Chapter 3 Chapter 2 The Laboratory in the Sky

I tried my best to calm myself down and told Zhang Jian to look at the altimeter. When Zhang Jian saw the altimeter, we were already at an altitude of 8,500 feet. Zhang Jian was speechless: "Wesley, why are you flying so high?" I let go of the steering wheel with both hands: "Look, the plane is going up automatically, and it's completely out of control!" Zhang Jian hurriedly said: "How could such a thing happen? How could such a thing happen?" I smiled bitterly and said, "I don't understand, and I don't believe that such a thing will happen, but now this impossible thing has happened."

Zhang Jian said: "Try lowering!" I shook my head and said: "I tried it, you see, according to the shape of the wing panels, we should descend, but our plane is still going up, now—" I looked at the altimeter and it was already eleven thousand feet. The highest number on the altimeter is only 12,000 feet, because this is a tourist plane and no higher altitude is needed.And the pointer on the watch immediately reached the apex. However, Zhang Jian and I could clearly feel that the plane was still going up. Zhang Jian exclaimed: "My God, where are we going to go!"

Since the altimeter has reached its peak, we no longer know what altitude we have reached.I have experienced many strange things, but the strange things I am experiencing now have opened a new page. I could only force myself to be calm: "I hope it's not God waving to us!" Zhang Jian glared at me: "Let's skydive." I glared at him: "Skydiving, jumping into the Southern Ocean at an altitude of 12,000 feet? I'd rather see what force is making our plane go up." Zhang Jian sighed. At this moment, when he looked down, he couldn't see anything.Although the weather was fine and the visibility was high, we had already flown too high, and when we looked down, we were just in a daze.

I looked up and saw a large group of white clouds in the blue sky. That big group of white clouds stopped in the sky, and our plane has quickly approached the group of white clouds. I quickly asked, "Zhang Jian, are there clouds with strong magnetism in the sky above the South Pole?" Zhang Jian said: "In my research, there has never been such a discovery." I hurriedly said: "Most of the meteorites that fall to the earth are attracted by the magnetic field of the North and South Poles. The cloud layer sucked our plane up?" Zhang Jian smiled bitterly: "It seems that there are, otherwise, how could our plane ascend automatically?"

I patted him on the shoulder: "What's the matter with you, this will be a new discovery that will shock the world, why are you dejected instead?" Zhang Jian said: "Yes, this is a new discovery, but may I ask, how do we bring this discovery to the world? The radio fails, and we leave the plane and jump, or put the discovery in a bottle and throw it down. A bottle, floated on the beach in Cannes, France, and let a sexy star in a bikini pick up the bottle?" I smiled and said, "Whatever is fine, as long as your sense of humor is not lost, there will always be hope for us."

While we were talking, the plane quickly approached the big cloud, penetrated into it, and then, suddenly, the plane jolted and came down.The plane stopped suddenly, and Zhang Jian and I felt overwhelmed.We could neither fly the plane nor open the door and jump out, and our radio was completely dead. Under such circumstances, Zhang Jian and I looked at each other, unable to speak a word. Then, something unexpected happened! We first heard the fuselage of the plane, and there was a "clank" of metal impact.Zhang Jian and I immediately followed the sound and saw a very strange thing appearing in the clouds.

When we first saw it, we couldn't name it.That's not because the shape of this thing is too weird and complicated to describe.It's that thing, very simple, it's just a metal plate the size of a mat, the color is iron blue. The metal plate moved forward along the tail of our plane, moved to the side of the door, and stopped. Zhang Jian and I were so stunned that we didn't have the strength to discuss with each other what that metal plate was! Then we hear, from one end of the metal plate, the voice of a man speaking in the most perfect English, reminiscent of "Rain in Spain..." in My Fair Lady, The voice said, "You two, please step out of the cabin and stand on this flat plate."

Both Zhang Jian and I knew that there was no one on the tablet, and the voice of people speaking was transmitted through some method. Should we obey that order? Just as we were hesitating, the voice came to our ears: "You have broken into the test area, and now you are at an altitude of 35,000 feet, you cannot go down, you must obey my orders. " A series of "you", it seems that the speaker has a good pronunciation, but his rhetorical skills are not good enough. I tried my best to gather my mind: "Okay, we can obey your orders, but first we need to understand who you are and what kind of experiment you are doing here?"

The voice said: "You don't need to understand this, all you have to do is obey my orders." Zhang Jian had a bitter face, and said in a low voice, "Why, can't we get out?" I glanced at the metal plate. "It looks like this plate is modern flying felt. Hope we don't fall." Zhang Jian hurriedly said, "Are we really going out?" I spread my hands: "Apart from going out, what else can we do? Haven't you heard? We are at an altitude of 35,000 feet, and our plane does not obey the command. We only obey his orders." Besides, is there any other way?"

