Metierin, who was fighting with Wein in the gravity training room, sneezed. Within three seconds, she was knocked to the ground by Wein's sweeping leg.
She slapped the floor angrily, "Someone must be scolding me on purpose!"
Weiyin laughed: "You should reflect on yourself!"
She simply didn't get up after falling to the ground. Mei Jie Lin's princess cut was soaked with sweat, without any beauty. She changed her posture, lying flat on the floor of the training room, catching her breath: "Hey, I told you the news just now, and you didn't even respond?"
Du Shang threw away the dumbbells, patted his palms, and came over to lie in a row with them: "What kind of reaction should I have? Anyone with eyes can see that there is a problem! Not to mention the military jacket, even in every meeting, consciously or unconsciously, do you know how many times the commander has to look at Qi Yan?"
Mei Jielin became interested: "I haven't really counted them!"
"… I haven't counted them either," Du Shang turned his gaze towards Long Xiyun, "Have you counted them?"
Long Xiyun counted: "The strategic meeting to fight Donald Trump, I watched it once every minute and fifty-three seconds on average."
"So often?" Mei Jie Lin sighed, "Tsk tsk, the commander-in-chief looked over there and he didn't have the problem of squinting!"
DUCHAMP: That’s the point
Mei Jie Lin thought again: "Long Xiyun, do you know what Qi Yan's identity is? From what Vincent said, the term 'intern consultant' must be a bluff to make it easier for Qi Yan to move around the command ship. He acted according to orders and even did not avoid Qi Yan during combat meetings. Qi Yan must have another identity!"
"I don't know." Long Xiyun said calmly, "I only know that Lorenz from the technical department thinks Qiyan is smarter than him, and he wanted to guard Qiyan's door every day, but was forced back by the commander."
Mei Jielin raised her voice and said, "Lorenz? Lorenz is already the smartest person in our expeditionary force! Where did the commander find this little genius?"
Seeing the three of them lying in a row on the floor, Long Xiyun kicked Du Shang, who was at the edge, and said, "You look like turkeys on a skewer. Get up and fight again. After that, I'm going to take the others to the simulated battlefield for training."
Du Shang jumped up and said, "Okay, I'll go train people after the fight! Let's arrange a mock fight later?"
Long Xiyun nodded: "Yes."
Two days later, the "Clairvoyance" interference frequency of the Qi Yan architecture took shape.
"General, do you remember the White Falcon?"
Of course Lu Fenghan remembered.
Almost every Alliance soldier on a mission would be equipped with it, because it could break through the rebels' video jammers, and the Alliance's video shielding system was ineffective. When in Leto, the Qi family celebrated Jiang Qi's admission to Turan College at the banquet, and the "White Falcon" played a small role.
"The interference frequency and the White Falcon and the rebels' video jammers have the same theoretical logic." Qi Yan abandoned all professional terms and tried to keep it simple and straightforward. "To block the video function, we emit interference waves, which makes the recorded images blank. The interference frequency also emits interference waves, but it replaces the images recorded by Clairvoyance with the images we pre-designed for the enemy to see."
There were people sitting in a circle around the conference table, including Mei Jielin and the others. Although they all had to be taken back to the First Military Academy for retraining due to the way they were sitting, they all listened very attentively.
Qi Yan provides the technology and they are responsible for figuring out how to use it.
The environment in space is complex and the range is beyond the reach of human eyes. Radar detection systems and remote monitors are two pairs of "eyes".
The radar detection system can identify that a high-speed energy body is approaching within a certain range, but it can only determine the number and location. The long-range monitoring device, also known as the "clairvoyance", can use the images sent back to determine whether the attacking starship is a main ship or a medium-sized ship, what its model is, and how its weapons are configured.
Mei Jielin slapped the table with her hand. "This is a cheat! Suppose I send ten medium-sized ships over there, and the rebels see the picture sent back by the clairvoyance - Hey, a bunch of shrimps are coming, aren't they just ten miniature ships? Come on, send ten small ships to meet the enemy!"
Du Shang continued, "If we do this a few more times, when we really send out ten miniature ships, they won't know the truth and will think we are still using the same tactics as before. They will still cautiously send out medium-sized ships to meet the enemy!"
The more Mei Jielin thought about it, the more excited she became. "We can also use small ships to disguise the main ship! Let the rebels think that our main ship has reached coordinate A. When they come out in full force, we can drive the main ship to attack from behind! Ah, it's so fun to deceive the rebels!"
Long Xiyun: "All is fair in war. It doesn't matter if you can't disguise for a long time. The most deceptive thing is to be true and false."
Seeing that Qi Yan was interested, Lu Fenghan tolerated them and let them discuss for a while. When Mei Jielin was so excited that one foot was about to step on the table, he bent his knuckles and knocked on the table: "That's it."
The command room immediately fell silent.
Qi Yan said: "It is only the preliminary stage now, I need to test the effect."
Mei Jielin snapped her fingers: "No problem! We will listen to you!"
Prayer: "Thank you."
Dushan asked, "Does it have a name? Ever since the Y-God, it seems that all new things have a formal name."
Qi Yan replied: "Yes, the general named it 'Mirage'."
