Sea Emperor's Mistake

At the port, Noya Mei looked at a message that had just been forwarded by the military. The message originated from Hammer Lock, the warden of Rioben Prison.

[An incident has occurred at Rioben Prison, and there is a possibility of an escape. Additionally, Gu Ding has arrived on Jer Star and is disguised as someone else (see photo). He may also be disguised as someone else to blockade the port and prevent him and the escaped prisoners from escaping.]

Upon seeing the scarred young man in the photo, Noya Mei was stunned. "How could it be him? No wonder he didn't want to talk the whole way..."

A few minutes later, a sunny young man with dark brown hair and blue eyes, dressed simply in a white t-shirt and black jeans, attracted the attention of many people outside the port.

"Sea Emperor, isn't this face a bit too handsome? Why do I feel like both men and women are looking at me?" Gu Ding muttered to himself.

"I think this sunny young man's face suits your temperament better than your own; it's a perfect natural performance. Besides, this face can make many people overlook your voice, making it a great disguise," the Sea Emperor explained.

Just then, a woman dressed in a flamboyant manner, who was standing next to Gu Ding, came over and struck up a conversation, "Handsome young man, are you lost?"

"Sister, what's going on at the port? Why are so many people blocking the way here?" Gu Ding asked, looking at the crowd not far away, somewhat puzzled.

"Those bastards in the military have blocked the port; no spaceships are allowed to enter or leave Jer Star," the woman said, somewhat disgruntled.

"Why is the port being blockaded? Did they give a reason?" Gu Ding continued, wanting to know if the blockade was indeed because of him.

"They said Rioben Prison that there might be escaped prisoners, and they need to temporarily close the port to prevent the escapees from this planet," the woman said irritably.

"Did they say how long the lockdown would last?" Gu Ding then asked.

"I didn't say, but usually the port closure won't last too long, generally a few hours, and at most a day. If you don't have a place to stay, handsome young man, I have a place..." The woman winked at Gu Ding as she spoke.

Just then, a woman in military uniform pushed through the crowd and walked straight toward Gu Ding, saying, "Come with us."

"Why?" Gu Ding immediately asked, realizing that the other person was Noya Mei, whom he had met on the cruise ship before.

"We suspect you are involved in this prison escape incident," Noya Mei said, glancing coldly at the alluring woman beside her.

"I have nothing to do with him, we just chatted for a bit," the woman said, waving her hands repeatedly.

Gu Ding hesitated slightly, and then he heard the Sea Emperor's voice in his ear, "Don't worry, she's probably just making an excuse to get you out of trouble. That woman was a prostitute."

"Okay," Gu Ding nodded and followed Noya Mei away.

Noya Mei led him into the crowd. "You can go now. I just saw that prostitute harassing you. Kid, don't talk to strangers in the future, and definitely don't go home with strangers."

"Oh, thank you." Gu Ding grinned, revealing his white teeth. His smile was even more radiant on his face, and Noya Mei was instantly captivated by Gu Ding's smile, becoming somewhat dazed.

"May I ask how long your military's blockade of the port will last?" Gu Ding thought it might be more reliable to ask Noya Mei directly.

"Huh? You... what did you say?" Noya Mei didn't hear Gu Ding's question at all.

"I'm asking how long this port blockade will last."

"This issue is still uncertain. It depends on when the problems at the prison can be resolved. We also need to confirm whether Gu Ding is actually on this planet..." Noya Mei had barely finished speaking when she realized she had revealed something. "I shouldn't be telling outsiders these things. Just pretend you didn't hear it and don't tell anyone else."

"Oh, I see... thank you then." Gu Ding flashed his pearly white teeth again, and Noya Mei felt dizzy once more. When she came to her senses, Gu Ding was gone.

"Hey boss, not bad! You managed to hook up with such a handsome young man." A burly man suddenly came over and gave a thumbs up.

"Jin Gang, are you looking for death?" Noya Mei originally looked somewhat cute, had now completely transformed into a cold and aloof older sister.

"Boss, now I know why you can't find a boyfriend." At this moment, another bespectacled man came over. "Your standards are too high. That cute little boy just now, even I, a grown man, have to admit I was almost instantly smitten by his smile. Boss, if you look for men according to that standard, there are probably less than ten in the Universe Sea."

"Whether I can find a man or not has absolutely nothing to do with you bunch of bachelors!" Noya Mei suddenly snapped. "Get back to work!"

"The port has already been blockaded by the regular army. Isn't our mission just to sit on the bench and wait for the fugitive or members of the Gu Ding Team to show up?" The burly man nicknamed Jin Gang changed the subject again. "By the way, boss lady, did you get that kid's contact number earlier?"

