"That's just one of them." Zhang Xiaogang paused for a moment before saying, "The most important thing is related to a mission I carried out three years ago. ”

"What task?" Chu Tianjiang may not be a great narrator, but he is an excellent listener.

"At that time, I was already well-known in the Military Intelligence Bureau, but Lao Yuan never sent me to Europe and the United States to carry out missions, mainly in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, and stayed in each place for more than two years, and obtained training opportunities far beyond others." Zhang Xiaogang took out a cigarette, lit it and took two puffs. "After receiving the order to go to the United States to carry out a mission, I learned that Lu Dao Lao Yuan was deliberately cultivating me."

"In that case, it must be a very important task."

Zhang Xiaogang nodded and said, "Lao Yuan asked me to try to get into the US National Security Agency and obtain a list of intelligence personnel stored in a server that is physically isolated, including Chinese personnel who have been plotted against by US intelligence agencies, as well as American spies lurking in China. ”

"You did it?"

"To accomplish this mission, I lurked in the United States for two years and took advantage of the woman I loved the most."

"This ......"

"She was my childhood sweetheart, and her grandfather cured me, otherwise I would have died. I had no choice but to complete the task. Zhang Xiaogang sighed and said, "When I arrived in the United States, she was already married, had a son and a daughter, and her husband was a technical officer of the National Security Agency, responsible for managing all classified servers. Through her, I was given the opportunity to enter the NSA. ”

"And then?"

"Everything went well, I got the list of intelligence officers, and I also stole some additional technical information, including the design drawings of the engine used in our Y-20A, and the blueprint of the latest generation of nuclear reactors for submarines in the US military. In any case, the gains from this operation were enormous. ”

"This ......"

"It's just that I'm too greedy. This is the first time I have done such a difficult task, and the last time I have done it. If I hadn't been so greedy at the time, she wouldn't have been discovered by the NSA's anti-theft system, she wouldn't have been exposed, and what happened later wouldn't have happened. ”

"What's going on next?"

"After the incident, I crossed almost the entire American continent and three months later boarded a freighter in Chile to return home, and she did not escape."

"This ......"

"After returning to China, Lao Yuan told me that she was a sleeper agent of the Military Intelligence Bureau."

"What!?" Chu Tianjiang's eyes widened in surprise.

"She went to the United States at the age of sixteen and spent fourteen years in the United States. When she went to the United States, I agreed to go to her. I don't know that when I go to her, it means that I will expose her, it means that I will put her in danger, it will mean that I will kill her. ”

"It's not your fault, and that's her mission."

"Ironically, her father is on the list."

"What!?"

Zhang Xiaogang sighed and said: "Afterwards, I learned that Yuan Dezhi had been investigating her father, and fourteen years ago, it was Yuan Dezhi's arrangement that gave her the opportunity to study in the United States, and used this to let her serve the Military Intelligence Bureau. ”

"Lao Yuan does this......"

"It's normal, if I were in Lao Yuan's position, I would do the same, and even do more."

"But ......" Chu Tianjiang was very surprised, and also realized that senior intelligence officials like Zhang Xiaogang and Yuan Dezhi were not simple.

"Alright, I'm done."

"Comfortable?"

"If you don't bring it up, I'll be more comfortable."

"Come on. You haven't talked about these things to anyone before, have you? ”

Zhang Xiaogang shook his head, he originally planned to rot these things in his stomach, but he couldn't stand Chu Tianjiang's instigation, so he said it to the gods.

"That's right, it's definitely better to say it."

"Sort of, but don't tell anyone else."

"Don't worry, I'll keep it a secret for you."

"Lao Chu, don't be so ambiguous, others don't know the situation, and they think we're friends." Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "Don't say it, Wei Longzheng is waiting for us." ”

At the airport, the transport plane that took Zhang Xiaogang to Lop Nur was ready.

"Lao Wei, thank you for your hard work."

"It's you who work hard." Wei Longzheng glanced at Chu Tianjiang. Zhang Xiaogang only mentioned that he went to Lop Nur, and did not mention taking Chu Tianjiang there.

"Lao Chu came with me, I think there are some things that make him know the Tao better."

"Okay, I'll tell someone to send someone to pick you up." Wei Longzheng didn't ask much.

"By the way, there are a few accounts here." Zhang Xiaogang handed a note to Wei Longzheng. "Part of the money reimbursed was transferred to these accounts."

"It's ......"

"I'll explain it to you when I get back."

"No problem, I'll deal with it later."

After explaining the matter, Zhang Xiaogang took Chu Tianjiang to the Y-20A transport plane without any markings on the fuselage.

