The car quickly left the urban area of Peiping and entered the western suburbs.
Beiping Xijiao Airport is right in front of you.
This airport is not for civilian use. It is mainly responsible for transporting military and political dignitaries to and from Peking. Sometimes it is also used 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 a sharp eye and found someone he knew, who was a professor of materials science at Tsinghua University, so he rushed up with Xiang Shan.
The materials science professor's surname was Zhang, and he had met Xiang Shan once or twice. He pulled Old Liu and whispered: "Old Liu, I think things are not simple this time."
"Of course it's not simple." Old Liu nodded: "So many scholars in different fields are sent to foreign countries... and they all have United Nations documents. Guess those who came with me, except Xiao Xiang, are all
who?"
"It's either the Academy of Social Sciences or Peking University doing liberal arts." Professor Zhang curled his lips and said, "What kind of big secret is this? I've asked around. Among our group, there are people who do software and hardware. Over there are us
One is from the Department of Biology at Tsinghua University, specializing in genetics. The other three are in criminal investigation at public security colleges.”
Old Liu was startled: "So complete?"
"What do you think?"
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind?"
The third kind of contact is a very old term, and it was only circulated among UFO enthusiasts in the last century. The first kind of contact means that the UFO does not affect the surrounding things; the second kind of contact means that the flying object affects the surrounding things.
(Such as burning traces left on the ground, etc.); The third type of contact refers to seeing alien creatures on the flying object, including direct contact with it. This was the earliest classification made by the U.S. military for various UFO intelligence.
Later, some folk enthusiasts and popular science fiction novels came up with the "fourth kind of contact" - that is, humans are abducted by aliens. But this is just a gimmick. Strictly speaking, this category is also classified
In "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
However, with the popularization of smart devices and everyone on the street having the means to take pictures, UFO sighting records, like the "miracles" of some religions, mysteriously disappeared. These words are no longer used.
.For people of Xiangshan's generation, this word is quite unfamiliar.
Professor Zhang slapped his thigh: "Hey, that's a good word."
"Such a big thing..." Old Liu shook his head: "I couldn't believe it for a moment."
"I think this matter is nothing serious."
Another voice broke into the conversation. It was an old man with white hair and beard, standing behind them.
"Commissioner Jing." Professor Zhang said hello, and then introduced to Old Liu: "This is Jing Hongtu, a member of the Academy of Social Sciences. He studies modern history. His main research scope includes the process of the world's modernization.
"
Old Liu was immediately in awe. The modern and contemporary area is quite sensitive in China. Modern and contemporary history and politics are often intertwined. Those who can do research in this area must either have a profound background, or have both excellent skills and a profound background.
After all, he is not a simple person.
Commissioner Jing is indeed this kind of person. He himself is a brother from the big courtyard. In the old saying, he is "well-born" and "upright and well-educated." There are people in his family who are engaged in politics, but he has little contact with them and concentrates on academics.
The Republic is quite tolerant of intellectuals with professional skills in terms of "social interaction", so Jing Hongtu has no taboos and always says whatever he wants. And others think that his temperament of easily offending others makes it difficult for him to do so.
If you have a conflict with someone in the fame and fortune fair, you don't want to risk offending his family by messing with him.
Professor Zhang and Jing Hongtu had just met each other. After Professor Liu exchanged names with Commissioner Jing, he asked, "Professor Jing, what do you think of this matter?"
"This matter cannot be simple." Jing Hongtu shook his head: "The staff we have met along the way are all affiliated with different departments. There are those from the General Staff and those from the National Security Bureau. If it comes to foreign affairs, there must also be those from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is also
It’s just what we can see. My guess is that the powerful domestic authorities all want to have a hand in this matter.”
When Lao Liu heard this, he felt mixed joy and sorrow. He was happy because this was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. However, there were too many unknown factors in this opportunity - this was something that had never happened before.
Jing Hongtu's eyes fell on Xiang Shan again: "The young man is quite young. What's his major? What do you call him?"
"This is my student, you can just call him Xiao Xiang." Professor Liu asked 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 focused on Old Liu: "Professor Liu, it is really difficult to predict what we will face when we go out this time. Therefore, everyone also interacts with each other.
Let’s get acquainted with each other so that if something unexpected happens in the future, we can both take care of each other.”
