The Military Arrives

After sending out the message push, Li Zhou felt delighted, but all Intelligent Assistant users were miserable.

Seeing her Xiao Xi looking so pitiful, Zhang Qiang felt a pang in his heart.

"Master, you must pay on time tomorrow! Xiao Xi doesn't want to turn back into an egg. It's so dark inside."

"And Xiao Xi's prettiest clothes..."

The same scene played out across different parts of Xia Country. After using it for several days, many people had been won over by their Intelligent Assistants' cuteness. They had especially experienced the convenience of the Intelligent Assistant and its protection of personal privacy. From every perspective, the Intelligent Assistant was worth buying.

At worst, at worst, they just would not buy any skins!

Of course, quite a few people felt that the Intelligent Assistant meant there was no privacy at all and firmly refused to buy it. Most netizens scoffed at that.

How much privacy was there in the Internet age anyway? Would they really care about one more thing?

Besides, after installing the Intelligent Assistant, it had actually blocked many unnecessary privacy leaks.

Most netizens had made up their minds: as long as the fee was not too high, they would pay.

To prepare for the paid service going live at eight o'clock the next morning, Li Zhou went to bed early after dinner.

Late at night! Li Zhou was sleeping soundly, but an orderly investigation into him was underway.

After Li Zhou announced that the Intelligent Assistant would officially go live at eight the next morning, the bank account for collecting payments came into the military's sights. Following the trail, they finally found the source of the Intelligent Assistant—Li Zhou.

Then, all sorts of investigations into Li Zhou and information related to him were continuously gathered at this research institute.

If Li Zhou had been there, he would have discovered that even copies of his elementary school report cards had been laid out on the table. There was even a photo from his first month, in which the newborn's eyes were bright and spirited.

Yuan Jingsong held a report on Li Zhou printed on A4 paper that weighed a full pound. He stared at the psychological expert with a strange expression and asked in return.

"So this guy is a model young man who fears death and has a bit of an angry youth streak?"

Yu Mengying gently removed her glasses and lightly wiped away the dust with a glasses cloth. After putting them back on, her tired eyes showed as she said angrily to Yuan Jingsong, "This is the conclusion our entire team came to after working all night."

"Besides, he merely cherishes life. How did that become fear of death when you said it? And what do you mean, angry youth? He's clearly patriotic, okay?"

"Also, is that the most important piece of information? The most unbelievable thing is that this Li Zhou can actually predict the future's direction in advance! Of course, the world is huge, so it isn't that strange for someone who can predict future trends to appear. There were even cases of telepathy a few years ago."

Faced with Yu Mengying's sharp retort, Yuan Jingsong was utterly unfazed. It was not his first time, anyway.

Yuan Jingsong shrugged. "All right, you're right about everything, Expert Yu."

Dressed in a white lace dress, Yu Mengying stared directly at Yuan Jingsong until he felt embarrassed.

"You called so many of us here in the middle of the night to repeatedly analyze a young man. What are you planning to do now?"

Before Yuan Jingsong could speak, Yu Mengying touched the wrinkles at the corner of her eyes and sighed.

"Fine, fine. It's pointless to ask. Confidentiality regulations! I understand!"

With that, Yu Mengying turned and left.

Although Yu Mengying had left, Yuan Jingsong's work was only just beginning.

After sending this psychological report to his superiors, Yuan Jingsong began a long wait.

Two hours later, Yuan Jingsong received an official red-headed document issued from above. Looking at its contents gave him an immediate headache.

"Someone, notify the A-zone airport to prepare a helicopter. We take off in half an hour!"

"Yes!"

When Yuan Jingsong arrived at the airport, a Z-11 sat on the tarmac with its rotors spinning, ready to take off at any moment.

Upon seeing the helicopter, Yuan Jingsong boarded with two soldiers.

"This is the location for this mission's flight!" Yuan Jingsong took out a military tablet and handed the pilot a map.

The pilot merely glanced back once before confirming the location.

"Black Hawk acknowledges. Mission flight destination: 31 degrees 12 minutes north latitude, 120 degrees 10 minutes east longitude!"

"I repeat, mission flight destination: 31 degrees 12 minutes north latitude, 120 degrees 10 minutes east longitude!"

(Purely fictional.)

"Tower received. Cleared for takeoff!"

"I repeat, cleared for takeoff!"

The airport was over a thousand kilometers from Li Zhou's hometown. By the time Yuan Jingsong and the two accompanying soldiers arrived, it was already five in the morning. At that hour, most farmers in the village had already gotten up.

Because it was a mountainous area with no dedicated landing site, the helicopter could only hover above an open road below Li Zhou's hometown.

Before the armed helicopter that had suddenly appeared over the village even landed, it had already drawn the attention of many farmers. For something they had never seen before—especially such a huge thing flying in the sky—landing in a small rural village was naturally eye-catching.

After getting off the helicopter and watching it fly away, Yuan Jingsong headed toward Li Zhou's home with the two accompanying soldiers.

As for the location of Li Zhou's home, it was marked on Yuan Jingsong's tablet.

At seven in the morning, Li Zhou was awakened by Nai Yi's alarm. Fortunately, he had gone to bed early the night before, so he felt energetic when he woke up.

By the time Li Zhou had brushed his teeth and slowly made his way downstairs, it was already seven-thirty.

The moment Li Zhou came downstairs, he discovered three soldiers in uniform sitting in the living room. Looking more closely, he saw that one of them was even a major.

Li Zhou knew the military would come knocking sooner or later, but was this not far too fast?

Yuan Jingsong stood up and extended his callused right hand with a smile.

"Hello! Yuan Jingsong."

"Uh, hello!"

Li Zhou helplessly extended his hand and shook it politely.

"I didn't expect you to come so early, or so quickly!"

At that moment, Li Zhou's mother, standing nearby, shot her son a glare.

"How are you speaking to an officer?"

"All you do every day is sleep. The officer has been waiting for two hours already."

Li Zhou muttered indignantly under his breath at his mother's scolding, "Who knew they'd rush here in the middle of the night?"

"You—"

Seeing that his mother was about to get angry, Li Zhou hurriedly ran behind his father.

Seeing Li Zhou's mother criticizing him, Yuan Jingsong quickly intervened.

"Auntie, it's all right. I was the one who told you not to disturb Li Zhou while he was sleeping."

Just then, Nai Yi's voice suddenly came from Li Zhou's phone.

"Big Brother, it's already 7:50. There are only ten minutes left until the Intelligent Assistant goes live."

The sudden voice instantly silenced the living room.

"Sir, I know why you came to see me, but the Intelligent Assistant I developed is about to go live. Why don't we watch it together?"