The flight from Beijing to Lop Nur takes about four hours.

After the transport plane took off, Chu Tianjiang found Zhang Xiaogang and asked why he went to Lop Nur.

"Lao Chu, do you think only the Yankees and the little devils are doing things in private?" Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "I told you before that the butts of the ten countries are not clean, and they are all conducting secret research behind the back of the Planetary Defense Council, and some are even united to conduct secret research. ”

"So, we have that too?"

"Not only that, but there are many."

"This ......"

"Lop Nur is only one of the bases for secret scientific research in China, and it is the largest secret scientific research base, undertaking the most important project at present."

"What project?"

"Production of 200 million tons of nuclear warheads, as well as delivery vehicles launched directly from the ground."

"What!?"

"This is a joint project, and Russia also has a part. China is responsible for the production of nuclear warheads, and Russia provides the technology for developing a super-launch vehicle. ”

Chu Tianjiang looked shocked, but he felt that this was also reasonable.

"After the launch of the Operation Courage project, our country and Russia began to cooperate secretly. To this end, we have mobilized a lot of resources to expand our capacity to refine nuclear materials, and we have gained the leading power to refine nuclear materials. If the nuclear materials in the existing nuclear warheads are removed, the weapons-grade nuclear materials refined by our country account for two-thirds of the project. Over the past two years, we have received tens of thousands of tons of reactor-grade nuclear material from other Member States and are responsible for increasing the concentration of that nuclear material to weapons-grade levels. With so much nuclear material, a little bit at a time is enough to make several super-nuclear warheads. ”

"How many were made?"

"Three have been built now, and the fourth is being assembled, and I wonder if it will be completed before Judgment Day."

"The problem is that after Judgment Day, super-nuclear warheads may not be useful."

"You're right, but we don't plan to use a super-nuclear warhead after Judgment Day."

"This ......"

"As early as two years ago, the professor proposed that the asteroid would not hit the Earth directly, but would make a soft landing on the Earth, or fall at a lower speed, and would not cause a global disaster. The problem is that the asteroid is very fast and will definitely slow down before landing. While many scientists believe that asteroids slow down in a way that we can't understand, the professor believes that asteroids slow down in the simplest way, which is to jet matter backwards. This inference of the professor became the ultimate goal of the Courage Action Project. ”

"Intercepting a large object ejected from an asteroid with a super-nuclear warhead?"

Zhang Xiaogang nodded and said, "The problem is that even if the interception is successful, an impact disaster may occur, that is, some objects may still hit the earth." When we find these objects, it may be too late to get them out of the impact trajectory, and at most we can change the impact point. More importantly, it is impossible for a single country to be responsible for an interception operation, and there must be multiple countries involved, so there is no guarantee that other countries will not do tricks during the interception, such as deliberately deflecting the detonation point of a nuclear warhead from the time of detonation, so that the intercepted object will fall into a specific area. Although the technique is very difficult, it should not be difficult to get the object to fall within an area of 9 million square kilometers. ”

"You're saying that the United States will use this to strike us?"

"On the other hand, if we had this ability, would you use this to take out your main opponent?"

"This ......"

"Countries that have the capacity will definitely do it. Unfortunately, we don't have this ability, so we have to find ways to improve our chances of survival. ”

"How to improve?"

"If the location is right, an object with a mass of about 100,000 tons can destroy the whole of China, and the catastrophe caused by it is not enough to exterminate humanity. If there is a large deviation in the landing point, it is not us who are unlucky. What we have to do is to use these three super nuclear warheads to find a substitute for the dead. ”

"This ......"

"Perhaps, only one, two at most. According to the professor's analysis, if three objects with a mass of about 100,000 tons collide with the earth at a speed of more than 300 kilometers per second, even if the landing points are several thousand kilometers apart, the superimposed effect will trigger a global disaster, and 99 percent of the people will die within a few hours. Therefore, even if the Yankees dare to play with fire, they dare not let go of three targets at the same time. ”

"But against us, we only need one."

"So, we can't take it lightly. Before Judgment Day, the Houyi project is of the highest importance, and I have to see it with my own eyes to be reassured. ”

"What about the carriers?"

"Have you ever seen a Saturn launch vehicle?"

Chu Tianjiang shook his head, he only knew that it was a super launch vehicle developed by the United States for the moon landing spacecraft when it was engaged in the Apollo moon landing project.

"I promise you'll be an eye-opener. Compared with the 'magic arrow', the Saturn launch vehicle can only be regarded as a second kick. ”

"So, it's worth looking forward to?"

Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said nothing, the more Chu Tianjiang wanted to know about Lu Dao, the more he refused to speak.