Chapter 104: Muddy Waters
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January 15, 2071 19:58 -- Earth Singapore -- Singapore Harbor --
Singapore is a country that thrives on the port and has become an important international trade, international finance and international shipping center in the Asia-Pacific region after a long period of painstaking operation. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info chapters are updated the fastest
The Port of Singapore is the main port in Singapore, connecting 240 shipping companies and 600 ports in 135 countries around the world, with 9 container terminals and handling an average of 180 ships, 21,000 trailers and 150,000 containers per day. With a container throughput of 63.2 million TEUs in 2050 and one out of every five transshipment containers in the world handled by the Singapore terminal, it is the busiest port in the world.
With the development of ports, the logistics industry has become an important part of Singapore's economy, contributing 63% to GDP and attracting more than 18,000 related logistics enterprises employing 400,000 people, accounting for about 7% of the country's total working population (Singapore on the planet). Modern logistics remains one of Singapore's pillar industries.
Looking at the well-lit Singapore Harbour below, which is still busy at night, Mark felt some pride. This is a reflection of their national wealth, and it is with the port economy that paves the way for Singapore's development, and now Singapore can stand at the forefront of the world. With its economy taking off and science and technology developing, Singapore is undoubtedly powerful now, and it is none other than Chow Kok Tai, former prime minister of Singapore, who has created all this.
"Warrant Officer Mark, we're almost at our destination. Behold, the port of Singapore, what a busy place, and my cousin works there. ”
Wang Zengyou called out Mark from his state of thought, the helicopter had begun to reduce its flight speed, and the lights in the harbor were getting brighter and brighter, which proved that the destination was below. Covered with armor, Mark stuck his head out of the hatch and used his observation system to scan the waters below.
"No man-made object detected........."
The scanning results of the system did not surprise Mark, retracting his head, Mark patted Wang Zengyou on the shoulder and asked, "Captain, is there a big thing under the water?" ”
Wang Zengyou was adjusting the scope of the MZK assault rifle in his hand, and was slapped by Mark, and the scope error flew to the other side in one go. Glaring at Mark viciously, Wang Zengyou took out a memory card from the right pocket of the carrying gear very unhappily, and then threw it directly to him.
"Warrant officer, your inference is correct, there is indeed something down there, but it is something that cannot be detected by the USA stealth reconnaissance aircraft, let alone the observation system of the combat armor. This memory card has the information you want to know, so take a look at it for yourself. Oh, here we are. ”
Just as Wang Zengyou's voice fell, the "owl" had already adjusted its fuselage and hovered smoothly above a Singapore Navy destroyer, about ten meters from the deck. After the ground crew raised the green glow sticks, a group of four jumped straight out of the helicopter. Dressed in heavy combat armor, Mark jumped back to the ground first, and using the shock absorbers in his legs, he only bent his legs to gain a foothold.
Wang Zengyou and the three of them did not wear combat armor, and if they jumped from a height of ten meters, even if their physical fitness was far beyond ordinary people, they could also be injured. So, after they jumped out, they did not make a hard landing like Mark, and when they fell to a height of three meters, they activated the air jet pack, and only landed on the deck after reducing the force of the fall, although it was more troublesome, but it was indeed more elegant and stealthy.
After talking to the ground crew, Wang Zengyou got access to the inside of the cruiser, while Mark used this time to insert the memory card into the helmet port and look around while reading the data. When Wang Zengyou beckoned him to go, Mark followed Wang Zengyou to the inside of the destroyer. According to the information, there is a large military facility under this port.
After Mark and the others got off the plane, the sergeant major flew away in the "Owl", and he also had a pick-up mission, and the level of secrecy was higher than that of Mark. But Mark, unbeknownst to this, is now only focused on lying on the data, walking forward is to let the combat armor with the "zombie walk", like a ghost, and turn into the destroyer in a daze. After turning dozens of staircases, the group walked to the bottom floor of the empty destroyer, and Mark, who had just seen the key information, sighed deeply and sighed for the navy.
