Chapter 19 Chapter 17 The Star Wars Project

After Remus and Professor Pang left. Cao Cang walked up to Ivan silently, and Ivan took out a cigarette and waved it in front of Cao Cang.Cao Cang said that he does not smoke.Ivan lit his cigarette and smoked slowly. When Ivan smoked half of the cigarette, he suddenly asked, "Are you really the one who can go back?" "I'm not sure yet." "Then will you obey them?" Ivan was silent for a while, and then he started to talk again: "Have you heard of a plan? The American plan, a very huge plan. Yes, you must have never heard of it. The U.S. military has not made it public yet. , although they have already started, but they have not made it public."

Cao Cang knew that Ivan did not lie to him. China can plant spies in the United States, and of course the Soviet Union can too.It's just that the two countries get news from the United States, which is not the same.Thinking in another direction, of course American spies in China and the Soviet Union also obtained intelligence. The world under the Cold War appeared to be heavily fortified, but in fact the actions of all parties were still transparent.It's just that countries are pretending. "The American Star Wars program started in the 1950s." Ivan said, "When our country successfully launched the world's first artificial satellite, they launched the Star Wars program."

Cao Cang knew nothing about this plan, but the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in space is well known. The Americans came from behind and landed on the moon ahead of schedule, which seems to be part of this plan. "The Star Wars plan, announced inside the Pentagon, is to use the outer orbital space of the earth to build a space weapon system. This is a means of space defense to deal with the threat of our nuclear weapons. Laser guidance is the main technology." Yi Wan smiled and continued, "But this is just the tip of the iceberg of the Star Wars plan. The ultimate goal of this plan is to compete for extraterrestrial space."

"What does this plan have to do with our current experiment?" Cao Cang said, "This is not outer space." "But this is not the earth," Ivan said, "of course it is also part of this huge plan. The direction of the Star Wars plan is not just to compete for the space of the universe. The resources invested in the space are too huge. The limit of our national power and that of the United States has been reached. So the research direction has changed, and this is here." Cao Cang now fully understands the background of this experiment.Knowing that relying on current human science and technology to expand in outer space, the United States and the Soviet Union turned their research direction to a space independent of the earth—the alien sea.

The cost of entering the alien sea is far lower than colonizing outer space, which is obvious. When the cost of this program is greatly reduced, the threshold for participating in the experiment is also lowered.So the motherland also decided to join in. The magnetic shielding experiment of XX University and the scientific research in Lop Nur are all efforts made by the motherland.The motherland is striving to catch this last train and strive to occupy a place in the different seas. This is what the officer once said to Cao Cang, the real purpose of the continuation of the nation. Ivan continued: "Now Remus is already crazy. He naively believes that by blocking the connection between this place and the earth, he can dominate this place. Even if it means betraying the country and belief. We can't go crazy with him .”

Cao Cang said to Ivan: "You are all soldiers, and the duty of a soldier is to obey orders. Why did Remus do this?" "I understand Remus." Ivan said, "His father used to be a high-ranking general. Unfortunately, during the great purge, Beria knocked on the door of his father's villa. But he still inherited his father's He became a soldier, worked hard in the army, and got to where he is today. I know all about this, but I didn’t expect him to hide this hatred all this time, waiting for the opportunity of revenge. Now his opportunity has come. " Ivan's attitude towards Remus seems to have changed. He already knows that he can't fight Remus and can only accept the current situation.

When the soldiers who delivered the food came again, Ivan said to the soldiers: "I need to talk to the political commissar." Yiwan and Cao Cang were taken to the scientific research ship. Remus' purpose is to build a new world in the different sea.He is not a madman who uses all means to eliminate dissidents.Moreover, there are only thirty or forty people in the different seas now, and everyone is a scarce resource.Cao Cang already knew that there were several female soldiers on the Soviet submarine who followed Ivan and Remus respectively during the conflict, but none of them were injured.Of course it wasn't their luck.

The Soviets thought longer term than the Americans. A confidant of Remus, in command of the submarine.The Soviet soldiers following Ivan saw that Ivan had compromised and returned to their posts. Remus, Ivan, Professor Pang and other Chinese and Americans are all on board the scientific research ship.Remus didn't want to move in the tight quarters of the submarine.After all, the view on the sea is wider. Remus still agreed with Ximei to guide the direction of the scientific research ship.Cao Cang thought, this is nothing strange, Professor Pang must also know the identity of Ximei. Remus did not prevent Cao Cang from communicating with the Americans.The Americans are now in a very embarrassing situation. They had already occupied a dominant position, but the emergence of the Soviets brought their position to the bottom.The surveillance they received was stricter than that of Cao Cang.

