Chapter 805: Can a simple person come here?
After saying that, he picked up a bowl of noodles and handed it to Gu Yin: "Eat some first, and we'll eat something better when we get to the base."
Gu Yin took the noodles and ate them while asking curiously, "Are there many extraordinary people and events in the base? Is it like in TV dramas, where magic is everywhere, and people can fly on swords? Going to the sky, going underground, going to the sea, and so on!"
Bai Wuwen looked at the leader with a helpless expression: "Leader 101, how did you introduce her?"
The 101st Chief shook his head with a smile: "I didn't say anything, it was all her own guessing! Kids will be kids, they all love watching TV dramas and reading novels, it's not surprising!"
Gu Yin immediately nodded: "Look at those American superhero movies, they're all about flying and diving, and all sorts of unpredictable changes!"
Bai Wuwen: "...Stop talking nonsense. While our base isn't quite what you're describing—flying through the sky and diving into the earth—it is indeed quite mysterious to you. Besides the Bai family members who specialize in making talismans, there's the Zhu family who predict good and bad fortune, the Mo family who are proficient in mechanical arts, the Zhong family who are like lucky koi fish, and some Taoist patriarchs. We are all specially recruited talents. There aren't many of us; each family only has one or two outstanding individuals invited. Then there are those of us who come to help out. The rest are all researchers and soldiers like you."
"I can understand the first three families, but what about the Zhong family? A koi fish? The kind that brings good luck? Is it that magical?!"
Bai Wuwen nodded: "It's just like you think. She's the kind of person who's blessed by God. Small things can be solved without much effort as long as the Zhong family's person is around. Big things, things that concern our country, like building the Great Roc, she can also be on the right track. But it's very energy-consuming for her. In each generation of the Zhong family, there will only be one person with the destiny of a lucky koi fish. Unless that person dies, another one will appear. And it has to be internal strife that causes the person destined for the lucky koi fish to die. If it's internal strife, then there will be two generations without a person destined for the lucky koi fish. Isn't that amazing?"
Gu Yin nodded repeatedly: "Amazing! Does that mean she wins the lottery every time she goes out to buy tickets? She's got plenty of money! She's good at everything, I'm so envious!"
"They're not short of money. The Zhong family also has its own assets and income, all of which are obtained through cooperation with the state. Even if we aristocratic families haven't publicly revealed ourselves, we've always been under the state's surveillance. But I think it's pretty good. We don't have to go through the trouble of finding the materials we need ourselves; the state provides them to us. We just need to show up when the state needs us. And as I just said, using that ability consumes energy, is difficult to recover from, and makes one weak. Those geniuses, to put it bluntly, are burning their lives!"
"They're using their lives as fuel, and they're enjoying it, so you don't need to worry." Seeing Gu Yin's serious expression, Bai Wuwen smiled and reassured her.
Gu Yin sighed softly: "Many things have a price already marked on them in fate. There is no such thing as a free lunch."
Just like her rebirth and the system, Chu Yan paid a price for them.
Nothing in this world is free!
Bai Wuwen nodded: "That's right! That's exactly it."
Speaking of this, Gu Yin became interested in the Mohist mechanical arts again: "So, the Mohist school is the same as the historical Mohist school? And their mechanical arts, cough cough, look, are they as powerful as the Mohist school in the anime?"
Bai Wuwen: "..."
Gu Yin touched her nose: "Okay, I understand. I'll watch less TV in the future."
The leader burst into laughter, saying, "We should let those old guys see how great it is to have young people around. The atmosphere is so much more relaxed now!"
Bai Wuwen has lost count of how many times he has sighed tonight.
"It's the Mohist school from history, but after the passage of time, it's not as powerful as it used to be. As far as I know, the animation you mentioned was produced by their company. It does have some elements, but the technology in it is somewhat based on imagination. Oh, by the way, the heir studied at the military academy, majoring in materials science and physics. Which university did you attend?"
It really is the Mohist school; the lineage of a powerful family is truly remarkable, maintaining its continuity for thousands of years without any break.
"I studied biomedical engineering at Qingdao University."
"Isn't there Professor Cheng Dong and the leaders in biomedicine?" Bai Wuwen asked, puzzled.
Gu Yin blinked: "Or maybe they need me for something else?"
Bai Wuwen: "??? What?"
Gu Yin stood up: "You'll know when we get there tomorrow. I'm sleepy, I'm going to rest. Everyone should go to bed early. I heard Death Valley is not easy tomorrow, so we need to be well-rested to make our journey easier."
Watching Gu Yin's retreating figure as she entered the room, Bai Wuwen frowned: "Chief, I have a feeling that Gu Yin is not simple."
The leader smiled and stood up: "Who among those who can come to this place is simple?" After saying that, he also got up and went inside to rest.
Bai Wuwen packed his things, stood up, looked at the starry sky, and nodded: "That's true." Who could possibly enter a base that concerns the future of the nation? He smiled, shook his head, patted his behind, and left.
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