Zhang Shujie's disappearance made An Xiaoyu even more uneasy. She didn't sleep all night, she didn't dare to go out to eat in the morning, she lay in bed, panicked and overwhelmed. It wasn't until there was a knock on the door that she opened the door hesitantly, and saw Chi Mo standing at the door, that she suddenly remembered that she had made an appointment before, and went to the base with Chi Mo to go around.

Of course, An Xiaoyu is not in the mood now, but she doesn't want Chi Mo to see it. Chi Mo saw her standing at the door with a tired face, her hair was scattered, and she was still wearing a crumpled pajamas, and asked with a smile, "What?" Didn't you sleep well? ”

She hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

An Xiaoyu was faced with a difficult choice, choosing to trust Chi Mo or choosing not to believe him, but she knew very well that she could not make up her mind.

At this time, Chi Mo had already spoken again: "Then you have a good rest, and I will come back tomorrow?" ”

An Xiaoyu shook her head: "It's okay, you wait a while, I'll come out." ”

Closing the door and walking to the pool, An Xiaoyu washed her face and looked at her face in the mirror, is this a beautiful face? She looked in the mirror and was distracted. The face in the mirror is unkempt, with slight dark circles, the skin on the face is pale, and there is no trace of brilliance in the two eyes.

This face is so unfamiliar. An Xiaoyu's first reaction, she reached out and rubbed her face a few times, her pale face immediately flushed, wiped her face, she made a cup of cereal and drank it, warmed her body, smiled in the mirror, felt not too satisfied, and smiled again, which made her feel much more normal.

She realized that she had fallen into an unknown vortex, but relying on her life experience and vision in remote places for more than ten years, she could not understand what kind of danger she was facing. Zhang Shujie's disappearance brought her guilt and fear, but she knew that she had no time to worry about her friends, otherwise she might be the next one to disappear, and she could only rely on herself at this time.

After changing her clothes and going out, Chi Mo stood at the door and waited, at this moment, An Xiaoyu seemed to see Ni Yu again, standing in front of her door in the afternoon of that day, which made her yearn for it.

He still had his usual smile: "Okay? ”

An Xiaoyu nodded: "Well, let's go." ”

"Do you want to eat?"

"Okay!"

For the first time in her life, An Xiaoyu felt that she was a person who was very good at acting, and she was worried in her heart, but she kept talking and laughing on the surface. At first, she was quite uncomfortable, but after breakfast, she talked about some inconsequential topics, and An Xiaoyu became more and more proficient.

She hid her scrutiny with a smile, observing the silence from beginning to end, in fact, she was going crazy with nervousness. It's an adventure.

She was gambling that the shady scenes of studying in graduate school would not endanger her life, in exchange for a chance to observe Chi Mo, to see if he was also involved, whether he deceived himself, and whether it was related to Zhang Shujie's disappearance.

The result gave her some peace of mind, at least for now, everything is normal.

Chi Mo took her out of the cafeteria and entered a corridor where Zhang Shujie couldn't take her before, and on the hatch at the end of the corridor, the light and shadow card showed that the equipment group was in front.

"The base is divided into four areas, two above ground and two underground. The underground is the living area and resource area, and the living area is the floor where we are now, where the basic accommodation, medical treatment, daily rest and deployment, and some other things such as meetings are all on this floor. ”

"From the living area down, it is the resource area, in fact, it is the pit, I don't know how many years it has been digging, and it takes half an hour to go down by the straight cable car, this base mines copper ore, the copper content of the mine is not particularly high, but the reserves are very large, and the mining life is also very long."

"Except for workers and emergency response teams, no one else can go down to the resource area, because there are many underground exploration mines below, like a maze, if you are not careful, you will get lost, and it will take a lot of time to search and rescue, and if you can't find it immediately, you will definitely die."

"Above the living area, there is the industrial area, which is responsible for the rough processing of minerals and some basic production."

An Xiaoyu asked: "Isn't the copper mine directly shipped out?" ”

Chi Mo said with a smile: "The desert is a good place for slag treatment, there is no need to dig a pit to bury it, and there is no need to worry about covering too much land, the sand sea outside the base is so wide, the slag from copper smelting only needs time to weather, and there is no need to worry about heavy metal pollution of plants in the desert, so just find a place to throw it, after a sandstorm, all of it is invisible, isn't it more convenient than transporting it out and smelting copper?" ”

An Xiaoyu nodded.

"Copper smelting occupies a large area, in addition to the production of some machinery and electronics, the base's own power generation and water purification systems, warehouses, communications, large machinery parking, etc., and the training of the army is also on that level. None of these areas can be used for human habitation, because even if the desert is separated by thick walls, the above-ground parts will still be very hot, and in order to reduce the energy required for cooling, the living quarters are placed in the cooler parts underground. ”

"Most of the firearms we use, cups, toothbrushes, doors and windows, are produced and sold in the base. And I can take you to see the place of mecha production and actual combat training in a while, this kind of thing is very secretive, haven't you seen it? ”

An Xiaoyu was also very curious: "I have seen a few photos in the book, and I have seen a lot of them on the news, is it similar to the maintenance machine on the train line?" ”

Chi Mo shook his head with a smile and did not speak.

The maintenance machine on the train line is theoretically a type of mecha, or a type of work that branches out from the original design of the mecha, with a simple structure and a weak shell, which is more focused on the implementation of specific work. The mecha, on the other hand, is reserved by the Wehrmacht.

These two differences are the same as the difference between a prosthetic limb and a human body.

An Xiaoyu saw that he didn't say anything, probably because he didn't see it with his own eyes, and he couldn't have an intuitive feeling, so he asked, "What is the top layer?" ”

"Each resource base, because the resources mined are different, the personnel required are also different, so the lower three layers may be different, but the top layer will always be the same, which is the cultivation experimental layer of desert high-temperature crops!"

