32 days

This time, Song Rui took Luo Caiyun, Yi Alan, and Zhou Yanan to another room on the ground floor. The door plate said "Archive Room (IV)". It seems that the number is the kind of information that is not very important but must be preserved.After swiping the card to open the door, she saw several rows of filing cabinets as high as the wall. Behind the door was only a clerk sitting at a computer desk. She looked up at Song Rui, said nothing, and lowered her head again.

But apart from Yi Alan, everyone else could see that this girl with a quiet face had a gleam in her eyes. If someone who broke in without a reason could not give a valid reason, she would have no doubt that she would draw a weapon from the pile of documents.

Then, Yi Alan realized that this was not the bottom floor of the R&D center.Go to the end of the archive room, press a hidden switch behind a file cabinet, you can open the retractable floor of this room, you can see the stairs going down and the tunnel stretching forward with sensor lights along the wall.

Enter a very spacious and bright tunnel, passing through several gates that require a password.

Yi Alan imagined the terrain here in his mind. The room they were in just now was actually in a hollowed-out mountain. At this moment, they felt that they were under the ground at the foot of the mountain, walking a little deeper into the Qingyun Mountains.

Song Rui said as he walked: "The last time you came, you were received by the information security director of the center. We discussed internally beforehand whether we should inform the existence of Project S clearly. Considering the concealment here, as long as the main building of the R&D center is destroyed, If the passage is blocked, it is difficult to have other ways to enter, especially during the 32 days you described. Therefore, in line with the principle that the fewer people know the better, we did not mention Plan S.”

Yi Alan nodded in understanding.

After 10 minutes, I finally came to the end of the tunnel, and a thick and solid metal door lay in front of me.

This door did not use an electronic code, but a combination lock composed of multiple mechanical code locks. Song Rui operated the code plate on the metal door many times, and then there were bursts of clicking lock pins.

Song Rui said, "Come and help me."

Both Zhou Yan'an and Luo Caiyun stepped forward, held the hand wheel on the door, and pulled the door like a bank vault with all their strength.

The 50-ton metal door was slowly opened amidst the jaw-dropping sound of chain friction.

Yi Alan couldn't believe her eyes for a moment. At the end of the tunnel, behind a door, there was actually a large-scale factory with a brightly lit circular dome.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a factory. Although there are no workers at the moment, there are various types of precision industrial robots scattered around, and there are many strange-shaped semi-finished parts on the operating table.If it weren't for the huge mysterious oblate object with a diameter of about 100 meters in the center, Yi Alan would really think that this place is just an ordinary hardware factory.

Although Luo Caiyun knew the details of Project S, she had never seen the real thing.Knowing the inside story, she couldn't help showing amazement at this time.

Song Rui said, "Guess what this is?"

Yi Alan said hesitantly, "It's a bit like a UFO."

Song Rui said: "It's not wrong, this is a spaceship, a human, not a so-called alien spaceship."

For a moment, a trace of absurdity appeared on Yi Alan's face. He is also in the technology industry and often comes into contact with some cutting-edge technology products. He knows that human beings' exploration of space is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.But he still couldn't accept that a spaceship that should appear in a sci-fi movie was right in front of him so quickly.

"Is it a finished product?" Yi Alan couldn't help asking.

Song Rui smiled and avoided answering: "Project S is a top-secret space exploration plan that was proposed 20 years ago and has been implemented all the time. The reason why the research and development site is placed here is to take advantage of the terrain cover. We are now in a In the lower part of the mountain, about 1000 meters away from the main area of ​​the R&D center. In addition to the entire mountain being hollowed out, the upper half of the mountain is also fake. In fact, it is a big cover that can be lifted to let the spacecraft fly out. Even if someone finds The abnormality of this mountain will also be inferred to be an intercontinental missile silo and its supporting facilities with a high probability. On the other hand, it can also disperse huge research and development funds and industrial equipment to other Air Force weapons projects to deceive people and successfully import them into Here, some less unique accessories can also be produced with the help of those projects.”

They stepped over the thick door frame and walked into the dizzying mountainside space, where everything was full of magical colors because of the spaceship in the center.

"80.00% of the production and assembly of the spaceship is done by machinery, which is highly automated and intelligent. Only a scientific research team of 32 people and the most advanced supercomputer are the only people deeply involved in the research and development. The airy wall, Project S has been caught by spies for so many years. Countries with developed intelligence capabilities should have heard of it. The inner ghost who appeared on the [-]nd is one of the proofs, but fortunately he has not yet obtained accurate relevant information. .” Song Rui walked to the bracket of the huge monster and looked up.

