Chapter 62 Just Friends 07
Ren Yi was unaware that someone had accessed the surveillance footage, but even if he had, he wouldn't have cared. After all, he hadn't done anything suspicious from beginning to end; if he had, he would have had the system clean up the mess long ago, leaving no trace.
Ren Yi didn't run into the boss and the two brothers again, but he unexpectedly encountered the young man who had been fitted with a listening device that day. The latter was walking among the employees that Wen Feng had mentioned, who looked like they were not to be trifled with.
Ren Yi walked past without glancing to either side, as if he had never seen the other person before. Zhou Kai couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he wasn't the only one in the group who was stunned; by some strange twist of fate, no one showed anything unusual.
Someone nearby clicked their tongue and said, "No wonder he's rich; he can even get his hands on such a beauty."
Seeing that Zhou Kai still looked dazed, the speaker couldn't help but laugh. He nudged Zhou Kai with his elbow and said with a smile, "Don't think about it. Once we get the money this time, I'll take you to a nice place. It won't be as good as the one we just had, but it'll have all kinds of places, enough to make your eyes water."
Zhou Kai absentmindedly agreed, and then thought about whether he should stay a while longer after the "mission" was over and go with them—it would be good to have his brothers lie in ambush in advance, so they could work together from the inside and outside to take down the place in one fell swoop, which would be a great achievement.
But that's all for later; it's too early to think about these things now.
A few days later.
When Zhou Kai met with his contact, he couldn't help but ask, "Is there... anyone else here?"
The location was a bit noisy, and the contact person didn't hear clearly, asking, "What?"
Zhou Kai suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a rule in his hastily crammed training that did not investigate identities. Even "colleagues" did not know each other and were only responsible to their superiors. Although it was possible for it to turn into infighting, this also prevented the whole network from being pulled down if it was exposed.
Recalling this, Zhou Kai remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "It's nothing."
The contact person noticed his low spirits, hesitated for a moment, and ultimately said nothing.
It's normal to feel depressed in this environment. The people in front of you are just temporary, and they haven't even completed their stress resistance training. You can only adapt on your own.
Before leaving, the contact gave Zhou Kai a deep look, his lips moving almost silently as he said, "Live well."
They've already sent in several waves of people, and each time they've never returned.
There was one positive finding: the identity checks here aren't strict, so it's easy to sneak in.
The liaison then contacted his superiors, hoping to coordinate a replacement with sufficient survivability and combat capabilities... but unexpectedly, they sent such a dunce.
They managed to get in, but the contact was even more on edge. The fact that someone as flawed as Zhou Kai could sneak in only showed that the other party truly didn't care about their status. This meant they were confident that whoever went wouldn't come back.
Zhou Kai didn't hear the contact's last, almost silent, statement, but that didn't stop him from gleaning something from the other person's worried expression.
Zhou Kai couldn't help but grin.
He might not be good at intelligence gathering, but if he finds something is wrong, withdrawing is no problem. This building isn't enough for him to bombard. Can people be as difficult to deal with as aliens?
The contact person was almost blinded by his bright white teeth.
They walked with a dazed look on their faces, their steps uneven, but their speed was not slow at all.
Spending too much time with people who only develop muscles and not brains will cause your IQ to drop.
Ren Yi noticed that his very ambitious colleague seemed to be in a good mood lately. Not only did he smile at him more sincerely than before, but he even took the initiative to suggest, "Brother Ren, would you like to meet the boss? I'll take you next time."
This unusual attitude made Ren Yi ponder. Given this colleague's "ambition," it was clearly impossible for him to show goodwill towards Ren Yi, a competitor, let alone offer him an opportunity. Moreover, the other party's casual tone was also quite off.
—Did he climb up to someone of higher status?
Their status here is even higher than that of the master...
Ren Yi recalled the two brothers he had bumped into in the corridor that day.
Ren Yi's brief moment of thought was interpreted by Wen Feng as hesitation.
He put himself in the other person's shoes and could understand; after all, if the other person were so "kind," he probably wouldn't believe it either.
Thinking this, Wen Feng couldn't help but get anxious again. He genuinely wanted to "help" the other party.
He was both excited and nervous when he was suddenly called to see the boss that day, but when he arrived, the person accompanying him was not the boss, but a young man with short silver-gray hair.
Wen Feng didn't really mind who he accompanied, as long as they were rich and powerful, it didn't matter if they were beautiful or ugly, young or old; otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered coming all the way to a fourth-rank star. That being said, accompanying a handsome young man was still more pleasant than being with a pot-bellied, greasy middle-aged man. Moreover, although this young man was young, he had Mr. Frederick smiling obsequiously at him, which clearly showed that he was of extraordinary status.
Wen Feng never expected that such a good thing would actually happen to him.
But he quickly remembered the question the person in charge had asked him before he arrived.
