Chapter 129: Advance Recon

Seeing Han Fei pull out his phone and dial a number, Li Chen asked curiously.

"Han Team, who are you calling?"

"A friend," Han Fei said. "He used to be a hacker, later was recruited, now works in the network security department, a technical prodigy, code name Wuya."

Hearing that.

The remaining three instantly understood Han Fei's intention.

It seems they're planning to call for outside help.

Xu Mo is a hacker, and a very skilled one at that.

In previous confrontations, the Investigation Team and the Police were tripped up by Xu Mo's Hacker Technique.

They also fully recognized the reality.

Now, relying only on themselves, they could never catch Xu Mo the hacker.

Only magic can defeat magic.

If they want to catch a hacker, they must find a hacker to assist!

Xu Mo is formidable.

But can he still surpass the recruited technical prodigy?

Just then, the call connected.

"Hello, Uncle Han," a slightly youthful voice came from the other end.

A tech heavyweight employed in the network security department is different from a Wild Method hacker; they must never be exposed.

Especially they cannot be exposed on a TV program.

Not even their name can be revealed.

Han Fei also knows this.

So he simply didn't use a name to address the other party.

Instead, he called out the other party's code name—Wuya.

"Wuya, I have something I want you to help with... Do you know the program I recently participated in?"

"Got it," Wuya replied. Though Han Fei hadn't finished speaking, Wuya had already guessed: "Uncle Han, you want me to help you deal with Xu Mo, right?"

"That's right, that's what I mean. You know, I'm completely clueless about computers, and the crucial point is that Xu Mo is a hacker. We have no way to deal with him, so after thinking it over we had to call you. Can you do me this favor?"

"Helping is of course no problem, but Uncle Han... I can't appear on a TV program; I can only assist remotely."

"I know, your identity is special, so remote assistance works! Since you've agreed to help, when I need you, I won't be polite," Han Fei smiled.

As long as you're willing to help, that's fine.

As for Wuya himself not being able to appear on the program, Han Fei said he completely understands.

After all, his identity is special; he can't just show up, especially on a program with such high ratings.

If he actually appeared on the program, it could cause trouble.

"Alright, just contact me whenever you need," Wuya said.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the call ended.

Now, the Investigation Team also holds a trump card—a technical prodigy from the network security department!

Seeing this, the Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room also began to look forward to it.

"Now this is interesting, the Investigation Team actually got a hacker Heike Wa Yuan; I'm really looking forward to the showdown between Xu Mo and this outside help."

"I don't know whether Xu Mo is the stronger, or the outside help summoned by the Investigation Team has the edge."

"Need I say more? This outside help is a recruited prodigy, but Xu Mo wasn't recruited, which shows the state never valued Xu Mo; who's stronger is obvious."

"Brother, you're still too young; masters are among the people, truly awesome individuals usually choose to hide themselves."

"……"

The Water Friends launched a heated debate over who was stronger, Xu Mo or the Investigation Team's hired outside help 'Wuya'.

However, after a long discussion, they still couldn't reach a conclusion.

Everyone stuck to their own opinions.

Some thought Xu Mo was stronger, others thought Wuya had the edge.

Nevertheless, who is truly stronger—

will depend on the outcome after they clash.

……

In a study of a villa in the Yunqi Rose Garden.

Xu Mo stood up from his chair and stretched lazily.

"Done!"

He had already written the identification program.

The interior of the Yunqi Rose Garden, including all surveillance within a one‑kilometer radius, has now become Xu Mo's 'eyes'.

As soon as the cameras capture and identify any of the four Investigation Team members or police officers in uniform, the program instantly triggers an alarm to notify them to withdraw early.

"Do you understand? Have you learned it?" After finishing the identification program, Xu Mo turned his head toward Zhou Qiaoqiao, who was sitting beside him learning the technique.

Learning it is impossible.

Even if it looks like they can, the mind and hands won't.

Embarrassed, Zhou Qiaoqiao simply didn't answer Xu Mo.

Instead, she casually picked up a bottle of drink on the table, took a tactical sip, and handed an unopened second bottle to Xu Mo.

"This one's quite tasty; give it a try."

Xu Mo: "……"

From the looks of it, I guess it won't happen.

But Xu Mo wasn't planning to waste time giving a second lesson.

Instead, he planned to move on to the next task.

The housing issue has now been resolved.

The next thing to do is to devise a plan to steal the gem.

Taking Yang Jingxuan with him, he left the study, preparing to go to the living room to find the other three.

At that moment, Yang Jingxuan, Li Jiaxin, and An Youyi were sitting on the sofa chatting.

They talked about clothes, then bags, then cosmetics, then entertainment gossip.

In the end, no one knew who suggested it.

The three actually started comparing sizes…

As they compared, they began to playfully tease each other.

You grab me a bit, I'll grab you a bit.

The tinkling laughter instantly filled the first‑floor living room of the villa.

Seeing Xu Mo and Zhou Qiaoqiao come over, they finally stopped the horseplay.

"All done? Are you tired? Come sit down!" Yang Jingxuan said first.

Saying that, also.

An Youyi and Li Jiaxin pointed to an A4 sheet on the coffee table.

"This is what the Program Crew gave us before we set out; it contains some useful information. Since you're done with your work, take a look now."

"Let me see." After Xu Mo sat down, he picked up the A4 paper and examined it carefully.

The paper listed the Exhibition Event's address and included a very important note—the surveillance at the Exhibition Event is not networked.

Since the surveillance isn't networked, it means we can't remotely probe the Exhibition Event's details.

In addition to that information, there's a brief introduction of the other four participants in the program.

A hacker named Gao Liming.

Two second‑generation rich kids, Zhang Wenrui and Zhao Tianyi.

Besides them, there's a martial‑arts expert, Wang Hao.

Their mission is exactly opposite to Xu Mo's.

They are to protect the gem from being stolen by Xu Mo.

After a quick glance,

Xu Mo set the paper down.

"The only useful things on this paper are the Exhibition Event's address and the note that its surveillance isn't networked."

"The number of security personnel, what weapons they have, the internal map of the Exhibition Event, the gem's anti‑theft measures, and so on weren't mentioned; we'll have to figure those out ourselves."

After a pause, Xu Mo stood up from the sofa.

"Since the surveillance isn't networked, hacking in remotely is unlikely; we'll have to use a brute‑force method—let's scout the location first, and only after we have concrete details can we make a detailed plan."