Mousse Headquarters.
Less than fifteen minutes after Ye Chen gave the order.
Zhizi replied, "Master, the alien spaceship has arrived at the Ryugu base."
Hearing this, Li Muyue exclaimed in surprise, "So fast?"
The distance from Area 51 of the United States to the South China Sea is about 1,000 kilometers, and it only takes 15 minutes to fly across it, including the time for takeoff and landing on the seabed.
She silently did the calculation in her mind and was immediately startled by the number she came up with!
It travels at nearly 100,000 kilometers per hour, which is almost 30 kilometers per second!
This is far beyond the third cosmic velocity of 16.7 km/s!
"This spaceship can freely enter and exit the solar system, so it's normal for it to exceed the third cosmic velocity. In the space environment, its maximum speed is close to the speed of light, so this speed is nothing," Ye Chen nodded.
Li Muyue suddenly realized, shook her head and laughed, "It's because my perspective is too narrow. I always look at things from the current level of human civilization."
"Indeed, on a cosmic scale, this speed is barely faster than a snail!"
Ye Chen said, "This spaceship has now docked at the Dragon Palace Base. Haven't you never had a chance to go to the Dragon Palace Base? How about you come with me this time?"
Li Muyue smiled and said, "Okay, I'll arrange the work quickly, just wait for me."
"It's alright. I'll have Zhizi prepare a small spaceship. Communication between the Ryugu base and the outside world is perfectly normal, so you can work remotely."
As Ye Chen spoke, he poured himself a cup of tea and leisurely began to drink it.
After Li Muyue finished arranging the work, Ye Chen took her directly to the rooftop of the Mousse headquarters.
A streamlined spaceship about ten meters long is already parked here. It is a spaceplane modeled after the White Emperor fighter jet, used by Ye Chen for transportation within the city.
After the upgrade, Mousse One became too conspicuous, and with a large number of personnel, Ye Chen used it less often, mostly keeping it parked on the tarmac on standby.
After boarding the small spaceship, the two arrived at high altitude in the sea area where the Dragon Palace base was located in less than ten minutes.
Today the weather is sunny and clear, with excellent visibility.
Ye Chen pointed to a small green island below and laughed, "That's Nanbo Island. I bought the right to use it for ninety-nine years, but I haven't been there even once since it was converted into a resort for the group."
Li Muyue smiled and said, "When we have some free time, I'll stay with you on the island for a few days, go fishing, and enjoy life."
Ye Chen glanced at her and chuckled, "Sunshine, beach, and bikini-clad beauties—I'm really looking forward to it."
Li Muyue blushed, glared at him, but did not object.
As they were talking, the plane suddenly swooped down from the sky and plunged into the vast sea.
Then, it switched to diving mode and continued to descend.
Before long, they arrived at the gate of the Dragon Palace base. The rock walls on both sides opened, and the plane swam directly inside.
The Dragon Palace base has also undergone continuous upgrades and expansions, and is now much larger than originally planned.
After exiting the spaceship, Li Muyue looked at the fully automated production lines in the workshop in front of her, as well as the automated robots that came to pick them up.
She couldn't help but exclaim, "The scale here is no less than that of the Mousse headquarters, and it uses fully automated production, making it even more efficient."
Ye Chen was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then chuckled and said, "There are still more than a hundred American soldiers who were captured and have been kept at the Dragon Palace Base. We haven't had time to deal with them yet!"
"How come there are Americans here?" Li Muyue asked in surprise.
Ye Chen said, "Do you still remember the USS Camry nuclear submarine that went missing during the South China Sea naval exercises a year ago?"
"You mean, the people here are the crew members of the original Kanglie nuclear submarine?" Li Muyue suddenly realized and raised her eyebrows as she asked.
Ye Chen smiled and nodded, then instructed the robot guiding them: "Zhizi, erase all memories of the crew of the Kanglie after their capture, then dump them near the US military base."
"Yes, Master."
The robot that was there to meet them responded with a flash of red light in its eyes.
After arranging things for the crew of the Kanglie submarine, Ye Chen took Li Muyue directly to the front of the alien spaceship.
at the same time.
James and his colleagues, who were working in another section, were taken by a robot to an empty room.
As a cloud of white mist appeared, all of them fell unconscious.
Then the robot came in, performed a series of operations on them, and erased their memories of that period of time.
Half a day later.
An unmanned submarine swam out of the Dragon Palace base and disappeared into the dark depths of the sea.
Three days later, James and his crew were spotted by an American warship on a small island in the Pacific Ocean.
They were quickly taken to a hospital at an American military base for a full examination, and investigators who arrived after hearing the news immediately began questioning them.
However, this group of people knew nothing about anything, not even how they left the nuclear submarine, let alone what happened during that time.
In their memory, they only remembered the time when they had just left the military base and were on a mission.
Investigators conducted multiple rounds of investigations, even using the latest lie detectors, but to no avail.
In the end, they could only helplessly accept this reality.
This incident was classified as a top secret by the United States.
Years later, after the case was declassified, it became a famous mysterious disappearance case and was even adapted into a movie.
Of course, that's a story for another time, so let's leave it at that.
......
Inside the Dragon Palace base.
Ye Chen and Li Muyue carefully observed the alien reconnaissance spaceship.
The spaceship is about 20 meters long and nearly 3 meters high. It is shaped like a sharp rhombus, with a slightly pointed head and a rounded curve at the tail.
The spaceship's surface was made of a smooth, metallic material, a deep, cold silver with a faint silver sheen, like a meticulously polished mirror reflecting everything around it.
The two of them could see their own clear reflections on the surface of the spaceship.
Ye Chen touched the surface of the spaceship and said to Li Muyue, "The exterior of this spaceship is also made of liquid metal."
Li Muyue asked curiously, "Can the spaceship be opened?"
Ye Chen shook his head and said, "No, this is just a reconnaissance spaceship; it doesn't have the capability to carry people."
Li Muyue frowned and said, "Then how should we study it? Are we going to tear it down?"
Ye Chen chuckled and patted the alien spaceship, saying, "It's not necessary to dismantle it. In fact, Zhi Zi has already cracked its system, and the technology inside is no longer a secret to me."
As they spoke, a beam of light shot from the robot's eyes, and a three-dimensional image of the spaceship appeared.
Ye Chen pointed to the 3D diagram and said, "This spaceship actually has a very simple structure. It mainly consists of a power system, a reconnaissance system, a protection system, and an operating system."
"Once we have fully studied and absorbed the technology of this spaceship, we can begin to research real spaceships, and flying out of the solar system will soon be a reality!"
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