"Get lost! Go to hell!" Noya Mei, with her mushroom-headed hair, was about to explode.

"Looks like she didn't get it, otherwise she wouldn't be so irritable. From a psychological point of view, Jin Gang, your question just now hit the nail on the head about what the boss regrets, which is why she reacted so irritably. If she had gotten the number, her reaction would probably have been 'None of your business!' followed by a glare." The bespectacled man adjusted his glasses and analyzed.

"Four Eyes, I've warned you countless times not to analyze me, or I'll gouge your eyes out!" Noya Mei completely lost her temper and pounced on the bespectacled man.

"Big Sister, don't be impulsive." She was immediately hugged from behind by Jin Gang, who locked her hands in place.

"Alright, to calm you down, I'll go get that kid's contact number for you." The bespectacled man said, then vanished in a flash.

The bespectacled man searched the port but couldn't find any trace of Gu Ding. "That kid disappeared so quickly? No way, we can't just go back like this. We'll have to explain this to the boss. It seems we have no choice but to ask the Port Authority for help to retrieve the video footage and find that kid."

He thought for a moment, then walked straight toward the Port Authority's office.

Upon entering the Port Authority Housing and Urban-Rural Development, he immediately displayed his work ID.

"Military, Hunter, Glass."

"Sir, what can we do for you?" A Middle-Aged Man with a receding hairline immediately approached obsequiously.

The title "Hunter" is known to everyone in the Federal Government; they are the elite of the military, a veritable concentration camp of geniuses. Even ordinary members typically hold at least the rank of lieutenant general, and their strength is terrifyingly formidable.

"Where is your monitoring room? I need to check a video." The other party's obsequiousness gave Glass more confidence in handling private matters officially.

"I'll take you there."

Less than three minutes later, Glass followed the other party into the monitoring room.

"I need to check a video from twenty minutes ago to find someone," Glass stated his purpose. "The person was standing under camera number 36 at that time."

The staff immediately retrieved the video from camera number 36 and adjusted the timeline to twenty minutes earlier.

Five minutes into the video, Glass stared blankly at it. "How could this be? Is the camera malfunctioning?"

"Sir, is there a problem with this video?" the middle-aged man couldn't help but ask.

"Check camera number thirty-four again, from thirty minutes ago." Glass's expression was grave. If the camera wasn't broken, then it meant the identity of that extremely handsome young man...

The video from camera number 34 was quickly retrieved, and Glass's face darkened completely. "Copy these two videos and send them to my email."

"There's nothing wrong with these two videos. They're just two women talking to themselves," the Middle-Aged Man muttered, somewhat puzzled, but still had his staff copy the videos and send them to Glass.

Having obtained the video, Glass vanished from the monitoring room in an instant, appearing before Noya Mei in a few Shadow Step.

"You look so pale. Could it be that you couldn't find the person or get their contact number?" Jin Gang was worried for his colleague. He guessed that the boss was likely to lose her temper again.

"Big Sister, that kid is Gu Ding!" When Glass spoke, Noya Mei thought she had misheard.

"What did you say?"

"I just searched all over the port but couldn't find him. So I felt a little embarrassed to come back, so I went to the Port Authority to check the video footage to see which direction he went. But I found that he wasn't in any of the cameras." Glass said, projecting the two video clips he had just watched.

In the first video, the prostitute is seen approaching someone, but Gu Ding is not in the frame; it appears as if the prostitute is talking to herself. In the second video, it seems to show Noya Mei chatting with Gu Ding in a crowd, but again, only Noya Mei is seen talking to herself; there is no one opposite her.

"Is he really Gu Ding?!" Noya Mei found it hard to believe.

"Boss, we've all seen Gu Ding's file. He can definitely make himself disappear from the video. During the Titan Star incident in the Long Teng Universe Country, outsiders didn't know what happened, but the data was publicly available to us. We also saw that no surveillance equipment on the entire planet could capture him; he and his team were invisible to all surveillance devices. Combined with the message Hammer Lock sent half an hour ago, which mentioned that Gu Ding was disguised as someone else, or possibly someone else entirely, the probability that he is Gu Ding is over 90%. There's also a 10% chance that he is another extremely skilled hacker, but it's too much of a coincidence that he appeared on the same planet as Gu Ding." Glass's analysis hit the nail on the head.

"If he reappears, regardless of whether he is Gu Ding or not, pursue him with all our might and capture him first." Noya Mei quickly made the decision. (To be continued.)