Cyber Heroes

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

Peking 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.

And now it falls under "other special purposes."

When Xiangshan and his party arrived, there were already about ten people here. Old Liu's sharp eyes 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 have been sent to foreign countries... and they all have United Nations certificates. Guess those who came with me, except Xiao Xiang, are all who?"

"It's either the Academy of Social Sciences or Peking University who engages in liberal arts." Professor Zhang curled his lips: "What's the big secret? I've asked around. Among our group, there are people who do software and hardware. That's us over there. from the Department of Biology at Tsinghua University, with a major in genetics. The other three are from public security colleges engaged in criminal investigation.”

Old Liu was startled: "So complete?"

"What do you think?"

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind?"

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a very old term that 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 traces on the ground, etc.); the third type of contact means seeing aliens on the flying object. Living things, including direct contact with them. This was the earliest classification made by the US military for various UFO intelligence.

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

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 certain religions, have 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 don't think this matter is trivial."

Another voice cuts into the conversation. It was an old man with white beard and hair, 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. "

Lao Liu immediately stood in awe. In modern times, this area of ​​China is still relatively sensitive. Modern history and politics are often intertwined. People who can do research in this area must either have a strong background, or have both excellent skills and a strong background.

After all, he is not a simple character.

Commissioner Jing is indeed such a character. He himself is a younger brother from the eldest family. In the old saying, he is of "good family background" and "upright and well-established." 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 quite tolerant of intellectuals with professional skills in terms of "social interaction", so Jing Hongtu has no taboos and always says whatever he wants. Others feel that his easy-to-offend temperament makes it difficult to conflict with others in the fame and fortune market, and there is no need to risk offending his family members by messing with him.

Professor Zhang and Jing Hongtu had just met. 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. When 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. There are too many unknown elements in this opportunity - this is something unprecedented.

Jing Hongtu's eyes fell on Xiang Shan again: "The young man is quite young. What's his major? What's his name?"

"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 seems that he does have a little bit of the idea of ​​​​"keeping a team" in it.

This made Lao Liu even more nervous.

Soon, a small passenger plane slowly entered the runway. There were people in Air Force uniforms guiding the scholars to board the plane.

Also boarding the plane were several cadres in formal attire.

Many scholars took their seats one by one according to the guidance. Lao Liu sat in front of the window, Xiang Shan was next to him. After everyone was seated, a young cadre stood up, walked to the front of the aircraft cabin, took a microphone, and said: "Hello, fellow academic comrades. 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 responsible for connecting with everyone. If you have anything in the future, you can also come to me. Next, I will follow Please tell me about the discipline of this operation..."

Many scholars originally cheered up, thinking that now that they were on the plane, they had to share the information about this mysterious project no matter what.

But that officer Hu, as if deliberately trying to titillate people, kept emphasizing that when acting outside, one must be political, disciplined, and confidential. Apart from the title "227 Joint Project Team", no additional information was disclosed.

Xiangshan 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 returned 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 were scratching their heads, but they couldn'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 it if you don't want to." Old 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 you want."

Xiang Shan reluctantly read through the paper and 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, Xiang Shan felt himself being pushed. Then he felt a noise. Xiang Shan immediately took off his blindfold and said, "What's wrong?"

"Don't sleep, something big happened." Old Liu shook his head seriously at him. Xiangshan 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 United States Seventh Fleet."

Xiang Shan's mind was buzzing at that time.

What does the close confrontation between two aircraft carrier formations mean?

Relations between the Republic and the United States have been increasingly tense since their inception twenty years ago. But in any case, it has not developed to the point of confrontation between aircraft carrier formations 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 I can send my students back.”

"Why should a man return to his body wrapped 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 with her, 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.

But Xiang Shan grabbed Lao Liu's hand and said, "Teacher, that may not be the case. Think about it carefully, there is a United States visa in our passport!"