Chapter 247 - Hacked
Chapter 247: Hacked
Zhu Yuan knew that Gu Xiqiao had Nine Heavens to manage, and how important Nine Heavens’ position in the financial world was at the moment. She could throw the Chinese Medical Research Laboratory to one side, but she couldn’t not bother about the Nine Heavens, right?
So when he was able to locate Nine Heaven’s headquarters, he was stunned by what he found. The employees in the company were all active and enthusiastic at their work, the complete opposite of that lazy attitude of hers, and they were extremely passionate about their work.
When he understood the reason for Zhu Yuan’s presence, Luo Wenlang laughed. “Miss Gu probably found something new to play with, you’re better off just leaving her alone and waiting for her to find you instead.”
“She doesn’t manage Nine Heavens personally… She doesn’t care?” Zhu Yuan asked, raising an eyebrow.
“It’s not that she doesn’t care, she delegates,” Luo Wenlang explained, going silent for a while after he said that. He continued earnestly, “I know about the Chinese Medical Research Lab, but Mr. Zhu, a lab isn’t made and supported by just a single person. I think Miss Gu’s actions are a way to show that she hopes that even without her in the lab, it will be able to function on its own, just the same as Nine Heavens.”
Zhu Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and came to realize that he had indeed been relying on Gu Xiqiao a lot in the recent days. Because no matter what problems they encountered, she would always be able to solve it easily and perfectly. It came to a point that he, Professor Jiang and the others had the habit of relying on her to solve their problems.
“I understand.” Zhu Yuan stood up. “Thank you, Mr. Luo.”
“Miss Gu isn’t an irresponsible person, but she’s just afraid of troublesome things.” Luo Wenlang said, gesturing to the news that was on screen. “There are countless people in the medical world, as well as reporters looking for her, can you blame her for wanting to hide?”
The secretary knocked on the door, bringing in a large stack of documents, which Luo Wenlang passed to Zhu Yuan. “These are the things that Miss Gu passed me this afternoon. I actually didn’t understand why she would, until you turned up.”
Zhu Yuan took it, and read through the first one on top. It was a plan written by Gu Xiqiao regarding the next development of the laboratory. He opened his mouth, asking blankly, “Why… why didn’t she just send it directly to me?” Also, how did she know that he would come looking for Luo Wenlang?
“Have you angered her recently?” Luo Wenlang glanced at him, an understanding smile on his lips.
Zhu Yuan: “…”
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Yi Tong walked around the resort, and asked, “Manager Liu, have there been any strange people appearing recently?”
“Strange people?” Manager Liu’s face was still his usual, only his eyes flickered with an unknown emotion, and he said, “Yes, there were. However, all of them have been rounded up by Miss Gu.” He tried to calm his heart which was beating fast in his chest.
“What does that mean?” Yi Tong asked, looking up in surprise. However, Manager Liu refused to say anything more on the subject.
“Mr. Yi Tong, the rooms you’ll be staying in are in this building” Manager Liu smiled, pointing to the building in front of him. “There are a lot of fun things to do on the rooftop, I wish you a pleasant stay.”
After an entire day of trying to pull some information out, Yi Tong’s mind was in a mess. Why were all the people here so sly and cunning!
“Yi Tong,” Cecily fiddled with her seaweed-like hair as she slowly walked towards him, a glint of interest in her eyes. “I found an interesting place.”
The interesting place that Cecily was talking about was a flat mountain by the creek. The ground was flat, and a group of young men were training. There were also a few girls among them.
“This is…” Yi Tong was stunned.
“That’s right, when they’re training, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth are also moving.” Cecily sighed in slight admiration. “This must be an extremely powerful technique. I don’t know where they learned1 it from, but your ancient martial arts world has really opened my eyes.”
Yi Tong was speechless, his eyes still on those people who were training, unblinking.
“Yi Tong, captain!” Jiu Tong called out from somewhere not too far off from the mountain. “I found that group of people!”
