Chapter 94 Scouts Bring Their Binoculars
Bai Zhen unfolded a large-sized transportation and tourism map of Nanjing and stuck it to the wall with transparent tape, making the living room look a bit like a command center.
In various film and television works, there is always a battle map on the wall of the pre-war command post. A group of senior generals with general stars on their shoulders hold long whips in their hands and point at the blueprint, mobilizing thousands of troops with a few words. That is the ideal command center for Bai Zhen, an old middle-aged man. He has fantasized that he will become an important figure since he was a child, so Bai Zhen joined the army after graduating from high school. However, the ideal is beautiful but the reality is cruel. After staying in the army honestly for two years, Bai Zhen realized that he would never be a general in this life, and he could only be a driver at most.
"This is Plum Blossom Villa, where we are." Bai Zhen took out a black oil-based marker and drew a small circle on the map. "This is also where BG4MSR is."
Zhao Bowen, Wang Ning and others sat on the sofa, their eyes fixed on the map on the wall.
"Base No. 1 is here." Bai Zhen found Gulou Park on the map. He drew a circle at the intersection. "It's under Zitai."
Everyone nodded.
"Base No. 2 is here." Bai Zhen then found Mochou Lake on the map and drew a circle to frame the blue Mochou Lake. "It's here at Mochou Lake."
"At Mochou Lake subway station." said Sandshrew.
The three black circles drawn by Bai Zhen formed a huge triangle on the map. This triangle was seven kilometers long and four kilometers high, spanning the three main urban areas of Nanjing: Gulou District, Qinhuai District, and Xuanwu District. The three circles were the three vertices of the triangle, namely Meihua Villa, Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Mochou Lake Metro Station. According to the original plan, BG4MSR should have gone to the first base or the second base to retrieve the data stored there, but the plan was interrupted before it could be carried out.
"Where is that big eyeball?" Wang Ning asked.
"I don't know." Bai Yang walked out of the room, looking a little tired, and yawned, "It's something that moves."
"Is it... really an eyeball with long legs?" Fanjiangshu still couldn't believe it.
"Yes, it not only has long legs, it can also crawl everywhere." Zhao Bowen looked at Bai Yang, "Yang Yang, is the girl emotionally stable?"
"Stable." Bai Yang rubbed his eyes and yawned again, "But I was exhausted. I relaxed and fell asleep."
Old Zhao looked up at the clock. It was already one o'clock in the morning. They returned the radio today, but they did not expect that troubles would follow one after another, and they have been going on until now.
"Go to bed if you're sleepy." Zhao Bowen saw Bai Yang yawning, "Yang Yang, are you going to school tomorrow?"
"go!"
Bai Yang turned around and closed the door. He was also exhausted.
The men then held a meeting.
"The first place where the big eyeball appeared was in Zifeng Building."
Bai Zhen drew another circle at the edge of the Drum Tower Square.
Zifeng Tower, a famous landmark building in Nanjing, is also one of the tallest buildings in Nanjing. It has 89 floors above ground and 4 floors underground, with a total height of 450 meters. It is a super tall building that stands out from the crowd even across Xuanwu Lake. Standing on the top of the building and overlooking Nanjing city must have a great view. No wonder Big Eyeball wanted to climb up there.
"The distance between Zifeng Building and Zitai is too close." Fanjiangshu frowned, "How long does it take to walk from Zitai's office building to the bottom of Zifeng Building? About five minutes?"
"It may not still be in the Zifeng Building. After all, it is a moving object." said Che Di Shu.
"That's the trouble. If it was just a fixed object, it would be easier to deal with." Flip River Rat said, "Then we just need to abandon the first base and go directly to the second base. But once it starts to wander, it will be unsafe no matter which base we go to. The little girl's life will be seriously threatened."
This is a time bomb.
Everyone is aware of this problem. BG4MSR is in an extremely unsafe state. A powerful monster is wandering around Nanjing, looking for her everywhere.
"Hide?" Wang Ning spoke.
This is a choice.
