The Flower of Hope That Bloomed in the Sea of Death (Part 2)

"Little Xu, wake up. We're at the command post."

Old Guo's voice, together with the backward jolt as the jeep braked, pulled Xu Yun out of his hazy state and back to reality.

He stretched hard, then yawned.

"Ahh."

Old Guo, sitting in the driver's seat, took off his glasses too. Not caring whether his hands were clean, he rubbed his eyes with the back of one hand. He looked just as exhausted.

There was no helping it.

Old Guo and Xu Yun had barely rested over the past few days.

Two weeks ago, on September 4, the organization had officially decided to transport the experimental Atomic Bomb from Base 221 to the testing grounds.

Faced with a series of complicated circumstances, the organization had made extensive preparations to ensure the nuclear test went smoothly.

The day after the order was issued, to further strengthen leadership over security and confidentiality, the General Political Department's Security Bureau established the first Joint Office for Nuclear Test Security and Confidentiality. It was divided into four groups: secretarial, security, confidentiality, and transportation.

The Transportation Group's main task was to deliver the nuclear bomb to the test site securely and confidentially, and see it safely installed on the test tower and detonated.

It sounded simple, but in practice the task was fraught with difficulties.

They had to prevent enemy sabotage and espionage throughout the journey. More importantly, there were technical requirements: how could they prevent radioactive leakage? How could they keep temperature, humidity, and vibration within safe limits?

Moreover, the nuclear bomb factory was thousands of kilometers from the test base. The staff involved had no idea what problems they might encounter during transport.

So Xu Yun, a half-baked expert who barely understood nuclear testing, had been roped in. Together with Old Guo, Lu Guangda,