When there were only a dozen kilometers left from Area 51, suddenly, a rapid siren sounded from the spacecraft. At the same time, X-112 also said at the same time, "Your Excellency, Commander, there is a radar scan at 12 o'clock." !”
"Is there anyone in Area 51?"
Chen Chen was startled. This was beyond his expectation. He didn't expect that when human civilization around the world was on the verge of extinction, North America would still have an organized military
"Strong continuous radar wave radiation has been detected. Your Excellency, Commander, we have been locked by the military base in Area 51."
X-112 continued to remind, "The other party has no intention of communicating with us. Not only that, the omnidirectional infrared detector has detected an object approaching at high speed, which is suspected to be a surface-to-air missile!"
"Can you avoid it?" Chen Chen asked.
"There are three ways to avoid it. According to the current situation, electromagnetic shielding is used."
X-112 replied.
After a few seconds, X-112 spoke again, "The missile has lost its target. Commander, do we want to continue entering the military base?"
"Since there are people in the military base, let's forget it."
Chen Chen thought for a while and objected, "First find a way to communicate with the other party and explore the truth. If the other party is not large in number and is just a doomsday team composed of dozens or hundreds of stragglers occupying the military base, we can directly attack it. , if the opponent is a fully-organized army, we can sit down and discuss terms with them."
"Understood."
X-112 replied, and then the spacecraft turned around, flew out of the airspace of the military base, and landed on a small mound on the edge of the airspace.
As the spacecraft landed, Chen Chen sent three black knights to check the surroundings and confirm that there was no danger in this small mound. Then he continued to ask, "X-112, can you contact Area 51?"
"I've sent out a radio message, but so far they haven't answered us."
X-112 replied, "I don't know what the reason is, but the other party is very hostile to us."
"There are only two possibilities."
Chen Chen thought for a while and said, "The first is that they recognize us as a certain enemy, and that enemy is their life and death enemy, so as soon as they see us, they start fighting to the death."
"The second one is that they have a guilty conscience."
"Guilty?"
"Because they were not the original owners of this military base and were afraid of being driven away by the real owner, so they only thought of killing each other."
Chen Chen analyzed, "In other words, the people stationed in the 51st area base are probably not regular troops, but independent rebels after the collapse of the North American government, and their leaders resist any official meeting for their own status. form, and we are likely to be considered official."
"So which one do you think is more likely?" X-112 asked.
"The second kind."
Chen Chen thought for a while, "In other words, the first and second reasons can actually be combined. Maybe the rebels in this military base have already fought with the authorities, so they attacked us as soon as they met."
"Of course, it doesn't matter which one it is. What really interests me is how the other party escaped the weird events that are happening all over the world."
"Indeed, it is almost impossible to maintain an organized army at the end of the world."
X-112 agreed, "Based on the propagation rules of weird events, it can be concluded that the more densely populated a place is, the greater the chance of spread, just like an infectious disease, and military camps can become a safe haven for weird events. This is already It’s beyond common sense.”
"So, even for this, I have to investigate."
Chen Chen nodded, "Send a drone to investigate the situation. Anyway, there is a stealth system, and low-altitude flying will not be detected by radar. There is no need to investigate too comprehensively, as long as the number of people in the military base is roughly confirmed, What’s in the weapons carrier will suffice.”
"You can let the Black Knight carry a wireless receiver. If I can invade the network of the military base through the extension, I can instantly understand most of the situation in Area 51."
X-112 also suggested.
"Very well, let's make two plans together."
Chen Chen nodded and asked a black knight and four drones to go to the distant military base.
On this side, X-112 was also constantly in contact with the other party through the radio, but no matter how hard he contacted, there was no answer.
At this time, in a specially treated underground military base under the 51st District Military Base, more than a dozen middle-aged men and women wearing military uniforms but with lazy temperaments were sitting in a conference room.
This group of people all had a sad look in their eyes, some kept sighing, and some seemed to be thinking, but as they thought, a hint of fierceness flashed in their eyes.
Sitting at the top of the long conference table is an old man with a white beard. This old man has the rank of major general on his shoulders. Even in the dim conference room, he is wearing sunglasses and a cigar in his mouth. Then he suddenly said:
"I believe you have also received the news. Just ten minutes ago, a UFO rushed down from high altitude and seemed to be preparing to land in our military base... "
"Then, I heard that you gave the order to use Sidewinder surface-to-air missiles to intercept the opponent, but then the opponent ran away."
The middle-aged man in the first position on the left looked expressionless when he heard this. He had the rank of senior colonel of the North American military system on his shoulders.
"Maybe the missile is in disrepair."
The white-bearded old man spread his hands, "You should know that as time goes by, there will be fewer and fewer living people in the world. The North American government was planning to take back this place, but before it started, it was attacked once The bizarre incident was so devastating that when I received the news, I almost burst out laughing."
As he spoke, the white-bearded old man changed his words, "So, nowadays we can no longer find many qualified engineers to maintain our facilities."
"But I heard that the other party is constantly trying to contact us?"
Sitting in the first row of seats on the right is a blond woman about forty years old. Although she is a woman, her eyes always emit a sharp light, and her sitting posture is the tallest among the people, and her every move is full of energy. In military style.
"Yeah, that's why I called this meeting."
The old man with a white beard bit his cigar and looked at the people at the conference table. "The origin of that aircraft is unknown, and its flying method is very similar to the hypersonic aircraft secretly studied by the government. The flying method is also the same. If it doesn't get close to us, it will It started to slow down and the craft looked almost exactly like a missile."
