However, their industrial capacity was nowhere near sufficient to be fully prepared in such a short span of time.
Chaos ensued.
Various doomsday cults emerged, along with looting, explosions, and riots...
Yet to me, 380,000 kilometers away, these were nothing more than the fleeting fireworks of an era's end...
...
As the Ming Shen Star drew closer, the detection systems on the far side of the Moon could capture more distinct images.
This 550-meter-diameter, pitch-black object, pitted and uneven across its surface, didn't seem special from the outside, and even lacked any prominent propulsion systems to be seen.
The light and heat generated by friction against the solar wind blocked the deeper observation by various detection devices.
Bound by the rules of peacetime, the Moon base was not equipped with any weapons.
I could only watch helplessly as it soared over my head and hurtled towards Earth...
