Genius is just the threshold for me!

Chapter 127 The Desert Kicked Down the Base

"Okay, then be careful when you go out, and don't go to places with few people." Zhang Xiali understood these principles, but she was just confused because she was worried.

"Okay, Mom, I'll be in junior high soon, so don't worry." Lin Dong nodded earnestly.

"You're almost in junior high, you've grown up so much all of a sudden."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiali patted Lin Dong's head, took out an ordinary youth watch, handed it to Lin Dong, and gently instructed him:

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This is what your dad brought back and said he was giving it to you. It has a built-in high-precision positioning device.

If you encounter any sudden danger while outside, just press and hold the screen for three seconds or press it twice. It's linked to your fingerprint, so no one else can use it.

"clear!"

Lin Dong nodded obediently.

He immediately put down his chopsticks, took off his watch, and put this new watch on top of it.

"After breakfast, tell Qingling to leave. Mom is going to work."

Seeing that Lin Dong had put on his watch, Zhang Xiali felt relieved, picked up her work badge, and went to work.

Fifteen minutes later, Lin Dong finished his breakfast.

After washing the dishes in the kitchen, I turned on my phone and saw that Xu Qingling had already sent me a message.

[Xu Qingling]: Lin Dong, I'm already downstairs!

[Lin Dong]: Okay, I'll go down now.

Lin Dong replied to a message, picked up the backpack that Zhang Xiali had helped him pack, changed his shoes, closed the door, and went downstairs.

"Lin Dong, I'm here!"

As soon as I stepped out of the elevator lobby on the first floor, a joyful shout rang out from ahead.

Lin Dong looked in the direction of the sound and saw Xu Qingling waving at him.

Wearing a summer dress with a shirt collar and a schoolgirl style, the hem of which reached her knees, revealing two sections of fair, slender, and shapely calves, and with white socks and black leather shoes on her feet, she looked youthful, sweet, and energetic.

Lin Dong walked over, looked at it admiringly for a couple of seconds, and asked with a smile, "When did you buy this new dress?"

"I bought this when I went shopping with my mom last week, and today is the first time I'm wearing it."

Xu Qingling flashed a bright smile, twirled around in place, and asked, "Does it look good?"

"Great, it looks very good."

Lin Dong nodded firmly.

"Uh-huh."

Xu Qingling's smile widened as she walked outside alongside Lin Dong: "I checked the schedule for today's promotional event."

There will also be a live drone competition; the top 500 in the province can participate. We, along with Yao Yao, Yue Yue, Li Tao, and Zhang Yihao, all placed.

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"Then you need to keep up the good work."

Lin Dong smiled and asked, "Are Huang Qingyao, Su Yue, and Li Tao all participating?"

"join."

Xu Qingling pouted: "But they said they weren't coming with us, saying we were too much of a nuisance, and they went ahead with Li Tao and Zhang Yihao—"

"Aren't they just an eyesore?" Lin Dong couldn't help but laugh.

When it comes to early romantic relationships between boys and girls, girls always seem to be aware of it earlier than boys.

He used to go to and from school with Xu Qingling, and Li Tao, Zhang Yihao, and Zhang Zihua were all calm and didn't react much.

But once Huang Qingyao and Su Yue got to know each other better and often played together, whenever they spoke a little ahead of the others, these girls would complain that they couldn't stand it and that they only regretted not having a pre-arranged marriage.

"Yes, they're the ones who get in the way."

Upon hearing this, Xu Qingling nodded in affirmation: "They're such an eyesore!"

The game promotion event was held in a park in Chengdu High-tech Zone, about 17 kilometers away from the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) base.

The two chatted for a while before leaving the residential area. Instead of taking the bus, they hailed a taxi, took Renmin South Road, then connected to the North and Central sections of Tianfu Avenue, and arrived at their destination in thirty minutes.

The two got out of the car by the roadside, and what came into view were dozens of hot air balloons tied with ropes and flying in the sky, gleaming in the sun.

