Chapter 161 The Prometheus Project
In the post, the blogger listed various "black technologies" that had suddenly emerged in China in the past few days.
From technical challenges to medical miracles.
He asserted with certainty: "The speed of all this progress is completely contrary to the objective laws of scientific development! Unless they have received some kind of 'extraterrestrial' help!"
"I have a bold guess! In some place unknown to us, the Chinese may have discovered the ruins of a prehistoric super-civilization, or even... an alien spaceship! They are analyzing these technologies that are ahead of their time!"
The comments section of this post was in complete chaos.
Those who believe feel they have found the truth.
Those who don't believe him call him a fool who's dreaming and trying to attract attention.
"Great! It's aliens! We're doomed!"
"Si Guoyi, I think the blogger's analysis makes a lot of sense! If it's work from a prehistoric civilization, then it's a treasure for all of humanity! China should definitely share it!"
"Hilarious! That's a really wild idea. I suggest you switch careers and become a novelist."
"I'm speechless. Can't it be that someone has been doing research for decades and just started to see results? What, you can't stand to see others succeed?"
"Ani! This isn't something from outer space; it's our country's technology, stolen by those despicable people. Give it back!"
"Guess the upstairs IP address in 0 seconds".
"You're like something from outer space, something I've always wanted."
"Did someone upstairs wander onto the wrong set?"
"That's great! I sincerely ask, how can I quickly obtain Chinese citizenship? Urgent!"
Zhou Jue shook his head as he read it; the author certainly had a rich imagination.
Unfortunately, the scope was too narrow, including things like prehistoric civilizations and alien spaceships.
This is a legitimate "system" that spans countless worlds!
We don't know if prehistoric civilizations existed, but the technology of previous civilizations is real. It's just that the core data was absorbed by the system, and the outer shell was sent to the post-apocalyptic world for research. If the US and Canada want to find it, they really won't be able to find it anywhere in the world.
She smiled, turned off the tablet, and prepared to go to sleep.
However, what Zhou Jue didn't know was that while she was enjoying this conspiracy theory post, a top-level secret video conference was taking place on the other side of the world.
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The US, the Pentagon, a conference room physically isolated from the outside world.
The huge screen was divided into two images.
On one side were the top officials of the US defense and security departments, all of whom had grim faces.
On the other side were the high-ranking officials of the Maple Leaf Country, whose expressions were equally solemn.
“That’s the situation,” said MacArthur, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, a white old man, in a hoarse voice. “The ‘Prometheus’ program has been completely lost.”
"The 'core technology of a previous civilization' at our secret base in the Rocky Mountains has disappeared. The base claims that when the technology of the previous civilization disappeared, the base's equipment detected spatial fluctuations, but no life forms were found. They sealed off the entire base but could not find the whereabouts of the 'core,' as if it had been erased from the world out of thin air."
The Prometheus Project.
This is a top-level secret between the United States and Canada.
Several years ago, they discovered a technological device beneath the Arctic ice cap that did not belong to modern civilization.
They secretly transported this core technology to a military research base in the Rocky Mountains, where the two countries secretly developed it together and named it "Prometheus".
Over the years, they have extracted countless cutting-edge technologies from that core of technology.
Although most of them are still in the theoretical and experimental stages, that is enough for them to maintain their global technological hegemony.
But now, "Prometheus" is gone! Gone without a trace!
The representative from Canada, a blonde woman, took a deep breath: "We suspect that it was the Chinese who did it."
“I can’t think of anyone else but them.” MacArthur slammed his fist on the table, making the water glass on it vibrate.
"At the critical juncture when 'Prometheus' lost contact, China announced a major breakthrough in their new energy field! Immediately following that, various medical technologies that we are still researching in the laboratory were also announced!"
"Once is a coincidence, twice is a coincidence, but so many times, is it still a coincidence?!"
He roared angrily, "They must have stolen 'Prometheus' in some way we can't understand! The core of that previous technological civilization!"
“I don’t think so. Even if they stole it, it’s impossible for them to have researched it so quickly. You know, our two countries have had so many top scientists spend so much time and they’ve only been able to analyze a very small part of it!” a black man calmly analyzed.
"So they couldn't have gotten results so quickly. Perhaps they also obtained the core of another civilization?"
The conference room was deathly silent.
After a long silence, a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, who looked like the head of a think tank, spoke up.
“Mr. Minister, the problem now is that we have no evidence. Whether it is true or not, we have no evidence.”
"And what should we do next?"
He presented three options.
"First, we will send our top agents to infiltrate China and find out the source of their technology at all costs. But this is extremely dangerous, and the consequences would be unimaginable if we are discovered. At the same time, we must also dispatch and activate all the spies hidden in various countries. What if it was stolen by another country? What we need to do is not overlook any possibility!"
"Second, we will contact and negotiate with the top leaders of China through secret channels to find out if they know anything about the previous civilization."
"Third..." The man paused, his expression turning extremely serious: "Make the existence of the 'Prometheus' project public. At the same time, regardless of whether China was involved or not, accuse China of stealing the wealth belonging to all mankind, and unite the world to put pressure on them."
"No!" MacArthur and the representatives of the Maple Leaf Country almost unanimously rejected the third option.
Once it's announced, they will no longer be able to monopolize this incredible opportunity.
Their long-cherished dream of leaving the world behind and establishing permanent hegemony has been completely shattered.
That's something they absolutely cannot accept.
“That leaves only the first two options.” The strategist pushed up his glasses.
MacArthur paced back and forth in the conference room with a grim face. After a long while, he stopped, a ruthless glint in his eyes.
"A two-pronged approach."
"Have the 'Death Squad' prepare for action. At the same time, have the diplomatic corps sound out the Chinese side's opinion."
"If that still doesn't work, as a last resort, we'll resort to the third method: if we can't have it, then nobody else can either!"
His gaze swept over everyone on the screen, his voice icy and chilling.
"I don't care what methods you use, I need to know where our 'Prometheus' is!"
"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.
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