I handed over to another world

"Do you want to rest?"

Li Tianyun turned his head and looked at Chen Lin. "You are just starting out as a leader of the association. People in their fifties are still in their prime. How old are you and you want to give up?"

Chen Lin smiled bitterly and pointed at the white hair on his temples: "Mr. Li, you can see clearly that I am no longer the young boy I was back then."

"nonsense!"

The old man suddenly patted the armrest of his wheelchair excitedly, "Wasn't I still maintaining the Red Dragon Association when you were here? When you first met me, I was much older than you are now!"

When the officers on the bridge heard this conversation, they couldn't help but smile secretly.

Chen Lin shook his head helplessly and was about to say something when the alarm suddenly sounded again.

"Report! Emergency communication from the Oort Cloud Observatory!"

"We have discovered... we have discovered a second wave of alien fleets, ten times the size of the previous one!"

Densely packed red dots instantly lit up on the holographic sand table, surging towards the solar system like a tide.

What is even more shocking is that among the formations of these warships there are several ships that are obviously made by humans.

"really……"

Chen Lin's eyes instantly became sharp. "But it's not that we are unprepared. Let the commander on the front line handle it. Come to me if there are any problems."

"By the way, what do you think of that little girl from Zhang Shouren's family?"

Li Tianyun suddenly changed the subject, tapping the wheelchair armrests with his fingers, "That girl who got a double doctorate from Shangdu College."

Chen Lin raised his eyebrows, took the battle report handed over by the adjutant and glanced at it: "Are you talking about Zhang Ning? That girl is really good, but she likes to call her true too much. Last time, because of the energy consumption problem of the quantum engine, she almost fought with the old academician of the Academy of Sciences."

"Hahaha!"

Li Tianyun laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh. "Isn't this the same behavior as Zhang Shouren when he was young? Speaking of which, you may not have seen it, but Zhang Shouren was much more radical in the beginning than he was later..."

The communicator on the bridge suddenly sounded: "Report to the President, the enemy's vanguard fleet has been completely wiped out, and the main force is retreating!"

"Want to give chase?"

Chen Lin waved his hand without even looking up: "Just follow the plan, the command is in your hands."

"Yes!"

Chen Lin turned around and smiled at Li Tianyun, "That girl is much more capable than most people. The quantum entanglement communication system she developed is now standard equipment in our fleet."

On the holographic projection, the battle situation on the front line was updated in real time. The human fleet divided and surrounded the alien fleet in a perfectly coordinated formation. The destruction of each enemy ship turned into a data stream flashing on the screen.

"but……"

Chen Lin took a sip of tea and said, "I think Zhou Yi from the Zhou family is more suitable."

"That guy was the commander of the Oort Cloud Outpost for five years. He handled three alien civilization contact incidents, and each one was great."

Li Tianyun narrowed his eyes: "I've heard of him. He seems to be a Han envoy. He is decisive and good at killing..."

"But if you think about it carefully, this kind of person might be more suitable to serve as an envoy or a frontline general. If he is really allowed to sit here, I'm afraid it will lead the association to an uncontrollable path."

“You know this too?”

Li Tianyun nodded. "That makes sense. This kind of person is indeed not suitable for this position."

Suddenly, the alarm sounded again, but this time it was a blue strobe that represented victory.

The communications officer excitedly reported: "President! The enemy flagship has been destroyed, and the remaining fleet is surrendering!"

Chen Lin and Li Tianyun smiled at each other, as if they already knew the result.

The old man slowly took out two wine glasses from the secret compartment of his wheelchair: "Try it? It's a special brew from the Origin Star. It's been hidden for twenty years."

"Didn't the doctor tell you not to drink?"

"Well, we're not allowed to celebrate after winning?"

Li Tianyun blinked slyly, "Besides, at my age, I can only listen to the doctor's words."

As the two clinked their glasses, brilliant victory fireworks exploded outside the porthole.

Chen Lin looked at the sky full of dots of light and suddenly said, "Actually, I was thinking... should we set up a dual-chairman system? One in charge of internal affairs and one in charge of external affairs..."

Li Tianyun paused in mid-air, his hand holding the glass raised, a gleam in his eyes: "Great! One is in charge of technological development, the other is in charge of interstellar defense. But..." He lowered his voice, "Aren't you afraid that they will fight?"

"It's fine if there are people managing it now, but if all of us are gone in the future, what should we do if they fight for power? Who has the strongest power? Who is weaker? There will inevitably be a fight."

Chen Lin laughed: "Isn't that more interesting? It's better than an old man like me looking at data reports all day long."

