Chapter 312: Chapter 225: The Second Conversation
Guang Ling was clearly having Master Ma pass a message to Baili Xueyuan, feeding her a portion of their intel.
By selectively feeding her certain pieces of information, she would inevitably notice Ninghang Technology, thereby putting enough pressure on the company.
Once the pressure was great enough, Ninghang Technology would be forced to move the mother sample.
Betting on the mother sample was Ninghang Technology’s only path to power. They wouldn’t give it up; they *couldn’t* give it up.
Win the gamble, and they’d have it all.
Lose, and their century-old corporation would be ruined in an instant.
Master Ma: "Leave the matter of the Assassin Alliance’s Tier Four Blood Robe to me."
Master Ma didn’t try to get out of it. It seemed that, just as Guang Ling had predicted, Master Ma would indeed expend considerable effort to handle Baili Xueyuan.
After receiving Master Ma’s confirmation, Guang Ling continued to lay out the plan.
"The process of ’rustling the bushes’ will take three to five days. Ninghang Technology will only make a move once they feel enough pressure. Their current leader, Ning Zhen, has always been a cautious man."
"The second part of the operation will commence after Ninghang Technology makes its move. It will be split into two plans, carried out by two separate teams."
"I will maintain precise surveillance on the S-Class Prosthetic Body Implanters within Ninghang Technology. As soon as I detect their movement, both plans will be executed immediately and simultaneously."
"Plan One will be executed by Master Ma and King Arthur. Capitalist and I will provide support. Relying on the power of two Tier Four Extraordinaries, they will proceed to the hidden route prepared by Ninghang Technology to intercept and seize the mother sample."
"The intel on this hidden route comes from Wizard’s special operation involving Aishwarya. We need Wizard to continue acquiring more information."
Seeing he was mentioned in the temporary chat, Lin Qi immediately replied.
Wizard: "I’ll speak with Aishwarya later, but how should I have her transfer the information?"
Guang Ling: "Just have her save the intel file to her personal terminal and connect to a network with a protection level below Level 7. I’ll retrieve it myself."
’Protection level? Level 7?’
The public sections of the cyber network had ten protection levels in total, with Level 10 being the highest and Level 1 the lowest.
Different levels were protected by different server firewalls, with the technology and equipment provided by the Intercontinental Cyber Network Company.
Some of the major corporations with technical support also had the ability to produce security systems of varying levels.
But this was a gap in Lin Qi’s knowledge. He had never studied the security level classifications of the cyber network, as it fell outside the scope of Prosthetic Body research.
Lin Qi didn’t dwell on it. ’Aishwarya is sure to understand. I just need to relay the message to her verbatim.’
He continued reading the messages from Guang Ling.
Guang Ling: "However, based on my analysis of Ning Zhen’s behavioral data, there’s a thirty percent probability he’ll try a misdirection tactic. He might make a show of covertly transporting the sample while actually leaving it in Alliance City. That’s why Plan Two needs to be executed concurrently. Plan Two will be a joint effort between Wizard and Jingang, with Capitalist and I providing support."
Plan Two was a contingency for Ninghang Technology’s potential feint. It wasn’t a frontal assault; instead, Lin Qi and Jingang would take advantage of the chaos to infiltrate Ninghang Technology and find the precise coordinates of the mother sample.
The specific operational details would have to wait for Guang Ling to draw up a more detailed plan.
Lin Qi had no objections, and neither did Jingang.
Although the risks were high, Lin Qi had more than enough ways to save his own skin.
If he was worried, Lin Qi could simply analyze a random passerby and use a combination of his Mimicry, Splitting, and Rapid Growth abilities to carry out the mission.
If he was worried about not having enough combat power, he could just temporarily install a Prosthetic Body!
If A-Class wasn’t enough, then he’d get an S-Class!
After all, he didn’t have to worry about cyber psychosis.
Since Guang Ling and Capitalist would be providing all the support, there was no need for Lin Qi to be modest.
’Whatever I need, I’ll just ask for it!’
Of course, Lin Qi couldn’t get too carried away with his requests.
One or two S-Class Prosthetic Bodies would be fine, but if he asked for a full S-Class set, Capitalist, as the primary backer, would probably resort to more drastic measures to probe Lin Qi’s identity.
Guang Ling gave everyone a rough outline of the plan. What followed was a moment for the members of the Highest-Level Mercenary Corps to use the official channel for some personal chatter.
Generally, these highest-level security meetings weren’t long and only happened once a week.
Opportunities to use a stable communication channel like this one, or the one back in Greenfield City, were rare.
King Arthur: "Master Ma, I should reach Alliance City in about ten hours. How about we exchange a few pointers then? I’m still very curious how we physical enhancement-type Extraordinaries are supposed to shake off a Tier Four Blood Robe. I’m seriously lacking that kind of survival skill."
Master Ma: "[-_-], Cyber Smile.emoji"
King Arthur was completely oblivious to the possible connection between Master Ma and Baili Xueyuan. His one question was enough to elicit that cyber emoji from Master Ma.
King Arthur: "Speaking of which, I was recently looking up information on the Asian Political Union City and discovered that the Council Security Team has a new team leader, codename Jingang. A rookie. That couldn’t be you, could it?"
Jingang: "[-_-], Cyber Smile.emoji"
The second sentence of the casual chat had Jingang awkwardly copying Master Ma’s cyber emoji.
Seeing that neither of them would give him a straight answer, King Arthur turned his attention to Capitalist.
King Arthur: "It really is him, isn’t it? Going online with your real name, huh? Wait, speaking of which, Jingang was rescued by Capitalist, and the Security Team’s ’Jingang’ is part of the First Division. The First Division’s backer seems to be Permanent Council Member Qiao Xi... You wouldn’t happen to be a permanent council member of the Asian Political Zone Big Business Alliance, would you? Are you really that important?"
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