Chapter 492: Inheritance
These words sound like a handover from one era to another, full of expectations and hope.
It should be done in a more formal setting rather than in a casual manner, but it is no less solemn.
Lu Xi held the medal in his hand and solemnly pledged, "I am willing to become the cornerstone of national peace and strive for this goal all my life."
"Good! Good! Good!" Mr. Zheng said three good words in a row, "You really taught a very outstanding child."
Mr. Zheng led his large army and left the Flame Team's territory in the same mighty manner as when he came, and never asked a single question about crystal core energy from beginning to end.
Lu Xi held the medal in his hand and said, "I thought they would ask something else?"
"People of their generation all put family and country first. Those who can carry on this spirit will not care about personal gains and losses." Lu Xiao's face was filled with admiration, which made Lu Xi's alarm bells suddenly ring.
Before he came, Zhuang Mingxu specifically reminded him and Lu Xiao of some ideas of self-sacrifice, and he came here this time to persuade him more.
Hearing what he said, he immediately said, "Dad, don't learn from others. The Zheng family is such a big family. Even if ten or eight people are sacrificed, they can still stand firm. But there are only three people in our family. My brother..." He paused and added, "If you have this idea, I will definitely be forced to be locked up in some base in the future."
"How can it be so exaggerated?" Lu Xiao played with the crystal core he had just obtained, stroked his hair and laughed.
"Dad, you don't think scientists can do whatever they want in this era where force is supreme, do you?" Lu Xi said solemnly, "Do you think that the endless stream of research at our base is due to those few scientists in the open?"
Lu Xiao said nothing.
Lu Xi approached him and hugged his arm, showing weakness, "The news of my brother's accident has spread to various bases. According to the information sent back by the informant, many bases are ready to take action against us. Dad, I'm scared."
"I'm afraid that one day, I will have no one to rely on, and I will be arrested and forced to do research day and night. If I don't make any progress, I will be punished corporally." He shuddered at the right time, as if he thought of those horrible corporal punishments, which instantly aroused Lu Xiao's heartache.
"That day will never come. Your father is still here," Lu Xiao said immediately.
"Then swear that you will protect yourself first and not put yourself in danger." Lu Xi climbed up the pole.
Lu Xiao immediately understood what he meant and patted him on the head, "You little bastard, you're playing tricks on me."
"Hey, Dad, promise me, promise me. You don't really want to see me being bullied, do you?" Lu Xi jumped up and down and hung on his arm, acting coquettishly.
"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you. Stand still. You're an adult but you still act like a spoiled child like Ai Yi. Aren't you afraid that your nephew will see you and laugh at you?"
Lu Xi didn't feel embarrassed at all.
"Take me to see the fighter plane you drove over first?" Lu Xiao walked to the roof with him, leaned close to him and asked in a low voice, "It can't really be crystal core fuel, right?"
He felt that it was more likely that the person had come to support him and said it casually. He had never heard that Yuebanwan had made such great progress in this area.
Although his voice was not loud, he was surrounded by people with special abilities who could hear it clearly. Even though they were all his confidants, Lu Xi still felt embarrassed and immediately retorted, "Of course it's true. You don't think that I got my position as vice president because of my brother, do you?"
Lu Xiao looked embarrassed. He knew that his son was a little genius, but he didn't dare to take credit for such a great achievement on him.
"This is what I developed. My team did the entire assembly personally," Lu Xi said dissatisfiedly. "It was with this that I secured the position of vice president. It was passed unanimously, and even Zhao Changming didn't have any objections."
"Great! My son is awesome!"
"Xiaoxi, you really make our Major General Lu proud."
"Just now, many people could hardly contain their envy on their faces."
"Yes, yes, especially the deputy captain of the Flying Eagle Team, Sun Ying. His son is a gangster who only cares about eating, drinking and having fun. He causes trouble for him all day long and makes him clean up the mess."
"I saw it. His eyes looked like he was about to write 'Why isn't this my son?'"
Several people around him complimented him, and Lu Xi's invisible little tail was so high that it could reach the sky. He proudly took them to have a closer look.
"Hello, Major General Lu!" The pilot standing next to the fighter plane was a young soldier with a straight posture. When he saw Lu Xiao, he saluted neatly.
"This is our newly formed air force combat team. The captain of Team 3 is Second Lieutenant Xin Cong. The people who followed me this time are all his team members," Lu Xi introduced.
"Thank you for your hard work." Lu Xiao returned the salute.
After the other few people saluted each other, they excitedly walked forward to touch the fuselage and leaned forward to look inside the cabin.
The appearance of this fighter jet looks no different from before the apocalypse, and even the internal operating console has not been changed much.
"Because the navigation is out of order, we have temporarily isolated the electronic command system after the modification and rely on the driver to give manual commands."
