Chapter 405: You Have New News (4)
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The Pentagon is a five-story building with most of its civilian services in above-ground facilities, and the two major expansions in the past 60 years have largely devoid of above-ground parts, and the full view of the building can only be seen from the depths below. Since the second renovation approved by the U.S. government in the 90s of the last century, many projects have continued, but the progress has been very slow because it cannot affect the day-to-day administrative office of the Pentagon.
In the early stages of design, the designers and the military were in charge of Leslie. Colonel Graus had targeted the world's largest military administrative office building, but World War II ended with the completion of the project. The growing Cold War mentality has led to fears of nuclear war, and concrete reinforcement work has been ongoing on the Pentagon's ground floor.
And when the Cold War ended, no one knew how many secrets were hidden on the bottom floor of the building, which used more than 40,000 cement columns.
Even the US side itself is not clear to everyone, and many departments have no contact with each other and will not release information to the outside world. The military's vast administrative and secret agencies are hidden here, and in normal times it is like an authoritative and slow beast, entrenched in the southwest corner of Washington, watching the world with fierce eyes.
David didn't expect that Zhao Xuan's ultimate goal turned out to be the Pentagon's underground facilities, and it was the deepest part.
"There was a 1,500-meter underground complex below this building, and now do you think we can reach it on foot?"
Zhao Xuan's eyes had completely adapted to the darkness, she glanced at David, and asked with a hint of disdain, "Do you think all the electronic devices have stopped?" β
The phrase is prosaic and almost inaudible in a noisy environment.
David looked at Zhao Xuan, but his eyes were full of disbelief.
At this time, the four of them had already walked to section C between the reception area and the foreign affairs management area, there was a fire hallway, and the walls of the full fireproof design could not be seen clearly in the dark, but David knew that there was a fire switch next to it, and there was a fire axe and fire extinguisher in it.
As David expected, the middle-aged man reached out and pulled the wrench away and dragged out the fire axe.
At this time, in the dark, this is already one of the best weapons.
Zhao Xuan didn't look at the middle-aged man's movements, and went straight through the isolation door in Area C, and the isolation door suddenly opened automatically in front of her as if it suddenly became active.
No one noticed this scene in the chaos, but David, who was close to him, was deeply shocked, and he knew that it was reasonable for all the electronic equipment of the entire Ministry of Defense to malfunction under a complete EMP attack. However, Zhao Xuan in front of him broke through this restriction and went directly through the locked automatic door.
The door is hydraulically designed, and the central circuit plus the internal intelligent network should be used for the control, which is inseparable from the electronic equipment.
In David's opinion, Zhao Xuan's hand was already as surprising as magic.
On the other hand, the middle-aged man and the old man who held the fire axe in their hands, the two of them were not surprised at all, and followed Zhao Xuan into the automatic door.
David was stunned and hurried to follow, he now really knew less and less, like a clown.
Because all the equipment was out of order, the sirens inside the Ministry of Defense didn't even sound. Most civilians are struggling to choose the best way to evacuate, or to save themselves. The four men crossed Section C to an elevator entrance, but there was no one around.
David put away his surprise and looked left and right, a hint of sarcasm on his face.
"The sense of self-help is good."
Zhao Xuantou said without replying: "If you stay here all the time, you won't do better than them." β
Probably because he saw the scene of Zhao Xuan spraying Han Cook just now, David didn't react to Zhao Xuan's ridicule at all.
There is an elevator that leads to the fifth basement floor, and from there you can transfer to another elevator to the seventeenth basement floor.
Just now, David was still wondering how Zhao Xuan had reached the deepest part of the underground, but now he no longer had this doubt.
Just like Moses parted the Red Sea, Zhao Xuan just stood at the elevator door, the elevator work indicator light did not light up, but the door slowly opened.
David knew where this elevator leads, and he knows most of the layout underground. As an overseas intelligence officer, David has achieved very outstanding results in Asia, so he has been appreciated by the military high-level, and has gone deep into the Pentagon for training. Otherwise, as an overseas correspondent of David, he would not have access to an anti-terrorism executive at the level of Colonel Thomson.
Seeing that this elevator actually opened automatically for Zhao Xuan, David felt as if he had never been to the Pentagon. In this building that symbolizes the authority of beautiful things, Zhao Xuan is like a god, and he can only look up to her.
Following Zhao Xuan's footsteps, the three of them also entered the elevator.
In the elevator, David stared at Zhao Xuan's back, but he no longer had the slightest intention of wanting to do it.
The long man with the fire axe looked at David like a poisonous snake, so that he didn't even have the idea of having such a mind.
The elevator went down, very slowly, so slow that people couldn't notice it.
In the dreary, dead air, David spoke a little dryly, "...... This is not an EMP attack. β
Zhao Xuantou didn't reply, but responded to David's words.
"Did I say that?"
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The elevator reaches the fifth basement floor and opens.
There was still chaos outside, but there was still no one in the elevator room.
The electricity is gone, and no one thinks that the elevator is the best exit, making it the quietest place. When the four of them came out, there was still no one around.
More people are concentrated in the large office in the office area, where it is easiest to huddle together and wait for the power to be restored to make the first response.
