Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 96: Everyone's Eyes Are on You, Piercing the Sky

Passing over the panicked crowd on the ground, laughter rang out in the Manta Ray's cockpit.

"Hey, so many people came out to welcome you in the middle of the night. That's so enthusiastic."

Wei Jiang certainly couldn't hear the screams of the panicked crowd below. In his opinion, the chaotic pace of the people below was definitely caused by their excessive happiness at seeing the manta ray.

Some red bullets were shot at the manta ray at night, and the manta ray did not dodge at all.

The sparse bullet tracks, like welcoming fireworks, add a lively atmosphere to the night sky.

It flew across the sky, leaving the Ugly Eagle Tokyo Military Base behind, and the Manta Ray raised its nose and flew straight into the night sky!

The whole process was hurried, like a traveler in a hurry, leaving almost no traces but taking nothing away.

Beep!
The Manta terminal computer prompted that several fighter jets were taking off behind them.

Wei Jiang took a quick glance and didn't pay much attention to it. What could the Ugly Eagle fighter jets do if they took off urgently? They couldn't even catch a fart of the manta ray.

Ignoring the chaotic Tokyo metropolitan area in the rear, Wei Jiang had more important things to do.

The manta ray tilted its body upward 90 degrees and rushed straight into the night sky, with no sign of slowing down.

4000 meters, 5000 meters, 6000 meters.
At a top speed of Mach 9, the manta ray's flying altitude continues to rise.

The manta ray's climbing trajectory is such that everyone in the Tokyo metropolitan area can look up and see the rapidly rising red color in the sky.

The red light pierced the night sky like a bolt of lightning, leaving a long tail of flames.

The scenes that have only been seen in movies and TV shows appear so realistically in front of everyone.

Ordinary citizens, Ugly Eagle soldiers, base commanders, and fighter pilots all looked up in shock.

The only thing left in their vision was the red light piercing the sky.

The night was as dark as water, the moon was dim and the stars were sparse. There was not a cloud in the sky, and the red light shone like a shooting star.

30000 meters, 40000 meters, the stars in front of Wei Jiang's vision became clearer and clearer.

He now had only one goal, to get out! Get out of the planet's atmosphere!
Go and experience the blazing heat and freezing silence of outer darkness!
At this moment, all the astronomical observation platforms on this side of the Blue Planet were attracted by the rapidly rushing red light in the sky!

The red light represents the unknown, panic, the future, and even admiration and expectation.

People in the Tokyo metropolitan area looked up at the sky with dull faces, and the fear and panic they just experienced seemed to be forgotten.

It was like a miracle was happening.

That red light wants to break out of the blue star? Can it succeed?
60000 meters!
When Wei Jiang saw this number on the screen, the darkness outside the manta ray became deeper.

70000 meters!
The manta ray's speed still did not slow down because of the gravity of the blue planet. Wei Jiang noticed that the manta ray's flight trajectory displayed on the screen was a curve.

As the curve lengthens, a bright hot light quickly blooms from a point to a surface in front, and the manta ray is crossing the boundary between day and night!
The sun's rays, so bright that they were blinding, shone through the Manta's nose window, and the light penetrated into the cockpit.

Under the bright light, the face of the person wrapped in the pure black battle suit armor inside the driver's seat protective cover looked dazed.

Wei Jiang squinted his eyes and looked forward. The hot sphere that he had been familiar with for more than 20 years continued to release infinite light and heat into the cold and empty universe, just like it had done for billions of years.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!"

Wei Jiang, whose literary attainments were only at the elementary school level, could not help uttering vulgar words in the face of such magnificent scenery.

Under the dazzling light, the manta ray's flight pattern slowly changed, and it flew at a high speed around the orbit of the blue planet.

Flying at an altitude of 145km, Wei Jiang confirmed that he had successfully left the atmosphere.

He officially entered the universe, and the number of astronauts on Blue Star +1!

After setting the manta ray's navigation trajectory, Wei Jiang, wearing black combat armor, sat up from the protective cover of the driving seat.

Wei Jiang found the unprecedented experience of weightlessness very novel.

The gravity on the surface caused more blood to gather in the lower body. In a weightless environment, the blood was evenly distributed in the blood vessels. Wei Jiang clearly felt his head swelling.