“Where?” Yi Tong snapped back immediately. He had thought that Gu Xiqiao would have done away with them already, but he didn’t expect Jiu Tong to be able to locate those thugs.
Cecily’s expression also changed. “There are too many civilians nearby, let’s evacuate them to avoid any casualties.”
“It’s just behind the hill.” Jiu Tong pointed at the hill behind them. “Look.”
Cecily and Yi Tong rushed over, and at a glance, they were able to see the people that Jiu Tong had mentioned. Ten fierce and malicious men were there, but the difference between the ones that they had previously seen were the obviously evil spirits that radiated heavily from them, sending a stab of fear into anyone who looked at them.
“They’re trapped in a formation.” San Tong said, coming from the side. He walked around the group of people.
No wonder the compass didn’t react even though something had happened here, it turned out that they had been trapped here.
How could Yi Tong and the others not know the handiwork of Gu Xiqiao when they saw it? “What is she planning to do?”
“Look at that.” Jiu Tong didn’t answer, pointing in another direction.
The group of people who had been training were lining up, and walking towards the area. When they saw Yi Tong and the others, they didn’t look surprised, but instead headed towards the formation.
Cecily’s face was grave as she stopped the woman leading them. “Don’t go over there, it’s dangerous!”
The woman laughed lightly at Cecily, and said, “We have a chance at it.”
“You have a chance?!” Cecily grabbed the woman’s shoulder, saying slowly to emphasize on her words, “What kind of chances do you have? Those people are irrational cannibals, you will lose your life at this rate!”
“Miss Cecily.” Yi Tong finally reacted, pulling Cecily away as he shook his head.
This attitude of his made Cecily feel even more astonished, and she hurriedly said, “Yi Tong, you’ve encountered these people before, how can you…”
Yi Tong looked at the figure that was walking slowly towards them. “Miss Gu is here.”
Cecily obviously had also seen the mentioned person, and she was walking towards the large open space with a relaxed expression on her face. The group of malicious people were standing opposite her.
The group of people who had been training were standing behind her, and shouted in unison, “Miss Gu.”
Gu Xiqiao looked at them, nodding her head. “This is the first actual combat experience. Because of geographical problems, I can only find you these people to train with. You will be the second Peace Squad team, I hope that you can grow stronger, strong enough to protect people a hundred miles away.”
Although her tone was indifferent, it constrained a heart-pounding fighting spirit. The words spread to everyone’s ears, and their spirits were high as they became even more eager to try out a real fight.
Gu Xiqiao didn’t bother talking any more than necessary, and she raised her hand, breaking the formation. The ten dangerous men burst out immediately.
Gu Xiqiao narrowed her eyes, kicking one of them to the people behind her. At the same time, the other nine were firmly held in the same place they were standing.
She was a picture of a terrifying demon, a palm on the evil man closest to her, while her other had purple lightning crackling, throwing the other thug who had approached the Peace Squad down heavily to the ground.
She looked like she was having a leisurely walk in the park, wandering among the nine men. The mobs that even Yi Tong had problems handling were like playthings in her hands.
As she played around with the nine men, she watched the team of people, seeing that they had adapted to their previous inability to subdue the man from beginning to now. It looked like her two day training had worked, these people were already working seamlessly as a team.
When they looked comfortable dealing with the man, Gu Xiqiao let loose another bolt of lightning at the right time.
Yi Tong and his people watched as this group of people scrambled for what to do in the beginning when dealing with one thug, to work seamlessly at dealing five of the thugs at the same time. The difference between this only took about half an hour.
“Yi Tong, I finally know why the Peace Squad is crazy.” Jiu Tong was staring at the scene, a blank look on his face. “Really, I suddenly feel an unexplainable jealousy towards them!”
Miss Gu had taught them wholeheartedly, putting all her effort in it, and coupled together with some top level exercises and techniques, even an ordinary person could become a master.
Yi Tong had recovered from his shock, nodding slowly at Jiu Tong’s words. He obviously agreed with the other’s statement.
