On this day, Tianyu Base welcomed a special guest.
Chen Yu personally received them.
Tianyu Base Reception Center.
"Haha, Lao Feng, you're such a busy man, how come you've deigned to come to our little place today?" Chen Yu said with a warm smile.
"Hmph!" Feng Zhengyang sneered. "Chen Yu, stop pretending with me! Don't you know what you've done?"
"Old Feng, what are you saying? I, Chen Yu, am just an ordinary citizen. What could I possibly do to upset you?" Chen Yu said, feigning fear.
"I don't want to waste my breath on you!" Feng Zhengyang said coldly. "As long as I, Feng Zhengyang, am still here, your Tianyu Base, the 'Branch of the Academy of Engineering,' will not be able to touch me!"
"Why don't you report the Tianyu Base issue to the base's leadership? What's the point of telling me?" Chen Yu said helplessly. "I'm just an ordinary member of the base."
"Ordinary member? I don't believe you for a second!" Feng Zhengyang said irritably. "Quickly call that Lin Lele over here. You have to give me an explanation for what happened today!"
Chen Yu crossed his legs, took a sip of hot tea, and then said leisurely, "Lin Lele is not what she used to be. She is now the commander of the 'Anti-Cold Disaster Relief Militia Corps'. I can't call her anymore."
Upon hearing this, Feng Zhengyang narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Chen Yu, don't be so stubborn. Don't think that just because you have a few broken guns, I can't do anything to you!"
"Alright, alright, Lao Feng, let's just talk things out. Why are you threatening me?" Chen Yu said with a wry smile.
He then walked to the side, took out his phone, dialed a number, and whispered, "Come to the reception center."
A few minutes later, a woman dressed in combat uniform, looking heroic and dashing, entered the reception center.
Feng Zhengyang frowned upon seeing this: "Chen Yu, what are you up to?"
Chen Yu ignored Feng Zhengyang and stood up to greet him: "Minister Feng, I'll leave things here to you. I should go home for dinner."
After saying that, he turned around and quickly left the reception center without looking back.
"Chen Yu! You stop right there!" Feng Zhengyang was so angry he jumped up and down.
"Dad, why are you so stubborn? The trend of the times cannot be defied!" Feng Xinran said helplessly. She had negotiated with Feng Zhengyang many times about the Tianyu Base taking over the Engineering Institute branch, but Feng Zhengyang just wouldn't back down. He even came to her door today, which gave her a real headache.
"Are you speaking to me now as my daughter, or as that damn security minister of Tianyu Base?" Feng Zhengyang sneered.
Upon hearing this, Feng Xinran smiled wryly: "What difference does it make?"
“If you still consider me your father, then come with me today! If you want to speak for Chen Yu, then please call me Commander Feng,” Feng Zhengyang said sternly.
“I don’t blame you for having a prejudice against Tianyu Base. How about this, you don’t have to go back for the next few days. I’ll show you around Tianyu Base so you can learn more about it,” Feng Xinran said.
"Xinran, don't make things difficult for me, come back with me!" Feng Zhengyang's tone revealed a hint of weariness and helplessness.
"You have your principles, and I have my responsibilities," Feng Xinran said calmly.
“Chen Yu is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Do you know how important the Engineering Academy branch is to our Great Xia?” Feng Zhengyang said in a deep voice.
Feng Xinran shook her head: "I don't care about these things. I only know that everything Tianyu Base does is for the survival and future of all of us. In this era of severe cold and scarce resources, every force that can unite and fight against disasters together is precious. Tianyu Base does not intend to annex the Engineering Academy branch, but hopes to improve our ability to fight the cold and rebuild our homes by integrating resources and jointly developing new technologies."
“Dad, you’ve always taught me to have foresight and to see the big picture. Now, Tianyu Base is exactly such a place that gives us hope. It’s not just a shelter, but an incubator that nurtures new technologies, new ideas, and new ways of life.”
Feng Zhengyang listened to his daughter's words and remained silent for a long time.
After a long silence, he finally spoke: "The day before the extreme cold disaster struck, I received a secret order from above."
At this point, Feng Zhengyang paused, his face showing deep hesitation.
"Hehe, so the higher-ups are ordering the garrison to protect the Engineering Academy branch at all costs, right?" Feng Xinran said with a faint smile.
“Wrong.” Feng Zhengyang looked at his daughter with a complicated expression, then took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind. “Protecting the Engineering Academy branch is one of the important responsibilities of our garrison district. There’s nothing special about that. In fact, the real content of the secret order is for our garrison district to monitor the Engineering Academy. If the Engineering Academy branch does anything unusual, we don’t need to ask anyone for permission. We should destroy it directly!”
Upon hearing this, Feng Xinran's expression changed drastically, her face a mixture of shock and confusion. She looked at her father incredulously: "Dad, what did you say? The Engineering Academy branch is an important research institution of Great Xia, the backbone of Great Xia. How can you so carelessly destroy it? How is that possible!"
“Precisely because it is the backbone of Great Xia, it cannot be taken over by other forces.” Feng Zhengyang smiled bitterly. “Tell Chen Yu to stop. I don’t want to be the sinner who destroyed the Academy of Engineering.”
“Dad, it’s no exaggeration to say that this is the end of the world. Where on Earth is there any intact government? Special times call for special measures. Humanity’s only hope is to integrate its resources. If we merge the Engineering Academy’s branch into our Tianyu Base, I’m sure even the higher-ups would understand and support it.” Feng Xinran tried to calm her shock and respond to her father with a more rational attitude.
Feng Zhengyang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Why do you think I received this secret order the day before the extreme cold disaster? Why do you think the troops in other places withdrew before the disaster, but only our Zhongyang Garrison was left behind?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Xinran felt a chill run down her spine. Could it be that the people above had already foreseen the occurrence of this natural disaster?
She pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "You mean, the reason the higher-ups issued such a secret order to you before the extreme cold disaster and maintained the Zhongyang Garrison is likely because they had some understanding of, or even foresaw, this disaster. They might have worried that something within the Engineering Academy branch would fall into the wrong hands during the disaster, or be used to exacerbate its severity. Therefore, they chose the most extreme method—surveillance, and even destruction if necessary?"
Feng Zhengyang nodded and said, "I can ignore what Tianyu Base does, but you should stop trying to get involved with the Engineering Academy branch."
“Dad, the trend is irreversible. Zhongyang Garrison is already isolated and helpless. Do you think you can stop Tianyu Base from doing whatever it wants? In a world that has been completely changed, with extremely scarce resources and order on the verge of collapse, your insistence is meaningless. Cooperation is the only way out,” Feng Xinran said with a hint of determination and helplessness.
"This world isn't just about conventional weapons." Feng Zhengyang's eyes suddenly turned cold. "The Zhongyang Garrison won't lose a single soldier in destroying the Tianyu Base!"
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