I couldn't take it anymore; when I went home for Chinese New Year, the family genealogy book ha

"Comrade Jiang Chen, your ancestral worship ceremony is making quite a commotion!"

On the other end of the phone, Xiao Li from the county office sounded like he was about to cry.

"The provincial satellite remote sensing center has issued an urgent notification, stating that a large-scale abnormal heat source signal has been detected over your Jiangjia Village!"

"The military's radar also detected a huge cloud of smoke that resembled an 'unidentified flying object'!"

"The county leaders were terrified! They thought aliens had landed in our county!"

Jiang Chen's eyelids twitched as he listened, thinking to himself that what he thought was not an unidentified flying object, but the aircraft carrier fleet that they had burned for their ancestors.

He was about to explain when Xiao Li's tone became extremely serious.

"Comrade Jiang Chen, it's like this. The county leaders have highly praised your Jiangjia Village's innovative approach of 'changing customs and traditions, and using science to worship ancestors'!"

"The leaders have decided that they will personally visit your Jiangjia Village in three days to inspect and learn from your advanced experience in new rural construction!"

Jiang Chen had just breathed a sigh of relief when the phone was taken by another person, whose voice was noticeably calmer.

"Xiao Jiang, this is Old Zhou from the county. Things have changed a bit."

"We just received calls from the city and the province, and they are taking the 'abnormal signals' from your Jiangjia Village very seriously."

"The higher-ups suspect that your village... might be conducting some kind of illegal military experiment..."

Jiang Chen's mind went blank for a moment.

Military experiment?!

Once this label is put on you, it's no laughing matter!

Old Zhou lowered his voice even further: "Therefore, the originally scheduled inspection has been changed to tomorrow morning! A joint working group from the provincial, municipal, and county levels is coming to your village for a comprehensive 'surprise investigation'!"

"Xiao Jiang, your village...you haven't done anything illegal, have you?"

Jiang Chen's back instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

Something illegal?

There are so many!

The phone hangs up.

Jiang Chen felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the series of missed calls from various departments in the county on his phone screen.

He turned around and looked around.

In the nearby fields, twenty black agricultural drones are flying in formation, precisely spraying diluted plant growth solution.

At the factory construction site at the west end of the village, several elderly men, wearing agricultural exoskeleton assistive devices issued by the company, were easily carrying hundreds of kilograms of steel bars and cement, moving with incredible speed.

Meanwhile, Su Qing was holding up her phone, enthusiastically taking pictures of the still-burnt wreckage of the "paper aircraft carrier" at the foot of the mountain, muttering, "This post on my childhood friend's red page, titled 'Grandma's Aircraft Carrier Dream,' will definitely go viral!"

This art style...

This kind of style would make even an alien think it's on the wrong planet, let alone a leader coming tomorrow!

If the joint working group saw this, wouldn't Jiangjia Village be immediately labeled as a "terrorist organization attempting to subvert the Milky Way"?

Jiang Chen jolted awake, grabbed the megaphone at the entrance of the village committee, took a deep breath, and shouted it out with all his might!

"Attention all villagers!"

"This is not a drill! This is not a drill!"

"Extremely urgent! Top alert!"

"High-ranking officials from the province, city, and county are coming to our village tomorrow!"

"Everyone, immediately switch to 'pretend to be poor'... no, I mean 'pretend to be normal' mode!"

Jiang Chen's voice, amplified by a loudspeaker, resounded like thunder throughout every corner of Jiangjia Village.

The entire village erupted in chaos instantly!

"What?! The boss is coming?!"

Jiang Wanhai, the third grandfather, who was carrying bricks at the construction site, threw down his exoskeleton assist device, swung his cane like a whirlwind, and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Quick! Go home and get my gold dentures! I need to look my best when I greet the magistrate!"

On the ridge of the field, the villagers who were remotely controlling the drip irrigation system with tablets were also in a panic.

