Chapter 125 - A Big Gift (2/2)

And that was how the Nandou System had come to be

The Nandou System had turned out to be superior than both the EU’s Copernicus Syste Systey, perfor by being a latecomer to the scene—the international coical sophistication and coze followed the ation to the conference venue

Huo Shaoheng walked beside Deputy Minister Yan He had put on a siuise: a casual khaki suit and a pair of brown non-prescription glasses He ignored everyone around him as he walked, his expression sole held at the Oriental Hotel in London this time

As soon as they stepped inside the conference hall, they were faced with aa video feed of blue sky, white clouds, and a sea that stretched away into the horizon

Seagulls hovered above the surging waves Fishi+ng boats dotted the surface of the sea Sunlight shone through gaps in the white clouds to dance on the boundless sea The surface of the sea looked as though it had been spread with gold confetti; the sunlight played on the waves, brilliant and coy

A semi-circular podium had been set up before the screen It looked out upon rows of red velvet chairs, arranged in sloping tiers

The chairs had been allocated to the delegations beforehand; the guests had only to identify their seats by looking at the naation froiven ts of seats in the ze sat beside Huo Shaoheng He took out his phone and started a video call with Gu Nianzhi

He was using the Copernicus Systee of the Copernicus System were still blissfully unaware that their system had been breached

“Nianzhi, check out the venue; everything’s so shi+ny here” Zhao Liangze chuckled as he raised his phone and turned to capture a full 360 view of the venue

nobody paid any attention to Zhao Liangze;photos with their mobile phones

Gu Nianzhi could not care less about the venue decorations Her eyes were fixed upon Huo Shaoheng, as sitting in one corner of her video feed, called his phone, Gu Nianzhi could only see part of Huo Shaoheng’s face

It was no h for Gu Nianzhi: she stared at hize lowered his phone once he was done showing off the venue “Are you ready? Grab your popcorn, it’s going to be spectacular”

Gu Nianzhi sot up early today just to catch this Don’t let me down!” She pointed at her screen and winked at the ca, so remember to put it up on the conference’s official website before you do anything else”

Just then, Jenny—the blond-haired, blue-eyed host of the conference—appeared on-stage to announce that the conference was now officially underway

“Ladies and gentleurate the 18th International Telecoave the opening speech

The large LED screen behind her cut to a videowhite, criss-crossing lines across the sky

Fishi+ng boats sailed in the vast, open sea—almost too small to see from the camera’s viewpoint, up in the sky

Back on land, pedestrians hurried about, aon their phone, or sliding their fingers across their phone screens

“It is thanks to our very own Copernicus Satellite Navigation Syste System that we are able tointo uncharted territory,” said Jenny as she turned to look at the LED screen behind her “Look, here’s a fishi+ng boat, navigating the Atlantic Ocean They’ve been at sea for 500 hours now Hi there, can you hear me?”

It was clear that Jenny was about to contact theze surreptitiously launched the interference software that Gu Nianzhi had uploaded beforehand

The interference softas already inside both the Copernicus Systeo It i

Without warning, colorful lines of varying lengths burst onto the real-ti boat on the screen dissolved into a mess of pixelated squares and symbols, impossible to identify

“hello? hello? Can you hear me?” Jenny was extremely embarrassed She immediately adjusted her headset, but it was no use: the conference’s electronic system had lost the satellite connection