Hardcore crisis

Just like a dormant giant beast, when it is motionless, no one can feel its terror. However, when this giant beast opens its eyes, even if it only trembles slightly, the power it brings can make people feel it. terrible. After Lu Yuan had to give up handling the alien corpse and stay away, time continued to pass, and four or five hours passed by in a flash.

Looking to the west from the small mountains far away from Donghai City, thousands of kilometers away in the southwest of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, the endless mountains are the most common scenery in this area. Seeing too many of them is really tiring.

Along a winding road under the mountain, an off-road vehicle was driving slowly on the road. Looking left and right, there was no other car except this endless road. Originally, Qinghai Province was sparsely populated, not to mention that in this remote area, except for the occasional wild ass and antelope passing by, not a single person could be seen.

It was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, and towards sunset, the orange-red sun hung in the western sky, casting a large golden gauze over the entire wasteland. The boundless wasteland looked particularly shocking under such unique beauty. Touching, this is a scenery that can be photographed from any angle and used as wallpaper. It is pure and flawless.

After rounding a bend, the off-road vehicle suddenly entered the gap between the two mountains. On both sides of the canyon, which was about a few hundred meters wide, dense barbed wire fences and thorny bushes suddenly appeared. It was obviously artificial and deliberate. After many years of repairs, this moment is like a wall covered with barbs. Even if a mouse gets through it, it will shed a layer of skin.

"Military restricted area, no entry!"

The eye-catching signboard was installed on the roadside many years ago. The large red characters have peeled off the paint in some places, and the words are barely legible. Placing it on this shaky signboard makes people worry that it will fall to the ground completely due to a strong wind in the next moment, and it will no longer be able to serve as a warning to incoming visitors.

Ignoring this sign, the off-road vehicle drove past the sign unimpeded and continued along the opened road in the canyon. Drive forward quickly.

After driving about another kilometer, a signboard that was obviously installed in recent years stood brand new on the right side of the road, paying attention to every passing vehicle.

"Military restricted area, no entry!"

Compared with the previous signboard that was unknown how many years ago, it was obvious that the deterrent effect brought by this new signboard was greatly increased. Each of the large characters daubed in red paint looks unremarkable when taken apart individually, but when put together they create a formidable invisible force.

Only two kilometers away behind this sign, barbed wire fences, high walls, high-voltage electricity, and sentries suddenly appeared in front of us, wearing military coats. The sentries with bayonets and steel guns looked at the approaching off-road vehicles with vigilance. The surrounding sentries pressed their hands on the sirens, ready to sound the alarm at any time.

Actually. Four cameras were installed on both sides of the gate, even if the sentry had no time to press the alarm. The guards in the monitoring room who are on call 24 hours a day will also trigger the alarm.

Stand at attention and salute!

The sentry saluted the stopped SUV, then walked over and shouted: "Please show me your ID."

The driver in the driving seat handed over the certificate, and the sentry took it and looked at it carefully. Then he inserted the ID into the plastic box in his hand and handed it in. "Please take your fingerprints."

This time he was no longer the driver. The man sitting in the passenger seat casually took the box and pressed it with his right thumb. There was only a "ding" sound and "ding" appeared on the display screen of the box. Passed" words.

"Hello, Chief."

The sentry saluted again and nodded to the people behind him. The gate blocking the road slowly opened to both sides, allowing the off-road vehicle to pass.

Basically the same as ordinary military camps, in this canyon, buildings and military camps with three and four floors stand on the open space. Straight roads extend in all directions, including office buildings and training venues. The platoon of soldiers passed by on patrol, carrying steel guns and looking intently, with extremely serious expressions.

It didn't stop there. The man in the co-pilot's seat signaled to continue moving forward and follow the middle road directly to the end of the base.

That is the end of the canyon and the base of a high mountain.

Once here, the inspections that need to be faced have been upgraded to two levels.

Not only did the driver need to get out of the car and have his body searched, but the man in the passenger seat was also not spared. He was searched with a metal detector. After confirming that the two of them did not carry any communication tools, there were military personnel waiting here. The sightseeing car was specially designed to take two people into the hydraulic metal gate.

That's right, every time he came here, he couldn't help but marvel at the strength of those warriors back then, and he was also shocked by those passionate years.

At present, outsiders think that the Fuling 816 underground nuclear project is the "world's first artificial cave." Construction of this underground nuclear project in Chongqing began in 1967. By the time it was stopped in 1984, 85% of the construction work had been completed. The total length of the 816 underground nuclear project is 21 kilometers, with 18 large and small caverns. The amount of excavated stone is as high as 1.51 million cubic meters, and almost the entire mountain has been hollowed out.

However, the 816 underground nuclear project in Fuling, Chongqing is only a part of the country that has been publicly declassified. Until 2002, it was still a top-secret project.

But the man knew that the 816 underground nuclear project was nothing compared to the nuclear engineering base he was about to enter.

The Qinghai 717 underground nuclear project began construction in 1965, two years earlier than the 816 nuclear project, and was not completed until 1986. During the construction period of this project, even though it was a special ten years when people in many places were panicked, the construction and maintenance work here has not stopped. The central government has allocated a total of 2 billion, which is nearly three times that of the 816 project.

The 816 Project used 60,000 troops, and tens of thousands of people died due to landslides, fatigue, dust, and accidents. The man did not know how many people died in the 717 Project, but he knew one thing. The number of people mobilized to build the 717 Project was Prime Minister Enlai gave special approval to mobilize two border troops and more than 100,000 people to build it.

Especially in that era, 2 billion was allocated, which was an astronomical amount. Unless the top leaders of the country attached great importance to this place, it would definitely not be sustainable. It is still a top-secret project until now.

Now, except for a few retired senior cadres from the central government who are about to step into the coffin and participated in the mission that year, not everyone even among the core seven in power is qualified to know about this 717 underground nuclear engineering base.

After driving nearly 30 kilometers through the tunnel dug in the mountain, it took more than an hour to finally complete the journey. The man breathed a sigh of relief and stared solemnly at the metal gate in front of him.

The gate weighs more than fifty tons and must be opened using a hydraulic device. It takes three minutes to fully open. Fortunately, it does not need to be fully opened to accommodate a few people. They waited for a while, and after being notified by someone, the gate was raised a short distance. They can be allowed in.

When the 717 underground nuclear project was first constructed, it was just an inconspicuous one among the hundreds of nuclear bases in China. However, the reason why it has become a top-secret project does not lie in this. What an important study.

In fact, the man can still remember the shock he experienced seven years ago when he first came here and saw that thing, which had a huge impact on his entire outlook on life and world. As for more than a month, he could not recover from the shock.

Therefore, the 717 underground nuclear project, after the discovery of the thing in the early stages of construction, was immediately transformed into a top-secret project that only a few people could know about, and its importance was far higher than other nuclear projects.

Because of this, the original construction purpose of the underground nuclear project was greatly changed, and many functional facilities had to be overturned and redone. As a result, the appearance of the project was greatly changed, and the construction period was delayed for ten years before completion.

Everything revolves around "that thing", codename 09. (To be continued ~^~)