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The secret police looked at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what was going on. [Love ↑ Go △ Little ↑ Say △ Little]
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"They intentionally delivered Tang Xiaoxing to us for the exact purpose of keeping the item on Tang Xiaoxing," Cheng Xuansu said coldly.
"Tang Xiaoxing was out of your control for at least half a day from the moment you started the operation to the moment you captured her. Six hours is enough for them to do a lot of things!
"Don't you understand? Tang Xiaoxing is not the most important thing. Although she is Captain Tang Dingyuan's daughter and has one sixth of the jump key, the enemy only has a Tang Xiaoxing who has left Firefly. She is useless! We are not an empire, and Tang Xiaoxing is not a princess!
"What the enemy really wants is Captain Tang Dingyuan himself!
"I don't know what this little thing is exactly. Right now, it is not releasing any spiritual waves. I retrieved it from Tang Xiaoxing's esophagus with an endoscope. It is stuck to the wall of the esophagus, with a protective membrane of flesh and blood outside. If I hadn't searched it inch by inch, it would have been almost impossible for me to notice it!
"I guarantee that it won't be long before the gadget is activated and sends Tang Xiaoxing's coordinates to the outside world. If we do lock Tang Xiaoxing and Captain Tang Dingyuan together, whoever placed the gadget will certainly be able to figure out where Captain Tang Dingyuan is locked and the specific route from here to the place where he is being held!"
"At that time, who knows what these mysterious people will do!"
The secret police were greatly alarmed. "Leader, will somebody break out of the prison?"
"It's hard to say."
Looking at the blood-red ball, Cheng Xuansu pondered for a moment and said, "Such technology does not seem to belong to the outcasts of the Dragon Snake Space Zone. The guys who snatched the captive from you seemed to be from the Federation, too … Something is very wrong about this. I have to report it to the Speaker immediately!
"All in all, from now on, increase the vigilance of the secret prison by three times. Pay special attention to all the tubes that may infiltrate the prison cells, including the ventilation tubes, the maintenance tubes, and the sewers of the toilets. I don't want a fly to Tang Dingyuan!
"Also, search this transport ship of yours. If necessary, cut the entire transport ship into eight pieces or directly burn it at high temperature for an hour. Make sure that no one can sneak in from your transport ship!"
"Thirdly, increase the inspection of all carriers and maintenance bases. Firefly is in the phase of major maintenance... Firefly is now undergoing major maintenance. Many cabins and channels are open to the outside world. There are a lot of people on the inside. Most of them are wearing Crystal Suits for maintenance. It is difficult to tell who they are. You!
"Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
All the secret police officers stood at attention.
However, one of the secret police officers, who was relatively older, stood out after a moment of hesitation and said, "Leader, the first two requirements are doable, but the third one is indeed difficult. Our lightning arrest operation has raised a huge uproar on Firefly. Right now, the bottom-level sailors and most of the people are very resistant to us. They might even break out at any moment. Under such circumstances, investigating every person and every corner will not be very effective. Instead, it will only add fuel to the fire."
Cheng Xuansu stared at him thoughtfully and glanced at every secret police officer's face. The redness in her crystal cameras suddenly turned gentle. She patted the old officer's shoulder heavily and said, "I know that the situation is very weird right now. Tang Dingyuan's disguise was too good at the beginning. Nobody is willing to believe that he is a traitor. All in all, let's work hard. After we get through this, we will be able to unveil the mask of Tang Dingyuan as an Immortal Cultivator with all the evidence we have!"
"Understood!"
All the secret police officers held their heads high, their morale high.
"Let's do it!"
Cheng Xuansu waved her hands at the secret police officers resolutely. She then brought the blue glass bottle that contained the blood-red ball close to her eyes and observed it for a moment. Then, she handed it over to the old officer. "Send it to Professor Luo. Ask him to analyze what it is exactly and what techniques it has. If it is activated, is it possible to trace back the target's coordinates? If so, can we find out where it was produced and who produced it? Ask Professor Luo to find the answer as soon as possible and report it to me immediately! "
"Understood!"
The old officer held the glass bottle carefully and left in a hurry.
"Hu …"
After all the secret police officers were out of her sight, Cheng Xuansu finally took a long breath in relief. She could not help but pinch her shoulders that were hard.
Her eyes seemed to be piercing through the thick, airtight gate into the dark, cold sea of stars.
But she did not notice the minor collision that took place at the periphery of the maintenance site of Firefly. She was in a hurry to interrogate the criminal and report the latest progress to Speaker Cui Lingfeng. Nobody reported the collision that she was used to as an anomaly, either.
It was indeed a very common collision.
