Mountains and seas have a home

Chapter 123 Revenge Realm

Li Chongyan just came out of the conference room of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, followed by senior leaders and researchers, but they generally had little communication after they got off the conference table.Li Chongyan walked out of the door of the building, the secretary put a coat and scarf on him, and it was snowing in Jiuquan.

Someone proposed to have a drink, but Li Chongyan politely refused, and they exchanged a few words at the entrance of the building, and then dispersed.Li Chongyan handed the document package in his hand to the secretary, raised his hand to check the time, it was 7:26 in the evening, the meeting lasted all afternoon, and he missed dinner.

The satellite launch center was built in a deserted place. Li Chongyan stood in the open space and smoked a cigarette. He stepped on the snow under his feet. He didn't open an umbrella, and the snowflakes melted into his silver-white hair.The wind is strong in the wilderness, and the sound of the wind is like reeds passing through the south of the Yangtze River, beating on the barren land in Northwest China.

Li Chongyan is not in Gansu now. The land under his feet belongs to the southwest of Ejina Banner of Alxa League in Inner Mongolia, at the foot of Bayinbaogede Mountain. This is the core area of ​​the launch center. The towering launch tower stands in the gray snow.

The secretary bought him coffee, vanilla chocolate, and a strong aroma of hot chocolate floated in the calm air.Li Chongyan sniffed it, and joked with a smile: "I still drink this at my age, and my blood sugar is getting higher and higher."

He teased, but opened the quilt and took a sip, which slightly eased the regret of missing dinner, and finally felt warm in his stomach.He wrapped his scarf tightly, waved his hand to signal the secretary to back down, took out his mobile phone and walked aside to make a call, calling Fu Yangxia.

"Hey, old Fu, are you okay?" Li Chongyan asked, he walked slowly on the edge of the snow, the smell of vanilla gave him a spring-like warm breath.

Fu Yangxia was facing the computer. He looked a little tired. There was his military cap on the table next to him, and he supported the chair to answer the phone: "I'm fine. This New Year is nothing interesting. It's the same as usual. How about you? Satellite How's the matter?"

"What else, it's not like that. We had a meeting today, and it's just finished. The project is still under construction, and a lot of materials are being shipped in from other companies. We discussed the modification of the particle accelerator, you know, this thing Really nerve-wracking."

Fu Yangxia smiled lowly, and Li Chongyan also laughed. He stood still in front of a cluster of bright green grass and looked up at the sky. He had never felt that the sky was so vast and far away.The coffee is quite cold, so drink it quickly.

"The process is going to speed up. They are always so slow in doing things. I don't know how many things have been missed. I won't mention the things back then. It's really disappointing." Fu Yangxia turned the pen in his hand, "The coordinate instrument It has already entered the mountains, and what should come will always come."

Li Chongyan raised his eyebrows, glanced at the grass that was still green in the ice and snow, turned and walked back: "You said they have already entered? It seems that the mission went well. Some materials can be destroyed, such as the power of attorney issued by the United Nations."

They spoke lightly, with no ups and downs in their accents. Fu Yangxia occasionally joked a few words, but most of the time, the atmosphere was dull.Fu Yangxia didn't answer the call, and tapped on the desktop with the tip of a pen. On the screen in front of him was the cover of the United Nations authorization letter.

Li Chongyan's slightly smiling voice came from the phone: "Old Fu? Why don't you speak anymore? Could it be that you plan to store the power of attorney on the network in Melbourne? But I don't think you will do that."

Fu Yangxia bit his back teeth, lowered his eyes and pretended to be relaxed and replied: "Of course not, it's meaningless for me to do this, Lao Li."

After pondering for a long time, Fu Yangxia exited the interface, connected to another network, and pressed the "OK" button.The jumping-out progress box flashed numbers, and Fu Yangxia quietly watched the numbers go up, then pulled out the memory and put it into an envelope.

In the end, he deleted all the information about the power of attorney and handed it over to Li Chongyan for review.Fu Yangxia leaned on the chair, raised his hand to press the center of his eyebrows, the cloud between his eyebrows lingered.

In the Greater Khingan Mountains in the northeast, Bailu Island in Moerdaoga National Forest Park, Bai Zhu took the elevator down to a certain floor of the Baijia underground city. After the door slammed, she walked into the morgue.The room was lit with white lights, and the temperature was so low that a layer of ice formed on the walls.

