The Truth About Base 221 Goes Public (Part 2)

"The truth about Base 221?"

At this very moment.

Inside the auditorium of the Fifth Branch Factory.

Hearing what the man named Lu Guangda had said, Fang Weijun and the others in the audience couldn't help but stare in surprise.

Although many of them hadn't even attended primary school and lacked specialized knowledge, they had still accumulated three or four decades of life experience.

Those few simple words, "the truth about Base 221," were enough to get them thinking.

First, there was the name Base 221.

As everyone knew,

the unit they worked for was officially called the Xihai State-run Comprehensive Machinery Factory, both publicly and internally. Since it also handled the mining and processing of certain ores, it was known as the Xihai Mining Area or Mine 221.

So people generally called it "the factory" or "the mine." Among ordinary workers, the term "base" was practically unheard of.

And beyond that striking word, "base," the word "truth" that followed was also thought-provoking.

As mentioned earlier,

Fang Weijun and the others had arrived at the base several years ago and had spent a good many years there.

But all they knew was that they were working on some kind of top-secret national project. They had no idea what the project actually involved.

Judging by Lu Guangda's tone,

was the purpose of the meeting the base was holding today to reveal the truth about this secret mission?

At that thought,

a low murmur of discussion rose from the audience, and many people looked intensely curious.

The workers had a strong sense of duty, but everyone had a basic desire to know. It was impossible to believe they weren't at least a little curious about the mission the base was undertaking.

Over the years at the base, many of them had speculated