Chapter 143 The Girl Picking Mushrooms
Banxia squatted down and brushed off the dirt on the surface of the sphere. In the moonlight, she could barely make out that it was dark red. There seemed to be white writing and numbers, but they were worn out and could not be seen clearly. She was almost tripped by this thing twice. It was really fate.
It was unknown how long Miss Qiu, who was covered in dust, had stayed here. Perhaps she had been bullied by a wild boar. Otherwise, there was no way to explain why she did not stay in the return capsule but ran into the pit. Banxia knelt down and hugged the big ball with both hands. It was hard to imagine that the power after its explosion would be equivalent to 10,000 tons of TNT. It was about 30 centimeters in diameter and half buried in the soil, with a weight that was inconsistent with its size. The girl tried to pick it up twice but failed, and finally had to roll out.
It’s really heavy.
Miss Qiu rolled to the side of Banxia's calf and stopped.
It's amazing that such a small ball can destroy the entire Xinjiekou after the explosion. Where is such a huge energy hidden?
Banxia thought.
Human beings have incredible power.
She took out a knife, unscrewed two screws, and removed a palm-sized cover, revealing the control window on the surface of the nuclear bomb.
The removed lid was very light and strong. Banxia broke it with her hands and it seemed to be some kind of high-strength plastic, two millimeters thick. The outer wall was painted red and the inner wall was black. It was probably what BG said was carbon fiber.
Under the lid is the control window. It is different from what Banxia imagined. The password is entered not with a keyboard but a six-digit mechanical wheel. There is a thin key socket next to the wheel. It is arranged very compactly on the small panel. The steps to unlock the nuclear bomb are very simple. First insert the key, then enter the password to unlock the nuclear bomb.
The sign of successful unlocking is the light turning from red to green - Banxia thought it was the light turning from red to green, but when she saw the nuclear bomb she realized she was wrong. The red light on the control panel was not a light, but a semicircular metal turntable painted dark red with the word "broken circuit" in yellow on the red background.
As you can imagine, after unlocking, the turntable will turn to the green half.
The design direction of this nuclear bomb was beyond Banxia's expectations. It embodies a high degree of integration and mechanization. It is indeed mechanized rather than electronic or digital. In order to withstand long time and harsh environment, the designers used a large number of mechanical structures in the narrow space between the nuclear bomb casing and the explosive. It is a sophisticated mechanism, and many moving components do not require electricity to improve reliability.
The girl replaced the cover on the control window and breathed a sigh of relief.
Now everything is ready, she just needs to wait for the key to be delivered so she can unlock it.
After Miss Qiu unlocks it, it will enter the ready-to-trigger state. At this time, the last safety of the trigger will be opened, and it will become the most dangerous weapon in the world.
"BG, we've got the mushrooms, confirmed they're in good condition."
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The living room has been silent for a long time. No one expected that after going through so many storms, they would be stumped by a small USB flash drive at the last moment. How to ensure that the key is safely delivered to the girl?
This problem seems simple at first glance, but it is almost an impossible task if you think about it carefully. The problem lies in the four words "ensure safety". These four words are fundamentally contrary to the three laws of time slow delivery that the command has always relied on. The key to time slow delivery deceiving the large filtering mechanism is to risk death and then survive. First, try to eliminate the amount of information carried by the slow delivery as much as possible - this is equivalent to putting it in a high-risk environment where it is almost lost.
This is something that Party A - the nuclear project team and the people behind them cannot accept.
No one can afford to lose a key that could reveal the unlocking mechanism of a nuclear weapon.
Therefore, Party A has only one requirement:
Safety.
This security is not only in the physical sense, but also in the political sense, and the latter cannot be ignored, because it is the source of power of the command center. When you want to rely on the power of a strong system to achieve your goal, you must follow its rules and be subject to its restrictions. It is impossible to do whatever you want without any taboos. To put it bluntly, these problems are self-inflicted by human beings, but they exist and cannot be avoided. Zhao Bowen sighed. He has a deep understanding of this point. This is probably the limitation of human society itself.
