At half past eleven o'clock that night, Zhao Guanming, the head of the security department of the Lotus Base, checked the equipment in his hand and prepared to inspect the core department of the base again as usual before going to sleep.

Although the Lotus base is a wholly-owned industry built by Duke, it is too important because of the things involved, not only the prototype of a new generation of nuclear reactors related to national energy security.

In addition, the prototype of the nuclear power reactor is about to be successfully put into trial operation and is ready to be installed on the nuclear submarine under construction and in service in China, so the internal security measures of the base have been implemented in accordance with the standards of the military base.

Director Zhao Guanming is a full-time security cadre sent by the military, and the security force of the entire Lotus Base is quite strong compared to ordinary research institutions, and there is a whole squadron of armed police soldiers under his command, which shows the importance that the above attaches to the security of this base.

Zhao Guanming walked out of the office of the security department, looking at the R&D center in the distance, the lights are bright at the moment, it seems that there will be no fewer people working overtime today, Zhao Guanming secretly sighed in his heart that these researchers are really dedicated.

You must know that Duke has no attendance constraints on the work of the researchers at the Lotus Base.

There is no clear schedule for commuting to and from work, there is only a project work coordination plan, and if your work does not require others to work together, then it is up to the researcher to work on his or her own schedule, as long as the work is delivered according to the plan.

As for those who are engaged in groundbreaking research, they are even more free, and even the work plan is arranged by themselves, so to speak, even if you don't do anything for ten days and a half, no one cares about you, but one thing, if your research work has not been fruitful for several months, then sorry, the other members of the team will ask you to give a detailed explanation of the work at this stage, and they will determine whether you are suitable to stay in the team.

Therefore, although the management here is very loose, this result-driven model can greatly activate the enthusiasm and creativity of R&D personnel, because the status and treatment of individuals in the base are adjusted by the results contributed by each person.

Although Zhao Guanming is over 40 years old and has worked in several military research bases, in his opinion, the working atmosphere of all his past research bases is not as good as here, everyone is very dedicated to their work, and the most important thing that the base management personnel do is not to strictly record your personal attendance, but often go into the laboratory to persuade researchers to go home and rest.

No wonder the results here are so fast, looking at the opportunity every office is brightly lit, Zhao Guanming shook his head, in fact, he sighed at the dedication of these researchers, he retracted his thoughts and turned his attention back to his work, although there has been no major security incident in the base so far, but there have been many suspicious signs, so Zhao Guanming has never relaxed security standards because there has been no accident.

More than a dozen open piles and dark posts in the base are all designed by Zhao Guanming himself, completely covering all key places of the entire base, plus the infrared security wall of the base, and the video surveillance system that does not leave dead ends.

Walking on the familiar tree-lined path, the strong light in Zhao Guanming's hand strafed everywhere, not letting go of all the suspicious places, although the video surveillance system did not leave a dead end, but it was for ordinary people, if it was a special person with superb skills, Zhao Guanming knew that this line of defense could not prevent people with a heart.

Zhao Guanming walked slowly while carefully surrounding the situation, and did not relax because he did not find anything abnormal, many cases of leakage every year occurred under the condition of heavy defense, these facilities of the base seem to be tight, but compared to the measures taken by those military top-secret bases, it is completely insignificant, Zhao Guanming does not dare to take it lightly.

Seeing that the outer area of the R&D center was about to be inspected, suddenly, Zhao Guanming felt that the light of the strong light flashlight seemed to flicker when it swept towards the treetops of a certain tree, there was a situation! Zhao Guanming reacted almost subconsciously. Ordinary leaves will never cause a glimmer of bright light, there must be something on the treetops.

The street trees here were transplanted from other places when the base was established, so although the construction time of the base was not long, the street trees are very tall, and the tropical climate here has enough rain, the street trees have grown luxuriantly, and even attracted many birds to stop. On weekdays, Zhao Guanming's patrols have alarmed the birds who choose to perch on the sidewalks.

But today's situation did not have the sound of birds fluttering, just faintly flickered, Zhao Guanming patiently shot a strong light torch at the crown of the suspicious street tree, moving inch by inch to search, not letting go of a little detail, sure enough, it didn't take much effort to see an unknown object hanging on a branch in the treetops.

After the strong light hit up, this strange and dark antenna-like object emitted a little reflective luster, and if it weren't for Zhao Guanming's delicate inspection, he wouldn't have found this faint reflection at all. This thing that appears here out of thin air is definitely not going to be a good thing.

"Eagle call one, eagle call one, there is an abnormality in zone 11, please pay attention to observation." For the first time, Zhao Guanming did not go to the tree to take down this thing, but turned on the walkie-talkie and began to call various secret posts in code, Eagle is his nickname, and No. 1 does not refer to one person, but all the sentries of the base.

This is the highest level of alert in the base guards, which means that all sentry posts are required to start a careful search and observation of the area they are responsible for. In particular, the area numbered 11 is the area where Zhao Guanming is now.

Sure enough, after Zhao Guanming sent a call message, soon, the security personnel in charge of video surveillance found a video anomaly, in a certain video screen, it was found that there was a big black shadow in the area where Zhao Guanming was located, just like a big bird flying by, but this "bird" was a little unusual, and when it flew over the treetops where Zhao Guanming was, something was pulled out and fell into the treetops.

Due to the small size of the target, the surveillance personnel did not notice this strange sign in the first place.

"Call the Eagle on the 9th, find an anomaly in Zone 11, please instruct." The security personnel in charge of video surveillance quickly reported the abnormality after discovering the abnormality. "The eagle understands that it is about to return home." Hearing that he found the surveillance video, Zhao Guanming was in high spirits, and he was not busy taking measures for the thing he found, but prepared to go to the monitoring room first to view the relevant video before taking action.

The tree was in a unique location, next to the window of a research room at the Lotus Base, and it was clear that this falling thing would not be a simple toy. Zhao Guanming is ready to follow the vine to see if he can find the mastermind behind it.