Chapter 402: Encryption

Ge Fu, who was busy with various matters at the village committee, initially thought he had misread the news when he saw the report of Ge Xiaolun's defection.

His own son was a Super Soldier of the Black Troop, and when he had first received that news, it was Qian himself who had notified him personally.

It had only been a few years, and his son had actually... actually...

Ge Fu could not catch his breath and fainted on the spot.

When he woke up, he saw Ge Mu sitting by his side, sobbing softly.

"Old partner..." Ge Fu struggled to sit up.

"I dreamt of Xiao Lun's wanted poster... Look at how chaotic this dream is, even a wanted poster appeared; our son is from the Black Troop..."

As he spoke, Ge Fu's voice grew quieter.

Looking at Ge Mu, who was silent and just kept sobbing, Ge Fu understood that his son had truly... truly... betrayed Huaxia.

At this moment, Ge Fu could not say a single word.

After a long silence, Ge Fu climbed out of bed and began to pack his luggage.

Seeing this, Ge Mu asked in a low voice, "Old man, what are you doing?"

Ge Fu did not even lift his head.

"Packing my luggage to go to Beizhixing."

"I am going to enlist in the army and drag this rebellious son back!"

Ge Fu's words made Ge Mu's eyes widen in shock.

"Old man, you've gone mad!"

"You are over fifty, and after you came back from the battlefield, you had many hidden injuries, you..."

Ge Fu raised his hand to interrupt Ge Mu.

"Don't talk about that; as the saying goes, if a son is not taught, it is the father's fault."

"It is because I did not educate Xiao Lun well that I have the duty to drag him back."

"The Ge family has served in the military for generations, I..."

While speaking, Ge Fu had already finished packing his luggage.

Before leaving, Ge Fu made a promise to Ge Mu.

"Rest assured, I will bring Xiao Lun back and set him on the right path again."

After saying this, Ge Fu boarded the vehicle heading directly to Beizhixing.

Meanwhile, Ye Cang, who had just issued the wanted poster for Ge Xiaolun, was looking through the data Karl had given him regarding the Void.

He did not know that Ge Fu was already on his way.

Issuing a wanted poster for Ge Xiaolun was, in reality, a measure to protect him.

Think about it carefully: could the fact that he and Ge Xiaolun had fought be hidden from Karl?

Having met with Ge Xiaolun and knowing he had defected, while Earth had yet to take any action—anyone could perceive that something was wrong.

Not to mention Karl, so this wanted poster had to be issued.

Ye Cang finished reading the data on the Void very quickly.

Immediately, he deleted the Void data.

It was not that Ye Cang looked down on the Void data, but mainly because the data on the Void that Karl had sent was all fluff—fluff so extreme it was impossible to describe.

The opening section boasted about how powerful the Void was, so powerful it was absurd, as if it were omnipotent.

In Ye Cang's words, even Xier's speeches were no match for Karl.

The middle contained a sentence or two of useful information, followed by more boasting.

The ending was also just more boasting.

To summarize, there was almost no difference between reading this data and not reading it at all.

Why not delete it?

Was he supposed to keep this data for the New Year?

Rewrite it into a toast?

Honestly.

After deleting the Void data, Ye Cang opened the galactic map he had obtained from Kaisha together with the one he had obtained from Karl.

Looking at the two nearly identical galactic maps, Ye Cang frowned so hard he could have crushed a person between his brows.

Taikong, who had traveled the Universe, only said that everything outside the Laniakea Supercluster was meaningless, so the question arose.

How did he determine the existence of the Laniakea Supercluster? How did he get here? And where was the Shenhe Civilization?

Everything was riddled with too many doubts.

Yet, even the Grand Clock did not contain a complete galactic map of the Universe.

To say that Taikong did not leave behind traces of his footsteps was impossible...

But still... sigh...

The more Ye Cang thought about it, the more his head ached.

Finally, he decided to put this issue aside and deal with it later.

Although time covers everything, it also allows the truth to surface.

For now, there was no other way but to wait.

Sighing, Ye Cang gave an order to Zhizi.

"Scan these two galactic maps for me and see if there are any differences; perhaps the differences are so minute that I haven't noticed them."

As the order was given, Zhizi scanned them rapidly.

Normally, such a scan would not even take a second to complete.

But now, Zhizi had been scanning for a full half hour without any response, which made Ye Cang realize that things were likely not that simple.

So, he began to wait patiently.

This wait lasted for a full dozen hours or more.

Only then did Zhizi finish the scan.

"Scan complete; the Universe galaxy map from the Grand Clock contains multi-layered encryption."

The moment he heard this, Ye Cang's eyes lit up.

Multi-layered encryption?!

That guy Karl really did keep an ace up his sleeve, but what was incomprehensible was why this multi-layered encryption wasn't discovered when the galaxy map was first received.

Ye Cang raised this question.

Zhizi immediately provided an answer.

"The Encrypted Galaxy Map is impossible to distinguish without a comparison; only when compared with other galaxy maps can the multi-layered encryption be detected."

"Furthermore, the encryption possessed by the Encrypted Galaxy Map amounts to over ten thousand layers."

The mention of ten thousand layers made Ye Cang's eyes widen.

"Ten thousand layers?"

"Are you sure you aren't joking? Even if the secrets of creation were stored inside, it wouldn't require ten thousand layers of encryption!"

"I am not." Zhizi's voice was categorical and beyond doubt.

"There are indeed ten thousand layers of encryption inside."

"Shall I decrypt it? The estimated decryption time is 24 hours. During the decryption period, all of Zhizi's computing power will be occupied, and even the most basic Quantum Communication will be unavailable."

"One can only wait until the decryption ends. Shall I proceed with the decryption?"

Zhizi's words left Ye Cang silent.

The fact that decrypting it would occupy all of Zhizi's computing power showed just how complex these ten thousand layers of encryption truly were.

It was no wonder Karl hadn't discovered the secret of the galaxy map.

He was usually very busy; the Grand Clock was always running various calculations and never stopped for a single moment.

If one were to tell Karl to stop for 24 hours to decrypt the galaxy map, he would most likely refuse.

The reason for the refusal would also be very simple.

This galaxy map had nothing to do with the Void.

If it had something to do with the Void... that would be a different matter entirely.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Cang decided to decrypt the galaxy map.

It was just occupying all of Zhizi's computing power for 24 hours, wasn't it?

He could still afford to wait 24 hours now, and besides, there was nothing else going on on Earth.

If it were after the Expedition... then things would not be so simple.

After thinking it through, Ye Cang made his decision without hesitation.

"Zhizi, use all your power to decrypt the galaxy map!"