Became a salted fish pretend heiress and handed over the system
Chapter 755 - 741: Arrival at the Base

Chapter 755: Chapter 741: Arrival at the Base

"Hmm." Yan Mo understood as the aircraft started its ascent into the sky at that moment.

"We have some tea and drinks on board, do you need any?" After sitting for a while, Assistant Tan asked them.

"I don’t need any, I already had a milk tea when I came, and I can’t drink anymore right now. About how long will it take us to get there?" Xia Yue waved her hand and inquired about the time, intending to take a nap if it was going to be a while.

"It will take about three hours, you can rest for a bit." Assistant Tan said.

"Then I’ll take a quick nap, Brother Yan, wake me up when we get there." Xia Yue nodded and instructed Yan Mo.

"Hmm, do you have a sleeping mask?" Yan Mo responded and then turned to ask Assistant Tan.

"Yes"

"Never mind, I don’t like sleeping masks, this is fine. Just if you guys want to talk, please go to other seats to do so." Xia Yue found sleeping masks uncomfortable; she preferred to sleep simply by closing her eyes.

"Alright." Seeing her preference, Yan Mo just went along with it.

The System hopped out of Xia Yue’s embrace and cuddled up next to Assistant Tan, squinting and falling asleep.

Time flies when you sleep.

Xia Yue felt it hadn’t been long before Yan Mo woke her up.

With a dazed, freshly-awakened look in her eyes, she asked, "Have we arrived?"

"We’re almost there, I called you to wake up a bit," Yan Mo said.

"Oh." Xia Yue nodded, yawned, and patted her face with her hand to make herself more alert.

Before long, the aircraft landed on a helipad hidden in the mountains.

Under Assistant Tan’s guidance, they disembarked from the aircraft.

A group of people was standing below, including Old Wei and a bunch of senior experts around the same age as Professor Hao, both men and women, all surrounded by a ring of armed guards.

"Doesn’t it seem like there are too many people?" Looking at the scene, Xia Yue nervously murmured to Yan Mo behind his back; the way these people were looking at her, as though viewing a rare treasure, with inquiry, curiosity, and anticipation.

"It’s fine, they won’t do anything to you, they are just full of anticipation for what you are about to release," Yan Mo reassured her.

"I’m just not used to their gazes, it’s the first time I’m being stared at by so many people, and all of them are top figures, it feels a bit unreal." Xia Yue spoke softly, knowing that without what the System brought her, she would never receive such treatment in her lifetime.

After disembarking, Assistant Tan led them to Old Wei.

"Old Wei, Captain Yan and Miss Xia have arrived," Assistant Tan approached Old Wei, saluted formally, and spoke seriously.

"Very good, very good, thank you for your hard work," Old Wei nodded with a smile, looking towards Yan Mo and Xia Yue.

"Girl, long time no see. We never expected you to bring us so many surprises. On behalf of those above, I offer you our heartfelt thanks. Because of your choice, our country has become even stronger," Old Wei said with gratitude as he saluted Xia Yue.

"No need to be overly courteous, it’s what I should do. We benefit each other; I should also thank you for helping me complete the task," Xia Yue returned the salute in kind, feeling his thanks were too generous. In reality, her role wasn’t that significant; much had been accomplished with their help.

"If you hadn’t voluntarily disclosed this matter, we could never have gained what we did, so we should be thanking you," Old Wei felt she was being too modest, as they were the ones who had benefited more from the arrangement.

"Hehehehe." Xia Yue really wasn’t adept at exchanging praises like this. One or two lines were manageable, but any more and she truly felt embarrassed.

"Mr. Wei, let’s not thank each other anymore for now, let’s focus on the main task at hand." Seeing Xia Yue’s embarrassment, Yan Mo pulled her behind him and addressed Mr. Wei.

"You little rascal," Mr. Wei said with a cold chuckle as he watched Yan Mo’s action, but decided not to continue.

"Let’s go, to the main task." Mr. Wei said to them, leading the way ahead.

"Don’t forget about us." The waiting experts, the elderly predecessors, having feared that their own excitement might have scared Xia Yue, had been restraining themselves and didn’t interrupt their reminiscing. Now, hearing their conversation and seeing Mr. Wei walking so briskly, they finally spoke up.

"You all know the way, just follow along," Mr. Wei, who had been interacting with them recently, was quite irritable with them. Stubborn to a fault, he would force them to rest despite their objections, and they responded with curses and complaints.

Hearing Mr. Wei’s words, the old experts who initially wanted to argue back noticed Xia Yue’s gaze and, fearing that they might leave a bad impression on her, which might result in her not letting them join the research, swallowed their anger and could only glower at Mr. Wei’s retreating back.

Xia Yue looked at them and then glanced at Mr. Wei in the front.

She whispered in Yan Mo’s ear, "Their relationship doesn’t seem very good. It looks like those old experts want to tear Mr. Wei apart."

"Don’t mind them, this is an issue between Mr. Wei and them, and it has nothing to do with us," Yan Mo said.

"But they’re a team now. Is it really okay for them to be like this?" Xia Yue asked, puzzled. If their conflicts were too many, it could greatly affect the research.

"Their relationship is like that between your grandfather and mine, quarreling all the time, but when it really matters, they present a united front," Yan Mo explained, guessing at the friction between Mr. Wei and the old experts, and trying to alleviate Xia Yue’s concerns.

"I see," Xia Yue nodded.

Mr. Wei led them into the mountain’s interior and then took the elevator down underground.

There were about fifteen people in the elevator. Yan Mo and Xia Yue stood to Mr. Wei’s left, Assistant Tan to the right, with the insistent old experts who had squeezed in behind them.

"Yan Mo sent over the dimensions of the spaceship overnight, and we searched everywhere before we found this place. It took a lot of people to get it ready.

The spaceship is huge, so it’s kept at the very bottom," Mr. Wei told Xia Yue.

"Oh," Xia Yue nodded.

"The facilities and equipment inside aren’t fully prepared, they’re a bit crude," Mr. Wei continued.

"It doesn’t seem that crude from what I’ve seen along the way," she observed. The limited view still seemed decent enough to her.

"Hahaha, you sure know how to talk," Mr. Wei laughed.

Five minutes later, they reached the lowest level, five hundred meters below the ground.

"Is this place big enough for that spaceship?" Mr. Wei asked Xia Yue as soon as they stepped out of the elevator and walked a few steps toward an open space in front of them.

Xia Yue didn’t know and could only look to the System she held in her arms.

[Yes.] The System nodded to her.

"Yes, I’ll go place it. Keep an eye out," Xia Yue nodded to them and walked forward about thirty meters.

In that moment, an enormous spaceship appeared suddenly in the previously empty