A very cold voice asked, "Where?"
"In a town in the eastern suburbs."
"You must be at the base within half an hour, something big has happened."
Xiao Xun '嗯'ed and handed the phone to Secretary Fan, "I've been notified to return to the base within half an hour, do you want to come along?"
As Xiao Xun started the car, Secretary Fan wisely got out, "Busy bee, goodbye."
Xiao Xun stepped on the accelerator, speeding towards the western suburbs like lightning, disregarding speed limits and traffic lights.
Moreover, Xiao Xun's SUV was special, with unusually good traction, strong torque, and extreme speed.
However, the place was too far, and it was already an hour later on the return trip.
Xiao Xun stopped the car, didn't even pull out the key, and went directly to the underground base.
After passing through the disinfection room, they arrived at the central command of the entire base.
Xiao Xun saw Qin Yongmei standing on the platform with her hands behind her back and knew the seriousness of the situation. If it weren't for a special circumstance, she definitely wouldn't have come.
"What happened?"
Qin Yongmei gestured for Xiao Xun to look at the screen. On the 300-square-meter display, a black halo occasionally emitted light, and a palm-sized black dot hovered above the halo.
"I don't understand, what does this image represent?"
"Look closely, this is a video."
Xiao Xun watched carefully, "What kind of video is this? A black hole?"
Qin Yongmei explained, "This is the sun."
"Don't joke, why is the sun black?"
"This is the image fed back by the optical imager. If it were particularly bright, you would have difficulty discovering the problem."
Xiao Xun still didn't understand what the problem was, "Boss, stop beating around the bush, what's wrong."
Qin Yongmei raised her hand and pointed at the palm-sized black dot, "What is that?"
Xiao Xun observed carefully. From its outline, it looked like a rock slab.
"Is there no higher definition image?"
Su Xiang appeared at some point, "This is our highest definition image. Due to electromagnetic interference, the images from many satellites are lost. This video is also from a month ago."
Xiao Xun asked in surprise, "Since it's a video from a month ago, why are we discussing this now?"
Su Xiang picked up the walkie-talkie, "Bring up the real-time monitoring screen."
The huge screen flickered, and it was still the same large black circle, but now it looked very much like the sun, with stable heat radiating from the outside of the circle.
"This is the real-time monitoring sent fifteen minutes ago. Do you see any difference?"
Xiao Xun snorted, "Fifteen minutes is still real-time..."
Su Xiang looked speechless, "For extraterrestrial celestial bodies, it's already very fast."
Xiao Xun watched the video carefully, "Huh? That palm-sized unidentified flying object is gone."
Qin Yongmei looked at Xiao Xun, "Where do you think this unidentified flying object went?"
Xiao Xun swallowed, "If it was coming towards Blue Star, it might be hiding somewhere we can't observe, like the far side of the moon. If it was just passing by, it might have run out of fuel, replenished it, and then left."
Qin Yongmei nodded and looked at Xiao Xun with great appreciation, "Which do you lean towards?"
"I..."
Xiao Xun didn't know what to say, "What do other experts say?"
Qin Yongmei said, "Most experts say that this unidentified flying object has no malicious intent, because when the flying object was present, it was the most active time for solar flares, and the most active in thousands of years. If this unidentified flying object hadn't absorbed the sun's energy, most of our planet's electronic products would have malfunctioned."
Xiao Xun thought for a moment, "Is it that this unidentified flying object ran out of fuel, then absorbed solar energy, and coincidentally saved our crisis?"
Su Xiang nodded, "I think President Xiao has a point."
Qin Yongmei glanced at Su Xiang, "The problem lies in this 'having a point'."
Xiao Xun looked at Qin Yongmei in surprise, "What problem?"
"This unidentified flying object is clearly an extraterrestrial life form with technology far superior to ours, yet you are seriously considering its purpose instead of being surprised that aliens exist."
Xiao Xun was taken aback, glanced at Su Xiang, and then said to Qin Yongmei, "Should I be surprised? Ever since I met you all, no matter how absurd or ridiculous something is, I find it normal. Now if you tell me there are immortals in this world, even if I haven't seen them, I won't be surprised."
Qin Yongmei took two steps back, "We've asked many astronomers to watch this video, and your reaction is the most normal, which is also the most abnormal. Tell me honestly, have you had contact with extraterrestrial civilizations in advance?"
"Also, where did you go during your mysterious disappearance? Were you picked up by an alien spaceship?"
Xiao Xun was speechless, "Boss, don't guess wildly!"
"Whether I'm guessing wildly or not, you haven't answered a single question. If you want to dispel my doubts, tell me the truth. Why couldn't you be detected by the security check? You couldn't see anything."
Xiao Xun instantly remembered the nano-body shaping suit he was wearing. He usually didn't feel it, so he forgot about it.
At this moment, Qin Yongmei had already drawn her pistol and pointed it at Xiao Xun, "What is your purpose for coming to Blue Star?"
Su Xiang also looked at Xiao Xun with confusion, but he said nothing.
Xiao Xun took two steps back, leaning against the railing, "You don't suspect I'm an alien, do you? You can check my background! My life trajectory from childhood to adulthood is recorded. Besides, if I were an alien, why would I provoke your Gatekeeper Guild?"
"Even if you're not an alien, you're likely an alien's 'lackey'."
Qin Yongmei waved her hand, "Take off everything on him and lock him up first."
Xiao Xun took two steps back, "What about the Cradle Project? I have important data regarding the progress of breaking through the Cradle Project."
Qin Yongmei looked at Xiao Xun, "If you really have any connection with aliens, I dare not let you continue to access the Cradle Project. Take him away."
At this moment, the guards who rushed up prepared to apprehend Xiao Xun.
Xiao Xun wanted to use his spatial ring, but it was too late, and he was pinned to the ground.
"Brother Xiang, believe me, I have absolutely no connection with aliens."
Su Xiang waved his hand, and the guards grabbed Xiao Xun and gagged him with a special tape.
"Xiao Xun, I introduced you. If there's a problem with you, I can't escape responsibility. Prove your innocence properly! I hope neither of us has any problems, take him away..."
Xiao Xun was taken by the guards to a secret room. His outer jacket was removed, and high-frequency vibrating particle blades, mercury sunglasses, a Dis Manglem gun, and an plasma grenade were found on him. Even the nano-body shaping suit was taken off.
The captain of the guard placed the items on a tray, "So many high-tech weapons, they cannot be manufactured with our planet's current technology. Do you have anything else to explain?"