Chapter 3002: A New Line of Thinking

This trip to New York allowed Ye Chen to grasp a principle.

No expert can remain powerful under all circumstances; Ye Chen himself cannot, and neither can Wu Feiyan.

When Wu Feiyan comes to China, or even when she goes to New York, she must still remain as low-key as possible.

What moved Ye Chen the most was that, from the video footage he obtained from the Rothschild family, it was clear that when Wu Feiyan was in New York, she could only be trapped on that helicopter with the tail number N77DT, cooperating with the Rothschild family's inspection the entire time.

Her four-hundred-year-old cultivation bloodline, which she took such pride in, was suppressed to death by modern AI models and modern weaponry, leaving her not even half a chance to catch her breath.

The reason she was suppressed was that, in that environment at the time, she had no subordinates at her disposal; if she had truly wanted to fight hard, she would have had to risk it using only her personal strength.

Once he can completely destroy her forces, that nameless island of Wu Feiyan's in Antarctica will become a large-scale N77DT, and he will be able to do just as the Rothschild family did, forcing her not to dare take even half a step outside of it.

An Qishan agreed very much with this point of Ye Chen's, so he asked Ye Chen: "Chen'er, how much of the external forces of the Anti-Qing Society do you grasp now?"

Ye Chen said truthfully: "The comprehensive strength of the Anti-Qing Society, apart from the Lord Wu Feiyan, includes three Great Elders, four Earls, and the Five Armies Governor's Office. Currently, the four Earls have been completely eradicated by me. Within the Five Armies Governor's Office, a dead soldier station under the Right Army Governor's Office located in Cyprus has already been eradicated by me. Furthermore, the level above this dead soldier station—a copper refinery located in Turkey—should have already been severed by the Anti-Qing Society internally."

An Qishan asked again: "Then do you know how many dead soldier stations there are in total under this Right Army Governor's Office?"

"I don't know," Ye Chen said. "It's possible there is only that one, but it's also possible there are many more."

As he spoke, Ye Chen added: "I haven't found any clues to the location of the Right Army Governor's Office yet. It is said that this Governor's Office changes its station every so often; they are very cautious."

An Qishan couldn't help but sigh: "You eradicated a dead soldier station under the Right Army Governor's Office, yet you couldn't get any actual clues about the Right Army Governor's Office itself. If one Governor's Office is this difficult, I'm afraid finding all five will be extremely hard."

Ye Chen nodded: "Currently, the Anti-Qing Society has entered a silent phase, making it even harder to find clues about them. However, I believe it won't be long before this silent state changes. Once they start operating again, we will definitely be able to find clues."

Li Yalin, who was on the side, suddenly said: "Mr. Ye, why not let me help you investigate? After all, I've worked in criminal investigation for so many years, and what I'm best at is peeling back the layers. Since the Five Armies Governor's Office of the Anti-Qing Society actually exists, no matter how careful they are, they will definitely leave clues. I should still be able to be of some use."

Ye Chen said without hesitation: "Detective Li, you have already retired, and you just escaped death a while ago, so don't take this kind of risk. You are already on good terms with my grandfather's family, and the Anti-Qing Society must be very clear about this relationship; they will definitely focus on your every move."

"It doesn't matter," Li Yalin said. "My target is indeed relatively large, perhaps second only to Uncle An's family, but I can do as I did in the past when solving major cases: build a team with clear divisions of labor, let them help me do the investigation and screening work, and then summarize the intelligence and clues. I will command them from the headquarters base and judge and analyze all the intelligence and clues. In this way, the Anti-Qing Society won't pay attention to me."

An Chongqiu, who was on the side, suddenly said happily: "Chen'er, this is a good method! In the information age, not everything requires Old Li to do it himself. As long as he is equipped with capable personnel to work under his command, it will definitely achieve very good results."

Li Yalin, worried that Ye Chen wouldn't want to let him help, spoke up: "Mr. Ye, I have an idea right now. If you don't mind, I'll say it, and we can discuss it together."

Hearing this, Ye Chen hurriedly said: "Detective Li, please speak!"

Li Yalin said seriously: "Based on some of the introductions Mr. Ye gave before, my personal understanding is that the significance of the Five Armies Governor's Office to the Anti-Qing Society is equivalent to the five fiefdoms under an ancient emperor. Those who manage these five fiefdoms are the five great vassals in the administrative system within the Anti-Qing Society. They build their own economic and military systems within their respective fiefdoms, using various resources and layouts accumulated over hundreds of years to make money, while secretly raising a large number of dead soldiers. While providing troops for the Anti-Qing Society, they also provide a large amount of funds. That's about right, isn't it?"

Ye Chen nodded: "That's correct."

Li Yalin continued: "Although the Five Armies Governor's Office each has its own fiefdom, this concept of a fiefdom only exists within the Anti-Qing Society. In fact, their so-called fiefdoms are basically sovereign countries on major continents of the world, just like their copper mine in Cyprus and the copper refinery in Turkey. Therefore, no matter what they do, the first thing they must do is try their best to hide themselves so that the government of the country they are in will not suspect them."

Ye Chen agreed: "Detective Li is very right."

Li Yalin smiled slightly and added: "Let me first talk about the dead soldier stations. The nature of a dead soldier station is actually a secret base for a group of illegal armed elements, and the scale of this base is very large, often starting with thousands of people. The key is that it must be completely hidden within a sovereign country without being discovered. This almost dictates that they only have one path: establishing a large enterprise."

"Moreover, it cannot be an ordinary large enterprise; it must be a manufacturing or mining industry that can be approved for large amounts of land, can carry out large-scale civil engineering construction, and can purchase materials in large quantities without being suspected."