"Oh no! I'm still wearing the smart, temperature-controlled work uniform that Brother Chen gave me! This thing looks even more high-end than the boss's suit. Will I be mistaken for a corrupt capitalist?"

"Quick, quick, take them all off! Put on these tattered cotton-padded coats!"

In less than five minutes, the village committee's courtyard was packed with people.

Jiang Chen stood on the platform, looking at the villagers below in complete chaos, feeling utterly overwhelmed.

He urgently convened the first and most important "disguise meeting" in the history of Jiangjia Village.

There is only one core issue: how to disguise a village that has already stepped into the cyberpunk era as a model new rural area that the leaders envision as simple, unpretentious, and at most a little richer.

"First of all, those twenty drones! Those things are too conspicuous, we have to hide them!" Jiang Chen said, pointing to the sky.

Third Grandfather Jiang Wanhai slapped his thigh and came up with what he considered a brilliant idea.

"That's easy!"

"Shove them all into the pigsty behind the hill! Cover them with some straw, and nobody will know!"

Before Jiang Chen could speak, Su Qing rolled her eyes and couldn't help but add insult to injury.

"Third Grandfather, are you sure?"

Su Qing waved the drone remote control tablet in her hand and brought up the parameter page.

"Each of these drones is equipped with a military-grade infrared thermal imaging and dynamic obstacle avoidance system. If you put them together with a group of lively pigs, as soon as one pig moves and triggers the sensor, they will immediately take off automatically and enter hovering alert mode."

Su Qing paused for a moment, then described the horrific scene.

"Imagine the leader is inspecting the village tomorrow, and suddenly the roof of the pigsty on the back hill is ripped off, and twenty menacing black fighter jets fly out... How would you explain that to the leader?"

"Tell them, is this our village's guardian beast? Or is it Pigsy (Zhu Bajie), who's taking his monkey brothers back to Gao Village to get married?"

Third Grandfather was stunned by Su Qing's words, his face turned red, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

The entire venue was completely silent.

Everyone was terrified by the image of a fighter jet flying out of a pigsty.

Jiang Chen held his forehead, feeling his blood pressure rise.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and made a decision.

"We can't hide it, we can only disguise it!"

Jiang Chen pointed at the drone and gave the order.

"Wang Dagou! You take some men right now and, tonight, paint all twenty of these drones the most tacky, earthy yellow!"

"Then go to a print shop and print a batch of tacky A4-sized stickers with eight big characters written on them: 'Agricultural spraying, do not touch!'"

"Remember! Stick it a little crooked! It'll look more realistic!"

This "screen protector application method" has finally gained unanimous approval.

The disguise operation has officially begun!

Grandpa Zhang, who runs the small shop at the village entrance, was the first to take action.

He carefully hid the black smart cane with GPS positioning, one-button SOS, and fall alarm functions that Jiang Chen had given him deep inside the woodpile in the yard.

Then, he picked up a rotten wooden stick covered in splinters from the corner of the wall, held it in his hand, looked at himself in the mirror for a long time, and nodded in satisfaction.

He kept repeating to himself, "Keep a low profile, we must keep a low profile. Hard work and frugality are the true colors of us working people!"

The women in the village were also busy.

They covered all the smart rice cookers with LCD screens, robot vacuum cleaners, and air purifiers that Jiang Chen had purchased for them with floral cloths.

Overnight, the entire Jiangjia Village seemed to have turned back time thirty years.

Jiang Chen looked at the chaotic village before him, a scene brimming with magical realism, and felt a splitting headache.

He took a deep breath and silently asked the system for help in his mind.

"System, can I ask you something?"

"Do you sell items like 'One-Click Disguise Aura for the Entire Village'? Even a one-time use one is fine! Price is negotiable!"

In my mind, the system's cold, mechanical voice rang out mercilessly.

[Ding! Please rely on your personal wisdom and leadership skills to properly resolve this administrative crisis.]

[The system store does not offer credit or this service.]

Jiang Chen: "..."

Well, it seems this time, I can only rely on myself.