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This caused Yan Qing's fingers to pause for a moment, but she seemed not to believe what Zhang Qi said and continued typing on the keyboard.

In this situation, A Qi asked, "Then what exactly is your purpose? What is the meaning of calling us at this time?"

Zhang Qi replied, "I'm here to seek cooperation with you."

Hearing these words, A Qi's eyes widened.

Cooperation?

After these four words appeared in his mind, countless question marks flooded in.

He found it hard to imagine that this Zhang Qi would actually request cooperation with China?

Is this a trap?

If they were slightly careless, would it trigger international disputes?

He remained silent, and Yan Qing's fingers, which had been typing on the keyboard, also suddenly stopped.

Everyone looked at Yan Qing, but her face was blank.

Meeting everyone's gaze, Yan Qing shook her head slightly.

Her expression and actions made everyone understand that Yan Qing had indeed not found any clues at this time.

A Qi thought for a moment and then asked, "What kind of cooperation do you want?"

Zhang Qi answered very straightforwardly, "Since it's cooperation, it's naturally about providing mutual assistance."

A Qi narrowed his eyes and immediately said, "What kind of assistance can you provide? To us, you are just a foreign criminal."

They needed to analyze the credibility of the answers by judging the speed of the other party's response, so they were forced into a strange rapid-fire question-and-answer session.

So, as soon as A Qi asked this question, he immediately received a reply: "That's right, but Captain Kang, you only represent a small Chinese Criminal Investigation Team, so our relationship is still equal."

A Qi frowned; the other party seemed to have been well-prepared for this conversation.

But he didn't hesitate: "No matter what, we need to consider the demands you've made before we can make further considerations."

Zhang Qi replied, "Of course."

A Qi continued, "Then what exactly do you want to do?"

Zhang Qi thought for a moment and said, half-truthfully, "I want to overthrow the United States, do you believe me?"

This simple sentence caused the conversation to suddenly fall silent.

Everyone present froze, and even their breathing stopped.

This sentence... was too shocking!

"I want to overthrow the United States." These simple six words, however, were as shocking as a clap of thunder.

The meaning they contained was so arrogant and unrestrained!

Although A Qi had already anticipated that the news brought by someone like Zhang Qi would not be simple, these six words still deeply shocked him.

For a moment, he didn't know how to respond!

Overthrow the United States?

That's a country with hegemonic power on the international stage!

How to overthrow?

What's more, he himself is in a precarious situation now, so how can he talk about overthrowing the United States?

Could this just be nonsense he blurted out?

However, the fact that he said this so easily and quickly suggests, in interrogation psychology, that such an answer often has a certain degree of credibility.

After a moment of silence, A Qi took a deep breath, seemingly to calm his emotions.

"Are you kidding me?" he scoffed, "Indeed, this sentence is a bit shocking to me, but..."

"Ultimately, the fact that you want to cooperate with me already indicates that this is an impossible thing."

"You are just a fugitive, and I am just a small Criminal Investigation Captain."

"Under these circumstances, cracking such a joke seems a bit inappropriate."

A Qi's words made the faces of the others present look much better.

Their minds had been blank from the shock of those six words just now, but upon hearing A Qi's words, they finally came back to their senses.

This is simply impossible.

Zhang Qi, however, smiled: "Since I chose to cooperate with you, of course I have my plan."

Zhang Qi's words were vague and lacked substance.

But it was precisely this kind of vague talk that made A Qi even more cautious.

Having suffered too many losses with Su Yue, caution had become his subconscious choice.

He pretended to be thinking, but in reality, he was waiting for Yan Qing to lock onto the base station location of the other party's phone signal.

A Qi knew the other party intended to end the call quickly, so after thinking for a moment, he said, "It seems your plan doesn't include the option of us refusing."

Zhang Qi replied, "Of course, you won't refuse. Since our interests are the same, no matter who it is, they can be friends. What I am doing now is good for you; there is no reason for you to disagree."

Zhang Qi's tone was relaxed and full of confidence.

To A Qi, it sounded like the confidence a scammer shows when promising benefits to a victim.

If the United States could be overthrown, it would indeed be a great thing for China. But they also had to consider the risks, especially since Zhang Qi was completely untrustworthy at this time.

