270: Chapter 270: Could they have already been to Earth?

Qingfeng Temple.

Zheng Ming sat in his chair, his expression complex.

Although he couldn't find any faults, Jiang Zhe's argument had made Robert, who was beside him, light up with excitement.

"This is amazing, this is truly wonderful!"

Robert pointed at the big screen, his voice trembling slightly. "Look, what he just said about the mountains on the edge of the South Pole-Aitken basin on the far side of the moon—the highest points can reach over 8 kilometers! This kind of terrain must have been formed after a long period of tidal locking!"

"If the moon had only been locked by Earth, the terrain on the near side should be elongated, while the terrain on the far side should be relatively primitive."

"But the craters and mountain ranges on the far side of the moon are clearly not the moon's original structure; they look elongated, torn, and reshaped!"

He turned his head to look at the three people.

"What does this mean? It means that before the moon was locked by Earth, it had already been locked by another planet, for a very, very long time!"

Wang Chongyang nodded slightly. "As he said, Venus?"

"Yes, Venus has a mass similar to Earth's. If the moon was once a satellite of Venus and had been tidally locked by Venus for billions of years, then the terrain on the far side makes perfect sense!"

Celestial Master Zhang asked, "So, that period of double tidal locking?"

"Exactly, that's the period when the moon was ejected from Venus's orbit and captured by both Earth and Venus!"

Robert's eyes grew brighter. "At that time, the moon was being pulled by two planets simultaneously. The lunar crust was repeatedly torn and then reshaped, eventually forming the appearance we see today!"

He stopped and took a deep breath, becoming more excited as he spoke. "My God, perhaps a long time ago, double tidal locking in the Solar System was a very common occurrence."

"Otherwise, it would be impossible to fully explain the twists and turns on the far side of the moon!"

Zheng Ming's expression was cold. It's over. This retired engineer from NASA has gone crazy; he's turned from a hater into a fan again.

Why did I find a NASA person with a better research environment than our country to refute Xiao Yu's Brother?

You have to know, those crazy people abroad, as long as there is a 0.1% probability and it sounds reasonable, there will be a large group of supporters.

Especially scientists.

I'll learn my lesson this time; I won't invite him again next time!

National Astronomical Observatory.

Director Wang Weiguo stared intently at the screen.

"Although it is based on the global myth of the two moons..."

"But when spoken through Jiang Zhe's mouth, paired with those actual pieces of evidence, it actually has an inexplicably eerie rationality."

Professor Zhang Qinian nodded, his eyes glowing. "Yes, the key is that the chain of evidence he provided is complete. From the topographical features on the far side of the moon to the global myth of the two moons, to the one-fourth ratio between Venus and Earth, and the timeline of the Great Flood—every link matches up."

"This gives people the feeling that—myths may no longer be myths, but eyewitness reports from ancient people."

Zhang Lin couldn't help but ask from the side, "Director Wang, Professor Zhang, what do you think if this hypothesis is true..."

Director Wang Weiguo grinned. "Whether it's true or not, I personally admire the ability to string together so many seemingly unrelated clues into a complete logical chain!"

Several young researchers looked at each other and gave a thumbs up to Jiang Zhe on the big screen.

Kyoto University History Staff Quarters.

Professor Chen Runzhi stared at the screen and spoke slowly. "Old Liu, from the perspective of ecology and geology, is it really possible that the terrain on the far side of the moon is the result of tidal locking?"

Professor Liu Guangyi nodded confidently. "It is possible, and there is complex, actual evidence!"

He stood up, walked to the large bookshelf in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, and pulled out a white book—it was a geology book left behind from his last visit.

"This is the 'Lunar Geologic Atlas' published by the USA Geological Survey in the 1980s; it details the rock composition and formation ages of different regions on the lunar surface."

He opened the book, found a page, and handed it to Professor Chen Runzhi.

Professor Chen Runzhi took it and looked carefully at the English version. Old Liu pointed to the first paragraph. "Look here, the analysis of rock samples from the South Pole-Aitken basin on the far side of the moon."

"The age of these rocks is generally between 4.2 billion and 4 billion years."

He turned to another page. "Look at the age of the rocks in the lunar maria on the near side of the moon; most are between 3.8 billion and 3.2 billion years."

Professor Chen Runzhi looked curious. "A difference of several hundred million years?"

"A difference of 400 to 600 million years." Professor Liu Guangyi nodded slightly. "This shows that the near side and the far side of the moon have undergone completely different geological evolution processes."