Being able to provoke the many elders from the ancient martial arts world, this Peace Squad really was abnormal!
“This is Miss Gu?” Cecily was also in stunned shock, unconsciously holding her breath as she watched anxiously. She finally remembered to breathe, letting out a long breath. “Why didn’t we see any sign of her in the ranking battles three years ago?”
Cecily was asking herself. She could beat these ten men by herself, but she could never do it as easy as Gu Xiqiao made it seem, which was just like playing.
She had thought the only obstacle she would have was Jiang Tong, but she never imagined that she would meet this mysterious girl, and she couldn’t even gauge the extent of power of the girl in front of her.
One hour later, the group of people had already faced down all ten of the men, and had even beaten them down to the ground.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The sounds just kept ringing out.
Yi Tong’s teeth were hurting from all the sound they were hearing. F*ck, that’s also a little too much, right?!
Once she felt it was enough, Gu Xiqiao raised her hand. “Alright, that’s the end of today’s training. Go back and rest.”
The team kicked the thugs one last time before bidding Gu Xiqiao farewell, turning to walk towards the resort as they chatted among each other.
At their backs, Yi Tong and the others were staring at them with admiration, envy, as well as hatred in their eyes. Their gaze was so intense that it looked like they were trying to burn a hole in their backs. Jiu Tong gritted their teeth as they muttered, ‘Those lucky b*stards…”
Jiu Tong’s voice was soft, but the last person in the squad had heard it. When they did, the person turned around, flashing Jiu Tong a sh*t eating grin.
With such a proud look on his face, Jiu Tong was about to go nuts with anger and envy.
“Don’t be rash, you won’t be able to beat them.” Yi Tong moved forward to stop him immediately.
Jiu Tong: “…” Although what you say is a fact, can you not be so straightforward and honest?
San Tong suddenly asked, “Why did we even come here again?”
They had obviously come here to save the regular people who were suffering, but they had done nothing, and the matter was already resolved?
Yi Tong took a compass out from his compass and fiddled with it. “Looking for something.” He turned and stared in another direction. “In that direction, there’s a malicious aura coming from there. Manager Liu said that’s the direction of Miss Gu’s house. We’ll check it out tomorrow.”
Jiu Tong nodded his head. “Then we should hurry, I’m afraid that if we wait till tomorrow, the aura will be gone.”
The impression that Gu Xiqiao had left on them was too great.
When they heard Jiu Tong’s words, Yi Tong had wanted to laugh at it, but it was stuck in his throat. With Miss Gu’s attitude, it wasn’t impossible for that to happen.
Gu Xiqiao waved to Yi Tong and his team, and then she walked away at a relaxed pace. Her long hair shimmered like most, and she had an indifferent expression on her face. Her eyes were lowered, as though she didn’t feel that she had done anything extraordinary that was shocking to people.
Yi Tong and Jiu Tong were already well aware of her skills earlier on, and they were already used to the shocks that she gave them everytime. They watched Gu Xiqiao leave the area, and were silent for a while before they turned to return to the resort too. He was going to have a cry at Yi Bing and the rest of them.
Cecily stood rooted to the ground, thinking. After a while, she pulled out her phone and made an international call.
The pair of blue eyes narrowed. “Help me investigate someone.”
Only Jiang Tong had been able to stand on par with her in the ancient martial arts world, but now it seemed that she had another opponent to worry about. “Gu Xiqiao, I’m really looking forward to it. I wonder between her and Jiang Tong, who is stronger?”
Cecily’s eyes were full of anticipation and eagerness.
“Miss, there isn’t anything on her.” The person on the other side said solemnly. “This person’s information is completely encrypted, I think that the other party is an IT expert.”
“Aren’t you the top intelligence agency in the world?” Cecily frowned. “You can’t find anything at all?”
“That’s right.” The person the other side paused, and then their panicked voice came through, “Miss, our database has been hacked!”