My Ultimate Sign-in System Made Me Invincible Chapter 499 Off-world Facility Speculations

Although more than twelve hours had passed since the volunteer selection guidelines were publicized, the entire globe remained fixated on the topic.

LucidNet had seen consistent growth throughout the three weeks following the previous Nova Night, pushing its user total to exceed 4.7 billion. The announcement triggered a surge in activity that would have overwhelmed any competing platform—a rare instance where the focus of the entire world converged on a single subject.

Within merely half a day, over three million individuals had submitted their applications for the clinical trial, a figure that continued to climb with every passing second.

Discussions regarding the volunteer requirements dominated both online forums and real-world conversations, rendering every other topic insignificant.

Numerous companies chose to quietly postpone their product launches, fully aware that attempting to vie for public attention at such a time would be futile.

Market instability persisted as healthcare and insurance stocks on Wall Street suffered further declines, with repeated updates reinforcing the inevitable shift in the future landscape that investors were beginning to acknowledge.

While the majority were still absorbing the details of the requirements, others were busy gathering medical records to finalize their applications. For those who had already registered, there was nothing left to do but wait, mindful that official confirmation remained at least three weeks away.

As the details of the criteria became ingrained in the public consciousness, the global dialogue underwent a gradual transformation. The focus didn't shift away from the trials entirely, but rather toward an associated element that had largely been ignored until now.

This was the off-world facility designated for the trials—or the 'Lunar Base Sanctuary', as Nova Technologies identified it in related updates.

Initially, people had noted the name and moved on, far too preoccupied with eligibility hurdles and schedules to contemplate the reality of the location. However, as the situation started to feel increasingly definitive, the facility itself demanded serious consideration.

A fully operational lunar base, capable of accommodating volunteers and observers from dozens of different nations simultaneously, had been established by a company that had barely existed in the public eye for a year.

Speculation threads began to proliferate rapidly.

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One user sparked a thread that gained significant traction in minutes: "Can we take a moment to discuss the Lunar Base Sanctuary? It seems like everyone is so obsessed with the nanites that they’ve glossed over the fact that Nova Technologies has a functioning moon base. This isn't just a vision or a future plan; it's an active facility. It offers private quarters for every observer, full catering, and unrestricted communication. They are essentially operating a space-based luxury hotel, and somehow, that's the least talked-about detail."

A reply followed: "The communication aspect is what stands out. Unrestricted access to their home institutions for the duration of the stay? That isn't a satellite link with any lag. That is instantaneous communication directly from the lunar surface. During the livestream, we witnessed direct, zero-lag conversations from Saturn and even from beyond the solar system. If they possess such technology for deep space, doing it from the moon is trivial. The infrastructure necessary for that alone surpasses anything any global space agency has ever managed."

Another user chimed in: "People keep highlighting the nanites as Nova Technologies' greatest feat. Yes, the biological engineering is baffling. But a functioning moon base with real-time Earth communication, life support for international delegations, advanced medical wings, and shuttle logistics? That is a civilization-grade achievement. That is what we should be debating."

The discussion branched out in several directions, each probing the same central mystery: what had Nova Technologies actually built up there, and for how long had they been constructing it?

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The footage from the livestreams served as the primary evidence for almost every speculation that emerged afterward.

People had watched the spectacle as mere entertainment: a tech CEO traversing the solar system, broadcasting from spacecraft faster than anything humanity had ever produced, or visiting celestial sites no human had touched.

It was extraordinary, yet distant—an abstract concept that was difficult to process fully.

Now it was tangible. In roughly a month, a hundred people would board shuttles headed to that very facility from which those spectacular livestreamed flights had likely launched.

A user provided a detailed breakdown: "Let’s analyze what we saw in those streams and what it indicates about the Lunar Base Sanctuary. First: zero-lag communication from Saturn. Light takes anywhere from eight to eighty-three minutes to reach Earth from Saturn. Zero lag implies they aren't using light-based transmission. They possess communications technology absent from any public scientific records. That is likely what observers will use to reach Earth from the moon."

The thread continued: "Two: the massive, kilometer-long spacecraft. Whether crewed or automated, a vessel of that size requires an orbital infrastructure base to support its assembly. Lunar Base Sanctuary is likely just the most visible portion of that infrastructure, but it’s certainly not the only one. You cannot construct kilometer-long ships without a shipyard."

