Chapter 34: The File Contains Grade A War Criminal Data…
Yu Shi pursed his lips slightly, his expression seeming a bit dissatisfied as he looked at him with moist eyes.
Xie Ren had already thrown Tang Tianhao to the back of his mind, appearing as if his soul had been snatched away by those eyes.
In a daze, he thought that when Yu Shi revealed such an expression, it felt as if the whole world owed him and had wronged him.
The whole world should kneel down and sincerely repent and apologize.
“I…” Xie Ren squeezed a voice out of his throat, saying with extreme guilt, “I… have to go to a gathering with friends from the Falcon Regiment. It’s not… it’s not to see another Omega.”
The commander, who would never change his expression even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, actually spoke haltingly, so nervous he was at a loss.
He stared at Yu Shi’s hand. Those slender white fingers rested on his wrist, forming a sharp contrast with his wheat-colored skin. The fingertips had turned slightly white from exertion.
Xie Ren couldn’t help but swallow, his face flushing, his mind filled with unknown thoughts.
Regrettably, Yu Shi quickly let go and said calmly, “Oh. Then go ahead.”
Xie Ren didn’t move. “I’m sorry, I didn’t tell you in advance and made you wait for me until now. I’ll give them a call and tell them I’m not going. You wait for me—”
“No need. Since you’ve made plans, go,” Yu Shi said impassively. “Didn’t you say you ordered a meal for me? Let’s eat together next time.”
Xie Ren wasn’t sure if he was angry and asked hesitantly, “Are you sure? It’s not an important dinner; it can be pushed back.”
Yu Shi gave him a gentle push. “Go quickly. Don’t make others wait.”
The force of his push was very light, like a dragonfly skimming over the water’s surface, lightly tapping against the tip of Xie Ren’s heart.
Xie Ren became immediately obedient, unable to even utter a word of rebuttal.
“Do you want to eat macaron cake? I’ll bring a portion back for you when I return,” he asked softly.
Yu Shi laughed, the corners of his lips curling into a beautiful arc. “Sure. Thank you.”
Xie Ren blinked, allowing his heartbeat to accelerate uncontrollably, fast as a roller coaster.
Ever since the disrespectful incident last time, he always had a subtle sense of guilt, constantly restraining himself from thinking in that direction. But the body’s reaction couldn’t lie; as long as Yu Shi showed even a hint of initiative, he would forget his own surname, let alone looking for an insignificant person.
He felt a bit embarrassed. “Then… then I’ll be going. I’ll be back before eight o’clock to… to bring you the cake.”
Yu Shi smiled without a word and nodded.
Only when his figure disappeared at the stairs did Yu Shi slowly withdraw his smile, a coldness surfacing in his eyes.
The end of the hallway was deep, dark, and silent. The scent of blood gradually dissipated in the wind; there was no longer any sign of a living person.
After Xie Ren arrived at the banquet hall, he was immediately pulled into a seat.
He sat in the seat next to the Sovereign. That table was filled entirely with figures at the rank of Major General and above. Under Xie Chengfeng’s urging, he had no choice but to stand up and go over to offer a toast.
The Sovereign had changed out of his administrative suit, his majesty tempered by a more amiable air.
Watching Xie Ren drink, he smiled and said, “This kid claims he can never be out-drunk. I still remember when he first joined the Falcon Regiment—he was incredibly arrogant and got a harsh lesson from his superiors. He ended up so drunk he slept for three days and three nights.”
In his youth, his style had been bold and heroic. As his age and status rose, he had become much more reserved, so he naturally appreciated the young men in the military and had always been full of praise for Xie Ren.
Xie Chengfeng smiled and bowed as he offered a toast: “He was only sixteen when he followed the Sovereign. Back then, he was stubborn as a mule. Fortunately, the Sovereign looked after him and raised him to this day. As his father, I must have a good drink with you.”
“A tiger father does not have a canine son; your family’s genes are good.” The Sovereign patted the back of his hand. “Being able to raise a new ‘Blade of National Defense’ for the Falcon Regiment, it is I who should thank the Xie family.”
After these words were spoken, the officers present had varying expressions. The change in Xie Chengfeng’s face was visible to the naked eye.
The only person who could carry the title of “Blade of National Defense” in the Falcon Regiment was the successive Commanders-in-Chief. The Sovereign’s meaning was crystal clear: he wanted Xie Ren to completely take over the Falcon Regiment.
Xie Chengfeng’s words circled in his mouth and could only be swallowed back down. He abandoned the idea of proposing his transfer to K9 tonight and poured wine into his mouth without a word.
Throughout the entire banquet, Xie Chengfeng was internally anxious, yet he had to maintain a relaxed and natural expression on his face.