"But currently, it seems that there are traces of people inside the aircraft..." the white-bearded old man added.
"impossible!"
The middle-aged man in the colonel frowned and retorted, "It is impossible to fit people into an aircraft at that speed, because when such an aircraft flies, it is enough to generate a gravity acceleration of more than ten G. Under this force, the pilot's brain They will all be thrown away!"
"Maybe the aircraft has a unique buffering and damping system?"
The blonde woman retorted, and then she looked at the old man, "But now is not the time to talk about this. I want to know what exactly the other party sent?"
"Joan, you are still so impatient."
The old man with the white beard burst into laughter, and then he clapped his hands gently, and immediately several of his subordinates walked into the conference room and simultaneously sent a report to everyone at the conference table.
"This is the entire record of previous encounters."
After everyone received the report, the old man continued, "As you can see, the other party asked us on the radio why we opened fire without warning, and kept asking to speak to the person in charge of the military base."
"Aren't you going to answer?"
The middle-aged man with the rank of colonel asked, "It's not clear what kind of force the other party is. Maybe they are not government forces, but this aircraft..."
As he spoke, the middle-aged man looked at the black and white image in the report, "General Cary, are you sure this aircraft is not a car that was confused?"
After hearing this, everyone looked at it one after another, and saw that the illustrations in the report were not high pixels, and they were in black and white, so they could only see a vague pattern, but this pattern looked like a car flying in the sky. , the only difference is that there are two more aircraft engines at the tail.
"If a car can fly in the sky at several Mach speeds, maybe I'm really confused."
The old man known as General Cary sneered, "I did think it was the remnants of the government army at first, but after the opponent dodged the missile, I realized that it didn't seem to be the case, but the opponent's identity was still very suspicious. After all, before the end of the world, I have never heard of any continent or country that has developed such an advanced aircraft, and even if we communicate with the other party, what benefits can we gain?"
As he said that, the old man chuckled, "And the other party's purpose can probably be guessed, that is for our special underground shelter. Do you want to give up part of the shelter's quota to this group of people? Can you? A refuge from strange events..."
Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed, and some people who originally looked a little shaken also stopped thinking.
Indeed, there are only a few dozen people in the underground shelter. Once the number of people is exceeded, water circulation and food production will be seriously insufficient, and the circulation of resources will be seriously damaged, thus increasing the number of times the underground shelter must be opened to replenish supplies from the outside. .
You know, the world is full of that kind of ghost stuff now. God knows when you open the door of the shelter, there will be that kind of ghost thing sneaking in.
And once an infectious and strange incident is mixed in, the safest shelter in the world will instantly turn into the most desperate hell on earth...
Thinking of this, although everyone was eager to contact the outside world, they finally gave up the idea of contacting the outside world.
"I think everyone seems to have their own ideas, so let's vote to resolve it."
The white-bearded old man known as General Cary glanced at everyone and guessed everyone's thoughts. He said again, "My suggestion is, say more to avoid making mistakes, and say less to avoid mistakes. The other side has taken away our refuge, and we should not have any response to the outside world. If the other side dares to continue to break in, we will shoot them away with missiles! Who is in favor and who is against?"
"… agree!"
The middle-aged man's expression darkened, he sighed, and then he was the first to speak.
"Seconded."
The blond woman opposite also nodded.
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
…
However, this group of people did not know that while they were conducting a collective vote, four completely transparent and almost silent drones were already flying from a distance, flying at a low altitude of 80 kilometers per hour. Entered the military base.
As soon as the four aircraft entered, they immediately spread out and slowly scanned everything in the entire base.
"A-1 found no trace of life..."
"A-2 found no trace of life..."
"A-3 and A-4 also found nothing..."
Half an hour later, Chen Chen received all the messages from the four drones, "Your Majesty Commander, all the warehouses and buildings in the military base have been cleared, and no signs of life have been found. From here, this The military base appears to have been abandoned for a long time."
"But there's no way an abandoned military base can attack us, right?"
Chen Chen asked back, "Obviously, the buildings on the surface are just a cover. The real military base should be underground."
"I think so too."
X-112 replied.
"Has the Black Knight arrived?" Chen Chen asked instead.
"We just arrived, but if even the drone can't find any traces, it might be difficult to find the underground entrance with the Black Knight alone."
"It doesn't matter even if we can't find the entrance. We can follow the other party's cables and lines to find it. The other party won't even hide the lines."
Chen Chen thought for a while, "And as long as you find the cable, can't you hack in?"
"indeed."
As one person and one computer AI talked, Yashenji on the side also understood a little bit. He was a little surprised in his heart that X-112 was almost as intelligent as an ordinary person, and said, "Your Excellency Chen Chen, according to your method, I I also thought of a way, I wonder if you are interested."
Chen Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard this and turned around, "Tell me about it."
"Among the information you obtained, there is a Basilisk pattern named 'Filthy'. If we use your artificial intelligence to invade this pattern into the other party's main control system, then we can eliminate the other party without any effort. At that time, the entire military base will be in our possession!"
Chen Chen smiled immediately after hearing this, "It's a good idea, but it would be terrible if this underground base has a self-destruct system."
Yagami Temple was startled at this moment. Indeed, if there is a self-destruction system in the underground base, if the people inside lose all hope, they may start the self-destruction program with the mentality of sharing the same fate. Even though they have defeated the other side, But I can't get what I deserve.
"Sorry, I was wrong."
Yagamiji lowered his head and said.
"It doesn't matter, your idea is actually a good strategy."
Chen Chen waved his hand, "It's just that what I want is not just an underground base, but something else..."