Lunar Era

In 2030, when Chang'e-7 discovered water ice in the moon's south pole, human civilization reached a historic turning point. The novel takes the international lunar development led by China as the context and depicts the epic of civilizational transition from the involution of the earth to the pioneering of the interstellar world. From 2030 to 2040, Chang'e-8 completed the first lunar soil oxygen production in the extremely cold moonlit night, and China launched the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) plan. Scientists struggle with technological risks and family torn apart, while the autonomous decision-making of primary AI opens the era of lunar intelligence. The discovery of water ice ignited global "moon fever", and a secret battle between international cooperation and technological competition was quietly taking place. From 2040 to 2055, the lunar village began to take shape, and resource allocation and "lunar identity" became the core contradiction. The solar proton storm tested the survival of the lunar people, and also gave birth to the independent consciousness of the lunar community. The mining of helium-3 and the construction of modular solar power stations mark the transformation of the moon from a consumer to an energy exporter. After 2055, the lunar city has emerged as a space manufacturing center, and conflicts between the Earth-Moon politics and the race to Mars have intensified. The "Moon Child" born in a low-gravity environment will reshape mankind and the construction of orbital power stations, symbolizing that human civilization is officially moving towards the stars and the sea.