Zhang Jian sighed: "What strange things will we encounter?" I shook my head and said, "I'm not a prophet, and I don't know." I walked towards the door, opened it, and the metal plate rose automatically, making it easier for us to step on it. I stood on the flat plate, but I couldn’t see anything because it was surrounded by clouds and fog, so even though I was at a high altitude, I didn’t feel afraid when I stood on such a small flat plate. Then, Zhang Jian also came out, and he held my arm. Before we had time to exchange views, the tablet had already slid forward. When we looked back, our plane had disappeared.Of course, it is possible that the plane is still parked at the old place, but we can no longer see where it is because of the dense clouds.

The plate slid forward very steadily and quickly, and after a minute it started to rise again, and then, almost suddenly, we seemed to break through something, and our eyes suddenly became clear, and we saw it again. It was unbelievable. wonders. The tablet has come to a stop, and in front of us is a fairly large flat land—I say "flat land" because it does give people the feeling of "ground", with dirt and even flowers and plants on it.In the middle of the flat land is a hexagonal house, the building looks very strange and very tall. When we looked up, we could still only see clouds, and there were clouds all around, but on this flat land, the air was refreshing and pleasant.It's as if there is a huge glass cover covering this flat land, so that it is difficult for dense clouds to invade. I tried to stretch out one foot to step on the flat ground. It was indeed flat ground, not my illusion. I stepped out of the flat plate and stood on the flat ground. Zhang Jian followed behind me. When we looked up together, we saw a door rising upwards on the ground floor of the hexagonal building, and a man walked out with open arms: "Dr. After seeing the faces of the two of you clearly, I realized that our uninvited guest is Dr. Zhang!" The man was very short in stature, wearing a rubber jacket like a diver's, and a copper cap like a gas mask on his head. Zhang Jian lost his voice: "They, it's them." I hurriedly said, "What are they?" As soon as I asked the question, I already knew what Zhang Jian's words meant.By "they" he meant, of course, the people trapped in the ice in that fantastic story he once told me. At this moment, we heard a buzzing sound, and a round thing flew out of a window of the hexagonal building. At first glance, that thing looked like a big turtle and a submarine, but it flew through the air at a very high speed. When that thing intruded into the clouds, there were a few strands of clouds floating down.Zhang Jian and I were dazzled.Zhang Jian whispered: "Wesley, do you believe it now?" The facts in front of me are so, how can I not believe it? I took a breath and said to the man in the rubber jacket and the copper mask: "I hope you are not from an alien." The short man suddenly laughed in a very weird voice, which made his gums sore and extremely uncomfortable. Compared with his correct and elegant English, he was a different person Same. I don't understand why he's laughing. Of course, there are only two possibilities for his laughing.One is that I guessed right, he is from outer space, so he smiled smugly, the other may be that I guessed completely wrong, he is just a person on earth, so I think my question is too stupid and ridiculous. It's a pity that because the sound he made was so piercing, I couldn't tell the emotion in his laughter. He laughed for a very short time, then stopped, and said in that pure English: "We don't need to discuss this issue. Since you two are here, don't panic. Dr. Zhang, we have I went to your camp to look for you, but you were not there." Zhang Jian smiled wryly, "Looking for me? Why are you looking for me?" That human said: "Our leader, during a routine inspection flight, unfortunately encountered a cloud of cold air. Before he had time to take any measures, the water-filled cold air surrounded the flying ship. A twenty-foot-thick layer of ice formed around the airship—” Zhang Jian glanced at me: "How is it?" I had nothing to say, so I just nodded. The man glanced at me, and continued: "The airship lost its ability to fly and fell into the ocean. If it wasn't for Dr. Zhang's help, our leader would have suffered misfortune." Zhang Jian hurriedly said: "So that's the case. Then, I ask you to hurry up and let our plane resume flying. I am anxious to go back to the base." The man smiled again: "After being attracted by a strong magnetic force, all the parts of your aircraft have become special magnets that are 200,000 times stronger than ordinary magnets. If we reduce the magnetic force, your aircraft will , fell straight down like an ax." Zhang Jian looked a little angry: "Oh, you broke something I borrowed." The man said: "It doesn't matter, the person who I want to lend this plane will not be offended." Zhang Jian stared: "How do you know?" The man waved his hand: "We don't need to discuss this issue, please come in and rest for a while, please?" I said coldly: "After a short rest, so what?" The man said: "Our leader will meet with the two and discuss this issue with the two." I hurriedly said again: "Who are you?" But the man didn't answer, just turned around. Zhang Jian asked loudly, "Who are you, and why do you live in the sky?" The man still didn't turn around, just said: "The place we are now is an aerial platform, the command post of the experiment we host, this is the same as your expedition team building a camp on the ice, what can we do?" Something