Chapter 10 Minutes Later

"Crack!"

Magnu snapped the sentry's neck.

They had obtained the information they wanted.

Winna said over the comms, "We've got preliminary intelligence. The base's security perimeter is divided into six zones, with defenses increasing in strength from the outermost to the innermost. We're in the outermost zone."

"Each security zone has a sentry outpost. An officer manages all the sentries in that zone. According to the interrogation, the officer can log into the base's intranet. So, as long as we reach a sentry outpost, we can use the officer's computer to browse the base's network and collect specific enemy intelligence."

"This sentry has already revealed the location of the outpost. Time is of the essence. I request immediate action."

Ye Fan pondered. Delay would lead to trouble. The sentry's shift change followed a set schedule. It would only be a few hours at most before they discovered the sentry's unnatural death. But as long as they could get the intelligence, exposure didn't matter. The Hai Xia army's large-scale invasion couldn't be hidden from the enemy's eyes anyway. What they needed to do was find out the defense measures and military strength of the Dark Crow Valley base.

But if Winna succeeded, the Thirteenth Bureau members lurking in the Crow Wood Town would be at risk of exposure. The sentry's death and outsiders entering Crow Wood Town on the same day would make the enemy suspicious, even if the Thirteenth Bureau members didn't have time to commit the crime.

In this moment, Ye Fan made a rational decision.

"Action approved. Proceed to the enemy outpost immediately."

Winna nodded, disposed of the body, and led the team into action.

Ye Fan breathed out, took his eyes off the screen, and looked toward the Thirteenth Bureau's office. He shook his head slightly. His decision had nothing to do with likes or dislikes. Everything was for the sake of the mission. He would inform the Thirteenth Bureau later.

In this world, who could avoid risks?

...

Before dawn, Winna and the others found the sentry outpost.

It was a very inconspicuous log cabin, like a hunter's shelter.

The team quietly approached. Magnu took out a sonic detector from his backpack, stuck it to the outer wall of the cabin, and activated it. After scanning, a black and white pixelated scan appeared, showing three humanoid targets inside. One was lying on the sofa, and two were sitting at the table, apparently eating a late-night snack.

Winna held up her fingers, counting down silently.

Three, two, one! Winna burst into action, smashing through the window. Her teammates followed closely behind.

The three enemies didn't expect an invasion. Startled, they jumped up, but before they could shout or draw their pistols, they were taken down by three shots of tranquilizer darts from the well-trained Hai Xia agents.

The Hai Xia agents then searched the room and the three men's clothes. They found a hidden compartment in the wall, containing a safe. Another agent found a pass card on one of the unconscious enemies, which clearly stated that he was an officer.

"This is the target." Winna's face lit up. This man was the officer in charge of the sentry outpost. She looked at the name on the ID card, Roman, a black man.

The agents tied Roman up and gave him an injection of stimulants. As he slowly regained consciousness, Magnu slapped him to accelerate his awakening, and whispered sternly, "Tell me the safe's password if you don't want to die!"

Roman was terrified by the fully armed agents in front of him. He trembled and quickly confessed, showing no loyalty whatsoever.

Entering the password, the safe opened smoothly, revealing a specially made laptop, not any brand on the market.

Opening the laptop revealed a login interface, requiring ID card recognition and a password.

Roman cooperated, and his account entered the interface. Accompanied by a cheerful ringtone, a line of welcome appeared on the computer:

"Da-da-da-da! Budding Simple Operation Assistant is wholeheartedly at your service~"

Ye Fan, who was drinking coffee, spat it out.

All the Hai Xia agents present twitched.

The style was completely out of place!

"So… so cute…" Ye Fan had a mouthful of sarcastic words stuck in his throat, not knowing whether to spit them out or not.

Various levels of menus appeared on the interface. Roman's permissions were low, so he could only browse a small portion. Winna and the others saw various locked logs on the base, and everyone was secretly excited.

These logs contained all the intelligence of the base.

"I'll do it." Ye Fan instructed Magnu to plug a chip into the computer. In the outpost, the screen in front of Ye Fan was instantly synchronized with that computer.

Ye Fan's face suddenly turned serious. His hands moved at high speed like butterflies flitting among flowers, frantically typing on the keyboard, and code poured out like a waterfall.

First layer firewall, cracked!

Second layer firewall, cracked!

Third layer firewall, cracked!

Internal dynamic password, cracked!

Permission restrictions, cracked!

Ye Fan smiled slightly. He was a senior hacker from Hai Xia, with hundreds of various types of virus attack programs at his disposal. Except for some monsters in the dark web and the "unplug the network cable" method, no one could stop his intrusion.

In just three minutes, all the locked documents were opened. At this time, the enemy hackers reacted and frantically deleted the files, while Ye Fan quickly backed them up. Both sides were racing against time.

Soon, all the data was deleted. After all, Ye Fan's laptop didn't have a fast enough processing speed. Even with his superb skills, he only backed up 28%. The base deleted documents starting with the most confidential.

But it was enough. The information Ye Fan obtained included the base's defense layout, internal structure, military terrain, and a large amount of logs.

"Mission accomplished, come back." Ye Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

This intelligence theft would definitely make the Dark Crow Valley base vigilant, but with the intelligence in hand, exposure didn't matter.

It was just that Ye Fan secretly had a strange feeling.

It seemed… a little too smooth.

...

"Report, sir, the outer layer network has been invaded."

In the Dark Crow Valley base, in the intelligence control room filled with computer screens, a staff member spoke.

The base's deputy director, Ji Jie, was a tall, thin man with a sinister look. He calmly came to the screen and said slowly, "What data was stolen?"

"Base experiment logs, base internal structure diagrams, base coordinates, base sentry shift change records…"

The staff member rattled off more than a dozen key pieces of intelligence. Even though they had been invaded, no one here showed any signs of panic.

"Could the intruder be from Hai Xia?"

"The bait has been cast, just waiting for the fish to bite," Ji Jie said with a slight hook at the corner of his mouth, looking like a hunter who had seen his prey fall into a trap.

Ji Jie came to the director's office to report to Pan Kuang.

"A hacker invaded the outer disguised network just now. It's probably someone from Hai Xia. We may be subjected to an army invasion in the near future."

Pan Kuang carefully wiped a black, long knife with a handkerchief. The long knife was as cold as autumn water. The blade was straight and wide, and the handle was wrapped with cloth strips. Judging from the mottled, dry blood stains, this knife had not only been used for many years, but had also killed many lives.

Pan Kuang focused on wiping the knife, as if he saw nothing else. Without even looking up, he just asked faintly, "What do you think we should do?"

Ji Jie cleared his throat and said, "Although the enemy only obtained bait intelligence, it has exposed the base's existence. I suggest requesting the leader to evacuate, taking away all the materials and data here, and killing as much of the enemy's forces as possible before evacuating."

"Mm." Pan Kuang said lightly, "Just let me know if you need me to fight."

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