Searching for someone in northern Myanmar, and you call that earning tuition fees?

"Walk!"

Zhao Gang was the first to react. He grabbed the still-stunned Gu Changfeng and growled, "Stay close to Mr. Su!"

The thick smoke and dust provided excellent cover.

The group rushed out of the container, stepping on the gravel slope that Su Ming had just "created," and ran wildly toward the passage.

Behind them came the Black Fox mercenaries' terrified roars and chaotic gunfire, bullets crackling as they hit the gravel, but posing little threat.

Gu Weiguang was pulled along by his father, staggering as he followed the group.

Her heart was pounding, but her mind was unusually clear. She kept turning back to look at the boy who was walking at the very back, responsible for covering the rear.

To him, the targeted blast just now seemed as simple as solving a math problem.

Just as he was about to rush out of the tunnel and return to the rotating stone gate cave, Gu Weiguang suddenly broke free from his father's hand.

"No! We can't just leave like this!" she gasped, pointing towards the laboratory.

"The core server of 'Ground Listening' is still inside! The data... absolutely cannot be left to them!"

That was something she and her team protected with their lives, and it was also what the enemy most wanted.

"Weiwei!" Gu Changfeng was almost in tears, "We're about to die, who cares about the data!"

Zhao Gang turned around and shouted, "Dr. Gu! Now is not the time to hesitate! If we don't leave now, we'll all die here!"

Gu Weiguang stood stubbornly in place, his eyes red: "That's the culmination of generations of hard work! I'd rather die than let it fall into the enemy's hands!"

In an instant, all the arguments stopped.

All eyes were on Su Ming.

Su Ming stopped, glanced back at Gu Weiguang, and then at the flickering firelight and approaching footsteps deep in the passageway.

He neither offered advice nor echoed his sentiments; he simply asked calmly, "Where is the server?"

"It's...it's the control panel at the very back of the lab," Gu Weiguang answered instinctively.

"understood."

Su Ming nodded and said to Zhao Gang, "You guys go first, wait for me at the stone gate. Give me three minutes."

After saying that, he actually went against the flow of people, turned around, and rushed back into that dangerous cloud of dust.

"Mr. Su!" Zhao Gang exclaimed in shock, but it was too late to stop him.

Gu Weiguang was completely stunned.

She thought Su Ming would weigh the pros and cons and choose to give up.

Unexpectedly, he responded to her insistence in the most direct and unreasonable way.

She stared blankly at that resolute figure, her heart trembling.

madman?

No… if risking one’s life to protect the nation’s most important artifacts is madness, then so is she.

She suddenly realized that this boy was the same kind of person as her. This wasn't madness; this was a mission.

……

Su Ming quietly sneaked back into the half-collapsed laboratory.

The Black Fox's men haven't had a chance to rush in yet, so it's safe here for now.

He walked straight to the control panel.

A dozen giant displays surround the core control panel, and a dark blue crystal floats in a semi-transparent container in the center, connected to it by countless energy lines like a spider web.

This is the core node of the "Ground Listening" system.

Su Ming didn't touch any data interfaces, nor did he even glance at those complex systems.

He simply grabbed a fire axe from the wall.

He completely ignored the data stream on the screen, his gaze fixed on the physical structure of the main control panel.

No matter how sophisticated this machine is, it is ultimately man-made. As a man-made machine, it has energy flow and... an emergency braking valve.

Su Ming swung the fire axe, but instead of smashing it at the fragile core crystal, he reversed the axe and used the heavy back of the axe to strike a structural gap in the control panel base!

"clang!"

The loud noise made the laboratory buzz.

He didn't stop, swinging the second and third axe blows in quick succession, each strike landing precisely on the same spot.

That wasn't destruction; it was more like a brutal "physical calibration"!

"Snap!"

After the fifth impact, the thick metal cover plate shattered at the joint, revealing the energy conduction pipes that had been protected by layers of shields.

Su Ming wedged the tip of the fire axe into the gap, his arm muscles bulged, and he used the axe handle as a crowbar to exert force!

"Crunch—!"

The metal emitted a piercing, mournful sound as he forcefully pried open the entire cover!

All the indicator lights on the main control panel flashed wildly for a moment, then went out together.

The core crystal flashed with blue light, as if all its energy had been drained, and fell to the bottom of the container with a "thud," its light completely gone.

Su Ming threw away the axe, opened the container, and took out the priceless crystal along with its columnar metal base as if he were scooping a pebble out of water.

He weighed it in his hand, then casually stuffed it into his worn-out backpack.

After doing all this, he even had time to walk up to Dr. Allen, who was tied to the ground.

Allen was terrified.

He watched as the boy used an incomprehensible and violent method to completely paralyze the entire "earth listening" node.

Su Ming squatted down and patted Allen's face.

"Go back and tell your master that I took the things."

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving behind a completely devastated Dr. Allen and a pile of malfunctioning equipment.

When Su Ming reappeared at the cave entrance, Gu Weiguang looked at his empty hands and her heart sank.

Did it fail...?

Su Ming pointed to his backpack and casually said:

"Let's go, we're in a hurry, otherwise we'll have to pay extra for going overtime."

Gu Weiguang was both confused and shocked.

She stared intently at Su Ming's retreating figure.

This young man, from the moment he appeared until now, has acted decisively and his face has remained expressionless.

He rescued people, broke down doors, detonated explosives, and dismantled the core...

His every move was crisp, clean, and so precise it was chilling.

Who exactly is he?