Long ago, when You Lixuan first entered officialdom, he didn't smoke and had always refused to become a chain smoker.
He couldn't imagine the white smoke being held in his mouth, rushing into his lungs, and then being exhaled.
How wonderful could that feeling be?
Besides, it's not like he's never been exposed to secondhand smoke before; the smell is absolutely awful.
Besides his own aversion, there was another particularly important thing: You Lixuan's mother suffered from asthma and could not stand the pungent smell of smoke.
But when You Lixuan waved his hand and said to the leader who had intended to cultivate him, "Sorry, I don't smoke,"
The leader smiled.
"It's okay, let's start learning now."
"Why?" He paused, not understanding what he meant.
As for why, his life experiences over the next ten years or so told him.
At the Arctic work station, You Lixuan smoked to pass the long, boring night, and suddenly missed his mother who had left him long ago. If she could see him now, thriving and soaring to great heights, she would surely be very gratified.
However, before he could recall much, a figure stumbled and rushed into the corridor.
The noise was so jarring in the quiet night; the figure was a staff member in the observation room, and his expression was one of extreme terror.
"Something's happened! Something's happened, Commander!"
"Tell me slowly, what's wrong?" You Lixuan frowned.
"The data on the monitor just spiked and then went unresponsive. Can you check what happened?"
"Where's Professor Chao Dong? Go and wake him up!"
"Yes! I'll go right now!"
The two parted ways at the corner, one after the other, and walked in different directions.
You Lixuan rushed to the door of the observation room, kicked it open, and entered to find the observer, his face tense, trying his best to restart the machines. The twenty-odd screens in the room were completely gray, devoid of any signal. He rushed to the machines and watched the young researcher frantically pounding on the start button.
After knocking dozens of times, the researcher was sweating profusely. He looked up, his eyes filled with fear, and shook his head as he spoke, "No! It's probably because the equipment on Guling's side is broken. We can't get a signal. If that's the case, we can't even repair it!"
"Try again! Try a few more times!"
You Lixuan's heart pounded, and he clenched his fists nervously.
He hoped that this was just a normal accident and that the nightmare-like event would not happen.
As a high-ranking official in the Federation, he was well aware that the preparations for countering the invasion were not yet perfect and that it would be best to have more time!
Although he is a qualified manager, he still needs to be taught about scientific research.
A short while later, Professor Chao Dongwei, whom that person had invited, arrived. He was nearly fifty years old and had been handpicked by Jiang Cheng to assist You Lixuan in his research.
"How is the situation?"
Before he was even properly dressed, Lao Chao, who had just woken up from his sleep, went straight to the question of the monitoring team leader for tonight.
“This is very bad. I can’t tell now whether there’s a problem with the equipment or if there have been changes in the dead zone.”
"Tell me every detail of what happened, don't leave anything out."
"Okay, I see..."
A few minutes later, after some discussion, Professor Chao Dong's expression turned completely somber. He turned to You Lixuan and said, "I'm afraid something really has happened. Let's notify the Federation."
You Lixuan remained silent for a long time before turning around and leaving the observation room.
You must understand that once this report is issued, the Federation will be in a state of full war! Thousands of armored vehicles will arrive in the Arctic with the soldiers, and the Snow Maiden will also be activated to be ready to fight at any time!
He was extremely nervous as he prepared to make the satellite phone call.
As soon as the call was connected, he said, "Hello, this is You Lixuan, the chief commander of the Arctic unmanned detection project! Requesting a report to the two chief commanders: an anomaly in the Arctic!"
Anomalies in the Arctic!
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In the dead of night in Lanjing, fifteen minutes after You Lixuan's report, Gu Qingwan pushed open the door to Jiang Cheng's room and woke him up from his sleep.
Jiang Cheng opened his eyes from his drowsy state, glanced at her first, then closed them again and licked his dry lips.
After a minute of silence, he sat up in bed, picked up the water next to him, and gulped down two mouthfuls. "What is it?"
"An anomaly in the Arctic!"
"puff!"
Jiang Cheng, tilting his head, suddenly spat out the water he had just drunk. He stood up abruptly, exclaiming, "What?!"
“A report just came from the Federation. I received the message two minutes ago. I arranged for a plane to come and open the door, boss…” Gu Qingwan said solemnly as she stood up from her half-kneeling position. “You need to rush back to the Federation immediately to take charge of the situation.”
Jiang Cheng waved his hand, indicating that he needed to calm down for a while, and he sorted out his thoughts.
In fact, all the preparations were for this day, and his constant worry was also because of this day.
Fortunately... although the progress bar hasn't reached perfection, it has completed most of the work. Now, all that needs to be done is wartime deployment.
This was an extremely arduous task that Tali could not possibly complete alone.
Upon realizing this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but look at the wall, where his father was lying on the hospital bed.
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