Cyber ​​Heroes

Chapter 84 Fleet

The car quickly left the urban area of ​​Beiping and entered the western suburbs.

The Beiping Xijiao Airport is just around the corner.

This airport is not for civilian use. It is mainly responsible for welcoming military and political officials to and from Peiping, and sometimes for other special purposes.

Now it falls under "other special purposes".

When Xiang Shan and his party arrived, there were already about ten people here.Old Liu had sharp eyes and found someone he knew, a professor of materials science at Tsinghua University, so he took Xiang Shan to catch up.

The professor of materials science was surnamed Zhang, and he had met Xiang Shan once or twice.He pulled Lao Liu and said in a low voice: "Old Liu, I don't think this time is easy."

"Of course it's not easy." Lao Liu nodded: "So many scholars from different fields are sent abroad... and they also hold the United Nations documents. Guess who came with me, except for Xiao Xiang, are all who?"

"Either the Academy of Social Sciences or Peking University is engaged in liberal arts." Professor Zhang curled his lips: "This is no big secret. I asked around. Among our group of people, there are people who do software and hardware. Over there are us Department of Biology, Tsinghua University, majoring in genetics. The other three are police academies engaged in criminal investigation.”

Old Liu was taken aback: "So complete?"

"What do you think?"

"Third contact?"

Contact of the third kind is a very old word, which was only circulated among flying saucer enthusiasts in the last century.The first type of contact means that the UFO does not affect the surrounding things; the second type of contact means that the flying object affects the surrounding things (such as leaving burning marks on the ground, etc.); the third type of contact refers to seeing aliens on the flying object. Organisms, including situations of direct contact with them.This is the earliest classification of various UFO intelligence by the US military.

Later, folk enthusiasts and popular science fiction came up with a "fourth kind of contact"-that is, human beings were abducted by aliens.It's just a gimmick.Strictly speaking, this category is also classified as "contacts of the third kind".

It's just that, with the popularization of smart devices and everyone on the street has the means to take pictures, UFO sighting records, like the "miracles" of some religions, mysteriously disappeared.These words are no longer used.For Xiang Shan's generation, this word is quite unfamiliar.

Professor Zhang patted his thigh: "Hey, that's a good word."

"Such a big thing..." Lao Liu shook his head, "I can't believe it for a while."

"I don't think it's a small thing."

Another voice cuts into the conversation.It was an old man with white beard and hair standing behind them.

"Commissioner Jing." Professor Zhang greeted him, and then introduced Lao Liu: "This is Jing Hongtu, a member of the Academy of Social Sciences, who studies modern history, and his main research scope includes the process of the world's modernization. "

Lao Liu immediately stood in awe.The modern and contemporary part of the country is still relatively sensitive.Modern history and politics are often intertwined.Those who can do research in this area either have a strong background, or have an excellent level and a strong background.

Anyway, not a simple person.

Commissioner Jing is indeed such a character.He himself is a student of a large courtyard, and as the old saying goes, he is "from a good background" and "roots are good and young." There are also people in his family who are engaged in politics, but he has little contact with them and concentrates on academics.The Republic is fairly tolerant of intellectuals with professional skills in terms of "social interaction", so Jing Hongtu has no taboos and has always said whatever he wants.On the other hand, many people felt that it was difficult for him to conflict with others in Vanity Fair because of his easy-to-offend temperament, and it was not worth risking the danger of offending his family members to mess with him.

Professor Zhang and Jing Hongtu also just met each other not long ago.After Professor Liu exchanged names with Commissioner Jing, he asked, "Professor Jing, what do you think of this matter?"

"This matter is not easy." Jing Hongtu shook his head: "The staff we have met along the way are all affiliated to different departments. Some are from the General Staff, and some are from the State Security. If it is related to foreign affairs, there must be a Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It’s just what we can see. As far as I guess, the real power departments in the country seem to want to get involved in this matter.”

Old Liu heard the words, mixed joy and sorrow.He is happy because this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.There are too many unknown elements in this opportunity—this is unprecedented.

Jing Hongtu's eyes fell on Xiang Shan again: "The young man is quite young. What is his profession? How do you call him?"

"This is my student, you can call him Xiao Xiang." Professor Liu teased Xiang Shan.Xiang Shan nodded: "I am Professor Liu's graduate student, my name is Xiang Shan."

"Well, let's get to know each other." Jing Hongtu stretched out his hand, shook hands with Xiang Shan, and then fixed his eyes on Lao Liu: "Professor Liu, what you will face when you go out this time is really unpredictable. Let's get acquainted, and if there is any accident in the future, we can take care of each other."