The structure of the fifth underground floor is already many times more complex than that above ground, and as soon as he came out of the elevator, Zhao Xuan asked David: "Where is the elevator entrance?" β
David pointed to a passage on the right.
"This way."
Zhao Xuan waved his hand.
"Let's go."
The elder middle-aged man and Oldman followed, and David didn't let himself stay where he was, he quickly followed.
Now that David knew what Zhao Xuan had done, he stared at the girl's back like a ghost, imagining how she did it, but couldn't think of a correct answer.
On the way to the seventeenth floor elevator, there was a slight accident, and an officer with a gun appeared at the men and waved at them.
"Hey, be careful...... you guys"
It seemed that the officer thought that these people were also members of the Pentagon, and he wanted them to go a little slower. But before David could reply, the officer's whole body suddenly fell to the ground as if he had been pierced through his chest by some force.
Now that he had adapted to the light in the darkness, David could see clearly that the middle-aged man was sweeping in front of the officer like the wind, and the fire axe in his hand had been pulled out of the officer's corpse.
Zhao Xuan still walked forward briskly as if nothing had happened, without even looking at the officer's corpse.
David was more sensitive, and looked down at the officer's body to find an M91 pistol.
After that, all the way to the elevator entrance, this time the elevator automatically opened slowly as if welcoming Zhao Xuan.
After entering the elevator again, David finally had a problem.
"How did you do that?" David asked Zhao Xuan, "All my lighting equipment is useless, including military flashlights, is this really not EMP?" β
Probably because it has been too smooth so far, Zhao Xuan seems to be in a good mood, she looked at David and asked, "Does it matter?" As long as it works, any method is good. β
Zhao Xuan's pragmatism is very much in line with David's style, but unfortunately the positions of the two are still different. On the one hand, David hopes that the military can come up with something to make Zhao Xuan completely soften, and on the other hand, he feels that Zhao Xuan slapped the face of the American ** side so much...... Because Zhao Xuan's knife is actually equivalent to him suffering for the United States.
The elevator went to the seventeenth floor, and there were people waiting at the exit this time.
Without any hesitation, the long man swung the fire axe in his hand and was about to cut it out, as if a terrible wind was about to blow in the air.
This time, Zhao Xuan stretched out his hand and grabbed the long man.
"No hands-free."
Zhao Xuan's movements were very light, and the middle-aged man's already raised arm paused in the air and quickly retracted.
David had already seen who was waiting at the elevator at this time, and he finally knew why Zhao Xuan was so sure.
An old man who looked as old as Oldman stood at the entrance of the elevator, his face unfazed or afraid, and that kind of calm attitude that had seen through QiΔ made it clear that he was not an opportunist, but as if he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
"You ......"
The old man glanced at David, the expression on his face was calm and indifferent, in his opinion, it was not necessary for an intelligence officer of David's level to say hello in person.
Zhao Xuan ignored David's shock and stretched out his hand towards the old man.
"Give it to me."
The old man took out something from his pocket and put it in Zhao Xuan's hand, turned around and left.
David watched the old man's back disappear into the corner of the corridor in the dark, still speechless.
Today's shock was too much, David didn't know how to digest what he saw, he could only look at Zhao Xuan's back numbly, and continued to follow.
Although he didn't want to admit it, David still showed up sadly, and the only thing he could do now seemed to be to keep up with Zhao Xuan's back.
The difficulty of continuing down the seventeenth floor becomes very high, and the strict guards do not allow these people to pass directly through guΓ².
Therefore, Zhao Xuan did not go down directly, but led the three of them to the middle of the seventeenth floor.
After walking a few steps, David knew where Zhao Xuan wanted to go.
"Is this your final answer to emp?"
Zhao Xuan glanced down at the thing in his hand, turned back to David and smiled, and nodded.
Silicon crystal chip design, spiral metal structure, insulated grip.
A strange key was inserted into the center of the metal hole in front of Zhao Xuan, and a dark blue light in the darkness bloomed like lightning for a moment, and then disappeared.
The walls next to the four of them were unfurled, as if a pair of mechanical arms were slowly stretching, revealing the various weapons and headsets within.
In the center of all the equipment, there is an electronic display with the logo of the Ministry of Defense on it.
"I'll leave it to you." Zhao Xuan nodded at Oldman, "Let's move on." β
Oldman didn't speak, he stood directly in front of the monitor, his hands touching the keyboard.
The headset is an electronic imager that the US military has not yet equipped, and David can now see that Zhao Xuan has no intention of continuing to complete the goal in a peaceful way at all, and she has been prepared from the beginning.
The key just now...... It should be the master key that controls Athena, but why is it in that person's hands?
David didn't know what the Pentagon had experienced before, and he didn't know that there had been a secret meeting, he only knew that Zhao Xuan's now crazy Cheng DΓΉ had exceeded the limit of his imagination.
But for some reason, David really wanted to go crazy with Zhao Xuan.
"What is your goal, can you say it now?"
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Zhao Xuan put on the headgear that completely covered his vision, picked up the assault rifle, and replied without looking back.