The alloy battle suit on his body no longer had any weight at all.

The black iron man floated quietly in the cockpit. Wei Jiang stretched out his arms and pushed the seat back, and his body floated gently backwards.

I felt a slight collision on the back of my head, and the helmet of my combat suit hit the bulkhead with a light sound.

"Wow! This is fun!"

Like a child playing in water for the first time, Wei Jiang found the experience of weightlessness very interesting.

While a person was floating in the cockpit, the blue planet outside the manta ray attracted Wei Jiang's attention.

Holding on to the bulkhead, Wei Jiang slowly crawled to the cockpit window.

On the blue planet under the sunlight, clouds cover the surface of the planet like pieces of fuel.

The sea, the land, the mountains, the wilderness, the planet on which human beings depend for survival was displayed in such a macroscopic manner in front of Wei Jiang.

Wei Jiang himself was unable to utter any words. The beauty before him was so magnificent that even if he used all his expressive abilities throughout his life, it would still be inadequate to describe it.

The huge azure sphere looks like a quiet and gentle giant woman sleeping peacefully.

This magnificence is too shocking and breathtaking for an ordinary person who has lived on the surface for decades.

"Fuck! It's so beautiful!"

"Be sure to bring the old man up to see it later!"

Thinking of the old man at home who has a sharp tongue but a kind heart, Wei Jiang really wants to share this beautiful moment with him.

After all, Wei Jiang is still a home-loving person in his heart and wants someone to accompany him, especially at such a highlight moment in his life.
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"Target flight orbit parameters: 6.4 degrees, perigee 143km, apogee 148km."

"The ground optical observation system is locking onto the target!"

"The on-orbit detection satellite is in transit and is expected to intersect with the longitude and latitude of the target aircraft in 13 minutes and 37 seconds."

NASA Space Observation Center in the southern part of the Ugly Eagle homeland.

The intrusion of an unknown aircraft that occurred in the ally's homeland a few dozen minutes ago has alarmed the entire blue planet.

As the first group in the aerospace technology industry on the blue planet, NASA certainly needs to collect as much intelligence as possible on target aircraft.

In addition, half an hour ago, the top management of the Ugly Eagle Pentagon Building issued a death order!
Following the conflict in the Hawaiian waters, someone actually dared to directly attack the Ugly Eagle land military base tonight!

"Find out who the other party is!"

This will was forcefully implemented downward from the White House and the Pentagon.

In the past two months, Ugly Eagle has suffered many setbacks. When they were preparing to rebuild Ugly Eagle's perception of military power, a new accident occurred again.

When did their dignity become like trash, being trampled on by others so many times?
"I heard that thing flew into space."

In an office in the North Capital of the East University, senior generals of the East University looked at the intelligence that was summarized one after another with complicated expressions.

More than an hour ago, an unknown aircraft broke into the airspace of the Upper City of Dongda University, played around with Dongda University's most advanced fifth-generation fighter jets, and then flew away to the east at a high speed.

"Who is the other party?"

"He made a scene here, and then he went to Tokyo and the Ugly Eagle Military Base to make a scene."

"In full view of everyone, he actually flew directly into outer space!"

"Who the hell is this? White Bear?"

"Is Blue Star going to be in chaos?"

He was awakened from his dormitory in the middle of the night, and he had no idea what had happened that night.

I slid my finger across the tablet in front of me, and a video started playing again.

He has watched this video several times, and each time it makes him feel heavy pressure.

The two circles emitting blue light were indeed very clear, and against the blue light, he could roughly distinguish the shape of the target in the video.

The two blue circles in the video made the general frown.

According to the analysis of scientific research experts, they determined that the two blue rings were most likely the power source of the target aircraft.

Why there was no flame emanating from the ring and why there was silence and no noise, they could not explain.

"what do you want to do?"
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"A UFO appeared in the sky over Tokyo! Tens of thousands of people witnessed it!"

"Alien invasion!"

"God's messenger has arrived on the Blue Planet! Brothers and sisters, the angels have come to greet us."

「Large-scale open-air magic show appears on the streets of Tokyo」

"The first flight test of the Ugly Eagle X57 test aircraft was successful"

The video of a manta ray flying low over the Tokyo metropolitan area spread on the Internet at an extremely fast speed.