Since entering the interstellar era, the once powerful navy has gradually lost its usefulness. As a clear example, the destroyer they are staying in now is a Type 056C destroyer produced by China in the 40s, Singapore has purchased a total of 7 destroyers, and has not purchased new destroyers until now. From the 40s to the present, the entire Singapore Navy has only replaced 10 frigates and 3 submarines, so much so that many soldiers of the Singapore Navy laugh at themselves as antique soldiers.
"Warrant officer, what are you thinking? We're here. ”
Holding up Mark, who continued to move forward with his head down, Wang Zengyou felt a little ridiculous, just such a dumb-headed Marine can handle the USA prisoners that the Intelligence Bureau can't deal with? Although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, after all, Mark was the person who was named by the top, and on the surface, Wang Zengyou still maintained basic respect.
"Oh...... Captain, is it in there? ”
Reaching out and knocking on the dull wall a few times, Mark's gaze suddenly became solid, and after clearing the level "look", he found that inside this metal wall, there was a very interesting person detained.
"That's right, it takes ...... to get into this."
Wang Zengyou said as he took out his identity card, and was about to scan it on the stealth verification machine, but the metal wall opened by itself, and a brigadier general wearing A-level "Qianjun" combat armor greeted him.
"Ah, Mark, you're finally here, we've been waiting for you for a long time. How does it feel to be back on Earth? ”
The general was visored, and Mark couldn't see him, but he could hear the familiar voice. The moment he heard the identity of the general, Mark hurriedly raised his head and stood upright, raised his hand in salute, and shouted loudly: "Hello battalion commander! ”
Seeing Mark's reaction, the brigadier general smiled, then opened his visor and returned a military salute, "Not bad, you kid haven't forgotten what he learned in the training camp, huh?" ”
Facing the battalion commander Ye who had trained him, Mark did not dare to slack off, "Don't dare to forget, and I won't forget!" ”
The brigadier general walked up to Mark and pushed him into the metal wall, "Well, Mark, you go in first, Captain Wang and I have something to say." ”
"Yes." After another military salute, Mark walked into the other side of the metal wall, and at the door, only Brigadier General Ye and Wang Zengyou were left, and the two soldiers who were traveling with him had already left consciously.
"Captain Wang, it's hard work, and the task has been well accomplished." Handing Wang Zengyou a piece of chocolate, Ye Zhun picked up a piece and bit it, it looked pretty good.
Taking the chocolate, Wang Zengyou felt a little inexplicable, but still replied in a regular manner: "This is what I should do, thank you for the general's chocolate." ”
Brigadier General Ye waved his hand and motioned for Wang Zengyou to turn off the remote communication device, and after getting the gesture that Wang Zengyou had turned it off, he leaned into Wang Zengyou's ear and asked, "Did you find anything unusual when you received Mark?" ”
Wang Zengyou shook his head and took a bite of chocolate gently, "No, he fainted as soon as he came out of the landing module, and it took him a while to get up." As for the black substance you mentioned, I didn't find it. ”
Touching his chin, Brigadier General Ye felt a little puzzled, "That's really weird......... By the way, how long did it take this kid to be sober? What are the special manifestations when you are awake? ”
Wang Zengyou smacked his lips, and after putting a small piece of gem from the chocolate into his carrying gear, he replied ambiguously: "More than a minute...... Special performance......... Seem...... Something irritated him, and then he woke up, presumably a self-injecting agent of combat armor. ”
Glancing at the metal wall behind him that was about to close automatically, Brigadier General Ye asked impatiently, "Is there any other useful information?" ”
Wang Zengyou bit off the last piece of chocolate and took out the last gem hidden inside, "Oh, I used the scanner to check the items he was carrying when he was dizzy, and there were a few things in it that shouldn't be on him." A Templar's lightsaber, a Wasteland Hayabusa pistol only available to a base garrison officer, and a metal box that cannot be scanned from the outside. ”
Brigadier General Ye closed his armor and turned around and walked towards the metal wall, "Okay, I know, you go back to the 'Flying Fish' first, I really want to know what this little guy can do with his special ability." ”
"Understood." Touching the five extra gems in his pocket, Wang Zengyou whistled happily and left. However, the two of them didn't know that a cute girl the size of an ordinary person's thumb had everything they had just said.........
