Chapter 6

Li Ziqiang said sadly, "At that time, my factory went bankrupt, and my wife divorced me. I thought nothing could be more tragic... my career and love were all gone, just like the main shaft in the headstock broke, and you can never straighten it; the gears in the feed box broke, and you can never change the speed."

His tone was sad, but his expression showed nothing.

Da Niao became anxious and interrupted his emotional outpouring, "Quick, tell us what's going on with this video. It's definitely not fake, and it's definitely you! How did you manage to look so young?!" He always felt an inexplicable panic about things he didn't understand or couldn't control.

"We didn't even have cameras back then, where could we have gotten a video?!" Sun Defa panted.

"Wait, Da Niao, I thought about this opening for a long time. Let me finish," Li Ziqiang ignored the interruption and continued, "Life is like this. When your beloved two CA6140 lathes and two CNC machines are taken away by creditors, and you can almost hear their unwilling cries as they leave, you might think your life is over, with no hope left. But suddenly, you find something, something that gives you tremendous hope. It's more important than a hundred nine-axis machines! At that moment, we understand a truth: 'Never give up hope!'"

"Alright, Li Ziqiang, we're all very moved."

Li Ziqiang's voice became even lower, "That evening, I walked alone in the empty workshop, feeling deep sorrow. The workshop might be simple, but it holds the hard work of my father and me, the dedication of my father and me!

The best years of my life were spent on the cutting tool, the iron shavings buried my youth, the splashes took away all my dreams, the speed couldn't shake off my sadness, and the clean surface reflected my aged appearance. The chamfer couldn't reveal the treasures of my life, and the slot couldn't cut into my lonely heart. It was the heartless chuck that held back my wings!

Do you know? My father told me that any metal has a life. When you process an irregular part, you carefully feed the tool, gently cut the part, and talk to it in your heart, telling it the correct parameters, and it will actively cooperate with you. Even if you accidentally cut too much, it will cry out in pain!"

"Alright, we're all feeling the pain... didn't you have CNC machines?"

"CNC machines don't show human care! Especially when processing non-standard parts..."

"Sorry, continue."

"Right at that moment, my heart suddenly ached again. Did I do something wrong again? I kept asking myself. Then, in a corner, something was shining! Da Niao, are you sure it's safe here?"

The four of them almost strained their waists. The topic changed too quickly.

Wu Dapeng said, "As soon as you arrived, I had all the cameras and listening devices turned off. If anyone turns them on secretly, I'll know immediately. Don't worry."

"I found this." He took out a metal block the size of a mahjong tile, "It was this that gave me hope."

After saying that, he gently pressed the metal block against the wall, and a large, room-height, blue circular light spot appeared. It wasn't just a light spot; it was more like a large piece of blue jade. Although its surface rippled like water, it emitted the smooth, gentle light of a sapphire, not at all blinding.

The four of them held their breath, their faces turning slightly blue. What was this? A real wormhole?!

Li Ziqiang sighed comfortably and continued, "The first time I went through it, I found myself on a beach. I didn't know where I was, and I didn't care. I just knew I was at least twenty years younger! Why? Because I no longer had hemorrhoids—when I was twenty-four, I got them from the stress of being unhappy with my job, and they tormented me for twenty years!"

"The video in the notebook was taken the second time I went through it, with a digital camera and my car."

After saying that, he released his thumb, and the blue light disappeared.

The four of them almost gulped in unison, swallowing a large mouthful of saliva.

"Do you have any questions? Ask away."

Wu Dapeng said, "Let me see this thing."

Li Ziqiang handed it to him, "It's hard but light. The surface doesn't show what metal it is. I don't want to do any metal analysis, in case it gets damaged. Really, if you touch it with your heart, you can feel its warmth and life."

Wu Dapeng and the other three examined it closely, but they concluded it was just a cold piece of metal. Wu Dapeng tried to press it like Li Ziqiang, but it didn't react.

"Metal is a friend of humanity, it's metal that allowed humans to develop, to have civilization, but you always treat it as a tool."

Sun Defa took a deep breath and touched the metal with his heart. After a while, he closed his eyes and pressed it devoutly.

