This is an administrative scientific research institution responsible for formulating and implementing the US space program and conducting research in aerospace science and space science.

It has the world's most authoritative aerospace research institute and shares its research data with many domestic and international scientific research institutions.

And right now, in a room at NASA,

"Jerry, there's no need to continue calculating. The data department has done enough calculations. This meteorite will not fall into the earth."

"It will soon be captured by the moon's gravity, and the moon will protect us from meteorites as it always does."

A man in blue casual wear walks into the room holding a cup of coffee.

Looking at Jerry who was still trying to calculate based on various observation data, he couldn't help but speak.

The intern Jerry holds a PhD in mathematics and physics from Princeton University, and his achievements in the academic field are among the top among young people.

But he is good in every way except that he is too responsible.

Jerry's great passion for the aviation field makes him strive to achieve perfection in every task after his internship at NASA.

In fact, the two of them who were assigned to this task could just lie down and relax for a few days.

"Nothing can be absolutely certain until the final results come out."

"Since the higher-ups have allocated three days for this mission, we can't waste it."

"Senior Tom, please let me count twice more before we eat."

Jerry heard Tom's complaints and continued his work without looking back.

Hearing this, Tom shrugged helplessly.

Then he sat down in his seat holding a coffee cup.

While sipping the coffee in his hand and looking at the busy Jerry, Tom always felt that he saw his former self in Jerry.

When he first joined NASA, he was also so arrogant, conceited about his Ivy League background, and believed that knowledge was everything in the world.

But then everything changed.

Too many people in the world have been fooled into thinking that the air in this country is sweet, and that there are no such social customs that even Hawking has to get up and drink.

In fact, the turbidity here is no less than anywhere else.

Political donations, nepotism, power-for-sex transactions...these things are everywhere.

Tom was infected not long after he entered NASA. When you are in the dye vat, many things are actually unavoidable.

For example, Tom has become very skilled at NASA's most famous trick of defrauding scientific research funds.

Looking at the still innocent Jerry, Tom couldn't help but wonder when to bring him into the door of the new world and cheat some funds from his superiors.

Should they say that the country across the ocean has plagiarized their technology again and that they need to increase financial allocations and take measures to maintain cybersecurity?

Or is it a rumor that the space station launched by the Europa consortium actually contains highly threatening space-based weapons, and that financial allocations need to be increased to take a series of countermeasures?

Tom thought carefully and needed to consider these plans more carefully.

After all, due to the sudden establishment of a certain inexplicable organization recently, excessive financial expenditure has naturally led to a significant cut in NASA's funding. It is no longer possible to defraud funds by simply making a PPT as before.

Thinking of this, Tom couldn't help but grit his teeth.

He didn't know much about that new department with a ridiculously high level of power. He only knew that not only were there no restrictions on funding, but they also provided whatever was requested in terms of talent and equipment.

Even the military's forces seemed to be arbitrarily mobilized by that department, and a unit was sent to the San Cristo Mountains for several months.

The existence of such a department made him subconsciously hate it.

As he was taking a big gulp of coffee fiercely, he suddenly heard Jerry beside him exclaim.

"Oh! God!"

The voice was full of surprise.

Hearing this, Tom subconsciously looked at Jerry, only to see Jerry staring at the computer screen in front of him with wide eyes.

The look as if he wanted to stick his head into the computer, and the look as if his eyes were about to pop out, made Tom's heart skip a beat.

What was this discovery?!

He quickly put down his coffee and ran to Jerry's side.

Looking at the data on the computer, he frowned for a while, then said to Jerry: "Is this the data of the meteorite?!"

Tom only took one look at the data and understood why Jerry was surprised.

Two minutes ago, the meteorite suddenly changed.

The meteorite that had long been observed by NASA not only did not move according to the trajectory calculated by the calculation department, but it could even be said to be moving in a way that was completely beyond everyone's astronomical knowledge.

According to the data, when it was about to be captured by the moon's gravity, it suddenly and strangely stopped in space.

It was as if an invisible hand was holding it down.

As we all know, if an object is not affected by external forces, it will remain stationary or move in a straight line at a constant speed in space.

This meteorite, which was originally moving due to the gravity of the Earth and the Moon, suddenly stopped abruptly as if it had no inertia. It was simply too outrageous.

Then the pause did not last too long. After three seconds, most of the data disappeared instantly, as if it had disappeared on the spot.

This made even the experienced Tom frown.

Such a situation is unheard of.

It's one thing for a meteorite to suddenly stop moving in space, but now it has even "disappeared"? What on earth happened? "How many optical observation instruments are there around that can observe this area?"

Tom asked Jerry subconsciously.

This unprecedented and strange situation was not clear enough to detect only by relying on electromagnetic radiation. He wanted to see with his own eyes what was happening.

"China's Queqiao-1 exploration satellite and Europa's Mani exploration satellite should be able to observe corresponding optical images."

"As for our country, the optical observation angle of the Artemis 2 lunar exploration satellite confirmed that the meteorite was near the moon at that time."

After Jerry searched around the world and NASA's equipment, he compared and calculated whether the viewing angles of each device could overlap with the meteorite's trajectory, and then he said to Tom.

As he spoke, he applied for the transfer of the optical observation image records of the Artemis 2 lunar exploration satellite.

The next moment, the image on the screen changed to the optical observation image record of the Artemis 2 lunar exploration satellite.

The empty, dark space and the gray, silent lunar land immediately came into view.

In the sky, there were bits of meteorite fragments falling like raindrops, which looked extremely spectacular.

Tom and Jerry watched this scene with their mouths open.

They didn't expect that the meteorite that suddenly disappeared from the observation data actually exploded for unknown reasons? !

After a long silence, Jerry immediately moved forward.

