Chapter 72: Transmission Begins

One month later.

Those clownish nations, under Yanhuang Guo's response, gradually fell silent.

Everyone understood that these petty moves were merely the impotent fury of the Eagle Sauce, incapable of shaking the Eastern dragon that had already opened its eyes.

At this moment,

In the Yanhuang Guo Space Base, familiar faces appeared one after another.

Among them were Luo Lao, Zhang Yunfeng, Deng Yuchang, and top experts from various fields such as the Academy of Sciences, aerospace, and nuclear industry.

"Comrades, everything is ready; all our preparations have been completed. Today will be the moment we witness history."

Luo Lao looked at everyone and spoke with a solemn expression.

As soon as his words fell, the overall commander of the space engineering, Huang Qishan, stood up.

"Experts, according to the plan, the autonomous engineering robots, small modular nuclear reactors, optical metamaterial cloaking devices, 3D holographic projection equipment, and all other facilities have been fully manufactured and tested last week."

While speaking, Huang Qishan could not conceal his excitement.

He then continued:

"Afterward, we conducted another system optimization and modification, boosting overall performance to 1-2 times the original, thereby giving the plan greater assurance."

When he finished speaking, everyone showed confident expressions.

"Then, Comrade Xiao Qin, it's your turn to take the stage." Luo Lao's gaze turned to Qin Hao.

Facing the task ahead, Qin Hao had already prepared himself.

"Hmm! Then where is the location?"

Upon hearing this, a geography expert immediately began operating, and the lunar map on the base's main screen quickly zoomed in,

finally locking onto the edge of a massive impact crater on the moon's far side named the "Sea of Silence."

"This is the location we chose; the terrain here is flat and lies within a permanent shadow region, allowing us to avoid optical observation to the greatest extent."

Through prior satellite surveys, we established a three-dimensional terrain map with centimeter-level precision. The placement coordinates for the first piece of equipment are right here.

"Alright, but I will first expand the placement range."

Qin Hao responded with an affirmation and then brought up the system interface.

Everyone present waited in silence, as they could not see the system interface.

【Current placement range: 500 meters around oneself.】

【Increasing the placement range consumes 1 energy point per meter.】

【Please enter the target range____.】

"Four hundred thousand kilometers." Qin Hao silently recited.

System: 【Beep! Raising the range to 400,000 kilometers requires consuming 400 million energy points. Confirm?】

"Confirm."

In an instant, the energy point value on his system interface decreased by 400 million.

Remaining: 4.2 billion two hundred million.

"All set; what equipment should we copy over first?" After finishing this, Qin Hao looked at Huang Qishan and asked.

"First, of course, is the optical cloaking projector, along with its supporting initial power equipment."

Huang Qishan immediately said, this being the already determined procedure.

"Good!"

Qin Hao received the reply and immediately issued a command to the system:

"Copy the target optical metamaterial cloaking device, 3D holographic projection array, and high-energy isotope battery pack."

【Relevant information found in the database; proceed with copying?】

"Copy."

At the same time, Qin Hao precisely located the marked coordinate point on the simulated 3D lunar map.

Then, using his thoughts as a 'mouse,' he lightly 'clicked' the icon of the newly copied equipment onto it.

"That's done, Minister Huang."

Upon hearing this, Huang Qishan immediately had everyone spring into action.

In fact, no instruction was needed, as everyone had already been glued to the big screen, fearing to miss this spectacle.

On the display screen, the selected lunar area initially showed no change.

However, in the next second, those familiar pieces of equipment appeared out of thin air.

"Success!"

In the space base, a burst of cheers erupted instantly.

After the cheers, Huang Qishan calmly said:

"Comrade Xiao Qin, next, copy six units of the 'Worker Bee' series autonomous engineering robots."

"The 'Worker Bee' intelligent robots were specially developed for this lunar mission; each integrates digging, transport, precision assembly, power linking, and multiple functions, serving as the core labor force of the mining operation."

Qin Hao nodded.

Immediately afterward, the large screen in the command center displayed another change.

Beside those pieces of equipment, six half-human-tall robots, their appearance resembling multi-legged spiders in silver-gray, silently appeared. They lay still upon the lunar regolith.

This time, everyone no longer bore the earlier excitement.

Instead, they calmly issued orders.

"All units, take note: immediately activate the Worker Bee robots and execute the preset program!"

"Received! Uplink data channel normal, beginning activation!"

With the ground command issued, the six stationary Worker Bee robots on the moon had their indicator lights simultaneously turn from red to green.

In the next second, they moved.

Without the slightest hesitation or probing, the six robots, like soldiers awakened, immediately divided tasks and cooperated.

Two robots extended their flexible mechanical arms, disconnecting the power transmission cables from the high-energy isotope battery pack, while the other four quickly moved to the various nodes of the optical camouflage projection array and precisely located the docking ports.

The whole process went smoothly, with seamless coordination.

Everyone present watched intently, afraid of making a mistake.

"Power line connection complete!"

"Projection array port docking successful!"

"System self-check in progress…… self-check completed, all equipment operating normally!"

The technicians' reports came one after another.

"Rote Commissioner, all equipment is ready, shall we initiate!"

Huang Qishan's gaze turned to Luo Lao, awaiting the final order.

"Initiate!"

Just two simple words, yet they weighed a thousand jin.

"Activate the optical cloaking system! Activate the three-dimensional holographic projection!"

"Command confirmed! Countdown…… three, two, one!"

At the moment the command was issued, the lunar landscape on the big screen changed.

All that could be seen was that the complex system composed of the cloaking device, projection array, and 'worker bee' robots suddenly rippled across its surface.

Light began to warp around them, and the equipment's outline gradually became blurry and transparent.

Just a few seconds later, the ripples faded.

On the screen, those pieces of equipment vanished.

Blending with the surroundings, everything appeared utterly natural.

"Switch to multi-spectral, infrared, electromagnetic signal and other detection modes for comparison!" Huang Qishan immediately ordered.

"Report to Chief Commander, multi-spectral scan shows no anomalies!"

"Infrared thermal imaging shows no anomalies!"

"No abnormal electromagnetic signal leakage detected!"

"The comparison results are nearly perfect! Consistency with previous satellite imagery reaches 99.999%."

When these figures were reported by the technicians, everyone in the Command Center breathed a sigh of relief.

The first step has been completed; next comes endless replication.