strange?" Zhang Jian murmured: "But you are in the sky!" The man didn't make another sound. The three of us had already walked in through the door, and the door was also closed silently. Inside that door, it looked like a lobby, with no furniture at all, and the walls, floor, and ceiling on all sides were all silver-gray metal. That kind of metal looks like aluminum at first glance, but it doesn't look like it. The man said: "Please wait here." I tried my best to relax myself: "Should I just stand and wait?" The man said "Oh": "If you like, you can sit on the ground, the ground is very clean." I couldn't help but have nothing to say, and saw that person walked out through another door.As soon as the man walked away, Zhang Jian said to me: "Wesley, what should we do? Where are we?" I smiled bitterly and said: "Don't worry, I think we have to let nature take its course." Zhang Jian said: "What is here?" I whispered: "If those people are not monsters from some other planet, then they must be a secret aerial platform built by some country, and they are conducting a secret experiment." Zhang Jian lost his voice: "If this is the case, we have discovered their secret, and we must die." I nodded. "It might be, but you saved their leader!" Zhang Jian said: "I don't think it's useless. You see, the air platform is surrounded by white clouds. The air platform is at an altitude of 35,000 feet. They still cover it up so carefully, so what are they doing?" The experiment must be extremely secret, will they let us go back?" I laughed and said, "In this way, you wish they came from another planet?" Zhang Jian had a bitter face and said nothing more.I walked to the door and was about to reach out to push the door, but the door opened automatically.I checked around and couldn't find any light-controlled switches. The door opened automatically. There must be some scientific method unknown to me. I took half a step out—just half a step, which allowed me to see that there was a corridor outside the door.Immediately, two people appeared from both sides of the door.blocked my way. They are also small in stature and wear rubber jackets and brass caps similar to those worn by divers. I don't understand why people here wear such "clothes", that heavy copper mask, which seems to be used to adjust the air, but I don't understand why they adjust the air, because to me, The air on the sky platform is as fresh as the air on Riviera Beach. Those two people blocked my way and said, "Please don't come out of this door." What they speak is also very pure English. In order not to cause trouble, I returned it. Zhang Jian protested loudly: "Why can't we go out this door, are we under house arrest?" I waved to him: "Forget it, I think they are also following orders, so don't worry about it." As I said, I looked at those two people carefully. At this time, those two people were still standing side by side in front of me, only about one step away from me. At such a close distance, I can really see everything on the two of them very clearly. I tried to touch their eyes through the two round glasses on the copper mask. But I couldn't do it, because there seemed to be nothing behind the round glass.Of course not, I thought, it must be because of the strong reflection of the glass. I want to remove one of the copper masks between the two of them to see what happened. But I just thought about it and didn't do that. Because so far we've had a superficially friendly reception, and Zhang Jian has broken the ice to let their leaders go, things might be rosy, and I don't want to spoil everything. After Zhang Jian and I returned to the room, we waited for another five minutes, and the person who led us into the room came into the room again. To be honest, I really can't tell which of them is which.Because they all seem to be of the same short stature, and their clothes are exactly the same, and even their accents are the same—all of them are pure and excessive English. As soon as we saw the man walk into the room, we greeted him and asked, "How is it?" The man nodded: "Please come with me, our leader is going to meet you." Zhang Jian asked me in a low voice: "What is their leader like?" I also whispered: "I hope it's not a purple-red octopus." Zhang Jian understood what I meant, and hoped that the space platform we are on today was not built by "people" from other planets. He sighed: "I hope it is, you think, if some country sets up such an aerial platform above Antarctica, and we discover this secret..." I didn't wait for him to finish, and said, "If it's a planet, then the problem will only be worse." While we were talking in secret, we had already reached the end of the corridor. The person who led us pressed a button, and a very fantastic mirage suddenly appeared in front of our eyes. We seemed to be attracted by some force, and we took a step forward involuntarily. And after taking a step, our body was immediately surrounded by an almost yellow, extremely thick fog. At that time, our body seems to be moving by a certain force, but it doesn't seem to be moving.Zhang Jian shouted loudly: "What is this thing?" He only yelled a word, and the thick fog around us had already dissipated, and we found us, still standing at the end of the corridor, and that little man was standing beside us. I hurriedly said, "What does that fog mean?" The man said "Oh" and said: "It's nothing, it's just a normal reaction of a very high-frequency radio wave in the air." Zhang Jian said: "Then, this high-frequency radio wave Radio waves, what do you mean?" The man said: "It can detect the thoughts of the two of you and record them