Chapter 71: Operation
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was night, and Ye Chong moved silently like a spirit through the darkness. The night provided the best cover for Ye Chong; if it was in space, Ye Chong would not dare to move so freely, even with his F-58. While there was more radiation in space, the geography was less complicated. Scanning systems can be used to their full potential in such terrains. On the other hand, within the atmosphere, the various environnt severely restricted the effective periter of the scanning system, besides significantly decreasing its accuracy. Most importantly, the governnt has strict rules regarding atmospheric scanning, such as allowed scanning frequencies, thods and so on.
The fact was that the F-58, with its advanced anti-detection system, would be the best candidate for the task at hand, but Ye Chong was unsure if Johansson’s ch had a special communication link with the F-58. Hence, he kept the F-58 undeployed.
In fact, the best ti to infiltrate the Ji family was imdiately after he killed the surveillance team, and before the Ji family received the news. Now that the Ji family was inford, security would be tightened. However, his infiltration was planned entirely by Mu. When Ye Chong noticed that Mu had gathered a large amount of data about the Ji family, he made the rational decision of letting Mu plan for the infiltration. Ye Chong had absolute trust in Mu. Mu did not explain the details of their operation, but only calculated the probability of the final outco. The probability of success was 72 percent; the probability of failure and successful retreat was 20 percent; and the probability of dying mid-operation was 8 percent.
Ye Chong felt that attacking the Ji family now would not deal a big enough blow, since he was not exactly powerful, and would risk exposing himself. However, Mu had insisted on the operation, and Ye Chong believed that there must be a good reason behind it, for Mu would not do anything carelessly.
Ye Chong carefully moved in the shadows as he always did when hunting on the trash planet. The mutants were far more alert than humans, and had uniquely enhanced senses, such as an incredible sense of sll and, more generally, highly sensitive hearing. The most problematic for Ye Chong were mutants that could see infrared light.
Multichromatic lightings illuminated the night, as the gorgeous lights winked at each other. Seen from above, one would find it a srising sight. The superstars in holographic advertisents looked more enchanting than they were during the day. The safety lights from the chs flying above made them look like a sprinkle of dancing fireflies.
Ye Chong was not in the mood to appreciate the scene that would have been impossible on the trash planet. Within the shadows of the dark, he was now moving silently like a cold-blooded venomous snake.
Ye Chong carefully kept himself concealed as he asked, "Mu, what’re our objective for this operation? Don’t keep guessing!"
Mu lightly replied, "You’ll know when it’s ti. Based on available information, the probability of you understanding then is 91 percent."
Ye Chong nearly tripped at the ch’s response. "Of course I’ll know then! I ant now!"
Mu continued calmly, "Based on available information, there is still an 8 percent probability of you not understanding by then. As for now, I regret to inform you that my calculation results indicates that the probability of you guessing right is 0 percent."
Ye Chong cursed to himself. "Damn it Mu, are you saying I’m stupid?"
Mu kept his cool. "Logically speaking, that is absolutely accurate!"
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Ye Chong carefully hid himself behind an artificial tree and examined the base closely. Every 15 minutes, a few small chanical birds would fly over the area. Their bodies were equipped with amplified scanning devices that greatly increased the scanning periter and accuracy. However, Ye Chong managed to hide in a blind spot under Mu’s guidance.
Ye Chong asked, "Mu, what is this place?"
Mu ignored him and said, "Ye, you should be able to avoid detection with the F-58!"
Ye Chong acknowledged, and deployed the F-58.
Mu imdiately spoke, "Hurry!" Ye Chong was surprised at the ch’s anxiety, and dared not take his ti. He slipped into the cabin quickly and imdiately started the engines.
As expected, the F-58 did not alert the other party’s scanning system. Ye Chong was thinking of moving in a discrete manner forward, but Mu spoke up, "Fly straight ahead!"
Ye Chong hesitated, but quickly recovered and flew as directed. However, he found it strange that the people moving about the area seed to ignore the F-58, or even outright waved at him as a greeting - and that was how he flew openly into the area. Ye Chong could not keep up with what was happening, and failed to see the reason behind their actions.
The people here put heavy trust in the base’s scanning system, and did not think that soone could enter without going through proper identification. Everyone thought that the F-58 was a ch from the base.
However, Mu had no intention of explaining, and only spoke lightly, "You now have only three minutes. After three minutes, Johansson will be here, and there’s a 78 percent probability that he’ll know your rough location."
Ye Chong broke into a cold sweat!
Mu ignored him and continued, "You must reach this area within one minute!" The F-58’s photon processor imdiately produced holographic schematics for the base. At the north west corner was a basent about twenty ters underground, overlaid with a bright red spot - that was Ye Chong’s destination.
"Damn it Mu, you …" Ye Chong gave up with his cursing, and promptly accelerated ahead.
Mu was deliberately calm. "Ye, don’t rush! At your speed, there’s a 94 percent probability of reaching your destination!’ Ye Chong was greatly agitated - when he heard that Johansson would arrive in three minutes, his first thought was to leave his ch and escape. "Is this a joke? The two chs are not even on the sa level, I have zero chance of winning. Not escaping? Do you want to die?"
However, Mu’s words seed to be layered with so unfathomable aning. While Ye Chong continued to curse Mu on the inside, he still flew ahead at top speed.
In just five seconds, Ye Chong arrived directly above the basent. The horizontal tal alloy door was 100 ters wide and 30 ters tall, and it was grew larger and larger in his vision.
When Ye Chong was 50 ters away from the door, Mu suddenly spoke up, "Send out the identification signal!"
Ye Chong caught his breath at the order; already his hands were moving at top speed without thinking. On Black Cove, Ye Chong’s hands could move up to Mach 5.54 [1]; after breaking the bottleneck, his speed was reaching Mach 7, which was an astounding figure.
However, even with his speed, Ye Chong nearly choked as he executed his new order that ca without prior warning. Fortunately, Ye Chong managed an abrupt halt, as the F-58 stopped just about two ters above the door. The identification signal was sent just before the ch ca to a halt.
As Ye Chong recovered himself, he was faced with another dilemma. "Signalling the other party with an identification, isn’t that suicidal?"
To his surprise, the alloy door began to slowly slide open, and beyond the door was absolutely complete darkness!
Note:
[1] Mach: unit for speed, where Mach 1 is the speed of sound (around 340 m/s), and Mach 0.5 is half the speed of sound (and so on).
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