Shock (Part 2)

Chen Shan Ming quickly invited Tang Xin Yi over, and she brought along the newly developed Anti-Sniper Infiltration Satellite System, which essentially detected enemies through the infrared radiation emitted by body heat.

Of course, the entire system was far more complicated than it sounded. Though it looked like the military region was merely testing the technology, it was also conducting technical validation for the whole country.

"Little Tang, we're really troubling you this time." Fan Tian Lei still went to meet Tang Xin Yi in person.

"I'm rather curious. Who exactly is it that even the famous Chief of Staff Fan got sniped?" Tang Xin Yi asked curiously.

It would be a lie to say she was not curious. What were Special Forces for? Special Forces were experts at infiltration, operations behind enemy lines, and decapitation strikes.

Yet now, the head of the Special Forces had been taken out. Naturally, that made people curious.

"It's embarrassing to talk about, so let's not discuss it further. You already understand the situation. How confident are you now?" Fan Tian Lei did not go into detail. It was inappropriate to talk about such things now, and his presence here was already somewhat against the rules.

"Rest assured, Chief of Staff. Once we're here, your enemies will have nowhere to hide." Tang Xin Yi did not stand on ceremony. She was a technical specialist herself and naturally had great confidence in her own technology.

"Good, good." Fan Tian Lei immediately nodded.

Without wasting any more words, Tang Xin Yi immediately led her little assistant, an intern who had yet to graduate from military academy, and deployed the system to begin coordinating operations. Master Kang still had not left and remained beside Fan Tian Lei.

"How good do you think our chances are this time?"

Watching the red dots constantly flashing across the enormous screen before him, Master Kang asked with a serious expression.

"Don't worry. This time, he definitely won't get away." Fan Tian Lei was brimming with confidence.

Master Kang glanced at Fan Tian Lei. "You told me the same thing last time. And what happened?"

Fan Tian Lei looked a little embarrassed, then said quietly, "Old brother, I admit your soldier is indeed formidable. But you don't seriously think our entire Blue Army can't catch him even if we all focus on him, do you? You're underestimating us too much."

Master Kang gave Fan Tian Lei a look, then turned and walked away.

With the support of Tang Xin Yi's latest anti-sniper, anti-infiltration combat system, Chen Shan Ming immediately began directing the operational units into frantic action. Though they were primarily targeting Jiang Yan Hai, the satellite system could not distinguish every individual.

As a result, the soldiers of Fourth Company who had not yet been captured suffered along with him. Their battles did not affect the larger war, since everyone else was fighting positional warfare.

But Special Forces specialized in this sort of thing—infiltration and counter-infiltration. Thus, nearly all the Fourth Company soldiers, including Gong Jian, were quickly taken out and captured, though some still remained at large.

Jiang Yan Hai took a deep breath, silently erased the traces behind him, then fell into thought. The Blue Army special forces had gone mad. Even the ordinary companies were assisting in the operation against him. At first, it had been manageable, but over the past twenty-odd hours, they had clung to him like a persistent itch.

Could it be that his camouflage was no longer working?

No, no, no. That was not it. His camouflage had been highly effective before, but it had stopped working recently. That proved one thing: the problem definitely was not on his side. The enemy had acquired new technology.

Although the military laptop in his hands came equipped with a solar charging module, he had discarded the module after his last recharge.

The enemy was pursuing him far too quickly. After all, they were special forces—the elite among elites. Jiang Yan Hai had held out until now solely because the Red Star Engine was absurdly overpowered!

The camouflage skill, supplemented by the Coffin Board Skill, had been invincible. More importantly, Jiang Yan Hai had used all six remaining Special Forces Experience Cards in his possession!

In an exercise like this, combined with jungle warfare, the effects brought by the Special Forces Experience Cards allowed Jiang Yan Hai to absorb most of that knowledge for his own use.

For example, the Booby Traps that had later taken out several special forces soldiers were traps Jiang Yan Hai had created by combining what he had absorbed from the Experience Cards with the Auxiliary System's data and the camouflage system's disguises.

And as he continued using them, he even seemed to be growing more and more proficient.

That was why Chen Shan Ming and the others had grown increasingly alarmed during the pursuit, increasingly convinced that their opponent was no rookie at all, but clearly a special forces soldier.

Because Jiang Yan Hai now... aside from being somewhat lacking in actual combat experience, and perhaps not being especially proficient in urban combat and similar areas since he had no way to practice them here, was otherwise truly a special forces soldier!

Jiang Yan Hai still opened his laptop. He could now secretly learn the enemy's orders, but to conserve power, he could not keep the computer running at all times.

That was only possible because the Electronic Warfare Support Program was helping conceal his tracks. Otherwise, even data transmission in the wilderness would expose his location.

After opening the computer and smoothly infiltrating the Blue Army system, Jiang Yan Hai quickly figured out the reason.

"An anti-sniper, anti-infiltration satellite system?" Jiang Yan Hai immediately smiled when he saw it.

He remembered now. In the later part of the television drama, Fan Tian Lei had used this system to nearly wipe out all the other teams. Only He Chen Guang and the others had avoided it using old-fashioned methods, though they had not hidden for long.

So that was it. No wonder.

But cracking this would be simple. A basic friend-or-foe identification code would do the job. Jiang Yan Hai had not used one before because he did not want to expose his hacking ability too much.

But now, it no longer mattered. At worst, he would reveal a little more. Besides, after checking it out, Jiang Yan Hai discovered that this system was not actually very complete.

Strictly speaking, at least in terms of intrusion prevention, the other side had not done particularly well. Or perhaps they simply had not had time to consider that issue yet.

Jiang Yan Hai easily infiltrated the system and, without alerting anyone, directly added a shield for himself.

To put it plainly, it was not merely a matter of friend-or-foe identification. He directly concealed himself from the system entirely.

Even if the satellite actually scanned him, Tang Xin Yi and the others would not be able to see him.

If it were only friend-or-foe identification, then if the enemy had not deployed soldiers in an area but there were friendly troops there, even an idiot would know something was wrong. They would check the system themselves.

But with him completely hidden now, they would be left baffled.

As for He Chen Guang and the other two, Jiang Yan Hai did not interfere. They had their own fate, and he did not want to get too involved. That was also why he had been content to snipe soldiers instead of joining in the attempt to snipe the Blue Army's supreme commander.