When they were only a dozen kilometers away from Area 51, there was a sudden, urgent alarm from the spaceship. At the same time, X-112 also said, "Sir Commander, there's a radar scan in the 12 o 'clock direction!"
"There's someone in Area 51?"
Chen Chen was taken aback. This was beyond his expectations. He did not expect that in a situation where human civilization was on the verge of extinction, North America still had an organized army?
"Strong continuous radar wave radiation detected. Sir Commander, we've been locked on by the Area 51 military base."
X-112 continued to warn, "The other party has no intention of communicating with us. Not only that, the omnidirectional infrared detector has detected a high-speed approaching object, suspected to be a surface-to-air missile!"
"Can we evade it?" Chen Chen asked.
"There are a total of three ways to evade it. Based on the current situation, we'll use electromagnetic shielding."
X-112 replied.
After a few seconds, X-112 spoke again, "The missile has lost its target. Sir Commander, do we continue to enter the military base?"
"Since there are people in the military base, let's forget about it."
Chen Chen thought for a while and rejected the idea. "Let's find a way to communicate with the other party and find out the truth first. If the other party isn't large, just a few hundred doomsday squads formed by a few dozen scattered soldiers occupying the military base, we'll attack directly. If the other party is an organized army, we can sit down and negotiate with them."
"Understood."
X-112 replied. After that, the spaceship turned around, flew out of the airspace of the military base, and landed on a small mound at the edge of the airspace.
As the spaceship landed, Chen Chen sent three Black Knights to inspect the surroundings. After confirming that there was no danger in this small mound, he continued to ask, "X-112, can you contact Area 51?"
"I've launched a radio message. So far, the other party hasn't answered us."
X-112 replied, "I don't know why, but the other party is very hostile toward us."
"There are only two possibilities."
Chen Chen thought for a while and said, "First, they've recognized us as an enemy and that enemy is their mortal enemy, so as soon as they saw us, they started fighting to the death.
"Second, they're showing a guilty conscience."
"Guilty conscience?"
"Because they are not the original owners of this military base, they are afraid of being driven away by the real owners, so they only think of killing each other."
Chen Chen analyzed, "In other words, it's highly likely that the troops stationed in Area 51 aren't regular troops but rebels who became independent after the collapse of the North American government. Their leaders, for the sake of their own status, are resistant to any form of official meetings. It's highly likely that we're regarded as the officials."
"Which one do you think is more likely?" X-112 asked.
"The second one."
Chen Chen thought for a moment. "In other words, the first and second reasons can be combined. Perhaps the rebels in this military base have already fought with the government, which is why they attacked us as soon as they saw us."
"Of course, it doesn't matter which one it is. What I'm really interested in is how the other party managed to avoid the strange incidents that are happening all over the world."
"Indeed, it's almost impossible to maintain an organized army during the apocalypse."
X-112 agreed. "Based on the pattern of the spread of strange incidents, the more crowded a place is, the higher the probability of transmission. It's like a contagious disease. For a military camp to become a safe haven for strange incidents, this is beyond common sense."
"Therefore, even if it's for this reason, I have to investigate."
Chen Chen nodded. "Send out the drones to investigate the situation. Anyway, there's a stealth system and low-altitude flight won't be detected by radar, so there's no need to investigate too thoroughly. It's enough to roughly determine the number of people in the military base and what kind of weapons they carry.
"We can have the Black Knights carry wireless receivers. If I can hack into the military base's network through an extension, I can instantly understand most of the situation in Area 51."
X-112 also suggested.
"Very well, then we'll carry out both plans together."
Chen Chen nodded and sent a Black Knight and four drones to the military base in the distance.
On the other side, X-112 was also constantly communicating with the other party through the radio, but no matter how much he tried, there was no reply.
At this time, in the underground of the Area 51 military base, in a specially treated underground military base, more than a dozen middle-aged men and women in military uniforms with a lazy temperament were sitting in a conference room.
There was a hint of sorrow in the eyes of this group of people. Some of them kept sighing and some seemed to be thinking, but as they thought, there was a faint flash of ruthlessness in their eyes.
Sitting at the head of the long conference table was an old man with a white beard. This old man had the rank of Major General on his shoulder. Even in the dim conference room, he wore a pair of sunglasses and had a cigar in his mouth. At this time, he suddenly said, "Don't worry.
"I believe that you've received the news as well. Just ten minutes ago, an unidentified flying object rushed straight down from the sky. It seemed to be preparing to land in our military base...
"Then, I heard that you issued an order to use the Sidewinder surface-to-air missile to intercept it, but it managed to escape."
The middle-aged man in the first seat on the left was expressionless when he heard this. He had the rank of a senior colonel in the Northern American military system on his shoulder.
"Maybe the missile has been in disrepair for a long time."
The old man with the white beard spread his hands. "You should know that as time passes, the number of living people in the world will only decrease. The Northern American government was planning to retake this place, but before they could do anything, they were hit by an A-level mysterious incident and were unable to recover. When I received this news, I almost burst out laughing."
With that, the old man with the white beard changed the topic. "So, nowadays, we can't find many qualified engineers to maintain our facilities for us."
"But I heard that the other party is constantly trying to contact us?"
Sitting in the first row on the right was a blonde woman in her forties. Although she was a woman, her eyes emitted a fierce light from time to time. She also had the straightest posture among the group, and every move she made was filled with the style of a military officer.
"Yes, that's why I called for this meeting."
The old man with the white beard bit the cigar and looked at the people at the conference table. "The origin of that aircraft is unknown, and the way it flies is very similar to the supersonic aircraft that the government has been secretly researching. If it didn't slow down as soon as it approached us, that aircraft is almost exactly the same as a missile."
