Chapter Seventeen Before Trading

  After returning home smoothly, Muxing Star was very depressed and immediately lay down on the sofa. He took out the holographic image recorder from his pocket and placed it on the tea table. Then he leaned back and didn't know what to think about.

  After seeing that Muxun Xing had only been gone for a few hours and returned with an obvious change in mood, Lao Xia and Lao Zhou both felt extremely puzzled. Had this kid encountered something unpleasant outside?!

  Lao Xia looked at Mu Xun's gloomy face and shook his head, asking: "Mu Xiaozi, what's wrong with you? You've been out for just a short while, but your whole demeanor is extremely depressed! Did something unlucky happen to you?"

  "Yes! You were in a good mood when you went out today, weren't you? Did something happen?" Old Zhou also asked at this time.

  Mudustar looked at Old Zhou and Old Xia with great frustration and said, "I rarely go out on the streets, but today I was ambushed by dozens of people! It's really infuriating!"

  When they heard that Muxu Xing was ambushed, Lao Xia and Lao Zhou immediately tensed up and asked about the whole situation. Their first thought was whether their secret had been discovered, which led to Muxu Xing being ambushed!

  Seeing the tense look on Lao Zhou and Lao Xia, Muxin Xing sighed and said: "Things are like this, originally I was trading near a store in Pedestrian Street..."

  After listening to Mu Chen Xing's detailed account of the whole incident, Lao Xia and Lao Zhou looked at each other for a long time. It turned out that this was just Mu Chen Xing being retaliated against by his own schoolmate, not their secret being exposed leading to an ambush, which made them worry in vain for half a day.

  Lao Xia looked at Muxin Xing, who was still shaking his head and sighing, and asked: "So, you've already taken care of all the guys who were bothering you this time, right? Kid, are you sure there weren't any survivors? Don't be careless and leave behind any loose ends!"

  When Old Xia asked this, Muxu Xing began to carefully recall the situation at that time. Those guys who were petrified by his gaze were definitely dead. The other few who were hit by his heavy blows should also be dead, after all, those guys had received fatal injuries, either their heads were cut off or several blood holes appeared in their vital parts.

  Mudan Xing looked at Xia Jian who was staring at him and said firmly, "I'm sure those guys I attacked are definitely dead, and there's no survivor!"

  After hearing Mu Chen Xing's affirmative words, Lao Xia finally felt at ease and said: "As long as we kill them all, it's fine. If any of them are left alive, we'll all be in trouble!"

  Lao Xia and Lao Zhou didn't have any reaction when they heard that Mu Chen Xing had killed dozens of people. What they are most worried about now is whether Mu Chen Xing has cleaned up thoroughly, leaving no survivors! Whether Mu Chen Xing's secret will be discovered or not!

  In the eyes of these two, as long as Mudan Xing is safe and sound, their secret will not be exposed. Then they don't care about the deaths outside! In Lao Xia's words, it's none of my business, as long as I'm not dead, that's all! So, researchers can sometimes be the coldest group of people. However, these three guys really get along well, one has already gotten used to killing, while the other two not only turn a blind eye to such situations but even ask each other if they have killed their opponents cleanly!

  Lao Zhou said after Lao Xia finished, "Actually, as long as you're fine, that's all that matters! By the way, shouldn't we take a look at the 3D projection data that Xiao Zhuo brought back this time? It'll be good preparation for tomorrow's deal!"

  Mudustar nodded in agreement with Old Zhou's proposal: "This proposal is good, to be honest, I'm not very confident about trading with the US side, who knows what other unexpected things will happen during the transaction!"

  Lao Xia sat up and looked at the two beside him, adding: "Although we do need to be careful about the American side, you mustn't forget that there's another powerful opponent we need to watch out for - our own government. I believe this transaction has already been discovered by other forces. After all, none of us are computer experts. If it weren't for Huo Yan's help, our current location might have been discovered long ago!"

  Lao Zhou looked at Lao Xia with a helpless smile and said, "This is also an unavoidable thing. Who would have thought that the performance of other components on our computer host couldn't keep up with the performance of Huoyan Huang's motherboard? And even if we had these components, we wouldn't have enough space to assemble a large supercomputer!"

  Lao Xia nodded and said, "What Lao Zhou said is indeed true! If the Flame Queen's function can be fully utilized, I think it would not be a problem to use it to crack those unclaimed ghost accounts in Swiss banks and directly transfer funds. We wouldn't have to risk exposing our identities by selling technology either! However, all of this must be based on having all the equipment ready for it to be possible!"

  Mudan Xing heard what Lao Xia and the others said, and with a hint of regret, he said: "If I had the storage ring at that time, I wouldn't have only brought back the Flame Queen's motherboard! I would have taken the entire computer host back!"