Lu Xi stood aside and briefly explained some of the conditions in the cabin in a very professional manner, "The electronic operating console here is just separated out. It can be activated at any time after the magnetic field stability and communication are fully restored."
"Then how do you determine your current location and destination at high altitudes, and even how do you defend the surrounding area?" someone asked.
"It all depends on manpower," Lu Xi lifted his foot and sat on the driving seat. "Some J-20 models are configured as two-seaters, which are originally designed to assist in some special operations. In the current improvements, we have subdivided the tasks to facilitate the current situation."
He took out something similar to glasses from the dashboard and put it on Lu Xiao's eyes. "This is a telescope made of special materials. The magnification can be adjusted from here. It is divided into four times, eight times and sixteen times. The magnification can be adjusted at any time according to the altitude to determine the direction." He kept moving the buttons in his hands to make adjustments.
After Lu Xiao looked at it, he handed the telescope to the person next to him to try, and followed Lu Xi to the abdomen. "The original belly magazine of the J-20 was where missiles were carried, but now it has been transformed into the location of crystal core weapons."
He opened the bomb bay to reveal the six crystal core thrusters placed side by side inside. "When the operator clicks the shooting button, it will trigger a series of reactions in the crystal cores here, eventually forming a crystal core weapon launch similar to a missile."
Lu Xiao took a closer look. Although the crystal cores inside were the most common non-attribute crystal cores, their grade was obviously not the ordinary C grade. "What is this?"
"Grade A," said Lu Xi, "because the missile's strength control is graded according to the crystal core conversion rate. A low-level crystal core, even if it is set to the highest utilization rate, will not achieve the strongest effect due to the limited energy carried by the crystal core itself."
"In order to ensure the effectiveness of the bomb, it is best to use a high-level crystal core. Even if it is damaged, the effect will not be compromised."
"How many A-level crystal cores does your base have?" someone said with envy.
"It's not much, actually. It's just that we have invested in the biggest and best weapons," Lu Xi explained seriously. "Our base commander said that when weapons are needed, it is already a critical period for saving lives. We would rather waste the crystal cores than suffer casualties due to the weak power of the crystal cores. These casualties are unnecessary."
These words touched the hearts of the soldiers fighting on the front lines. Before the end of the world, they also encountered situations where weapons were worn out and could not be approved. After the end of the world, there were countless cases of being stretched thin due to weapons shortages. Now, hearing that there is such a leader, it is inevitable that they envy him.
There was a familiar and impolite voice that immediately said to Lu Xiao, "Major General, your nephew's awareness is much better than yours."
Lu Xiao didn't feel embarrassed at all about being compared to others. Instead, he said proudly, "Of course, it doesn't matter whose nephew he is."
Lu Xi let him show off and took them to the fuel station nearby. He opened the small refueling door, revealing a syringe-like device inside. The special transparent material looked exceptionally clean. It was filled with a tube of more than twenty crystal cores, and the front was directly connected to the body through complex facilities.
"This thruster can continuously push the crystal cores forward and eventually consume all the crystal cores inside," Lu Xi said as he picked up a seemingly useless box from the side of the front end and opened it. There were more than half a box of dozens of crystal cores piled up inside.
He pinched one out and held it up to the sun, "The conversion rate of the crystal core is still a bit low."
"Has this been used?" someone asked.
"Yes, this consumes a lot of crystal cores. The fuel consumed from Yueban Bay alone is hundreds of ordinary crystal cores."
"How's the speed?" Lu Xiao asked bluntly.
"It took about half an hour from takeoff to here, and the speed is expected to be maintained at around 1,500 kilometers."
This speed is not as fast as the speed before the end of the world, but it is the fastest at the moment.
In particular, this speed is basically enough to leave most of the mutant birds behind, so there is no need to worry about attacks along the way. From this perspective, except for the limited number of people carried, there are still many advantages.
Lu Xiao was extremely satisfied, and then he heard Lu Xi rubbing his fingers and mumbling, "Well... Dad, there are only three planes with new fuel, and... I'm here to keep things under control for you."
"...Didn't you say you were honoring me?" Lu Xiao glanced at him.
"I'm giving it to you as a gift... Take a look first." Lu Xi pointed at the crystal core given to him, "Isn't that a gift?"
"I really have no say over this thing. Our base spent a lot of effort to make it," Lu Xi patted the body of the machine. "Touch this metal. This is a new type of metal developed by the Academy of Sciences. Its hardness is more than twice that of the original titanium alloy. S-level metal-type mutants use their superpowers to extract metal and synthesize it. Even if it hits a mutant bird at high speed in mid-air, there will be no... any changes."
The more she spoke, the brighter Lu Xiao's eyes became. Lu Xi suddenly realized that she seemed to have aroused his interest by showing off, so she stopped immediately.
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