Chapter 141 It Found Us
At two o'clock in the morning, a large group of people drove to Meihua Villa overnight. The convoy sped along the deserted Zhongshan East Road. Bai Zhen led the way in a broken Toyota. He was an experienced driver.
Just now in the conference room, Lao Bai suddenly stood up and cursed Zhao Bowen, shocking everyone. There was only one possibility for such harsh cursing, that is, Zhao Bowen sent people to dig up Lao Bai's ancestral grave. But the news that came out of Bai Zhen made everyone go crazy. The conference room was silent for three seconds, and Zhao Bowen was the first to rush out.
When Bai Yang was repeatedly confirming whether what the girl saw was the return capsule of the spacecraft (Lian Qiao taught him a lot of interrogation skills, how to make the person being interrogated fully recall and explain all the details), a group of people rushed in. Bai Zhen pushed open the bedroom door and asked breathlessly:
"Did you really find it?"
Bai Yang took off his headphones, turned around and said, "To be precise, it should be that it found us."
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An emergency operations meeting was held in the living room. No one could explain why the spacecraft returned so long in advance, but fortunately it did not get lost. The person in charge of the spacecraft's project team was puzzled. Any error in the plan would lead to a huge error. It was not surprising that the return capsule finally landed in Africa, but what was incredible was that it still honestly crashed into Nanjing.
The mission team realized that the future is a pure black box. No matter what you put into it, its development is unpredictable, and you can only wait for the black box to output the results.
"We estimate that the nuclear bomb is still effective and can be used as long as the re-entry capsule remains intact," the nuclear working group said.
"So strong?" Bai Zhen asked.
"When we designed it, our requirement for the nuclear bomb was that it could still ensure safety in the event of a spacecraft landing failure. The return capsule could burn, but the nuclear bomb could not be damaged." The nuclear working group replied, "The return capsule observed by MSR maintained the integrity of its main structure, so the nuclear bomb is likely to be effective."
"So we don't have to wait another two months to redesign the nuclear bomb?"
"It probably won't be necessary, but I can't guarantee it."
"Good!" Zhao Bowen clapped his hands hard. This was the only good news he had heard in recent days.
"Don't be happy too soon. The nuclear bomb may have been saved by luck, but the key is definitely damaged." Someone in the nuclear working group tore off a thin strip of A4 paper from a stack of paper at his feet, held it up and shook it. "The key is this small, very thin and thin. We can't make it too strong. If the spacecraft does not land normally, then it will definitely not be able to withstand the impact."
Everyone looked at the small piece of paper, which was only the width of a thumb nail and a few inches long.
"Is it possible to launch a nuclear bomb without a key?" Zhao Bowen asked.
"Absolutely impossible." The nuclear working group shook their heads. "Without the key, the unlocking link of the nuclear bomb is broken and the lock cannot be opened. If it is forced to open, the structure of the nuclear bomb will be damaged, causing the nuclear bomb to fail."
"Can a new key be made?" Zhao Bowen asked.
"Okay, we have backup." The nuclear working group nodded.
"How long will it take for the backup key to be ready and delivered?"
"Twelve hours."
"Okay, let's make a phone call and ask them to send the new key over as soon as possible." Lao Zhao said, "Xiao Lian, please help make some notes..."
"It's 2:30 in the morning, Lianqiao has gone to bed." Wang Ning said, "Who are you calling?"
"Tomorrow morning, call me when I get to work tomorrow morning."
"It's easy to prepare a new key, but it's not so easy to send it over," the nuclear working group said. "This thing is very delicate and fragile, and it must not be lost. The usual time-delay delivery method is not applicable."
"Can't we put it in a time capsule and throw it into the lake?" Wang Ning asked.
"Absolutely not. This is the password of the nuclear arsenal. It cannot be lost in any case. None of us can afford the risk of losing it." The nuclear working group said, "It can only have two results: either it is delivered to the target, or it is completely destroyed."
"If it's lost, we'll all have to go to jail. At least we'll be sentenced to a few years. The political security officers are keeping a close eye on the command center," someone whispered.
Wang Ning frowned and looked around.
"How about hiding it here? Make a hole in the wall and build it in?"
"No, it will break if it is built into the wall."
This also stumped Wang Ning. He didn't expect that he could handle big things like the Long March 5 manned spacecraft and even nuclear weapons, but would be blocked by a small key.
The key needs to be delivered to the girl accurately without any mistakes, which is not an easy task. There is a probability of failure in any slow delivery. They can take various methods to improve the success rate, but it is impossible to guarantee it 100% - everything in this world is no more than this. Asking for 60 or 70 points is easy, but asking for 80 or 90 points is difficult, and asking for 100 points means they don't want you to have an easy time.
"None of this is important." Zhao Bowen stood up and clapped his hands vigorously. "We will find a way to send the key over. The most urgent task now is to reunite the team and implement the third phase of the Dongfanghong Project as originally planned! Comrades, time is life. Let's pick up the Dongfanghong Project again and set the action schedule to the point where we receive the key from Miss Qiu. How long is it until the planned nuclear bomb is unlocked?"
Bai Zhen pulled out a tablet from under his butt and opened the task notes.
"72 hours."
"Okay, then we will proceed according to the remaining 72 hours!" Zhao Bowen waved his fist, "After 72 hours, we will unlock the nuclear bomb!"
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The nuclear bomb is expected to be unlocked 48 hours ago.
Banxia lay flat on the gravel, feeling pain in her waist, legs and buttocks. A dozen centimeters in front of her was a huge cement wall. It had completely collapsed, and the wall skin had peeled off, revealing the gray cement underneath. The cement had cracked, revealing bottomless gaps as thick as fingers. The weight of tens of thousands of tons was hanging above the girl's nose. If it collapsed and fell flat, it would burst with a "pop" and turn into a pancake - Banxia thought silently.
However, it has remained in this state for many years. Moss and vines have grown in the cracks of the cement. The green plants are engulfing this huge irregular mixture of steel and cement, turning it into a green sculpture. When were the ruins of Rensheng Plaza formed?
The girl has no memory.
The ruins are a good place. They provide hidden passages for Banxia to pass through. The girl is like an ant drilling in the rock layers. There is no light around her. She can only grope forward in the darkness relying on her memory. The cracks in the ruins are interconnected, but some are dead ends. When she encounters a dead end, she returns the same way. Some cracks are so narrow that only one person can pass sideways, so she takes off her backpack and slowly crawls over.
Banxia was lying there, a breeze blowing in from outside, ruffling her hair.
She is waiting.
While waiting, she recalled the route she had just taken and returned along the same route. She tried to build a model of the ruins in her mind, but soon failed. The ruins were formed by the collapse of two or three high-rise glass curtain-walled buildings. It was difficult for her to imagine what caused this before.
Now Banxia knew that it was hit by a spacecraft, and the return capsule fell to the ground like a meteorite, dragging a raging flame.
And the spaceship was right in her sight at this moment - Banxia finally saw the moonlight she had been waiting for. The moon came out from the clouds and it suddenly became bright outside. Banxia looked outside and she could vaguely see a tall black shadow standing in the middle of the pit. That was the spaceship's return capsule.
(End of this chapter)
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