Lao Zhao, Lao Bai and Lao Wang were sitting at one end of the coffee table, while the representative of the nuclear work project team was sitting at the other end of the coffee table. Both of them had unfriendly expressions.
"This thing is too troublesome." Wang Ning took out a tissue and wiped his nose. "According to what you said, throwing the time capsule into the lake or building it into the wall is not an option."
"No." The nuclear industry project team shook their heads.
"Then I have no choice." Wang Ning shook his head, threw the tissue into the trash can, stood up, walked around the coffee table and pushed the door open. "The living room is too stuffy. I'm going to go out and get some fresh air."
"I'll go get some fresh air too." Bai Zhen stood up immediately.
The two went downstairs to the community.
"These idiots don't trust us at all," Wang Ning said. "They are on guard everywhere, like they are guarding against thieves."
"That's normal. Among that group of people, there are field agents from the Central Security Commission or the National Security Bureau. Those two who are sitting there and not talking much are not all members of the Central Nuclear Power Plant." Bai Zhen said, "I dealt with them before when I was in the army. I can tell their behavior at a glance."
"Have you dealt with them? I haven't heard you mention it. What do you want to help investigate?"
“Oh, I’m the one being investigated.”
"Shit." Wang Ning said, "Is it that you have a criminal record? They are all targeting you, right?"
"Nonsense, I don't have any criminal record. You think you're targeting me? You're targeting my keys." Bai Zhen said, "The basic principle of this business is to expect the worst. It's better to be safe than sorry. From their perspective, burying the key to a nuclear weapon in a residential area for twenty years is totally unacceptable. Who knows if you're a human or a ghost? What if you dig it out tomorrow?"
“Who the hell is going to dig it?”
"You never know who might be bribed in the future," Bai Zhen said. "We still need to remain vigilant."
"Well," Wang Ning said, "this won't work, that won't work. How do we deliver the key?"
Bai Zhen didn't say anything.
When the two of them strolled downstairs and returned upstairs, Zhao Bowen and the nuclear industry project team had already started arguing. To be precise, it was Old Zhao who was swearing unilaterally.
Lao Zhao is Lao Zhao. He is not afraid when facing Party A and keeps scolding him.
"This risk must be taken!" Old Zhao was angry. "Talk about politics, talk about politics. Physics doesn't talk about politics with you!"
The nuclear industry project team was helpless. They tried to appease Zhao Bowen: "Director Zhao, calm down first. There is nothing we can do about this. Our superiors asked us to do this. This involves nuclear weapons. This is not a trivial matter and we cannot be careless."
"She's waiting over there!" Zhao Bowen pointed at the bedroom door, his face flushed, "The little girl is in a deadly threat and could be discovered by the swordsman at any time. Every minute is precious. If the opportunity is delayed and uncontrollable consequences are eventually caused, who can take responsibility? You, me, and everyone present, who can take responsibility?"
"Director Zhao, you...you should sit down first and talk it over. There is nothing that cannot be discussed."
"Talk! Talk! What time do we have to talk?"
"Director Zhao, we didn't say we couldn't let you do it. The problem is that you haven't come up with a reliable plan, right?" The nuclear project team was a little aggrieved. "Let's take a step back and say that using a time capsule is an unreliable plan. If you really build it into the wall, you can't follow the double-blind principle of time travel. The final result is likely to fail. If it fails, won't it delay the opportunity to fight?"
Zhao Bowen was speechless.
Indeed, he couldn't come up with any reliable solutions himself.
They had only used the slow delivery method built into the wall once, which was to bury the time capsule deep in the stone of the Meihua Villa gate. However, BG4MSR could not take it out in this way. The more sealed and solid it was, the greater the probability of it reaching its destination, but the greater the difficulty in taking it out. If a thick layer of reinforced concrete was used, it could not be opened without destructive means. Not to mention that the girl had no such means at all. Even if she had them, the key would most likely be destroyed in the process of breaking and demolition.
If it is not sealed tightly and firmly enough, and you just dig a hole in the wall to hide it, then it may not be able to successfully survive the screening of the large filtering mechanism.
Old Zhao frowned tightly, this little thing was really a big trouble.
(End of this chapter)
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