Remus took over all the weapons on the research ship.He ordered his subordinates to search the scientific research ship.Americans are now unarmed. "Cao, are you on their side?" Karin asked in a low mood.After Karin said this, his expression became even more gloomy. The languages ​​he and Cao Cang used were both Russian. "What we have to do now is to find land together." Cao Cang said, "Other things, we can figure it out." Americans all smiled wryly. It was difficult for them to accept this situation. The sea surface has returned to calm, and it is still a quiet ocean.The fuel on the scientific research ship was exhausted, but the conventional power facilities on the submarine had excess diesel.The Soviets generously distributed diesel oil to the scientific research ship.They don't care, the nuclear fission device on the nuclear submarine can last for a very long time.

In the early morning of the next day, before the rest of the crew woke up, they suddenly heard Ximei shouting loudly on the deck. Cao Cang hurriedly put on his clothes and ran to the deck.I only heard Ximei shouting: "I can smell it, it's a different smell." "Is it the smell of land?" Professor Pang was asking. "It's not the smell of land." Ximei said, "But you will know right away, it must be unusual, there are other people here." Professor Pang told the Soviets what Ximei said, and all the Soviets raised their weapons nervously. After about two hours, Ximei's feeling was confirmed.

A very unusual situation appeared on the sea ahead. Hundreds of ships sailed quietly on the sea.These ships range from ancient paddle boats, to three-masted ships of the great voyage period, to modern ships, modern yachts, warships, oil tankers... There are so many, even the nautical museums on earth may not be able to collect such complete ships. Model.What's more, these ships are real entities. These ships occupy a large area of ​​the ocean and are very close to each other. "They have no motivation!" Lao Song was the first to shout out. Lao Song was not the first to discover this. Cao Cang discovered this huge fleet not long after he saw it.Seeing the expressions of Remus, Ivan, Professor Pang and the Americans, Cao Cang knew that they had also discovered it.But this situation was so weird that everyone was shocked, but only Lao Song couldn't help but speak out. This is a huge fleet of ghost ships, and they are all dead. All the ships did not maintain the same direction as a whole, and there was no formation. Most of the ships were drifting obliquely and downstream.There was no sound of ships moving, no whistles, and no one could be seen on the decks of these ships through the telescope, and of course no active contact signal was sent. No matter from which angle you look at it, these weird ships show no signs of human control. The breath of death diffused soundlessly from the surface of the sea, infecting everyone.Fear spread quickly among the crowd.Remus even ordered to stop approaching these ships. Professor Pang quietly came to Cao Cang's side without knowing when. "The strangest thing about these ships is not that there are no people." "It's because..." Cao Cang interjected, "Their ages are different, and the time span has spanned at least a thousand years, but those ancient wooden boats have not decayed, and are even as good as new ones." "Yes, Ximei can still smell the lacquer on ships in ancient times." Professor Pang said. "However, some modern iron and steel ships are already very rusted." Cao Cang continued. "Want to know why?" Professor Pang said. "Will you tell me?" Cao Cang asked warily. "Why didn't I tell you." Professor Pang smiled, "I have been studying this topic all my life." "I mean," Cao Cang said no longer, "our positions are inconsistent now." "Old Yang and I," said Professor Pang, "are the actual leaders of this operation. I am responsible for the technical tasks, and he is responsible for the actual implementation of the operation." "Lao Yang is dead." "So, you are going to take his place." Cao Cang stared at Professor Pang. Professor Pang met Cao Cang's gaze and said calmly: "Your real file, Lao Yang and I saw it when you were on the battlefield in Vietnam a few years ago. You are one of hundreds of candidates." Cao Cang believed Professor Pang's words now, because Lao Yang had revealed before his death that he knew Cao Cang's real identity. "But the descendants of the Cao family are relatively difficult to find." Professor Pang said, "I did not participate in the search for the descendants of the Cao family, because at that time, I had already arrived in the Soviet Union." "Everyone says you are missing." Cao Cang said, "The country has also organized several large-scale search operations." "That's all a cover." Professor Pang replied, "Old Song should have told you that the country did this, on the one hand, to cover up my whereabouts, and on the other hand, to hide the situation of our experiment in Lop Nur." "But our relationship with the Soviet Union is already very tense." Cao Cang asked, "I really can't think of it, you will go to the Soviet Union." "Because we all have to fight against the American Star Wars plan together." Professor Pang waved his hand, "Don't be surprised, this plan has long been a secret among the top leaders of our country and the Soviet Union." Cao Cang said, "Your statement is the same as Ivan's." "I locked you and Ivan together, not on a whim." Professor Pang said, "After all, in terms of national ideology, the Soviet Union has more in common with us." "Okay." Cao Cang said, "Then tell me what you know." "Then let's start with these ships." Professor Pang said, "You have also seen that these ships are from various historical periods. What does this mean?" "A long time ago, someone came to Yihai." Cao Cang said, "Ximei said that his ancestors came here." "But why does it take us so much effort to enter this sea area?" "I've been thinking about