This is a live broadcast of the optical observation image from the Artemis 2 lunar exploration satellite, with a signal delay of only about three seconds between it and the Earth.

They were eager to know what happened when the meteorite data disappeared two minutes ago.

Soon, as the two adjusted, a new picture appeared before their eyes.

In the corner of the optical image, a small meteorite occupies part of the picture and is moving along the path originally calculated by NASA.

Nothing seemed special.

Until one moment, the meteorite suddenly stopped and ceased its movement.

The other half of the meteorite exploded into countless larger fragments, which were captured by the moon's gravity and caused a meteorite rain on the moon.

Tom frowned and asked Jerry to adjust the image again to the moment before the explosion and pause it at the moment when the meteorite came to a sudden stop.

Then he asked Jerry to enlarge the image of the meteorite as much as possible without affecting the clarity.

This action is assisted by the various powerful features built into NASA's professional equipment.

As the picture continued to enlarge, Tom and Jerry were waiting with their saliva swallowed.

Finally, in the slightly blurry video, a scene appeared that made Tom and Jerry stunned.

Under the powerful camera of the lunar exploration satellite, a tiny figure was vaguely recorded.

Compared with the huge meteorite, the figure seems insignificant.

But just in front of the meteorite's path, the figure stretched out a hand.

Then the meteorite stopped.

Obviously, the meteorite was stopped by the figure's extremely unscientific hand holding it down.

Ignore the huge mass and the pressure.

It was as if he was a superman with a biological stance. Just by standing there and stretching out his hand, he could easily stop the meteorite on the spot.

It is hard to imagine how much power and technology is contained in it.

The subsequent explosions were probably also related to that person.

Looking at this scene, Tom and Jerry looked at each other and swallowed subconsciously.

Extraterrestrial life? Supernatural forces?

Various speculations kept flashing through their minds.

This scene is really too outrageous.

The more knowledgeable they are, the more they can understand what this scene means.

"What now?"

"Manager Tom, this is the first time I've seen this."

Jerry swallowed and looked at Tom bewilderedly.

He was just an intern who had just joined NASA and had encountered such a thing, which really made him confused for a moment.

Looking at Jerry's eyes, Tom curled the corners of his mouth helplessly.

He said this as if he saw this kind of scene often.

If I were to ask what to do...

Of course he had to report it immediately, as he didn't know what to do with this kind of thing.

Let the people above worry about it. He just waited obediently to sign the confidentiality agreement, and then "volunteered" to go to a remote area to carry out a confidential long-term mission.

Of course, I wonder if the old boss who promoted me, the NASA director who likes to take the lead in defrauding funds, will be speechless because of this news.

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"There are already hearings on aliens."

"What a trick! Even NASA, which is known as the light of mankind, doesn't dare to rip people off so blatantly."

The director of NASA looked at the live broadcast of the alien hearing held in Congress today, and couldn't help but complain with a helpless look on his face.

A few days ago, a former Air Force intelligence officer and several retired generals jointly submitted a public inquiry to the state officials. The content of the inquiry was roughly: the country must explain why it has concealed information about aliens for many years.

When this incident happened, the whole country was in an uproar.

After all, several former high-ranking officials have come out to say that aliens really exist, which makes people unconsciously feel that they are definitely not joking.

Most of the nation is paying close attention to this matter, so an unprecedented hearing on aliens was launched in the House of Representatives today.

Such a magical reality made the NASA director marvel.

Doesn't he know whether there are aliens?

This is nothing more than a game of interests between a bunch of groups.

It is probably because the newly emerging department has become too powerful that many other interest groups have directed and acted out such a drama in order to get back some of the benefits they could have obtained.

He wanted no part in it.

After all, he was at a high enough level to know some inside information and understand what the emerging department called the Bureau of Anomalous Investigation meant.

Thinking of competing with them for power is really too much.

After a moment's silence, the NASA director turned his gaze to the open computer on his desk.

Instead of watching the magical live broadcast of the House of Representatives' alien hearing, it is better to continue to look at NASA's recent research progress in various aspects.

"Hmm? The most urgent level of information."

Looking at an encrypted document with a red warning, the director frowned subconsciously.

He opened the file with a serious look.

Inside is a video of a meteorite explosion.

"This is a meteorite that has been observed before and will be captured by the moon's gravity."

"Did it explode directly? What on earth happened? Didn't the calculation department say that it would be captured by the moon's gravity?"

The director murmured, not yet realizing the seriousness of the problem.

The next moment, until he saw an enlarged picture attached below the video, he finally realized why this was a red warning level information.

"?!?!?!!!"

At this moment, the director's expression froze.

What did he see? A person stopped a meteorite with his hands and then blew it up? This scene made the director open his mouth wide.

Is it April Fools' Day today? Why would someone under him send him such a message? Or is this some new type of funding scam? Why can't he even think of a reasonable reason? Looking at the sender named Tom, the director thought that maybe he was really trying to scam the funds.

But the bright red warning-level label told the director that this information was not a joke or a scam to defraud funds.

All kinds of complicated thoughts kept flowing in my mind.

Suddenly, the director remembered the Abnormal Countermeasures Bureau that was set up to deal with supernatural powers.

Could it be that the person who stopped and crushed the meteorite has the so-called extraordinary power?! If so, what on earth is the Abnormal Countermeasures Bureau that was established to deal with the extraordinary fighting against?! Do you usually play against monsters like this?

It is fortunate that the world is still safe and sound.

Thinking of this, the director swallowed subconsciously.

Then he decisively encrypted the document and sent it to Andrew from the Abnormal Countermeasures Bureau.

Let others worry about this kind of thing.

He knew nothing and didn't want to know anything about this superhuman being.

(End of this chapter)