She walked in with her assistant. Bai Zhu often wore a black overcoat with a small cap on his head. This was the usual attire of the Bai family.The assistant opened the refrigerator and pulled the corpse out. Bai Zhu took the paper handed over from the side and put it next to the corpse for comparison.

"This is the information retrieved from Yancheng Prison." The assistant said, "Everyone's information has been searched. We have found the file about that mission, as well as the personnel who performed the mission. There are not many corpses preserved here. One, named Zhao Pei, is this person."

"Zhao Pei did inexplicably appear at the gate of the prison. He was still alive at that time. But he died because of a sudden cardiac arrest. Our informant Mr. Sun can testify, and the doctors at Li Huili Hospital can testify."

The assistant pulled out another stack of papers from the file folder, and handed it to Bai Zhu, who took it over and browsed it, especially staying on the photos for a long time.Finally, she pointed to the "Status" column and said, "Why is it still written that he is alive?"

"During the last video call between the prison and the arrest team, Zhao Pei appeared in the video." The assistant said, looking into Bai Zhu's eyes, but fortunately, the lady didn't show any expression.

Bai Zhu tightly grasped the edge of the paper with her gloved fingers, and the corners of her tensed mouth looked very much like Ji Yao.Genes have been passed down from generation to generation. Ji Yao's facial features are like his father's, and his expression is like his mother's. From his mother's line, he got a pair of strict and gentle long eyebrows.

There was absolute silence in the morgue, and the cold air from the refrigerator gradually filled the whole room. Several assistants were wearing woolen coats, but they still couldn't resist the cold.Bai Zhu stood beside the corpse, her eyes wandering repeatedly on the paper.

Suddenly there was a clanging sound, and everyone was startled. Looking up, it turned out that it was a metal ID card hanging in the corner.

Bai Zhu stared at the sign for a while, put away the document paper, and clasped it in the palm of her hand. She glanced coldly at the pale face of the corpse, and said with sharp and stiff lips shaped by lipstick: "I want to go to Yanzhou in person. city ​​jail."

Walking to the corridor outside, Bai Zhu wiped the railing and walked up the stairs. She looked down and saw the abyss below, and the dug-out hole wall was inlaid with lights.There seems to be some kind of monster hidden in the place below, and a huge black and white double-winged logo can be vaguely seen.

Bai Zhu stopped suddenly, leaning on the railing to look down, her eyes never leaving the strange and sacred totem: "How is the situation down there?"

The assistant stepped forward and replied: "The situation is good, but it will take a little time before it is completely successful."

"I'm running out of time!" Bai Zhu's voice suddenly became severe, "If the people below can't do it, kill them and find another one. You know, our time... is really running out."

The assistant was startled, and he followed Bai Zhu through the hurried spiral corridor, raised his wrist to look at the time, and counted the ticking seconds.

Li Chongyan's car stopped in front of an ordinary house fifteen kilometers away from the launch center. The house was a privately built Western-style building with two floors.

The mother invited by the owner of the house came to open the door for Li Chongyan, and took away the bag and coat in his hand.As soon as Li Chongyan entered the house, he felt an atmosphere of elite scholars coming from inside, because the wall of the living room on the first floor was not hung with bearskin antlers, but a huge sheet of paper for calculating the orbits of celestial bodies.

There are books and messy papers piled up on the old pear wood coffee table, and no one has tidied them up. There is an open space in the middle, and a book is spread out. This is not a cutting-edge scientific work, but an old philosophy book "The World as Will and Representation".

It seems that this is the book the master has been reading recently.Li Chongyan also noticed that there was a separate copy of "A Brief History of Time" in the corner of the coffee table. Judging from the style of the cover, it should be a children's edition.

"It's a bit messy here. Mrs. Xiao won't let me touch the things here." Mama smiled embarrassedly, poured hot tea for Li Chongyan, and brought out the prepared meals. Madam called down, she is doing academic research."

Just as Mu Ma finished speaking, she was about to go upstairs when footsteps were heard on the stairs. It seemed that someone had come down.Li Chongyan turned his head and saw a lady coming down the stairs. The lady was about the same age as him, with gray hair and glasses.

