My autobiography cannot be a tragedy

Chapter 539 The Third Heat Source

The scientific revolution led to the technological revolution, the technological revolution led to the industrial revolution, and the industrial revolution profoundly influenced the entire history of human development and even changed everyone's destiny...

Manager Sun, Ning Shisan and others are just a microcosm of those affected.

The breeze created by Meng Lang, this little butterfly, is quietly influencing the direction of history of the entire world.

Even in some areas, it has swept the world with the force of thunder and lightning, sending out waves of sound that shocked the world...

"Boom~"

Amidst a huge roar, a small rocket took off into the air, rushing straight into the sky amidst the rising white smoke...

"Ascending to 50m...100m...300m...1000m...Shut down the main engine, monitoring the imbalance..."

Dozens of scientific researchers in the command center held their breath, their eyes focused only on the white arrow that was turning around and falling freely on the main monitoring screen.

"Engine re-ignition countdown... 10, 9, 8..."

As reverse thrust gas is ejected from the arrow position, the rocket's attitude is quickly adjusted.

"3...2...1! Ignite!"

"Boom!" The orange-yellow flame reignited.

"The landing posture is still being adjusted... the support frame is open..."

The rapidly falling rocket, under the effect of reverse thrust, descended slower and slower until it landed precisely at the launch point in the center of the cross star, and the reverse thrust flames were extinguished almost at the same time...

Looking at the intact, quietly standing launch pad, with only the rocket body surrounded by white mist, the command center fell into silence for several seconds...

"We...succeeded?"

Following this question that even they themselves could not believe, everyone's eyes were filled with ecstasy, and the next moment the whole audience erupted in thunderous cheers.

"Incredible, we really succeeded?"

"The recycling process is perfect, and it is almost identical to the simulation data!"

"I was so scared. I was ready for it to explode on the spot..."

"Engineer Cao, you are amazing! How did you come up with this composite algorithm for reentry trajectory constraints?"

"Lao Cao! You are really good! This time the first achievement must go to you!"

Cao Guoliang, who was surrounded by the crowd, had a wry smile on his face.

If I really had this ability, why would I show it now?
In fact, he was no less shocked than his colleagues around him.

It’s one thing to know that a technology is theoretically feasible, but it’s another thing entirely to actually see it being successfully recycled in front of you.

"Although I brought the technology back, it was not developed by our department. Well... at most it can be considered a joint research and development..."

Due to confidentiality regulations, he couldn't tell his colleagues too much and could only give vague explanations.

"Joint development? Outsourced? Who else is involved? Could it be from the three institutes?"

Cao Guoliang did not give a direct answer, but instead said it with a hint of apology.

"Everyone, after today, I'm afraid I will have to leave our institute temporarily. Not only me, but also our entire department."

Everyone was stunned.

"What? Engineer Cao, you're right, aren't you? The experiment has just been successful, and there's still so much work to do. You said you want to leave?"

"Yes, now that victory is in sight, how can the higher-ups transfer you all away? Isn't this giving up halfway?"

Cao Guoliang smiled.

"This is not a half-hearted effort. We are just going to a place where this technology can really be put to good use..."

If he had some doubts about this mission at the beginning, now he has completely "understood" the good intentions of the superiors.

Regardless of whether this technology was developed by Bai Ye Ji, a private enterprise.

But there is no doubt that this rocket recovery technology can only play its greatest role in private enterprises with flexible management models and deep participation in market competition.

My family knows their own affairs.

In terms of competitiveness, state-owned institutions like theirs cannot be compared with more flexible and autonomous private enterprises, either in terms of management system or competitiveness.

Not to mention the cost control that is crucial in commercial spaceflight.

Space Fork is already conquering the market in the front. If we really rely on them to race against time and grab market share, I'm afraid by that time the opportunity will be gone and it will be a question whether we can even enjoy the benefits.

The country provides people with money and technology, which is obviously intended to support Bai Ye Ji to compete with Space Fork Company on the other side of the ocean!

Thinking about it this way, maybe the big promises Hu Yifei made before, which he made with a big hand, weren't just empty talk?
With the full support of the country behind it, it is no wonder that Ark Holdings has obtained so many resources.

For example, our own launch site...

There was an inexplicable gleam in his eyes.

Cao Guoliang, who had no room for advancement in his original position, seemed to have made up his mind at this moment...

My career has come to an end, and I thought it would be uneventful and unknown until retirement.

But as a space researcher, who doesn’t have some feelings and doesn’t want to leave his name in the future history books of space development?

What's more...the salary they give is several times what I'm making now...

"Haha! It's not just us. Maybe before long, some of you will have to follow me too."