Finally, as it neared the end, he took advantage of a bathroom break to look at his communicator, and his brow furrowed again.
Several hours ago, Tang Tianhao had contacted him saying he had something to report, and then there had been no more news. Calling back showed the phone was turned off.
Xie Chengfeng had no patience to wait for him and sent a message telling him to come over tonight.
However, until the next day, Tang Tianhao did not appear.
Li Yang rushed into the office like a whirlwind, complaining, “I’m really done with this Staff Officer Tang. He actually took leave during a critical period! The Principal asked me to get today’s flowchart from him—couldn’t he finish his work before getting sick?”
Yu Shi was tilting his head back to apply eye drops. Hearing this, he said, “I have it here. I’ll send it to you.”
“Ahhh, you’re truly a life-saver! Oh, are you wearing contact lenses? Your eyes have become so dark.”
“Changed the lenses.” Yu Shi endured the discomfort and transmitted the table from his light-brain to him.
Li Yang said hurriedly, “The Sovereign’s motorcade has already left. You aren’t going to the venue today; if there’s a phone call, remember to pick up. I’m heading over first!”
“Don’t worry. Leave it to me,” Yu Shi said with a smile.
The hour hand on the wall moved, gradually pointing to eleven. There was still one hour until twelve o’clock.
He sat by the window drinking the milkshake Xu Bohan had bought. Today’s sun wasn’t so piercing, hiding deeply in the middle of the clouds; the weather forecast said there might be rain.
The milkshake carried the smell of low-quality strawberry essence, and the cloying sweetness had a slightly bitter aftertaste. He finished the entire cup in small sips, took out gloves made of special material from a drawer, and slowly put them on his hands.
The gloves were a layer of transparent membrane. Once worn, they completely changed the shape of his hands; his originally slender fingers became somewhat thick.
He carefully adjusted the details. A moment later, his fingerprints had changed.
Forty minutes later, an explosion rang out from the venue building.
The police siren and fire alarm sounded simultaneously. Even from a distance, the chaos could be heard.
Zheng Xiao had made his move.
Yu Shi put on specially made clothing, lowered the brim of his hat, and navigated through a path toward the armory.
The guards were looking at each other, using their walkie-talkies to ask what had happened at the venue.
One of them saw his rank and quickly stood straight to salute: “Hello, Chief Zhou.”
Yu Shi waved his hand, signaling him to make way, and skillfully placed his index finger on the fingerprint lock.
Unexpectedly, the fingerprint lock did not unlock.
A few seconds later, a red light suddenly lit up on the lock core, prompting a verification error.
The guards all looked over. Yu Shi’s heart jumped violently, and a look of shock flashed through his eyes.
A guard approached with a gun, nearing him step by step.
Yu Shi suppressed his breathing, instinctively reaching into his trench coat pocket.
the guard said, “This fingerprint lock is broken. You can use the one on the right.”
Yu Shi kept his lips pressed together and didn’t make a sound. He placed his hand on the lock on the right again. This time, with a click, the security door opened. He didn’t even spare a look back as he walked toward the security check, as if in a great hurry.
The armory’s security had three layers; any weapon carried would be detected.
First security gate, passed.
Second security gate, passed.
Third security gate, still passed.
The guards said behind him:
“Which Chief is this? Why is he in such a hurry?”
“Chief Zhou Qin. He’s always rushing like this. And something seems to have happened over there; he’s probably here to adjust the weapon systems.”
“What happened?”
“An explosion in the exhibition hall. I heard a gun went missing.”
“An explosion? How could someone bring an explosive bag in here?!”
“The school gate has already been sealed. Luckily the Sovereign has left…”
After passing security, there were no more guards; the entire building was filled with robots.
Yu Shi entered the elevator, still using fingerprints.
The armory had six floors in total. From the third floor up, double verification of iris and fingerprints was required. The top floor had dedicated personnel to check again.
Starting from the third floor, the elevator stopped at every floor. He took off his sunglasses and used iris recognition. His black pupils pressed against the machine, which issued a cold “beep” signal for passage.
When he reached the sixth floor, two guards at the elevator door stopped him, saying, “Please perform identification.”
Yu Shi took off his hat, revealing his disguised face, and pressed his eyes against the machine. A few seconds later, a mechanical female voice broadcast: “Current identity is Armory Chief Zhou Qin, intermediate authority, passage allowed.”
The guards lowered their guns and muttered, “What’s an intermediate rank doing here…”
Just as Yu Shi was about to enter, a guard asked strangely, “Chief Zhou? Wait, aren’t you on a business trip? Stop right there!”
He prepared to pick up his gun. In the next second, Yu Shi pulled a skeletal gun from his pocket.