At this moment, the communication screen lit up and the figure of the front-line commander appeared: "Report! We found in the wreckage of the enemy flagship..."

"Get straight to the point."

Chen Lin interrupted.

"Yes! We found Zhang Mingyuan's cryochamber, and his vital signs are stable."

The wine glass in Li Tianyun's hand suddenly trembled, and red wine spilled on his uniform.

……

Three days later, in the top floor conference room of the Red Dragon Association headquarters.

Chen Lin looked at the falling cherry blossoms outside the window and tapped lightly on the sandalwood tabletop with his fingers.

The holographic projector in the conference room slowly lit up, and the image of former president Zhang Shouren gradually became clear - the old man, who had been retired for 20 years, was pruning potted plants in the garden of the Mars sanatorium.

"I heard you're quitting?" Zhang Shouren said without looking up, and accurately cut off a branch with the gardening shears in his hand. "I worked until I was 75 years old before I retired."

Li Tianyun controlled the floating wheelchair to slide in front of the projection: "Come on, Lao Zhang, you kept saying you wanted to retire in your last few years, if I hadn't stopped you..."

"Cough cough!"

Zhang Shouren finally raised his head, and his sharp eyes scanned the two people through the holographic projection, "Let's talk business, have you drawn up the candidate list?"

Chen Lin called up an encrypted file, and hundreds of holographic files unfolded in the center of the conference room: "Three hundred and twenty people have been initially screened, all of whom are top talents in their respective fields."

Zhang Shouren narrowed his eyes and casually opened a few files: "This one won't work. He's too indecisive... This one won't work either. The decision-making at the Pluto outpost last year was problematic..."

"You are just as picky as you were when you were young."

Li Tianyun smiled and shook his head, suddenly pointing to a certain file, "I think this one is good. It's the chief engineer of the Sirius Colony. He has solved three ecosystem collapse crises."

Chen Lin frowned and said, "Technical talents may not be suitable for overall planning."

He called up a set of data, "In the past fifty years, 70% of technical expert presidents have appeared during their term of office..."

"Stop, stop, stop."

Zhang Shouren suddenly waved his hand, "Your screening is too mechanical."

He put down the garden shears, and the image suddenly switched to the Red Dragon Association headquarters thirty years ago. "Look at this."

The picture shows the young Chen Lin, arguing with a group of veteran academicians in the conference room.

"Everyone said you were too young and too radical."

Zhang Shouren said meaningfully, "But what about now?" The conference room fell into a brief silence. Outside the window, a new warship was slowly taking off, and the blue light of its engine shone on the face of the third-generation president.

"I have a proposal."

Li Tianyun suddenly broke the silence, "Why not start the Spark Project?"

Zhang Shouren's image was visibly shaken: "Are you sure? That's..."

“Let the candidates prove themselves in actual combat.”

Chen Lin took over the conversation, his eyes twinkling, "It just so happens that the border outpost reported that there are abnormal energy fluctuations in the Andromeda Galaxy."

“Is this approach feasible?”

"Sometimes both luck and strength are necessary, otherwise the world would be too rigid, wouldn't it?"

The two former presidents looked at each other and nodded immediately: "We can give it a try."

"Then it's decided. The Spark Project has officially started."

"and many more,"

Li Tianyun raised his hand to signal that they should not rush. "The Spark Project can be carried out privately, but the screening must also be carried out in public. We need to disseminate some information on a small scale within the association to let some people know what we are doing. The position of the president of the association will be crucial in the next few decades, and we cannot be careless, so we need to be prepared for both situations."

"What Lao Li said makes a lot of sense."

Zhang Shouren nodded, "Let's do it this way."

Chen Lin nodded and called Secretary Zhao to start assigning the next steps.

……

Three days later, Kuiper Belt front.

Chen Lin stood on the observation platform of the "Chixiao" and watched the busy recovery operations in the distance through quantum-strengthened glass - hundreds of engineering ships shuttled among the battlefield wreckage like worker bees, and robotic arms accurately grabbed every valuable fragment.

"President, the third recovery team has made a new discovery."

Secretary Zhao walked over quickly and handed over a data tablet. "We found this in the wreckage of the enemy flagship."

Chen Lin took the data tablet and his pupils suddenly contracted - the screen showed a twisted armor plate with the number "Red Dragon-7" clearly printed on it.

"As expected..."

He stroked the numbered line on the screen with his finger. "This is the armor material of Explorer-7, who disappeared fifteen years ago."

