Unconventional security

The scene continues.

Miao Yun put the chip into a metal box, which was then tucked into a hidden compartment under the lab bench.

Then another man entered the laboratory; it was Shen Qianshan.

He opened the hidden compartment, took out the metal box, and stared at the chip inside for a long time.

Finally, he put the box back and closed the hidden compartment.

The image disappeared.

Chen Bei's vision cleared up, and Miao Yun had hinted at information to him more than once, which was now being confirmed one by one.

What exactly is Miao Yun trying to do?

He really couldn't understand that woman anymore. If she sincerely wanted to join the android camp, she wouldn't have bothered with all this nonsense.

Chen Bei couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. He used to enjoy watching those palace dramas and power struggle stories as an observer.

Now that I'm in the thick of it all, I feel like my head is about to explode, and beyond that, I feel a strong sense of crisis.

"They say you can win every battle by knowing yourself and your enemy, but right now it's not about whether I know anything about the other side; it's that everything I know is just the surface!"

"That's fucking misleading!"

Chen Bei mentally ranted, he used to think that criminal police officers and detectives in mystery novels were really cool.

Now, asking him to do this meticulous work, deducing layer by layer from the smallest clues, is just like the saying goes—"If I gave it to you, you wouldn't want it."

"Young man?" Shen Qianshan's voice came from outside. "Are you here for a visit too?"

Chen Bei snapped out of his daze and looked at the old man in front of him.

That face was exactly the same as the one in the report, but at this moment, in Chen Bei's eyes, it was different.

He knew what Miao Yun had taken away, and he also knew what Shen Qianshan had done.

"Professor Shen, I've heard so much about you."

He extended his hand and said, "My name is Chen Bei. I often see you in the news. It is a great honor to be here today. I also have something I would like to ask you."

Shen Qianshan pushed up his glasses and took his hand.

"you say."

Chen Bei stared into his eyes.

"Miao Yun, wasn't she the one who left the research institute under your guidance?"

Shen Qianshan's smile remained unchanged, and even the strength of his handshake did not fluctuate in the slightest.

"Miao Yun?" The old man released his hand and naturally put it back in his white coat pocket. "That traitor who defected to the AI ​​android camp? She did work at the research institute back then, but I didn't have much contact with her."

Chen Yun remained calm and collected. This old geezer was quite the actor. If it weren't for his soul power seeing through him, he might have actually been fooled.

"Young man, where did you hear this news?"

Chen Bei did not answer immediately.

The old man's reaction was too calm.

A tutor who is called a "traitorous student" should at least show some evasiveness or other expression, even if he is not angry.

But Shen Qianshan had nothing, as if he were talking about a complete stranger.

"A friend told me," Chen Bei said.

"A friend?" Shen Qianshan smiled. "Not many people know that Miao Yun is related to me. Your friend is either an old guy from the Upper City, or—"

He paused, his gaze lingering on Chen Bei's face for a second.

"It's Miao Yun herself."

Chen Bei's heart skipped a beat.

This old man made his point very clear.

They denied it just now, but now they're making it clear that they're conducting a compliance test.

This person is also unpredictable.

"Professor Shen, you jest." He remained unfazed. "How could a nobody from the lower city possibly know such important figures?"

"Yeah?"

Shen Qianshan nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

Why are you asking this?

"I took on a case investigating tax evasion at the East African Bridge, so I came here to learn more about it."

Chen Bei hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke up.

After all, even if she didn't say anything, Ye Zhixue's identity as an interviewee would be exposed. It's not that being honest is always a good thing, but rather that being cunning is not always a good thing.

Shen Qianshan nodded slightly, turned to look at the exhibition stand behind him, and said casually:

"Miao Yun is the most outstanding student I have ever mentored. When she participated in the research and development of IRC-I, she was only twenty-one years old. In the entire research institute, no one understood the combination of gene lock and chip better than her."

"A 21-year-old scientist, do you know how talented she was? So when she passed away, I felt very sorry for her."

regret.

It wasn't anger, it wasn't condemnation, it was regret.

Chen Bei grasped the weight of this word.

"Professor Shen doesn't hate her? She took away the data from the fiber optic chip."

"How do you know she took the data from the fiber optic chip?"

Chen Bei was taken aback.

"It's what the news said." He reacted quickly. "When Miao Yun defected, the research institute lost important data, and the outside world speculated that it was fiber wafers."

"You believe what others speculate?"

Shen Qianshan smiled.

"Young people, especially those who do scientific research, should avoid blindly following others."

"You just said you came to the research institute to investigate the tax issues related to the East African Bridge?"

Chen Bei nodded.

Shen Qianshan adjusted his glasses. "Then do you know why the East African Bridge dared to evade taxes?"

"Because someone is backing you?" Chen Bei probed.

"Someone?" Shen Qianshan laughed. "In the entire Upper District, who doesn't have someone behind them? Those four foreign councilors have the Supreme Human Council standing behind them, but they were still investigated."

"That's because they have something in their hands," Shen Qianshan interrupted him, "something that can make the Upper District turn a blind eye."

Chen Bei's heart skipped a beat: "What is it?"

Shen Qianshan did not answer immediately.

He raised his hand and pointed to the semi-transparent chip model on the display stand.

"Fiber wafers are just a byproduct of that stuff."

Chen Bei's pupils contracted slightly.

"The real thing can enable ordinary people to communicate with creatures from forbidden zones, can allow those whose genes have been unlocked to break through the bottleneck after the seventh level, and can—"

Shen Qianshan paused, then lowered his voice.

"It can bring the dead back to life."

The air was quiet for a second.

A scene suddenly flashed through Chen Bei's mind—

Miao Yun stood in the hotel room, staring at him, and said, word by word:

The line between life and death is far more complex than we imagine.

At the time, he thought she was referring to the ancient creatures inside the gates of hell in Siberia.

Thinking back now, what she said might have been something else entirely.

"Professor Shen."

Chen Bei took a deep breath, suppressing his racing heart: "What's that thing you're talking about called?"

Shen Qianshan looked at him and said softly.

Have you heard of Project Center of the Earth?

Chen Bei was deeply shocked.

The Earth's core.

That "Fire Seed" operation was a contingency plan they had left for themselves.

The place that Cao Chengxiu mentioned in his message, where humans are digging.

that--

Miao Yun was desperate to hint at his direction.

"You mean, the East African Bridge has something from the Earth's core?"

He had just opened his mouth when the elevator doors suddenly opened.

A young man in a research institute uniform strode out and visibly relaxed when he saw Shen Qianshan.

"Professor Shen, you're here! Someone from Area A has come and says they need to discuss something with you."