"They really had the skills to back it up."
At first, I'd thought it was ridiculous for a company to develop a space shuttle. Now, though... "Sigh."
"No wonder the higher-ups were willing to give Candy Technology the most advanced domestically produced high-precision machine tools."
They called it a purchase, but not everything could be bought with money. First, you needed the proper credentials.
Meanwhile, Mo Jingchun had just instructed Zero to use the data Qin Yuzhu had provided and produce the corresponding custom spacesuits as soon as possible.
Elsewhere, at the Huaxia border, an elite Special Forces squad was relentlessly pursuing a spy who was about to escape across the border. They only knew that the spy had stolen a State Secret; they had no idea what it was.
"We have to move faster! The latest report from headquarters says unidentified armed forces have appeared at the border." In the jungle, a kilometer wasn't exactly close, but it wasn't far, either.
Just seconds before the spy was about to cross the border, the sniper fired without hesitation.
The two sides faced off, weapons at the ready, but everyone in the Special Operations Squad looked grim.
Who could have expected that, at the last crucial moment, the spy would throw the USB Drive in his hand ahead of him? It traced an arc through the air and landed three meters beyond the border.
Watching the other side pick up the USB Drive and retreat warily, the squad wanted nothing more than to open fire right then and there.
But after years of operating along the border, they all knew that whichever side fired first would be at a disadvantage. Because then, the nature of the situation would change.
Overhead, an Armed Helicopter's downdraft sent the trees swaying from side to