Chapter 150: Chapter 105 Maritime Conflict
Yan Fei had no idea how frustrated the special agents from the Special Duty Group were because of him. Although they didn’t find Yan Fei, they did manage to retrieve the most important data, which was a cause for some relief amidst the loss.
When Yan Fei contacted the China Special Duties Unit, he subconsciously wanted to keep it confidential, not wanting to expose his identity. That’s why he used the Drone Assisted Intelligent Brain to connect to someone else’s WIFI and get in touch with the China Special Duties Unit. Though the Auxiliary Brain couldn’t break through the internet restrictions to access hidden information, if someone detected it using their WIFI, they still couldn’t trace its whereabouts—truly a ghost of the network.
However, Yan Fei had some difficulty figuring out how to return the data to the other party without revealing his identity. Later, he was inspired by a Hong Kong cop-and-robber movie. Thus, he set up a complicated ruse, attacking from multiple fronts, leading the other party’s resources astray, and finally placed the data on a lone island in the sea. This created a sense of urgency for the other party, preventing them from planning a trap for him in advance. Throughout Yu Xiaozhou’s yacht trip out to sea, the whole journey was under surveillance by the drone’s Quantum Radar, including her and Duan Hongye who followed 500 meters behind, all within Yan Fei’s grasp.
The drone silently hid on the seabed next to the lone island, with Yan Fei himself sitting inside the cockpit. The USB drive on the island was personally placed by him, and he had been guarding it here. If anyone other than Yu Xiaozhou attempted to take the USB drive, the drone would mercilessly eliminate them.
Only when Yan Fei saw Yu Xiaozhou retrieve the USB drive and safely meet up with Duan Hongye did he control the drone to leave, docking at a location far from these territorial waters before quietly returning home.
After these messy and unconventional maneuvers learned from movies, Yan Fei finally returned the hot potato in his hands back to its rightful owner, fulfilling the promise he made while in Japan.
In the following days, Yan Fei settled down for a while. Going to and from work on time each day, he learned management techniques from Lu Pingping, slowly seeing some results. Although he wasn’t able to manage the company well yet, he had picked up some basics and couldn’t be easily fooled anymore.
During this time, the drone remained lurking near the coastal waters of Shanghai without undertaking any operations, with everything appearing calm, as if the world was at peace.
One afternoon, as Yan Fei was browsing information on his mobile phone during a break from work, a trending news item suddenly caught his attention.
It turned out that a Taiwanese fishing boat was fishing in the Diaoyu Islands waters when it was suddenly expelled by a Japanese patrol boat. The Japanese patrol ship attacked the Taiwanese boat with water cannons, filling it with a vast amount of seawater and putting it at risk of capsizing.
This Taiwanese fishing boat immediately sought help from the Taiwan authorities, only to be rejected. Instead, they were scolded for illegally fishing in the Diaoyu Islands waters, which they said would cause trouble for the Taiwan authorities and damage the good relations between Taiwan and Japan.
Having no other recourse, the Taiwanese fishing boat, in a burst of anger, directly called the Mainland Relevant Department via satellite phone for help, hoping for support from Mainland China. Upon receiving the distress call, in line with the principle that both sides of the strait belong to one family, Mainland Chinese departments immediately arranged a rescue. They tasked relevant departments to act urgently while posting the information on the official Weibo account, tagging the Japanese Embassy in China, asking them to notify their homeland to restrain the Japanese patrol boats and prevent endangering the Taiwanese fishing boat.
Once the message was posted online, it garnered widespread attention. Some netizens even flocked to the official website of the Japanese Embassy in China to protest against their patrol boats’ actions. Due to everyone’s involvement, this information quickly became a hot topic, allowing Yan Fei to see the message in the shortest time possible.
Yan Fei’s thoughts stirred upon realizing the information was posted only thirty minutes ago. This meant the Taiwanese fishing boat was still in the Diaoyu Islands waters, and the Japanese patrol boats were still chasing them away.
Yan Fei lay on the sofa, seemingly asleep with his eyes closed. On the other hand, he activated the drone’s virtual control screen. The drone lurking near the seafloor of Shanghai immediately started its engines and set off towards the Diaoyu Islands waters. Once it was far enough from Shanghai, it surfaced to the sea underneath a patch of dark clouds, then vertically took off, flying low over the sea at full speed towards the Diaoyu Islands waters.
It was daytime, and although the drone was flying just above the sea and radar couldn’t detect it, the numerous satellites in outer space would certainly notice its movement. Due to the drone’s high speed, even its sea-skimming flight caused a white line to be drawn on the sea surface. Once satellites spotted this line, they would be able to track the drone.
But after his adventure in Japan, Yan Fei had let go of his concerns and wouldn’t hesitate to act. Being constantly afraid was not the conduct of a martial arts expert. If he kept behaving this way, he would never break the human limits and reach the Divine Realm depicted by Wang Yong.
In the waters of the Diaoyu Islands, the Taiwanese fishing boat Helong was fleeing in a pitiful state. On its left and right sides were two Japan Coast Guard patrol ships chorusing the Helong in a frantic chase. As they pursued, they attacked the Helong with water cannons and incessantly used loudspeakers to demand that Helong immediately leave Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone.