The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master.

After thinking for a long time, Jablonski finally decided to keep the matter to himself for the time being.

In fact, even if he had discovered it two hours in advance, he could have extricated himself by refusing to sign.

But now, it is completely impossible.

The acceptance documents were made in triplicate. Although they had not yet been delivered to the project manager Shapur Kolinger, they had already formed some legal effect after being signed by the persons in charge of each specific execution link.

In other words, due to his momentary carelessness just now, he had been forced to get involved in this chess game, which was completely indecipherable.

If I had checked more carefully just now...

Thinking of this, Jabolenski slapped his forehead with regret.

However, this thought only flashed through his mind for a moment before being dispelled.

Firstly, there is no medicine for regret in the world, so there is not much value in thinking about these things now.

Secondly, all operations performed by him and Party A's testing personnel were in compliance with the prescribed standards, and there were actually no procedural omissions. The reason why this situation still occurred was obviously because someone had planned it in advance and specifically took advantage of the loopholes in the testing procedures. Unless he could predict the future, he would definitely fall into the trap.

"We can only take one step and see..."

Jabolensky took a last look at the graph on the computer that showed six curves being drawn simultaneously, and while muttering to himself, he moved the mouse pointer to the "x" in the upper right corner.

But just when he was about to click, he pressed Ctrl+S instead as if possessed by a ghost.

Then he pulled out a USB flash drive from his pocket, made sure no one was paying attention, and inserted it into the computer.

Thanks to its dominant position as the global Internet center, the United States has basically maintained absolute hegemony over the Internet world since the 90s.

However, everything has two sides, which has led to a serious lack of vigilance against information security in most institutions in the United States.

Almost no one will deliberately care about things like bringing personal storage containers into the testing center.

A few minutes later, a database file containing some original data was transferred to the USB drive.

In fact, even Jablonsky himself did not really think about the purpose of this operation. He just followed his intuition and retained some things that might be regarded as evidence.

Of course, another option is to find Collinger and explain the situation before the Christmas holiday ends, and save the situation before it's too late.

But based on his shallow understanding of the project's operating mechanism, if this is true, the final result will most likely be that he, the "traitor", will become the only scapegoat.

Jabolenski wondered if he was noble enough to trade his future for the successful completion of a project.

It’s better to gamble on the probability of nothing going wrong.

After all, he had just confirmed that the test process itself was not falsified, and the six prototypes had indeed completed all the test items.

Even if the parameters corresponding to the actual working environment are reduced due to special adjustments, it will not be too outrageous.

During the overall project design process, margins are generally left for this situation, so problems will not necessarily arise.

After some self-examination, Jablonski finally felt a little relieved.

At this moment, Mellie Hearst's voice suddenly came from behind him:

"Daniel, what are your plans for the Christmas holiday?"

There was a peculiar charm in Hearst's tone, and just one sentence made Jablonski feel a little numb.

He quickly closed the page on his computer and turned around:

"Dr. Hurst..."

He was interrupted before he could finish his words:

"When I'm not working, just call me Mary."

Hurst tightened his windbreaker, revealing his well-proportioned figure, and walked towards Jabolenski with crisp steps.

It was only then that the latter realized that the other party had put on a pair of high heels without him noticing.

"Okay, Mei... Meili..."

In an instant, all the vigilance and dissatisfaction in my mind just now seemed to disappear:

"I didn't expect the test to end so quickly, so I don't have any plans. I'll probably stay at my grandmother's house for a few days..."

Hearing this, Hester moved closer and suggested:

"The group is planning to organize a vacation before Christmas. Most people seem to want to go to Hawaii, but I want to go to Alaska to see the Northern Lights. Do you..."

"..."

A secret was temporarily hidden beneath the water.

Although Collinger is experienced and cautious, as the project leader he is very busy. In addition, due to the DDL pressure from the client, it is impossible for him to perform secondary processing on the data involved in each link like Jabolenski did.

Therefore, the entire X51A project proceeded "according to plan".

When it comes to information disclosure, Americans have never been secretive.

As the 2006 annual work summary reports were submitted one after another and the relevant 2007 budgets were gradually allocated, Boeing, the Pentagon, NASA, the White House, etc. all started their propaganda machines one after another, preparing to convey the threat of "strike all over the world within an hour" to the whole world in advance...

……

A few days later.

Beijing, 301 Hospital.

Chang Haonan was leaning on the sofa in the single ward, peeling an apple with a knife, and occasionally raising his eyelids to glance at the TV screen in the other corner.

After attending the 2006 annual meeting of Aviation Power Corporation of China, Chang Haonan, for the first time ever, did not return to Huairou Science City. Instead, he simply arranged the work for the next month or so and told Xing Muchun that unless the matter was extremely urgent, it could wait until he returned to his post to deal with it.

This was certainly not because there was something wrong with his own body, but because Yao Mengna's due date was approaching.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with the latter's body. All the test results were normal, the fetus was in a regular position, and everything seemed to be safe.

However, the superiors still issued direct instructions on the grounds of "elderly pregnant woman" and stuffed Yao Mengna into the ward almost a month in advance.

Or in emotionally intelligent terms, prenatal care center.

A few minutes later, Chang Haonan handed the apple, which had been cut into an almost perfect circle, to his wife who was exercising next to him:

"Here, have an apple."

Mobile phones in 2007 could not access the Internet, so Chang Haonan had almost nothing to do these days except watching TV and reading newspapers. Out of boredom, he had to feed Yao Mengna in different ways.

The latter raised his hand with a satisfied look on his face, wanting to take it, but then his arm stopped in mid-air and his expression became struggling.

"never mind……"

After a struggle between heaven and man, she shook her head:

"The doctor specifically told me a few days ago that I am too old to take excessive nutritional supplements, otherwise the fetus will develop too well and it will not be conducive to delivery..."

Chang Haonan showed an expression of sudden enlightenment:

"No wonder you couldn't stay in bed these days and kept walking around on the floor..."

He was open-minded about these things and felt that surgery should be done when necessary and the key was to minimize the risks. Yao Mengna, on the other hand, was worried that the surgery might affect the child and insisted on natural birth.

Then he quickly comforted her:

"This is something that only thin pregnant women need to worry about. For someone like you who is tall and has long legs, it's just an apple. It won't be a problem..."

Yao Mengna's expression changed slightly, and she was obviously quite pleased with this comment.

But he still shook his head:

"I'm just tall, but I have a small frame, so I still have to be careful..."

As an expectant mother, she can't help but feel anxious and worried at this time.

Although it is hard not to think that what I just said is from Versailles...

Chang Haonan also knew that it was useless to reason with her at this time, so he could only go along with her in everything.

So he cut a small piece from the surface of the apple, stood up and put it directly into Yao Mengna's mouth.

If this were at home, he would definitely choose to bite one half himself and then...

But now is obviously not the right time, so I have to use my hands.

Just as the couple's intimate interaction ended, a piece of news was broadcast on TV at the right time.

"A Pentagon spokesman confirmed at a press conference yesterday afternoon local time that the X51A 'Wave Rider' hypersonic aircraft, which is hosted by the US Air Force and developed by Boeing and Pratt & Whitney, is progressing smoothly and is expected to conduct its first test flight over the Pacific Ocean before May this year..."

"The spokesperson emphasized that this will be the first time in human history that a scramjet engine will be fully operational in the atmosphere. It is also a weapon that 'redefines deterrence capability' and will help to restore stability to the world situation..."