He had no idea how his careful actions could have been seen through so quickly!

"What...what do you want? I...I just came to clean..."

Zhao Youfu tried to remain calm, but his voice trembled uncontrollably.

"Cleaning?" Jiang Feng approached step by step, his footsteps growing heavier in the empty corridor, each one striking Jiang Feng's heart.

"You cleaned up right up to the lab entrance? And you brought this with you?" His gaze was sharp as he swept over the miniature adsorption device on the ground.

Zhao Youfu was speechless, his eyes darting around in a panic, searching for a way out that didn't even exist.

Inside the control tower, Mingzhao glanced at the arrest scene on the surveillance screen and then stopped paying attention.

Her entire focus shifted back to the main screen.

"Unidentified low-altitude, high-speed target, locked on by strong radar and threatened by anti-aircraft missiles, has abandoned its approach! It is turning around and fleeing at full speed! It has released a large number of flares!"

The radar operator's voice carried a hint of relief.

The threat at low altitudes receded like a tide once the "mole" was exposed.

This confirmed Mingzhao's judgment: it was a meticulously planned feint attack designed to create chaos in order to steal intelligence!

However, the crisis of "Shadow" is not over.

Coolant level: 18%! The regular and steady vibrations at the rear of the engine compartment, like a leech, continuously drained the fighter jet's vitality and Lao Zhao's willpower.

"Sky Curtain, coolant levels are about to fall below the maintenance threshold."

Mingzhao's voice clearly reached Lao Zhao's ears through the encrypted channel: "Prepare to execute Contingency Plan B: Shut down the cooling spray system."

Everyone in the control tower gasped!

Turn off the cooling? That would mean the furnace-like heat in the engine compartment would be uncontrolled, and the remaining vibrations would be unrestrained!

The consequences would be unimaginable!

"Understood! Prepare to execute Plan B!"

Old Zhao's voice was unwavering, filled with steely resolve. He knew this was the only option. Forcing the situation to continue after the coolant ran out would only make things worse.

"Countdown: 3...2...1...Turn off cooling!" Mingzhao ordered.

Old Zhao decisively turned off the coolant injection switch.

laugh!

The continuously gushing white cooling mist vanished instantly.

Almost at the same instant the cooling stopped!

Buzz!

A terrifying tremor, several times more intense than before and like the awakening of a primordial beast, suddenly erupted from the depths of the machine!

The entire "Shadow" violently jolted up and down and swayed left and right! The gauges on the dashboard jumped wildly!

The piercing overload alarm and structural stress warning instantly spiked to the highest level, and the shrill screams almost tore our eardrums apart!

"Report! Tremors...out of control! Amplitude...exceeding limits! The machine...feels like it's about to disintegrate!"

Old Zhao's voice broke off amidst the violent jolts, filled with pain and forced, suppressed screams!

He gripped the violently shaking control stick with both hands, using all his strength to resist the immense force that threatened to throw him out of the cockpit! Sweat instantly soaked his entire body again!

On the control tower screen, the status indicator for "Shadow" instantly changed from deep red to the most terrifying black, symbolizing the highest level of disaster!

The curve representing structural stress is like an out-of-control roller coaster, surging wildly to the top!

After the cooling pressure was lost, the curve representing the engine compartment temperature once again surged upwards like a runaway horse!

On the spectrum, the originally regular spike suddenly burst into a chaotic and violent broadband noise, representing the structure on the verge of collapse!

"Sky Curtain! Stabilize! Try to reduce speed! Change flight attitude!"

For the first time, Mingzhao's voice betrayed a hint of tension!

Her eyes were fixed on the wildly soaring curves and the exploding spectrum, her brain racing to calculate any possible rescue measures.

Just then, the radar operator's terrified scream rang out again:

"Report! High-speed target spotted to the northwest! Altitude...altitude! Speed...speed exceeds Mach 3.2! It's...it's Blackbird! It...it's back!!!"

Inside the control tower, a deathly silence fell instantly! Everyone's blood seemed to freeze at that moment!

The SR-71 "Blackbird" that had just fled in panic has now returned!

At an even higher speed! At an even higher altitude! Like vultures that have smelled blood, filled with deep killing intent, they once again swooped down on the "ghost" aircraft that was on the verge of disintegration amidst violent tremors!

Inside the control tower, it felt as if the air had been sucked out instantly!

Everyone's heart stopped beating abruptly at the radar operator's scream, "Blackbird is back!"

The SR-71 Blackbird, which had just escaped, re-entered the Shadow at its most vulnerable moment, when it was on the verge of disintegration, like a vulture that had smelled blood, at a terrifying speed of over Mach 3.2 from an altitude of 30,000 meters!

"Blackbird! Altitude! Speed ​​3.2! Course...heading straight for Wraith!!"

The radar operator's voice was hoarse with extreme horror: "It's diving! Target clear! It's coming straight at the sky!"

On the screen, the red dot representing SR-71 is tearing through the thin atmosphere at an almost vertical angle, crashing down on the gray phantom struggling violently below, representing the signal of "Shadow"!

The height difference is shrinking rapidly! The relative impact force from the speed difference is enough to tear any object to shreds!

"Despicable!!" Zhang Meng's eyes widened in fury!

“It’s over…” Wang Tiezhu’s face was ashen.

Su Xuan gripped the edge of the control panel tightly, his knuckles turning white.

Jiang Feng's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, but his eyes were fixed on the surveillance footage of the capture of the "mole." In the corridor, Zhao Youfu was being held down on the ground by security guards, his face showing utter despair and collapse.

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