For a long time, Valentin Briden could only hear the roar of the helicopter itself, and the people in the cabin were silent, pursing their lips with very serious expressions, as if they were about to face the encounter of going to war, although maybe this time it was indeed a battlefield.

Through the cabin window, the horizon was no longer visible, and the sky was dark, only faint starlight was faintly visible. Briden was a little bored, and the rumbling noise and shaking of the propellers made him feel exhausted, something he had rarely seen in his career. I was in a daze, half asleep, and I don't know how long it lasted until I was awakened.

"Sir, it's here."

"Arrived?"

Briden opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw that the back door of the helicopter had been opened, and the soldiers were transporting equipment down. He followed the soldier out of the helicopter and saw the massive body of the CH-47D parked in a gravel-covered clearing, with the bodies of the same four CH-47Ds looming in the distance.

"Sir, are you here?" Koslin, a security officer in a black suit, hurried over.

"How's it going?"

"Those guys from the Ministry of Defense, they want us to leave."

Briden frowned, "Didn't you say that we should be responsible for this kind of thing?" ”

"Got it." "But when they said they consulted their superiors, they didn't have that order." ”

Briden also felt a little tricky when he heard this, although their department is relatively special and is not included in the army's national defense establishment, but it is still privately restricted by the Ministry of Defense.

Between the two conversations, they had walked dozens of paces, and in the distance, they could see a series of high-pressure barbed wire fences being laid, and in the middle, five or six improvised flat-bottomed houses lined up, and a domed house made of white plastic film was quite eye-catching.

"The lab is already set up?"

"It's almost done." Koslin smiled, "Thankfully, we got ahead of them. ”

Nodding, Briden took out his phone and made a call, said a few words and put it down, and then moved on. This time I didn't walk long before I saw a dozen people walking around one person, approaching Briden glanced at the other party's rank, lieutenant general.

This is a big man, this thought flashed through his mind, but the whole person still seemed absent-minded.

The lieutenant general's hair was a little gray, and he walked over and said sternly: "Which department are you from?" Why is it here? ”

Briden smiled: "Your Excellency, the Ministry of Defense has authorized us to take full responsibility, if nothing happens, you still have time to go home and take a shower and have a cup of coffee." ”

Briden's unserious style infuriated the lieutenant general, who angrily said: "Nonsense, Minister Hagel has delegated responsibility to us. He couldn't say anything more because his man handed him a phone.

The lieutenant general took it and put it on his ear, and as time passed, his face became more and more ugly, and finally hung up the phone and glanced at Briden, and left angrily, and could still hear some words "Nevada ......" in his mouth.

"Okay, the flies are gone, it's time for us to get busy, and if you don't talk back, those big guys won't want to sleep tonight."

Walk through a crowd of staff or soldiers, up the stairs, into makeshift studios, full of monitors or monitors, where at least dozens of researchers are working.

"How's the lockdown going?"

"Patrols have been dispatched, the only road leading to here ten miles away has been blocked, sir, not even a single mosquito can fly in here now."

"Oh, so who are these two people?"

Briden pointed to one of the monitors, which showed a middle-aged man and a young man, nervously locked up in a room.

"They are residents of a nearby city and came here tonight to see the meteors, and they found the 'signal source'." Koslin replied, "I temporarily detained them. ”

Listening to the man's cry for a lawyer from inside the monitor, Briden shook his head, they could only be blamed for their bad luck in this kind of thing, American law doesn't work here.

"How's the thing observing? Are there any results coming out? ”

"Not yet, we are waiting for further results."

"Take me to see it."

Entering a corner, there is a long corridor, covered with iron plates underneath, surrounded by walls made of plastic film, and walking inside, there is a white light everywhere under the illumination of the lights. Walk through the long corridor to a domed room, more than twenty meters long. But the most striking thing is the seven-meter-diameter crater in the very center of the room.

When the two arrived, they were blocked out, and through the window, five personnel in biohazard suits could be seen clumsily picking up their instruments to detect. Briden didn't care about any of this, his eyes were drawn to the floating silver mysterious cube in the center of the crater, "This is what it is?" ”

"Yes, sir."

Briden looked at it, and felt a sense of familiarity in his heart, as if he had seen it somewhere? But I can't think of it.

Soon, the personnel inside conveyed the message through wireless headphones, "There is no poisonous surname. ”

"The air environment is normal!"

"No radiation."

"The surface temperature of the object is thirty degrees."

"The spectrometer detects that the surface of the object is composed of titanium."

"Everything is normal, you can go straight into observation."

