123: Chapter 123 Target Locked, Undercurrents Surge!

Xu's Heavy Industry, Security Department.

The Security Department members who had been on duty all night felt their eyes growing exceptionally heavy.

They had large dark circles under their eyes, looking just like pandas.

Having pulled an all-nighter, they were physically and mentally exhausted, dying to just collapse and sleep.

But for soldiers, obeying orders comes first!

Even if they were tired and sleepy, as long as the mission wasn't over, they had to persevere.

They forced their eyes open, staring intently at the screens.

Just then, that signal appeared again.

"Captain, the signal has appeared again!"

A team member shouted, the sleepiness on his face vanishing instantly.

Hearing this, Chen Tao immediately rushed to the computer, his eyes wide open.

"Quick! Follow the previous deployment, track it for me, and lock it on!"

Chen Tao ordered quickly.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"..."

The several teams, having long since clearly divided their tasks, immediately began capturing and analyzing the signal frequency, then used the newly acquired equipment to track it.

Just like before, the signal only appeared for a moment before vanishing.

But this time, they had new tracking equipment, and the moment the signal disappeared, they immediately pinpointed its location.

"Signal tracking normal, signal transmission location found."

"Signal area locked: Xu's Heavy Industry staff dormitory, B District, Unit 2, 6th Floor, Room 603!"

Once the signal was tracked, the team member reported immediately.

"Good!" Chen Tao felt excited; he had finally caught this guy.

"Just lock onto this signal source, don't do anything else yet, don't alert him!"

Chen Tao instructed cautiously.

Now that the mole was in the open and they were in the shadows, they absolutely could not alert the enemy.

If he discovered them, in his desperation, this mole might very well do something unscrupulous.

The team members nodded one after another.

After giving his instructions, Chen Tao immediately ran to the office of Xu Hao.

"Engineer Xu, the target is locked!" Chen Tao panted.

"It's in the staff dormitory, B District, Unit 2, 6th Floor, Room 603!"

Chen Tao said directly.

Xu Hao raised an eyebrow and looked at Wang Qian.

"Secretary Wang, check which employee lives in this room!"

"Yes!" Wang Qian did not hesitate and immediately went to check.

Not long after, she brought the results she had found into the office.

"Chairman Xu, look!"

Wang Qian spread out the staff dormitory list and pointed to B District, Unit 2, 6th Floor, Room 603.

Xu Hao leaned forward.

"Zhao Jun?" He frowned; in his mind, he didn't have much of an impression of this researcher.

Upon hearing this name, Chen Tao was also confused.

There were many researchers, and although they were from the Security Department, they couldn't possibly know everyone.

Seeing the confusion on Xu Hao's face, Wang Qian read out the information she had found.

"Zhao Jun is affiliated with the Aerospace Technology University Research Institute, graduated one year ago, from Jiangbei City, Jiangnan Province..."

"According to the data, Zhao Jun's previous record is completely normal, with nothing suspicious!"

Wang Qian said, finishing reading all the information she could find.

Xu Hao nodded and fell into thought.

His previous record was normal, and he had perfectly passed the Security Department's checks.

This meant he had indeed only defected to become a 'mole' recently.

This didn't deviate much from his previous guess.

But during this time, the researchers had been staying in the factory area, working to overcome the 6th Generation Stealth Bomber project, so there was no opportunity to go out?!

Xu Hao frowned.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and his eyes lit up.

"No! No, no, no!"

Xu Hao shook his head repeatedly, muttering to himself.

Chen Tao and Wang Qian both looked at Xu Hao, completely confused.

Immediately after, his expression became resolute.

"I know when he defected!"

Xu Hao said with certainty.

Chen Tao immediately looked at him.

Wang Qian's beautiful eyes darted around. Suddenly, she raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she had also found the answer.

"Chairman Xu, are you talking about the last time we had a holiday?"

Wang Qian asked tentatively and cautiously.

"Exactly!" Xu Hao nodded, looking at Wang Qian with approval.

As if saying: You are truly smart!

Wang Qian felt a little flutter of joy in her heart.

Xu Hao said:

"This person likely went home during the holiday, and for some reason, was seduced by others to become a mole!"

Regarding this guess, Xu Hao was already 80-90% sure.

However, he couldn't understand why Zhao Jun became a mole so quickly in just seven days?

Did he really believe what his 'superiors' said?

Xu Hao did not understand.

He took the information from Wang Qian's hand and carefully read through Zhao Jun's resume again.

"A graduate student from the Aerospace Technology University..."

"Graduated just last year..."

Xu Hao read softly.

All he could think of was that this Zhao Jun was still immature.

Returning home this time, perhaps because of someone else's few words, he became a mole.

Besides this, he didn't have more information, and couldn't guess anything more.

However, based on the intelligence obtained so far.

First, they had already figured out who was sending this signal.

Second, this Zhao Jun most likely became a mole during the seven-day holiday.

Furthermore, within the area of his hometown, there must be a 'handler'!

Thinking of this, Xu Hao immediately gave an order.

"Captain Chen, secretly dispatch a team, and have the local police, armed police detachments, and other departments fully cooperate with you to investigate all of Zhao Jun's daily activities during those few days he was on holiday."

"At the same time, fully investigate everyone Zhao Jun met or contacted during those days. Strive to check everyone clearly."

"But remember, all of this must be done in secret, trying your best not to alert that 'handler'!"

Xu Hao's thinking was clear as he listed them one by one.

"Yes! I will arrange it right away!"

Chen Tao immediately accepted the order.

When Minister Zhu was away, Xu Hao was their direct superior.

Therefore, they obeyed all of Xu Hao's orders unconditionally.

Chen Tao accepted the order and left.

Xu Hao sat in his office chair, lost in thought.

"A perfectly good researcher, why would he do something like this?"

Xu Hao did not understand.

Zhao Jun was still so young and had a bright future.

Why do anything else, why must he engage in such traitorous acts for personal gain?

There was a hint of worry on Xu Hao's handsome face.

Wang Qian looked at him, pursed her lips gently, and then spoke softly:

"Perhaps he experienced a major change that forced him, or compelled him to do this?"

After speaking, Wang Qian secretly watched Xu Hao, observing the expression on his face.

Xu Hao's hand rubbing his chin paused; he turned back and looked at Wang Qian with bright eyes.

"Secretary Wang, you truly are a top student, so smart!"

Wang Qian was slightly stunned, her pretty face blushing slightly.

The thoughts in Xu Hao's mind suddenly became clear.

He nodded gently.

"That's it, he must have experienced something profound that made him make this choice in just seven days."

Xu Hao said with a certain tone.

In the afternoon, Zhu Deze arrived.

As soon as he got off the plane, he headed straight to Xu Hao's office.

Xu Hao told him all the information obtained so far.

Hearing this, Zhu Deze nodded with a serious expression.

"Understood! I will handle the next steps!"

"Engineer Xu, just continue as usual, don't make any unusual moves, and don't let him discover anything abnormal."

Xu Hao: "Understood!"

Throughout the afternoon, the entire Xu's Heavy Industry factory area remained normal, with no changes.

However, in the shadows, undercurrents were surging.

A strange atmosphere was slowly enveloping the entire Xu's Heavy Industry...