  Indeed a complete Flame Queen computer's functionality is far more powerful than Lao Xia's cobbled together supercomputer by who knows how much!

  Lao Zhou saw that everyone was gradually going off topic, so he hurriedly spoke up to remind them: "Alright, let's quickly discuss what we need to prepare for tomorrow's transaction, as well as the withdrawal route and all that!"

  After Old Zhou's reminder, Old Xia and Mu Chen Xing also came back to their senses. Then these three reckless guys started discussing the details of tomorrow's important transaction carefully, after all, they didn't have any experience in this aspect!

  On Saturday morning, the conference room on the first floor of Lushan City Public Security Bureau was closed. The main personnel of the special action group of the National Security Agency were having their first joint meeting with the persons in charge of the Lushan City Public Security and Armed Police Force, and the National Security Agency began to explain this task to various brother departments in Lushan City for the first time.

  This operation is led by Director Zhou of the National Security Bureau, who discovered these materials. At this time, he was explaining to the Linyuan City Public Security, Armed Police and other departments: "We have already made an appointment with the other party to make a deal next Friday, although we don't know the specific location yet! But once the transaction location is confirmed, please give full cooperation from all departments present to carry out the operation!"

  We must capture this guy as soon as possible, although this reckless guy is a complete nationalist with no sense of national pride, only caring about money. However, we also need to find and protect him as much as possible, after all, such people are really hard to come by!

  Director Zhou paused for a moment before continuing, "This time, when this guy conducted the online data auction, he may have been due to his poor computer skills or some other reason. Anyway, the location of the city where he is located has already been exposed to the intelligence agencies of other major countries in the world. It won't be long before a large number of foreign spies enter Lushan City to look for this guy's trail, so please ask each department to closely monitor all suspicious foreigners who have arrived in Lushan City recently. Does anyone have any questions?"

  A relatively young captain from the Municipal Public Security Bureau raised his own doubts at this time: "Why didn't the other party choose to trade directly online, but instead chose to trade in Lushan City? Isn't the risk of being discovered extremely high? This doesn't make sense!"

  When the captain heard this, Director Zhou patiently explained: "The comrade's question, we also doubted at the time. But after analysis, we understood the other party's intention, and they should be worried about online transactions not being secure enough. After all, such a large amount of transaction is not like our usual online shopping, where if the purchased item is not good, there is still a place to return it. This is a one-shot deal! Moreover, no one can guarantee that in an online transaction, if you give the other party the goods first, you will definitely get the money, and similarly, if you pay the money first, there is no way to guarantee that you will definitely get the goods!!"

  Just as everyone at the meeting thought that Director Zhou had finished speaking, he began to supplement his speech: "By the way, there is another very dangerous situation. This guy who randomly sells military technology, before selling the high-priced item we just mentioned to our country, also sold a high-tech technology to other countries. Although we don't know which country bought that technology, when and where the transaction took place."

  But according to our bold conjecture, this reckless guy is likely to still make a deal in Lushan City! If our guess is true, then we must all stop at nothing to prevent the outflow of such important technology for national security!

  Everyone present immediately began discussing it when they heard the situation, and they didn't expect it to be so complicated. It seems that this time is going to be busy!

  On a plane flying towards Mount City in the sky, several top CIA agents were discussing tomorrow's trading plan in English!

  This time, in order to smoothly obtain that important technology, the US side has already dispatched several special agents ahead of time to enter Lushan City for preparation. The special agents on the plane are responsible for the main personnel of this transaction.

  A tall and imposing white man said to a middle-aged man in the front row, "Head, are we really going to take action in this country this time? The risk is too great!"

  "This has been decided from above, after all the technology this time is too important for our country's military research! Our task is to obtain this technology at all costs!" The middle-aged white man known as the head said to his subordinates.

  Luckily they had booked out the first class cabin of this plane, so everyone on board was one of their own. That's why they dared to discuss the plan like that!

  "Are we really going to take him down if necessary?! I don't think the government on this side will just sit back and do nothing! We can expect casualties for sure!" Another young agent spoke up.

  "This is also an unavoidable thing! If we can't bring the inventor of this technology back to the United States smoothly, then we must take him out. We absolutely cannot let a talent like that fall into the hands of this red regime and give them the opportunity to surpass us in America!" In fact, he was also quite opposed to this plan, but facing his superior's orders, he could only explain it this way.

  "It seems like another tough operation!" The young agent who asked the question sighed.

  "No way, that's the order! We have to do our best to complete it, all for the sake of America's interests! Alright, while there is still some time left, let's plan carefully what we'll do after a successful transaction!" The captain said helplessly, looking at his team members.

  In this way, for these two cutting-edge technologies and a large sum of money, the three parties to this major transaction began their respective preparations!