"Sister." Li Chongyan got up and walked over. Mrs. Xiao just stepped down the bottom step of the stairs, and they hugged politely.

Unlike Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Xiao's surname is not Xiao. Her surname is Li. She is Li Chongyan's older sister, but she is married to a husband surnamed Xiao. Outsiders call her Mrs. Xiao.But Mrs. Shaw is now a widow—her husband died more than ten years ago.

"Haven't you eaten yet? I haven't prepared anything good here. You can eat whatever you want." Mrs. Xiao said. She was short and thin, and her thin fingers kept tightly clutching the fringed shawl on her body, and she also had a pen. .

"I finally came to my sister's house once, and I was afraid of being abrupt. I didn't expect my sister to leave food for me." Li Chongyan laughed. He sat down at the dining table and scooped a bowl of soup into the bowl.

Mrs. Xiao raised her eyelids and glanced at Li Chongyan from above the glasses, and sat down on the sofa beside her with a gentle smile. She took out a piece of manuscript paper from a pile of books, and began to calculate on it with the pen in her hand.

It only took Li Chongyan a few minutes to eat, and he was almost half full, so he put down his chopsticks.Mother put the dishes away in the kitchen, Li Chongyan wiped his hands, went to sit down beside Mrs. Xiao, and watched her draw a lot of ellipses on the paper, which were the trajectory of particles.

"I heard that you came to the launch center in the morning. Why did you only think of coming to me now?" Mrs. Xiao pushed her glasses, her face was full of wrinkles. She is an expert in aerospace nuclear energy research. Surrounded by radioactive particles, her aging was accelerated.

"I've been in meetings since I came here. You know, there's a project where I'm an inspector. I have to go and find out the situation." Li Chongyan said, holding his fingers and looking around the room.

Mrs. Xiao was unmoved, she still didn't stop counting, and said with a smile: "Okay, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, so we won't talk about work today. Your job is not easy, it's really not easy. Fortunately, I am an expert in the R&D team and can help you."

Li Chongyan didn't speak, and remained silent.When Mrs. Xiao looked up at him, she noticed that Li Chongyan's eyes fell on "A Brief History of Time" in the corner of the coffee table.

Mrs. Xiao stopped writing and reached out to take the book.She was not in good health and her movements were trembling. Li Chongyan reached out to help her.Mrs. Xiao touched the cover of the book, with a smile on her old face: "This is Zhuo Ming's favorite reading when she was a child. After she was forcibly taken to Beijing, I kept this book. Thinking about it, I would Haven't seen her in 16 years."

"She's fine now." Li Chongyan said, clutching a hot teacup, "She just graduated from the best medical university, and entered the medical team of the 'backtracking' plan. She is a very good medical team member."

Hearing this, Mrs. Xiao finally had a relaxed expression.She is engaged in state secret work, and all she touches are state secrets. This house is allocated by the state, and there are cameras everywhere. Even the clumsy mother is also sent by the state to monitor.Mrs. Xiao naturally knew this, but she didn't have the energy to take care of these things, so everyone just made do.

Because of the special nature of his work, Xiao Zhuoming will be forcibly taken away by the state when he reaches a certain age, usually to Beijing.The government will cultivate these children who are forcibly taken away, and they will be elites, no matter what field they are in.

This series of relationships is full of contradictions, but also inexplicably harmonious. Life is so helpless, it's sad to think about it, but you have to face it.

"It's hard work for you to take care of Zhuo Ming. She probably still doesn't know that her father is dead. To be honest, sometimes we old people do really disgraceful things." Mrs. Xiao said, she put the book in front of her on the coffee table.

Li Chongyan shook the teacup, didn't drink it, just shook it slowly, and said: "I will take good care of her, after all, I am her uncle. I express regret about Xiao Erhuai's death, but a junior like Zhuo Ming, There's no need to know."

There is no need to impose the grievances of the older generation on the younger generation, and the younger generations don't have to suffer the sufferings of the older generation.

However, Li Chongyan didn't say this sentence. He pondered over and over in his heart, rubbing his thumb against the edge of the cup.Mrs. Xiao started to study academics again, the living room was terribly silent, and Li Chongyan heard the sound of clocks moving.

