"Problem? What problem?" The leader of the group, feeling a bit strange after hearing Yang Xiaoyou's somewhat peculiar words, responded with confusion.
Although there was still a stubborn expression on his face, hearing Yang Xiaoyou's assurance that she wouldn't report them stirred something in his heart.
In her eyes, being reported was the worst-case scenario. Even though she knew the other party might go back on their word, she had to cling to this last lifeline.
She didn't care about herself, but she couldn't let her followers, who had always believed in her, suffer because of her mistakes.
"When you acted last night, it seemed like the entire surveillance system was interfered with from the outside right from the start. Hmm, your methods are a bit unusual," Yang Xiaoyou said as she squatted in front of the stubborn girl, blinking her eyes.
With the Spirit Realm becoming increasingly profound, her ability to infiltrate electronic systems had also grown stronger. After casually intruding and observing last night, she sensed something strange but had been focused on avoiding trouble and convincing Qi Qiusheng and the others to leave without giving it much thought.
Now that she encountered it, she naturally wanted to inquire further.
She had a vague feeling that whatever was causing this strange sensation must have involved some very special method.
"This... this..." The somewhat tomboyish girl hesitated for a moment upon hearing this question. She then turned to exchange glances with the others, appearing somewhat troubled.
"Boss, it can't get any worse than this. If he wants to know, just tell him," said the guy who had started bleeding from his nose and still had scabs on his face.
He then took the initiative to explain that what they had used was a device resembling a pen tip. They discovered that this device had an incredibly powerful signal jamming function—or perhaps it was more than just signal jamming. In any case, it could handle most surveillance systems.
The source of this device was something they found on a nearly dead soldier-like fellow by the seaside. At that time, the man seemed to want to ask them for something but died before he could finish his sentence. They buried him on the spot.
This beautiful pen was initially intended for one of their younger members to do homework with, but later they realized it wasn't actually a pen at all. Instead, after trying it out, they found that even an old television set lost its signal. This prompted one of their companions who specialized in scavenging from junk piles to take it for further study.
Eventually, they discovered its potential use in assisting with kidnappings and decided to plan something big.
"A jamming device? Hmm, relying on jamming techniques could indeed incapacitate surveillance. However, if there's no network connection, you'll need to find a way to connect to the surveillance system. Just using one instrument saves you that step? It seems the identity of that corpse you found is quite special; hand it over," Yang Xiaoyou said with surprise upon hearing this answer as she opened her palm.
The tomboy did not hesitate. She directly took out a pen from her pocket and handed it to Yang Xiaoyou.
After receiving it and flipping it over, Yang Xiaoyou's eyes gradually revealed some symbols. However, when he pressed the button on the pen, the symbols in his eyes seemed to flare up for a moment before quickly fading away, causing a hint of surprise to appear on his face.
With his current mental intrusion ability, he was actually interfered with by this object—this was a first.
He then carefully rubbed and observed it. Initially, he had only wanted to satisfy his curiosity, but now it seemed he had discovered something remarkable.
"Um, where is the place to bury the body? Have you checked again? Is there anything else on the body? Since he started wanting to ask you for something, there must be some information involved," Yang Xiaoyou said, skillfully twirling the pen in his hand, a glimmer of interest appearing in his eyes.
"That's all. The only valuable thing on him is this pen," Jilan replied somewhat helplessly upon seeing Yang Xiaoyou's interest in the object. She understood that the more valuable information they could provide, the more leverage they would have.
The overall strength of both sides was too disparate, and their statuses were too unequal; unfortunately, there was nothing more to offer.
"Just this?" After picking it up and sniffing it at his nose, Yang Xiaoyou even extended his tongue to lick the pen. This action made Jilan blush unexpectedly, leaving her feeling somewhat bewildered.
In the end, this seemingly ordinary pen was inexplicably disassembled by Yang Xiaoyou during his incessant fiddling, revealing a Storage Card that fell out.
This left those who had found Yang Xiaoyou quite strange momentarily stunned; they had held this object for a long time but had never realized it contained something inside.
