614: Chapter 613 The Classic of Mountains and Seas of China

The morning of the seventh day.

Ten Xuan Nu Aerospace Fighters landed one after another at a secret military airfield in the mountainous region of western Yan Province.

The cabin doors opened, and Chief Designer Bai Yannian, the chief of China's technological development, was the first to descend the gangway, followed by a group of high-ranking Chinese officials.

General Li Jingwu, the Chief of General Staff of the Dragon Army; General Yun Feijie, the Commander-in-Chief of the Space Force; Long Jianjun, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army; and Shi Jinghai, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy...

Every one of them was a bigwig whose mere footstep could make the land of China tremble.

At this moment.

The expressions on everyone's faces were surprisingly consistent: two parts solemnity mixed with eight parts anticipation.

At the edge of the airfield.

An armored vehicle convoy was already parked there.

All vehicles were the highest-specification bulletproof models.

After everyone boarded the vehicles.

The convoy drove directly along a dedicated military road toward the depths of the rolling Taihang Mountains.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas Project center was located at the westernmost tip of the Yan Province special zone, with the towering Taihang Mountains at its back.

From the outside.

This place looked no different from any ordinary mountainous area; the rolling hills and dense vegetation were the only primary colors.

The entrance was set at an extremely concealed cross-section of a cliff. Although it was not far from the dedicated airfield, the winding mountain road had eighteen bends, requiring a detour of over ten minutes.

Inside the vehicle.

The high-ranking officials peered through the bulletproof windows, observing the scenery outside.

"This place is truly remote," General Yun Feijie said, unable to help himself as he watched the mountain scenery flash by outside the window. "Who would have thought that one of the nation's most important military projects would be hidden in such deep, old forests?"

"The more important a place is, the lower the profile it must keep," Long Jianjun smiled and said calmly, "Look at the ground."

Everyone followed his gaze.

Only then did they notice.

On the ground along both sides of the road, at regular intervals, appeared huge ventilation shafts and cooling facilities disguised as rocks.

The scale of these facilities far exceeded what was needed for conventional buildings.

Chief Designer Bai Yannian nodded thoughtfully: "It seems the real Classic of Mountains and Seas Project center is inside this mountain range beneath our feet."

Long Jianjun shook his head: "Far more than that; they've dug three hundred meters deep under the mountain."

"However, that was the data from three months ago. In these past few months, Comrade Lin Mo has definitely expanded quite a few areas further down."

As the highest-level project led by the Army, the Classic of Mountains and Seas Project...

Long Jianjun naturally knew the ins and outs.

However, after Lin Mo took over in the last few months, he made drastic adjustments to the entire project. Even he, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, could not imagine what it had turned into now.

After entering the mountainous area, the convoy passed through several security checkpoints in succession.

The inspection level of each checkpoint was higher than the last, and the degree of strict security was staggering.

Even at the first checkpoint, at least three squads of Kunlun soldiers were stationed there, all equipped with the latest model of Kunlun Generation II military Exoskeleton Armor, conducting dual verification of vehicle chassis and personnel biological characteristics for every vehicle.

They did not relax their vigilance just because they were high-ranking Chinese officials.

Finally.

The convoy arrived at the bottom of the huge cross-section cliff.

A magnificent rare-metal alloy foyer appeared before everyone's eyes.

The foyer dome was a full hundred meters high, completely embedded in the mountain, full of the aesthetic of science fiction and power.

In the very center of the foyer.

Hung a huge bronze relief.

The relief was none other than the ancient mythological god of war, Xingtian.

Xingtian was depicted standing headless, using his nipples as eyes and his navel as a mouth, wielding a huge shield and axe in a dance, filled with a tragic aura of unyielding struggle.

Beneath the relief.

Were five large, sweeping seal-script characters— "China's Classic of Mountains and Seas Project".

Gazing at this relief, everyone's spirits were shaken.