A Qi glanced at Yan Qing's computer and saw that the progress bar had reached eighty percent.

He knew he didn't need to delay much longer, so he said directly, "I cannot trust you."

"Of course you won't trust me so easily," Zhang Qi replied, "So this call is just a preview for you. I will send you a gift. This gift... you will definitely like it."

A Qi frowned, he hadn't expected such a response, and it seemed the conversation was about to end.

The progress bar had only reached eighty-five percent.

He immediately said, "I don't need your gift; who knows what's in that gift?"

However, as he was speaking, the progress bar suddenly reached one hundred percent.

Almost the instant he finished speaking, the progress bar was completed.

And from the other end of the phone came a light chuckle.

"Found my IP address?" After he left this sentence, the busy signal came through.

Beep, beep, beep...

The busy signal coming from the phone's speakerphone function made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief.

This sudden tension was a bit hard for them to accept.

Especially the matter of "overthrowing the United States" that Zhang Qi mentioned, which made them feel incredible.

But A Qi's face was very grim.

Although the progress bar did indeed reach one hundred percent, the final IP address result showed that it was within twenty meters of their location.

In other words, excluding the error, this result was almost right beside them.

Yan Qing sighed and didn't speak.

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She couldn't figure out how her phone had gotten a virus.

At this time, Xiang Haitian frowned and said hoarsely, "What exactly is going on? How did he pinpoint us? How much of what he said about overthrowing the United States is true and how much is false? Should we report this to the higher-ups?"

A Qi nodded and said, "Of course we should report it."

And as he said this, he suddenly thought of something.

"Report..." He slapped his forehead heavily, "Damn it!"

Xiao Xiao frowned, she was also thinking about this matter.

A Qi said, "It's nothing, I just got played by that kid. He said that a fugitive like him and a small Criminal Investigation Captain like me are on the same level, but in reality, there's more behind us than just that. He contacted us and said things like overthrowing the United States, which was simply to make us actively contact the higher-ups..."

Everyone's expressions froze.

The conversation just now was too fast, they didn't think of this at all.

Although they remembered it now, it was obviously too late.

A Qi gritted his teeth and then said, "He said there would be a gift... so let's wait and see what kind of gift it is."

...

After Su Yue hung up the phone, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He was all too familiar with the people in the Municipal Bureau.

A Qi's phone number had indeed not changed.

But implanting viruses in A Qi and other people's phones... actually didn't happen at all.

Hacker technology is indeed powerful, but it's not strong enough to pinpoint locations accurately.

He only made corresponding judgments based on the other party's reaction and the noisy environment after A Qi answered the phone at the beginning.

And he used relatively vague but implicitly suggestive words to influence them subconsciously.

Su Yue was very skilled in using deception in this way.

The purpose of deception is to achieve one's goals more easily, and the most convincing deception is seven parts truth and three parts lies.

Su Yue knew they were likely to track his signal in reverse, so only Yan Qing's laptop was infected with a virus in the end.

At this time, it was nine o'clock in the morning in the United States.

After hanging up the phone, he continued to prepare for his next move.

In front of Su Yue, the computer screen clearly displayed the identity information of several top agents.

Keith is still in the dark, completely unaware that the agent information he painstakingly collected from all over the world has been leaked after his conversation with "Lin Mo".

The leakage of information itself might not be a big deal, and it could even become a pawn in Keith's hands.

However, the problem is that he is completely unaware of this, only realizing that some confidential information of the New York Police Department was stolen by Lin Mo.

However, in Keith's view, the confidentiality of the New York Police Department is slightly less important than that of the FBI. Therefore, whether this confidential information can be recovered is not crucial to him; if it cannot be recovered, letting it remain sealed in history is also acceptable.

Su Yue was well aware of Keith's thoughts, and what he was exploiting was precisely this point.

"Two top agents, a sniper, an excellent driver, and a Hacker..." He muttered to himself, "Such a team is indeed not to be underestimated. But your progress seems a bit slow."

Meanwhile, within the Taiyang City Bureau, Xiang Haitian was reporting the situation of this incident to his superiors and waiting for further instructions.