An Xiaoyu understood: "I know this, the corn and wheat planted in our tribe are all seeds cultivated in the high temperature of the desert. ”

"Well, the top layer is the most beautiful layer of our base, as for what exactly is planted, you will know when you get there." Chi Mo played a dumb riddle, as if to surprise her.

When they finished speaking, they were already standing at the door of the equipment group, the equipment group in the living quarters is actually no different from other areas, they are all where the workers and maintenance personnel of the army's equipment live, the only difference is that the equipment group is located in the center of the entire area, and the passage into the upper and lower floors is here.

The passage of each area in the base is strictly controlled, and there is only one passage that can connect the two areas, and the authority of the hatch in each area is also limited by the door card, and it is impossible to go to other areas without permission, for the safety of personnel and the base.

The large passage is a large columnar structure, and there are many arc-shaped hatches visible on the cylinder, about 20 of the normal size of the hatches, and relatively large hatches, which have always been used as elevators for the transportation of mecha and equipment.

Chi Mo took An Xiaoyu to a corner of the cylinder, and opened a door that was larger than the normal hatch and smaller than the instrument hatch, An Xiaoyu was a little curious, what the hell is this? As a result, when I looked up, I saw that there was a light and shadow sign hanging above the hatch, which reads "Privileged Passage".

"Being an official has the benefits of being an official." Chi Mo brushed open the hatch and motioned for An Xiaoyu to come in.

"Actually, it's just that the hatch is bigger, and there is an extra brand, and the size inside is the same as that of an ordinary elevator. Every institution will have something of this privilege to some extent, and it is said to be for convenience, but it is actually a hint of the hierarchy of reality. ”

"The completion of instructions is handed down layer by layer, the organization has a complete work process, everyone abides by their own work guidelines, and there will be no big mess. However, in a single device, to ensure the authority of the directive, to a certain extent, it still depends on the prestige of the commander. ”

"In daily work, people generally have little contact with the highest superiors, and as superiors, they cannot go to various places every day to find fault with others and then reprimand, this privilege is one of the means to remind everyone of the particularity of superiors."

"You won't see this kind of clear prompt when you go to school in the future, but you will also feel some other things more or less, such as the borrowing privileges of the library, the restrictions on the use of various venues, and so on."

An Xiaoyu listened as she entered the elevator. The elevator is very simple, there are only four layers of buttons, two underground floors B1 and B2, and two floors above ground A1 and A2. I pressed A1 silently, but I didn't feel the lifting compartment moving, and I arrived in a blink of an eye.

When the hatch opened, a wave of heat hit her face, and it was a familiar temperature for An Xiaoyu. When I walked out of the hatch, I saw a circular hall, and in the center of the hall was of course a large passage, and there were various doors open on the surrounding walls, and various door numbers were hung, which made An Xiaoyu a little dazzled.

Chi Mo explained: "This is the difference between work and life areas, people who have no work experience will inevitably have a big head when they see it." ”

He didn't introduce where the various hatches led, but walked to one side with An Xiaoyu and swiped the door open with the door card.

Entering the door through an ordinary corridor, opening the second hatch, and immediately feeling a cold breath, An Xiaoyu walked inside, the temperature was clearly still so high, but for some reason, her whole body began to get cold. In front of him was a vast platform, and at a long distance from the platform, it was possible to faintly see that there was another platform of the same kind.

Looking around, you can see clearly that the place where she is a large square space, and An Xiaoyu is in a corner of the room, as if looking at the past from a distance, it is almost impossible to see the end, and there are countless similar platforms suspended on the wall along the corridor surrounded by the wall, and above and below the platform and the corridor are wide spaces.

There was a light on the roof that was far brighter than the living area, illuminating the whole room as if it was daytime, and when she looked up, An Xiaoyu's eyes ached when she looked at the huge lampshade, and she lowered her head and rubbed her eyes, she became even more curious.

What's underneath? An Xiaoyu walked to the edge of the platform and looked down, and couldn't help but stand on the spot.

Chi Mo also came behind her and whispered: "When I was a trainee soldier, I was fortunate to be selected as an escort for a visit, and the first time I saw this kind of scene, I was just like you. ”

An Xiaoyu grabbed the iron railing on the edge of the platform, turned around excitedly and asked, "Is this true?" ”

Chi Mo smiled and nodded.

An Xiaoyu turned back again, and her eyes couldn't leave it anymore.

From under the platform, there was an occasional deafening rumble, and what entered An Xiaoyu's eyes was a large warehouse, with a wide aisle in the middle of the warehouse, and in the large open space on both sides of the aisle, stood a huge machine with a hideous appearance and shocking people.

She was stunned, and unconsciously muttered to herself, "Mecha...

Chi Mo walked up to her side: "Yes, this is the mecha. ”

A mecha stood still in the warehouse, its pitch-black shell reflecting a chilling light, and even when looking down from the extremely high position of the platform, the huge mecha still showed a particularly pressing sense of oppression in the eyes of people. In addition, the scratches clearly visible on the mecha shell, and I don't know what monsters in the desert left by the battle, hung on the armor in twos and threes, adding many times the killing atmosphere.

A mecha was returning to the warehouse, and the rumbling sound An Xiaoyu heard came from there. The sound of the stout mechanical legs slowly moving and stepping on the specially treated shockproof floor still echoed in the sky above the warehouse.

An Xiaoyu's eyes flashed with brilliance, and she just wanted to say something to Chi Mo, but suddenly saw that the man next to her was also looking at the platform with fascinated eyes, and he didn't even notice that she had stepped in.

Looking at his face, An Xiaoyu was a little stupid.