32: We'll play along and prepare a "big gift" for you!

Playing the Long Game, Preparing a "Grand Gift" for You!

"Our boss's... monitoring system?"

When Qin Feng's words, full of ridicule and... Versailles-like swagger, clearly reached the Western Alliance, Langley, and CIA Headquarters via satellite phone.

Jack Anderson was completely stunned!

He held the phone blankly, listening to Qin Feng's "friendly" "suggestion" coming from the other end—

"By the way, Mr. Anderson, right?"

"Do me a favor and pass a message to your Director."

"Just tell him..."

"Welcome to send people to travel in our Xia Nation again next time."

"We will certainly..."

"Treat them well."

Beep... beep... beep... The call was cut off.

The entire cold, underground conference room fell into a deathly silence.

All the senior CIA intelligence officers stared blankly at Anderson's face, which had turned a bruised purple from extreme shock and humiliation, as if they had been paralyzed.

They failed!

They failed so quickly!

They failed so miserably!

They failed so... inexplicably!

Their proud ace agent, "Shadow"!

A ghost living in legend!

Yet... less than three hours after entering Xia Nation!

He hadn't even met the "Guide"!

He hadn't even finished putting on his clothes!

He was just cornered in his hotel room and... completely wiped out?!

This... who the hell would believe this if it got out?!

This is simply the greatest... humiliation the CIA has suffered since its founding!

"Monitoring... system?"

Director Burns's hoarse voice slowly echoed in the silent conference room.

He slowly stood up and walked toward the massive holographic screen.

The screen was displaying a satellite map of Jinghai City, Xia Nation.

For the first time, his hawk-like eyes revealed deep... apprehension and... fear!

"A monitoring system that can pinpoint 'Shadow's' location within three minutes..."

"A Heaven's Net that leaves our ace agent no room to resist..."

He turned around, his gaze slowly sweeping over every pale-faced intelligence officer present.

He spoke clearly, word by word:

"Gentlemen."

"I think we may have... provoked a monster that we simply cannot afford to mess with!"

"The pangu isn't researching some sixth-generation fighter jet at all!"

"Nor is it some new type of nuclear weapon!"

"It is, instead..."

"A type of... technology that we simply cannot comprehend..."

"Future technology!"

...Meanwhile.

Kunlun Mountain Underground Base.

Long Weiguo looked at "Shadow," who was bound and being escorted into the interrogation room on the light screen before him, and broke into a hearty, satisfied smile!

"Beautiful!"

He slapped his thigh suddenly!

"That was so damn well done!"

"Lu Chen! You, kid, have scored another monumental achievement for our Dragon Shield Bureau this time!"

He looked at the youth, who had remained perfectly calm from beginning to end, his eyes filled with undisguised appreciation and... gratitude!

He knew.

If not for Lu Chen.

If not for the Heaven's Net system that Lu Chen had casually written.

Even if the Dragon Shield Bureau could prevent "Shadow's" infiltration.

It absolutely could not have won so easily!

So... overwhelmingly!

This was the dimensionality reduction strike brought about by a technological generation gap!

"Achievement?"

Lu Chen smiled and shook his head.

"Director Long, now is not the time to celebrate."

"Huh?" Long Weiguo was startled. "The person has been captured. What else is the problem?"

"Capturing him was just an appetizer."

A look of depth and... cunning, unbefitting his age, flashed in Lu Chen's eyes!

Like a little fox calculating how to swallow its prey, hide and bone!

"Think about it."

"Why would the Western Alliance risk exposing the ace 'Shadow' just to send him here?"

"This shows that they are already anxious."

"Anxious like an ant on a hot pan!"

"And an ant that has lost its mind is the easiest to... exploit."

Long Weiguo was not stupid.

He immediately understood Lu Chen's hidden meaning!

His eyes suddenly lit up!

"You mean..."

"Playing the long game?!"

"Exactly."

Lu Chen nodded.

He extended a finger and lightly tapped the virtual light screen.

The profile of the base security personnel, code-named "Guide," who had been turned, instantly popped up.

"We won't touch this line yet."

"Not only will we not touch him, but we will also let him continue to maintain contact with the Western Alliance."

"Except..."

A devilish smile curled Lu Chen's lips.

"All the intelligence he passes on from now on will be..."

"What we want him to pass on."

"For example..."

He casually brought up a technical document for a graphene battery that he had "carefully" modified.

This document looked flawless.

Ninety-nine percent of the content was real.

But in the most critical section regarding the "electrolyte" formula.

Lu Chen secretly, without anyone noticing, changed an insignificant... chemical bond.

This change would cause no problems during the laboratory phase.

It could even produce battery prototypes with similarly excellent performance!

But... once mass production begins.

Once the battery's energy density exceeds a certain critical point... then all the batteries produced by that production line will turn into... powerful, extremely unstable... super bombs!

"Hiss—"

Long Weiguo looked at Lu Chen's delicate face, which bore an "innocent" smile, and couldn't help but gasp sharply!

For the first time, he felt what it meant to be... deeply chilled!

This kid... his heart is seriously too damn dark, isn't it?!

This isn't just "playing the long game" anymore!

This is practically setting up the Western Alliance for total ruin!

Once the Western Alliance gets this "core technology," invests heavily in mass production in ecstasy... once they install these "super bombs" on their aircraft carriers, planes, or even... nuclear submarines... the image is too beautiful for him to even imagine!

"How about it, Director Long?"

Lu Chen looked at Long Weiguo's fluctuating expression and asked with a smile:

"This 'grand gift' I prepared for them..."

"Are you satisfied?"