The Pioneer has entered the eighteen kilometers underground, the granite layer has been completely broken through, after a few kilometers of softer strata in front of the basalt layer, because the progress is relatively smooth, Wang Xiao's spirit these days has gradually recovered, but the long time of work still makes him often feel very tired, and the existence of his sister Dong Ruijie has given Wang Xiao a lot of motivation.

Gong Qingguo also knew that the continuous work for nearly two months had brought great pressure to the exploration team, and he had discussed with Fei Meng, Zhang Keming and others that they wanted to stop the mission first and let the exploration team return to the Crystal Palace to rest for a period of time before continuing the mission, but this suggestion was rejected by Wang Xiao and Dong Ruijie, they knew. The five-member team was concerned about the safety of the team, but they knew that returning now would extend the mission for at least two months or more, and while a break was clearly listed in the Trailblazers' implementation plan, it was a policy of action and would only be taken in the worst case scenario.

In the face of Wang Xiao and Dong Ruijie's insistence, Gong Qingguo and others had to listen to their opinions, after all, they have already passed most of the distance, and there may be less than ten kilometers before the expedition team can find the target underground water body, and the basalt layer belongs to the eruption rock, although it is dense but there are often a lot of pores, which will be very helpful for the future drilling progress, and the speed of the exploration team will also increase, as long as the location of the underground water body is expected, the exploration team can get a great supplement, There will be no need to cut back on food, energy and fresh water as much as possible, and living conditions will be significantly improved.

Wang Xiao and Dong Ruijie saw that their opinions were supported by the teacher and others, so they continued to work harder, they did not know the specific situation of the rock formation in front, but they knew that the front would be mainly basalt formation, although it was possible to encounter some other hard rocks, but it would not be as slow as the granite formation, which made them more confident that victory was in sight.

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George? When Lieutenant General Runes came to the Office of the Assistant for National Security Affairs, Robert? Anderson was on the phone with the Secretary of Defense when he saw Runes walking in with his assistant. Anderson waved his hand to him, motioning for Runes to sit on the sofa on the edge of the office and wait for him, Runes sat down on the sofa, and when he saw that Anderson's phone call had come to an end, he also began to open the tablet he brought, and found out the top-secret analysis report on President Hobart co-authored by his psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. As Anderson ended the call, Mr. Lunes prepared his papers, walked over to his desk, and placed his thin computer directly in front of the national security assistant.

Robert? Anderson took the tablet handed over by Runes and began to read carefully, his brow gradually locked, and he flipped through the content from time to time with his fingers. Anderson asked Runes, who was already sitting in front of him:

"When was this analysis completed?"

"It was done yesterday."

"So does the general already have his own conclusions?"

"Yes, but it's not certain yet, it can only be said to be a judgment."

"Okay, then tell me your judgment."

As he spoke, Anderson pressed a call button in front of him and asked his assistant to pour two cups of coffee and bring them in.

"My judgment is that the president may have been controlled, because according to the experts' analysis, President Hobart only had all the strange behavior in the report after he took office, and I don't know much about the president, you are very familiar with both the former president and the current president, and that's what prompted me to come directly to you, and you may be the only person who can help me and provide the right answers." ”

Robert? Anderson raised his heavy eyebrows, indicating that he understood Runes's intentions, and then there was a knock on the door of the assistant, and after the assistant put the two cups of coffee in front of them and turned to leave, Anderson spoke again:

"George, you are the person I trust the most, and I have been impressed by your cooperation over the years, and I have my own judgment on this matter, but I can't tell you right away, because I don't know if it's wise to do it now, and your best thing to do now is to give me a few days, maybe in a few days I will be able to have confidence in my judgment, and then I will tell you what I think."

George? Runes nodded, he knew that the national security assistant had always been cautious, and this matter was indeed very important, only more evidence and information could produce a correct conclusion, Runes smiled and said: "Okay, but you need to return this report to me, I can't leave you a document, I hope you can forgive me for my distress." ”

Robert? Anderson smiled, handed the tablet back to Runes and said: "Of course, I don't want to keep this report, and I don't even hope I haven't seen it at all, to be honest, George, the president's term is less than a year, I don't want anything unexpected to happen, as long as there is still a trace of doubt, we can't ruin this critical year." ”

George? Lieutenant General Runes nodded and stood up and said, "Yes, I agree with you, so only you and I know about this matter at the moment, and I am not going to tell a third person, as long as you can pay attention to this matter, I am already very happy." ”

After leaving the office of the National Security Assistant, Runes looked at the time before it was five o'clock in the afternoon, and he decided to go back to his office to see if Li Gang had asked the aliens to provide their advanced antimatter fuel cell technology and shaped laser cannon weapon system as promised, in exchange for the precious metals and some scarce raw materials that the aliens wanted to obtain.

