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"No." Mu Qi was very sure. Although it was just a satellite, a very small matter, he was completely unaware of the entire process from project approval to satellite manufacturing and launch.
This is very abnormal.
Mu Qi is the head of the scientific research department, and he should be responsible for every step here.
At this point, the satellite was already in the sky, and he had only just learned of the existence of such a project. It was bizarre!
Moreover, even now he didn't know why the satellite was launched. Was it an interceptor satellite? Or a reconnaissance satellite? He had no idea.
Because it wasn't even connected to the TAC team's network.
From what Mu Kaji could see, its parameters were very strange. Rather than being a simple satellite, it looked more like a satellite system after a spacecraft had been castrated.
"It's an experimental satellite, designed to build the Internet."
"Internet?" Mu Kaji knew about the Internet, which was a concept that had not yet been realized. However, it should be a civilian thing, so what did it have to do with the TAC team?
The military already has its own network, and it is impossible for it to connect with the civilian population.
Mu Qi wanted to say something more, but seeing that the captain was very secretive and obviously didn't want to say more, he suddenly realized that there were some things that he shouldn't know.
Mu Qi knew Captain Long's character and trusted him completely, so he didn't ask any more questions.
"Then Captain, I will register it under the list of reserve satellites."
Reserve satellites are professional satellites that the TAC team occasionally uses to respond to some emergencies, including geodetic satellites, reconnaissance satellites, emergency communication satellites, etc. They are usually in standby mode and will only be used in emergencies.
In other words, this satellite is registered under TAC, but is not included in routine deployment.
"Ah, that's great. Thank you so much for troubling you, Kiji-kun."
Having such subordinates is a relief. Captain Long put the report on Xue Nan's investigation back on the table.
Humanity has indeed been blessed with a miracle. No matter what the price is, it is not too much... No, it is not a price at all, it is just gratitude.
When Lingye came to Alice's house again, the girl was still wearing pajamas and the air conditioner in the room was turned on high enough to make people feel cold.
Nothing has changed since the last time I came.
The only change was that she became a little anxious.
"Big mistake. We are running low on ammunition." She said this and drank the Dr. Pepper in her hand in one gulp.
Ling also guessed that the ammunition she was talking about was probably that strange drink.
"Yes, I'm talking about Dr. Pepper, but it's not a strange drink, it's the source of life."
"Ah, did I say that?" Ling also covered her mouth. Some things are fine to think about in your mind, but it would be too rude to say them out loud.
"No, you didn't say it, but I can tell from your expression. Many times, I think being a detective is really unfortunate, or is it better to pretend to be deaf and dumb?"
"Alice are you a detective?"
"That's probably what it means. Occasionally, someone will come to ask for a commission."
"The kind that looks for kittens and puppies?"
"How rude! I won't accept requests that require me to go out."
So the focus is on whether you need to go out?
"In that case, we only accept door-to-door consultations. That means we are not detectives, but lawyers, right? Ah, I see. We are like Miss Marple, the armchair detective, and Sherlock Holmes? The kind who can solve a case just by listening to clues in the living room."
"That's probably it. But it's not an armchair detective, it's a NEET detective."
It sounded like a girl bragging, but Ling felt that it might be true because Alice did have some special abilities.
Not in terms of computer skills. She's too sensitive, too perceptive.
As she was speaking, the doorbell of Alice's room rang again.
Alice glanced at the gate surveillance screen and then jumped off the bed.
This was rare, because Ling had never seen Alice get out of bed the two times she came to Alice's house.
Including eating, her bed is very big and all her daily needs are done on the bed. She is a real Neet.
But now the neet tribe has gotten out of bed!
"Come in, the door is unlocked!"
A young man with short hair came in. Although it was spring and the temperature was not that warm, he was only wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt, revealing his strong muscles on his arms and collar.
The masculine atmosphere made the room seem to have risen a few degrees. Of course, it was also possible that the air conditioning had escaped a little after the door was opened, and Alice's room was too cold.
He walked in carrying two boxes of drinks.
Ling also understood. No wonder Alice got out of bed on her own initiative. It turned out that her "source of life" had arrived.
"Thank you for your hard work, Azhe."
"Oh hiss"
Azhe put the drinks on the ground, tore open the cartons, and stuffed the bottles into the refrigerator one by one.
