The car soon left the urban area of Beiping and entered the western suburbs.

The airport in the western suburbs of Beiping is in front of you.

This airport is not civilian, and is mainly responsible for welcoming and sending military and political dignitaries in and out of Beiping in peacetime, and sometimes for other special purposes.

Now it is "other special uses".

When Xiang Shan and his party arrived, there were already about a dozen people here. Lao Liu saw that he found a person he knew, who was a professor of materials science at Tsinghua University, so he rushed up with the upper limit.

The professor of materials science is surnamed Zhang, and he has also met Xiang Shan once or twice. He pulled Lao Liu and said in a low voice: "Lao Liu, I don't think this time it's easy." ”

"Of course it's not easy." Lao Liu nodded: "So many scholars in different fields have been sent to foreign countries...... He also has a United Nations ID. Guess who came with me, except for Xiao Xiang? ”

"It's either the Academy of Social Sciences or Peking University that is engaged in liberal arts." Professor Zhang pouted: "What a big secret is this?" I asked around. In our group of people, there are software and hardware companies. Over there is our Department of Biology at Tsinghua University, in the direction of genetics. In addition, three are public security academies engaged in criminal investigation. ”

Lao Liu was taken aback: "So complete? ”

"What do you think?"

"Kind of contact of the third kind?"

Contact of the third kind is a fairly old word, which has only been circulated among UFO enthusiasts in the last century. The first type of contact with UFOs does not affect the surrounding objects; The second type of contact refers to the fact that the flying object affects the surrounding objects (such as burning marks on the ground, etc.); Type 3 contact refers to the sighting of extraterrestrial organisms on the flying object, including direct contact with it. This was the first classification of various UFO intelligence by the U.S. military.

Later, there were folk enthusiasts and popular science fiction novels that came up with a "fourth type of contact" - that is, human beings were abducted by aliens. It's just just a gimmick. Strictly speaking, this category is also classified as "third type of contact".

It's just that with the popularization of smart devices and everyone on the street has the means to shoot them, UFO sighting records have mysteriously disappeared like the "miracles" of some religions. These words are no longer used. For Xiang Shan's generation, this term is quite unfamiliar.

Professor Zhang slapped his thigh: "Hey, that's a good word." ”

"Such a big thing...... Lao Liu shook his head: "I can't believe it for a while." ”

"I don't think it's small."

Another voice is inserted into the conversation. It was an old man with a white beard, standing behind them.

"Academician Jing." Professor Zhang said hello, and then introduced to Lao Liu: "This is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Jing Hong Tujing, who studies modern history, and his main research scope includes the process of the world moving towards modernization. ”

Lao Liu was immediately in awe. Modern and contemporary China is still relatively sensitive. Modern history and politics are often entangled. Those who can do research in this area either have a deep background, or a strong level and a deep background.

In short, not a simple character.

Academician Jing is indeed this kind of character. He himself is a disciple of the big courtyard, in the old saying that he is "well-born" and "well-rooted", and there are people in his family who are engaged in politics, but he has little contact with them and is dedicated to academics. The republic is quite tolerant of intellectuals with professional skills in terms of "socialization", so Jing Hongtu has no taboos, and he has always said whatever he wants. And many others feel that his temperament is easy to offend people, but it is difficult to conflict with others in Vanity Fair, and he can't risk offending his family to mess with him.

Professor Zhang and Academician Jing have only just met. After exchanging names with Academician Jing, Professor Liu asked, "Professor Jing, what do you think about this?" ”

"It's not easy." Academician Jing shook his head: "The staff we have seen along the way are all from different departments. There are those who have the General Staff and those who have national security. If it is related to foreign affairs, there must also be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And that's just what we can see. As far as I can guess, it seems that the real power departments in China want to get involved in this matter. ”

When Lao Liu heard this, he had mixed feelings. He is happy because this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This opportunity, but there are also too many unknown elements - this is something that has never been done before.

Jing Hongtu's eyes fell on Xiang Shan again: "The young man is quite young. What specialty? What do you call it? ”

"This is the student I brought with me, you can just call him Xiao Xiang." Professor Liu tugged at Xiang Shan. Xiang Shan nodded: "I am Professor Liu's graduate student, my name is Xiang Shan." ”

"Well, get acquainted." Jing Hongtu stretched out his hand, shook hands with Xiang Shan, and then looked at Lao Liu: "Professor Liu, what you will face when you go out this time is really unpredictable. Therefore, everyone is also familiar with each other, and if there is any accident in the future, it is good to take care of each other. ”

Lao Liu smiled bitterly: "Alas, yesterday I thought I was going to be a reverse, thinking about pulling this student." Now it seems that I don't know if it hurt him. ”

"Don't overthink it." Academician Jing said in a low voice: "This is indeed a big project, and it must be a good thing for young people to come to exercise." That's just in case, don't think about it. ”

After exchanging a few words with Lao Liu, Academician Jing went to other scholars. It seems that he does have a little idea of "huddle" in it.