Lao Liu smiled bitterly: "Well, yesterday I thought I was just going to be a contrarian and wanted to help this student. Now it seems that I don't know if I have harmed him."
"Don't think too much." Commissioner Jing whispered: "This is indeed a big project. It is definitely a good thing for young people to come and exercise. This is just in case, don't think too much."
After exchanging a few words with Lao Liu and the others, Commissioner Jing walked towards the other scholars. It seemed that he did have some idea of "building a team" in there.
This made Lao Liu even more nervous.
Soon, a small passenger plane slowly entered the runway. People in Air Force uniforms guided the scholars to board the plane.
Also boarding the plane were several cadres in formal attire.
Many scholars took their seats one by one as directed. Lao Liu sat in front of the window, and Xiang Shan was next to him. After everyone took their seats, a young cadre stood up, walked to the front of the aircraft cabin, took the microphone, and said: "Everyone
Hello, fellow academics. Let me introduce myself. My surname is Hu and my name is Hu Ruixi. You can call me Director Hu. Teachers can call me Xiao Hu. I am the person in charge of connecting with you in our 227 joint project team.
.If you have anything else in the future, you can come to me. Next, I want to tell you about the discipline of this operation..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Many scholars originally cheered up, thinking that now that they are on the plane, they must tell the information about this mysterious project no matter what.
But Director Hu seemed to be deliberately titillating. He kept emphasizing that when operating outside, you must be political, disciplined and confidential. Apart from the title "227 Joint Project Team", there was no extra information at all.
disclose.
Xiang Shan began to think about the meaning of the number 227.
"This project was started on February 27th? It only lasts for twenty days. In these twenty days, is there any big news in the world?"
After giving a lecture on discipline, Director Hu went back to his seat without saying another word.
After that, there was no second staff member to explain to the scholars.
The more secretive it is, the more curious and disturbing it becomes. Scholars are scratching their heads, but they can't directly ask the staff.
Xiangshan held in his hand the half-read science fiction novel in his belongings, but he couldn't read a word of it. His mind was filled with words like "alien," "spaceship," and "ruins."
"Don't read if you don't want to read it." Lao Liu couldn't help but put a printed paper into Xiang Shan's hand: "Here, take a look at this and calm down."
"Teacher, I can't even read novels, let alone papers..." Xiang Shan smiled bitterly.
"You can watch it if I tell you to."
Xiang Shan reluctantly read through the paper, but then felt a little dizzy and weak. He was too excited last night and didn't sleep well. He told Lao Liu, took out his earplugs and eye mask, and squinted in his seat for a while.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiangshan felt himself being pushed. Then he felt a noise. Xiangshan immediately pulled off his blindfold and said, "What's wrong?"
"Stop sleeping, something big has happened." Old Liu shook his head seriously at him. 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: "They are the aircraft carrier formations of our South China Sea Fleet and the Seventh Fleet of the United States."
Xiang Shan's mind was buzzing at that time.
What does the close confrontation between two aircraft carrier formations mean?
The relationship between the Republic and the United States has been increasingly tense since twenty years ago. However, in any case, it has not developed to the point where aircraft carrier formations are confronting each other at close range.
This really means that there is only a thin line between "war" and the best case scenario is to restart the Cold War.
But the most practical problem is not here.
The most realistic problem is that they were taken to a place that could become a battlefield at any time.
Old Liu's face turned 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 our navy and the United States Navy are also demonstrating. These are all in the news - but the news does not say that the situation has reached this point.
One step." He pointed with his finger in the direction of the noise: "When they introduced the project to you before, they also promised that there would be no danger, right? Professor Zhou brought his two favorite students with him. We are negotiating now. I hope
You can send your students back."
"Why should a man be buried in horse leather? If the country needs it, I am not unwilling to sacrifice myself." Professor Zhou looked excited: "But why should we hide the danger?"
Hu Ruixi just laughed along, but didn't know how to explain it. He seemed to know something, but he didn't dare to say anything without permission.
Old Liu's expression changed, he glanced at Xiang Shan and wanted to get up.
But Xiangshan grabbed Lao Liu's hand and said, "Teacher, that may not be the case. If you think about it carefully, there is a United States visa in our passport!"