# Chapter 1413: The Secret of the Far Side of the Moon
In the pitch-black dimensional gap, one couldn't even feel the passage of time!
Only the endless spatial winds howled!
A long, massive slab of rock floated within, like a small boat on a vast black ocean!
Many bighorn sheep lived on it!
Sheep No. 2's figure flickered, and it appeared on the rock slab!
Many bighorn sheep looked over excitedly, baaing nonstop!
"How'd it go? Did the contract succeed? What did you use to contract with us?"
"Why did only you come back? With a bruised face? Where's our contract sheep?"
"Baa baa baa~ Now our bighorn sheep clan can go to the Lost Kingdom and offer this contracted item to the Black God!"
"I heard that the Void Leopard Cat clan contributed an arm to the Black God and received generous rewards—the whole clan ascended to heaven like cats and dogs, baa~"
Sheep No. 2 was surrounded by many bighorn sheep, sweat beading on its forehead!
A massive bighorn sheep leader walked over, looking excited: "Where's the contracted item? Let me see~"
Sheep No. 2 had a timid expression, but ultimately spat out the glazed energy orb from its mouth!
At that moment, silence fell over the rock slab like death itself.
The bighorn sheep leader looked at the little pink sausage inside the orb, its face turning utterly black!
"What the hell is this?"
Sheep No. 2 said weakly: "Ap... appendix. I wanted to offer a wisdom tooth, but they didn't give me the chance. I tried my best!"
The bighorn sheep leader: !!!
"Wisdom your baa-ing tooth wisdom tooth? Weren't we supposed to give a heart? That's a human organ—the race the Black God likes and wants most!"
"What the baa did you contract back? I'll ram you to death!"
Sheep No. 2 burst into tears: "It's n-not my fault. Humans are terrifying—they hacked that contract sheep to death!"
"The moment I went there, they beat me and said if I didn't sign, they'd kill me! Wuu... I didn't want this either?"
The bighorn sheep leader completely exploded: "What baa? Those mere humans dare to be so arrogant? I'll make them pay!"
Sheep No. 2 rushed forward to stop him: "Chieftain, you can't go! If you go, the tumor in your head will be gone too!"
"That human is a devil!"
The bighorn sheep leader was furious, grinding its teeth at the appendix in the glazed orb!
"This thing... I wonder if the Black God will like it..."
How the baa was he supposed to submit this? If they went to the Lost Kingdom, wouldn't the others laugh them to death?
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In the end, Jiangnan was still beaten up by Baikou, leaving a big red lump on his head!
He gave her a White Rabbit creamy candy, and she finally stopped. By the next morning, Wu Liang still hadn't walked back.
In the following days, they dug thirty meters deep searching for Star Ring fragments.
With the Fat Uncle Treasure-Hunting Team around, Jiangnan didn't have to worry too much.
Meanwhile, Jiangnan had already started considering how to delete the save file.
After all, it was only a few days before the Oracle Spirit Ruins opened and the private server closed.
Jiangnan was digging for treasures in the Oracle Spirit Ruins, while back in Huaxia—
Yang Jian, along with Nightingale and Ying, rushed overnight to the Tianchen Bureau Headquarters in Heigobi, Jiucheng, Hainan Province!
This was because Jiang Tianchen had sent word: the 18 lunar orbit satellites had been deployed and were all in orbit, fully operational!
The Moon Network Heavenly Eye had been formed, and images from the moon had been transmitted back!
Yang Jian immediately headed to the Tianchen Bureau headquarters.
At that moment, the God-Slaying Spell Array at the Tianchen Bureau was still active!
Within a 30-kilometer radius of the array, white buildings of varying heights had been erected!
Inside were all projects related to the Moon Capture Project.
Even the space within the array was insufficient, so many buildings had been added outside the array!
They spread outward like a fan. A large number of Dragon Abyss troops guarded the Tianchen Bureau, which had now become a military restricted zone!
All personnel involved had signed confidentiality agreements!
Nightingale stared blankly at the Tianchen base.
She could already see several super-large rockets mounted on launch pads!
Others were being assembled in factories. Everywhere she looked, there were busy figures.
Nightingale was utterly shocked: (*ﾟﾛﾟ) "My god, it's only been such a short time, and they've advanced this far?"
Yang Jian's expression was serious: "The entire nation's resources are being poured into advancing the Moon Capture Project. You think that's a joke?"
"Time waits for no one. We must race against the clock!"
The three underwent strict screening before entering the God-Slaying Array!
After meeting with Jiang Tianchen, they rushed nonstop to the main control center, clearing out all personnel whose security clearance was insufficient.
Yang Jian's expression was grim: "What exactly is on the far side of the moon? Why did you have to call me here in person?"
And with this level of secrecy, Yang Jian had a bad feeling.
Jiang Tianchen looked somewhat aged and haggard. Originally only his temples were gray, but now there were already some white hairs on his head!
