Super Invincible Battleship

Chapter 149 - 104 The Perfect Return to Zhao_3

Chapter 149: Chapter 104 The Perfect Return to Zhao_3

Duan Hongye became angry, seeming as though she was about to explode, when Yu Xiaozhou quickly said, “Deputy leader, you need to stay calm! I think we might have been played. This person isn’t the trustee I met in Japan…”

Suddenly, Duan Hongye calmed down and said, “Regardless of whether this person is the one you met in Japan, we must make contact with him. Only by making contact can we know whether he has what we need. Comrade Yu Xiaozhou, remember, national interest comes above all else.”

Duan Hongye immediately replied, “Deputy leader, I understand. I will be careful.”

Then, Duan Hongye and Yu Xiaozhou hurriedly made their way to Meixi Town. Fearing that they might fall into a strategic deception of being lured away, they did not reassign their people from Shichuan Town who continued to stand guard there. Meanwhile, they deployed a new batch of personnel in Meixi Town.

However, to Duan Hongye and Yu Xiaozhou’s disappointment, after all their hard effort to reach Meixi Town, they still did not meet the mysterious opponent. The other party sent another message: “Sorry, I ran into an old lady staging a fall while driving, and now her family has stopped me, trying to extort my money. But don’t worry, I will sort this out soon, just wait a moment.”

Seeing the opponent’s message, the veins on Duan Hongye’s forehead throbbed as she looked ready to burst into a rage. Yu Xiaozhou quickly persuaded her, and Duan Hongye calmed down. She silently cursed the family of the old woman staging the fall, although she doubted the existence of such a lady.

After more than twenty minutes, the other party sent a new message: “Sorry, I failed. I am no match for the fall-staging old lady. However, in order not to waste your time, please head to this location. I will deal with you in person.”

A new address appeared behind the WeChat, this time in a small village called Longren to the east of Shanghai. Just like before, the Special Duty Group’s technicians found that the WeChat Account sending the messages was still in that city area cafe, but they were unable to find more information. They also discovered a fall-staging incident in the southern part of Shanghai through surveillance cameras and Sky Eye Technology. However, it involved an old man and the victim was a young woman—far from the mysterious figure they were expecting.

Duan Hongye, repeatedly toyed with by the mysterious person, was now seething with rage, but had nowhere to vent. She immediately took her anger out on the old man staging the fall. She called Wei Chao, instructing him to quickly deal with the incident and press charges against the group for fraud. She also added that because of the group’s actions, national security had been threatened, suggesting that the judge should sentence them to life imprisonment.

The mysterious person kept eluding them, making Duan Hongye and Yu Xiaozhou run in circles with just a few WeChat messages. But there was no choice, as the mysterious person held something they desperately needed. They had to follow the instructions and go to Longren. It was only at this point that they realized they were short on personnel.

Without redeploying the people previously stationed in three strategic directions in Shanghai, they could no longer set up an ambush in Longren Village and had to head there alone. When they arrived at the location, the latest message came from the other side, which this time didn’t beat around the bush but directly wrote in WeChat: “Yu Xiaozhou must arrive at this island alone within thirty minutes. If other personnel are detected following, the transaction will be cancelled.” The specific location of the island was provided behind the WeChat Account.

With no other choice, Duan Hongye let Yu Xiaozhou set off alone. The opponent was extremely cunning, having led them around Shanghai and now lured them out to sea. Fortunately, the location wasn’t far from the coast of Shanghai, otherwise Yu Xiaozhou might not have been able to reach it so quickly. However, due to the urgent time limit and the shortage of personnel, Duan Hongye was unable to lay a trap to capture the mysterious person.

Yu Xiaozhou piloted the speedboat, and following the map’s guidance, she finally arrived at the designated island just as the allotted time was running out. The island was very small, only a few square meters, and even submerged by sea water at high tide. On the highest point of the island, a box was placed on a reef. Picking up the box, she found a USB drive inside, the very one she had previously entrusted to the mysterious person. In addition to the USB drive, there was also a note with a few crooked words written on it: “Returned in perfect condition!”

Upon receiving the news, Duan Hongye immediately led her team to the island, where they found Yu Xiaozhou, somewhat dazed. Having been led by the nose by the mysterious person, they harbored no goodwill towards them anymore, expecting the exchange to be fraught with danger. Instead, after the initial hardships, they managed to retrieve what they wanted so easily in the end. It was just that, being on an island far from the mainland with no one around, Duan Hongye’s hope of catching the mysterious person based on this incident also vanished.

Soon, the USB drive was sent to Beijing. With the analysis of the Chinese Supercomputer, the virus inside the drive was quickly cracked, and the most valuable experimental data was obtained. It was only at this point that everyone let out a sigh of relief.

The WeChat account used to contact Yu Xiaozhou also disappeared without trace after sending back the data, never to appear again.

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