Chapter 5: Let's put away our supernatural powers.
Yao Du'an rarely wore casual clothes, but he wore a loose-fitting cross-collar undergarment with a gray cotton-linen overcoat.
The pattern, reminiscent of the hazy landscape after a rain in Jiangnan, brightly outlines the blouse, while a small lotus embroidery on the hem is pure black.
He sipped his tea with an upright posture, while the young man with the bird's nest hairstyle opposite him was munching on tea like a cow, gulping down a cup after a gulp.
"Sir... Uncle Yao, this meal really brought me back from hell to earth." The young man drank three cups of tea and let out a long sigh.
"Is it really that exaggerated?" Yao Du'an chuckled.
The young man's thin body immediately straightened up. "You don't believe me? Although we don't face the same life-or-death situations as our comrades on field missions, we programmers also face life-or-death situations when we work overtime!"
"It's just that Dr. Zhou's medical orders were verbal; otherwise, if I showed them to people, it would scare them to death!"
Yao Du'an raised his hand to calm himself down: "I believe you, I believe you. Don't get excited. It's best not to get emotional after staying up all night."
The young man slumped back into the wicker chair. "I don't know what went wrong with the Fallen Insects for the past two months. There wasn't a major battle between bases... right?"
He confirmed something with Yao Du'an.
Yao Du'an smiled, and although he didn't speak, his eyes clearly showed his approval.
"There were no major inter-base battles or any significant collaborative events, but the Fallen's attacks on the Starlink network were nothing short of a barrage!"
Two months! Especially since March, who in the entire cybersecurity team has slept through the night?
Back then, the muscles on my left side were numb and sore every day, and my average resting heart rate was 110!
The young man's accusations were vehement, and Yao Du'an subtly moved his teacup away.
"Is it better now?" he asked.
"It's much better this week, thank goodness it's better, otherwise Tan..." The young man paused, glancing at Yao Du'an.
"I know your confidentiality clause, and I know what the confidentiality clause protects," Yao Du'an said nonchalantly.
The young man suddenly realized he had made a foolish mistake.
Uncle Yao is the division commander's chief secretary! The First Division's duty is to protect the base, so they naturally know all the important strongholds in the city.
The young man, Liu Ye, was originally a technical soldier in the First Division. He had already joined the division headquarters before being transferred.
He and Yang Yuning were classmates before, and he had known Yao Du'an for a long time. They often saw each other at work, and after he was transferred, he became quite successful, which is why he was able to call Yao Du'an "Uncle Yao".
Liu Ye's current unit is a secret force, directly under the headquarters, but he is nominally affiliated with the 1st Division, so some personnel transfer procedures may involve each other.
How could Secretary Yao and Colonel Yao know less than him?
"Anyway, that's it. When you get attacked too much, you go crazy. This time it's especially bad."
"If the worms don't stop, we'll be tormented forever," Liu Ye sighed.
"So the problem has been resolved smoothly now?" Yao Du'an asked again.
"How could that be? Who knows when the next attack will come?"
Now that the second batch of nanosatellites has been launched, Starlink's defense level will only get higher and higher... I don't know, maybe there's no end to it." The young man paused for a moment.
But after only a short while, he patted his thin cheeks with both hands:
"I have to go back to work overtime and fight for the future of humanity!"
Thank you for the meal, Uncle Yao! I'll treat you when I get paid tomorrow!
The young man said goodbye and left, glancing at the "This Shore Residence" sign before departing, and couldn't help but wonder:
"How come I never discovered this hidden gem of a restaurant before? It's so well-hidden!"
Inside, Yao Du'an didn't see Liu Ye off. He twirled his Buddhist prayer beads and slowly sipped his tea.
"They're just agitated because of the attack; there's nothing else unusual."
"Liu Ye's words, along with the other two's, corroborate each other." A slightly overweight man, reeking of cooking fumes, sat down opposite Yao Du'an and said with a smile.
Yao Du'an flicked the tassel on his prayer beads, his expression calm: "Don't rush, take another look."
......
In the residential building next to the mental hospital, Lin Jiaran also grabbed Qi An and said, "Look, haven't I grown taller? I measured myself, and I've grown two centimeters!"
Ah, she's still at an age where she can grow taller.
Looking at Lin Jiaran's jubilant expression, Qi An suddenly felt that he, at 21, had already aged prematurely.
But it's a good thing that Lin Jiaran has grown taller and stronger. She has lived a good life this year, and Qi An is very supportive and full of praise.
Lin Jiaran was happy for a while, then collapsed onto the bed: "To be honest, this year was just so-so."
I became the chief purifier, and Chen Xi is now the leader of the strongest team.
They replaced Lin Ran and Chen Yuezhou, respectively.
Everything seems the same, yet everything has clearly changed completely.
This kind of change, which cannot be hidden or even lied to oneself, makes everyone and everything feel awkward.
How could Gu Liansheng possibly be so nonchalant as to trust Chen Xi as he trusts Chen Yuezhou?
Some of Lin Ran's former suitors have started pursuing Lin Jia Ran, doing so playfully; others would spit on her and say, "Do you really think you can replace her?"
Lin Jiaran no longer wanted to replace Lin Ran. She wasn't entirely sure, and tremblingly retorted:
"I am who I am, my name is Lin Jiaran! If you don't want to purify, then get lost, or I'll have all the purifiers block you!"
Based on that one sentence, she must have grown taller and stronger this year.
Qi An was very happy for her, and they both fell onto the bed, but Lin Jia Ran instead sat up:
How much do you know about the 'White Tower' project?
"The remote air purifier has been upgraded to version 3.0, which can achieve resonance and interconnection of more than 30 people over ultra-long distances."
"Purifiers can also connect with each other to form a collective defensive line," Qi An said.
Such a precise description surprised Lin Jiaran: "You already know so much?"
Qi An smiled but remained silent.
Lin Jiaran said, "That's not the point. The idea behind the 'White Tower' project is to connect the Purifiers layer by layer."
The purifiers and soldiers on the bottom layer resonate with each other, the purifiers on the second layer resonate with the first layer, suppressing the pollution value of the first layer's purifiers, the third layer suppresses the second layer, and so on, forming a pyramid.
Within this pyramid, the higher the level of the purifier, the heavier the burden.
Now that the key technical barriers of the "White Tower" project have been overcome, the next step is to test the workload limit of the purifiers.
Therefore, the purification masters summoned this time must have an enhancement level of at least 9.
Qi An also knew this; Teacher Tang was one of the original proposers of this idea, and she also had the all-knowing "Blue Star" by her side.
"Actually, there aren't many 9s; I see most of them are 10s."
I was called because my enhancement value was high enough, and the new student base also wanted to do this.
"They're calling you, it's definitely because you have so many medals and are so famous." Lin Jiaran's tone became serious as she looked at Qi An:
"The reason for having many medals is not only because of one's own strong abilities, but also because one's teammates are all very strong."
But you're a 9, so you can't simply be stronger than all the 10s in terms of purification ability.
Tomorrow, when you participate in the test, you must hold back your supernatural powers!
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