Xu Xiufeng died without warning. The entire Laoshan County has entered a state of turmoil, and the atmosphere is depressing and gloomy.
A human life occurred in a simple test flight, which gave everyone a hard blow on the head. Only then did they suddenly realize that scientific experiments can kill people.
Somehow, everyone thought of Qin Enze from before.
Wasn't he also seriously injured while studying steam engines? He was blind in his left eye and disfigured.
Science is beautiful and dangerous at the same time.
People at the Kyushu Academy of Sciences are accustomed to smooth sailing, including Li Zhen, who subconsciously feels that there is no obstacle in the world that his group cannot overcome, and no difficulty that cannot be overcome.
This kind of smooth flow has cultivated everyone's mentality of slacking off. Everyone subconsciously feels that they can create anything and everything goes smoothly.
But how can anything go smoothly all the time? This time, it was an accident and a wake-up call.
Xu Xiufeng's funeral was held very grandly, so grand that the whole country observed a moment of silence.
On the afternoon of the day when the death was confirmed, the New Kyushu government notified all regions across the country by radio and telegraph. Passed on this sad news.
The Kyushu Science and Technology Award, which was originally held on April 5th, was postponed for five days without any surprise.
But no one complained about this postponement, including the foreign scientists, who all seemed to understand and said they would definitely attend the funeral.
April 5th.
The day originally scheduled for the Jiuzhou Science and Technology Award became Xu Xiufeng's funeral.
After people loaded the coffin into the steam car, the steam car covered with white cloth made a roaring sound and drove slowly from the Kyushu Academy of Sciences to the Skydiving Mountain.
Xu Xiufeng didn't leave any last words, but everyone tacitly agreed to bury him at the Skydiving Mountain.
Because that's where his dream started.
After discovering his dream at the skydiving mountain in his sixties, from that moment on, he handed over his destiny to the blue sky and white clouds. After his death, he will set sail again from here and go to another world to continue exploring his dreams and hopes.
All the staff of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences, dressed in navy blue Mao suits, attended the event and followed the hearse slowly out of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences.
Outside the Kyushu Academy of Sciences, there was a sea of people. Common people, scientists, and people from all walks of life all stood neatly on both sides of the street. He watched the hearse slowly drive out with calm eyes.
Li Zhen walked at the front of the funeral procession of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences, with a lingering haze in his heart.
Until now, he couldn't believe that Xu Xiufeng would pass away like this, nor did he expect that this moment would come so suddenly.
There is no never-ending feast.
People will die.
Will I do the same one day
Li Zhen looked at the hearse, feeling extremely depressed. He suddenly felt a little envious of Xu Xiufeng. At least Xu Xiufeng died in his dream. He was born in aviation and died in aviation.
And what about yourself
Li Zhen was a little tired. He was afraid that one day he would die in a power struggle.
Everyone will die, either lighter than a feather or heavier than Mount Tai.
But now that he is involved in a huge whirlpool, Li Zhen really doesn't want to die in a regime change one day. That kind of death is a meaningless death.
He somewhat realized that the mysterious woman's words had meaning.
What exactly is meaningful
Probably until the last moment of his life, he was still exploring his own beliefs.
At the top of the skydiving mountain, everyone was holding Qiu Ju in their hands, looking at the coffin being slowly placed into the tomb, and silently throwing Qiu Ju into the pit. Autumn chrysanthemums covered the coffin, and then it was filled with loess.
When Li Zhen said: "Bow!"
"A moment of silence!"
Everyone faced the direction of the tomb and bowed their waists at ninety degrees, using the highest etiquette to present this previously unknown old man.
'Bang bang bang'
In the distance, soldiers fired into the sky.
After the minute of silence ended, it also meant that Xu Xiufeng disappeared from this world forever.
There will no longer be this person in this world.
All that's left are people's memories. There are only scenes in the Laoshan County Archives that were 'frozen' by skilled painters at every grand event of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences. Xu Xiufeng's figure can be vaguely found in those scenes.
Liu Jinghong burst into tears. After everyone dispersed, he lay on the tomb crying until he almost fainted.
Jiuzhou Academy of Sciences, Aeronautical Research Institute, he was once the president and Xu Xiufeng was the vice president. But in fact, Xu Xiufeng took care of many chores because Xu Xiufeng had rich experience.
But now one was missing, and Liu Jinghong felt like his heart was twisting.
He only admires one person in his life, and that is Li Zhen.
He only respected one person in his life, and that was Xu Xiufeng.
"On the road to the future, I will be the only one to move forward silently. You can no longer accompany me to continue exploring. Vice President Xu, Old Xu..."
Liu Jinghong sobbed and broke down in tears.
Everyone in the aviation academy also turned their backs and kept wiping their tears.
Li Zhen quietly left with his hands behind his back.
Standing at the foot of the mountain, I looked back.
Yellow and white paper money fluttered in the wind from the top of the mountain to the sky and the distant sea. Flying farther and farther, flying higher and higher. Getting smaller and smaller, and getting further and further away...
Under the setting sun, above the blue sea. Fly far among the turbulent waves.
At this moment, like a goshawk, he controls the blue sky.
At this moment, he looked down at the earth like a god.
At this moment, I found my destiny and died quietly in my dream.
Have a good trip, Vice President Xu.
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"What's wrong?"
Li Zhen stood on the podium of the Aviation Academy, tapping on the blackboard and asking.
A classmate from the Aviation Academy stood up: "Master Li, according to investigation and research, it was found that the transmission system that controls the wings broke first, and then the wings lost control. Therefore, the fault lies in the transmission system, and those steel wires are not strong enough. We just saw "We know how much weight the wings should bear, but ignore the steel wires that will bear the same pressure."
Li Zhen nodded: "Yes. This mistake can actually be avoided. We were too hasty. As long as we calm down and think more, we will not have such an oversight. This time it is I organized it and I reviewed it. I hope that all of us will stop being careless in the future. Scientific research is full of many unknowns and full of various variables. Any variable can cause tragedy. This This once sounded the alarm for us. I hope that from now on, black tragedies will no longer happen on this road... "
"Let's go to the end of this road together. Don't miss anyone anymore. The charm of aviation is infinite, but you must always remember the warning Xu Xiufeng gave you with his life..."
(End of chapter)