124: Chapter 124 Fate, Wonderful Beyond Words

Less than ten minutes after Director Gao Wenbo made the call, Zhao Yang's phone rang. It was a call from General Feng.

He pressed the answer button with a strange expression: "Elder Feng, have you heard some rumors?"

"Don't say anything. Someone will pick you up in a while. Bring the necessary items and come to my place."

Zhao Yang smiled: "Alright. Actually, I was planning to contact you in a few days."

Just as he hung up, the landline on Director Gao Wenbo's desk also rang. He picked it up, listened for a few sentences, hung up, and then exchanged a look with Zhao Yang.

Everything was understood without words.

The two waited silently, neither speaking. Half an hour later, a black SUV stopped at the building's entrance. The person coming to pick him up was the same lieutenant colonel from last time. Zhao Yang greeted him and smiled: "Let's go back to my dormitory first to grab some things."

"Okay." The lieutenant colonel smiled, "It's good to see you again."

The car drove back to that Soviet-style old building. This time, besides General Feng, there was an elderly man with wheat-ear insignia on his shoulders and a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar. Both were new faces, one surnamed Zhang and the other surnamed Zhao. After a few pleasantries, Zhao Yang didn't waste time and directly took a stack of documents out of a file bag.

"This is the America GPS military code logic I reverse-engineered through deduction and experimentation. The principles and methods are all inside. I originally just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect it to actually work after a few attempts."

The middle-aged man took the documents with some excitement. After flipping through a few pages, he solemnly put them into his personal file bag. He looked up at Zhao Yang and said, "Comrade Zhao Yang, I've heard of your deeds. Your level in scientific research truly makes us feel ashamed. I wonder if you're interested..."

Before he could finish, General Feng waved his hand with a smile: "Don't bother trying to persuade him. This kid is obsessed with being an official. If it weren't for the sake of his thesis, he definitely wouldn't have brought these things out."

Zhao Yang gave a sheepish laugh: "Elder Feng still knows me best. This is part of the content for my thesis, but it might not be suitable for a public defense. As for the specific arrangements, I hope Elder Feng can help think of a compromise."

As he spoke, he pushed another thick stack of printed papers over.

The middle-aged scholar read it for over ten minutes and then spoke in low tones with General Zhang. General Zhang looked up and smiled: "Little Zhao, if this document of yours were made public, America would offer at least ten million dollars for it. How about this: replace the low-orbit internet constellation part with balloon relay stations. Don't write the data link part too detailed, and use public protocols for the implementation. The graph database part is fine, but this data intrusion System you call 'Thousand-Hand Guanyin' shouldn't be detailed in the thesis; keep it brief and don't mention technical details."

Zhao Yang smiled: "Okay, I understand."

General Zhang and General Feng discussed a bit more, then said: "Even with declassification processing, this thesis could easily cause trouble. A confidential defense is a must. You set a time for the defense, and we'll arrange the location and personnel."

Zhao Yang nodded: "Then I'll have to trouble you to arrange some of the experiments. I only need the final results to be written into the thesis. The experiment details are all in those materials."

The middle-aged scholar immediately flipped through the materials, his eyes lighting up, and he laughed: "Don't worry, if you provide us with the equipment, we'll definitely do a good job for you."

After the official business was concluded, General Feng called Zhao Yang to his side as they were heading out and asked in a low voice: "The Ministry of Health sent a special team to Jinghai. Does this have anything to do with you?"

Zhao Yang was stunned: "Ah? Another medical team? Could it be that something like what happened in Pingkang County occurred in Jinghai too? That can't be! My Uncle Meng is someone who won't tolerate any corruption!"

General Feng stared into Zhao Yang's eyes and sneered: "You brat, you won't even trust me?"

Zhao Yang gave a sheepish laugh: "What exactly happened over there? I really don't know anything. My Uncle Meng doesn't report his actions to me."

General Feng narrowed his eyes, his voice even lower: "In an illegal wildlife smuggling case, a virus that poses a huge threat to humans was discovered inside the smuggled animals."

Zhao Yang looked shocked: "There's such a thing? My God, this is like something out of a movie!"

General Feng carefully observed Zhao Yang's expression. Seeing that the shock was heartfelt, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Good, it had nothing to do with this kid.

Zhao Yang laughed inwardly. With his Level 6 Acting skill, no matter how much Old Feng tried to trick him, he wouldn't get anything out.

After Zhao Yang left, General Feng suddenly stamped his foot.

Wait! This kid went undercover alone; his Acting is top-notch! Could I have been fooled by him? On second thought, since Zhao Yang refused to admit it, it meant he understood the weight of the matter. Since he understood, there was no need to expose him. It was just that in the future, when dealing with this little fox, he had to be careful.

Back at the dormitory, Zhao Yang's heart suddenly stirred—the System notification was late, but it arrived.

[Task 'Light in the Dark Night' completed: Hou Guiping's grievance has been redressed, and all the masterminds have been brought to justice]

[Reward obtained: Random upgrade of existing skills ×2]

[Automatic selection: Medical Skills skill +1 (Medical Skills Rank: 5)]

[Automatic selection: Literature skill +1 (Literature Rank: 4)]

The corners of Zhao Yang's mouth curled up.

The System didn't slack off this time; the two skills chosen were both to compensate for his weaknesses. Especially Literature—in the future, writing reports in officialdom would be common. Rank 4 Literature would definitely allow him to write beautiful bureaucratic prose.

During this period, there wasn't much happening at the Joint Laboratory of Intelligent Investigation. It was mainly because the two nuclear-powered workhorses, Lu Xiaofei and Lu Yike, were too efficient, causing the entire laboratory to be filled with an intense atmosphere of internal competition. Zhao Yang thus had time to focus on his thesis. Now that the most troublesome experiments had been handed over to the military, he finally had some rare leisure time.

Calculating the days, he took out his phone and dialed Huang Yimei's number. Before he could speak, she spoke first: "Brother Yang, do you have good news for me?"

Zhao Yang couldn't help but smile: "How did you know?"

"You have good news every time you call! Like last time, when you suggested releasing the behind-the-scenes footage for promotion when filming 'brotherhood of blades.' The effect was so good! A huge number of fans appeared even before the movie was released!"

"Haha, big star, then I should congratulate you in advance on your movie's success. Has the interview time for the Film Academy been set? If it's in the next few days, I happen to be free."

"Ah? That's great!" A cheer came from the other end of the phone, "The interview is tomorrow! Hahaha! My parents said they would accompany me, but if you're going, then I don't need them!"

"Then won't your parents be jealous?"

"It's fine, it's fine, I'll just buy them some dumplings, hahaha!"

"Your parents really didn't raise such a daughter for nothing." Zhao Yang couldn't help but laugh, "Tell me the time, I'll drive you there tomorrow."

The two chatted for over half an hour before hanging up. Zhao Yang looked at the date on the calendar and couldn't help but smile.

It seemed that Liu Tianxian from that other timeline also entered the Imperial Capital Film University in 2002. He didn't expect that in this timeline, the 'War God' version of Liu Tianxian—whether she should be called Huang Tianxian or not—would also go for her interview at this time.

Fate is truly marvelous!