The red light that flashed across the sky at high speed and the deafening roar made everyone watching the video panic.

The topics of aliens and UFOs, which have long been hyped by humans in the past, were brought to a climax this night.

Some aliens and UFO enthusiasts analyzed the video frame by frame after comparing it with the one posted on the Internet, and declared with certainty that the red light in the video was definitely a UFO.

Inside the UFO as described by UFO enthusiasts, Wei Jiang played the floating game for a while, then sat back in the driving shield after his interest died down a bit.

"I'm tired and hungry." Looking at the magnificent blue scenery ahead, Wei Jiang said jokingly:
"We've run quite far. If we don't go home now, we won't be able to eat the leftovers."

"Wu Kai stole food in the middle of the night. My dinner might be in jeopardy."

The manta ray changes its flying posture with its nose pointing downward. Under the effect of anti-gravity, its flying speed decreases rapidly, and it is then captured by the gravity of the blue planet and re-enters the atmosphere.

When Wei Jiang started his journey home, a large number of observation equipment on the ground and in space clearly discovered the changes in the manta ray's posture.

An unknown spacecraft is attempting to re-enter the atmosphere!
It's coming back!
Among those who observed this information, the Ugly Eagle military was the most nervous.

The incident of an unknown flying vehicle causing havoc at the Ugly Eagle military base just happened an hour ago.

After it re-enters the atmosphere, will it take action against the ugly eagle?
No one can answer this question, including their businessman who knows more than anyone else.

Unlike ordinary spacecraft that reach extremely high speeds when re-entering the atmosphere, the manta ray has very good speed control when re-entering the atmosphere.

Wei Jiang's feelings were the most real. When the manta ray re-entered the atmosphere, there was no hot plasma heat flow that traditional spacecraft would encounter when re-entering the atmosphere, and there would be no communication blackouts. The process was smooth and steady.

The islands, mountains and oceans on the surface of the blue planet passed by Wei Jiang's eyes, and the distance between the land and Wei Jiang was rapidly shortening.

“That’s the African continent.”

Comparing the display on the screen, Wei Jiang swept across the vast barren land below him.

“Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon, Oil Boss’s Home.”

The manta ray was not descending that fast, so Wei Jiang could only play a little game of identifying the forces in the land area below him.

40480 m.

Flight speed: Mach 3.

When the manta ray's speed drops to Mach 3, the most critical part of re-entering the atmosphere has been completed, and the gravitational potential energy coming down from the high orbit is basically offset by the anti-gravity module.

"Finally I can fly at full speed."

After confirming that the area below was the Atlantic Ocean, Wei Jiang pushed with his left hand, and the Manta Ray's nose dived downward, increasing its speed again.

After a dozen seconds, the familiar number Mach 9 reappeared on the screen.

The flight altitude is 20000 meters, entering the aircraft flight altitude and continuing down.
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"The target is flying at an altitude of 19000 meters over the Atlantic Ocean. The exact coordinates are difficult to estimate. The speed is too fast!"

"Third brother's air defense systems are all activated!"
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When Wei Jiang saw the mainland again, the manta ray's flying altitude finally dropped to 6000 meters.

"Huh, we're still some distance from home, let's hurry."

After Wei Jianggang sighed, several alarm messages appeared on the screen.

"9 targets are flying towards the direction of the aircraft."

Wei Jiang took a glance and couldn't help laughing.

"It has to be the third brother, who dares to do things and is capable of doing things!"

Five fighter jets took off to intercept and four supersonic missiles were launched to intercept.

"It's funny. Where does Third Brother get the courage?"

"He really thinks he's the boss of the Atlantic."

"Expected contact time 7 minutes"

Seeing the contact time between the two parties analyzed by the computer, Wei Jiang shook his head.

He did not feel offended by the crazy attitude displayed by the third brother, but found it funny instead.

The five major forces on Blue Star did not rashly launch an attack, so he had to admire his third brother's courage.

"Go back and fund a study to see if cow body fluids and contaminated water can impair brain development."

Wei Jiang just made a joke and didn't want to argue with his third brother.

Push the push rod with your right hand, and the manta ray's flying altitude continues to decrease until it is 10 meters close to the sea surface.

