218: Chapter 218 Jupiter's Creatures

A large number of Aerospace Force soldiers entered the interior of Vesta, attempting to take control of Vesta.

However, after entering, they discovered that the interior was completely empty.

There was no machinery left at all.

When Gao Yuan received the report, his face was filled with shock.

He had miscalculated. This was actually an open conspiracy; even if he captured Vesta, it would be useless, as all of Vesta's propulsion systems were already gone.

There was simply no time for him to build new ones.

Vesta would continue to crash into the Moon relying on its immense inertia, and the Moon simply couldn't dodge it!

"Marshal, what should we do?" Mo Yun asked.

Gao Yuan had a headache. What should he do? How would he know?

Was this operation destined to fail? If it failed this time, he would have to go head-to-head with the Jupiter civilization.

No, there must be a way!

Looking at Vesta, which was getting closer and closer, Gao Yuan could roughly imagine the Jupiter people watching him like a joke, waiting to see what he would do.

The remaining time was only enough for his fleet to escape. Otherwise, when Vesta collided with the Moon, the high-energy radiation emitted would directly destroy his fleet.

"Marshal, let's retreat! If we don't retreat now, it will be too late!"

Gao Yuan's eyes were bloodshot. He even suspected that after he led his people to retreat, the large Jupiter fleet would likely outflank the human fleet at Mars.

By then, his main force would be lost, and they would truly become stray dogs.

"There is still a way..." Gao Yuan's eyes lit up.

"Marshal, what are we to do?"

"Blow up Vesta!"

"Huh?"

Gao Yuan's eyes grew brighter: "Blow up Vesta. Vesta is just an empty shell right now. If we plant high-yield nuclear bombs inside Vesta, we can blow it into pieces, turning it into large meteorites. The large meteorites will likely still hit the Moon..."

"But it won't shatter the Moon; instead, it can cause the Moon to change course..."

After saying this, Gao Yuan immediately gave the order. He ordered two warships to go into Vesta to deploy high-yield hydrogen bombs, while the entire fleet was to immediately enter the Far side of the Moon to take cover...

Even if large meteorites hit the Moon, it would cause a massive shockwave. Only the Far side of the Moon could block these shockwaves.

Furthermore, they needed to judge the Moon's impact direction and force in real-time so that the warships could adjust their orientation in time to avoid being destroyed by the diverting Moon!

Others heard Gao Yuan's words and also felt it was reliable. This would kill two birds with one stone.

Soon, the warships went to deploy the nuclear bombs. Gao Yuan had always thought nuclear bombs were useless in interstellar warfare, but at this moment, they came in handy.

The power of Antimatter bombs was indeed greater than that of nuclear bombs, but Antimatter bombs mainly produced high-energy radiation. If they used Antimatter bombs for the demolition, Vesta would likely shatter into dust...

Nuclear bombs were different... The massive shockwave would pry Vesta open from the inside, turning it into large meteorites...

At this time, Gao Yuan immediately contacted the fleet remaining at Mars to closely monitor the large meteorites and adjust their positions in time to avoid being hit by the meteorites from Vesta's explosion!

There were two hours left before Vesta collided with the Moon... At this moment, everything was ready. Following Gao Yuan's order... he pressed the button to detonate the nuclear bombs.

Through the monitor, Gao Yuan saw that Vesta suddenly seemed to stop, and many bright lines suddenly appeared on its originally intact shell.

Soon, the bright lines began to spread across the entire Vesta. This was the largest yield nuclear bomb in human history, formed by combining dozens of hydrogen bombs from the original Xia Kingdom nuclear arsenal.

Gao Yuan saw that when the bright lines covered the entire Vesta, it suddenly began to separate and collapse. A large amount of dust and flames poured out from the cracks.

Vesta split into dozens of pieces in the air... The few largest meteorites facing the Moon began to fly rapidly towards the Moon!

The blast wave arrived faster than the meteorites. The virtual screen in front of Gao Yuan flashed and turned white. He knew the monitor had been destroyed by the blast wave.

Soon, the meteorites would collide with the Moon... Based on the last images from the monitor, Gao Yuan began to analyze the size and impact direction of the meteorites...

He then notified all fleets of the analysis results, and the fleet began to take evasive action...

Boom, Gao Yuan saw the Moon shudder. A visible shockwave spread in all directions. There were other meteorites nearby that were directly pulverized into powder by the shockwave.

Before one wave subsided, another huge meteorite hit the Moon, and the Moon's forward direction was completely knocked off course...

Following the current direction, the Moon, with the push of the Planetary Engine, could just happen to make a turn and accelerate around Mars! This was a bit like the gravity assist performed by spacecraft, except this time it was the Moon.

Some fragments of Vesta also flew towards Mars... Mars was also pushed away.

From now on, unless the sun moved, even the gods couldn't change the Moon's direction. Gao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief...

The Jupiter people must be very panicked right now! Just like the Earth people were back then, very panicked, with a bleak future, not knowing what to do?

However, Gao Yuan still needed to stay on the Moon to prevent it from being blown up by other civilizations. Although it was too difficult to blow up a planet with the mass of the Moon, there was still a sliver of possibility.

According to the scientists' calculations, it would take another ten-plus days for the Moon to fly towards Jupiter, so Gao Yuan and his team could rest easy and continue to recuperate on the Moon.

At this time, Gao Yuan walked onto the aerospace carrier where the Academy of Sciences was located. The Academy of Sciences had moved all its key laboratories on board.

Gao Yuan had just received a message from Zhong Guoqiang that there were preliminary results in the research on Jupiter people. Gao Yuan came to the biological laboratory...

Zhong Guoqiang came out, and there was a middle-aged woman beside him.

"Gao Yuan, this is the head of the biological laboratory, Professor Qin Meixiang. She is responsible for leading the research on Jupiter life!"

Gao Yuan reached out his hand: "Hello, Professor Qin! Are there any results from the Jupiter life research?"

"Yes... Marshal Gao, come with me!"

Entering the laboratory, Gao Yuan saw hundreds of young scientists busy inside. They walked into the innermost laboratory.

Qin Meixiang picked up a report.

"Our research on the Jupiter life captured previously shows through gene testing that their genes are 99% similar to humans. We have studied that organism; it is actually an organization similar to a human brain. Unfortunately, that organism was already dead when it was sent over!"

"Dead?"

"Yes, their cells are extremely similar to humans. It can be said that the organism is just a single human brain. A human brain existing alone in the air or in a vacuum would also die very quickly!"

Gao Yuan was somewhat puzzled. "Then how do they survive? Can a single brain live on its own? And it can even devour its own kind and intelligence!"

Qin Meixiang opened a virtual screen, and many parameters appeared on it.

"Marshal Gao, we hypothesize that this Jupiter brain survives by relying on the crystal object wrapped around it. We speculate that this object can provide energy and oxygen, and at the same time, it can amplify and modify brainwaves..."