This oblate aircraft, which is not new in shape, has a maximum height of about 30 meters, like a ten-storey building, but its horizontal diameter is at least 100 meters by visual inspection, and it can be imagined that the internal space will be very spacious.Yi Alan walked around the spaceship and saw a lot of weird engine jets, but he didn't see anything like a door, and Song Rui didn't mean to open the door of the spaceship to let them in for a look, Yi Alan Lan couldn't help feeling very sorry.

"Do you think it's not that real?" Song Rui glanced at the confused Yi Alan

Yi Alan replied truthfully: "It's a little bit."

"Many people think that space travel is still far away, but humans can't wait. There are several important nodes in history. Whoever has the upper hand in controlling the land, sea, and sky can affect a period. Now we The node of human competition has reached space. As new weapons become more and more destructive, in order not to cause irreparable damage to the earth we depend on for survival, the future battlefield is likely to move to the vast space by convention. In addition, in terms of resources , Whichever country first discovers a new feasible energy source on an alien planet will have the absolute right to speak and distribute, which demonstrates the strength of the country and the superiority of the ideology. Therefore, everyone wants to pre-empt the exploration of space. "

Song Rui caressed the cold surface of the spacecraft and sighed, it was the thoughts accumulated in the past 20 years: "Space exploration is a long and arduous journey, we can't reach the sky in one step, but at least this historical node, we must leave a space for the next generation. Not to lose, and even to be ahead of other countries. This is what our generation has to do."

Yi Alan was ignited by these words, as if he could see this dark spaceship soaring into the sky, shuttling quietly in the stardust of the Milky Way. At that time, human beings were the loneliest. But also the most promising.

But Song Rui also said: "In the concept drawing, this spacecraft has a complete self-circulating ecosystem, which can efficiently use new power and supplement solar energy at any time. It can undertake a team of 50 people to live in space for more than ten years. With this With only one spacecraft, a comprehensive team of space talents can carry complete facilities to Mars, Venus and other nearby planets for detailed exploration, have sufficient time and safe living camps to find energy for the earth, or find ways to transform human habitable places .”

Yi Alan was keenly aware of doubts: "It's just a conception?"

Song Rui smiled secretively: "Yes, the idea was 20 years ago."

what about now?Has the spaceship in front of me completed the original vision?

Song Rui didn't answer, and even had a sly look in his eyes: "This is what some countries want to know, so they put a lot of effort into cultivating and recruiting spies, and invested money to open up channels to install spies, trying to figure it out. But in the absence of Before they figure it out, they can’t just sit back and wait for the results to be clear. In order not to fall behind, they have to invest huge sums of money in research and development, and the space project cannot see benefits in a short period of time, which means that the ruling party has to face financial pressure for a long time. Different interested parties continue to disagree because of this matter. What's more, after the Raleigh Ron incident more than ten years ago, many countries are very cautious about investing in space research and development."

Yi Alan knew Rayleigh Ron.

If Riley Ron is still alive, he should be 90 years old.This man was hailed as a genius space physicist 60 years ago.Like many famous science scholars, he showed his extraordinary knowledge at a very young age. When he was about 30 years old, Raleigh Rowan put forward many authoritative theories of space science that have been recognized so far. At that time, Raleigh Rowan En is known all over the world as the most promising leader to lead mankind into space.

But in the 60 years since then, Riley Rohn has done nothing more in space physics.That's all, what really made him notorious is that during this period, Rayleigh Ron changed his nationality many times. Every time he joined a country, he received research and development funds ranging from hundreds of millions to tens of billions. Different amounts of funds have all gone to the same destination, which is to get nothing.Relying on his fame when he was young, it took Riley Rowan more than 30 years to consume everyone's trust and admiration for him.Until more than ten years ago, no country was willing to accept Rayleigh Ron, let alone listen to his rhetoric and invest money and equipment.After that, Riley Ron disappeared.

But now, many countries that have received Rayleigh Rowan suspect that it is actually a scam from country A, and that Rayleigh Rowan has consumed a huge amount of fiscal revenue that should have been used for people's livelihood.

Recalling the whole story of the Raleigh Ron incident, Yi Alan suddenly understood that Project S may be a grand project to benefit future generations, or it may be a space race that deliberately casts a net to attract people.

And what it is, or both, this kind of doubt itself is an important meaning of the existence of Plan S.

So far, Plan S has caught at least one very good spy.The more the spy invested in Plan S, the safer the rest of the country was, especially during 32 days.

Unfortunately, however, a very good pilot was sacrificed as a result.