Chapter 3

White Rabbit No.9 Is Missing!

Its been an hour. I cant believe it. Theyre still playing footage of White Rabbit No. 1 when the moon landing is happening right now

They must have discovered something that they cant tell us about

Is it possible that there are aliens waiting outside the lander?

Maybe, I guess. Perhaps the aliens said hi at the three astronauts and said,Welcome to the Moon or something.

The live broadcast of White Rabbit Nines manned moon landing was cut off for an hour.

The capital city of Xia didnt give any other explanation other than asking the host, Du Dan, to come out and explain that the signal was interrupted due to electromagnetic interference.

Despite being able to see only old footage of the previous landing, the people sitting in front of the television and in the live broadcast room did not dare to leave for a moment. They were afraid that they would miss an important scene.

On the internets hot topic list, the hottest topic were #livestream interrupted for an hour# and #what exactly is on the moon#.

The top ten trending searches were all related to the Moon. It appeared that everyone in the great nation of Xia was talking about this.

Meanwhile, the same kind of discussions were also held in other countries.

Can anyone use a VPN to check whats happening in Xia right now? Are they watching the old footage as well, or is it just us?!

The live broadcast is hosted by Xias government, right? Judging from the quality, I almost thought that it was streamed by some small media company

I came back from Xias live broadcast. The livestream in the great nation of Xia is the same as what weve seen. Its all replays

Whats going on? Did they discover something?

What the h.e.l.l is Great Xia doing? Theyre doing a live broadcast and a one-hour replay. Who are they trying to fool?!

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Thomas replied, Great Xias live broadcast was interrupted for an hour. The reason for it is because of electromagnetic interference. However, as far as we know, there doesnt seem to be any external electromagnetic interference near the landing site on the dark side of the moon

Yeah, electromagnetic interference. Wait, you said there isnt any?

Chief Engineer Yang coughed and smiled. Ah, right, right, right. Theres a small glitch in our equipment. The camera that we developed turned black. We couldnt adjust it for a long time

After hanging up, Thomas instructed, Mobilize the Zeus detector and search for any electromagnetic waves near the moon

He suspected that there might really be some electromagnetic waves on the dark side of the moon. As it turned out, Great Xia had detected it while they had not. This was very scary to him.

This meant that the great nation of Xias detection technology, in a certain aspect, might have surpa.s.sed theirs!

He hung up the phone in regret. Calling didnt help at all. Not only did he not get any useful information, he also increased his workload by having to call for a full investigation.

What the h.e.l.l is Great Xia doing?!

Thomas browsed through the comments on the Internet. All the comments were saying everyone suspected that Great Xia have discovered aliens.

This was not impossible. Humans had launched many satellites onto the moon. They knew very well the condition of the moons surface. However, who knew if there wasnt any extraterrestrial technology that deceived them this whole time?

Which satellites do we have on the dark side of the moon right now? he asked.

We need ones that can see the landing point of White Rabbit Nine

Not at the moment, Sir. The nearest long-orbit satellite will be in a days time

Get that satellite ready at all times. Focus on observing the situation at White Rabbit Nines landing point a day later

The entire world was paying attention to Great Xias manned moon landing, and these people were no exception.

When White Rabbit Nine reached the dark side of the moon, it was not that they did not want to continue monitoring. The thing was, their satellites on the moon happened to have limited capacity. Furthermore, the dark side could not be observed directly through Earths equipment, so they could only obtain information from Great Xias official website.

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Meanwhile, in the Great Xia s.p.a.ce Agency.

Are you sure that the filming location is the landing point?!

Chief Engineer Yang stared at the image from the lunar exploration satellite. He was a little confused.

On the screen, there was no White Rabbit Nine Landing Cabin. The ground was barren. The s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p, too. There was not even a single trace of landing.

Were sure. Weve used three algorithms to calculate. The location captured by the satellite is correct. Its where White Rabbit Nine landed The staff member said affirmatively, but his tone was filled with uncertainty.

Then tell me, wheres the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p? Where are they?!

Chief Engineer Yangs voice trembled. This kind of thing had never happened before. He did not know what the consequences would be.

All the staff members looked at the images sent back by the satellite. They were all at a loss and were terrified to find out what happened.

They all watched as White Rabbit Nine was being launched from the ground and flew toward the moon. They watched it all, step by step, before the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p finally landed on the dark side of the moon.

Some people even suspected that they had a problem with their memory, so they found the video of White Rabbit Nine landing on the moon. After taking a good look, they confirmed that White Rabbit Nine had, indeed, landed on the moon from outer s.p.a.ce.

After a long silence, someone finally couldnt help but say, Chief Engineer Yang, perhaps theres something wrong with this long-orbit detection satellite. Maybe there was a problem with the image transmission

Why dont we let the near-orbit satellite take a look again?!

Chief Engineer Yang nodded slightly. He felt that the possibility of an error during image transmission was very high. Otherwise, what could have explained the disappearance of a giant s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p?

How long before the nearest near-orbit satellite arrives?!

Two days!

What about the other forces? he asked.

There are five satellites on the moon. The satellites of Asan are a.s.sembled, and the images are synthesised in the later stages. They dont have the capability to observe the landing point

The technology inherited by the Northern Bear lacks maintenance, and there is no satellite landing point

The Five Eyes does have a remote satellite landing point. It will take three days for them to arrive

The closest ones belong to Thomas. Their long-orbit satellite would pa.s.s through the landing point in a day

Boss, should we contact them?

No, they wont tell us the truth

Chief Engineer Yang pondered for a moment and said, Their long-orbit satellite will arrive in a day. Lets see how they will react then