Shen Shiwei wasn't exaggerating; his flying skills were indeed quite outstanding.

The plane was hidden in the thick clouds, and the view outside was obscured.

Only by occasionally descending to visually calibrate their position can they accurately determine where they have flown.

During the final descent calibration shortly afterward, Liu Kai was able to see a flat horizon clearly ahead with his eyes.

At the horizon, a modern metropolis with towering buildings can be vaguely seen.

Of course, it is also a city with a "thousand-mile-long marshland" landscape.

Beijing is just around the corner!

But just then, red lights suddenly flashed inside the cabin as if an alarm had been sounded.

Even all the electronic instrument screens in front of me suddenly went out.

Liu Kai was startled, thinking that something strange had happened again.

But when he turned around, he saw Shen Shiwei calmly release the control stick and even unbuckle his seatbelt to stand up.

"The plane has been taken over by the Capital Military Region. There's nothing more for us to do now. Go to the cabin and rest for a while."

No sooner had Shen Shiwei finished speaking than a commotion suddenly came from the porthole.

Immediately afterwards, sealed deck sections were rapidly lowered.

They completely blocked all the windows of the plane, making them pitch black and allowing no light to penetrate.

Upon seeing this, Liu Kai instantly understood.

It seems the exact location of their upcoming destination is highly confidential.

I just don't know if this secrecy is only for Liu Kai?

Or perhaps even Shen Shiwei, the commander of the Eastern Theater Command and a general, had no right to know?

If it's the latter, then the significance of this place becomes intriguing.

However, such secrecy was of no use to Liu Kai, after all, his scanning range of up to 12 kilometers was no joke.

He followed Shen Shiwei back to the cabin and sat in the comfortable airline seat with the full scanner on.

The scene outside appeared in my mind instantly with perfect clarity.

The plane was slowly changing direction.

Soon after, we arrived at a stretch of green mountains more than 40 kilometers west of Beijing.

Under the control of the military region, the aircraft reduced its throttle and lowered its flaps and landing gear, appearing ready to land.

However, below was still a continuous range of mountains.

Forget about an airport, there isn't even a single open area that could barely serve as a runway.

As Liu Kai was wondering, he suddenly sensed an aircraft rapidly approaching in the distant sky.

Looking at the appearance of the aircraft, Liu Kai was taken aback.

Its futuristic design is so advanced, and it's also driverless.

It doesn't feel like a product of this era.

Liu Kai was certain that he had never seen this aircraft in any publicly available information!

More than ten seconds later.

The aircraft maintained the same speed, clinging tightly to the back of the plane.

The lower hatch opens.

Four suction cup tentacles, resembling robotic arms, silently adhered to the exterior of the aircraft.

With a slight tremor, the incredible aerial docking was successfully completed.

The aircraft engines were completely shut down.

Like a toy caught in a claw machine in a shopping mall, it slowly descended towards some unknown mountain peak in the mountains below.

Liu Kai has already discovered through scanning that there is indeed a secret base hidden beneath this hill.

He was used to seeing military bases built by hollowing out mountains, so he wasn't too shocked.

The only thing I don't understand is how this strange flying machine works.

It has no propellers, nor the exposed tailpipes of traditional jet aircraft.

Its streamlined, fully enclosed design means there is no exhaust or heat trail when it moves.

It is agile, fast, can take off and land vertically, and is completely silent.

Its internal structure is also quite precise and complex, and Liu Kai, a layman, could not understand the specific function of each part at all.

It's just like the legendary UFO.

Has technology really advanced to this point?

His question went unanswered.

The dense trees on the hilltop trembled, and the huge hatch, more than 30 meters in diameter, slowly opened to both sides.

Soon after, the strange aircraft landed the Gulfstream G650 business jet steadily in the center of the tarmac.

Before Liu Kai could properly examine this mysterious military base through scanning,

Shen Shiwei then stood up and took out two black hoods from the cabinet.

Without saying a word, he shoved one hood into Liu Kai's hand and then grabbed another hood to put on his head.

Liu Kai was stunned.

This looks like we've been kidnapped.

He quickly grabbed Shen Shiwei's hand and asked urgently, "Commander Shen, are you also going to wear a hood?"

Seeing Liu Kai's surprised face, Shen Shiwei smiled maliciously.

"Hehe, you can choose not to wear it, but the price is that you can never leave it."

"Huh? Where exactly is this place?!"

Shen Shiwei fell silent upon hearing this.

But soon, he decided to reveal some information to Liu Kai.

"It's not really a secret."

"Here, there are only 3 possibilities if you want to not wear a hood."

"First, you become a staff member here, and you can never leave under an assumed name for the rest of your life."

"Second, they held one of only two high-ranking leadership positions, and after leaving office and retiring, they had to voluntarily undergo memory erasure."

"Third..."

"That means facing the crisis of national annihilation or even world destruction, all the high-ranking officials gathered here, either to take refuge or to fight a desperate battle."

Liu Kai couldn't understand: "Isn't this a world-ending crisis?"

Shen Shiwei glanced at him.

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