When the person in charge asked him if he had left from the greenhouse earlier, Wen Feng thought that his plan to "bump into" the boss by sending Ren Yi away had been discovered. Wen Feng didn't dare to be stubborn and was feeling uneasy, but was comforted with a smile that said, "It's a good thing."
It was indeed a good thing, but Wen Feng remembered the dress the person in charge had specifically mentioned, and his heart sank again. Although he didn't know how the mistake had been made, Wen Feng realized that this "opportunity" should have originally belonged to Ren Yi.
After figuring it out, Wen Feng was even more eager to send Ren Yi to the boss.
Wen Feng's thinking was simple: this young man named Lando seemed to have a cooperative relationship with the boss. If either of them were touched by the boss, even if Lando later realized he had made a mistake, he wouldn't openly try to steal the person from the boss.
Wen Feng felt he had already been very considerate.
He actively acted as a go-between for Ren Yi. Although Mr. Fritt's appearance was a bit lacking, he was a well-known generous benefactor. Wasn't that what they came here for?
This is clearly a win-win situation for both of them!
It's something that benefits everyone, so there's no reason for anyone to refuse!
The more Wen Feng thought about it, the more justified he became.
Wen Feng wasn't the only one in a good mood right now; Fred also breathed a sigh of relief.
When Lando suddenly asked to check the surveillance footage, Fred was initially worried. He thought they had discovered his little tricks. Although it was common practice to make a quick buck in this kind of business, and Fred didn't think he had gone too far, if they really held a grudge, they could really make him suffer.
Strangely enough, although Fred believed from the bottom of his heart that this good-for-nothing young master was just there to gain prestige because he had a good older brother, the man's smiling face always made people feel uneasy.
However, after his men who had gone to the monitoring room with Lando returned and reported the situation, Fritt realized that he had been too tense.
The other party really only watched the surveillance footage of the corridor, and only one person passed by from beginning to end. The subordinate that Fred sent didn't dare to get too close and couldn't see the person's face clearly in the footage, but there weren't many people who would pass by that place at that time. By checking their clothing, they could find the person quickly.
This subordinate was quite clever; when he returned to report to Fred, he had already sent someone to summon Wen Feng.
Lando specifically reviewed the surveillance footage, and Fred understood perfectly, sending Wen Feng over that very day without delay.
Although Fred felt a little sorry that he had sent such a beauty away without even getting close to her, if he could really please her, even the slightest concession she made in business would be worth several times the price.
Thinking about it that way, I don't even feel that little bit of regret anymore.
When Wen Feng came over to tell Ren Yi the "good news," Ren Yi was considering how to deal with the chip in his hand. It contained evidence of Mr. Fred, the owner of the castle, smuggling energy and some other miscellaneous violations of the Alliance Law. Putting aside everything else, just the first one alone, based on the amount smuggled, was enough to exile him indefinitely to the Star Sea.
However, there is no information about the blockade planet in it.
Ren Yi didn't know if Mr. Fritt was really so cautious that he didn't leave any trace, or if he himself was not very clear about the matter.
Ren Yi guessed it was the latter.
After all, based on the information he had, Fritt was just a middleman and might not actually know the source of the energy mines.
Ren Yi came here to block the star, so this thing in his hand is actually of little use to him, but another person probably needs it a lot—like Zhou Kai, whom he has met a few times here.
The Alliance sent people here, probably just to investigate energy smuggling, and they are most likely unaware of the blockade issue.
Even Ren Yi himself only became suspicious of the sealed star because of the location of "Star River". The Alliance had no clues, so it was even more difficult to discover that something was wrong.
Otherwise, such a big incident would be enough to cause a huge uproar in the league.
The key issue isn't just a few energy planets. After all, the Alliance is so large that it can afford to lose just a few. Otherwise, it wouldn't have failed to notice anything amiss until now. What's more worrying for the Alliance is that someone might have mastered a way to control the alien species.
The latter speculation is terrifying enough just to imagine.
Even Ren Yi couldn't figure out how they did it. Besides, even if they really had a way to control the alien species, the fact that these people didn't take the opportunity to occupy the Alliance, but instead just used a few energy stars for "small-scale operations," was really too unambitious.
Wen Feng arrived at this moment, his face full of anxiety. He seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Ren Yi, and grabbed Ren Yi's arm. "Brother Ren, what are you still here?! Quick, quick! Come with me."
Ren Yi paused for a moment, but did not resist. Instead, he casually buried the chip in the flowerpot next to him.
When he raised his hand, the chip had completely blended into the soil, making it impossible to tell anything was wrong. The camouflage coating on the chip was similar to the listening device on Zhou Kai that day. The chip itself had no signal response, so unless someone was so bored as to touch the soil in the flowerpot bit by bit, they wouldn't be able to tell anything was wrong even if they stared at it until they were blind.
As Ren Yi was led outside by Wen Feng, he carefully cleaned the dirt off his fingertips.
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