467 The Intimate Arrival (1/2)
Chapter 467: The Intimate Arrival
Translator: _Min_Editor: Caron_
Because Wei Wendong was close to the door, he noticed that behind the employee was security in ”plastic armor.”
He had been skeptical of the futuristic-looking ”plastic” armor that could defend against bullets. The fluid-looking rifles in their hands were more like props from a sci-fi movie.
But if Wei Wendong knew the plastic armor could defend against the firing of a 12.7 mm caliber machine gun or the toy could easily flip over a 3-ton military Hummer or that the prop gun could penetrate through the bulletproof exterior of a Hummer, what kind of expression would he have on his face?
The kinetic skeleton had remained a concept only in labs. In this aspect, Celestial Trade was leading the world.
A faint explosion transmitted from outside.
But due to the excellent insulation of the hall, only Wei Wendong, close to the door, felt a minor shake. The explosion made him uneasy, but just as he was planning to ask the employee, the lights in the hall came back again.
”What just happened? Fu*k, I was killing a boss but suddenly disconnected.”
”Q.Q, I just got a legendary weapon but hadn't picked it up.”
”Did the power just go out?”
Wei Wendong listened to the chit-chat of the surrounding players. He hesitated for a moment before he swallowed his question down. The explosion outside and the barely audible gunshots made him feel the situation wasn't as simple as a power outage.
”We apologize as the hotel's power system experienced a temporary outage. Our technical experts have resolved the situation, please return to the game. The game data has been reset to before the outage and will be unpaused in two minutes.”
[Pausing the server is only something that can be done during internal testing.] With a mind full of questions, Wei Wendong put on the helmet and logged into the game.
…
Jiang Chen had spent an entire day working on the contract for the production of helmets. When he returned home, he fell asleep right away.
But two hours into his sleep, a call from the internal testing center woke him up.
”An attack?” Jiang Chen listened to the description over the phone as his eyebrows furrowed together.
”That's right. There were five attackers in total. One cut off the power supply in the hotel remotely while the other four with light weapons attempted to enter the hotel, but the drones detected them. Our people immediately suppressed them with bullets. When they were retreating, they used grenades and struck the wall of the hotel, but fortunately, there were no casualties,” the security manager responsible for the internal testing center reported.
”Where are they?” Jiang Chen asked in a serious undertone.
As long as there was one person alive, the truth-telling liquid could uncover the truth.
”Three people were shot dead during their escape. One person died due to a vehicle collision and the other person committed suicide.”
[Suicide?]
Jiang Chen's eyebrows tightened.
”Did you confirm their identities?”
”Other than the fact that three of them were white and two were black, we weren't able to obtain any more information,” Ma Li answered.
The organization that sent out that force was a formidable opponent as they sent out agents who would rather commit suicide than reveal their identity.
”Were there any witnesses?”
”All information leaks have been controlled.”
”Great, continue to monitor the information leaks and don't let the media know. Take care of the situation.”
If the media exposed a shooting at the door of Future Technology's Internal Testing Center, Xin's tourism rating and Future Technology's public image would be impacted. If possible, it was better to keep the media ignorant of the incident.
”Understood,” Ma Li answered affirmatively.
Jiang Chen thought for a while after he hung up the phone to think about who could've launched the attack. But when he carefully went through a list of potential organizations, he realized there were too many suspicious people. Future Technology's virtual reality touched too many people's slice of the pie. It was fortunate that the testing was being done on his territory and Celestial could punish any rats with iron fists.
He had to wait for Ayesha to finish training the agents.
Jiang Chen shook his head.
There was no signal on that island, so there was no way of contacting Ayesha even if he wanted to. If he made a trip… he feared it would interrupt her teaching.
Jiang Chen flung his phone to the side, yawned, and laid down again.
Regardless, he was tired today. He still had to head to the airport tomorrow, so it would be an early morning start for him.
…
Inside the airport, a splendid figure in a summer outfit strolled around. Her black circular shades were matched with a straw hat; her graceful hand pulled a lemon-yellow suitcase along. Her appearance looked exactly like a celebrity traveling in secret, catching the attention of all the tourists.
But the beauty was clearly used to their envious looks, so she didn't react at all as she headed straight to the door.
”Hello~”
Liu Yao's eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Chen leaning against the door. She waved energetically.
With Liu Yao's lively appearance, Jiang Chen smiled and greeted her as well. But just as he was about to speak, an unstoppable yawn came out.