in the record." After hearing this, Zhang Jian and I couldn't help being even more surprised. Zhang Jian's face was very pale. Detecting a person's mind and using high-frequency radio waves seems to be something that the most scientifically advanced countries on the earth have failed to do. So, who have we fallen into? As a matter of fact, this aerial platform at an altitude of 35,000 feet, I can't see how it can stay in the air, and the clouds outside the platform are obviously artificial clouds, all of which seem to be It is not something that scientists on Earth can produce. While Zhang Jian and I looked at each other, the man pressed a button again: "Please." A door in front of us has been opened, and we bite the bullet and walked in. Inside, there is a very comfortable reception room. There is already a person sitting on a sofa. The sofa is very old-fashioned, and it doesn't look like something that should be on the sky platform. The person sitting on the sofa was flipping through some documents. When he saw us, he put down the documents, stood up, and said, "Welcome, welcome both of you,"—that's the same kind of English. I let go of the document to the man, peeked at it, and saw that it was full of inexplicable holes. I knew it was computer language, but I couldn't read them. I looked at that man again. He was a middle-aged man with a figure about my height, with gray temples, and a very solemn appearance, but he was not sharp. I smiled and said, "I finally saw a man without a mask." The middle-aged man also smiled and said, "My name is Jefferson, you can call me by my first name." I sat down on a chair: "Mr. Jefferson, we don't care what to call you, we just want to know, is there any chance for us to go back to the ground?" Jefferson shook his ruddy palm and said repeatedly: "Of course, of course." I said: "Okay, then you must have excellent means of transportation, which can take us to Dr. Zhang's base quickly." Jefferson smiled and said, "Not now, Mr. Wei." I jumped up. "I haven't told any of you my name." Jefferson raised his hand: "Don't get excited, we all know it." I couldn't understand what he meant by the phrase "we all know it". But if they have probed our minds with high-frequency radio waves and a series of computer devices, then he does "know it all." I sat down again, and Jefferson said, "First of all, please rest assured that I, like you, am a high-level creature on Earth—a human. Not a purple-red octopus." I hummed in my heart, this guy, he really knows everything, he really probed our thoughts, otherwise, how would he know that I thought he was a "purple octopus"? I said: "I am very happy to hear this. We don't want to know which country you are from and what kind of experiments you are engaged in. We are not interested in all this. If you want us to never publicize it, I and Dr. Zhang can guarantee with his personality that we will never mention our strange experience to anyone. We just want to get out of here as soon as possible!" Jefferson listened to my speech very attentively. After I finished speaking, he shook his head: "It's a pity that I have to invite you to stay here temporarily." Zhang Jian and I couldn't help but change color. I stood up: "If you say that, is it equivalent to putting us under house arrest?" Jefferson said slowly: "You two are sensible people, and you should know that over the years, there have been many plane crashes without any reason in the sky above the Antarctic!" I stared, "What do you mean by that, Your Excellency?" Jefferson still said slowly: "We do not want any outsiders to know about the experiments we are conducting. We use artificial clouds to cover up the aerial platform, so that from the outside, it is just a giant stagnant in the sky. But we have no way to hide our experiment. Although we have made precise calculations in advance to avoid being discovered by others, there will still be some planes, like yours, breaking in. Therefore, we have to use The strong magnetic radiation caused them to crash—” When Geoffrey was telling such appalling facts, his voice was still so beautiful, and this was the most unbearable thing for me. I yelled suddenly: "You shameless guy, why didn't you crash our plane and suck us up instead?" As I spoke, I took a step forward, and suddenly put my hand on Jefferson's shoulder and shook him violently.The expression on Jefferson's face was terrified, and he stepped back again and again. Suddenly, when he returned to a chair, a secret door appeared on the wall, and he had slipped in. I was still waiting to catch up, but I heard someone behind me say: "You can't be rough here." I looked back and saw Zhang Jian sitting on the sofa with a pale complexion, while two short men dressed like divers had walked in through the door we came in, and it was the two men who were talking. One of the dwarfs. I sneered: "Be violent? Who brought us here? What right do you have to keep us on this sky platform and not let us go back?" I took another stride, stepped over, grabbed one of the dwarves, and punched the dwarf on the head with my right hand. My punch was quite heavy, that's because at this time, one is because I know it's difficult to leave the platform in the air; the other is that I don't know when the matter will end, because I am very anxious. I expected this punch, although my fist would be very painful when it hit the copper mask, but it could still hit the dwarf for help. With a "bang", I punched right. At that moment, Zhang Jian suddenly screamed! I quickly turned my head to look at him, but for a while, I didn't pay attention to what was happening in front of me.