Chapter 282 Going Home! Look at the surprise we've prepared for you!
The white light dissipated.
Zhou Jue's feet touched the solid metal floor. She blinked, adjusting to the soft light before her.
It's still that same time-travel room, still that huge glass door.
Outside the door, Chief Zhang, Chen Jianguo, Sun Jiuchou, and Cheng Gan, dressed in a sharp suit and standing ramrod straight, were all familiar faces, staring intently at her.
The tension and worry in their eyes instantly turned into visible relaxation the moment they saw her appear fully.
Zhou Jue's heart felt as if it were being gently held by a warm hand. Ever since the country learned that she had traveled through time, every time she returned, there was a group of people waiting for her, letting her know that she was not fighting alone.
"I'm back."
Zhou Jue smiled as he looked out the window.
"It's good that you're back! It's good that you're back!"
Chief Zhang's voice carried a clear sense of relief; this bewildering world had finally been safely navigated.
The routine disinfection procedure was initiated, and various lights and sprays enveloped her, which Zhou Jue quietly cooperated with.
Soon, the disinfection process ended, and the isolation door slid open.
Zhou Jue walked out.
"You've worked hard, Xiao Jue." Chief Zhang was the first to greet him, and he reached out and patted Zhou Jue on the shoulder.
"You've encountered quite a few dangers, haven't you? Take a rest and recharge." Commander Zhang's tone was filled with concern.
"Grandpa Zhang, I'm fine," Zhou Jue said. "Let me report the situation first, that world..."
"No rush," Chief Zhang waved his hand, interrupting her.
This reaction surprised Zhou Jue slightly.
Every time I returned, the first thing I always did was to gather and analyze intelligence.
The atmosphere seems a little different today.
“Yes, no rush to report.” Chen Jianguo walked over with a smile: “Even if it’s a big deal, you need to catch your breath first.”
He looked Zhou Jue up and down, his face full of lingering fear and relief: "This is no ordinary world, and we've been gone for so long. We need to rest properly!"
Zhou Jue smiled and said, "It's nothing. I bought something great in that world and I can't wait to share it with everyone!"
"Haha, good, that's perfect, we also need to show you something." Chief Zhang laughed heartily.
"Look at things?" Zhou Jue was somewhat surprised.
"Hmm." Chief Zhang's smile carried a hint of mystery and pride: "A surprise."
Instead of heading to the familiar conference room, the group took a private elevator, descending the stairs until the doors opened.
A gigantic command center, resembling a scene from a science fiction movie, suddenly appeared before Zhou Jue's eyes.
The entire space is circular, with a huge sphere at the center, on which a blue planet—Blue Star—is slowly rotating.
Hundreds of staff members in various uniforms are working busily and orderly at their respective posts, with countless data streams flashing rapidly on the screens in front of them.
Zhou Jue's gaze was immediately drawn to that blue star.
She saw that above the map of China, there was a very faint, almost imperceptible energy grid composed of countless hexagons.
That grid, stretching from the top of the atmosphere all the way to near-Earth orbit, completely enveloped the entire country.
“This is…” Zhou Jue’s breath hitched slightly.
"It is the 'anti-nuclear sky curtain'."
Chen Jianguo walked to her side, pointed to the huge spherical screen, and his voice was filled with barely suppressed pride.
"In the year you left, almost all of the country's top physicists, engineers, and materials scientists were gathered together."
“We set up hundreds of research teams, working day and night, to turn the ‘spatial ripple deflection system’ from theory into reality.”
A researcher in a white lab coat with gray hair walked over and excitedly said to Zhou Jue, "Advisor Zhou! We succeeded! We not only completely replicated its theoretical model, but also increased the system's energy conversion efficiency by seven percent by introducing superconducting materials!"
"Although it is only in the initial deployment stage, this system is theoretically capable of deflecting or even tearing apart any known hypersonic physical attack!"
Looking at the invisible shield that covered the land, Zhou Jue felt a surge of pride.
She left a seed for this country.
And this country, through its own strength, allowed it to take root, sprout, and grow into a towering tree.
"That's wonderful..." she exclaimed sincerely.
With this technological shield, the sharpest sword currently hanging over China's head has finally been completely blocked.
"This is just the first surprise."
Sun Jiuchou walked over with a smile and pointed to the other side of the command center.
Zhou Jue looked in the direction he was pointing.
Over there was another equally huge screen, but what it displayed was not a high-tech data stream.
Instead, it was a magnificent landscape painting she knew all too well, composed of countless golden dots and lines.
"A Panoramic View of Rivers and Mountains"
On the screen, the central hub representing Kunlun Mountain shone brightly, and thick streams of golden energy surged out along the mountain range.
They run through Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Heng, Mount Song, and Mount Hengshan, with the lights of the five sacred mountains lighting up in turn, like five pillars supporting the sky.
The energy flow converges into the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, transforming into two giant dragons of light that roar and connect hundreds of city nodes.
The entire array was no longer the static image in the jade slip when she left, but was operating slowly but steadily.
Each point of light is operating smoothly.
“This…” Zhou Jue’s eyes widened.
If the completion of the "anti-nuclear sky screen" was an expected surprise, then the scene before her eyes was completely beyond her expectations.
She originally thought that after she left, this massive project could only complete the preliminary deployment at most, and its launch would require further consideration.
"We need the shield of technology."
Commander Zhang walked to her other side, looked at the array on the screen, and spoke in a steady and powerful voice.
"We must not lose the shield of metaphysics passed down from our ancestors."
"After you left, we selected three thousand students with the most talent in formations from Yunlan University and the entire army to form the 'Wanli Jiangshan Engineering Department'."
Cheng Gan stepped forward, stood at attention, and reported: "Report! Under the guidance of the teaching materials and practical teaching experience you left behind, the first batch of students have all graduated! The civil engineering and basic formation depiction of all nodes of the 'Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains' were completed last month!"
"The thirteen main array eyes, including Kunlun and Taishan, have been taken turns guarding and have begun the first phase of energy injection and synchronization."
A young officer rushed to the screen and reported loudly, "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief! Reporting to Major General Zhou! We have just received real-time data from the Kunlun Base! The Kunlun-1 energy interface is operating normally, and the spiritual energy output is stable at 98.3% of the preset threshold! The energy flow in the array circuit is smooth, and there is no energy leakage!"
"Taishan Base reporting! Operations normal!"
"Yangtze River Estuary Base reporting: Operations normal!"
Reports rang out through the command center's communication system, echoing clearly in everyone's ears.
Zhou Jue listened quietly and watched quietly.
She looked at the breathtaking scene that blended technology and fantasy, and at the confident and reassured smiles on the faces of the people around her.
This country has transformed two hopes into two unbreakable, solid shields protecting its 9.6 million square kilometers of land.
Chief Zhang turned his head and looked at Zhou Jue. His eyes were a little red, but his gaze was surprisingly bright.
"Xiao Jue, did you see that?"
“You bought us the most precious time, and we…did not waste a single second.”
"We have not wasted the blueprints and technology you left us."
He reached out and patted Zhou Jue's shoulder heavily.
"You're not alone in charging forward."
"Keep moving forward, and we'll make sure every step you take is firmly planted behind you!"
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