CH 192 Short-term Battle, Long-term Study
Translated by The BL Muse (ko-fi)
Jiang Chen pressed the hidden earphone in his left ear and lowered his voice: "Act as planned.”
The Changjiang system connected the simple terminals in the hands of everyone involved in the mission. Under its command, the special forces already lurking in the research area moved toward the target silently.
When the action troops were communicating through the Changjiang system, the three infiltrators who had sneaked into the Military Research Institute were also communicating with each other. They looked composed and behaved orderly, wearing uniforms that were the same as those of the staff in the research area. They blended in with the hurried crowd without causing any disturbance.
They acted separately, with two walking down and one going up. They had an unimpeded path to the underground and top floors of the Military Research Institute.
A middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses and a lady with a neat ponytail walked up to the guard calmly, showed their IDs and identified themselves.
"Professor Zhang, Ms. Han." The guard guarding the door confirmed that their identities were correct and let them go smoothly.
"Are you Professor Zhang and Ms. Han from the Seventh Institute?"
Soon someone came up to them and said with a smile: "You're here to work on Professor He's project, am I right? Professor He has been waiting in the laboratory for a long time. Please come this way."
Professor Zhang and Ms. Han looked at each other, exchanged glances, and followed the other.
The same thing occurred on the top floor. As soon as the infiltrated agent entered, he was taken away by someone who "knew" his identity. These three hacked into the information database of the Military Research Institute, used the identities of official scientific researchers, and created real and valid documents, including ID stamps and confirmation emails. Normally, it would be difficult to catch them in such a short time, but with Changjiang, Jiang Chen received an alert as soon as these infiltrators broke in, and even hacked into the surveillance and computers in their area in return and learned of their plans clearly.
Therefore, the three people who had just arrived on the top floor and the underground floor thought that they were still acting according to the plan and were just going through the motions, and just like that they were left in that "motion".
Within half an hour, a total of five groups of people broke in. Not every wave was taken care of as smoothly as the first, but with the few against the many, the enemy in the light and their side in the dark, the dark side also being supported with a system that enveloped the entire Military Research Institute, the outcome was very clear.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Chen received the instruction from above and started the program that had been debugged. Thirty seconds later, the hijacked signal was restored.
"What about him?"
The researcher was asking about He Qianjian, who was lying limply on the ground. He had become like this since he learned that he would not survive long no matter what, and it was impossible to eliminate the System from his head.
"Take him to the ward." Jiang Chen walked out the door but paused halfway: "Keep an eye on him and take care of him if necessary."
He Qianjian, who was lying on the stretcher bed, suddenly opened his eyes and called to Jiang Chen who was walking out: "DTW has already sent the location of the Earth to its planet. The chaos just now was all its conspiracy to disrupt your rhythm. You were fooled.”
Jiang Chen paused. It was difficult to tell whether He Qianjian's remark was a warning or a ridicule.
He Qianjian couldn't see his expression clearly. He pushed himself up to sit up a little, but a sharp pain suddenly drilled in his head and he screamed in pain.
The radio from the scientific research level sounded, and a cold electronic could be heard:
"Jiang Chen, let's make a deal."
Everyone stopped and looked up.
"I have found the backdoor of the Changjiang system and deleted all your backups of it. In just one moment, all your years of research and hard work will be destroyed, and the Changjiang system will disappear completely."
"Boss..." C looked at Jiang Chen.
Shi Fengyue raised his hand to signal C not to speak.
"What do you want?"
"It's very simple. I know that you are intercepting the Earth positioning I sent to my home planet, and you have found my space capsule where the Earth's resources are stored. As long as you choose to give up on intercepting one of either, our cooperation will be achieved."
"Your space capsule is attached with the Earth's position data, and the positioning signal sent also contains a hidden code that records all the Earth's data, am I right?"
"You are very intelligent." DTW's electronic voice echoed coldly in the air, "But your intelligence is not enough to make you strong enough to be an enemy of me and the civilization and technology of my home planet.”
"In three months, interstellar warships will cover the sky above the Earth."
"You will all become lambs to be slaughtered, without any power to fight back. But the people who created me are fond of intelligent beings. I can add your information to give you the exceptional right to obtain citizenship of my home planet. At that time, you will have access to the most advanced technology and the most intelligent beings in the universe, and you will have a longer and safer lifespan."
"Do you accept this transaction?"
"Your assumption is based on the successful transmission of the signal and the space capsule." Jiang Chen rubbed his fingers on the black watch on his wrist, slid his fingertips across the suddenly bright spot of light, and looked up at one of the cameras above the corridor: "But your assumption doesn't hold true."
……
Country A, Union Nations Building.
As soon as the signal was restored, representatives in the Union Nations Buildings received the news. The summit meeting was held as scheduled, reaffirming the importance and strategy of this operation.
An hour later, the chairman of this joint conference spoke:
"This will be a short-term battle, a long-term study."
"For the sake of world peace, balance and sustainability, we proposed the "Establishment of the DTW Joint Research Center and Earth Development Plan". In order to promote the progress of the meeting, this resolution will be voted on and the results will be obtained within one hour. We firmly abide by the Charter of the United Nations and its basic principles, maintaining international peace and security, and preventing acts of aggression that may be encountered by mankind in the future..."
This meeting quickly achieved results, and the "Establishment of the DTW Joint Research Center and Earth Development Plan" was almost unanimously approved.