One bottle, two bottles
Alice's expression visibly regained its relief.
Ling also seemed to be able to see the words HP+1, HP+1.
Soon, the two boxes of drinks were stuffed into the refrigerator, filling up the fresh-keeping room. Ah Zhe didn't say much, and left after delivering the drinks.
“What a warm-hearted person.”
"That's because I lent him 100,000 yen, and he lost it all on the racetrack and pachinko," Alice said.
So Ling also found out that the young man named Azhe was a gambler who always lost money.
It's not that he won't win. According to Alice, Azhe spent a long time practicing boxing before, but not for the competition. He just wanted to train his dynamic vision so that he could play pachinko better.
He did win sometimes, but even then he would continue to put money into the machine, so he would always walk out of the store penniless.
"That's his way of life," Alice concluded.
The reason she said so much was because a refrigerator full of stock made her feel good.
There is hope in life again.
Dr. Pepper is the earliest carbonated beverage originated in the United States. The brand was founded in 1885 and has a history of nearly a hundred years. It is the originator of carbonated beverages.
Because it is too old, the current market has long been occupied by Coca-Cola Company, and this brand is not sold in Tokyo. The nearest sales point is also in Shizuoka.
It takes more than a hundred kilometers to buy a drink, which is a huge trouble for the neet people.
With sufficient supplies, Alice regained her vitality.
"By the way, you actually launched a satellite? Is the Oshima family so powerful?"
Alice thought it would be a very troublesome matter, and she might need to use her connections in the defense force. But her connections might not be useful, after all, it was a satellite!
But within just one week, the satellite was launched into space, and it was a commercial satellite, openly registered under the name of the TAC team.
Alice couldn't imagine how much energy this would require.
"I'll leave the rest to you."
Ling also knew about satellites and had heard of these terms, but she had no idea how to use them. When her phone lost its network, she only knew how to top up and restart it. As for the high-end things inside the system, it was a completely different and more mysterious world.
"Yeah, no problem...Okay."
"What's better?"
"The network is connected."
"Ah, so soon?" It hasn't even started, and it's already over?
“It was a simple matter.”
The hardware is already ready, it's just a matter of tapping your fingers.
Alice is the only one who can explain it simply. Most people in this world don't even know what the Internet is.
“Can mobile phones access the Internet now?”
"After installing the software, everything that matches will work."
But even if you can access the Internet, there are currently no websites or extra apps.
The only website is the forum where Alice programmed before. The forum only has a frame, which is empty and has no content for the time being.
"The chat tool you asked me to make is almost ready. It still needs some debugging."
The software icon has a globe background, which was Lingye’s suggestion. It is similar to the WeChat login interface.
It is not called WeChat or QQ, so Ling just gave it a random name called “Qiuqiu”.
It doesn't have any special meaning, it just means the "ball" of the earth. After all, "di di" doesn't sound nice.
"Regarding this software, it currently supports private chat and the group chat you mentioned. But uploading space and the like are not supported yet, and further updates are needed."
You can chat, but there is no circle of friends function. This is nothing, the software has not been promoted and is now in the internal testing stage.
Ling also asked Alice to help her import the data from the computer to the mobile phone, download and install "QiuQiu", and register the world's first QiuQiu account.
The installation process was smooth and there were no errors or conflicts.
Like WeChat, the account number is a combination of letters and numbers. Ling did not specially select or modify it, but generated one randomly.
The nickname used was the one I was used to in my previous life.
Qingxing Villa
It was amazing, it felt like everything was back to normal. A person who had been stranded on a desert island without internet access for a year finally got back on the Internet.
"Qingxing Cottage?" Alice took a look. "Does it have any special meaning?"
Alice thought that didn't sound like a common name used in island countries.
"It's nothing, the flowers have faded and the apricots are small, I just picked a random word from the poem."
That was an account I registered a long time ago. I was still in middle school at that time, so I should be understood.
I copied poems and famous quotes from Zhang Ailing and Lin Huiyin into a small notebook and thought I was a literary girl. Now when I look back, I can't bear to look at them and I want to bury my face in my hands.
"Why, elementary school students have feelings for each other? If I remember correctly, the last line of this poem is 'Love is always annoyed by the heartless', right? Oh, and there's also 'There are beautiful flowers everywhere in the world'."
"Oh, you know?"