He suddenly felt flustered, or rather, it was a kind of guilt.But after a few seconds, this feeling of guilt was replaced by another emotion, anger and hatred.After sitting for a while, he got up to say goodbye, put on his coat and left his sister's residence.

When he stood under the boundless sky and watched the snowflakes fall continuously, he suddenly thought of those few people who were still on the earth 46 billion years ago.The suffering suffered by the predecessors, the future generations do not have to suffer again?maybe.

Hate never ends, and it is ourselves who turn into ashes and bones in the endless revenge.

The hour hand made another complete circle, and the day and night on the plateau passed like a dream.It was already late at night on the third day. They passed through Lazi to Sangsang, and the convoy stopped beside the road in Sangsang County. There was a small town next to it, and flags were hung on the watchtowers.

He Luan finally woke up from a shallow coma. He had a very deep dream, and there was nothing in the dream.When I woke up, there was no one in the car, but the door of the car was open. I looked up and found that I was lying on someone's lap, with a down jacket under my body.

"Are you awake?" Someone whispered in his ear, and then put his hands behind his back to help himself up.He Luan saw Chen Wei's face clearly, was stunned for a while, and then reached out to hug him.

Chen Wei grinned, kissed He Luan quietly on the mouth, and then wrapped him tightly with a down jacket: "How is your body? Is there any other discomfort? You have been sleeping for a day and a night, and you can't wake up no matter how you scream. "

He Luan shook his head, saying that he was fine, and Chen Wei was relieved.He Luan peeked out the window and asked, "Where are we? Where did everyone in the car go?"

"This town is called Sangsang, an ordinary town. It is said that we will rest here today, and we will open another day tomorrow. After passing the Saga military station for border inspection, we will really enter the no-man's land." Chen Wei told He Luan With her hair combed neatly, she pointed to the door, "Everyone has gone to the town, and they are resting anyway, so let's go for a stroll and have something to eat."

"Why aren't you with them?"

Chen Wei touched He Luan's face and said, "I want to accompany you, who will be your pillow when I leave?"

He Luan suddenly laughed, wrapped his clothes and rubbed Chen Wei's nose, then buried his head in his neck.Chen Wei was itchy from being rubbed by his hair, wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh out loud, his stomach twitched from laughing.

When they got out of the car, the cold air outside made people's noses sore, the rolling hills were covered with ridged snow, the skyline of the plateau was farther than the ocean, and the clouds were gray in the dark, just above their heads, as if they could be touched by raising their hands .

There are a few people in the small town, and it is a bit lively. Local Tibetan vendors in the market are selling handicrafts, and the smell of roast beef comes from the alley.He Luan said that he didn't want to go to crowded places, and when he saw Teacher Jiangqu smoking in front of the car, he went to sit with him.

He Luan asked Chen Wei to buy some food, and specifically told him to buy roast beef.Chen Wei went away with his hands in his arms. He Luan watched him disappear into the crowd, and then turned his head to look at the mountain ridge and the river in silence.

"Teacher." He Luan spoke first, "What happened to that monster behind the car? Did it kill the soldier?"

Jiangqu took the cigarette out of his mouth, exhaled, and the smoke drifted into the air. He brushed the cigarette butt, and nodded lightly: "It's a snake, a snake with claws. It runs in Xinzang, Sichuan, Tibet, etc. Everyone on the Qinghai-Tibet line knows that driving late at night is the easiest way to encounter such monsters."

He Luan found it unbelievable: "What kind of snake has claws? I'm afraid it's not a lizard."

"It's not a lizard." Jiang Qu shook his head, squinted his eyes and coughed softly, "It's a snake. I've seen that thing with horns on its head. We all call it 'creeping dragon'. I have killed many reptiles."

"Why did it climb into the car and follow us? Did it kill the soldier?"

"The monster gets on the car, and the drivers who run the plateau long-distance line know it. The monster on the car may not necessarily be a dragon, but it may be a rabbit, a fox, a snow wolf, or a ghost that you can't name. If you don't Get rid of it and wait to die on the road."

"How do I get rid of it?"

"If you encounter it on the highway, turn off the lights and turn off the highway. The monster cannot leave the highway. If you encounter it on the ordinary road, find a nearby town with people to spend the night and leave the next day."

