257: Chapter 257: There were no records of the moon before the Great Flood!

"The lunar samples brought back by the Apollo program revealed some substances that geologically shouldn't exist."

"First is high heat-resistant metal."

He pulled up an element content comparison table.

"Lunar soil and rocks are rich in metal elements that are extremely rare on Earth, such as titanium, chromium, and yttrium—what are the characteristics of these metals? They are extremely hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant."

"Astronomers estimate that to melt these metal elements, it would require temperatures of at least two to three thousand degrees or more."

"But here is the problem: the scientific community generally considers the moon to be a dead, cold planet that hasn't had any volcanic activity for at least 3 billion years."

"It simply cannot naturally produce such a high concentration of metals that require extreme heat to form."

Xiaoyu gasped.

"What's even more amazing is this."

Jiang Zhe pulled up another analysis report.

"After scientists analyzed the lunar soil samples, they discovered that they actually contained pure iron and pure titanium."

"In nature, iron and titanium usually exist in the form of oxides—that is to say, they combine with oxygen to form iron ore or titanium ore."

"It is almost impossible for them to form naturally in their free, pure metallic state."

"And such an anomaly could only appear if a celestial body had undergone complex industrial processing."

"Complex processing!" Xiaoyu said, looking stunned.

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire live stream room instantly erupted!

"Holy cow, pure metal? There's pure metal on the moon?"

"Pure iron, pure titanium—isn't that something that only comes from industrial smelting?"

"So the moon was actually processed?"

"Damn, I don't dare to think about it anymore!"

"Brother, don't stop, keep going!"

"..."

In the conference room of the National Astronomical Observatory.

Director Wang Weiguo stared at the report Jiang Zhe provided, unable to help but frown slightly. "Complex industrial processing..."

"This evidence is indeed factual, but its origin is intriguing; as for it having been processed, that is impossible."

"It is more likely that those metal elements on the moon were created during meteorite impacts."

Zhang Qinian looked at him. "What do you mean?"

Director Wang picked up his laptop, operated it, opened the topographic map of the lunar surface, and pointed to the location of the South Pole-Aitken Basin.

"Look at this massive basin with a diameter of 1300 kilometers. With such a massive impact, how high could the instantaneous temperature reach?"

"At least 5000 to 6000 degrees."

"Under such extreme temperatures, rocks will vaporize, and elements will recombine."

"In this environment, it is entirely possible for iron and titanium to appear in the form of pure metal; this is not industrial processing, but a natural high-temperature, high-pressure reaction."

Zhang Lin nodded thoughtfully at the side. "So those pure iron and pure titanium don't necessarily require intelligent life to smelt; meteorites can create them on their own?"

"Yes," Director Wang nodded. "For billions of years, the moon has been struck by meteorites of all sizes countless times; every impact is a high-temperature, high-pressure smelting process. As for those metal elements, that is how they came to be."

...

In the villa living room.

Jiang Zhe put down his tablet. "However, this circumstantial evidence of processing is actually not very strong. It can't compare to the previous evidence."

Xiaoyu felt relieved after hearing her brother say this.

"That's good. I almost thought the moon was actually built by someone."

Jiang Zhe smiled. "Evidence needs to be classified; data like lunar seismic waveforms and density inversion are solid. But processing is just a speculative possibility, without direct evidence to support it."

Qingfeng Temple.

Robert looked at the screen and nodded slightly.

"He knows what is true, what is pure speculation, and what is science fiction to inspire his sister."

"This sense of proportion is very rare."

Zheng Ming was speechless; he wanted to say something but swallowed it back.

Xiaoyu nodded, digested it for 2.5 seconds, and suddenly asked, "Brother, you said before that you knew how the moon was formed. Then how do you view the moon? How was it formed, or rather, where did it come from?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the live stream room fell silent for a moment, and the barrage began to scroll crazily.

"It's here, it's here!"

"The main topic is here!"

