly, with a soothing power in his voice.

"It's a 5000-year-old fossil."

A photo appeared on the big screen. In the photo was a fossilized bone.

Representatives from all countries looked puzzled.

They didn't understand what Zhou Zhezhi wanted to say. Why did he take out a photo of a fossil at a critical moment that determines the life and death of human beings?
"A broken and healed human femur."

"It is the symbol of the birth of human civilization."

Zhou Zhe said straightly: "5000 years ago, a broken thigh was fatal, because you couldn't avoid danger and look for food, you could only wait to be eaten by wild animals in place."

He changed the topic: "But!"

"This femur... healed!"

He said with burning eyes: "This means that after he is injured, someone will treat his wound, someone will provide him with water and food, and someone will protect him from wild beasts."

In the hoarse voice of the old man, people gradually quieted down.

"It's that kind of mutual aid."

"Unity."

"We survived and continued, the fire of civilization."

People looked at Zhou Zhezhi's face quietly.

In a trance, they felt a tenacious force from the old man's voice.

"In 44 years, after the successful test of the monthly plan, we once proposed a backup plan, detonating global nuclear weapons in a phased array on the lunar surface, triggering lunar nuclear fusion, and self-exploding and disintegrating."

"There are representatives from 33 countries here, and they have received the same message as me."

Zhou Zhe raised his phone straight up.

The screen of the mobile phone displayed densely packed bright red numbers.

"This is the exact number of deployable nuclear weapons in the world and the total number of nuclear weapons needed to trigger lunar fusion"

"These numbers used to be top secret."

"But it's meaningless now."

"I don't know the source and intent of this message, but it seems to remind us that 5000 years later, another broken femur is in front of us."

"Are we still making the same choices we did 5000 years ago?"

(End of this chapter)