"But so far, it seems that there are traces of people in the aircraft..." The old man with the white beard added.
"Impossible!"
The middle-aged colonel frowned and retorted. "There's no way that an aircraft of that speed can carry a person. When this aircraft flies, it can produce a gravitational acceleration of more than ten Gs. Under such force, the pilot's brain would be thrown out!"
"Maybe the aircraft has a unique buffer and damping system?"
The blonde woman retorted and then looked at the old man. "But now is not the time to talk about this. I want to know, what did the other party send?"
"Joan, you're still so impatient."
The old man with the white beard laughed loudly and then clapped his hands lightly. Suddenly, a few of his subordinates walked into the conference room and at the same time, sent a report to everyone at the conference table.
"This is all the records of the previous encounter."
After everyone received the report, the old man continued. "As you can see, the other party actually questioned us over the radio why we opened fire without warning, and kept asking to speak to the person in charge of the military base."
"Are you not going to answer?"
The middle-aged man with the military rank of senior colonel asked, "We still don't know who the other party is. Maybe they're not the government army, but this aircraft..."
As he said this, the middle-aged man looked at the black-and-white image in the report. "General Cary, are you sure this aircraft isn't a car that has been mixed up?"
When everyone heard this, they also looked at the image. The resolution of the image in the report was not very high, and it was in black and white, so only a blurry image could be seen. However, this image looked like a car flying in the sky, the only difference was that there were two aircraft engines at the rear.
"If a car can also fly in the sky at a speed of several Mach, then maybe I really did get mixed up."
The old man called General Cary sneered. "At first, I did think it was the remnants of the government army, but after they dodged the missiles, I realized that it didn't seem to be the case. Still, the identity of the other party is still very suspicious. After all, before the end of the world, I've never heard of any continent or country developing such an advanced aircraft. Even if we communicate with them, what benefit do we get?"
As he said this, the old man chuckled. "And we can roughly guess the purpose of the other party, that is, this special underground shelter of ours. Do you all want to give up some of the spots in the shelter to this group of people? A shelter that can isolate mysterious phenomena... "
Hearing this, everyone's expression changed. Some of the people who were originally wavering also stopped thinking about it.
It was true that the underground shelter only had a survival quota of a few dozen people. Once the quota was exceeded, the water circulation and food production would be seriously insufficient, and the circulation of resources would be seriously damaged. This would increase the number of times the underground shelter was opened to replenish resources from the outside world.
After all, the world was now full of those strange things. God knows when the door of the shelter would be opened and those things would sneak in.
Once the infectious mysterious phenomena were mixed in, the safest shelter in the world would instantly turn into the most despairing hell on earth...
With this in mind, although everyone was eager to contact the outside world, in the end, they gave up on the idea of contacting the outside world.
"I think everyone seems to have their own ideas. In that case, let's use a vote to decide."
The white-bearded old man called General Cary glanced at the crowd and almost guessed what everyone was thinking. He said again, "My suggestion is that the more you say, the more mistakes you make. To prevent the other party from taking away our shelter, we should not make any response to the outside world. If the other party dares to continue to force their way in, we'll send them flying with missiles! Who agrees and who objects? "
"... Agreed!"
The middle-aged man's expression darkened. He sighed and was the first to speak up.
"Seconded."
The blonde woman opposite him also nodded.
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
...
What this group of people did not know was that while they were voting collectively, four completely transparent and almost silent drones flew from a distance and flew into the military base at a low altitude at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
As soon as these four drones entered, they immediately scattered and slowly scanned everything in the entire base.
"A-1 found no signs of life..."
"A-2 found no signs of life..."
"A-3, A-4 also found nothing..."
Half an hour later, Chen Chen received all the information from the four drones. "Sir Commander, all the warehouses and buildings in the military base have been cleared and there are no signs of life found. From the looks of it, this military base seems to have been abandoned for a long time."
"But an abandoned military base can't attack us, right?"
Chen Chen asked rhetorically, "It's obvious that the buildings on the surface are just a cover. The real military base should be underground."
"I think so too."
X-112 replied.
"Have the Black Knights arrived?" Chen Chen asked.
"Just arrived, but if even the drones can't find any traces, it'll be difficult for the Black Knights to find the underground entrance."
"It doesn't matter even if we can't find the entrance. We can search by following the enemy's cables and lines. They can't possibly hide the lines too."
Chen Chen thought for a while. "Also, as long as we find the cables, can't you hack in?"
"Indeed."
As the man and the computer AI conversed, Yoru Kamidera also understood some of the conversation. He was a little surprised that X-112's intelligence was almost comparable to that of ordinary people. He said, "Your Excellency Chen Chen, based on your idea, I also have an idea. I don't know if you're interested."
Chen Chen raised an eyebrow when he heard this and turned his head. "Tell me about it."
"In the information you obtained, there's a Basilisk pattern called 'Filth'. If we use this pattern through your artificial intelligence to hack into the enemy's main control system, then we can easily destroy the enemy. At that time, the entire military base will be in our pocket!"
Chen Chen smiled when he heard this. "It's a good idea, but if this underground base has a self-destruct system, then it'll be terrible."
Yoru Kamidera was taken aback. Indeed, if the underground base had a self-destruct system, if the people inside lost all hope, it was very likely that they would activate the self-destruct program with the mentality of dying together with the enemy. At that time, even if they defeated the enemy, they would not get what they deserved.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong."
Yoru Kamidera bowed his head.
"It's alright, your idea is actually a good plan."
Chen Chen waved his hand. "It's just that what I want isn't just an underground base, but something else..."
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