My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 583 - 379: Add an Easter Egg

Chapter 583: Chapter 379: Add an Easter Egg

[Living on the Moon, Day 1045.]

I turned on my computer and selected the playlist of Teacher Hao Teng’s movies.

Popular titles like "Pegasus," "Crazy Aliens," and "Solo Moon" were once all the rage—they are now old movies from over twenty years ago.

Even after being remastered in high definition, they still feel like watching Uncle Ben Shan’s 90s comedy films in 2018, filled with a sense of the era...

As one of the few entertainment options, I got ready with peanuts, sunflower seeds, and drinks, settling in for my 62nd viewing of "Solo Moon."

Watching the protagonist on the screen, my thoughts drifted back to that day on set...

The voice and smiling face of Teacher Hao Teng seemed as vivid in my mind as if it were just yesterday...

While others might watch for the sentimentality, it felt like I was watching history.

A segment of history that’s unreachable...

I took a sip of beer... mocking the hero in the movie, and mocking myself in reality...

We are all ordinary people, naive, cowardly, mediocre...

They are not heroes, but the calamitous hand of fate had forcibly turned them into warriors charging into battle.

They say behind every hero hides a tragedy...

I’m a bit special—I have several such stories...

Yet, knowing well they would end in tragedy, I was just like the main character in the film.

These heroes of history never wavered when faced with the right choices, their blood carried our core values... glory, courage, and commitment.

At least, that’s what I told myself the moment I boarded the Shenzhou 56 manned spacecraft...

I thought I was luckier than Teacher Hao Teng, for not having the cliché breakdown of communication systems.

With advanced VR technology, even separated by 380,000 kilometers, I still felt as close to Earth as if it were nearby.

I was not alone!

Yet, what nobody expected was that less than a year after arriving at the Moon base, Earth’s electromagnetic environment started to become chaotic.

Yes, it was melodramatic, but I lost contact...

...

Like many other times in life, I began pondering seriously on "that day" about which road I should take in this lifetime.

"The Third World War" was too grim, not a wise choice.

"The Pacific" was a frontal tough clash with uncertain outcomes.

The key issue... was the so-called "seed" spoken of by Chao Shu...

Able to kill invisibly with sound waves, capable of triggering a global tsunami upon impact— all wide-scale AOE attacks, and apparently still hiding unknown "special functions"?

This "seed" always gave me an uneasy sense of danger.

I realized, if I didn’t find a way to deal with the trouble of Ming Shen Star, Earth might never have peace!

So I decided to implement a strategy of "relaxed inside, tense outside"—appease and compromise internally, while outwardly CNMD!

In the name of Open Source Emperor Meng Changjun, I staked all national reputation to donate the newly acquired Space-Based Missile Defense System, through the Huahang Science and Technology Second Research Institute, to the aerospace bureau, and I made my own demands...

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In 2018, the Country Hua Aerospace Bureau CNSA proposed the "Moon Shield" plan.

Earth is wrapped in a thick atmosphere, which, together with the ionosphere and electromagnetic interference from human daily activities, greatly affects the observations made by radio telescopes.

However, the far side of the Moon is a rare "quiet" place.

By using the Moon as a "shield," it’s possible to block out a variety of radio signal interferences from Earth while also detecting electromagnetic signals that can’t be discerned from the ground or low Earth orbit.

This provides important observational data for the in-depth study of star origins, the evolution of galaxies, and offers valuable information for scientists to explore the "dark age" of the universe and its evolution into the "dawn age"...

Based on such external propaganda.

CNSA then consecutively launched into space the "Queqiao" relay satellite, Chang’e 4 Lunar Probe, achieving humanity’s first soft landing and inspection on the far side of the moon.

Within five years, 10 satellites in total were sent to the Moon, forming a satellite formation with "Queqiao" as the lead and others as auxiliary.

These satellites orbited the Moon in a certain array, providing signal relay services for the entire Moon and carrying out certain cosmic observation missions.

On the Aerospace Day in April 2022, CNSA announced that it would embark on assembling the near-Earth Asteroid Defense System "CPDS" (Planet Defence Systems), to jointly address the threat of near-Earth asteroid impacts, contributing to the protection of Earth and the safety of humanity.

In 2030, five years ahead of our predecessors, we discovered an exocomet named "Ming Shen Star" coming from the direction of Pluto...

From the near-Earth celestial telescope at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Xuyi, I saw the blurry image of this celestial body for the first time.

I couldn’t help feeling somewhat heavy-hearted.

To deceive the enemy, I put Biological Chip Technology on ice, and everything on Earth seemed to rewind to the starting point...

Many lives were lost because of this.

Even though I had done all I could to minimize the losses... that tiny X still altered human existence and social interactions profoundly, like the waves of history...

But at least, this world would peacefully make its way to 2043...

I convinced myself of that.

At the beginning of my life, I chose to return to the "Madman Doomsday" path, to buy time for us to accumulate strength.

At least compared to the pains brought by war, such a world might be more in line with the definition of "happiness" for most people, just like the Eldians living within the massive walls...