The holographic projection automatically unfolded, showing the complete blueprint of the "Explorer" at that time. Chen Lin overlapped the image of the wreckage on the data board with the blueprint, and the matching degree was as high as 99%.

"Notify the Research Department to store all recovered materials separately."

Chen Lin's voice was low and firm. "Especially the parts with Red Dragon numbers. All of them should be sent to the isolation laboratory on the seventh floor underground."

He turned and walked towards the command desk, calling up the recovery progress chart of the entire battlefield. Tens of thousands of marking points were flashing, each representing a recovery site.

"President, you need to see this."

The holographic image of Chief Scientist Wang Yan appeared in the laboratory. The researchers beside him were carefully disassembling a twisted engine component. "Please pay attention to the welding marks at this joint."

Zooming in the camera, you can clearly see the special 45-degree cross weld pattern.

“This welding process…”

Wang Yan explained, "It is Academician Liu's unique technology. When he was in charge of the Explorer's power system, he particularly liked to use this welding method."

Another researcher held up a severely deformed alloy plate and said, "What's even more amazing is this. After spectral analysis, it was confirmed to be a special Xinghai alloy developed by the Ark Project. The formula of this material is still top secret."

Chen Lin carefully observed every detail through the holographic image and frowned, "Compile all the findings into a report."

He closed the communication and turned to Secretary Zhao, "Notify Li Tianyun and Zhang Shouren immediately to hold an emergency meeting."

That night, in the Red Dragon Association’s isolated laboratory on the seventh underground floor.

The three presidents observed the dismantling work of the scientific research team through holographic projection.

The director of the laboratory is explaining the latest findings: "According to current statistics, 18% of the components in the enemy fleet are derived from human technology."

He called up a set of comparative data. "Especially this navigation core. Although it has been modified, its basic architecture completely follows our third-generation quantum navigation system."

Another senior engineer added: “The most disturbing thing is this bio-interface device.”

He pointed to the tissue samples under the microscope and said, "These neural connection marks...are clearly designed for the human nervous system."

The three of them fell silent, the blue light of the lab casting deep shadows on their faces.

"More terrible than a traitor."

Li Tianyun's voice came through the communicator, "Our missing compatriots may have been... transformed."

Chen Lin stood up and walked towards the huge star map on the wall: "Notify all border outposts to raise their alert to level one. At the same time..."

He ran his finger across the star map and tapped on a certain star system. "We need to pay close attention to the battlefield ahead. We need to set up several layers of monitoring systems here. We need to keep some ships away from returning and place some baits over there to see if we can lure out the big guys behind us."

Zhang Shouren's projection suddenly flickered: "Are you sure you want to release the bait?"

"Since the other party is so interested in our technology." Chen Lin said calmly, "Then send them a special gift."

In the flagship starship of the Kuiper Belt, engineers are installing special quantum tracking devices for a new reconnaissance ship in a secret dock outside the laboratory.

And at the core of its camouflaged engine, a miniature singularity bomb is being carefully placed - this is what Chen Lin called a "special gift".

Once this gadget is triggered and recycled, it will detonate a small galaxy!
At this time, Chen Lin's holographic image was conducting the final tactical confirmation with the front-line commander.

"Remember, all systems of this scout ship must remain in a fault state."

Chen Lin's finger drew a track on the holographic star map, "Make it look like an abandoned wreckage, and the drifting track should be natural."

"clear."

The commander nodded and said, "We have simulated seventeen drifting trajectories to ensure that we will not be discovered."

"The quantum tracker will send an encrypted pulse every six hours, with the signal disguised as cosmic background radiation."

In the laboratory, engineers are carrying out final debugging.

The chief technology officer was carefully examining the camouflage layer of the miniature singularity bomb: "This camouflage must be perfect. Any abnormal quantum reading will alert the other party."

His assistant carefully adjusted the shielding parameters: "Sir, we used three layers of shielding. The first layer imitates the quantum characteristics of the core of an ordinary engine, the second layer..."

"Just tell me the result."

"Even with our most advanced scanners, we would only detect a common warp drive malfunctioning module."

Lin Mo nodded with satisfaction and turned to another engineer who was debugging the quantum tracker: "Is the delay of the tracking signal set?"

“It’s set.”

The engineer called up the holographic interface. "The signal will be sent 72 hours after being triggered to ensure that the target has returned to its home port."

At the same time, in the monitoring center of the Red Dragon Association headquarters, dozens of analysts were staring at the real-time scanning data of the outer edge of the Kuiper Belt. Suddenly, a red mark flashed on the screen.

"Here it comes!!" (End of this chapter)