47: There's a change of plan; put the equipment into storage, and get ready to steal!

Chapter 47: Change of Plans; Equipment Stored, Ready to Steal! (Please Subscribe!)

“Can the laboratory here access destroyers?”

Hearing this question, Lucy clicked pause, tilted her head, and thought for a moment: “Access destroyers? It should be quite difficult.”

“Our laboratory doesn't seem to have much cooperation with the Navy. Even the radars on the ships are developed by MIT's Radiation Laboratory.”

After all, each profession has its own specialization. LLNL National Laboratory cooperates more with the Air Force, while the Navy cooperates with several other national laboratories.

So, it's naturally impossible for this laboratory to have any missile destroyers or any other types of ships.

Hearing Lucy's explanation, Lu Ze naturally knew she had misunderstood.

She probably thought he was asking how the laboratory could access a weapon equipment like a destroyer.

“No, I'm just talking about close-up access; just being able to see and touch it would be enough,” Lu Ze said with sincere eyes.

“Just that? Isn't that very simple?”

Lucy looked at him very strangely and answered the question: “Just attend a Navy Open House, and close-up access is absolutely no problem.”

“Let alone just wanting to touch it, you can roll around on the deck if you want.”

LLNL Laboratory is located in the Bay Area. Why is it called the Bay Area? Precisely because it is close to the sea!

Navy Open Houses are held every now and then. Nuclear submarines and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers might be difficult to access, but destroyers are basically regular guests at these events. Isn't it simple to see one?

Lu Ze cursed his own carelessness internally: 'That's right, why didn't I think of that just now?'

Da Xia has commemorative events like Navy Open Houses every so often. As long as you sign up and make a reservation, you can board a ship for a visit.

In fact, in a few years, when the Da Xia Navy is short on money, you can even visit a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for an entire day for just a few hundred usd.

Having resolved this doubt, Lu Ze's gaze remained fixed on Lucy, revealing something intriguing.

Lucy felt goosebumps all over her body; she couldn't stand that look: “You want to attend a Navy Open House?”

“That's right, can Lucy help?” Lu Ze nodded.

Although he was a Da Xia international student, he was genuinely a Da Xia national. Such a Navy Open House might not allow him to get through the reservation process, as it was ultimately an event for citizens.

Lucy gave him an unamused glance: “Alright, I'll take you there when the time comes.”

She could even take people to the LLNL Laboratory maintenance center, let alone just a mere Navy ship open house?

Reservation? What's that? Does Lucy need a reservation?

“I'll check for the next Navy Open House.” She logged on, opened her browser, and quickly typed in a website to search: “The date is set for May 17th.”

“That's next Sunday?”

“Yes,” Lucy nodded.

Open Houses are naturally held on Sundays or other holidays; otherwise, who would be idle enough to go see a destroyer? Do you really think Da Xia doesn't have 996 work hours!?

Furthermore, holding an Open House isn't just for public enjoyment. More importantly, the Da Xia Navy can make money, even though reservation tickets are free.

But they didn't say that the various experience programs, souvenirs, and food on the ships wouldn't cost money. On the contrary, these things are the main profit points, several times more expensive than usual places.

“Lucy, what ships are participating in this Navy Open House?” Lu Ze felt a faint excitement. He wasn't too concerned about other issues, only about what technological items he could replicate.

“This... I actually don't know.”

Lucy frowned and continued searching on the website on her laptop: “It seems two ships are participating in the Open House: a Ticonderoga-class cruiser and the USS Milius missile destroyer.”

“That's great, let's go together next Sunday.”

Lu Ze was even more overjoyed internally.

He wasn't interested in that old, dilapidated Ticonderoga-class cruiser. That thing is almost retired, right? It's probably going straight to the scrapyard after this Navy Open House.

But that USS Milius missile destroyer was exactly what he wanted.

Because it is an arleigh burke-class destroyer, the current most powerful destroyer in the world, valued at two billion usd.

The next day, Xia Academy of Sciences.

At nine in the morning, it was roughly late night in California, Da Xia.

In the dean's office, two old men, whose ages combined for over a hundred years, were drinking tea and playing chess. After all, this was one of their few hobbies.