"I've already pulled up a seat!"

At the National Astronomical Observatory, Director Wang and the others all sat up straight.

In the Huaqing University physics dormitory, Ouyang Baili narrowed his eyes, Professor Wu sat up from a lying position, and the hands of Professor Guan and Li Mo, who had been joking around, also stilled.

At this moment, everyone regained an unprecedented sense of solemnity, not wanting to miss a single detail!

In the villa living room.

Jiang Zhe rested his chin on his hand. Without any preamble or buffer, he spoke straight to the point.

"Xiaoyu, before answering this, there is a prerequisite."

"A prerequisite?"

"Yes. You should be asking why the Great Flood occurred on a global scale on Earth, and where it came from."

As soon as he finished speaking.

In the History Staff Quarters, Professor Chen Runzhi, who had just sat up straight, stood up with a start.

"The global extinction flood 12,000 years ago!" His voice was somewhat excited. "That was the first extinction flood, and natural factors on Earth obviously couldn't have caused it."

"And Jiang Zhe is right; to talk about where the moon came from, we must first talk about why the Great Flood occurred!"

"Only by solving the problem of the Great Flood can we reverse-engineer the appearance and anomalies of the moon!"

Professor Liu flipped through the historical and mythological materials on his laptop. "Noah's Ark in the Bible, the Epic of Gilgamesh in Mesopotamia, the Sumerian clay tablets, Greek mythology, India mythology, the Maya 'Popol Vuh'—there are records of the Great Flood all over the world."

Qian Mingyi took over the conversation. "And these records have highly overlapping time points, all around 12,000 years ago."

He raised a finger and swept his gaze towards the three. "Our country's Dayu taming the flood—although the time is slightly later, the story of Nüwa patching the sky also contains records of the flood. For example, 'Huainanzi: Lanmingxun' says: [The four poles were ruined, the nine provinces cracked, the sky did not cover everything, the earth did not support everything, the fire blazed and did not extinguish, the water was vast and did not stop.] This is a standard description of the first extinction flood."

The Great Flood has occurred many times, and it is not unfamiliar to historians and ecologists.

But so far, no one has been able to provide the truth about the extinction flood of 12,000 years ago.

Whenever someone says it is due to Earth, another group of people will say it is due to the moon.

In short, it has been debated for countless years without a conclusion!!!

...

In the villa living room.

Xiaoyu's beautiful eyes darted around as she thought quickly, and she soon had the answer. "Since it was on a global scale, hiss~~ then it must be the moon, right?"

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly. "It could be."

As he finished speaking, he operated the tablet and brought up a set of geological data.

"Only if the details of the moon's tidal locking suddenly changed—for example, if the moon suddenly had an accident—would it lead to a tidal locking imbalance, resulting in the global Great Flood."

"According to the surveys of geologists, about 12,000 years ago, a huge flood did indeed occur on Earth, on a global scale!"

"The sea level rose sharply in a short period of time, submerging large areas of coastal land. This flood almost destroyed the human agricultural civilization of that time, leaving only a few survivors, and those survivors passed down this memory in the form of myths."

"For example: Noah's Ark, Gilgamesh, Dayu taming the flood. Dayu taming the flood may be a bit late, but Nüwa patching the sky is the extinction flood before Dayu taming the flood, which fits well with 12,000 years. In this way, the sources of flood legends all over the world are all the same disaster."

Reaching this point, Jiang Zhe nodded slightly, his lips curling up. "Xiaoyu, have you noticed an interesting fact?"

"An interesting fact?"

"Yes. Before the global Great Flood, there were no records of the moon's existence in myths or history anywhere in the world."

"Why is that?"

After speaking, he blinked slightly. Watching Xiaoyu's puppy-like face turn pale instantly, he couldn't help but let his lips curl up for a moment.

At this moment, millions of viewers in the live stream were all stunned.

A sense of terrifying realization washed over them—a familiar feeling, and it was back again.