Before time travel, Li Congxin had never flown a plane.
After traveling through time, although there were many plane rides, traveling on a supersonic stealth fighter was still the first time for a grown-up girl to board a sedan.
I have heard before that flying on this kind of aircraft is extremely demanding on the body, and often causes a lot of discomfort when flying for the first time. Even every pilot needs a lot of training to adapt before taking up the job.
However, Li Congxin didn't feel any discomfort when sitting on it, except that the pilot had to wear a hood, and his words became loud and irritable, and he couldn't communicate well at all, which made him feel quite bored.
From Washington to the Middle East, it's really not that far by supersonic plane. When Li Congxin arrived at the secret base US military base, Agent Hill personally came out to greet him.
Looking at Hill, who was wearing tight-fitting secret agent clothes and looking dashing, Li Congxin joked casually, "I said, "How could you refuse Nirvana Pictures's generous treatment? It turns out you have found a better job. By the way, I, the boss, am now under your leadership."
"Mr. Clark was joking." Hill smiled politely and explained, "Your status in S.H.I.E.L.D. is quite special. Even Director Fury has no right to give you orders directly. It cost a lot for him to ask you to help this time, didn't it?"
While talking, Hill had already brought Li Congxin to the relatively simple outpost.
Here, Li Congxin finally met the Gravitational Mechanics expert. Unsurprisingly, he was a lean old white man. His appearance was the kind of person who would not remember what he looked like after meeting him once.
Not eye-catching at all.
The screen faded away, and for a while there were only three people left in the room: Li Congxin, Hill, and the expert.
Hill took out a military map and began to tell the two about her planned action plan.
"The mission of this field trip has been completed, but the doctor has also become a key target of terrorists. To safely escort him back to the country, we are facing two severe tests."
As he spoke, Hill's finger fell somewhere on the map. "This is where we are now. The first trouble we need to solve is to return from here to the airport at the main base. It is an absolutely safe zone, but every place we pass along the way, we may be attacked by terrorists."
As he spoke, Hill's finger had already drawn a route from here to the airport on the map, and he continued, "Although the airport is safe, there are still a lot of people coming and going there. We need to take preventive measures. We will not be done until the doctor is put on the plane."
After listening to Hill's plan, Li Congxin always felt something was wrong. He rubbed his chin gently and suddenly asked, "Agent Hill, since my current identity is Tactical Advisor of S.H.I.E.L.D., can I put forward my own opinions on the plan of this operation?"
"Of course." Hill welcomed Li Congxin's valuable advice. "Do you think there are any loopholes in my plan?"
Li Congxin shook his head and said, "There is no problem, but the distance is too long and the speed is too slow. There is no guarantee that there will be no accidents."
"My idea is to hide Chen Cang."
"The doctor's body should not be able to meet the flying conditions of a fighter jet. This eliminates the possibility of us sending him away directly by fighting, so leaving from the airport becomes the only way. But the other party can know the doctor's whereabouts, so this journey must not be safe. Am I right?"
Hill nodded and waited for his follow-up plan.
Li Congxin looked at expert Gravitational Mechanics at this time, smiled slightly and said, "Coincidentally, the height of the doctor is not much different from mine. As long as the two of us exchange identities and I bear the risk, it will be no problem. By the way, this is the real intention of Egghead who is willing to spend a lot of money to ask me to help, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense, just follow the plan he specified."
Hill was speechless for a while after hearing this, but silently took out two high-tech release masks.
In fact, Egghead does want to let Li Congxin replace the doctor to attract firepower, but this is only one of the plans, and it must be proposed by Li Congxin himself, otherwise it will appear that they have ulterior motives.
You must know that although Li Congxin has stronger survivability, his life is also much more valuable than that of an expert.
Therefore, if Li Congxin does not mention it himself, Hill will also find opportunities to hint at it. If Li Congxin pretends not to understand her hint, or really does not understand it, then he can only act according to another plan, which is the standard plan proposed by Hill before.
Disguising himself as Gravitational Mechanics expert, Li Congxin got on the jeep heading to the airport with Hill.
Originally, Li Congxin proposed that Hill stay and protect the real expert, but Hill said that if she didn't come along, the plan would seem too fake. To do the whole show, she must stay close to Li Congxin for personal protection.
It is said that the Middle East is not a peaceful place, and Li Congxin saw it for the first time today.
Just from setting off to boarding the plane, Li Congxin and his party encountered two attacks.
The first time was on the way to the airport when he was attacked by a group of armed men. Although he agreed, five soldiers on Hill's side sacrificed their lives.
The second time was at the airport. The assailants were two gunmen and two suicide bombers. Despite Li Congxin's early warning, two agents were still killed in the battle. Three other soldiers were injured, two slightly injured and one seriously injured. Depending on their posture, they might be left with lifelong disabilities.
Finally getting on the plane, Li Congxin looked at Hill who looked tired, and handed her a bottle of drinking water on the table and said, "Drink some water first to calm down the shock. We are safe now, aren't we?"
Hill took the water, but did not open it immediately. Instead, he looked at Li Congxin and said, "I have seen this kind of scene many times, but you, it seems a little uncomfortable."
Li Congxin said with a helpless smile, "If I could take action, those people would not have to die, and no one would be injured."
He stretched out and lay down on the bed. "When I used to write novels, the protagonist would often feel powerless while watching innocent people die, but could do nothing. This would establish the protagonist's determination to become stronger."
"It wasn't until now that I discovered that sometimes powerlessness can make people feel at ease, but it's the most depressing thing when you clearly have the power to change all tragedies, but you can't take action for some reason."
Hill didn't say anything, just looked out the window silently, watching the plane leave the base and fly higher and higher, break through the clouds, and go straight into the sky.