Li Chen and Mu Wenjun, who were also confused, walked out of the conference room, and they still hadn't figured out what was going on with the center's decision today. Just as Li Chen was about to go to Mu Wenjun's office to sit down and talk about what the center's decision meant, Tian Lao's secretary suddenly found Li Chen first.

"Li Gong, Tian Lao asked you to go right away."

"Tian Lao? He wants to see me? Li Chen asked in surprise.

The other party nodded, and told Li Chentian that he was waiting for him in the office now, just go in.

Although Mu Wenjun didn't know what Tian Lao was looking for Li Chen, but thinking back to today's meeting, Mu Wenjun vaguely felt that there should be something important to find Li Chen. Patting his old friend's arm, Mu Wenjun said goodbye and left first, Li Chen then followed Tian Lao's secretary to the director's office, knocked on the door, and waited for Tian Lao's voice to come from inside, he pushed the door in.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Tian Lao sitting on the sofa, and Lin Dong was sitting on Tian Lao's left hand side, but the deputy director Qi Xiaofeng was not there.

"Xiao Li, sit!"

Pointing to the sofa opposite, Tian Lao motioned for Li Chen to sit down, Li Chen nodded politely and sat down directly, and then asked Tian Lao bluntly what was the matter with him.

"Let me confirm two things with you." Tian Lao said: "I remember that the database of the center shows that you are now mainly responsible for the physical research work on the side of the 863 base, right?" ”

"That's right, before Director Su left, I was in charge of the research work of the base's physics laboratory, but the main research projects were arranged by Director Su at the beginning, and most of them are still in the process of verification and implementation." Li Chen replied simply and concisely, and at the same time felt strange in his heart, because this is not a secret in the 781 center, and the progress of the project is recorded and reported every month, and Tian Lao, as the director of the center, only needs to check the records to know.

Tian Lao nodded slightly. Then he asked, "I think your research project should be about ions and electromagnetism, right?" ”

"Yes, there are both."

"How's the research going?"

Li Chen immediately reported, of course he was clear about the research topics of these two projects, not to mention that these two projects actually started when Su Yichen was there, and the theoretical aspect had already been completed, and now it is mainly the development and improvement of the practical aspect. When Li Chen started from the beginning of these two projects to the later theories, one by one. Tian Lao waved his hand decisively and interrupted him: "Don't tell me that these are useless, just tell me directly, how far have you mastered these two techniques?" ”

"It's ......."

To what extent? If it weren't for Tian Lao sitting in front of him, Li Chen would even think that the person who asked him this was simply a layman. The process of mastering a technology should be determined according to the scope of application of the technology, such as the most basic general physics, whose theory was determined a hundred years ago and has been widely used in modern society. However, in the eyes of professional physicists and researchers, science and technology are still constantly improving. Classical physics may one day be further developed or even changed due to certain factors, so as to develop to a higher level. Therefore, Tian Lao's words were too layman's question, which also made Li Chen a little surprised.

"Xiao Li, Tian Lao means whether these two technologies can be used in practice, especially in the military." Lin Dong explained on the side.

"What? Military?! Li Chen's eyes widened suddenly, and he stood up with a posture.

"Fuss, sit!"

Tian Lao let out a deep sigh, and Li Chen sat back down. But his face was extremely ugly.

As a physicist, especially an expert in this area. Li Chen, of course, is aware of the connection between science and military affairs. Looking at the historical development of mankind, every scientific and technological leap is inseparable from the devil of war. Especially in the 20th century, the First and Second World Wars, people often say that war promoted the development of science and technology, but the real situation can also be said to be that science and technology led to the outbreak of war.

Over the course of a few decades, these two world wars caused hundreds of millions of casualties around the world. War raged in half the world, and the homes of hundreds of millions of people were destroyed. What is even more terrifying is that the Second World War also gave birth to a "devil" released from the magic box, that is, the birth of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are the embodiment of modern human scientific and technological strength, but they are also the ultimate desire of human beings to win wars and master power.

After the end of World War II. With nuclear weapons and nuclear threats, the United States and the Soviet Union have become bipolar superpowers, and have been in a cold war with each other for decades, and even created nuclear weapons that can destroy the earth dozens of times in order to target each other.

These are all lessons from the past, and once the devil of science is unleashed, it is almost impossible to put them back in bottles. In connection with the decision made by Tian Lao at today's meeting, Li Chen's face suddenly became particularly ugly, and he even wondered if it was because of the existence of the 781 Center, including the current series of advanced technologies, that led to a change in the mentality of the country, and he had the idea of planning to use all kinds of force and compete for hegemony with the United States?

If this is not the case, why would there be a large and complete research institute for some reason, and it is still so at any cost. Now, Tian Lao clearly asked himself about the military use of these two technologies, how could Li Chen not be vigilant?

"Lao Tian, let's sue him for this matter, otherwise Xiao Li will not only be cranky, but also delay the progress of the work." Lin Dong saw the suspicion and vigilance in Li Chen's expression, and sighed lightly in his heart. As a scientist, he understands Li Chen's thoughts very well, and he also understands his heartfelt aversion to directly linking science with military affairs and even war. Science is pure, science is at the service of humanity, not used to create murderous weapons or even ruin humanity.

Su Yichen's message from Pluto was highly valued by the chief, and soon a secret meeting was convened, at which the chief and some important leaders came to an agreement that they should carry out a series of military studies with the 781 center as the core department, and at the same time prepare for the worst to wait for the arrival of the visitors from the Southern Cross.

This decision soon reached the 781 center, and only Tian Lao, Qi Xiaofeng and Lin Dong knew the core content. Today's meeting was a decision on why the Centre and other institutions should be made, and more importantly, because of the time constraints, the progress of some necessary studies had to be accelerated while the merger was being carried out.

Li Chen was a member of the controlled thermonuclear fusion project team back then, and he was the leading physics expert in the 781 center, and now he is the person in charge of physics research in the 863 base.

For this reason, Tian Lao and Lin Dong decided to talk to him first to learn about the research progress of these two technologies. But who would have thought that when Li Chen heard the question about the military aspect, he instantly became suspicious, and then thought of Tian Lao's previous work, and the whole person became uncooperative.

In order to dispel Li Chen's concerns, Lin Dong thought about it and mentioned that Elder Tian told Li Chen the truth. Tian Lao hesitated, looked back at Lin Dong with an inquiring gaze, Lin Dong nodded affirmatively again, and Tian Lao sighed lightly.

"The following words are confidential, Xiao Li, although you are a researcher, you should also understand the discipline of confidentiality, these words must never be leaked, not even your closest people, can you do it?"

Tian Lao asked sternly, Li Chen didn't understand what Tian Lao wanted to say, but his tone and expression made him feel uneasy. After thinking about it, Li Chen nodded solemnly and agreed. Then Tian Lao began to tell the information that Su Yichen sent back from the Pluto base, when he heard the news, Li Chen's whole person was stunned, he looked at Tian Lao and Lin Dong in disbelief, as if he wanted to find out "It's a joke" from their expressions, but to his disappointment, neither Tian Lao nor Lin Dong was joking with him, which means that this is completely true.

"Outside...... Alien?! ”

Li Chen felt a little bitter in his heart, thinking of today's meeting and Tian Lao's question just now, he had completely understood. (To be continued......)

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