Chapter 2432: Contact Is Mutual

Ye Chen once thought that finding the exact address of the 547 assassins would be nearly impossible.

The reason is that the mysterious organization strictly controls the assassins, preventing them from knowing the exact time or perceiving external light, temperature, sound, and seasonal changes.

Thus, 547 even does not know which continent he is on, let alone whether he is in the tropics or the frigid zone.

Since even the sole survivor cannot provide substantial clues, outsiders trying to locate this place would find it even more unlikely.

However, Li Yalin accurately found the clue that the mysterious organization cannot control.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons are all powerful natural phenomena; while strong shelters may block typhoons and tsunamis, even the strongest shelters cannot block the intense shaking from earthquakes.

Those imprisoned in darkness or underground facilities may not perceive sunlight, stars, or true external sounds and temperature, but when an earthquake strikes, no matter how deep underground or in a cave they are, they will certainly feel it.

Moreover, strong earthquakes are infrequent; if one has occurred, even without a precise timeline, a rough estimate can be made, so if the clue roughly matches, it likely corresponds.

However, Li Yalin was not overly optimistic; he said solemnly to Ye Chen: "Young Master Ye, the survivor you mentioned is currently the only clue related to that mysterious organization; if we can successfully locate their base, we might find clues to the organization behind them, but if I cannot find their base, or if I find it only after they have withdrawn this batch of assassins, then the clue will likely be completely severed, after all, the previous batch of assassins' mission failed completely, and the mysterious organization might, out of caution, transfer all assassins elsewhere."

Ye Chen nodded and said seriously: "I think they probably will not withdraw; think about it, why would they expend so much effort to hide this base and even go to great lengths to block the assassins' perception? Because selecting, building, and maintaining such a base requires significant time and cost, not easily changed, so they ensure these assassins sent on missions know nothing about their living place, so even if they fail or are captured, they cannot reveal concrete information about this base."

Li Yalin nodded: "If that is the case, it would be best; the assassins' base must be strictly guarded by the organization's core members, and as long as we find this base, we can follow the vine to the melon and uncover the organization's network."

Speaking, he looked up at Ye Chen and asked: "Young Master Ye, from my years of police experience, I have summarized an eternal truth: contact is always mutual."

Ye Chen said lightly: "Inspector Li, please elaborate."

Li Yalin said: "Watching too many police-criminal films makes one think police can always find criminals without them noticing and firmly control them until total annihilation, but such criminals are of relatively low skill."

"A considerable number of high-IQ criminals have keen senses; when we just find his clue but have not yet identified him, he has already detected us, and by the time we want to deeply investigate the clue, he has long vanished."

"The organization you mentioned is extremely powerful; once I truly begin contacting them, they will likely detect me as well."

"Moreover, this is not police catching criminals; police catching criminals usually results at worst in the suspect escaping or not being caught, but this mysterious organization is far stronger than me, possibly even stronger than you; once we make contact with them, the situation may spiral out of control, and we might even expose ourselves before them."

Saying this, Li Yalin said solemnly: "Young Master Ye, I tell you this not because I fear death or retreat, after all, my life was saved by you, and my wife and children have today thanks to you; even if I died, it would not matter, only hoping you prepare in advance: one, protect yourself; two, if possible, also protect my family."

Ye Chen fell silent for a moment, then said solemnly: "Inspector Li, what you need to do now is, together with 547, use your professional skills, your natural disaster data, and 547's memory, to locate the enemy's position without contact; if contact is truly needed, I will personally go, so you need not take the risk."

Li Yalin quickly explained: "Young Master Ye, I am not afraid of adventure..."

Ye Chen nodded: "I know, and I do not doubt your courage, but as you just said, contact is mutual; out of caution, if contact is truly needed, I going would be more stable than you going, so you just focus on the preliminary investigation, and I will decide the rest."

Li Yalin's purpose was to remind Ye Chen to be extremely careful, again and again.

Seeing Ye Chen had accepted his advice, Li Yalin also felt relieved and said: "Young Master Ye, since this is the case, I have no further worries; once I have progress, I will inform you immediately."

……

Night.

When Ye Chen drove back to Providence, Li Yalin took a Virgin Atlantic flight, flying via London to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

After twelve hours of flight, upon the plane landing in Beirut, Wan Pojun personally used a helicopter to pick him up and bring him to the Wanlong Palace base in Syria.

Due to Wanlong Palace's abundant construction funds, the base now has a substantial prototype.

Large numbers of workers from various Middle Eastern regions are working 24 hours nonstop on this massive construction site, and the base construction uses various high-end heavy machinery, almost only seen in developed countries.

When Li Yalin personally saw several Liebherr 750-ton all-terrain cranes lifting wind turbine components around the Wanlong Palace base, he was stunned.

He instinctively asked Wan Pojun: "Wan Palace Master... are these wind turbine sets also Wanlong Palace's own?!"

Wan Pojun nodded and said with a smile: "Wanlong Palace's power sources include several types; wind power is just one; not far away, on that mountain, we have already invested in building large-scale photovoltaic power, using solar by day and wind by night, insufficient supply supplemented by Syrian official provision; once power generation is basically in place, we will also build large-scale energy storage stations; besides, Syrian oil here, over 80% is stolen by the US, and the Syrian government gets nothing, so they plan to give us an exploration permit, at which time we can explore and extract oil ourselves, then build a refinery and an oil-fired power plant."

Li Yalin heard this and exclaimed in shock: "This scale is too big, isn't it...?"

Wan Pojun said lightly: "Mr. Ye arranged this, he told me to build this into a permanent base, so foundational construction must be thoroughly prepared; moreover, Mr. Ye gave hundreds of billions of dollars in funds, so we plan to invest more money, using money to buy time."

Li Yalin could not help but praise: "Young Master Ye's actions are indeed grand; if this base is fully completed, perhaps we could match that mysterious organization."

Speaking, he quickly asked: "By the way, Wan Palace Master, where is the survivor Ye Young Master mentioned now?"

Wan Pojun said: "547 is in the highest-security core area; Inspector Li, please follow me!"