Below the hot air balloon, the park had already been equipped with sunshades and walkways, and countless people were continuously entering the park along the shaded walkways.

Many of them were young people who came alone or in groups, and many were clearly families of three, with parents bringing their middle school children to participate and check it out.

"Lin Dong, are there this many people?"

Xu Qingling's eyes widened as she looked at the parents in the crowd and exclaimed in surprise, "So many parents brought their children to the game promotion event?"

Although Xu Ziming played games with her since she was a child, Lin Dong always played games freely without interfering.

However, through Li Tao's experience, she realized that many parents view games as a scourge, and that the situation in her and Lin Dong's families is a minority.

But now, at this offline game promotion event, she actually saw so many parents bringing their children to participate —

"You forgot, it was a special recruitment."

Many parents don't understand the graphics and controls in games, but they are more sensitive to real-world issues than any teenager.

This promotional event was, to some extent, specifically for parents, to help them better understand the swarm game.

Lin Dong smiled and said, "There's a joke online that says if football could add 50 points to the college entrance exam, the World Cup would have to be renamed the China Cup."

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Lin Dong took a sun hat out of his backpack and slapped it on Xu Qingling's head, saying, "Let's go, let's go inside. You didn't even wear a sun hat when you went out."

"There was a test flight mission late last night, and Mom was working overtime until this morning and still hasn't come home —"

Xu Qingling explained somewhat embarrassedly, "When I left the house, I wasn't reminded, so I forgot."

Zhou Xiaoyan works in the Flight Test Integration Department, where she is responsible for arranging and coordinating various flight test tasks. Her working hours are not fixed, and her off-duty time is also not fixed. She goes to work whenever there is a flight test scheduled.

Flight tests conducted in the middle of the night like this meant there would be no free time from the evening until the morning.

"Then bring mine, otherwise your neck will get sunburned."

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong smiled and didn't blame him.

As the two entered the park and stepped into the shaded passage, the intense sunlight overhead instantly transformed into scattered fragments of light.

Along both sides of the passageway, high-powered fans and air conditioners whirred incessantly, providing a negligible amount of coolness to the participants.

"Should I text Yao Yao and the others to ask where they are?"

Xu Qingling walked in, looked at the various real drone experience areas along the way, and took out her phone to ask Lin Dong a question.

"Need not."

Lin Dong shook his head: "Just go in and register to participate in the competition. They're definitely there too, and they might already be competing."

"That's fine too."

Xu Qingling put her phone away and looked around curiously.

Suddenly, she seemed to see something and pointed to a tall figure not far ahead: "Lin Dong, look, isn't that Uncle Qi Jingchuan?"

"The one who gave us a souvenir when we came back from our first training exercise."

"where?"

Lin Dong looked in the direction Xu Qingling pointed, and frowned slightly when he saw the figure wearing short-sleeved casual clothes, but walking with a slightly different style.

"It really is—is he on duty?"

At this moment, seemingly noticing Lin Dong and the other man's gaze, Qi Jingchuan also turned his head.

Upon seeing Lin Dong and Xu Qingling, he paused for a moment, then quickly walked over.

"Student Lin, Student Xu."

Qi Jingchuan walked over and instinctively wanted to salute.

But as soon as he moved his hand, he remembered that he was wearing casual clothes, so he put his hand down again.

"Uncle Qi, what are you doing here?"

Seeing Qi Jingchuan greet him so openly and without any hesitation, Lin Dong felt relieved, but asked with some curiosity, "Isn't this a game promotion event?"

"This isn't exactly a secret; it's already spread all over the internet."

Qi Jingchuan hesitated for a moment, but then, remembering that Lin Dong and the other person were family members of military industry workers and had participated in training and exercises, he didn't hide anything and whispered, "Five days ago, a gang in the desert used drones at three in the morning to destroy a base with zero casualties—this achievement attracted the attention of the whole world."

It just so happens that they're holding a game promotion event for "Air Swarm," and since this game is touted as a realistic drone game, a lot of foreign affairs personnel have come. To ensure security, they temporarily reassigned us to help with security.