this question too." Cao Cang replied honestly, "It stands to reason that ancient science and technology were far behind today's, but at that time, humans set foot in different seas, and ships entered here in every historical period. , just look at these ships.” "Let me tell you." Professor Pang said, "Because the passage between the different sea and the earth is about to be closed. The chances for human beings to enter the different sea will become less and less. It is very likely that this time will be the last One chance. Of course, the countries on earth are still working on the next effort." "I understand." Cao Cang said, "You mean, the Yihai was very close to the earth in ancient times. It's just that as time goes by, the Yihai is getting farther and farther away from the earth." "The older the historical data, the more detailed and substantial the documents on Yihai will be." Professor Pang said, "But in modern times, the historical materials on Yihai have gradually disappeared." "I haven't heard of any historical materials about Yihai." "That's because the ancient humans didn't realize that the different seas don't actually belong to the earth." Cao Cang completely understood what Professor Pang meant. Professor Pang began to remind Cao Cang: "The ancient documents of our country, the 'Daxizhou' mentioned in Plato, the "Water Road Book" handed down by the Dan people, and the ancient maritime regions mentioned in the history of other countries, each has the ability to The nations of the world are all looking for this sea." "Even the Qin and Han dynasties in our country were keen to find the fairy mountains on the sea." Cao Cang continued. "Yes, the ancestors of every nation knew that there was this place, but it was hard to find." Professor Pang said, "When more than two civilizations have this historical record, we must carefully consider these seemingly absurd records. authenticity." "If your hypothesis is true, can I understand it this way," Cao Cang said, "The degree of difficulty for human beings to enter the alien sea is directly proportional to the development of human technology." "I don't think there is a causal relationship between the two." Professor Pang explained, "We believe that the connection between the alien sea and the earth has gradually weakened over time, and has nothing to do with the development of human technology. What we have to do It is to colonize our own nation before the alien sea and the earth are completely cut off." Cao Cang thought for a while and said: "According to your point of view, the Yihai may have been very close to the earth two thousand years ago, so close that there was a chance of entering it without any means. But as time went by, the Yihai gradually became closer to the earth. To widen the distance, if human beings want to enter the alien sea, they will have to make considerable efforts, and it will be even greater in the future." "I can at least tell you that the resources needed to enter the different sea will increase exponentially every other time." "What do you mean?" Cao Cang asked, "You mean this time, not the first time?" "Of course not." Professor Pang said, "This is the third time humans have used technology to enter the alien sea, and the Americans hosted the second." "Was it the Soviet Union the first time?" "No." Professor Pang said, "The Soviet Union started research in this area relatively late, basically at the same time as our country. The first time was Germany." "Did the first two times fail?" Cao Cang asked, "Otherwise, the United States would not conduct this experiment again." "It should have failed." Professor Pang said, "The reason for the failure is that the people who participated in the experiment disappeared without a trace, and no one returned to Earth." "Maybe they didn't reach the different sea at all, but died in the space shock when they entered the experiment." "There is a possibility." Professor Pang said, "But based on our theoretical analysis, only theoretical analysis, they should all have successfully entered the alien sea." "Maybe it's not just a theoretical speculation." Cao Cang said, "Old Song, he came back from a similar experiment." "Sure enough, he was a scout." Professor Pang smiled, "I can't hide anything from you. In the previous two experiments, there was a mysterious figure like the descendants of the Cao family. Their task was to lead the experimenters back to the Earth. But no one can come back." "People like Remus must have appeared in the first two experiments, and they were unwilling to go back." Cao Cang said, "This is also the reason why the Soviet Union sent nuclear submarines into the alien sea." Professor Pang was very surprised by Cao Cang's ability to respond.This can be seen from Professor Pang's face. "Why don't the Americans send in facilities with powerful combat capabilities, such as aircraft carriers?" "Because entering the Alien Sea will cause a series of shocks." Professor Pang said, "Now we can't fully analyze the process of this shock. But I can tell you one thing, when any object on the earth enters the Alien Sea, there will be shocks. The earth brings 'natural disasters'. We have carefully analyzed that the larger the object that enters the alien sea, the more violent the 'natural disasters' will be. Let me remind you again that the growth of this magnitude is a geometric multiple. This impact To what extent, we have not yet been able to calculate it.” "But you and the Soviets broke this rule." Cao Cang said, "After careful calculation, the Americans could only send a small scientific research ship and twelve people, but you inserted a ship with a displacement of several A 100,000-ton submarine." "There is no way," said Professor Pang, "We and the Soviet Union have to put all our eggs in one basket. The chances are few and far between." "That is to say, entering the alien sea, human beings on earth not only have