Although the million-dollar fighter jet fell into the water and was scrapped, everyone at NASA breathed a sigh of relief at Zhang Heng's safe return.
Two serious accidents occurred in succession on the same day. If two more astronaut candidates encountered accidents, although they were not accidents that affected the moon landing plan, ordinary people would definitely not care so much. In fact, since Congress approved Since the advent of the Apollo project, public opposition has never stopped.
More and more people are questioning whether this expensive cost is reasonable, whether the so-called space race and the moon landing are just cosmetic projects, and the political significance is far greater than the actual significance. You must know that this money could have been used to improve people's livelihood, education, or In terms of medical care, more poor people can have enough to eat, the unemployed can receive more subsidies, and people of color can receive more respect.
Those media who got wind of this incident would definitely seize such a thing and pursue it fiercely. Fortunately, unlike Anthony before, Zhang Heng miraculously survived this accident.
However, after returning to the shore, he was not able to join other players. Instead, he was taken directly to the infirmary. Although on the surface, he did not suffer any injuries in the accident, the medical team gave him another treatment just to be on the safe side. After a full physical examination, Zhang Heng was taken to a conference room to be questioned by the accident investigation team after confirming that he was in good health.
Including the reason why the engine stalled at that time, Zhang Heng's response measures, the status of the fighter jet, and a series of other issues, as well as the subsequent escape process.
Because of the existence of the cruise ship, Zhang Heng did not hide anything and basically told the truth, including that the fighter jet lost power and was involved in a tornado, and then completed an emergency landing on the water. He only concealed the fact that he used [Betty's Shell] to control the tornado. detail.
The people in the accident investigation team felt like they were listening to a fairy tale. Although the possibility of what Zhang Heng said could not be ruled out in theory, their rich professional experience told them that the chance of such a thing happening was too small.
Originally, the probability of the left and right engines stopping at the same time in the air was very small. Even if they happened to catch a tornado, they would not even dare to write about this situation. However, they did do a lot of homework before coming. At that time, the waterspout was not far from the coast. Even though it was far away, there were still many people who saw it. In addition to the witnesses on the cruise ship, their statements were exactly the same as Zhang Heng's.
So even though it was hard to believe it emotionally, they had to accept this only explanation in the end.
In addition, the accident investigation team also paid special attention to the problem of the ejection device. The tragedy in the morning was related to the failure of the ejection device of the lunar landing training aircraft. Less than a few hours later, the ejection device of the fighter jet had another problem. When something goes wrong, it's easy to wonder if there's any connection between the two.
NASA has sent a salvage team to salvage the fallen fighter jet and plans to conduct a detailed investigation. In addition, members of the investigation team also specifically asked Zhang Heng about the possibility of man-made sabotage.
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When all the investigations were completed, it was already evening. The investigation team informed Zhang Heng that he would no longer be allowed to fly until the final investigation report came out. Zhang Heng had no objection to this result. Such a result was tantamount to protecting He, before the murderer is found, he doesn't want to repeat what happened before.
After eating, Zhang Heng returned to the aerodynamics class.
However, not long after he sat down, he received a small note with a very simple content, only one sentence.
——You are also doubting Bruno. See you in the corridor at three o'clock tonight.
Bruno was the name of the feeble young man in the copy. The note was sent by Zhen Zuo, but the person who wrote the note was a middle-aged man with an intellectual appearance.
The latter nodded secretly to Zhang Heng after he got the note.
Zhang Heng was not too surprised. Two accidents occurred in succession, one was successful and the other failed. Other players would definitely be worried about their own safety and would like to work hard to find the murderer and figure out how the other party kept causing accidents.
At present, it seems that the players except Bruno have united together and reached some kind of consensus. They believe that Bruno is the most suspicious, and they do not intend to let the other party take the initiative to decide the life and death of other players, so they decided to take the initiative.
This basically means that Bruno is out of the game early, because regardless of whether he is the real murderer or not, other players will no longer be a threat after a complete fallout, and there are already many people in his position. Staring, now that Zhang Heng has survived, Bruno's role is not that big.
The four of them teamed up, and Bruno had almost no chance of winning if he was calculating mentally or not. The reason why the intellectual-looking middle-aged man invited Zhang Heng to join was not because of his strength, but to prevent him from telling NASA about the matter. people.
This is undoubtedly very wise.
Two accidents occurred in one day. Judging from the previous questions of the accident investigation team, they obviously also doubted the possibility of man-made accidents.
If you take action at this time, even if you can disguise it as an accident, you will take a lot of risks. Only the relationship of complicity can keep the secret as much as possible.
Zhang Heng agreed to the middle-aged man's proposal without hesitating for too long.
Regardless of whether Bruno is the murderer or not, killing Bruno is undoubtedly beneficial to him now. Even if the other four do not take action, Zhang Heng will find a way to get Bruno out first to ensure his own safety. Since both parties have the same purpose now , Zhang Heng had no reason to refuse.
And this result is obviously not beyond the expectations of the middle-aged people.
During the subsequent physical training, the intellectual-looking middle-aged man found an opportunity to come to Zhang Heng and briefly talked to him about his plan of action for the night. However, in order not to arouse Bruno's vigilance, the two quickly separated again. The middle-aged man who looked like an intellectual even deliberately called everyone together and expressed his hope to hold another meeting at noon tomorrow to continue the discussion that could not be completed before.
Bruno seemed very disapproving of this, but even so, he found Zhang Heng after the physical training and stated that what happened on the fighter jet that afternoon had nothing to do with him. At the same time, he expressed his intention to form an alliance with Zhang Heng. Bruno obviously also knew that he The relationship with other players is not good now, and the support of the alliance is urgently needed.
According to him, he and Zhang Heng are the two players with the best training performance, and joining forces can further ensure the success rate of the moon landing.
Zhang Heng replied that he would consider it, but when the hands of the clock pointed to three o'clock in the morning, Zhang Heng still opened the door as agreed.