"Besides that, the industry they engage in must be traditional enough, because only by being traditional enough can they lower their entry threshold and ensure they aren't taken seriously by outsiders."

"If it were a car factory with a scale of thousands of people, it would be considered a medium-to-large enterprise in any country, and it would be high-end manufacturing, so the attention from the government, media, and the industry would be very high."

"But if it is a mine with a scale of thousands of people, as long as it doesn't have a major accident, basically no one will pay attention to it."

Having said this, Li Yalin paused slightly and continued: "If we want to find the dead soldier station under the Right Army Governor's Office in Europe, we should integrate all the traditional industrial and mining enterprises in Europe, and then use the elimination method to screen them."

"Among them, European state-owned enterprises or enterprises with European state participation, Pass; because the Anti-Qing Society definitely wouldn't build their own dead soldier station in a state-owned enterprise or an enterprise with state participation."

"Enterprises with a scale of less than three hundred people, Pass; because enterprises that are too small cannot carry the necessary conditions I just mentioned."

"Industry-leading enterprises with a famous reputation, Pass; because the Anti-Qing Society definitely wouldn't turn their dead soldier station into a star enterprise with high exposure."

"Those that have had major safety responsibility accidents, Pass; because even if the Anti-Qing Society's dead soldier station really had a major safety accident, they definitely wouldn't let the outside world know."

"Enterprises that have had tax evasion, environmental pollution, wage arrears, and various other illegal behaviors, Pass; because every dead soldier station is likely the result of the Anti-Qing Society's cultivation for ten or even decades. They would never let the enterprise be punished for these small things. Once any illegal behavior is discovered, it is a huge risk for them."

After speaking, Li Yalin said somewhat excitedly: "After these few rounds of screening, the enterprises that remain should be those that are large enough, but not very famous, whose profits won't be too high, but whose operations are relatively stable, law-abiding, and haven't had any mishaps, and also don't have much room for development. This might reduce the base of one hundred thousand to one thousand or even one hundred, and the target will instantly become much smaller."

"Holy shit!" An Chongqiu slapped the table excitedly and blurted out: "You're good, Old Li! You've jumped over the Anti-Qing Society's head to solve the case! With this screening method of yours, you can complete over 99% of the filtering at once, which can save a lot of trouble. By then, finding these thousand or eight hundred enterprises, or even a hundred or so, and verifying them one by one won't take too much time. The target becomes much clearer!"

Ye Chen also couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and praised: "Detective Li is indeed Detective Li! With you saying it like this, I feel enlightened!"

As he spoke, Ye Chen added: "I think we can add a few more screening conditions. For example, among these enterprises, those that don't have an airport within a radius of one hundred kilometers can also be Passed. The Anti-Qing Society's subordinates operate globally, and what they value is flexibility and mobility. If there is no airport around the dead soldier station, it will have a great impact on the mobilization of the dead soldiers."

"Correct!" Li Yalin said: "Apart from North America, the number of airports in Asia and Europe isn't actually very large. If we add this screening condition, the range could probably be further reduced by more than half!"

Ye Chen remembered something and added: "By the way, we can also screen the recruitment information of the target enterprises. The dead soldier station is relatively closed-loop; they shouldn't be recruiting employees from the outside. Therefore, these enterprises shouldn't be posting recruitment information externally. Of course, we don't exclude the possibility that they might release smoke bombs, so this condition isn't suitable for screening, but is more suitable for highlighting key suspicious objects. If among the enterprises we finally screen, there are some that really don't have any recruitment information, then the suspicion of these enterprises is naturally greater, and they can be prioritized for detailed investigation."

"Right!" Li Yalin also said with some surprise: "Mr. Ye's investigative awareness is very strong!"

Ye Chen said modestly: "Compared to Detective Li, I am just an amateur."

As he spoke, Ye Chen added: "Since Detective Li already has a direction, let's try to get moving and see what help and support I need to provide."

Li Yalin nodded and said: "The first stage is mainly information collection, the second stage is information selection, and the third stage is on-site investigation."

As he spoke, Li Yalin said: "The hardest part is actually the first stage. There are really too many industrial and mining enterprises globally. We must first collect their information one by one, create an internal database, and then use the elimination method to screen from these databases."

"The biggest test in this part is that it must be collected perfectly enough. Otherwise, if our target enterprise is among the ones that slipped through the net, then all the subsequent screening will be a waste of effort!"

An Kaifeng, who usually is responsible for the An family's external business, heard this and couldn't help but sigh: "This data is absolutely massive. Some countries' enterprise information data might be obtained through connections, but most countries probably can't be handled. We can only find ways to collect it online, and the subsequent screening is also a task with a huge workload. Many of the conditions listed just now require manual comparison and verification one by one."

Li Yalin nodded: "The workload is indeed a bit large, but it is ultimately a direction with a chance, much easier than looking for a needle in a haystack in the vast crowd."

An Qishan said generously at this time: "It doesn't matter! No matter how large the workload is, we must do it! Let's first take out one billion US dollars to prepare for this matter!"

Ye Chen suddenly thought of something at this time and spoke up: "Perhaps it's not as troublesome as we imagined."

Everyone looked at him in unison, wanting to know what new line of thinking he had.

Ye Chen said at this time: "These things should all be able to be completed through AI. The current AI's information database has been updated to the current year, or even a month ago. Except for the core secrets of various countries, all content that can be searched on the internet is stored in the AI's information database. As long as we train the AI well, inform it of our needs, and let it help us screen from the massive data, that's all!" ===== CHAPTER 3003 =====