One could imagine how hard he had been working during this time.
Jiang Tianchen took a deep breath: "The Moon Network Heavenly Eye has completed orbit. All positions on the lunar surface are under our surveillance!"
"Signal delay is only about three seconds."
Yang Jian nodded: "I know that. What did you find?"
Jiang Tianchen's expression was grave: "On the far side of the moon, we discovered a large number of traces of extraterrestrial biological activity!"
Yang Jian: !!!
Extraterrestrial life? That was the professional term!
In layman's terms, it was aliens!
"Are you sure? The lunar surface environment is so harsh. Can any living thing really..."
Jiang Tianchen smiled bitterly: "It's not a question of whether I'm sure. Just see for yourself. Xiao Liu, bring up the real-time footage of the far side!"
"Location: Kira Crater!"
At the command, the large screen directly displayed footage captured by the Moon Network Heavenly Eye.
On the pockmarked surface of the far side, a massive crater stood out prominently. Faint lights could even be seen at its center!
It was Kira Crater!
As the image zoomed in, at the center of the crater were large areas of grayish-white stone structures, covering a vast area!
They were built from local materials and were still expanding outward!
Yang Jian's three eyes widened!
Σ(ଵଵଵ|||) "Th-this is... a city?"
Jiang Tianchen nodded: "Correct. This is the stronghold of the One-Eyed Species."
Yang Jian swallowed his saliva: "How long has it been? Without us even noticing, they've built a city on the far side of the moon?"
"You named them the One-Eyed Species?"
Jiang Tianchen enlarged the image again. Vaguely, one could see numerous figures moving inside the stronghold!
The numbers were astonishing!
Then, with a swipe of his hand, thousands of pictures appeared on the screen, all close-up shots of the One-Eyed Species!
In the pictures, these creatures were over three meters tall!
They had hands and feet similar to humans, with extremely developed muscles!
Their skin was a grayish-blue color, covered in conspicuous blue magic runes shaped like lightning and thunder!
Their hair came in various colors, but their facial features were quite horrifying!
Though their noses and mouths were similar to humans, they had a single huge eye on their face!
It occupied almost a third of their entire face!
(˶⊙˶)... (I tried my best (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)
Nightingale's mouth fell open as she stared at the pictures of the One-Eyed Species!
∑(°口°๑)
So these were the aliens on the moon?
Jiang Tianchen's expression was solemn: "This One-Eyed Species doesn't need to breathe, doesn't need to eat or drink. They fear neither extreme cold nor extreme heat."
"With their own bodies, they can be completely exposed to the vacuum and oxygen-free environment of space and survive for a long time!"
"Perhaps their energy source is sunlight exposure."
"From just pictures and videos, we can get too little useful information. I need samples."
Yang Jian's face darkened: "Such an astonishing number of One-Eyed Species?"
"Compared to them, humans are truly fragile. The situation is far worse than I imagined."
Humans needed to breathe, eat, drink, and could hardly survive outside the Blue Star environment, relying only on equipment.
Compared to the One-Eyed Species, this was an innate disadvantage!
If a battle broke out on the moon, all of these would become constraints on humanity.
Jiang Tianchen smiled bitterly: "And this isn't even the worst. Xiao Liu, pull up the footage of the Aikentu Crater on the southern side of the far side!"
The large screen shifted again!
Yang Jian's pupils shrank. The entire main control room fell into a deathly silence!
In the Aikentu Crater was a huge pit!
So large that even without zooming in on the satellite image, it was clearly visible, as if an eye had been opened on the moon!
Jiang Tianchen said hoarsely: "The Aikentu Crater is about 2,200 kilometers in diameter and 13 kilometers deep!"
"It's the largest crater on the far side. This pit has a diameter of over 800 kilometers, and its depth is unknown!"
"The moon's diameter is only 3,476 kilometers! This pit is the real reason for the moon's mass loss and the series of natural disasters and strange changes on Blue Star!"
At this moment, Yang Jian's face turned pale. Staring at the huge pit, his knuckles turned white from gripping so hard!
Jiang Tianchen rubbed his brow: "With current human methods, even if we detonated all the nuclear bombs in the world simultaneously, we couldn't blast out a pit this big—800 kilometers in diameter, bottomless!"
"And these One-Eyed Species did it in just a few short months. We have no idea what methods they used!"
"If they keep digging, this pit will be enough to bury all of humanity!"
Yang Jian understood in his heart that time was truly running out!
He had never imagined that the situation on the far side of the moon would be like this!
The strength of the One-Eyed Species appearing on the far side, their level of technology—everything was unknown!
Humanity was in an unprecedented passive position. Just this 800-kilometer pit was enough to prove the One-Eyed Species' power!
At that moment, Yang Jian clenched his fists: "This is the moon of all humanity! How can we allow them to harm and destroy it!"
"Perhaps... war is already inevitable."