"It's no use," Professor Jian observed Sun Defa's actions.

Song Shida said, "Li Ziqiang, did you figure out where and what era that place is?"

"No, the first time I went through, my phone had no signal; the second time, the car's GPS failed, and the radio received no signals. I went through from different places, but I always arrived at the same beach, and the time seemed the same. I didn't dare to wander around. Watch this part of the video where I drive."

Li Ziqiang opened another file.

The画面有些摇晃，明显是李子强单手在车子里拍的。

“右边的红树林过于茂盛了，一点也看不出人力开发过的痕迹。”李子强用鼠标的箭头在屏幕上画着圈。

“左边的海里是什么？李子你回播一下。”伍大鹏拍着他的肩膀。

建教授认真地看着，说：“是沙洲，可能附近有大河大江。”

“对了，前面一拐弯就是一条大河，车过不去。”

过了一会儿，画面上果然出现了一条大河。李子强在车里来了个一百八十度的摇拍。河面宽广，河水湍急。众人盯着看。

“没有用的。一点明显的标志也没有，就是一条河。你们看，我下车了，把摄像机调好角度，摆放在车顶上。我拿了一把自制的枪，以后再说这个，这次来海南没敢带。我现在慢慢往河边走，看那芦苇有多高。”

“暂停一下，”建教授指着画面上定格的一株野草说，“这是紫背天葵吧？”

“是某个地区特有的吗？”伍大鹏问。

宋士达挠着头说：“我好象在哪儿见过。”

“南方常见野草。”

“靠，往下看。”李子强播放着画面继续说，“我端着枪往前走了，你们看我多小心。”

忽然一群野鸭子从芦苇丛中飞起，明显吓了李子强一跳。他连忙蹲下，向天上开了一枪。从画面上看，连毛都没有打下一根。

李子强尴尬地说：“太突然了，没做好准备------”

“你穿过去时，除了变年轻之外，没有别的感觉吗？”宋士达认真地问。

“没有，只是感觉又兴奋又怕。所以在河边我直接回到穿过去的地方。”

“那个虫洞最大能有多大？”伍大鹏追问。

“直径20米左右，还是个圆。想过去看看吗？”李子强不由得微笑起来，他就不信他们不感兴趣。

“你能控制它？”

“我要是按着它，就能打开它。松开，它就没有了。但是要想一直打开，恐怕不行，最多能维持五分钟，就算一直按着它，也会自动关闭。”

“看起来真没有什么危险，不过我们要做好准备。”孙德发悠悠地说。

“是啊，要是知道时代和地点，准备工作就更有针对性了。”建教授接过话。

“你们准备去看看？”

“废话！”四个人几乎异口同声的喊到。一下子年轻二十岁的诱惑，可不是这些中年男人能够抵挡。再说，看样子没有什么危险，而且还可以随时回来。

“走，我们去会议室里商量一下。”伍大鹏大手一挥。

经过大半夜的研究，他们决定用海洋之心作为工具，陆地车辆显然不适合那里的环境。如果不幸，搁浅也只是在沙滩上。几个中年男人制定一个详细的计划。

伍大鹏的责任：

1. 海洋之心的改造：撤下不必要的内部装备，加装备用油箱。对电子设备进行一定的强化改造。

2. 必要的枪枝和弹药和其它武器。

3. 测距望远镜、夜视镜、军用望远镜。

4. 其它必要设备。

宋士达的责任：

1. 搜集各个历史时期的资料，以备随时查找。

2. 进行行动推演。

3. 制定各种针对性计划，以及备用计划。（丧尸、变异人也算在针对性计划中）

孙德发、建国安、李子强的责任：

1. 尽量学会海洋之心设备的操作和简单维修。

2. 准备必要的生活物资。

3. 准备必要的卫生医疗物资，学会简单的医疗处置。

另：分头准备，每天集中开一次会。随时献计献策。

当计划制定完毕后，已经后半夜了。

李子强突然想起了什么，说：“大鸟，我们用不用多准备点镜子、杯子之类的东西？”

“做什么？”

“和那个地方的人做生意啊？弄不好还换点金银什么回来。”

“做生意？如果我们的生命和命运真的还有另一个选择，我他妈的还想着做生意？！”

