Beifu, Comprehensive Defense and Development Department, new conference hall.
"Since everyone is here, let's start the meeting," said the meeting chairperson, who was still Gao Wei. He glanced at the wall clock, then pressed the connection button.
One by one, the large screens on the walls of the conference room lit up.
'System self-check: Quantum network is working normally.'
'Security protocol is normal.'
'Connecting communication… connected.'
Accompanying the jumping of the screen's captions was a strange buzzing sound, resembling both the working noise of cooling fans and a certain high-frequency tone close to the limit of human hearing, which was somewhat uncomfortable to the eardrum.
The process took about thirty seconds, until all the avatar frames on the screen turned from black to photographs of people, and the buzzing sound also subsided.
