Xiya walked out of the villa on the west side, watched the car drive away, and followed the scent to the kitchen.
She had been drawn by the smell of lamb early in the morning.
She thought she had eaten lamb like this last night, but she couldn't remember where.
She smelled it again this morning and wanted to come over, but she vaguely heard a few people talking about her. She had to wait until Guo Xuyang and the others left before coming out.
She reached out and scooped the lamb out of the pot. The smell was so familiar, she had definitely eaten it before.
But she couldn't remember where.
Guo Xuyang followed Lü Liang to the western mountainous area. This trip was a pure self-driving tour.
The people rested but the cars kept moving. Except for refueling and meals, the four of them took turns driving.
They changed several cars on the way and drove for three consecutive days to reach the location Jiang Qixin had sent to Lü Liang.
"It's so far, why didn't you have a plane pick us up?" Guo Xuyang got out of the car and stretched his arms and legs.
"Your identity is special now, many people are watching you.
If a private plane were to pick you up directly, the enemy might learn the location of these spacecraft through your movements.
That's why so many cars were arranged for this trip.
For the sake of secrecy, no drivers were arranged to accompany us."
"I knew there would be trouble. When I told President Jiang before that I didn't want to take this job, it was precisely because I didn't want to deal with this trouble."
"You've done a good job. It's no use saying anything more now. Let's go in."
Lü Liang said as he walked towards the house in front.
"What kind of place is this? It feels like we've entered a slum."
"I don't know what kind of place this is. This is the location the boss sent me, it should be correct." Lü Liang said, knocking on the door.
"Who is it?" An old man, nearly sixty or seventy years old, opened the door.
"Old man, I'm from the provincial capital. My name is Lü Liang."
"Lü Liang? Come in." The old man let Lü Liang and the others in.
"You've arrived. Are you tired?" Jiang Qixin came out from inside the room.
"What kind of place is this, President Jiang?"
"You'll know when you go in later. Let's talk more downstairs."
Jiang Qixin said as he led them into the room.
Upon entering the room, Jiang Qixin pressed a button by the table, and a door appeared on the wall.
"Follow me, be careful of your footing."
The group followed Jiang Qixin for about five or six minutes before a lift appeared.
Jiang Qixin entered his fingerprint and took them into the lift.
The lift went down continuously and only stopped after more than ten minutes.
Guo Xuyang was very curious and couldn't help but look up.
He discovered it was a massive underground facility, where the dismantled spacecraft were located, divided into several parts and placed in different areas.
He couldn't imagine how these people had transported them.
"Let's go. We're almost there."
Jiang Qixin introduced as he walked.
"This place is where we specifically study spacecraft. The dilapidated old residential area above is just a cover."
"I saw that the area above seems to be connected to the village?" Guo Xuyang said.
"That was originally a village, and it was later renovated. The people inside had already been relocated."
"The old man just now..."
"He's one of our people too."
"No wonder."
"What did you notice?"
"Nothing. He let us in when he heard it was Lü Liang."
"I had already informed him in advance.
After you come down, your cars will be taken away by someone.
Inside, there are also two men and two women."
"Is it for the sake of keeping a low profile?"
"That's right. They will continue west, enter the desert, destroy the cars, and then return."
"So cautious?"
"Caution is the mother of safety.
The enemy forces are too powerful now, and current satellites can detect every minute change, even seeing freckles on a person's face." Jiang Qixin said.
"Then how did the spacecraft get here?"
Guo Xuyang was very curious about how the spacecraft had been transported.
"They were brought in after being dismantled."
"Have there been any discoveries?"
"The internal structure is very compact, and the assembly technology is very advanced.
Many parts we couldn't dismantle at all, so we had to cut them."
"Brute force disassembly?"
"There's no other way. If we can't study it, even if it's advanced, it's useless to us."
"I can bring people over to explain to you."
"Bring people to explain? Are you joking?"
Jiang Qixin couldn't quite believe his ears.
"Do I look like I'm joking?"
"Then why didn't you say so earlier? A perfectly good spacecraft has been damaged." Jiang Qixin stomped his foot in frustration.
"I thought with so many experts we have, they wouldn't be able to dismantle this thing. Yu'er herself has studied spacecraft before." Guo Xuyang rolled his eyes.
"Can what Yu'er studied be the same as this?"
"It's different. But it should be more or less the same."
"A slight deviation can lead to a thousand-mile error. You must know this, right?" Jiang Qixin said indignantly.
He was still angry that Guo Xuyang could have dismantled it but didn't tell him the truth, causing him to lose a spacecraft.
"If it can't be smashed and can't be learned, this thing is no different from our cars outside. It's nothing special.
After these people dismantled it, they should have a general understanding of its internal structure, right?"
"We feared technological leakage, so we dismantled the entire spacecraft into four major parts: control, defense, power, and structure.
Because we couldn't find the right places, there was damage to each part, resulting in incomplete disassembly data."
"You considered it very carefully.
But you overlooked that the spacecraft was originally a whole. By deliberately dividing it into four parts, you naturally caused incomplete data.
But it's okay, there are still two intact spacecraft, aren't there?
You can arrange for people to compare the data obtained with the data from those two spacecraft, and then you'll get the real data."
"That's easier said than done. Who can fly it?"
"Don't look at me. I can't fly it either." Guo Xuyang said quickly when he saw Jiang Qixin looking at him.
"If you can't fly it, how did you get here?"
"I can't tell you that. You have to let me have some secrets, right?"
"Then what about the people you mentioned? Yu'er?"
"Yu'er hasn't studied this spacecraft.
But we can let her and Ye Zi study it together."
"You mean go now?"
"I can go anytime.
Since you've brought us to this place, you must have questions for us." Guo Xuyang said.
"The reason I brought you here is for you to see the actual situation of these spacecraft and to hear your opinions."
"I have no opinion. I don't understand this stuff, so it's best to leave professional matters to professionals."
"A lot of the data cannot be connected now, and there were problems during the dismantling process.
These experts are also troubled and cannot find the reason." Jiang Qixin said.
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