He Luan understood the reason why the convoy immediately turned to the Shigatse highway exit, and the lights of the cars behind were also turned off.

"Did it kill that soldier?" He Luan asked this question for the third time.

Jiang Qu didn't answer He Luan's question immediately this time. He propped his knees and looked at the mountains behind the smoke from a distance, not knowing where he was looking.After a long time, Jiang Qu said quietly: "Well, it killed it. The dragon crawler is different from other monsters. As long as he gets on the car, he will follow you all the time. You can't see him, but he is everywhere .”

He Luan's back felt cold, and he thought of the horrible and distorted face outside the rear window, as well as the disgusting neck that kept twisting.Suddenly, he felt a gaze staring at him from behind, and suddenly turned around, only to see Chen Wei walking towards him with a warm meal in his arms.

Suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and when his heartbeat calmed down, he let out a breath of relief.

Du Yu and Shang Pu also happened to pass by, and they went to take a few photos, beckoned to sit down beside Teacher Jiangqu, and stretched their legs to look at the photos in the camera.Chen Wei took the roast beef out of the bag, and divided a little for each person, which happened to be clean.

He Luan stopped asking Jiang Qu questions, Chen Wei suddenly put the roast beef to He Luan's mouth, and fed him a mouthful.The five people sat side by side and gnawed on the bones of the beef, teasing and wrangling, and the aroma of beef soon wafted through the streets of Sangsang.

At this time, a few dusty wild rabbits ran past the car, and would not leave when they saw anyone, but just squatted in front of the car.Seeing the cuteness of the rabbit, Du Yu was about to go up to tease him, but Jiang Qu grabbed him and told him to sit properly and not move around.

Jiang Qu took out the purse from his pocket, took out a few tickets, and threw them to the rabbit in front of him.Tickets were scattered on the road one after another, and passers-by would not pick them up if they saw them.

As soon as the banknotes landed, several smaller rabbits hopped away and disappeared down the slope.There is also the biggest rabbit lying in the middle of the road, which just refuses to go.Jiangqu took out some red notes from the bag and sprinkled them on it, and the big rabbit left slowly.

Du Yu has never seen such a thing of throwing money casually. Teacher Jiang Qu is really a person, throwing more than a dozen bills without batting an eye.He was dumbfounded, and asked nervously, "Throwing money? What do you mean?"

Everyone waited for Jiang Qu to answer. Jiang Qu put the purse back into his pocket, stood up and clapped his hands, and said, "Money for life. Small rabbits will give small money, and big rabbits will give big money. If you don't give money, no one will die." this road!"

Everyone shivered, the night was getting darker and darker, and the cold was creeping into their bones more and more.After a while, everyone returned to the car and fell asleep one after another, waiting to leave for the Saga Military Station tomorrow.

Fu Zhong turned off the computer and went out of the room. He went to the bathroom to wash his face with cold water, propped himself on the sink to look at himself in the mirror, and saw the earring on his right ear.After a moment of silence, he poured water on the mirror, turned and left the bathroom.

He checked the time and sent a few messages to Ji Yao. Ji Yao said that he was discussing with relevant experts in CUBL and couldn't leave for the time being.

In the corridor, Fu Zhong met Lin Cheng, who had just come out of the monitoring station, carrying a box, and went with him to the Geological Survey Laboratory to find Professor Geng Shuming.Professor Geng Shuming has great respect for Fu Zhong. After all, they have worked together, and Fu Zhong fought against wolves to protect them.

"Professor." Fu Zhong shook hands with Geng Shuming, "We are about to arrive at the unnamed mountain area, and the commander ordered me to take you down tomorrow to the place where the 'Bolevit' incident took place. This is Mr. Lin Cheng, Specially hired profiling experts will go with us."

Fu Zhong pointed to the busy students, assistants and draftsmen in the laboratory.

Geng Shuming shook hands with Lin Cheng and greeted him. He saw the sign hanging on Lin Cheng's neck, which was specially hired by the commander, so he was naturally very surprised.Geng Shuming understood the meaning of the commander asking them to go down, and he expressed that he was very willing to cooperate.

After Fu Zhong finished his business, he did not leave immediately. He asked Geng Shuming a question: "Professor, I would like to ask you a question, please forgive my abruptness. Did you study at H University when you were young?"