154: Gui Tianhua's request for help

At eight o'clock in the evening, Liu Xiaolin arrived at the Tianxiang Teahouse on time and, led by the waiter, walked to the "Fugui Hall" on the second floor.

Liu Xiaolin secretly found it amusing that even a big figure in the military liked the word "Fugui".

How could he know that this was the place where General Gui was trying to win over Shi Hangtian? Moreover, this was General Gui's private room for discussing matters, equipped with specialized anti-listening devices.

At this moment, General Gui, who had prepared everything, was waiting for Liu Xiaolin. He was anxious inside, but on the surface, he still appeared calm and composed, which was also an essential quality for a soldier.

When he heard a gentle knock on the door, he quickly stood up to open it and enthusiastically welcomed Liu Xiaolin in.

"Please come in, please come in, you're very punctual," General Gui said with a hearty laugh.

"I rushed here, afraid of being late. I came back to New Hope from the wanderer one side, and after dinner, I didn't even wash the dishes; I put down my chopsticks and drove over," Liu Xiaolin said, exaggerating a bit. He had deliberately waited twenty minutes after eating before leaving.

"Oh, I'm sorry. If I had known your time was so tight, I should have scheduled it a bit later," General Gui said with a smile.

"No need, no need. At least I wasn't late," Liu Xiaolin said politely.

"What tea would you like? It's cold now, how about some black tea to warm the stomach? What do you think?" General Gui asked with a smile.

"I don't know much about tea. Whatever you drink, I'll drink. I'm not picky," Liu Xiaolin replied casually.

"Alright, then I'll take the liberty of deciding, we'll have black tea." General Gui brewed a pot of Da Hong Pao and watched the tea deepen in color, smiling with satisfaction.

"Mr. Gui, what is it you wanted to see me about?" Liu Xiaolin didn't want to beat around the bush and asked directly.

"You know that our Dragon Country has a Space Station in Space, right?" General Gui said, pretending to be casual.

"Of course I know. Our Dragon Country Space Station was built independently without relying on help from any other country. It is currently the most advanced Space Station in the world, bar none." Liu Xiaolin spoke of the Dragon Country Space Station with great pride.

One must know that the Beautiful Country had always suppressed the Dragon Country. When the Dragon Country's technology was lagging before, they applied repeatedly to study at the Beautiful Country's Space Station. Each time, they were flatly rejected.

Without any technical data or reference objects, Dragon Country's researchers independently innovated and completed the most advanced and comfortable Dragon Country Space Station. This was news known throughout the country, and of course, Liu Xiaolin knew about it even more.

"Our Dragon Country Space Station has always upheld the concept of promoting human civilization and fostering common progress, and has been engaged in Space research for many years. However, recently, there have been some problems there," General Gui said with a hint of melancholy.

"What problems? Our Dragon Country Space Station was established not long ago, could there be technical issues? Impossible! Without absolute technical support, we definitely wouldn't send it to Space. Could it be...?" Liu Xiaolin was greatly surprised.

The Dragon Country Space Station is a very important Space civilization base. According to the United Nations' joint development declaration, such Space civilization bases are protected, and no UN member shall attack a Space Station under any pretext.

This declaration is intended to protect and support equal Space competition among nations. Who would dare disregard the UN declaration and disrupt normal Space competition? Could it be? Is it the Beautiful Country again?

The Beautiful Country's Space Station has always been the most advanced and is highly praised by Western countries. They have absorbed a large number of Western researchers for joint development but have refused participation from Eastern countries, including the Dragon Country. Their ambition is evident.

"Your guess is correct, it is indeed related to the Beautiful Country," General Gui nodded and said with a frown.

"What exactly is going on? Can we help?" Liu Xiaolin immediately became anxious. His patriotic heart made him ask without hesitation if he could help.

General Gui had been building up to this for a long time, waiting for this exact sentence from Liu Xiaolin.

"Our Dragon Country Space Station has been experiencing various issues recently. Firstly, communication with the ground occasionally cuts out for a few minutes. This has never happened before. You know that achieving a hundred percent data transmission rate is normal for us, but recently it has only reached ninety-nine percent. Don't underestimate that one percent; it might be a precursor to being controlled by the Beautiful Country," General Gui said.

"Hmm, our Xiaohang Drones and Xiao Mifeng Drones can both achieve a hundred percent transmission rate, and our wanderer one has a hundred percent real-time transmission rate; otherwise, live streaming wouldn't be possible," Liu Xiaolin said. "The Dragon Country Space Station's inability to reach a hundred percent transmission rate is definitely due to human interference," Liu Xiaolin stated with certainty.

"At first, we didn't believe this fact, but it's been happening for half a month straight now; the transmission rate is always ninety-nine percent, and this makes us very uneasy. If the Beautiful Country intercepts our transmission data, the security of the Space Station will be greatly reduced," General Gui said.

"Then what can I do?" Liu Xiaolin also hoped to do something for the Dragon Country Space Station.

"Currently, we have tried our best to encrypt the data transmission. Although it cannot achieve a hundred percent transmission rate, there should be no major problems for now," General Gui said.

"Ah? No problems? Then why did you ask me to come?" Liu Xiaolin thought to himself that he had worried and gotten worked up for nothing.

"Now is the main point I wanted to discuss. You know that in the vast Space, there is a lot of Space debris, right?" General Gui asked.

"Of course. Today, during the test flight of our wanderer one, we even encountered a piece of giant Space debris. We casually eliminated it—oh, no, we lightly and automatically dodged it," Liu Xiaolin almost let it slip.

General Gui naturally noticed the slip of the tongue from Liu Xiaolin, but he didn't point it out. He continued, "Our Space Station staff recently observed that a lot of Space debris is approaching the Space Station. Looking at their speed and direction, it doesn't seem random, following Space orbits. It looks more like it's artificially directed towards the Dragon Country Space Station, with the goal of using Space debris to attack and damage our Space Station."

Liu Xiaolin was startled upon hearing this. Discarded Space debris could actually be used for destructive attacks? Who else besides the Beautiful Country could possess such a capability?

"Are you sure that Space debris is heading straight for our Dragon Country Space Station?" Liu Xiaolin couldn't believe it.