"Where are you guys going?"

Cao Guoliang smiled mysteriously.

"Hainan!"

……

"Success?"

Looking at the news brought by his subordinates, Mr. Hu was also very excited and couldn't help but burst into laughter and applaud on the spot.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten!

Not to mention the competition for space resources which is crucial in the intelligence war...

The success of this recycling experiment can be said to have directly solved a problem that worried Mr. Hu.

This means that the other side of the ocean, which was temporarily one step ahead, has once again been pulled to the same starting line by them!
The female officer who had always been following Mr. Hu and had a cold look on her face couldn't help but smile at this moment.

"This is also thanks to the 'reusable liquid oxygen regenerative cycle technology' and 'ultra-strong titanium alloy formula' we just obtained, which have allowed us to make rapid progress in the field of reusable aviation engines.

Otherwise, even if we solve the control problem, I'm afraid we won't be able to put rocket recovery technology into practical use so quickly."

This sentence seemed to remind Mr. Hu, and he was stunned for a moment and then fell into deep thought.

The female officer didn't know the secret, but Mr. Hu had seen the "magic bag" that Meng Lang gave him.

Only he knew that it was actually the hacker team led by the Demon Hunter that obtained these two technologies for the country!
They solved the "hardware" problem of reusable engines in one fell swoop.

Now, the demon hunters have solved the most critical "software" problem of the guidance and control system in the recycling technology for them, which is equivalent to filling in the last piece of the puzzle of this technology...

Could it be that from the very beginning, the Demon Hunter was aiming to help the country break through this key technology?
Although he is a programmer, he is determined to make up for the country's shortcomings in space development and has shown great enthusiasm for investing in commercial aerospace...

Could it be... that this is the unique feeling that tech geeks have towards the stars and the sea?

Mr. Hu looked strange.

Putting this behavior aside, the demon hunter and the mysterious organization behind him always gave him a strange feeling that they were planning something in secret.

Whether it was the rescue of Damascus a few months ago or the hacker counterattack, it seems that it is not as simple as simply serving the country.

It's more like making some kind of advance preparation for today's situation...

Accelerate the development of China's aerospace technology and destroy the mysterious organization's biochemical experimental base...

The other party's goals are gradually coming to light.

There is no doubt that behind such step-by-step actions there must be a core figure who is good at strategic layout and long-term planning!
The question is, what does this person want to do?

Is it really as they say, just to fight against the evil organization behind the welfare home?
Mr. Hu pondered for a moment.

"Xiao Chu, go prepare the plane. I need to go somewhere."

The female officer stood at attention. "Yes! Where are you going?"

"silent Hill."

Female officer: “…”

……

In a research institute with a rather creepy code name.

The little girl named Xiaoyu no longer had the calmness and composure she had when she first arrived. She overturned the plate in front of her.

Amid the clinking of plates and bowls falling to the ground, she cried out with a look of grievance on her face.

"I don't want to eat, I want to see the director's grandmother. Where did you take my director's grandmother? Why don't you let me go back to the welfare home! Woo~"

The "doctor sister" in a white coat said helplessly, asking the "nurse" beside her to pick up the things that had fallen down.

"Xiao Yu, didn't I tell you that the director's grandmother was taken back by the police for investigation because of some things.

If nothing else, she will come pick you up after a while."

“You said the same thing a few days ago, but so much time has passed and grandma still hasn’t come!

I don’t believe grandma was taken away by the police. You must be the ones who didn’t let grandma come to see me! Woo~ Woo~”

"Xiaoyu, maybe something happened over there that delayed you, so you can just stay here for a while without any worries.

How about this, I'll bring you some toys and your favorite lollipops later?"

"No! I don't want snacks, I just want my grandma... woooo~"

After a long time of coaxing and deceiving, the little girl finally stopped crying temporarily.

However, just as the medical staff left the private ward with relief, Xiaoyu's face, which had just been full of tears, gradually turned cold.

Something is wrong! Something is going wrong!
So much time has passed, but the dean still hasn't contacted me again.

Although two policemen did come and ask me a lot of questions a few days ago, it seemed that they were investigating the dean’s “child abuse case”.

But even if he was trapped by the police, with the Dean's ability, he should have been able to escape long ago...

What made her even more uneasy was that she was moved to another independent ward today!
Although it looked no different from an ordinary ward, she noticed something unusual as soon as she entered here...

Xiaoyu listened attentively, but the various noises from the outside world that were so noisy in the past were now barely perceptible.

As expected... this room has been specially soundproofed...

If I cannot receive information from the outside world, it means that I cannot transmit information to the outside world either...

Does the other party know your abilities?
Xiaoyu couldn't believe it.

