The Beginning

In a simple, ordinary small town.

The peaceful morning was shattered by many people dressed in olive green.

The residents here quietly and orderly boarded green trucks.

Following the trucks, they passed through three blockade lines, leaving their familiar land to reside in the nearest county town.

Meanwhile, inside the township office building, people were constantly moving various electronic equipment.

As time passed, a temporary command center was established.

"Action!"

At the command of someone in the command center, two special forces teams, one with wolf insignia armbands and the other with tiger insignia armbands, immediately entered the jungle of the township.

They cautiously advanced towards the mission location.

Their mission target was this township, and the owner of the factory located in the jungle – a man who was nineteen, almost twenty years old.

This man had begun smuggling special chemical materials several years ago.

After years of investigation, there was suspicion that he might be connected to the terrorist organization "K2".

Furthermore, this individual was highly likely to be a "weapons of mass destruction that could detonate at any moment" planted within the country by "K2".

This was because, after reviewing the relevant building permits and documents for the area, they discovered that the original paper blueprints and the electronic blueprints did not match at all. The reported construction was for a reservoir and a factory.

However, according to the recollections of some construction workers, the underground area was at least tens of meters deep, with an unknown footprint.

This meant that a place originally registered as a reservoir also had a factory built on top of it.

Of course, this wasn't the most critical point. The key was that they had consulted some scientists.

Based on the smuggled raw materials, those scientists speculated that the underground of the target's factory was very likely an arsenal, and they might even be extracting nuclear materials there to produce nuclear bombs!

This speculation immediately caused an uproar among them and some insiders.

Therefore, they showed great respect to the owner of this place, deploying two special forces teams, led by He Zhijun and a special affairs section chief, Section Chief Zhou!

Deep in the jungle, it was tranquil and natural, with mist and birdsong adding an ethereal and lively touch to the scene.

Amidst this, a green building resembling a cement factory stood, blending in with nature.

Beneath the factory, in a vast space.

Guo Yi, naked except for a pair of boxer briefs, was waving his arms in a room.

In front of him was a square projection.

As Guo Yi moved his fingers and arms, the projection would sometimes enlarge, sometimes shrink, and occasionally a part would be missing or added.

"Parameter error! Failure! Failure! Failure!"

At Guo Yi's feet, a spherical robot suddenly shouted.

"Damn it, does it have to be a single-use item?"

Hearing the robot speak, Guo Yi frantically ran his hands through his hair and muttered to himself, "Although the super-advanced deuterium core seems like an infinite energy source, the core nuclear material still gets consumed.

Can't this thing replenish the nuclear material without replacing the raw material storage?

Permeation replenishment, diversion replacement – none of these work!

Money!"

"Prodigal! Prodigal! Prodigal!" The spherical robot seemed to understand Guo Yi's meaning and suddenly responded.

"Get lost! You stupid AI moron!"

Guo Yi kicked the spherical robot away, and it bounced around the room.

"Domestic violence! Domestic violence! Domestic violence!"

"..."

Guo Yi looked speechlessly at the bouncing robot. If he hadn't raised it for several years, Guo Yi swore he would have formatted it!

"Beep beep beep~"

Suddenly, the spherical robot stopped bouncing, and its two electronic eyes turned from blue to red: "Warning! Unidentified armed personnel approaching!

Warning! Unidentified armed personnel approaching!

Warning! Unidentified armed personnel approaching!"

Guo Yi seemed to have expected this. He picked it up with a helpless expression and said to it, "Alright, I know, stop shouting!

Damn it, I thought I could get another six or seven years, but they found me in just three.

What a pain.

Doggy, project the external situation."

"Buzz~"

An almost inaudible sound occurred, followed by a projection map appearing before Guo Yi, showing the area within 20 meters around the factory.

Guo Yi, like God, observed the situation around the factory.

On the projected topographical map, outside the factory building.

Several people in dark green uniforms, armed, were stealthily doing something to the outer wall of the factory.

"Sigh, what was bound to happen has happened," Guo Yi sighed, then said to Doggy, "Hack into all surrounding communication channels. Hacking authorization: 21526."

Doggy, the spherical robot Guo Yi was holding.

Its electronic eyes flickered continuously: "Beep, commencing hack."

After more than ten seconds, its electronic eyes returned to normal: "Beep, surrounding communication channels have been hacked."

"Filter all communication channels of the armed personnel involved, and simultaneously block all communications except those between the command post and the armed personnel."

"Beep, complete!"

"Cough, cough~ Hey~ Can you hear me?"

Suddenly, Guo Yi's voice echoed through the command post's communication channel.

Inside the command post, He Zhijun, the commander of the operation, and Section Chief Zhou were taken aback.

The special forces team immediately went on alert.

"Someone hacked the communication channel!?" Section Chief Zhou's eyes turned cold. He quickly signaled a technician and said on the communication channel, "Who are you?"

"I am Guo Yi, your target."

Guo Yi looked at the projection, stroking Doggy's head, his expression calm, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Hmm!?"

Following that, Guo Yi's tone carried a hint of helplessness as he said to them, "E-carbon steel, currently the strongest artificial alloy.

Don't waste your efforts!

Unless you dare to send Dongfeng express missiles with bunker-buster warheads at my head, your little guns and cannons in hand...

You couldn't even create a crack, no matter how hard you tried!"

"E-carbon steel?"

"An allotrope of carbon... uh... never mind, you wouldn't understand even if I explained.

Your brains are all muscle...

How about you all calm down and we talk?"

"We never negotiate with terrorists!" He Zhijun's authoritative voice boomed. "If you want to talk, fine.

Open the factory doors, surrender, and I'll have plenty of time to talk with you then!"

While He Zhijun, Section Chief Zhou, and Guo Yi were communicating, the technician turned and nodded at the commanders.

"The communication channel has been switched. Old Gao, Old Hei, continue the operation!"

"Maybe not..."

However, Guo Yi's voice sounded again through their communication channel.

He Zhijun, Section Chief Zhou, and the others stared at the technician with wide eyes.

The technician instantly broke out in a cold sweat and quickly turned back to operate.

"Uh, I mean, don't you guys get tired..."

As if sensing that a technician was trying to kick him out or switch to another channel, Guo Yi casually said, "Don't bother, my technical level and yours are not on the same plane!"

Hearing Guo Yi's confident words, He Zhijun and Section Chief Zhou exchanged a frown.

Then He Zhijun and Section Chief Zhou nodded: Overconfident? Arrogant?

Character flaw!

Following Section Chief Zhou's lead, he said to Guo Yi, "Why do you say that? Also, what do you want to talk about?"