"The most critical point is the crystal structure of the rocks!"

"The rocks on the far side of the moon have obvious directional alignment characteristics; that is, the crystals are aligned in the same direction."

"This structure can only be formed under long-term, unidirectional stress."

"What kind of stress?" Old Qian, who had leaned over to peek, couldn't help but ask.

"Tidal stress." Professor Liu Guangyi looked at Old Qian and explained, "The tidal pull of a planet on its satellite creates a directional stress field."

"On the side being pulled, the rock crystals will align along the direction of the stress."

He pointed to the photo of the far side of the moon on the big screen. "If the moon was only locked by Earth, then the directional alignment should appear on the near side, not the far side."

"But the reality is, the rocks on the far side also have obvious directional alignment characteristics."

Professor Wang Shouren was stunned. "So it is certain that the far side of the moon was also locked. Could it be the sun?"

"It could, but the probability is not very high. The planet that locked it must have a mass similar to Earth's so that it could leave tidal traces on the far side similar to those on the near side."

Hearing this, Old Qian couldn't help but gasp. "It really is Venus!"

"Exactly." Professor Liu Guangyi smiled slightly. "Actually, this claim wasn't first proposed by Xiao Jiang. When I went to the USA for a meeting, at a lunar-geological seminar, a second-rate astronomy professor raised this question: 'Is it possible that the moon came from Venus?' At that time, most of us laughed at him for being stupid; only today do I realize that Xiao Jiang can provide a suitable and reasonable model."

"Perhaps I was the stupid one at that seminar ten years ago!"

Professor Chen Runzhi gasped, his impression of Jiang Zhe rising even higher. "Xiao Jiang is awesome."

Qian Mingyi nodded forcefully. "Xiao Jiang is awesome!"

Professor Wang Shouren also gave a thumbs up. "Xiao Jiang is awesome!"

Villa Living Room.

Xiao Yu recovered from the shock, her beautiful eyes full of brilliance. "Brother, this is just too wonderful!"

Her little face was filled with intoxication, her beautiful eyes turning, as if she were fantasizing.

"Do you know, I used to hate astronomy class the most!"

"The teachers would just talk about planetary orbits, gravitational formulas, spectral analysis—these things made me sleepy just listening to them."

"But what you talked about, Brother, the moon possibly being a gift from Venus, the moon dancing in the sky, ancient people seeing two moons with their own eyes, the Great Flood being caused by the moon—my God!"

"The cold, hard astronomical knowledge, when spoken from your mouth, Brother, is like an epic blockbuster!"

"It has a beginning, a climax, twists, and suspense!"

Reflecting on this, her beautiful eyes shone again.

"I finally understand now why so many people don't like astronomy; it's not that astronomy itself is boring, but that the teachers talk about it too uninterestingly!"

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, picked up the sugar-free drink on the table, and gulped it down. "Being a teacher or a professor isn't that easy; it's easy to get a teaching certificate, but knowing how to be a teacher is not easy at all!"

As he finished speaking, the bullet comments in the live broadcast room exploded again.

"Xiao Yu voiced my thoughts!"

"I used to hate astronomy too, but now I watch Brother's live stream every day. No, as long as it's what Brother talks about, I love watching it!"

"If astronomy teachers all taught like Brother, I wouldn't have failed the subject back then!"

"I strongly suggest the Ministry of Education record Brother's live stream and use it as teaching material!"

"Brother, continue, I want to hear the love story between the moon and Venus!"

"The person above, that's enough. How can a celestial body have love and hatred? Have you watched too many CEO dramas?"

"..."

Just then, Xiao Yu had a sudden inspiration. "Brother, mentioning that the moon came from Venus, I suddenly thought of a question."

"Go ahead!"

He raised his hand to check his watch; it was 11:00 PM, time to rest.

"Since you mentioned the Solar System's habitable zone earlier..." Xiao Yu glanced at the night outside the window, her gaze passing over the floor-to-ceiling window and landing on a star that had just dimmed, then she turned back quickly. "Venus was in the Sun's habitable zone many billions of years ago; and our Earth is currently in the habitable zone..."

"In other words, Venus should have been able to produce life a long time ago, right?"

PS: The moon coming from Venus, everyone please don't take it seriously, don't think this is the truth. Treat it as science fiction, treat it as science fiction... I am using the global myth of the two moons as the underlying logic and chain of evidence to deduce this possibility. The protagonist also said [this is circumstantial evidence]... If myths can be used as evidence... then it is true. Of course, myths cannot be used as evidence...