After spending half a day testing and confirming that the interference frequency did have a good effect, Qi Yan began to organize the test data and modify some of the details.
Metierin and the others excitedly opened the star map and began to discuss tactics, preparing to use the rebel Eighth Legion as little frogs for their experiments.
Newly developed things are mostly time-sensitive. The first few times they are used, they often have amazing effects, but after a few uses, the effects will be discounted to a certain extent.
After all, the rebels will not just sit there and take the beating, they will review and study the situation, and be able to crack it or come up with a strategy to deal with it.
For example, the new detection system "Wind Catching" brought by Qi Yan almost blew away the rebels' spirits in the first two battles. But later, the rebels gained experience and it didn't matter if they couldn't crack it, but they could strengthen the defense level of the starship.
After a period of time, the ambush effect will be reduced accordingly.
Therefore, "Mirage" should naturally be used at the most appropriate time, unexpectedly, to maximize its value.
Qi Yan didn't know whether Mei Jielin and the others had come to an agreement. He sat in the equipment room for several hours.
Pinching his brows, Qi Yan asked Po Jun about the current time, only to find out that it was already one o'clock in the morning.
"Is the General asleep?"
Po Jun replied: "Not yet."
Qi Yan exited the program, turned off the computer, stood up and walked out. I don't know if it's because I sat for too long without moving, but my fingers are cold.
Perhaps he had come out of his work state and regained his composure, so he took two steps and then quickened his pace.
This feeling of wanting to see someone faster should be - eager.
The metal door of the equipment room slid open, Qi Yan took a step forward and stopped immediately.
It was already night, and the lights in the passage were turned to the dimmest level to simulate the night, with indicator lights flickering faintly on the metal walls.
At the corner, next to a porthole, stood a figure, with his back to the camera, wearing a standard shirt, and standing tall, like a blade unsheathed.
There was a faint smell of cigarette smoke in the air. Qi Yan remembered that he had tasted this smell in Leto's cafe.
"General."
Lu Fenghan turned around, revealing a handsome and tough face. His tense jawline suddenly relaxed, and a smile naturally appeared at the corner of his lips: "Yeah."
As the other party came over, Qi Yan also quickly stood beside Lu Fenghan: "You haven't slept yet? Po Jun said it's past one in the morning."
Lu Fenghan: "My sleeping hours are not fixed, it usually depends on the situation."
Qi Yan was curious: "What's going on?"
"Your situation."
Lu Fenghan pinched Qi Yan's cheek and asked, "Are you tired?"
Qi Yan shook his head: "Not tired." The figure he just saw couldn't be shaken off from his mind, so he asked, "Did you smoke just now?"
Lu Fenghan chuckled: "Do you smell it?"
He didn't give a perfunctory answer and explained the reason. "While I was waiting for you, I spoke to General Nie. The rebels are using terror to rule Leto. The situation is at a stalemate, and many people have died quietly. Then General Nie gave me a lot of information related to the national economy and people's livelihood. I felt a little anxious, so I took two puffs of cigarette to calm down."
Qi Yan roughly understood.
He could even feel Lu Fenghan's powerlessness and irritability.
He gradually discovered that although his emotional perception had not fully recovered, making him still dull in many aspects, he was very sensitive to Lu Fenghan's emotions and could easily understand them.
Without waiting for Qi Yan's comfort, Lu Fenghan changed his tone: "But these things can't be rushed. I can't abandon the front line and lead the expeditionary force to the Central Administrative District to take Leto back."
He turned to Qi Yan, his eyes suddenly imprinted with the blade light under the moonlight: "Be patient, right?"
Qi Yan said firmly: "Yes."
He also knew that Lu Fenghan was good at restraint and self-reflection, and he just needed an answer when he was upset.
Two steps slower, Qi Yan touched the back of Lu Fenghan's hand.
Just as he thought, Lu Fenghan unceremoniously held his hand with his backhand: "Why is it so cold?"
The prayer went unanswered.
He wanted to comfort him.
However, it was just a simple action, and he subconsciously analyzed his emotions—
Nervous, anxious, happy...
Many kinds of emotions emerged from the bottom of my heart because of this touch.
Lu Fenghan remembered Eliza's instructions and recalled what happened today: "When you listened to Mei Jielin and the others discussing the tactics of cheating people, you might have felt curious and interested. When they listened to you explaining 'Mirage', they felt admiration, recognition, expectation, and excitement. Wei Yin lost the argument with Mei Jielin, and he was very disappointed. When Du Shang mentioned the nutrient, he was bored and disgusted. When you saw the test results in the afternoon, you were satisfied..."
This method allows Qi Yan to match the images in his memory, people's facial expressions and tones with corresponding emotions.
No one knows whether it is useful or necessary.
But no matter whether it is useful or not, Lu Fenghan is willing to give it a try.
It was just because when Mei Jielin and a few others were chatting, Qi Yan's eyes would occasionally reveal a fleeting look of confusion, as if he couldn't understand the changes in their expressions and tones.
Qi Yan listened carefully and suddenly asked, "What are the general's feelings towards me?"
Lu Fenghan thought, there are too many answers.
They are even intertwined and cannot be distinguished at all.
If we analyze the brightest flame in my heart right now, it should be—
eager.