Chapter 780: When parents love their children, they plan for them for the long term

"This is Changsheng, whom you have already met; this is Siweike, and this is Aila. You should be quite familiar with these three by now."

"The woman from just a moment ago is Mifeilin, who is passionate about hacking technology." Lao Weiya hurriedly explained, not wanting anyone to misunderstand and lose face.

"She admires your hacking methods and techniques very much."

An Yinan raised an eyebrow; she hadn't expected that!

"This is Demon, who is in charge of the Base's dark forces. He also manages the Dark Web; all underground transactions and the black economy are his responsibility."

"This is Angel, the person in charge of the Angel Group. All legitimate economic matters are handled by Angel."

Angel Group?

She had never heard of the Dark Web; given her special status in the past, it was impossible for her to have been involved in the black economy. But the Angel Group—whether in her past life or her current one—was a name she had long admired!

She never expected it to be controlled by the Gun King Base.

"I am Lao Weiya, the person in charge of this Gun King Base, and its current owner. They are all children I brought back." Lao Weiya smiled with a kindly expression. If one didn't know better, they would think he was just a loving old man; who would have guessed he was the world's biggest crime lord?

Lao Weiya pointed to the entire surveillance room. "I have a question: how did you enter the surveillance room and then bypass the surveillance firewall?"

As soon as his question came out, Mifeilin, who was still acting like a fan, immediately sobered up.

"Idol, how did you change it?"

An Yinan looked at the curious crowd and walked outside helplessly, with several people following closely behind. They saw her use the silver wire on her wrist to gently fiddle with the lock a few times, then write down a digit, fiddle with it again, and write down another. Bit by bit, the six-digit password was cracked in less than ten seconds.

She looked at Lao Weiya. "It's just like that."

It could be done like that? Wasn't this an electronic combination lock? Could it be done with physical methods?

In truth, An Yinan was just providing a reasonable explanation. After all, she didn't need to fiddle with it at all; she could simply use her X-ray Vision to see the password dial and input the numbers on it...

"Just like that...?" Lao Weiya opened the door; he wanted to calm down.

Mifeilin immediately clapped. "Idol is amazing!"

An Yinan couldn't control the twitching of her mouth. Um... there was no need for that.

"The firewall, let me operate it, and you can watch." She hadn't studied it, but she had case studies, and the technical knowledge in her books was from decades in the future—it couldn't be compared to the hacking technology of the present.

They saw An Yinan's fingers dancing like butterflies; the speed of her typing left behind afterimages...

Mifeilin now wore a solemn expression, watching the code that kept appearing, moving from confusion to unfamiliarity, to understanding, and finally to a sudden realization.

A series of expressions appeared on her face one after another.

"Take a look." An Yinan smiled and pointed to the basic subroutines. She hadn't run them, making it convenient for Mifeilin to check at any time.

Mifeilin was like a martial arts master who had obtained a secret manual; she wished she could crawl into the computer.

"Let's talk; don't mind her." Lao Weiya pointed to the tea table on the side.

An Yinan shrugged, and the group changed locations. Angel made coffee for everyone and even specifically asked An Yinan what she liked to drink.

"Mocha, thank you." She liked it sweeter; life was bitter enough as it was.

"It is my honor to serve a beautiful lady," Angel replied, then turned and walked away.

"I am old..."

Lao Weiya thought for a long time about how to persuade An Yinan to take over the Base. To many, the Base was a sweet pastry that people wanted to fight over recklessly, but he didn't want to hand the Base over to those people.

The Base was like his child, having walked step by step from his hands to where it was today.

And the people around him now were all children he had picked up one by one. He was old and needed someone else to protect them.

"I am Huaxia, and I will not give up my nationality, never." Since Lao Weiya had been straightforward, she didn't mind being direct either.

She had never liked beating around the bush. Power? She didn't lack it. Money? She didn't lack that either.

For her, the Base was more of a burden than an asset.

After she finished speaking, Lao Weiya's expression remained unchanged, but the others hesitated slightly.

Lao Weiya smiled. "An Yinan, perhaps you don't know that once you control the Base, you are the one who makes the decisions. Whether it remains independent of all countries, becomes an affiliate of a certain country, or maintains a cooperative relationship—that is no longer for an old man like me to decide."

When his words fell, everyone stood up abruptly. They hadn't expected Lao Weiya to hold this mindset!

Affiliate?

Then...

The hand An Yinan used to hold her coffee cup shook slightly; only she knew the shock in her heart at that moment.

"Then what are you after?"

"They are all so excellent; why not just hand it over to them? Why look for an outsider?" An Yinan didn't understand, but she asked it openly.

Lao Weiya looked at the few people beside him and shook his head with a smile. "They... are excellent generals, but not good kings."

"They can expand territory."

"But they cannot hold the Base!"

While he was here, other countries dared not move. Even if he was old, even if he couldn't hold a gun, as long as he was here, the reputation of the Gun King Weiya remained, and no one dared to harbor any schemes.

But...

When he was gone, the Base would no longer be what it once was, and these people would fall apart.

Rather than waiting for that day, it was better to let a new person decide the nature of the Base now. Being proactive was much better than being passive.

At the very least, it could protect these children.

An Yinan lowered her head and sighed deeply. "When parents love their children, they plan for them for the long term."

The people around them were also somewhat helpless, looking at Lao Weiya with faces full of conviction. He was Lao Weiya, but he was also their foster parent.

If it weren't for Lao Weiya, they would have long since gone to report to the King of Hell.

"Ah! I finally understand! Everything I broke through was just an illusion!" Just then, Mifeilin suddenly stood up, her face full of excitement, and lunged toward An Yinan. Just as she was about to open her arms, Aila quickly blocked her.

"Little brat, trying to take advantage of Big Sister? Do you have a death wish? Get away!" Mifeilin pushed Aila away in disgust.

Aila wore a mournful face. "Mifeilin, Lao Weiya is discussing serious business; be serious."

He has sacrificed too much for this family.

Mifeilin curled her lips, "Got it."

However, she sat directly beside An Yinan and looked at her face from the side; this face shape was just too good-looking, these brow ridges, this bridge of the nose, why was the Creator so biased?

Feeling the scorching gaze from the side, An Yinan felt somewhat helpless, but because she was a woman, and even more so a hacker woman, it caused Mifeilin to add some filters in her heart.