to face the consequences of 'natural disasters', but also invest huge resources." "There is an idiom," Professor Pang said, "drinking poison to quench thirst. But if you don't do it, you're waiting for death. If you do it, you still have a chance." "Why do you say that?" "You still don't understand!" Professor Pang became excited, "You're so smart, don't you understand? That's what we're talking about!" "The earth is going to end?" Cao Cang felt as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss. Cao Cang looked at the scientist wearing black-rimmed glasses in front of him, and gradually all the grievances against Professor Pang disappeared in his heart.Professor Pang instigated Remus to mutiny among the Soviets, and this method was not fair.Of course, it is not straightforward to pretend to be a descendant of the Cao family. But in this case, there is no better choice.Cao Cang could feel the helplessness in Professor Pang's heart.He is a scientist, not a soldier, but Professor Pang, like himself, has no choice.For China to survive tenaciously in the gap between the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, and strive to reach the height of the two hegemons, the conventional approach is simply not feasible. Time is running out.The motherland has no time to develop its own strength, and can only rely on the game between the two countries to find opportunities to take advantage of.This is the main task of Professor Pang in Yihai. "How many resources are needed to conduct such an experiment?" Cao Cang asked. "Until now, only Germany and the United States have been able to host this experiment on their own." "It must be a huge number." Cao Cang said, "Our country must not have this capability, so we can only compromise with the United States." "The Soviets can do it, but their technology is not up to it. Their data is not complete." "Did the data of the Americans and the Soviets come from Germany?" Cao Cang said, "You said that Germany conducted the first experiment." "The Germans paid a huge price for this experiment," Professor Pang said, "the price of the collapse of the country." "However, the experiment we participated in did not use too much equipment and massive manpower and material support." Cao Cang questioned. "The most important resources needed for this experiment are not these complicated things." Professor Pang said, "but very simple substances. When we enter the different seas, what really plays a major role is the seabed of the experimental sea area. A huge amount of energy from a facility. That facility releases the decay of an element, which is converted into energy." "This huge energy can open the channel between the earth and the sea." Cao Cang asked, "Is that huge swirl just a by-product of this huge energy?" "The United States, the Soviet Union, Germany, and my country have all been looking for a substitute for this substance for a long time." Professor Pang said, "But they all failed." "The source of that energy has to be the substance you're talking about, doesn't it?" "Yes." Professor Pang said, "In fact, all matter in the world can be converted into energy, but the energy required to enter the alien sea must be decayed by this matter. You can't imagine what it is." "I already guessed what element it is." Cao Cang laughed. Professor Pang didn't believe Cao Cang's words. "The fission technologies in the world are all aimed at unstable radioactive elements." Cao Cang said, "But you said I couldn't think of it, but it made me more sure of my guess." Cao Cang reached into the clothes on his chest, slowly took out something from his bosom, and spread his palms in front of Professor Pang.There was nothing in Cao Cang's palm, but it was only temporary. After a few seconds, the yellow pocket watch appeared bit by bit. Professor Pang lightly held the pocket watch, his fingers were trembling slightly, "Yes, no one would have thought that the source material for obtaining energy into the different sea is the most stable element in the world." Cao Cang can be sure from Professor Pang's expression that the technology is not difficult to enter the alien sea, but the difficulty is that gold is needed, not a little gold, but a huge amount of gold, so that Germany did not hesitate to waste it in order to host this experiment. The country's physical gold reserves were drained, leading to economic collapse.Then they must alleviate the crisis in the domestic economy by launching a war. "Gold is a metal," Professor Pang said, "except for its stable properties, it has no other special uses. In industry, its role is far lower than that of iron. From the perspective of precious metals, its physical and chemical properties , can be used in the field of industry, and it is not as good as silver element." "However, for thousands of years, human beings' enthusiasm for gold has never subsided." Cao Cang said, "No matter which civilization is trying to collect a large amount of gold. And this demand will never be saturated. Is it because these gold Will it all disappear in the end?" "Indeed, every civilization has the habit of collecting gold." Professor Pang said, "If we analyze it from the perspective of gold, our nation has already made similar attempts." "I don't know much about this knowledge." Cao Cang said frankly. "In the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, a large amount of gold disappeared. This is well documented in history." Professor Pang said, "Coincidentally, starting from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the emperors of the Han Dynasty began to be keen to find the fairy mountains in the East China Sea. They are not superstitious. Sin, instead, they're trying a science experiment." "This can also explain that the rise and fall of several ancient civilizations in the world are inextricably linked with gold." At this time, Cao Cang completely believed in Professor Pang's point of view.