Alien Knights

Sitting on the iron chair in the interrogation room, Clemens' hands were tied together behind his back. He looked helplessly at the ceiling, trying to make his sore back feel better.

This was already the third day that he was taken to Groom Lake Military Base. Except for a period of unconsciousness, Clemens had been interrogated continuously for 36 hours without any sleep.

Hearing the creak of the iron door, Clemens raised his head, trying to see clearly the face of the person in his blurred vision.

Major Cole sat on the other side of the interrogation table, looked at the embarrassed Clemens, lit a cigarette and asked: "I have read the confession report - you repeatedly emphasized that you did not inform or collaborate with the enemy. The general position of the heart can be inferred solely by relying on the limited data and information at hand."

Clemens heard Major Cole's voice and asked in a hoarse voice: "My daughter, and my assistant, they..."

Major Cole blew out a puff of smoke and said, "They're fine."

Clemens breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You have all used the lie detector and the truth serum. I am telling the truth. I really have nothing to do with the Russian people."

Major Cole took out a folder he carried with him, opened it and threw all the materials inside on the table.

Those materials were all about Clemens, including resume, biography, papers...even call records and bank statements were included.

Major Cole laid out the materials in front of Clemens and said, "How did you and your wife Viktoria Nikonov meet?"

Clemens was stunned and didn't understand why the other party suddenly asked this question. He said truthfully: "The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, at a charity dinner many years ago."

Major Cole nodded and asked, "How did she die?"

Clemens lowered his head, feeling depressed: "Five years ago, there was a car accident."

Major Cole twitched the corners of his mouth slightly and repeated the word in a low voice: "Car accident..."

Clemens was keenly aware of the strangeness in the other person's tone: "What do you want to say?"

Major Cole put out the unfinished cigarette in the ashtray and said: "Sometimes, the less you know, the happier you live."

Clemens stood up excitedly, dragged the iron chair on the ground, and rushed towards Major Cole: "Do you know something? You must know something about the death of my wife!"

The major stretched out his leg and easily tripped Clemens to the ground.

The former squatted down, looked into the latter's eyes, and whispered: "If I were you, I wouldn't want to explore the past... You should thank your wife for protecting you and your daughter."

Clemens opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Tell me the truth! I have the right to know the truth!"

Major Cole stood up and said to the soldiers beside him: "Give him a shot of Valium."

While struggling and resisting, Clemens felt a chill on his neck. After a few seconds, his eyes slowly closed and he fell asleep.

When he woke up again, twelve hours had passed.

After struggling to open his eyes, Clemens realized that the restraints on his hands had been removed, and he had been moved to a single dormitory room without knowing when.

Major Cole was sitting on a chair with his feet on the table, concentrating on the TV hanging in the corner, which was playing a local football game.

Before Clemens could speak, the major said: "If you want to protect your daughter and your assistant, then I advise you not to explore anything that happened in the past."

Clemens was silent for a long time and finally gave up asking questions.

The major said without looking back: "There is hot food on the table. You can take your time to eat while we are talking."

Clemens glanced at the food box on the table and said, "I want to see my daughter and my assistant."

"They will meet you, but the premise is that I must get a confirmed answer from you."

Clemens said in a deep voice: "I have told you everything I know..."

Major Cole shook his head and said: "The answers I want to know are not those... I still remember that the night you first arrived, after seeing the map in the main control room, you said that there was an error in the coordinates of the singularity we calculated?"

Clemens was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, it is indeed the case."

Major Cole asked: "If I gave you the equipment and the data you need, would you be able to calculate the correct coordinates?"

Clemens: "I can do it...wait, you mean, let me calculate the coordinates by myself?"

Major Cole crossed his legs and said, "Yes, you alone, at most plus your beautiful assistant."

Clemens was puzzled: "Why not let all researchers re-calculate? If I were to do it alone, it would take a lot of time."

Major Cole's tone contained some profound meaning: "Professor Scott, this has something to do with politics."

"politics?"

Recalling the stubborn General Hamilton, Clemens suddenly understood what the other party was thinking: "Is it that the general refused to retake the test? And you want to take advantage of this opportunity..."

Major Cole interrupted: "You just need to tell me if you are willing to take this job?"

Clemens hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and asked, "Do I have the right to choose?"

Major Cole: "If you want to go back to the interrogation room, you can refuse."

Clemens: "How much time do I have?"

Major Cole: "There may be less than a week before the singularity erupts. I need you to tell me the exact location of your heart. The error cannot exceed one kilometer."

Clemens: "One week? The error is less than one kilometer?! Do you know what you are talking about? This requires the collection and analysis of a large amount of data, and the establishment of a geological model involving many factors such as tides, gravity, celestial bodies, and the earth's crust. , such a huge workload, but I am the only one!"

Major Cole turned back and shrugged: "No way, the duration of the singularity burst is not fixed. It may be several hours, it may be only a few seconds. If the error is too large, then the best contact may be lost. opportunity."

Clemens asked doubtfully: "I've been hearing you say the word singularity burst. What exactly is that? Also, what exactly are those black towers?"

Major Cole: "It doesn't matter if I tell you now. You can see it in the report later anyway."

"Every once in a while, there will be a series of earthquakes on the earth."

"With the earthquake, three huge black towers will rise from the ground, the ones you saw before."

"When these giant towers rise and penetrate the earth's crust, they will form a stable triangular chain. Those guys who do physics say that there is an extremely powerful potential field operating in this triangular chain."

"When this energy field reaches a peak, a white hole will be created at the center of gravity that ejects matter and energy outwards."

"They call the formation of this hole a singularity explosion."

Clemens asked: "A white hole that spews matter and energy outward? What on earth is that?"

Major Cole shrugged: "No one knows how it forms. They just know that it appears every once in a while. The duration may be long or short, and the location of the explosion will also be slightly shifted."

Clemens: "So what would emerge from the white hole?"

Major Cole: "There are all kinds of weird things. Sometimes they are man-made objects with unknown purposes, sometimes they are a few stone slabs engraved with unknown words, and sometimes there are even a few strange creatures."

Clemens felt a little thirsty: "You mean... alien creatures?"

Major Cole: "I don't know. I have only seen photos and videos. All physical objects are sealed at the bottom of the base and are guarded by dedicated personnel."

Clemens was a little unconvinced: "You've never seen the real thing?"

Major Cole: "I didn't catch up with the good times before. The last singularity erupted was in 1986, and the last one was in 1947. But I was pretty lucky. During my service, I at least caught up with this one. ."

Turning off the TV with the remote control, Major Cole stood up and said to Clemens: "About some things here, I will have someone send a detailed report later. Oh, by the way, your laptop , and all related materials, I have packed them and flown them here, and they will also be shipped to your room."

Clemens suddenly remembered something: "If I promise you, does this mean that I will never be able to leave here?"

Major Cole walked towards the door and said, "Whether you agree to it or not, there is only one way to enter here and leave again - ashes."