李子强笑了：“哈，大鸟你说粗口了！”

“不过，当成小礼物还是不错的建议。”孙德发补充说。

宋士达捂着胸口呻吟：“心跳厉害，好久没有这么激动。怕是今晚睡不着了。”

李子强漫不经心地说：“这就是一场游戏，不过我可能不回来了。”

“游戏？你看我们像是在做游戏吗？我们信任你，也信任那段视频。大家去睡吧，我们争取七天内准备好。无论怎么样，想玩就玩的专业。”伍大鹏转身出了小会议室。

“大家很认真，”孙德发接过话题，“你在视频里的表现，让我们想起了从前。重活二十年，我们一定会比现在更精彩。顺便说一句，你二十年前走路的姿势很挺拔，现在驼背了。”

“活得更精彩？你们现在过得还不够好？你们还缺什么？”李子强有点发愣。

建教授推了他一下，说：“走吧，这年头有钱没钱的人都觉得自己活的窝囊，人人都觉得是受害者。”

七天后的凌晨四点。

最后一次碰头会是在海洋之心上开的。

他们聚在一起再次共同认证所有的准备。

海洋之心：

1. 加装了三吨备用油箱，连带原有油箱，可保证他们五十个小时的高速航行。

2. 强化了测深测距测水速的功能，可在船头二十米半径内，自动生成周围海况的数据，可以联网电子海图，自动补充航道的新信息。

3. 加装电罗经，与原磁罗经互相对照。

4. 封闭海洋体验平台，加装电动卷钢窗，保护两侧玻璃钢窗。

5. 艇顶加装两盏可遥控55瓦探照灯，探照距离3000米。加装大音量宣传车用喇叭。

6. 撤掉使用航空航海专用频率的甚高频电话，加装20瓦短波单边带电台，架设双极天线，可与短波对讲机在1000公里范围内联系。

7. 加装船用雷达和天气雷达。

伍大鹏关掉标有“海洋之心”文件，问道：“大家还有什么建议？”

宋士达遗憾地说：“这还算是游艇吗？”

“要不是大鸟说不用，我还想安上大炮呢！”李子强忿忿不平。

“安装大炮的事情，我想过。李子去的地方没有手机信号没有GPS信号，甚至没有无线电信号，那么可能至少是20世纪以前。应该没有比我们速度快的船，所以有大炮没什么意义，就算有，我们也不能和别人对轰。一跑了之。”

建教授说：“大鸟说的对，我们没必要和别人拼命。”

众人一致赞同。然后又点开了个人装备的文件。一串数据出现在屏幕上。

个人装备：

1. 警用防暴服五套，美式丛林野战服五套，防刺防滑丛林战靴十双。（按二十年前身材准备）

2. 七连发美国秃鹰猎枪十枝，泵动供弹，每枝配12号子弹400发，霰、独各半。射程为霰弹70米，独头150米。电击枪五把。

3. 防水单工短波手台5个，手台耳机十组。

4. 五把野外军用丛林刀。

5. 充气冲锋舟一只。（可挂5马力单缸柴油船外机。）

6. 高效驱蚊虫剂。

看到这儿，众人就不急于往下看了。

李子强说：“大鸟真行，都是正牌的。这真是一个权贵天堂，只要不过分，什么都能有。”他一直眼巴巴地注意角落里的枪包。

“闭嘴，就你话多。”伍大鹏瞪了他一眼。

“一会儿过去后，我们好好练练手。”建教授没理会李子强的牢骚，却是蠢蠢欲动。

他早就给大学打了电话，请了假。建教授还带了若干种子还有一条伍大鹏弄来的退役的警犬。警犬是他强烈要配备的，他想观察一下动植物是否也会倒退20年，会不会化为乌有。

其它的生活物品就不那么重要了，众人一眼撩过。粮食、罐头和水准备的充足就够了。

宋世达所有的搜集成果在两个U盘里，其中一个是备份。他举着一个U盘很得意：“看吧，世界所有的历史都在我们的手里！”