“Old Zheng, are you cheating?” Zhang Yuli looked at the pieces on the board: “How did your chariot capture my cannon?”

It was clearly not on the same line. Had he been seeing things just now?

“What? It's the 21st century now, is it strange for chariots to turn corners? We old people also need to keep up with the times,” Zheng Lixing said righteously.

What's wrong with cheating a little after losing a dozen games in a row? If he kept losing, he'd really become the 'Xia Academy of Sciences' famous bad chess player' in the future.

Just as they were laughing and scolding.

A 'beep beep beep' alert sounded in the dean's office, and immediately, both men quickly walked towards a certain direction.

This was the emergency alert from the Mysterious Organization sending an email. No matter when it sounded, they both had to deal with it as quickly as possible.

This was also why they had previously said that while the secret team had great authority, the responsibilities and obligations were equally terrifying.

A moment later.

【This time, we have prepared a big gift for you, a very big gift.】

【Please Da Xia be prepared! — 'Great Wall Watcher Organization'】

Looking at this email.

Zheng Lixing read it aloud with some confusion: “Prepared a big gift for us?”

“This isn't right...”

Zhang Yuli's face was extremely solemn: “What kind of technology could be called a 'big gift' by the Mysterious Organization?”

What was being given this time was definitely not ordinary technology, but something of great significance to Da Xia.

When the Mysterious Organization sent the F22 design blueprints before, they didn't say anything about a 'big gift' or tell Da Xia to prepare.

But this time, they actually gave advance notice?

“What exactly is it... This is killing me,” Zheng Lixing paced back and forth, thinking, with one technology after another flashing through his mind, only to be denied one by one.

“Wait, I think there will be results very soon,” Zhang Yuli calmed his inner excitement.

A new week, today is Monday.

At eight in the morning, Lu Ze woke up on time to make himself breakfast.

After all, even though the laboratory's cafeteria was free, his stomach suffered from eating too much Western food.

So, if he had time, Lu Ze would occasionally make himself a hearty Chinese meal to eat, and of course, he wouldn't forget a portion for Lucy, that little glutton.

Lu Ze glanced at the system message and mumbled: “The replication count has refreshed.”

However, even though the replication count had refreshed, he wasn't planning on using it today.

However.

Before he could even finish making breakfast, the doorbell rang.

“Lucy, just come in,” Lu Ze said without lifting his head. Lucy was the only one who would come to his dorm room.

“Today I'm making tomato egg drop noodle soup, but I only put in four noodles, so it might not be enough to eat.”

After all, he needed one noodle for himself, while Lucy would need five or six noodles to feel about 70% full.

“I'll eat you out of house and home,” that phrase might not be a joke when it came to her.

Lu Ze brought over two bowls of noodles that were completely different in quantity. Strictly speaking, one should be considered a basin.

“I like tomato noodles.” Lucy's beautiful eyes lit up, and she immediately picked up a large chopstick-full and put it in her mouth, her tongue instantly turning red.

“Ah, these noodles are hot.”

“Eat slowly, it's still far from work time...” Lu Ze twitched his lips. Although you're a big eater, you're not resistant to heat.

While Lucy was devouring her food, she suddenly seemed to remember something: “Oh right, Lu Ze, the weapon equipment you were most looking forward to was put into storage today.”

“Do you want to go see it up close later? But the viewing time might not be very generous.”

“The weapon equipment I was most looking forward to?” Lu Ze quickly recalled the phantom-like figure in his mind, his voice unconsciously rising a tone: “Are you saying, the B-2 Bomber has arrived at the laboratory?”

There was only one weapon equipment he had been most looking forward to before, and that was the B-2 Spirit Bomber!

“Yes, it arrived last night and will be here for five days for maintenance and upgrades,” Lucy said, then swallowed another large chopstick-full of noodles.

These Da Xia handmade noodles were much tastier than any pasta.

And Lu Ze, despite his calm expression, was experiencing a storm within!

'Plans have changed, prepare to steal the B-2 Bomber!'

It wasn't that he didn't want to wait until Sunday to replicate it; it was simply that the B-2 Bomber was too tempting.

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