Plan Changes; Equipment Stored, Preparing to Steal!

Chapter 47: Plan Changes; Equipment Stored, Ready to Steal! (Seeking Subscriptions!)

Can we get access to destroyers at the lab?

Hearing the question, Lucy clicked pause and tilted her head, thinking for a moment. "Access to destroyers? That should be pretty difficult."

"Our lab doesn't seem to have much cooperation with the Navy. Even the radar on their ships was developed by MIT's Radiation Laboratory."

After all, everyone has their specialty. LLNL National Laboratory's cooperation is more with the Air Force, while the Navy works with other national laboratories.

Therefore, it's naturally impossible for the lab to have any missile destroyers or any other type of warship.

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

She probably thought he meant: how could the lab get access to destroyer-class weapons.

"No, I just meant close contact. Just being able to see and touch them is enough," Lu Ze said with sincere eyes.

"That's all? Then it's very simple, isn't it?"

Lucy looked at him strangely and answered his question, "You just need to attend the Navy's Open House. Close contact is not a problem at all."

"Let alone just touching them, you can roll around on the deck."

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

Navy Open Houses are held frequently. While nuclear submarines and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers might be difficult to access, destroyers are basically regulars during holidays. Isn't it easy to see them?

Lu Ze cursed his carelessness internally: 'Right, why didn't I think of that just now.'

Eagle Country holds commemorative events like Navy Open Houses periodically. As long as you register and make a reservation, you can board the warships for a visit.

A few years ago, when the Eagle Country Navy was short on money, you could even visit a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for a whole day by paying a few hundred US Dollars.

With this question resolved, Lu Ze's gaze remained fixed on Lucy, carrying a hint of intrigue.

Lucy felt goosebumps all over her body; she couldn't stand his gaze. "You want to attend the Navy Open House?"

"That's right. Can you help me, Lucy?" Lu Ze nodded.

Although he was an exchange student in Eagle Country, he was a genuine Great Xia national. He might not be able to get a reservation for this kind of Navy Open House, as it's ultimately an event for its own citizens.

Lucy glanced at him with a hint of annoyance. "Alright, I'll take you there then."

She could bring people to the LLNL Laboratory's maintenance center, so why not just a simple Navy ship open house?

Reservation? What's that? Did she, Lucy, need a reservation?

"I'll check the next Navy Open House date," she said, opening her browser and quickly typing in a URL to search. "The date is set for May 17th."

"So, next Sunday?"

"Yes," Lucy nodded.

Open Houses are naturally held on Sundays and other holidays. Otherwise, who would bother going to see destroyers? Do they really think Eagle Country doesn't have 996 work hours!?

Moreover, holding an Open House isn't just for public enjoyment. The more crucial point is that the Eagle Country Navy can make money, even though the reservation tickets are free.

But they never said that the various experience activities, souvenirs, and food on the ships are free. On the contrary, these are the main profit points, costing several times more than usual.

"Lucy, what kind of ships will be participating in this Navy Open House?" Lu Ze was secretly excited. He wasn't concerned about other issues, only about what technological items he could replicate.

"Hmm. I actually don't know."

Lucy frowned and continued to search on the website on her notebook. "It seems like two ships will be participating in the Open House. One is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, and the other is the USS Milius missile destroyer."

"That's great! Let's go together next Sunday."

Lu Ze was even more overjoyed.

He wasn't interested in that old, dilapidated Ticonderoga-class cruiser. That thing was almost decommissioned, wasn't it? It would probably be sent to the scrapyard right after this Navy Open House.

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

Because it was an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, valued at two billion US Dollars, currently the world's strongest active destroyer.

The next day, Great Xia Academy of Sciences.

At nine in the morning, it was almost late at night in California, Eagle Country.

In the dean's office, two elderly men, with a combined age of over a hundred, were drinking tea and playing chess. After all, this was one of their few hobbies.

"Old Man Zheng, are you cheating?" Zhang Yuli looked at the chessboard. "How did my cannon get captured by your chariot?"

It wasn't even on the same line. Did his eyes deceive him?

"What? It's the 21st century now. Is it strange for a chariot to turn? We old folks need to keep up with the times," Zheng Lixing said righteously.

He had lost more than a dozen games in a row. What was wrong with cheating a little? If he lost any more, he'd truly become the 'Great Xia Academy of Sciences' famous bad chess player.'

As they were bantering, A 'beep beep beep' notification sound rang out in the dean's office. Both of them immediately walked quickly towards a specific direction.

This was the urgent notification sound from the Mysterious Organization's emails. No matter when or where it sounded, they had to handle it as quickly as possible.

This was also why they had said before that although the authority of this secret group was immense, their responsibilities and obligations were equally terrifying.

A moment later.

[This time, we have prepared a big gift for you, a particularly big gift.]

[Please prepare yourselves, Great Xia! — 'Great Wall Watchers Organization']

Looking at this email.

Zheng Lixing read it out in confusion: "Prepared a big gift for us?"

"This doesn't feel right."

Zhang Yuli's face was extremely solemn: "What kind of technology would a mysterious organization call a big gift?"

This gift was definitely not ordinary technology, but something of great significance to Great Xia.

When the mysterious organization sent the F-22 fighter jet design schematics before, they didn't call it a big gift or tell Great Xia to prepare.

But this time, they were giving advance notice?

"Then what exactly is it? This is driving me crazy," Zheng Lixing paced back and forth, thinking, his mind flashing through one technology after another, only to deny them all.

"Wait, I think there will be an answer soon," Zhang Yuli calmed his inner excitement.

A new week, and today was Monday.

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

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

So, if he had time, Lu Ze would occasionally cook himself a proper Chinese meal. Of course, he wouldn't forget to make some for Lucy, that little glutton.

Lu Ze glanced at the system information and muttered, "The replication count has refreshed."

However, even though the replication count had refreshed, he didn't plan to use it today.

However.

Before he could finish breakfast, the doorbell rang.

"Lucy, you can come straight in," Lu Ze said without looking up. Only Lucy would come to his dorm to find him.

"Today I'm making tomato and egg noodle soup, but I only put in four portions of noodles, so it might not be enough."

He himself needed one portion, while Lucy needed five or six portions to feel seventy percent full.

"Eat you poor," might not be a joke when it came to her.

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

"I like tomato noodles," Lucy's beautiful eyes lit up. She immediately scooped a large mouthful into her mouth, and her tongue instantly turned red.

"Ah, these noodles are so hot."

"Eat slowly, there's still a long way to go before work," Lu Ze twitched the corner of his mouth. Even though you're a big eater, you're not resistant to heat.

As Lucy was devouring her meal, she suddenly seemed to remember something: "Oh right, Lu Ze, the weapon you were most looking forward to is being put into storage today."

"Do you want to come and see it up close later? But the viewing time might be a bit tight."

"The weapon I was most looking forward to?" Lu Ze's mind quickly recalled that phantom-like figure, and his voice involuntarily rose an octave: "You mean, the B-2 bomber has arrived at the laboratory?"

There was only one weapon he had been most looking forward to, 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, swallowing another large mouthful of noodles.

These handmade noodles from Great Xia were indeed much tastier than any pasta.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze, though his face remained calm, was experiencing a storm in his heart!

'Plan changed, preparing to steal the B-2 bomber!'

It wasn't that he didn't want to wait until Sunday to replicate it, but the B-2 bomber was too tempting.

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