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Since having a video meeting with the dignitaries of country A, Li Kang has felt better, and several of his own scientists as representatives of the aliens he arranged have quickly won the recognition of the scientists of country A in the exchange, although Li Kang does not understand what they have communicated, but the feeling to Li Kang is that the scientists of country A are very interested in the actors and lines they have selected, and they have a sense of hating to see each other late, but Li Kang also understands that this kind of thing cannot be talked about for a long time, and there will inevitably be loopholes after a long time. Therefore, the second half of the meeting was mainly a discussion of some false courtesies and some framework content of cooperation between the two sides. After this meeting, Li Gang and Li Kang both believed that the choice of cooperation with country A was not wrong, and if they did it well, they would achieve huge benefits, and they already knew what the people of country A wanted, and what they could provide was actually not very much.

Li Kang is also pondering the first request for cooperation from country A, which Li Gang has relayed, that is, the transfer of antimatter fuel cell technology and concentrated laser weapon systems, and country A has promised that in addition to all the requests that Lieutenant General Runes originally promised Li Gang, it will also provide some additional and expensive raw materials in exchange for these two key technologies.

Li Kang is not stupid, he understands that the two technologies that country A wants are core technologies, and with these technologies, all the large-scale weapons systems of country A can be completely brought to a new level, so he also analyzed that although the imitation of the Haojie fighter imitated by the people of country A has been successful in the imitation of the power system, it has not made a key breakthrough in the energy system, and it must have used nuclear fuel as an energy source on the imitation of the hero, which will be a helpless choice that occupies a lot of space and is inefficient. Therefore, the people of country A are desperate to get their hands on the antimatter fuel cell technology that they have not been able to imitate. Give it, Li Kang felt that it was too cost-effective to give too much at once, don't give it, Li Kang was worried about incurring the resentment of the people of country A, and caused many problems to the cooperation that had just begun, and after hesitation, Li Kang decided to communicate with his father to see what his father thought.

When he came to Li Gang's study through the secret passage, Li Gang was leaning on a comfortable big sofa next to the desk and napping, and the huge snoring made Li Kang, who had just drilled out of the Haojie C-10, feel that the desk was trembling, he walked to the end of the desk and shouted into Li Gang's ear not far away:

"Dad, it's time to get up, the sun is all on your ass......"

Li Gang was awakened by the sudden shouting in his ears, he opened his worried eyes and looked around, and found that his son was standing on the desk not far from him and shouting, and couldn't help scolding: "Little rabbit cub, you are noisy when you sleep, can't you let people rest for a while?" ”

"Okay, you can rest, then I'll go, no matter what you traded with Runes!"

"Okay, okay, I'm resting, tell me quickly, what's the matter?"

Li Kang saw that his father was already sober, so he said seriously: "I want to discuss with you, can you not provide human antimatter fuel cell technology to country A first, I have heard Feimeng say this technology many times, this can change the performance of many large equipment, it is a revolutionary achievement, just in the military can increase the effectiveness of the weapon system many times, so I want to try to start with relatively simple technology to cooperate, so you may be able to slowly get more benefits." ”

"Okay, I don't have an opinion, we are businessmen, of course we have to spend the least price in exchange for the greatest benefit, I completely agree with your suggestion, give them all to whom we eat, I am preparing to slowly transfer our assets to other countries, now it is too concentrated, we have to learn a lesson! And I'm also worried that if our anti-aging drugs are sent for testing, they will also steal our technology and secret recipes from their drug regulatory department, which will be a huge loss. ”

Seeing that his father was talking and returning to business, Li Kang said with a smile: "At the beginning, Sato Hongsuke failed to crack our anti-aging drug formula, I guess the people around us finally leaked it to him, and it was a matter of time before it was on other people's territory, but now it is different, the real formula is only available to me and Wang Xiaoning, and they can't analyze which of the many additives in the drug are active ingredients, so you don't have to worry about this, since you also agree with me, then please tell that General Runes, At present, we can only provide our advanced focused laser weapon system, and with this technology, he can miniaturize and make a lot of practical laser weapons that they are still lagging behind, and tell them not to eat a big fat man in one bite, since it is cooperation, then both sides must show some sincerity. ”