Chapter 1: The Destruction of the Earth

The mysterious space, far away and silent, vast and deep, destruction and birth of this twin is always on.

Supernova explosion, gamma ray burst, black hole engulfment, planetary collision, all kinds of astronomical phenomena, magnificent and magnificent, but magnified to the scale of the universe, is only a wave in the vast ocean, a gravel in the boundless desert ...

A disaster, without warning, fell on the third planet of the solar system - the Earth.

From the perspective of the Moon, a small sun-like ball of light can be observed appearing in the southern hemisphere of the Earth, about the location of Australia.

This is an unprecedented super-explosion, similar to a nuclear bomb, but much more powerful than a nuclear bomb, the most powerful billion tons of nuclear weapons in human history "Big Ivan" compared to it, not even one ten thousandth!

Its explosion diameter is more than 3,000 kilometers, larger than the entire Australia. In just a few seconds, the entire Pacific Ocean was completely evaporated, and the wave of air was extended into space at a speed of 5,000 kilometers per hour, forming a mushroom cloud 30,000 kilometers long!

The diameter of the Earth is 12,700 km, and the final mushroom cloud is more than twice as long as the diameter of the Earth!

It was a devastating disaster, and a quarter of the sphere was directly catapulted into destruction. The cause of the explosion is unknown, not a nuclear attack, nor an asteroid, mankind did not detect the slightest information about the danger beforehand, and even before reacting, the explosion has occurred abruptly.

With the volume of the Earth, simply can not withstand this degree of super explosion. A small half of the planet turned straight into rock and gravel, forming part of a huge mushroom cloud. And the rest ... began with a global volcanic eruption, followed within hours by a series of violent explosions deep within the Earth's core, a violent nuclear reaction. A huge chasm ripped open the entire crust of the earth, bursting out hot magma, like bright red blood!

The silent universe, as if you can hear the last wail of the planet ... Earth, destroyed!

This is a spacecraft about 40 meters long, width, height of about 20 meters, a few hours before the explosion of the Earth took off, lucky to escape a disaster.

It is named "Atlantis", by more than 20 countries, spending hundreds of billions of dollars to make, is the world's most advanced spacecraft. It has a payload of 500 tons, and its mission is to deliver supplies and technical personnel to the "Moon Base 1".

There are more than 200 people in the ship, no, I should say 200 survivors: more than 20 special forces and more than 100 technicians.

The first foot has just left the Earth, the second foot there was a tragic explosion, can only say that the most fortunate!

But in the hearts of all, there is no sense of gratitude for having escaped, but rather feel shocked, bewildered, overwhelmed ... Earth, the home of mankind, just like this destroyed? Seven billion humans, so extinct? Where should the rest of humanity go?

Boundless fear, abyss-like despair haunted the entire cabin, many people could not bear the excessive mental pressure and collapse. In just three days, there were three suicides, twenty-two brawls, and even an arson accident ...

At this moment, twenty-five special forces are surrounding Oliver Otis Howard. They are not very old, a little older or thirty, a little smaller only twenty-three or four, but the corner of the eye with the characteristic resilience and vicissitudes of men.

They have not rested for a long time, although the heart is exhausted, but the body is still straight.

This is the top of the human special forces, but also the last special forces, it is they, after the crowd chaos quickly took over the ship, to maintain the last order.

They went to the moon this time, originally to carry out training in low gravity, but accidentally escaped as a result.

At this point, the captain Oliver cleared his throat and said in a low voice: "These days, everyone has worked hard! Witnessing the destruction of the Earth, 7 billion compatriots lost their lives instantly, we all feel bad, so do I."

"I really hope this is just a dream. Unfortunately, it wasn't, the Earth really and truly exploded, and this is a fact that must be accepted ... We are lucky that we survived by a fluke, and we are also unlucky that we lost the Earth and our loved ones forever."

He paused and continued, "But, no matter what, we still have to live ... we are still alive, and as long as we live, we cannot give up hope!"

"Now, Wade step forward and tell us about the status of the ship!"

Sitting next to Oliver, is the deputy captain of the force, named Wade Hampton, he is the oldest one in the force, a tall and thin, a very lean look.

Wade went up and gave a salute and said solemnly, "Captain, except for a few mental breakdowns, the majority of passengers are basically stable. We have also checked the passengers' belongings, most of the dangerous goods have been surrendered, and the crew is still relatively cooperative."

The two dozen people around nodded in agreement, no one would have thought that after witnessing the destruction of the Earth, the actions of these senior intellectuals were so bad, not to mention the fights and brawls, some even attempted suicide, but under the strong maintenance of the special team members, the order inside the ship quickly settled down, no particularly big accidents occurred.

Now three days after the explosion of the Earth, this phenomenon has been much better, humans are after all emotional creatures, emotions come and go quickly. Most people are afraid of death, even if the Earth is destroyed, they still want to live ...

Oliver sighed and shook his head again, "The Earth is destroyed, we all lost our loved ones. And you are all orphans, no special attachments, that's why you recover quickly. They are different, suddenly stimulated like this, it takes time to accept ..."

He paused and raised his pitch slightly, "What I want to tell you now is that we, there is still hope for us to live! We are not the only humans alive! There are still 50,000 humans alive at Base 1 on the moon!"

Oliver pointed to the computer, pressed a few buttons, and a complex model of the moon appeared on the screen, with the moon base, the Atlantis ship and various flight paths drawn on it.

Without hesitation, he said directly, "Look, this is our destination - Lunar Base 1. We are about to enter the Moon's near-Earth orbit, and the ship will reverse the jet for deceleration, and I will turn off the magnetic system for safety reasons. So be prepared in advance."

The ship makes extensive use of magnetic technology, and the clothes and shoes on the crew are made of magnetic material. This material will create a certain suction force with the floor, so the crew will not be in a weightless state in cosmic space.

Although magnetism is always a little different from gravity, but it is always more convenient to have than not.

Seeing the crew nodded, Oliver held out two heel fingers, "There are two points to clarify: First, after turning off the magnetic system, the ship will be in a weightless state and everything will float up, you have to check if every passenger has been placed in place and make sure every passenger is buckled up."

"Second point." His expression got serious and he pointed his finger at a message on the screen, "There is a rebellion inside the base, we need to be ready for lunar combat!"