On one side of the accident, an empty shell of a starship was slowly leaving the family of Firefly, dragged by two small barges. In the past hundred years, the starship that had been completely wasted had provided tremendous components for the maintenance of the other parts of Firefly. Right now, the last bit of its value had been used up, and it would be dragged to the dock at the periphery to be completely dismantled.
On the other side of the accident, on the other side, was a carrier that was loaded with maintenance materials.
The power unit of the carrier seemed to have encountered a minor problem after the long journey. When the two parties met in the complicated internal structure of Firefly, the speed of the carrier suddenly increased, leading to the collision.
The shell of the starship that was about to be scrapped did not have any impetus in the first place. It was only being dragged by the two small barges. As a result, the two barges were both dizzy because of the collision, and the scrapped starship even crashed into the depths of Firefly precisely.
Thankfully, there was the protection of the spiritual shield and the twisting force field, which prevented a more serious collision from taking place.
Despite the chaos caused, and a lot of maintainers were thrown to the depths of space, there were neither major explosions nor casualties. Those who were thrown away were rescued very soon, too. In only one hour, the transportation and maintenance were resumed in an orderly manner.
It was an insignificant accident. During the maintenance work of the starship in the past five years, similar accidents had happened every few days.
However, the 'insignificant' accident had raised enough chaos and attracted enough attention for Li Yao to sneak into Firefly without alarming anyone under the cover of the debris of the collision.
He did not directly sneak into the deep-space exploration test starship at the center, which was the heart of Firefly and where the parliament of the government-in-exile was located. It must be highly vigilant right now. Chances were that a couple of secret police officers were squatting inside every tube. If he crawled into that place, he would be walking right into their trap.
Besides, his destination was not that place in the first place.
According to the structural design that Tang Xiaoxing drew two days ago and Li Yao's own deduction about the overall structure of the starship, he crawled for fifteen minutes in the utter darkness through a tube of exhaust flames of a power unit that was under maintenance. Then, he found another cooling tube that was filled with high-temperature steam without a sound. Taking off the Crystal Suit, he shrank all the bones on his body to the minimum and slithered for another ten minutes in the narrow space that was hundreds of degrees in temperature. Finally, he found the abandoned tube that Tang Xiaoxing mentioned and took a brief rest in the place.
"Come to think of it, it's been a hundred years since I crawled through a ventilation tube. How I miss it!"
Li Yao mumbled to himself. It was not until this moment that he finally took out his mini crystal processor and triggered a dim light beam.
There was nothing on the light beam except darkness.
The locator that he had asked Tang Xiaoxing to swallow had been discovered.
"There are indeed experts on Firefly."
Li Yao thought for a moment and pressed his earhole softly, activating the communication channel.
"What is the situation, fellow Cultivators? The locator that I deployed on Tang Xiaoxing has been discovered. It is indeed not so easy to find where Captain Tang Dingyuan is caged. We can only activate Plan B."
Meng Chixin's low voice came over. "We are fine. There are thousands of carriers, docks, maintenance stations, and scraps of starships here. It will be like looking for a needle in a haystack for the enemy to find the twelve of us who are Yuanying and in the Divinity Transformation Stage!"
"All in all, we will wait for your good news here, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture. After you find where Captain Tang is caged, we will march in immediately!"
Wu Suiyun, another female Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator, said, "On the other hand, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, you have to sneak into the depths of the heavily-guarded starship on your own and try everything possible to find out where Captain Tang is hiding. Rest assured. We are spying on the critical parts of Firefly in secret. Should anything happen on your side, we will be ready to attack at any moment!
Long Yangjun's smiling voice chimed in, too. "Yes. It is indeed too much to ask Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture to carry out such a secret mission. But it can't be helped. You are the only one who is qualified to take on the responsibility when it concerns the next step of the operation. Do you still remember the 'intensive training' that I performed on you last night? Let's hope that such 'last-minute cramming' can be of some use!"
"… Thank you for your enlightenment last night, Lord Wang," Li Yao said. "It was truly an eye-opener for me to grasp so many secret arts of infiltration and infiltration!"
"You are flattering me," Long Yangjun said. "After the training last night, I feel that Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture has the potential to be a spy or an assassin. Perhaps it is because the unpredictable battles in the forests of the Southland of Sorcerers focus on stealth, disguise, infiltration, and assassination in the first place."
"In that case, fellow Cultivators," Li Yao said, "let's lock onto the critical parts of Firefly according to the plan that we discussed yesterday. I will hear from you very soon!"
Li Yao turned off the communication channel. He rubbed his cheeks softly and took a deep breath of the dark air.
Such an atmosphere made him feel both familiar and excited.
So far, he had only just crawled into the shell of Firefly.
The real infiltration did not begin until this second. (To be continued.)
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