Chapter Thirteen: Secret Base

  The university's military training is an eternal and unchanging topic. School has just started for a few days, and the two-week military training has arrived. It's still like high school military training, with scorching sun, Wang Long participates in military training as usual, feeling very simple.

  It's already the second day of military training, Wang Long is standing under the scorching sun, feeling his phone vibrating in his pants pocket. He made a report and answered the call, it was Lingyunzi calling him, saying he had something to discuss with him and asked him to go quickly to the main gate of CJ University.

  Wang Long quickly ran to the instructor's front, saying that he had something to ask for leave. Instructor Zhao Da saw Wang Long wearing a mobile phone during military training, and was already angry. It is worth noting that CJ University has such a complex background, and during military training, it is more strict than other universities. Unless you are really lying on the ground and can't get up, the instructor may let you go to the school infirmary, otherwise, asking for leave is very difficult.

  Wang Long's request for leave was resolutely rejected by Zhao Da, Wang Long had no choice but to pull Zhao Da to a quiet place, seeing that there was no one around. Wang Long quickly took out his ID card from the National Security Bureau, and Zhao Da was immediately petrified, the bright red five-star logo and the title on it he still knew.

  Although they were informed that this school was full of hidden dragons and deep waters when they came to CJ University to train students, now looking at Wang Long, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth who is actually a lieutenant general, isn't this unreasonable? Zhao Da stood up straight and returned the documents to Wang Long, quickly apologizing: "Sorry, sir, I didn't know it was you here." Wang Long shook his head and said: "I don't want anyone else to know about this except for you, do you understand?" Zhao Da responded with a sound and quickly went back to continue being in charge of the students' military training.

  Wang Long had settled the instructor and quickly walked towards the school gate. Many students were both envious and jealous, wondering who this kid was, with such a big face, and even able to take leave during military training, which was very rare.

  Wang Long arrived at the school gate, only to see Ling Yunzi holding Dragon Two, both of whom were stretching their necks to look inside the school. Wang Long hurriedly walked up to them. Ling Yunzi held Wang Long's hand and said, "Little dragon, I'm really sorry to disturb you during your military training, but this matter is too urgent, please forgive me." Wang Long asked in confusion, "Old Wu, what happened? You look tense."

  Lingyunzi said, "Let's go, we'll talk inside." He pulled Wang Long towards the school building. Wang Long followed behind him with a puzzled expression. They arrived at an electrical room on the back mountain of the school, which was CJ University's power distribution room, covering a large area with two floors. After several twists and turns, Lingyunzi led Wang Long to a room filled with miscellaneous items. He pushed aside a pile of canvas bags against the wall, revealing a layer of white plastic sheeting on the wall, roughly the size of a door. Lingyunzi wiped it once, and the plastic sheeting split open, revealing a steel password-protected door inside.

  Wang Long's doubts followed Ling Yunzi and Long Er as they walked inside, explaining along the way: "This is a secret research base built under CJ University in our country. The research projects here range from the regeneration and replication of human cell DNA to the development of the latest weapons on spacecraft. It can be said that this is the largest research base in our country. This base was built under the school as a cover, so secrets are less likely to leak out."

  Wang Long followed Ling Yunzi for over ten minutes, changing elevators several times along the way. Wang Long's eyes were dazzled by the sights on this journey, just like Liu Laizi entering the Grand View Garden for the first time. Many things he had never seen before could be found here, including robots that could move freely and even greeted Wang Long proactively, startling him. To think that the robots in the market couldn't produce such realistic voices or move as quickly and agilely as humans.

  Lingyunzi told Wang Long, this is the latest robot researched in our country's base, which is more advanced than the robots of Japan and the United States. It's just not time to show up yet. As for what reason, Lingyunzi didn't say, Wang Long knew it was a national secret, since Lingyunzi didn't tell himself, there must be his own reason, so he didn't ask either.