"Warrant officer, please."
A Marine sergeant led Mark to the door of a confinement room, and after handing Mark the key, the sergeant turned and turned to leave.
"The prisoner is in there?" Mark, who hadn't figured out the situation yet, stopped the sergeant, and now this situation gave him only four words: discord and logic.
The Marine Sergeant pointed to the room next to the confinement room and said to Mark, "Warrant Officer, the generals are sitting in that room, and in order to make the prisoners and you less nervous, they have decided to watch your interrogation through the one-way transparent glass, please understand." ”
"I see." Knowing that time was pressing, Mark didn't dare to slack off, opened the door of the confinement chamber with the key, and went inside. After pushing open the door and entering, Mark found that the scene inside was different from what he expected.
In my years of experience watching the Celestial Empire's American Emperor English TV series, generally speaking, the rooms where prisoners are interrogated are basically dark basements or low rooms with cold colors. In such rooms, the walls of such rooms are often covered with various torture instruments in the traditional way, while the modern ones are reversible metal plates, which are hidden and automatically extended when they are needed. However, none of the above "experiences" are invalid here.
"It's a ...... No, it should be said that it is a space made entirely of white. For some unknown reason, the armor's observation system failed here, and the computer was unable to measure the size of the space. The whole space is white, and the outline line of an ordinary house cannot be seen with the naked eye......... It's like the kingdom of heaven after death in Western mythology, but there are no white clouds. ”
The door behind him had closed automatically, and Mark asked Xiao Nian to scan the space again with his brainwaves, and after making sure that there was no danger, he began to move forward slowly. Without AGH in his hand, Mark was a little unaccustomed to it, and after scanning the equipment on his body, Mark found that he only had one "Wasteland Falcon" available, and there were only 7 bullets.
"Mark, what's wrong?" Feeling the unstable fluctuation of Mark's brain, Xiao Nian was a little worried, and thought that Mark's excessive use of his brain had caused sequelae.
Mark shook his head and signaled that he was fine, "I'm fine, I forgot to grab a gun in a hurry, I'm not used to it." ”
Xiao Nian drilled out from the side of Mark's face and stretched out his hand to pick up the glass mask, "Oh, Mark must tell me immediately if he is not feeling well, oh, I can fix it." ”
"yes, I know." Smiling slightly, Mark gently rubbed Xiao Nian with his cheek, squeezing Xiao Nian onto the mask and lying on his stomach.
"Na Na Na -- Mark, don't squeeze it, there's something ahead." Re-transformed into a molecular structure that drilled out of Mark's forehead, Xiao Nian's face flushed, and he hurriedly changed the topic. (Ahem, I'm a fast learner.) )
"yes, I see."
Mark, who had been smiling kindly before, stopped and instantly entered the "Frozen Face" mode, pulled out the "Wasteland Falcon", and he aimed at an empty space about thirty paces ahead.
"Hey, man, come out consciously, don't let me shoot."
Mark's words echoed in this empty "kingdom of heaven", and if there was really someone in that position, it is estimated that he would have agreed a long time ago. However, half a minute passed, and no other non-white objects appeared in the space except for Mark.
"Oh hehe, man, it looks like you're not going to cooperate." With a cold smile, he put the "Wasteland Falcon" back in the holster, and slowly drew the saber on his left shoulder, Mark walked towards the spot where the light began to distort slightly with a steady step. The red laser on the side of Mark's helmet had marked the spot, and if there was anyone there, he could see the shorter and shorter infrared rays himself.
"Detected a very small biogenous signal, determined to be a human--" Through the external amplification system, Mark let the cold voice of the biogenal system reach this space, and this simple sentence became the last straw that overwhelmed the psychological defense line of the hidden.
"Oh, Shet---man, don't get excited, you win, you win, I throw in the towel."
Less than five steps away from where the light began to distort severely, a very embarrassed figure retreated from his stealth and fell to the ground, waving his hand at Mark several times in succession, indicating that he had no weapon.
Returning the saber to its scabbard, Mark looked at the embarrassed human who was sitting on the ground, and laughed in surprise: "Yo, man, I never expected that the hero I once admired the most would be so embarrassed." ”
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