But such a ward undoubtedly proves that the other party has at least learned some of our intelligence!
Could it be that the dean revealed something?
But how is this possible?
Xiaoyu, who couldn't figure out what was happening outside, became more and more anxious, and had no choice but to test the other party by crying.

However, the result is obvious, the other party is not moved at all...

"Woo woo woo~" The white-haired puppy in his arms seemed to sense his owner's mood and made an uneasy whimper.

"No! We can't wait any longer!"

Xiaoyu gritted her teeth.

……

into the night.

In a monitoring room a few hundred meters away from Xiaoyu's ward, Colonel Chu Tianchu was staring intently at the dozen or so screens in front of him.

And above, it was the ward where the little girl was, as well as real-time monitoring of all surrounding entrances and exits.

After building this special ward according to the above task requirements, the important "observation target" was immediately transferred into it.

The "Demon Hunting Team" that became the temporary guard of the institute became the "security personnel" here, responsible for the internal and external security of the institute...

"Click~" At this time, the door was opened, and a special forces member named Xiao Hei walked in and brought a cup of hot drink.

"Here, Captain, some strong tea to refresh you."

"Hmm!" Chu Tian took the teacup and took a sip, but his eyes never left the surveillance screen in the ward.

Looking at the little girl in the picture who was holding a puppy and watching cartoons, her expression was always solemn.

"Captain, we've been keeping an eye on her for several days. She looks like an ordinary, innocent little girl. Is there any need to go to so much trouble?"

"There are some things you don't understand..." Chu Tian still looked solemn.

He was one of the people who knew about the autopsy analysis reports of several listeners and the old dean.

Only then did I understand that what Ning Shisan said before was true.

The enemies they are facing are by no means ordinary people!
"Well, it looks like I have to stay up late again tonight. It's going to be hard..."

Just as Xiao Hei was complaining, a surveillance screen went dark.

It turned out that the little girl yawned and seemed to be preparing to turn off the lights and go to sleep.

Without light, the surveillance screen is naturally dark.

However, Chu Tian just tapped twice on the keyboard and the screen lit up again.

This special "ward" which costs a lot of money has more than one monitoring method, and low-light night vision device is naturally available.

Although the picture at this moment is not as high-definition as the original one, it is still possible to see the people and objects in the room clearly.

Looking at the little girl who climbed onto the bed and considerately covered her dog with a quilt, Chu Tian slowly leaned back in his chair and continued to monitor her every move.

Time passed little by little until two o'clock in the morning, and the secluded research institute became increasingly quiet.

"Ha~" Xiao Hei on the side couldn't help but yawn.

"Um?!"

However, at this moment, Chu Tian, ​​who was leaning on the chair, suddenly sat up straight, moved closer to the surveillance screen, squinted his eyes as if he wanted to see something clearly.

"What's wrong Captain?"

Xiao Hei looked at the screen with a puzzled look, but on it was a little girl sleeping quietly under a quilt, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.

"No, the target seemed to have moved just now."

Before Chu Tian became the captain of the Dragon Hunting Team, he was the best soldier in the army. Not only was he proficient in various tactics and strategies, he was also an ace sniper.

Needless to say, his eyesight is very sharp, and the slightest movement will not escape his notice.

"Maybe he just turned over, no big deal?" Xiao Hei said disapprovingly.

Chu Tian had no intention of continuing to explain. Instead, he tapped twice on the keyboard with a serious look on his face.

Therefore, the original low-light monitoring mode was instantly switched to thermal imaging mode.

Then the next moment, the two people who saw the surveillance footage were stunned at the same time.

Slowly, Xiao Hei's eyes widened in horror.

"Then...what is that?!"

Even Colonel Chu, who had been through many battles and could remain calm in the face of close-range explosions, now had a look of horror on his face.

In thermal imaging mode, several heat sources appeared in the room.

One is from the little girl, and the other is from the pet dog...

This was not what surprised them, it was what shocked and frightened the two of them.

It was between the little girl and the pet dog... a third heat source suddenly appeared!
The unidentified object connecting the two was not large, but the two noticed it at first sight.

It's nothing, it's just that it's too eye-catching in thermal imaging mode.

If the heat sources of the little girl and the pet dog are shown as a graphic of intertwined yellow and red colors.

Then this fuzzy, bifurcated strange heat source is a completely pure red highlight graphic.

This shows that the surface temperature of this unknown object is definitely higher than the body temperature of normal organisms!

If the two of them were at the scene at this time.

You will see a dark red, wriggling cluster of forked nerves in the darkness.

It was slowly entering the pet in her arms from the little girl's mouth and nose...

(End of this chapter)