  On the road, I also saw a 3D screen in a room showing a clip of the latest weapon on an aircraft carrier, a strange-shaped plane quickly emitting a beam of light more advanced than laser weapons, and hundreds of planes on the entire screen were instantly destroyed. Lingyunzi said to Wang Long: "This is our newly developed super-laser weapon, equipped with the latest fighter jets, very powerful, you also saw that ordinary fighter jets are not worth mentioning in front of it. The research results of our country have not appeared in the outside world yet, because now is a peaceful period, if they appear outside, it may cause international disputes." Wang Long nodded and said: "The strength of our country is indeed very strong, but the current international situation is not stable either, being prepared for any situation is always good." Lingyunzi nodded in approval and continued to take Wang Long to the innermost part.

  On the road, I also saw many rare flowers and grasses, as well as wheat seedlings with pleasant appearances. There are specialized research rooms here for natural plants and organisms.

  They finally arrived at the largest conference room in the innermost part, and Wang Long followed Lingyunzi inside.

  In the room, there was a large and long conference table. Four elderly people were already seated on both sides of the table. To be precise, they couldn't be called old men either, as their ages were all between 50 and 60. When Wang Long clearly saw everyone's appearance, he was startled. These spirited elderly people had appeared on TV before, in the evening news program every day, these elderly people were the most frequent characters, how could he not be surprised.

  Lingyunzi greeted the elderly people as if they were old friends, without any restraint. Lingyunzi said to Wang Long, "I think I don't need to introduce these people anymore?" Wang Long nodded, thinking that these famous figures had already paid their respects. An elderly man with piercing eyes and a kind face spoke to Wang Long, "Young Dragon, Old Wu has told me about your affairs. You're quite impressive for someone so young, far surpassing us old folks." The three elderly people beside him all smiled after he finished speaking.

  Wang Long hastily humbly said: "Premier Wen, you're overpraising me, I'm not as good as you say, haha." It turned out that this old man was none other than the internationally renowned Premier Wen Jiabao. Premier Wen had a reputation for being dedicated to the people and had done many great things for the ordinary citizens, both domestically and internationally. Seeing the premier he admired standing in front of him, showing such warmth and friendliness towards him, Wang Long's eyes became slightly moist.

  An old man in military uniform next to him smiled and said, "You all sit down first, standing like this makes me feel unnatural." Wang Long looked at this dignified old man, the epaulets and stars on his shoulders showed that he was Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Lu De.

  Lingyunzi pulled Wang Long to sit down beside the elderly, and Premier Wen said to an old man wearing a white changshan: "Old Gao, tell Old Wu and them about what happened." Old Gao nodded, cleared his throat, and began to speak.

  Lao Gao is the director of the underground research institute, a recipient of the highest national allowance, with many intimidating titles on his head, such as International Microbiology Research Postdoctoral Fellow, winner of the National Highest Research Lifetime Achievement Award... These things were told to Wang Long by Lingyunzi afterwards.

  Lao Gao directly entered the topic, saying: "A while ago, several researchers from our institute's human DNA research center were kidnapped by a group of people during a secret vacation in Hawaii organized by the state. These researchers had sworn to serve the country for life when they joined our institute and would not normally appear outside. Even if they occasionally went out with their families or on vacation, they were always accompanied by high-level special agents from the national secret organization. From the establishment of our institute decades ago, nothing like this has ever happened before. The ten missing researchers are all senior researchers at the human DNA research center, and the twenty special agents who protected them also died mysteriously, leaving no clues. After taking a sip of tea, Lao Gao continued: "If they were captured by hostile forces, our research results and institute's secrets would be compromised. Although we don't know who kidnapped them, finding these missing researchers is essential, as it relates to our country's security and international status. If hostile forces make a big deal out of this internationally, it will not be good." After finishing speaking, Lao Gao continued drinking tea, his hand slightly trembling.

  Everyone listened to Gao Lao's words and immediately fell into a depressing atmosphere. The entire conference room was eerily quiet.

  After a few minutes, Premier Wen broke the silence and said: "Old Wu, this matter is too mysterious, only your special affairs group can do it. I'm asking you to please try your best to find these researchers as soon as possible." He then turned to Wang Long and said: "Little Dragon, I'm troubling you with this matter." Wang Long hastily replied: "Please don't worry, Premier, I will definitely do my best, please be at ease." Lingyunzi said: "This matter is not simple, I'll start investigating as soon as I get back."

  As they left the conference room, Wang Long and the other two felt a heavy weight on their minds, as if a huge stone had been pressed down on them.