Chapter 248 Are you serious?!
The Secretary of State firmly believed in his heart that the Dragon Nation must be talking nonsense.
He gazed at the incomparably massive Aerospace Carrier before him, secretly muttering to himself:
"How could the Dragon Nation possibly make such a huge thing fly?"
You know, the vastness of this Aerospace Carrier's deck was simply beyond imagination; it was almost a dozen times the size of the USA's largest aircraft carrier by displacement!
It was like a small island floating in the sky, its massive volume awe-inspiring.
Let alone making such a huge thing fly, even getting the smallest aircraft carrier to fly would be an incredibly difficult task.
He stood there with the mindset of someone waiting to see a joke!
A faint, almost imperceptible trace of contemptuous amusement played on the corners of his mouth, just waiting for the Dragon Nation to start making a fool of themselves.
However, he still tried to maintain a calm appearance on his face, nodded slightly, and then followed Elder Qin slowly toward the massive Aerospace Carrier behind him.
As he walked closer to the Aerospace Carrier step by step, with every step he approached, he could feel the sense of oppression it radiated even more intensely.
When he finally reached the side of the Aerospace Carrier, he was still startled by this big guy.
Under the shroud of night, although the surrounding light was not very bright and he couldn't see every detail of the Aerospace Carrier clearly,
even so, its magnificent and complete form was now fully in view.
It was like a steel behemoth that had suddenly appeared in the world!
Its exterior lines were smooth and sharp, and the hull was made of an unknown high-strength alloy material, shimmering with a cold metallic luster under the lights.
The massive deck was like a boundless metal plain, its area vast beyond imagination!
Various precision take-off and landing facilities and catapult devices were distributed across it, faintly visible.
Seen from the side, its hull presented a unique streamlined shape, and the bow was like a sharp, giant blade, as if it could cleave through all obstacles in the universe.
The Secretary of State was instantly stunned. He stood there blankly; just one look, and it was as if his soul had left his body, giving him a strange feeling of traveling through time and space, as if he had suddenly arrived in a distant future world.
The design and structure of this Aerospace Carrier did not look like a product that should exist in this era at all; the sense of technology and advancement it contained far exceeded his range of cognition.
At this moment, he couldn't help but recall what the host had said back then:
"It has ushered in a new era for the Dragon Nation!"
Before, he had thought this was just the Dragon Nation exaggerating, but now it seemed it wasn't an exaggeration at all!
Of course, the premise for all this was that it could actually fly. If it truly possessed flight capabilities, then the Dragon Nation would undoubtedly take a monumental, epoch-making step on the world stage.
"It's like ushering in a new era!"
The Secretary of State, with complex emotions, slowly walked into the hatch.
Once inside the cabin, he narrowed his eyes slightly and, like a keen hawk, began to carefully examine his surroundings.
His eyes were like scanners, not missing a single corner, attempting to discover some of the Dragon Nation's secrets from here.
In his view, being able to enter the Aerospace Carrier was an excellent, heaven-sent opportunity for him to obtain intelligence from the Dragon Nation, and he was full of anticipation, hoping to gain something!
He tried hard to imprint everything he saw deeply into his mind so he could study it thoroughly after returning!
However, when he actually started walking around inside, he was greatly disappointed.
He discovered that inside the cabin, almost all the equipment and pipes were cleverly hidden, as if they had never existed.
Even the interior decorations were seamlessly embedded into the walls, without the slightest awkwardness.
He tried to find some clues, some traces that could reveal the mysteries of the Dragon Nation's Aerospace Carrier technology, but he found nothing.
A sense of powerlessness gradually welled up in his heart, and he sighed to himself:
"As expected, the Dragon Nation was prepared; they aren't stupid."
"Since they dared to let me board the Aerospace Carrier, they certainly aren't worried about leaking secrets. They've really done it flawlessly, making it impossible for me to obtain any intelligence."
The only thing he could perceive was that the interior of the cabin was extremely spacious; the space was larger than imaginable. He roughly estimated that accommodating tens of thousands, or even several tens of thousands of people, would be no problem.
This gave him more room for speculation about the functions and purposes of the Aerospace Carrier, while also making him feel increasingly uneasy and wary.
Just then, a staff member thoughtfully walked over and prepared a pair of special shoes for each of them.
The US Secretary of State was stunned for a moment, looking at the staff member with a face full of confusion, not understanding why he needed to change shoes.
At this time, the staff member patiently explained:
"These shoes will stabilize your body after the Aerospace Carrier starts. Otherwise, your whole body will be in a state of weightlessness and float."
The US Secretary of State was stunned upon hearing this:
"Weightlessness????"
"Why would there be weightlessness????"
His heart was filled with questions and vigilance, feeling that something was not quite right.
But seeing that everyone around him put on the shoes very naturally, he didn't want to stand out, so he listened to the staff member and obediently put on the special shoes.
After putting them on, he immediately discovered the peculiarity of these shoes; it was as if a mysterious suction force had been created between his feet and the floor beneath him.
Every step he took, he felt an invisible force pulling at him; this feeling made him very uncomfortable.
He even suspected that this was a tactic deliberately prepared by the Dragon Nation to make him make a fool of himself!
But when he saw that almost everyone else was wearing the same shoes and moving freely, he gradually dismissed this thought.
At the same time, the hatch of the Aerospace Carrier suddenly closed slowly, accompanied by a low sound of mechanical operation, and the hatch sealed tightly.
Immediately after, an electronically synthesized prompt sounded in his ears:
"The Aerospace Carrier is about to take off. Everyone, please pay attention and prepare for protection!"
The Secretary of State was completely stunned upon hearing this voice, his face full of shock and disbelief:
"What????"
"Take off??"
"Is the Dragon Nation joking?"
"This big guy... can it really take off???"
His heart was filled with doubt and fear; he truly could not imagine how such a behemoth could possess flight capabilities.
And just as he was still immersed in shock, the hull suddenly shook violently!
The intense vibration startled the unprepared Secretary of State, and his body swayed involuntarily, almost falling to the ground.
This vibration was very special, just like when an airplane or rocket is about to take off and the engines are warming up.
He screamed in his heart in terror:
"No way, Dragon Nation!"
"You're playing for real!!!"