Another added: "Three: the Jupiter descent. The CEO piloted a shuttle into the Great Red Spot. A constant, centuries-old storm where winds exceed five hundred kilometers per hour and the pressure would crush standard spacecraft instantly. The shuttle survived and emerged unscathed, and the CEO acted as if it were routine. This isn't a one-off vehicle; it’s a design standard. Consequently, the shuttles transporting these volunteers must be built to standards that render them practically invincible to any threat found within our orbit or on Earth."

Someone replied: "The Jupiter event has been nagging at me. It wasn't advertised as a capability demonstration—it was casual, like an afterthought. The threshold for what this company defines as 'worth showing off' is far beyond our comprehension."

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Another user tackled the issue from an architectural perspective: "I've been thinking about the logistics required for Lunar Base Sanctuary to host these trials. You need medical bays equipped for real-time nanite deployment and monitoring. You need recovery zones for a hundred patients in various states, some critical. You need separate quarters for observers and staff, a kitchen, life support, power grids, waste management, and communication arrays. All of this must function on the lunar surface, requiring radiation shielding, pressure seals, and thermal management against temperatures ranging from minus-one-seventy to plus-one-twenty Celsius."

The thread added: "On Earth, building a hospital capable of handling a hundred complex cases at once is a major undertaking. Doing it on the moon is astronomical. Yet, it’s already finished. It’s likely already staffed and waiting."

A reply stated: "And it was built without anyone noticing. No construction contracts, no cargo manifests at ports, no workforce logs, no satellite imagery. It just exists. Either they used technology that bypasses traditional building, or it was built with such incredible speed that the detection window was nonexistent. Both possibilities are equally unsettling."

Someone else suggested: "Or perhaps it was built long ago, and we simply didn't know what to look for."

That specific reply garnered more engagement than the original post.

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A thread within a aerospace engineering group took a technical approach, though it reached the same ominous conclusion.

"Analyzing the life support needs for the Sanctuary. For a population of roughly two hundred—volunteers, staff, observers—you need at least five hundred kilograms of oxygen daily. You need advanced water recycling, food logistics or on-site farming, CO2 scrubbing, and stable atmospheric pressure for a vast pressurized volume. What is powering all of this on the lunar surface?"

An engineer replied: "While solar is more efficient on the moon due to the lack of atmosphere, the lunar night lasts fourteen Earth days. You need massive storage or a non-solar energy source. Fission is the only logical answer, but a reactor sufficient for a facility that large is a major, non-portable piece of infrastructure."

The poster replied: "Which brings us back to the consensus. This isn't a minor experiment. This is a mature, large-scale, operational human colony on the moon, built by a company that only emerged a year ago."

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Not everyone engaged with the technical aspect.

One user shared: "I'm no engineer. But my brother applied this morning. He has stage three glioblastoma, diagnosed seven months ago. He submitted his ID and application, closed his laptop, and just said, 'I don't know if I'll get in, but I did what I could.' Now we just wait."

The post continued: "I've read everyone speculating about the lunar base's construction and communication systems. I keep thinking that, somewhere up there, there might be a room with my brother's name on it. I don't care what it looks like or how big it is. Just the possibility is enough."

The responses were muted.

One wrote: I truly hope he is selected.

Another: Our thoughts are with him.

A third, posting only: 🌕

***

Little was confirmed about Nova Technologies beyond the clues from their livestreams, official announcements, and products. The company had no public headquarters, no transparent executive team beyond the mysterious CEO, no traceable supply chain, and zero revealed history of construction for their advanced assets.

Yet, three million people had applied to the trial within twelve hours. They handed over medical records and identification to a firm operating a lunar base that no government had built and no public agency had vetted.

Whether this decision stemmed from blind trust, sheer desperation, or a complete lack of other choices, even the applicants themselves could not say for sure.

It was likely a mix of all three.

Information regarding shuttle logistics was expected within forty-eight hours, and the world waited in anticipation.

Nearly twenty-four hours after the volunteer criteria were revealed, Nova Technologies released another update, though it wasn't the information everyone had been anticipating.