Siheyuan: At the beginning, I can integrate everything!

The air in the dimly lit office was so stagnant it was suffocating.

Sato Ichiro pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, a greedy glint flashing behind the lenses.

He didn't pick up the architectural drawings of the steel rolling mill on the table.

Instead, he stared intently at Deputy Factory Director Li's face, which was contorted with fear and utter madness.

"Director Li, you just said that the five-year-old child not only built a miniature generator."

"This morning, they were testing a 3mm steel plate at the firing range that even rifles can't penetrate?"

Although Ichiro Sato spoke fluent Chinese, his voice trembled uncontrollably at that moment.

If the generator only shocked him.

That groundbreaking bulletproof armor material was practically challenging the limits of his understanding as a high-level agent!

"Absolutely true!"

Deputy Factory Director Li slammed his hand on the table, his voice low but carrying a hint of hysteria.

"That old bastard Lin Zhentian, for this piece of scrap metal, immediately wanted to recognize that brat as his godson!"

"They even raised the security level to the highest level!"

Deputy Factory Director Li clutched his thinning hair in anguish, his eyes filled with despair.

"It's all over, all over. Xu Damao has been arrested, and this will eventually lead to me."

"Once that brat's position in the military region is secure, Yang Lixin will definitely take the opportunity to purge me. Not only will I lose my position as deputy factory director, but I'll also lose my life!"

He suddenly raised his head, staring intently at Sato Ichiro like a hungry wolf cornered in a desperate situation.

"Mr. Sato! I don't have time!"

"I can't just sit here and wait to die!"

"We have to act now, tonight!"

Sato Ichiro frowned slightly, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.

"Tonight? That's too rushed. Besides, you said the defenses have been upgraded; it would be too risky for my men to infiltrate rashly."

"Risk? Do you think this is like cabbage at the market?!"

Deputy Factory Director Li's eyes were red-rimmed as he abruptly pushed the top-secret blueprint in front of Sato Ichiro.

"This is the last card I can get my hands on!"

"A map showing the underground ventilation ducts of Workshop No. 1 and that abandoned warehouse!"

"This was left over from when the factory was built; even Yang Lixin didn't know about it!"

Deputy Factory Director Li was panting heavily, his voice hoarse.

"I'm on duty tonight. I'll use the pretext of checking the fire safety to forcibly remove the patrol guards at the main entrance and on the east side for five minutes."

"Five minutes is enough time for your men to sneak into the lab through the underground pipes!"

Sato Ichiro's eyes lit up instantly.

Underground pipes?

If this hidden route exists, the chances of success will increase significantly.

He looked at the blueprints and quickly calculated in his mind.

A moment later, a cruel smile appeared on Sato Ichiro's lips.

"Alright. Director Li, since you're so sincere, the Great Japanese Empire will definitely not treat a true friend unfairly."

He turned around and took out his black briefcase.

Carefully, I took out two cubes that were wrapped in layers of oil paper.

With a "snap".

It was placed heavily in front of Deputy Factory Director Li.

"This is the latest type of C4 plastic explosive obtained from the US military. It is only the size of a fingernail and can level a building."

Sato Ichiro then took out a few more small black glass bottles.

"This is a military-grade, highly effective sedative gas; it is colorless and odorless."

"If even a tiny amount is released, the person inside will lose consciousness within three seconds."

He looked at Deputy Factory Director Li's pale face and spoke in a chilling tone.

"Tonight at midnight."

"I will send four of the most elite agents of the Great Japanese Empire."

"They will infiltrate through underground pipes."

"After receiving the formula and blueprints."

A cruel glint flashed in Sato Ichiro's eyes.

"No matter how talented that prodigy is, just raze that lab to the ground with explosives!"

"Let him and that damned technology go to hell!"

When Deputy Factory Director Li heard the words "razed to the ground,"...

I shuddered violently, my palms were covered in cold sweat.

This is a secret military laboratory that's been bombed!

This is going to create a huge hole in the sky!

But then he thought about it again.

Now that things have come to this, he has no way out.

Since we're going to die anyway, we might as well take a gamble!

If the lab is blown up, there will be no way to verify the facts, and Yang Lixin will still be burdened with the enormous crime of failing to protect the lab.

When the steel mill is in chaos, he will have a chance to escape!

"Alright! Let's go all the way!"

Deputy Factory Director Li gritted his teeth, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes.

He grabbed Sato Ichiro's wrist with astonishing force.

"After it's all done, what I want is..."

"rest assured."

Sato Ichiro patted the back of Deputy Factory Director Li's hand with his other hand, smiling like a smug old fox.

"A $100,000 anonymous bank account, and a direct flight ticket to Hong Kong."

"My men will meet you at Tianjin Port at 2 a.m.

"Once you get to Hong Kong, you'll be a millionaire, and nobody can control you."

Hearing this guarantee.

Deputy Factory Director Li finally breathed a sigh of relief. He slumped into his chair, as if he could already see himself living a life of luxury in his Hong Kong villa.

In the dimly lit office, the two picked up their teacups and clinked them together.

It makes a crisp sound.

Hidden within that voice is a shocking conspiracy to destroy the Red Star Factory.

however.

They had no idea.

This office thought it was airtight.

Their plan was, in their own eyes, flawless.

Every word, every breath.

Even the rustling sound of Ichiro Sato putting down his briefcase.

They were all extremely clear, through the faint sound waves vibrating in the air.

It was caught by an invisible pair of "ears".

……

Night falls.

A sudden blizzard swept through Beijing.

The Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill was covered in thick white snow, and the gale howled between the factory buildings like a wild beast.

Such severe weather provides perfect cover for infiltration and sabotage.

Confidential laboratory.

That is, the abandoned warehouse that was converted.

The room was warm and cozy, and the flames in the stove danced merrily.

For the first time ever, Chen Bing didn't stay indoors today. Instead, he personally led a team to set up three alternating lines of defense, one light and one dark, around the laboratory.

Chief Lin's strict orders left him no room for the slightest negligence.

Zhang Huaimin was the only person in the laboratory.

He was wearing that blue cotton-padded jacket, and the pure gold medal given to him by Commander Lin was hanging on his chest.

He sat cross-legged on the large worktable.

He dimmed the lights in the room.

Zhang Huaimin closed his eyes, his long eyelashes casting a shadow in the dim light.

She looks like a sleeping angel.

but.

Deep in his mind.

On that holographic acoustic radar image emitting a ghostly blue light.

Several tiny red dots of light were moving at an extremely slow and stealthy speed.

From an abandoned sewer outlet on the outskirts of the factory area.

He crawled slowly, little by little, down the underground pipes, towards the laboratory directly beneath him.

"Four special agents? C4 explosives? And a sedative?"

Zhang Huaimin muttered to himself, a chilling smile curling at the corner of his lips.

"This Deputy Factory Director Li is really willing to spend a lot of money."

"You want to raze me to the ground?"

"Let's see who's being buried tonight."

He slowly opened his eyes.

Those clear, childlike eyes were now devoid of any innocence.

Instead, there is the chilling glint of technology, as deep as an abyss.

He stretched out his chubby little hand.

In the void.

I gently clicked on the system store interface.