来三亚旅游的人一般没有早起的，所以凌辰快五点时，海面上根本没有任何其他船只。

当海洋之心出海三十海里后，船用雷达确定周围二十海里内没有其他船只，孙德发把海洋之心的船速稳定在十二节。

李子强静静地站在船头，等待某个时刻的到来。

伍大鹏喊了一句：“我们都准备好了，开始吧！”

众人目不转睛地盯着李子强看。李子强在这一瞬间举起了右手，指向前方。一个足有六层楼高的蓝色的圆洞出现了。

众人皆在心中感叹：天啊，这是真正的奇迹！

船头顺利地插了进去，紧接着是船身，然后是整条船。

在这期间，众人高喊，啊，啊，我们穿越了！

在最后的时刻，伍大鹏没有急于观察自己的变化，他始终盯着那个虫洞看，足足五分钟后，它才逐渐淡去??????

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The video was a bit shaky, clearly shot by Li Ziqiang with one hand in the car.

"The mangroves on the right are too dense, showing no signs of human development," Li Ziqiang pointed out with the mouse cursor on the screen.

"What's in the sea on the left? Li, rewind that part," Wu Dapeng patted his shoulder.

Professor Jian looked closely and said, "It's a sandbank, there might be a large river nearby."

"Right, there's a big river just around the bend, and the car can't go through."

After a while, a large river indeed appeared on the screen. Li Ziqiang did a 180-degree pan from the car. The river was wide and the water was turbulent. Everyone watched intently.

"It's no use. There are no clear landmarks, just a river. Watch this part where I get out of the car, adjust the camera angle, and place it on the roof. I took a homemade gun, which I'll explain later. I didn't bring it to Hainan this time. I'm slowly walking towards the river to see how tall the reeds are."

"Pause," Professor Jian pointed to a wild grass in the paused frame, "Is this purple back plantain?"

"Is it specific to a certain area?" Wu Dapeng asked.

Song Shida scratched his head, "I think I've seen it somewhere."

"Common wild grass in the south."

"Damn, keep watching." Li Ziqiang continued playing the video, "I'm holding the gun and walking forward, see how careful I am."

Suddenly, a flock of wild ducks flew up from the reeds, clearly startling Li Ziqiang. He quickly crouched down and fired a shot into the sky. From the video, it was clear that he didn't hit a single feather.

Li Ziqiang said awkwardly, "It was too sudden, I wasn't prepared—"

"Did you feel anything else when you went through besides getting younger?" Song Shida asked seriously.

"No, just excited and scared. So, I went back to the place where I came through at the river."

"How big is that wormhole?" Wu Dapeng asked.

"About 20 meters in diameter, and it's round. Want to go through and see? I don't believe you're not interested."

"Can you control it?"

"If I press it, it opens. If I let go, it closes. But it can't stay open for long, maybe five minutes at most, even if I keep pressing it, it will close automatically."

"It seems there's no real danger, but we need to be prepared," Sun Defa said thoughtfully.

"Right, if we know the time and place, our preparations will be more targeted," Professor Jian added.

"Are you planning to go through?"

"Of course!" The four of them almost shouted in unison. The temptation of being twenty years younger was too much for these middle-aged men to resist. Besides, it didn't seem dangerous, and they could always come back.

"Let's go to the meeting room and discuss this," Wu Dapeng waved his hand.

After a long night of planning, they decided to use the Ocean Heart as their tool. Land vehicles were clearly unsuitable for that environment. If they got stuck, it would only be on the beach. The middle-aged men made a detailed plan.

Wu Dapeng's responsibilities:

1. Modify the Ocean Heart: Remove unnecessary internal equipment, add a three-ton fuel tank. Strengthen the electronic equipment.

2. Necessary firearms, ammunition, and other weapons.

3. Rangefinders, night vision goggles, and military binoculars.

4. Other necessary equipment.

Song Shida's responsibilities:

1. Collect historical data from various periods for reference.

2. Conduct action simulations.

3. Develop targeted plans and contingency plans (including zombies and mutants).

Sun Defa, Jianguo An, and Li Ziqiang's responsibilities:

1. Learn to operate and perform basic maintenance on the Ocean Heart's equipment.

2. Prepare necessary living supplies.

3. Prepare necessary medical supplies and learn basic medical procedures.

Additional: Work