During his communication with his superiors, Xiang Haitian sensed that the higher-ups were also finding Lin Mo's purpose, abilities, and crazy actions difficult and complicated to deal with.

"What instructions did the higher-ups give?" A Qi asked anxiously.

Xiang Haitian replied, "They didn't say much. They probably need to hold a meeting to discuss it, so we won't get a clear answer anytime soon."

A Qi nodded.

At this time, the others had dispersed, leaving only him and Xiang Haitian in the Municipal Bureau to contact the higher-ups. As the two were about to leave, Xiang Haitian's phone suddenly rang.

Looking at the number on the screen, the two exchanged glances and then answered the phone. They were not sure which department was handling this matter, but it was clear that the department was acting very quickly.

"Hello," Xiang Haitian responded in a hoarse voice.

The other party was a cold and serious female voice.

"Comrade Xiang, hello. I am from the International Affairs Security Bureau. We have already conducted initial processing of the situation you reported earlier."

"Regarding this matter, I hope that relevant information will not be disseminated."

Xiang Haitian nodded in agreement: "Understood."

"In addition, I need to confirm a few points. The other party claimed to be Lin Mo and mentioned terms like 'overthrowing the United States', is that correct?"

Xiang Haitian confirmed: "Yes."

He added, "Although he said that, he added 'do you believe me' afterwards, so I think it's not highly credible."

The other party did not discuss it further with him, but continued in a flat tone, "He also mentioned that there would be a 'gift', is that right?"

Xiang Haitian was startled, and then replied, "Yes. After we expressed our disbelief, Lin Mo did mention that."

The cold female voice continued, "Okay. Based on the assessment, we have decided not to actively contact the other party for the time being, neither promising nor denying anything, and wait for the 'gift' that Lin Mo mentioned to be revealed."

After the call ended, Xiang Haitian felt surprised, but also felt that this decision was reasonable.

It is normal for such an agency to exist in the country.

But he frowned and turned to ask A Qi, "I just said it might be wiretapped, aren't they afraid?"

A Qi thought for a moment and replied, "Actually, there's nothing to be afraid of. She didn't say any key information. Such ambiguous words are harmless even if they are wiretapped."

Xiang Haitian nodded and didn't say anything more.

On the other side, Xiao Xiao was walking home, still thinking about Lin Mo.

"What exactly does he want to do?" Although she had resigned, Xiao Xiao still retained her work habits from when she was in the Municipal Bureau, subconsciously analyzing the other party's motives.

"Overthrow the United States? This is simply a fantasy." She thought to herself, but couldn't find a reasonable explanation. Finally, she decided not to dwell on it.

"Forget it..." she thought, "Since I've resigned and decided to go out and travel, why bother thinking about these things anymore."

As she walked into the residential area, she noticed a car parked in a parking space that was usually empty.

She narrowed her eyes and looked at the license plate carefully, and after confirming it was correct, she continued walking home.

As she turned a corner in the residential area, she suddenly stopped.

"Come out," she said, frowning.

At this time, the residential area was empty, and the white light from the streetlights made the surroundings seem a bit deserted.

As her words fell, a well-dressed middle-aged woman walked out of the darkness at the street corner.

Her face was expressionless, and she looked quite similar to forty-year-old Xiao Xiao.

Before Xiao Xiao could speak, the woman said, "You are very calm."

Her voice was cold and steady, and she continued, "How did you find me?"

Xiao Xiao frowned and replied, "The grass over there is trampled, it looks like it was stepped on by high heels. Someone wearing high heels wouldn't actively step on the grass. Also, if you are a little familiar with this residential area, you will know that there is a hidden flagstone path in the darkness next to that grass. Plus the Beijing license plate car at the entrance of the residential area..."

"It's actually very simple, isn't it?"

Hearing Xiao Xiao's words, a smile appeared on the middle-aged woman's face. She nodded and said, "Very good..."

Xiao Xiao remained vigilant. This woman had an unusual aura. She asked, "What do you want with me?"

The middle-aged woman said directly, "I know you just applied for a long leave, temporarily resigned from your position, and want to go abroad. So, I'm here to offer you a new job, a job that suits your wishes, and won't affect your vacation."

"Go to New York in the United States and meet with Lin Mo."

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