"Um, this craftsmanship—tsk tsk—you've got something remarkable here." Glancing at the Storage Card, a peculiar look appeared in Yang Xiaoyou's eyes.
He then disregarded everyone else and turned to rummage through the room. He pulled out a matching Card Reader and inserted the card into it.
Skipping over the password stage, a series of Digital Symbols flashed in his eyes as he connected to it.
"Very good. The item you provided is quite nice; it's acceptable. However, I need to tell you that the trouble you've brought upon yourselves with this thing is likely far greater than the mess you're currently in," Yang Xiaoyou said as he walked out of the room about half an hour later, an odd expression on his face.
The gaze directed at the group of troublemakers became somewhat subtle.
"Then does what you promised me still count?"
"It does, of course it does. However, it’s clearly unrealistic to just let you go like this. Hmm, how about this: our new training camp is currently enrolling students, and I did promise a fellow to set up a training camp to accept recruits from the Chinese Empire. You can be the first batch of students. If you can endure the training, I will offer you a high-standard salary. Those who cannot endure will live together as relatives with other members and be taken care of for life." In just a moment, Yang Xiaoyou had come up with a way to handle them.
If it were at the beginning, he would have simply let them go, allowing them to do their own thing without concern.
But now, due to that storage chip, he had to reconsider how to place them. Although the likelihood of being discovered was low, it was still prudent to keep them around for observation for a while.
Using the Hive Security Company’s vast resources, he would slowly wash away their collective mindset.
"Well, duh, you take charge of this matter. I will contact other personnel to allocate resources and send them out. Also, Lucas and Lai Wei, your vacation plans are probably going down the drain." As Yang Xiaoyou stepped out of the room, his entire demeanor seemed significantly heavier.
The casual laziness he had at the beginning appeared to have fundamentally changed, and his words carried an inexplicable sense of authority that was hard to refuse.
If there was an opportunity for a vacation, Yang Xiaoyou genuinely didn’t want to complicate matters. However, that frightening thing he had stumbled upon was too alarming. Previously, Yang Xiaoyou had been pondering how the Chinese Empire managed such feats, but now it was clear—they had indeed succeeded. The costs and sacrifices involved were simply incalculable.
The Electromagnetic Anti-Lock Field (aleff), an epoch-making invention by Elder Josen saved in Kapa City; even after the advent of Virtual Docking Technology, both were comparable in their significance!
This system could render most guided weapons ineffective. Due to its expensive unit price, there was a need to consider integrating it into advanced all-purpose individual weaponry capable of infiltration, reconnaissance, assassination, bombing, breaching—essentially all comprehensive functions of Humanoid Combat Weapons—built upon this system.
Otherwise, no matter how perfectly designed a mech might be, it would merely become a target for missiles.
In the past, when he was focused on development, Yang Xiaoyou had avoided this matter like the plague, fearing trouble. However, as Hive Security Company gradually got on track and his Production Line began operating, Yang Xiaoyou had entertained some dubious ideas.
Especially after that Naughty Princess attempted to lure the company into collaboration; it seemed she was eyeing this very system.
It was merely a temporary avoidance of oneself at that time.
However,
now that storage card contained some information about that system!
It was unknown what means the Chinese Empire used to obtain it, but the result was right before their eyes. That pen was a highly simplified derivative product utilizing some of the technology!
If a derivative product could achieve such effects, one could only imagine how effective the original would be.
Based on the information displayed, it seemed that the Chinese Empire had divided the data transfer into several steps, but at this stage, problems arose. Ultimately, although he escaped from the country, he succumbed to his injuries on the beach.
This scenario did not appear in memory; it seemed to be a change caused by my own Butterfly Effect. Although this data was incomplete, having just these pieces held little significance.
However, the beginning of the data mentioned a rather important piece of news!
It was unclear what price Britain paid or what coercion they employed, but America had already agreed to transfer this technology. At the same time, they were preparing to choose a practical testing location for effect testing and parameter collection.
That practical location was now the India-Myanmar Border, with the test subjects being the Armed Forces. There, a complete physical system existed, along with American technical support personnel and data for Britain.
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