The air shock waves brought by the maximum speed of Mach 9 created white waves on the sea surface, and a long white wave was left behind the tail of the Manta Ray, but it was not so clear in the night.

The manta ray flew close to the sea surface, and the detection signal representing the manta ray instantly disappeared from the radar field of view of all parties.

"I'm too lazy to care about you."
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"Hurry! Mobilize surface ships near the target area to search for target signals!"

"Space Force detection satellites are searching for target traces in the signal loss area!"

"Report, our fighters and missiles have lost target signals, please give instructions"

"Let the fighter planes patrol the airspace where we are urgently needed. We have proven ourselves. We are the only ones on Blue Planet who have the courage to challenge the aliens!"

"Victory belongs to us! May the gods bless us!"
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Seeing that they were about to approach the third brother’s homeland, Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to increase its flight altitude again.

The journey home was still thousands of kilometers away, and Wei Jiang, who had not eaten dinner, was starving.

Over the past three hours, Wei Jiang had been physically exhausted and emotionally excited several times, and his energy had been severely depleted. He was in urgent need of food.

After increasing its flight altitude, the manta ray naturally reappeared in the field of view of air detection radars from all parties.

Wei Jiang himself knew it, but he didn't care much.

Come and chase them if you can. Once you catch them, you can have fun with the manta rays.

Since being able to fly, the Manta Ray has never attempted to cut down a target in mid-air.

Wei Jiang was looking forward to the appearance of the first warrior who was not afraid of death.

He can be magnanimous, but he shouldn't be polite to the fools who come up to him and take the knife!
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"Report, an unknown aircraft appeared in our southwest airspace!"

"What?! Damn it!"

"Great Immortal, the glory of the White Elephant God cannot be violated! Attack!"

Slap! The sound of the slap hitting the face was very loud.

"idiot!"

"Notify the air defense forces to stay put. Our airspace is clear and we haven't seen any enemy aircraft! Remember that!"

".yes"
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The process of flying over the southern land airspace of the Third Brother was very calm. Apart from the occasional signal of a civil airliner on the screen, Wei Jiang did not see any trace of military aircraft, and there was no missile attack.

"What are you doing?"

Wei Jiang didn't quite understand this strange country.

"Forget it, whatever you want."

I thought I could fight with the bayonet in the air, but I didn't expect that the third brother didn't give Wei Jiang this opportunity.

We successfully flew over India's sphere of influence, and the process of crossing the ocean and the Southeast Peninsula was equally smooth.

Neither side conducted any aerial interception or attack.

Flying at a speed of Mach 9, half an hour later, Wei Jiang was already over the Dongdanan Sea, getting closer and closer to home.

beep!beep!
“There’s no need to be so enthusiastic, right?”

Looking at the several military aircraft signals flying towards him again, Wei Jiang had only admiration in his eyes.

After returning to Blue Star, Manta Ray flew over Ugly Eagle's external military base, but he did not see any Ugly Eagle aircraft or missile attacks.

Apart from the third brother's previous crazy operation, only their own military aircraft dared to send out an interception.

“Great job.”

He murmured a word of praise, then Wei Jiang curled his lips and said helplessly:

"But I'm really in a hurry. Let's play next time."

As he was speaking, the manta ray's speed and flying altitude decreased simultaneously, and finally the manta ray dived directly into the sea.

"We'll be detected in the air, but we can still dive."

Returning to the familiar dark sea, Wei Jiang seemed to have regained the feeling he had when he left for Hawaii.

"Dive, dive."

Although the anti-gravity power module is not as effective underwater as it is in the air, its diving speed has been greatly improved compared to before the enhancement.

"It takes an hour and 15 minutes to get home. Oh, I'm so hungry."
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"Eastern warplanes have been dispatched again and are heading to the target airspace to carry out interception operations."

"Humph, these stubborn Orientals, let's see how they can intercept them? Can they catch up?!"

"The signal of an unknown aircraft disappeared in the Dongda Nanhai area!"

"Expand the search area!"

"We must confirm the target's final landing point!"

"Who on earth owns such a flying machine!?"

Thanks to Shikong for the Qidian Coin reward! Thank you.

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(End of this chapter)