Chapter 70: The Assassination (Part II)

Then, Zhang Beihai began to aim, and the reticle of the scope quickly lassoed the first target.

In the atmosphere of the Blue Star, it is impossible for even the most sophisticated sniper rifle to hit the target at a distance of five thousand meters, but in space, an ordinary pistol can do it.

Because the bullet moves forward in a vacuum and without gravity, without any interference, as long as it is aimed correctly, the bullet can hit the target along an extremely stable straight trajectory; At the same time, due to the zero air resistance, the bullet does not slow down at all during the entire flight, and the speed when it hits the target is the initial velocity when it flies out of the muzzle, which ensures lethality at long distances.

Zhang Beihai pulled the trigger, and the pistol fired in silence, but he saw the fire from the muzzle and felt the recoil.

He fired ten rounds at the first target, quickly replaced it with a new magazine, and fired another ten rounds at the second target; Then switch to the magazine again and shoot the last ten rounds at the third target.

The muzzle of the gun flashed thirty times, and if anyone really noticed it at this time in the direction of the Yellow River Station, it was like seeing a firefly on the dark background of space.

Now, thirty meteorite warheads are flying towards the target, the initial velocity of the warhead of the 2010 pistol is 500 m / s, and it takes about ten seconds for the bullet to fly this distance.

This hope is also well-founded, because now the group photo takers in the back two rows have not yet lined up, and the leaders in the front row can only wait, even if the formation is all lined up, the photographer still has to wait for the white mist from the spacesuit thrusters to dissipate.

But after all, the target is suspended in space, and the position can easily drift in weightlessness, and the bullet will not only miss the target, but also potentially injure innocent people.

Innocent? The three people he wanted to kill were also innocent, and in the years before the emergence of the Three-Body Crisis, they carefully opened the dawn of the space age with what now seems to be a very meager investment...... However, it was that experience that imprisoned their minds, and they had to be destroyed in order to get a spaceship capable of interstellar travel!

And their deaths should also be seen as the last contribution made by mankind to the space industry.

In fact, Zhang Beihai deliberately deflected a few bullets slightly, hoping to hit people outside the target, ideally causing injuries, but if one or two more people really died, he didn't care, the purpose of this was to reduce possible suspicions.

Zhang Beihai held the gun that had been emptied, calmly observing through the scope, he was ready to fail, if that happened, he would calmly start looking for a second chance.

The clock ticked by, and finally, the signs that the target had been hit appeared. Zhang Beihai did not see the bullet holes in the spacesuit, but there was a white gas spewing out.

Immediately afterward, between the first and second rows, a larger cloud of white vapor erupted, probably after the bullet penetrated the target and then penetrated the jet thruster in the back. He was confident in the power of the bullet, and when a meteorite bullet hit the target without slowing down, it was as if the muzzle of the gun was fired at the target.

He saw that the helmet visor of one of the targets was suddenly covered in cracks and became opaque, but he could see blood splattering on it from the inside, and then the blood sprayed out with the gas leaking from the bullet hole, and quickly condensed into snowflake-like ice crystals.

Zhang Beihai quickly determined during his observation that five people, including the three targets, were hit, and each target had at least five shots.

Through the transparent masks of several people, Zhang Beihai saw that they were all screaming, and from the shape of his mouth, he could see that there must be a word in the words they shouted

"Meteorite rain!"

The group photographers' jet thrusters were all turned on at full power, and they quickly returned with strips of white mist, and soon entered the Yellow River Station through the circular entrance.

Zhang Beihai noticed that the five people who were shot were dragged back by others.

Zhang Beihai activated the jet thruster and accelerated in the direction of Base One, at this time his heart was as cold and calm as the empty space around him. He knew that the death of the three key figures in the aerospace industry could not guarantee that the non-working fluid radiation propulsion spacecraft would become the main research direction, but he did what he could, no matter what happened in the future, he could feel at ease in his father's gaze from the darkness.

Almost at the same time that Zhang Beihai returned to Base No. 1, a group of people quickly gathered on the desert of the three-body virtual world on the Internet on the earth to discuss what had just happened.

"Tomoko's message this time is complete, otherwise we wouldn't believe he did that." Qin Shi Huang said, while scribbling casually on the ground with his long sword, showing the uneasiness in his heart, "Look at what people have done, and then look at our three actions against Luo Ji, alas, sometimes we are really too nerdy, too lacking in this coldness and ability." ”

"Are we going to sit idly by and watch this man's actions?" Albert Einstein asked.

According to the Lord's will, it can only be so. This man is an extremely stubborn resistance and triumphalist, and the Lord has given us no intervention in this way, and our attention should be focused on the fugitives, who even think that even the defeatists are more dangerous than the triumphalists. Newton said.

"If we are to really take our mission to serve the Lord seriously, we cannot fully trust the Lord's strategy, which is only a child's strategy." Mozi said.

Qin Shi Huang tapped his sword on the ground and said, "But as far as this matter is concerned, it is right not to intervene, let them determine the direction of development on the radiation-driven spacecraft." With Tomoko locked up physics, this is almost an insurmountable technological peak, and it is also a bottomless abyss into which humanity will throw all its time and resources into it, and in the end achieve nothing. ”

"Everyone basically agrees on that, but I think the most important thing is this person, this person is too dangerous." Von Neumann said.

"Indeed!" Aristotle nodded repeatedly, "I used to think that he was a pure soldier, but how can this matter be like a soldier who has always acted according to strict discipline and rules?" ”

"This man is dangerous, he is firm in his convictions, far-sighted and ruthless, calm and decisive, usually rigorous and conscientious, but at any time when the need arises, he can go beyond the norm and take unusual actions." Confucius said with a long sigh, "As Ying Zheng just said, we lack such people."

"It's not hard to clean him up, let's just go and report his murder." Newton said.

"It's not that easy!" Qin Shi Huang flicked his long sleeves at Newton and said, "It's all your fault, you have been sowing discord in the Space Force and the United Nations in the name of Zhizi's information in the past few years, how is it now?" Being denounced by you has become an honor, and even a symbol of loyalty! ”

"And we don't have hard evidence on our hands." Mozi said, "His planning is very thorough, the bullet has been shattered after it enters the human body, and if the autopsy takes out the dead and injured people is an authentic meteorite, everyone will believe that those people died in a meteorite rain." The truth of the matter is really too bizarre for anyone to believe. ”

"Fortunately, he is going to reinforce the future, and it will not be a problem for us for a long time."

Albert Einstein sighed, "It's gone, it's time for some of us to leave for the future." ”