Qu Jianlei and his group teleported to the Federation, but instead of heading straight to the Channel Entrance, they first sought out their insider, Lawrence, to learn what was going on.
After several years apart, Lawrence had actually joined a Federation security company, mainly handling armed escort missions.
The job paid well, but it was quite risky, and he was assigned a great many shifts.
As a result, Lawrence was still at the peak of B-rank and had yet to advance to A-rank.
Fortunately, when Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin arrived, he was off duty and resting at home.
Seeing the two members of Digital Phantom again after so many years, Lawrence was truly excited.
After the initial joy, he first explained his circumstances and said that when the two of them came next time, they might have to wait several extra days.
Clearly, he was hinting that his life had not been going well.
Jing Yuexin's attitude toward him was fairly decent. After all, he had witnessed the two's "honeymoon trip," so she asked what had happened.
It was simply the inevitable retaliation for his earlier efforts to secretly organize people and stir up trouble.
However, in order to prevent those people from banding together for mutual comfort, the Federation had not moved against them immediately.
Only after a considerable amount of time had passed, when no one would make the connection anymore, did the authorities slowly begin taking action.
Bit by bit, Lawrence had been forced into his current situation. Even his boss's boss could no longer shield him.
This was a common nation tactic: "Don't get too cocky now, or they'll settle accounts with you later." They had plenty of patience.
In fact, the authorities' retaliation had been measured with exceptional precision.
Even now, Lawrence still had