CHAPTER 1004: CHAPTER 1011: RESEARCHERS

Xia Mutong organized her words and said, "Chief, this is the situation, we..."

"Chief, let me explain." Ling Chen, standing to the side, interjected with a smile, "I’m Officer Xia’s informant. Not long ago, Officer Xia discovered a group of dangerous elements had infiltrated East Sea City with the intention of causing major chaos. After several days of secret pursuit, Officer Xia finally pinpointed their whereabouts, right in the air-raid shelter below the police station. To avoid alarming them, Officer Xia instructed me to check the situation first, while she brought the SWAT team to support. Thanks to Officer Xia’s organization and planning, we were able to round up the enemies completely. Officer Xia deserves a lot of credit for this operation."

"Is that so?" The chief looked at Xia Mutong appreciatingly and said, "I’ve always had a high regard for Officer Xia’s capabilities, and you certainly didn’t disappoint me. Thankfully, you discovered them in time and prevented those dangerous elements, or else the consequences would be hard to imagine. Officer Xia, rest assured, I will report to the Ministry of Public Security to commend you for this operation."

After a pause, the chief turned to Ling Chen and said with a smile, "Mr. Ling, I’ve heard a lot about you, and it’s thanks to your help that the police could solve a big case this time."

"You’re welcome, as a good citizen, cooperating with the police is what I should do."

"Alright then, Officer Xia, I’ll leave things here to you. After everything is handled, remember to give me a complete report."

"Yes, Chief!"

After watching the chief leave, Xia Mutong put away her smile and stared angrily at Ling Chen, "What did you mean just now?"

"Officer Xia, I wasn’t wrong. The credit is indeed yours. You see, it was you who brought the SWAT team for support, taking down all the dangerous elements. So, this credit belongs to you."

Xia Mutong snorted lightly, "Don’t treat me like a child. You obviously had a companion just now, but now it’s only you. Tell me honestly, what are you up to?"

Ling Chen sighed, "Officer Xia, I’m innocent, don’t keep accusing me. My companion had an urgent matter and left first. If you don’t believe me, I can call him to come over right now."

"I don’t have time to argue with you here. I’ll remember this matter for now, and if you dare do it again, let’s see how I deal with you," Xia Mutong said indignantly.

Actually, Xia Mutong knew in her heart that Ling Chen wouldn’t do anything bad. It’s just that Ling Chen keeping things from her made her uncomfortable.

"Well then, Officer Xia, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be off. Bye-bye!" Ling Chen waved his hand and walked straight outside.

Watching Ling Chen’s figure disappear from view, Xia Mutong withdrew her gaze and turned to look at the computers placed in the air-raid shelter, her brows slightly furrowed. These computers were neatly arranged together, along with various advanced equipment, indicating that these people were no ordinary dangerous elements. While pondering, a male police officer came up and asked, "Captain Xia, how should we handle these things?"

"Take them all back, and make sure to secure those computer mainframes, there might be important data inside."

"Yes."

Hm! Xia Mutong thought proudly. Ling Chen, since you won’t tell me, I’ll find out myself.

At this moment, coming out from the air-raid shelter, Ling Chen went straight to the roadside and approached a minivan. Upon getting in, he saw Tang Guolun and Hu Fei already inside.

"Fatty, Boss Tang, where are those people we just caught?"

"They’ve been sent back to the base," Hu Fei said, signaling the driver to start driving.

Returning to the base, Ling Chen and the others went to the room where the researchers were held. To prevent the researchers from escaping, Hu Fei had specially arranged several security personnel to guard them closely.

Seeing Ling Chen come in from outside, the expressions of the researchers were somewhat apprehensive. A slightly braver researcher asked, "What... what do you want?"

"That’s a good question," Hu Fei said with a cold smile, "In my opinion, it would be best to just kill you all. That way, no one will help the God Organization build that experimental machine."

"Indeed," Tang Guolun nodded in agreement, "I think so too."

"No, no!" a researcher hastily pleaded, "I... I don’t want to die. We are just researchers hired by Mr. Lin, and we haven’t participated in any of the God Organization’s bad deeds."

"Yes, actually we don’t want to abet the wicked, but the God Organization coerced us, threatening our lives, what could we do but work for them."

As they spoke, one of the researchers stepped forward and said, "Over the years, we’ve done quite a bit of research for the God Organization, some of which is stored on their servers. You couldn’t possibly get it. But, we are the researchers of those accomplishments, and all the research is in our heads. If you let us go, we can tell you everything we’ve accomplished over these years. If you need, we can also help you rebuild a set of equipment. How about it?"

Hearing this, Ling Chen and the others exchanged glances, a faint smile in their eyes. This was a rare windfall! If they could get all the God Organization’s research, what could the organization use to oppose them in the future?

"Alright!" Ling Chen agreed without a second thought, "In that case, I’ll let you go for now. But you must promise you haven’t deceived me. Otherwise, I can take your lives anytime. Fatty, arrange a few rooms for them and have people watch them."

"No problem."

After settling the researchers, Ling Chen and Tang Guolun returned to the control center to discuss the next plan.

"Ling Chen, now that the first step of the plan is complete, should we proceed as planned or..."

"Stick to the original plan. We’ve captured the God Organization’s researchers, Lin Guodong surely won’t sit idly, he will definitely take action. Boss Tang, in the next few days, don’t forget to strengthen the base’s defenses, I’m afraid Lin Guodong will go all out, using all his forces to attack us."

"Rest assured, I’ve already prepared for that. If the God Organization people come, I’ll make sure they suffer."

"Good, then I’ll leave the base matters to you. I have other matters, so I’ll be leaving, call me if anything arises."

After bidding Tang Guolun farewell, Ling Chen drove alone to Wealthy Manor.

Yesterday, Yang Qingling told Ling Chen to accompany her to East Sea City to look for a house today. Since returning from abroad, their whole family had been staying with the Nanrong Family. Although Nanrong Wanqing was very welcoming and wanted to keep Yang Qingling at home, the Yang family didn’t want to disrupt their normal life.