This made Lao Liu even more nervous.

Soon, a small airliner slowly drove in and ran. A man in an Air Force uniform guided the scholars to board the plane.

Also on the plane were several cadres in formal suits.

Many scholars were seated once as guided. Lao Liu sat in front of the window, and Xiang Shan was next to him. After everyone was seated, a young cadre stood up, walked to the front of the cabin of the plane, held the microphone, and said: "Hello comrades in the academic world. Let me introduce myself, my surname is Hu, and my name is Hu Ruixi. You can call me Officer Hu. Teachers can call me Xiaohu, I am the person in our 227 joint project team, who is responsible for docking with you. If you have any questions, you can come to me. Next, I would like to tell you about the discipline of this operation......"

Many scholars were originally in high spirits, thinking that now that they were on the plane, they had to talk about the information about this mysterious project.

However, as if he was deliberately whetting people's appetites, that Officer Hu kept emphasizing that when acting outside, we must stress politics, discipline, and secrecy. Except for the title "227 Joint Project Team", no superfluous information was revealed.

Xiang Shan began to think about the meaning of the number 227.

"This project was set up on February 27th? It's only twenty days when it's full. In the past 20 days, has there been any big news in the world? ”

After talking about discipline, Officer Hu didn't say a word more, and went straight back to his own actions.

After that, there was no second staff member to explain to the scholars.

The more secretive it is, the more curious and unsettling it becomes. The scholars scratched their ears and cheeks, but they couldn't ask the staff directly.

Xiang Shan took the science fiction novel that he had read for a small time in his belongings, but he couldn't read a word, and his mind was only words like "aliens", "spaceships", and "ruins".

"If you don't have the heart to look at it, don't look at it." Lao Liu couldn't help but say, and stuffed a printed paper into Xiang Shan's hand: "Come, look at this, and settle down." ”

"Teacher, I can't read novels, and I can't read papers......" Xiang Shan smiled bitterly.

"If you want to see it, you can watch it."

Xiang Shan barely read through the paper, and felt a little dizzy and weak. He was so excited last night that he didn't sleep well. He said something to Lao Liu, then took out the earplugs and blindfolds and squinted in his seat for a while.

I don't know how long it took, Xiang Shan felt like he had been pushed. Then he felt a commotion. Xiang Shan immediately ripped off the blindfold and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Don't sleep, something is wrong." Lao Liu shook his head at him solemnly. Xiang Shan hurriedly put the earbuds in his pocket: "What's wrong?" ”

"When I flew over just now, someone saw two fleets below." Academician Jing happened to be standing next to Xiang Shan at this time and explained: "It is the aircraft carrier formation of our South China Sea Fleet and the United States Seventh Fleet. ”

Xiang Shan's brain was "buzzing" at that time.

What does it mean for two aircraft carrier formations to face each other in close proximity?

Relations between the Republic and the United States began to grow increasingly tense twenty years ago. But in any case, it did not develop to the point where the aircraft carrier formations were confronting each other at close range.

This really means that there is only a thin line away from "going to war", and the best case scenario is the resumption of the Cold War.

But the most real problem is not here.

The most real problem is that they are taken to a place where they can become a battlefield at any time.

Lao Liu's face turned pale: "There is no such ...... on the news"

Academician Jing shook his head: "You don't care about international news too much. These days, the Russians are making trouble, and then we and the United States Navy are demonstrating, and it's all in the news — but it doesn't say in the news that it's come to this. He pointed his finger in the direction of the noise: "When they introduced the project to you before, they promised that there would be no danger, right?" Professor Zhou brought his two proud protégés with him. Now he is negotiating to send his students back. ”

"Why does the eldest husband need to return the horse leather shroud, if the country is in need, I am not unwilling to sacrifice the little self." Professor Zhou looked excited: "But why hide the danger? ”

Hu Ruixi just laughed, but he didn't know how to explain it. He did seem to know something, but he didn't dare say anything without permission.

Lao Liu's face changed, and he seemed to glance at the mountain and wanted to get up.

But Xiang Shan grabbed Lao Liu's hand and said, "Teacher, things may not be like this. If you think about it, we have a United States visa on that passport! ”