The door opened, and the two of them could now get a closer look at the mysterious cube, but they couldn't get close to the crater or touch it directly, which was necessary to avoid accidents.

"What do you think that's that?" Briden asked.

Standing on the side of the railing, the two of them condescendingly observed the crater, and they could see the situation inside clearly, without leaking it at all.

"Sir, this question may have to be answered by God at this point." Koslin shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly.

"To work with us, you have to be a little intuitive."

Briden pointed to his head, "I don't think this thing has good intentions. ”

Don't have good intentions? Kosling could not understand the phrase, "It is not alive. ”

"Nuclear bombs are not alive either." "But it can kill countless people." ”

"But a nuclear bomb must be controlled in order to cause death."

"So......" Briden stared at the center of the crater, "this thing must be in our hands, or it will cause big trouble." ”

Coslin understood Briden's words, this thing constantly emits regular electromagnetic signals, attracting the attention of the whole world, not only the United States can infer its trajectory, presumably other countries also have the strength and means to do so. So, there will definitely be some countries who want to witness this thing in the name of scientific exchange, but now it seems that if it is just a meteorite, there is still a chance for exchange.

"Let's go, it looks like we'll have to spend tonight here."

The two returned to the workshop, where someone poured them an iced cup of coffee.

"Sir, there's an unidentified intruder fifty miles away."

Briden, who was drinking iced coffee, was stunned and came to the monitor screen of the monitors, which showed a satellite map with a red dot approaching after the radar scan.

"What is it?"

"The identity is unknown, it is a flying machine that has not been registered, and I have not received a notice from above."

"Tell it to identify itself and get out of here!"

"Yes, sir!"

The monitor pointed at the headset and shouted: "Unidentified aircraft, you are now in the controlled airspace, please identify yourself immediately and leave the controlled airspace, repeat, please identify yourself immediately and leave the controlled airspace!" ”

After waiting for a while, the other party did not reply.

"Sir, the target is still close, forty miles away."

"Could it be a National Guard aircraft?" Coslin guessed.

Briden's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Call Eagle Falcon 1 and 2 to take off to intercept." ”

"Yes, sir."

At present, this temporary camp is like a military base, except for the lack of fighter jets, eight helicopter gunships are docked, and there are more than a dozen multi-purpose armored vehicles, all to ensure the safety of the place and to prevent accidents caused by mysterious objects in outer space. And not only that, there are more military forces being transported.

Soon, under Briden's orders, two AH-64 helicopter gunships flew into the air with rotors and went in the direction of the target to intercept.

"Target direction 150, speed 200 miles." Surveillance personnel report to the helicopter.

Briden gestured to the monitor, who nodded in understanding, linking the channel to Bridden's headset.

"Eagle Falcon No. 1 and No. 2, escort to the camp after intercepting the target, and if the target moves, it is allowed to open fire immediately."

Kosling was puzzled, "Sir, just expel it, why ......"

"I'm going to see which base it's the daredevil, and let his superiors lead the people."

After waiting for a while, the on-board personnel sent back the voice, "Target found, start interception." ”

"Interception successful, escort to the camp."

Kosling didn't react yet, but Briden was secretly relieved that he wouldn't allow anything unusual to happen now.

"Something is wrong, sir, the FLIR system shows that it's not a helicopter."

What the? Briden and Kosling were a little confused for a moment.

"The appearance is very similar to a stealth bomber, and the infrared radiation in the middle section of the tail flame is very weak and the speed is very slow."

Bomber? Briden silently, keeping a bomber cruising at 200 miles?

In fact, it didn't take long for two AH-64s to escort the unidentified aircraft. Briden and Coslin stepped out of the workshop, and in the distance, several searchlights focused on the unidentified aircraft on the brightly lit makeshift landing site.

Only then did Briden understand why the crew would say that it looked like a bomber, the shape design and aerodynamic layout of this unidentified aerial vehicle were very similar to the B-2A bomber, the shape layout and wing body were perfectly integrated, and at first glance it really looked a bit like a B-2A. But if you look closely, you can immediately see the difference, there are no gaps, no portholes, and the volume is larger, like a drone.

If there was any idea, Briden's mind instantly came to mind the French neuronal drone, which was indeed too similar in comparison, if not larger, or hovered in a "sci-fi" way.

Yes, this aircraft actually landed vertically like the F-35B, but it was more stable, and there was no open cockpit.

Without Briden's command, after the aircraft landed, the military Humvee surrounded it, and thirty-four soldiers aimed their guns at the UFO, and the green dots caused by the laser sights floated around the fuselage.

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