This gun was exactly the same as the one in the exhibition case. The body and bullets were made of bone, launched with cold workmanship, allowing it to completely bypass security.
Before that guard could even pick up his gun, a bullet pierced through the center of his brow.
The sound of the skeletal gun was weak and caused no disturbance.
The other person immediately pressed the alarm while simultaneously firing at Yu Shi. As long as Yu Shi dodged the bullet, he would inevitably trigger the alarm. If he chose to attack the guard, he would surely be shot.
To be able to react like this in an extreme amount of time, this guard was already one in a hundred. However, he underestimated Yu Shi’s speed.
In the blink of an eye, a sharp object was fired from the skeletal gun, piercing through the palm he used to press the alarm. Simultaneously, Yu Shi’s body bent at an incredible arc, dodging the bullet.
The guard was also a tough character. Without even a cry of pain, he directly pressed the alarm again—his duty was to give warning; even if he died, he had to send the signal out.
Yu Shi frowned deeply. Forced by helplessness, high-level pheromones surged out wildly, pouncing toward the guard with an unstoppable force.
He revealed a look of shock so immense it was unbelievable, and his knees slowly went soft as he collapsed into a kneel. His bleeding palm smeared a bright red mark on the wall, and in the end, he failed to touch the alarm.
Yu Shi didn’t hesitate further, raising his hand to strike the center of his brow, and then deactivated all alarms.
Even though he had withdrawn them quickly, a trace of pheromones still remained in the air. He didn’t have time to think and strode toward the tightly shut door of the machine room.
The final password for the door required pheromones.
Zhou Qin’s authority was no longer enough to open this door.
Yu Shi held a collection tube in his hand, containing pale gold pheromones. He stared at that tube of pheromones, a hint of hesitation appearing in his expression, but his actions were the opposite, quickly placing it into the verification instrument.
The female voice broadcast: “Current identity is Falcon Regiment Squad Commander Xie Ren, senior authority, passage allowed.”
The heavy door slowly opened, and the interior of the machine room unfolded before his eyes.
There were two floors in total. There was a door on each of the first and second floors; the door on the second floor was tightly locked.
The central light-brain was as high as a full floor. The control console was massive and complex, storing the most detailed data of the Celestial Gnomon military.
Yu Shi walked toward the central control console and began to operate, racing against time.
System prompt: [Identity verification passed. Light-brain is starting up, please wait patiently. Detected that you hold a senior pass, please properly safeguard your own data to prevent pass leakage.]
Screen: [Enter the historical generals’ database?]
Yu Shi selected “Yes.” His right hand was shaking uncontrollably, his heart beating like a drum.
From his disguised entry through the main gate until now, including the fight just now, no moment had been as exciting as this.
It could be said that all his efforts over the past twenty-odd years were for the sake of being able to obtain this long-lost classified document at the right time.
Now, it was right before his eyes, within his reach.
Yu Shi’s eyes turned slightly red, his breathing becoming somewhat heavy.
The system prompted: [This file is Grade A war criminal data, please enter the password.]
He frowned, not expecting a password to be required.
He could only settle for the next best thing and export the entire file package first.
This process required time, which was very disadvantageous for him.
The machine room was very quiet, so quiet that even a needle dropping on the floor could be heard. The machines hummed as they operated.
Yu Shi suddenly felt an unspeakable irritability.
This feeling was like unease, anxiety, and also like an instinctive self-defense, as if it were giving him some kind of prompt.
Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out above him, like an Asura, carrying a bone-chilling coldness.
“I’ve finally caught you.”
Yu Shi’s pupils constricted abruptly. His heart fell from a height to the bottom, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back. He looked up in disbelief.
Xie Ren walked in through the door on the second floor, walked to the vicinity of the railing, and raised his gun to aim at him.
He actually wasn’t at the venue; he had been waiting here all along.
Yu Shi was wearing nano-shaping clothing, appearing no different in build from Zhou Qin. For a moment, he wasn’t recognized.
A murderous intent surfaced in Xie Ren’s eyes: “That cleaner was your accomplice, wasn’t he? You used a ‘diversion’ just to pull this off? Put your hands up. If you dare play any tricks with me, I’ll make your blood splatter on the spot.”
There wasn’t a hint of gentleness in his voice. Yu Shi slowly raised both hands, not doubting for a second that Xie Ren would shoot him down.
He and Zheng Xiao had both miscalculated; they hadn’t expected Xie Ren to appear here.
But how could he have guessed the armory?
Yu Shi gritted his teeth and glanced at the large screen. The screen was facing away from Xie Ren, so he hadn’t seen the content on it.
At this moment, the light-brain issued a prompt: Export of content is complete.
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