Updated: 2012-08-31

At 11:30 that night, Zhao Guanming, the security director of the Lotus Base, checked his equipment and prepared to inspect the core department of the base as usual before going to bed.

Although the Lotus Base is a wholly-owned industry built by Duke, the things involved are so important, not only does it have the prototype of a new generation of nuclear reactors related to national energy security.

There are also nuclear power reactor prototypes that are about to be successfully tested and are ready to be installed on nuclear submarines under construction and in service in China. Therefore, in terms of internal safety measures at the base, they have been implemented in accordance with the standards of the military base.

Director Zhao Guanming is a full-time security cadre sent by the military. The security force of the entire Lotus Base is quite strong compared to ordinary research institutions. He is under his command, and he is an entire squadron of armed police soldiers. This shows how much attention the above attaches to the safety of this base.

Zhao Guanming walked out of the security office and looked at the R&D center in the distance. The lights were brightly lit at the moment, and it seemed that there would be no fewer people working overtime today. Zhao Guanming sighed in his heart that these researchers are really dedicated.

You should know that Duke has no attendance constraints on the work of researchers at Lotus Base.

There is no clear arrangement for commuting and getting off work here, there are only one project coordination plan. If your work does not require other people to work together, then when to work depends on the researchers' own arrangements. As long as you can come up with work results that meet the quality of delivery according to the plan.

As for the people engaged in pioneering research, they are even more free. They even arrange their work plans themselves. It can be said that even if you don’t do anything for ten days and a half months, no one cares about you. But one thing is, if your research work has not achieved any results for several consecutive months, then I’m sorry, other members of the team will ask you to give a detailed explanation of the work at this stage and let them determine whether you are suitable to stay in the team.

Therefore, although the management here is very loose, this result-driven model can greatly activate the enthusiasm and creativity of R&D personnel, because the status and treatment of individuals in the base are adjusted by the results contributed by each person.

Although Zhao Guanming is in his forties and has worked in several military research bases, in his opinion, the atmosphere of all the research bases in the past is not as good as here. Everyone is very dedicated to work. The most important thing the base managers do is not to strictly record your personal attendance, but to often go to the laboratory to persuade researchers to go home and rest.

No wonder the results were produced so quickly. Seeing the opportunity, every office was brightly lit, Zhao Guanming shook his head. In fact, he sighed at the dedication of these researchers. He withdrew his thoughts and turned his attention back to his work. Although the base has not had any major security incidents so far, there have been many suspicious signs, so Zhao Guanming never relaxed security standards just because nothing happened.

The more than a dozen open and secret posts of the base were designed by Zhao Guanming himself, covering all the key areas of the entire base. With the infrared security wall of the base and the video surveillance system without blind spots, if outsiders want to lurk in, unless they have the superb skills like Zero 7, it is difficult to escape the Tianlu Net designed by Zhao Guanming.

Walking on the familiar tree-lined path, Zhao Guanming's strong light flashlights were fired everywhere, not missing all suspicious points. Although the video surveillance system does not leave any blind spots, it is for ordinary people. If it is a special person with superb skills, Zhao Guanming knows that this line of defense can't defend against those who are interested.

Zhao Guanming walked slowly while carefully watching the surrounding situation, and did not relax because he did not find any abnormalities. Many cases of secret loss occur every year under strict defense. The facilities of the base seem to be tight, but compared to the measures taken by those top-secret military bases, Zhao Guanming dared not take it lightly.

Seeing that the area around the R&D center was about to be inspected, suddenly, Zhao Guanming felt that the light of the strong light flashlight seemed to flash a little while sweeping towards the treetops of a certain tree. Something happened! Zhao Guanming almost subconsciously reacted that ordinary leaves would never cause strong light to flash, and there must be something on the treetops.

The street trees here were transplanted from other places when the base was established. Therefore, although the base was built, the street trees were very tall. In addition, the tropical climate here is sufficient, and the street trees have grown lush branches and leaves, which even attracted many birds to stop. On weekdays, Zhao Guanming's patrols often alarmed the birds who chose street trees to live in.

But today's situation did not have the sound of birds fluttering, but it just flashed a little. Zhao Guanming patiently shot the strong light flashlight onto the canopy of the suspicious street tree, moving inch by inch, without missing any details. Sure enough, he didn't take much effort to see an unknown object like a few antennas hanging on a branch on the treetop.

After the strong light shot up, this strange and dark antenna-like object emitted a little reflective luster. If Zhao Guanming had not checked the delicateness, he would not have found this faint reflection at all. This thing that appeared here out of thin air would definitely not be a good thing.

"Eagle calls No. 1, Eagle calls No. 1, and an abnormality occurs in area No. 11. Please observe carefully." At the first time, Zhao Guanming did not go to the tree to remove this thing, but turned on the intercom and started calling each secret whistle in a code language. Eagle is his nickname, and No. 1 does not refer to one person, but the entire base sentry.

This is the highest alert level code in base security, which means that all posts are required to start to search and observe the scope they are responsible for. Especially the area numbered 11 is the area where Zhao Guanming is now.

Sure enough, after Zhao Guanming sent out the call message, the security personnel in charge of video surveillance soon discovered the video abnormality. In a certain video screen, they found that a big black shadow had passed by in the area where Zhao Guanming was, like a big bird flying by. However, this "bird" was a bit unusual. When flying over the treetop where Zhao Guanming was, something was pulled out and fell into the treetop.

Due to the small target, the surveillance personnel did not notice this strange sign at the first time.

"No. 9 calls the Eagle and finds abnormalities in the area No. 11. Please instruct." The security personnel responsible for video surveillance quickly reported it after discovering the abnormality. "The Eagle understands and is about to return to the nest." After hearing the surveillance video, Zhao Guanming was very energetic and did not take measures for the thing he found, but prepared to go to the surveillance room first, check the relevant video before taking action.

This tree has a unique location, next to it is the window of a research room at a lotus base. Obviously, the thing that fell down will not be a simple toy. Zhao Guanming is preparing to follow the clues to see if he can find the mastermind behind it.


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