The Big Eyeball is an extremely powerful monster that cannot be fought against. It is impractical for BG4MSR to fight it alone, as it would put her in great danger.
If you can't afford to provoke me, can't you just hide away?
"We plan a route so that she can avoid areas where the big eyeballs might appear. We'd rather take a detour to ensure her personal safety is not threatened." Fanjiangshu nodded in agreement. "I think what Chief Wang said is feasible. We can't confront it head-on. It's like hitting a rock with an egg."
"But how can we predict where the eyeball might appear? We know almost nothing about it." Che Di Shu asked, "If it is a living creature with the ability to think, then its movement trajectory is unpredictable. This is not a game where the NPC's movement trajectory is fixed and can be memorized. We don't have the opportunity to make mistakes. If there is any mistake, everything will fail."
"You can hide on the first day but not on the fifteenth day. You can run away from the monk but not the temple. We can hide for a while, but can we hide forever?" Sandshrew also thinks hiding is useless. "If you don't solve it, it will stay there like a bomb. You don't know when it will explode. This is a huge safety hazard. If it can't be completely solved, something will happen sooner or later."
"Solve it? How do we solve it? There's no way to solve it. You want a little girl who's less than 20 years old to fight a 10-meter-long monster? Isn't this sending her to her death?"
"We can provide support and weapons."
"If that's Schwarzenegger over there, I'd agree with this. Letting a little girl carry a bazooka and fight aliens is a joke."
"It's better to take the initiative than to sit and wait for death. If you don't solve it, you will be worried every day."
"Taking the initiative is a dead end."
Everyone started arguing, and opinions were divided into two camps. Wang Ning, Bai Zhen and Fanjiangshu believed that a head-on confrontation was absolutely not allowed, and that the risk of letting BG4MSR confront Big Eyeball head-on was too great to be accepted. It was too stupid and too dangerous. Others believed that hiding was not a long-term solution, as Big Eyeball was a living creature, and BG4MSR could not hide for too long in front of it. If it was not dealt with, then this serious threat would continue to exist, eventually leading to serious consequences.
"Stop arguing, everyone, stop arguing!" Zhao Bowen suppressed the voices in the living room, "Listen to me!"
The others fell silent, all eyes focused on Lao Zhao.
"Old Zhao, what do you think?" Bai Zhen asked.
"My opinion is that we should take a long-term view. This matter is definitely not that easy to resolve. We can't possibly come up with a feasible plan or conclusion even if we talk all night tonight." Zhao Bowen said, "Everyone is right. We don't have the opportunity to make mistakes. The margin for error is extremely low. If we make a wrong move, we will lose everything. So we must be more cautious and take our time. We can't be impatient. We'll stop here tonight. It's almost two o'clock. You should all go home."
What Zhao Bowen said was right. The time was already 1:40 in the morning, and if they continued talking, it would last until dawn.
Everyone got up and packed up to go home.
Bai Zhen sat on the sofa, watching people leave one by one and waving goodbye to them. He was also exhausted and too lazy to get up to see them off.
It was time for Zhao Bowen to go back, but Bai Zhen suddenly called him.
"Old Zhao."
"What's wrong?"
Zhao Bowen was changing his shoes at the entrance.
"What ideas do you have?" Bai Zhen asked.
"Ideas?" Zhao Bowen put on his leather shoes. "What ideas can I have?"
"My intuition tells me that you have an idea." Bai Zhen said, "You were scratching your head just now, and you were grinning while scratching your head. From what I know about you, the most expressive time for you is when you are thinking."
Zhao Bowen stood up straight and looked at him.
"I have an idea, but if it is not implemented properly, it may cause a world war... But it is too early to say that. We have too little intelligence and are almost completely in the dark. We can't do anything in this situation. Any successful military action in the world is based on sufficient and accurate intelligence work, so the first step should be to send a scout over."
Bai Zhen was stunned.
"Scout?"
Zhao Bowen nodded:
"Yes, a scout with good eyesight, bring binoculars."
(End of this chapter)
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