Chapter 40: Imperial Capital Study
Several people drove from the north of the city to the observatory.
The observatory is one of the few buildings that has survived. Now, except for the fact that it has not been repaired in time and the façade is somewhat old, it is still the same as it was. It's just that with the launch of the Jiangcheng reconstruction plan, the previously evacuated personnel have returned to their posts one after another. In the coming period, the Jiangcheng Observatory will provide some technical support for the disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction work of the entire eastern region.
The staff of the observatory saw a military vehicle driving in, and at first they did not care. This is because the relief and post-disaster reconstruction work in Jiangcheng City was temporarily taken over by the military. It is not until the reconstruction is completed and the Jiangcheng city government is reorganized that the military will completely withdraw from people's daily life, and most of the vehicles are now hung with military signs.
When they knew that the few people who came were the heroes who had just liberated the dungeon of the Great Wilderness Mountain, the staff of the observatory still inadvertently exuded admiration. In particular, after listening to Zhang Xingmin's account of his previous experience at the observatory, and learning that this was probably the starting point of their adventure, he had a special feeling.
According to the staff of the observatory, their staff here did not have the same Professor Wu mentioned by the Falcon Team, nor did they have anyone who looked similar to the person they described. However, according to the recollection of an old professor at the observatory, he seems to have seen the man the Falcon team said he was talking about, though he was not convinced.
It turned out that many people at the observatory witnessed the disaster on the night of the disaster. After all, in this kind of place where people work 24 hours a day, and people often do experiments all night, night owls are all too common.
The people who witnessed all this with their own eyes will never forget that night. That night, as usual, most of the people were working at their posts, some had just come to work, some were about to pack up and leave work, and some of the hard-working dogs were preparing to stay up all night.
Suddenly, they detected anomalous astronomical phenomena, solar activity suddenly became particularly active, and the autobiographical orbit of the planets of the solar system also had a tendency to be unstable. It's not a big deal. Originally, with human understanding of the universe, there are many phenomena that cannot be explained. As long as there is no anomaly in the earth where people live, it will not have much impact on life. For example, if your neighbor suddenly moves from 100 meters to another city, what will happen to you?
However, what happened next made them have to pay attention to it. The earth began to shake violently, and the center of the epicenter was unknown. According to later statistics, that night, there were earthquakes of varying magnitude around the world, large rift valleys in many places, and seawater inflow in some coastal cities.
Of course, they are located in the Jiangcheng Observatory, and the city does not know this, they just know that there are unknown creatures in many neighborhoods of Jiangcheng, there are large and small, terrestrial and flying, and the most terrifying thing is that there are also some mutants of sea and land hybrids. These creatures spread from several strongholds, constantly trying to spread throughout the city.
"What exactly did I miss that night?" After listening to the description of the observatory staff, Damin suddenly felt that he was lucky to be able to survive.
"That's right! On the night of the incident, I happened to be on the night shift, and I saw a similar scene! But what does this have to do with that Professor Wu? The memories of the observatory staff just now were similar to those she remembered.
"Yes! What you just said, we have said it before! I didn't hear about the relationship with Professor Wu. Lin Xiaofeng was also puzzled.
"A few of you, you still have a lot of knowledge. It's silly to read books! According to what the old gentleman said just now, what happened that night was obviously a well-planned conspiracy! Perhaps, he'd heard someone say something similar before, but he didn't care. Brother Long looked at these high-achieving students, a little helpless.
"This little brother guessed right! I did see it that night before, but not from a person, but from a book. But it's been years, and I barely remember it. The protagonist of that book is also surnamed Wu, and he looks about the same as the person you just described. No wonder over the past year, I have always felt that what happened is very familiar, so it ......," said the old gentleman, shaking his head.
"A book!?" The four members of the Falcon Squad were all taken aback. At first, they thought they were in a game designed by someone else, but now there is a book coming out, are they really in a world designed by someone else?
The old gentleman quickly dismissed their ideas, and said to the four young men with big brains: "An unpublished book, about ten years ago, I saw part of the manuscript in the reference room of the Imperial Capital University. It is said that a missing young lecturer was left behind. No more, I don't know. ”
"Do we still have to go to Imperial Capital University for a walk? However, the old professors who have served there for many years don't know, just a few of us, can we find out the clues? Zhao Nana was a little skeptical. The truth of the matter seems to be getting clearer and clearer, or, in fact, some people already know the truth, and even know in advance that these things are happening, but the Nordics are just silent, and when they think about it, they are a little afraid.
For a moment no one spoke. This is, a student who had been on the side for a long time came in and spoke to the old student: "Professor! I think I've seen this guy you just mentioned! ”
According to the student's recollection, the day after the incident, the entire observatory received an order to evacuate urgently with all equipment and experimental data. Temporarily moved to the second research institute in Dongning City, which was not affected by the disaster. The retreat was carried out in an intense and orderly manner, and no one panicked. However, due to the suddenness of the incident, they could only bring some things that were temporarily usable and easy to transport, and there were many valuable instruments and equipment that could not be taken away, so they could only be temporarily sealed.
The student was the one who was scheduled for the final examination, and he seemed to have met such a tall, thin, long-faced, slender-eyed, beardless, bespectacled man in his forties and fifties, walking around the building. He asked him why he hadn't come yet! The man said he was looking for something. Oh, by the way, that person still has a work card, called Wu Zhixue, right!
"Why didn't you say it earlier! That's the name of the student who disappeared back then! The professor said anxiously.
"Didn't I just come to the observatory and thought it was a teacher from another department! That guy looked so much like a professor, I wouldn't have thought he was a bad guy. "The student is also aggrieved, he is a fresh graduate who came here for an internship, how would he know that he encountered these things.
A few people from the Falcon Squad asked again, but they couldn't ask for any news. I always felt that the old gentleman knew something, but he didn't want to say anything, and told them that it was best not to check it again, it was for their good.
The Falcon team sorted out all the information they had obtained a little and confirmed the following points: first, the catastrophe was a well-planned operation, which is certain; Second, some people know in advance that these things will happen, or at least know some clues. Third, the boss of the dark organization may come from a formal scientific research unit, and it is a scientific institution with a relatively high status, why it defected, it may be that there was infighting, and the specific reason is unknown; Fourth, in addition to them, there may be other official investigation teams in the shadows, which have been investigating these things, even before the disaster occurred.
Looking at it this way, what the old gentleman said just now is right, the strength behind the other party is very likely to be something they can't afford to provoke. There is no need for them to take this risk, and to withdraw now, in fact, is to protect them.
"What to do? Shall we continue to investigate now? After analyzing these clues, Damin saw that everyone did not speak, and asked with some concern.
"I listen to you!" Zhao Nana also ran out of ideas.
"Why don't you go back and ask my dad first, if the things we analyzed just now are true, he can't know nothing." Lin Xiaofeng proposed.
"Didn't the Secret Service say that there was an opportunity to study in the imperial capital! Let's apply! Then this opportunity to explore, if not, hurry up! Brother Long said.