Technology to choose from at will? Do you think this is a vegetable market!

A few minutes later.

Zhang Yuli also rushed over, wearing only a thin jacket.

His face was full of exhaustion, clearly showing he had just been woken up.

"Old Liu, what did that mysterious person email?" Zhang Yuli asked, grabbing a towel to quickly wipe his face.

After so many days, the mysterious person had contacted them again. What would the email say? This was what he was most concerned about right now.

"I haven't read the specific content of the email yet," Liu Zhixue shook his head.

"Why haven't you read it? Isn't this wasting time?" Zhang Yuli frowned.

At such a critical juncture, every second wasted was a huge loss.

Could there be something strange going on?

Liu Zhixue moved aside, saying with a hint of annoyance, "Do you think I don't want to read it? I don't even have the permission to open the mailbox."

On the screen, a large prompt was displayed.

[Current information involves top-secret data. Please perform information verification to unlock permissions.]

Zhang Yuli immediately slapped his forehead. "Look at me, how could I forget this? My bad, my bad."

He just remembered that Liu Zhixue's permissions were not sufficient to fully access the mailbox backend.

He sat directly in the chair and entered a long string of passwords, then completed multiple verifications including retinal scan and fingerprint.

Only then was the locked interface finally unlocked, directly entering the mailbox backend.

This mailbox backend, which only received emails from the mysterious person, had been reconfigured before. Those on duty could only see if an email had been received.

For example, the sending time of the email, whether there was a new reply, such brief information would be displayed on the frontend.

However, if you wanted to access the backend to view the specific content, you needed to go through a series of multiple verifications to unlock it.

Before these multiple verifications were completed, even if someone maliciously entered this room, they wouldn't be able to obtain any information. Furthermore, the backend would send a verification message every thirty seconds. If this message was interrupted, the email system would immediately notify the highest level, and all file information would be physically cleared.

With these layers of security, the possibility of information leakage was fundamentally eliminated.

The two stared intently at the screen and clicked on the latest email at the top.

However.

When Zhang Yuli clicked on the email and examined it closely, their expressions instantly turned blank.

The subject line read in large characters:

[Excuse me, what other technologies does Great Xia require?]

"Old Liu, what does this mysterious person mean?" Zhang Yuli asked uncertainly.

He recognized every character in the message, yet when they were put together, they felt so unfamiliar.

Liu Zhixue frowned. "What technologies do we need? Why is he asking this? Is he trying to convey some kind of message?"

"That makes a lot of sense."

Zhang Yuli nodded.

He then typed a line of text and replied.

'We are not yet aware of what technologies we require.'

This was the most cautious reply he could think of. After all, if the mysterious person had encountered an accident, or if this email was a deliberate probe from Eagle Country and others, acting rashly could lead to a huge mistake. This message, however, contained no obvious loopholes.

However.

A brand new email quickly replied.

[If you haven't thought of anything yet, please contact me when you have selected the technologies you desire. Preferably ones that Eagle Country already possesses.]

[I am safe where I am. Please confirm the technologies you need in the next few days and do not delay.]

Staring at this message, the two were stunned.

"What does he mean by this?? He wants us to pick the technologies we desire!?" Zhang Yuli pointed at the screen, his face full of disbelief.

"Confirm the technologies we need quickly? He can get any technology we want?"

Liu Zhixue's expression was quite comical, his eyes wide with astonishment.

This mysterious person could obtain any technology Great Xia lacked, and we could pick and choose?

What did he think Eagle Country was? His backyard vegetable market?

"This is just too outrageous," Liu Zhixue grumbled.

He had originally thought that sending the F-22 fighter jet design schematics last time was already outrageous, but he never expected it was just the beginning. Now, they were being asked to choose technologies at will.

"Director. What should we do now?"

"I don't know either," Zhang Yuli shook his head. "Regardless of what, we must report this to the highest authorities first."

What technologies did Great Xia need? And how should they continue communicating with this mysterious person?

In this situation, even he, the director of the Great Xia Academy of Sciences, didn't know how to handle it. It was best to let the highest authorities decide.

A while later, a brief phone call ended.

"Okay, I understand!"

Zhang Yuli put down the phone and stared blankly at the screen, lost in thought.

"Director, what did they say? What kind of technology does Great Xia need?" Liu Zhixue poked his head over, asking with a hint of curiosity.

"They didn't specify what technology... they told us to make the decision ourselves."

Zhang Yuli rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

The Great Xia Academy of Sciences making the decision themselves – this extremely brief command was far from easy; on the contrary, it was the most difficult task.

"The higher-ups really know how to make things difficult. What am I supposed to say?" Zhang Yuli sighed deeply.

Firstly, Great Xia needed countless technologies, and choosing which one was not an easy decision.

Secondly, if the technology requirement was too high and offended this mysterious person, or put him in danger, it would not be in Great Xia's best interest.

Liu Zhixue pondered for a moment, then asked, "Should we notify Old Song? Perhaps he has some ideas?"

After all, the first email contained the F-22 fighter jet design, which was Song Qinyi's current main research direction.

And regarding what technology the mysterious person should be asked to provide next, he had the most say.

"There's no need. His research is at a critical stage right now," Zhang Yuli immediately rejected the suggestion.

The latest information he received from the Great Xia Aviation Corporation indicated that the J-20 project was progressing very well.

It was said that under Song Qinyi's leadership, significant modifications and debugging were already underway based on the existing technical data.

At such a crucial juncture, there was no need to disrupt his research progress.

Besides, if their Institute 611 already had the complete set of F-22 fighter jet design drawings, what other technology could they possibly want? That would be pure greed.

Moreover, if Institutes 601 and 603 found out, they would likely have strong opinions.

Was the J-20 more important than their new generation transport aircraft, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, and other projects?

At the same time.

Inside Institute 611, located far away in Shudi.

"Achoo!"

Song Qinyi sneezed violently. "Who's talking about me behind my back? Why do I keep sneezing?"

Before he could figure it out, a prompt sound echoed throughout the testing facility.

[J-20 Aerodynamic Improvement Simulation Wind Tunnel Verification Test, commencing 39th run!]

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