Old Liu smiled wryly: "Oh, yesterday, I thought I was going to be a reverse engineer, and wanted to give this student a hand. Looking at it now, I don't know if it hurt him."

"Don't think too much." Commissioner Jing whispered: "This is indeed a big project. It must be a good thing for young people to exercise. This is just in case, don't think too much."

After exchanging pleasantries with Lao Liu and the others, Commissioner Jing went to other scholars.It seems that he does have a little idea of ​​"holding together" in it.

This made Lao Liu even more nervous.

Soon, a small passenger plane slowly entered the runway.Men in Air Force uniforms guided the scholars to board the plane.

Boarding the plane together were several cadres in formal attire.

Many scholars took their seats in order according to the guidance.Old Liu was sitting in front of the window, and Xiang Shan was beside him.After everyone was seated, a young cadre stood up, walked to the front of the aircraft cabin, held a microphone, and said, "Hello, fellow academics. Let me introduce myself. My surname is Hu, and my name is Hu Ruixi. Everyone can call me Director Hu. Teachers can call me Xiao Hu. I am the person in our 227 joint project team who is in charge of connecting with you. If you have anything to do in the future, you can also come to me. Next, I will talk to you Tell me about the discipline of this operation..."

Many scholars originally cheered up their spirits, thinking that now that they have boarded the plane, they have to tell the information about this mysterious project no matter what.

But that officer Hu seemed to be trying to wheedle people's appetites on purpose, and he kept emphasizing that when acting outside, one must talk about politics, discipline, and secrecy.Except for the name "227 Joint Project Team", no extra information was disclosed.

Xiang Shan began to think about the meaning of the number 227.

"This project was established on February 27? It only took 20 days to complete the calculation. During these 20 days, is there any big news in the world?"

After Director Hu talked about the discipline, he didn't say another word, and went back to his seat directly.

After that, there was no second staff member to explain to those scholars.

The more secretive it is, the more curious and disturbing it is.Scholars scratched their heads, but they couldn't directly ask those staff members.

Xiang Shan held the half-read sci-fi novel in his belongings, but he couldn't read a single word, and his mind was full of words like "alien", "spaceship", and "relic".

"Don't read it if you don't want to read it." Old Liu couldn't help saying, stuffing a printed paper into Xiang Shan's hands: "Come on, take a look at this, and calm down."

"Teacher, I can't even read novels, let alone papers..." Xiang Shan smiled wryly.

"Let you see and you will see."

Xiang Shan barely read through the thesis, but felt a little dizzy and weak.He was so excited last night that he didn't sleep well.After talking to Lao Liu, he took out the earplugs and eye mask, and squinted on the seat for a while.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiang Shan felt himself being pushed.Then he felt a noise.Xiang Shan immediately took off the blindfold and said, "What's wrong?"

"Don't sleep, something serious has happened." Old Liu shook his head seriously.Xiang Shan quickly put the earplugs into his pocket: "What's wrong?"

"When we flew over just now, someone saw the two fleets below." Jing Hongtu happened to be standing next to Xiangshan's seat at this time, and explained: "It's our South China Sea Fleet and the aircraft carrier formation of the Seventh Fleet of the United States."

Xiang Shan's mind buzzed at that moment.

What does it mean for two aircraft carrier formations to confront each other at close range?

Relations between the Republic and the United States have been strained since 20 years ago.But in any case, it has not developed to the point where aircraft carrier formations confront each other at close range.

This really means that the "war" is only a thin line away, and the best case scenario is to restart the Cold War.

But the most practical problem is not here.

The most real problem is that they are taken to a place that may become a battlefield at any time.

Old Liu's face was pale: "There is no such paragraph in the news..."

Commissioner Jing shook his head: "You don't care too much about international news. These days, the Russians are making trouble, and then we and the United States Navy are also demonstrating. These news have all-but the news doesn't say that the situation has reached this point One step away." He pointed his fingers in the noisy direction: "When they introduced the project to you before, they also guaranteed that there was no danger, right? Professor Zhou brought his two favorite students with him. Now they are negotiating, I hope I can send my students back."

"Why does a man need to return the shroud of horse leather? If the country needs it, I'm not willing to sacrifice myself." The professor Zhou looked excited: "But why hide the danger?"

Hu Ruixi just laughed along, but didn't know how to explain it.He did seem to know something, but he dared not say anything without permission.

Old Liu's expression changed, he glanced at Xiang Shan, and wanted to get up too.

But Xiang Shan grabbed Lao Liu's hand and said, "Teacher, it might not be like this. Think about it carefully, our passport has a visa from the United States!"

(End of this chapter)