Chapter 3234: Team Consciousness

Ye Chen wanted to know what goods were to be shipped to Duke Mining this time, and Ya Lin Li immediately asked the person in charge in French, who immediately handed over tomorrow's transportation plan to Ya Lin Li.

Ya Lin Li looked over the paper transportation plan and said to Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, the third train schedule on the transportation plan is the one going to Duke Mining tomorrow morning, with a total of twenty train cars of cargo, including six refrigerated cars and fourteen ordinary enclosed freight cars."

He then said: "The consignor of this train is Moore Trade, which is the import and export company of Duke Mining, and should be responsible for monetizing Duke Mining's phosphates and replenishing Duke Mining's industrial equipment."

Ye Chen asked him: "Is there a cargo list in the transportation plan?"

"Yes." Ya Lin Li nodded and said: "A total of 120 tons of imported beef and other meat products, 40 tons of dairy products, and some imported grain products; the rest, as shown on the customs declaration, are mostly mining equipment, precision instruments, and security equipment."

"Security equipment?" Ye Chen smacked his lips and said: "A garrison full of Embroidered Uniform Guards and dead warriors—what more security equipment do they need?"

Ya Lin Li said: "This says the security equipment alone amounts to nearly eighty cubic meters, which is indeed quite large; perhaps the security equipment listed here is just a smokescreen, and there is actually other cargo?"

Ye Chen said: "Whether it's a smokescreen or not, we'll find out when we go take a look. I don't think it is; they probably have already started enhancing the security of all their garrisons. If they, like we did in Cyprus, use the most advanced security equipment to provide early warning for the entire defense zone, then even if I go, it would be hard not to be detected by them."

The development of modern technology has long surpassed what martial artists or cultivators can match. Cultivators can hold their breath and focus their spirit to ensure even the most alert hunting dog cannot detect their presence, but in the face of thermal imaging and life detection devices, holding one's breath and focusing one's spirit is futile.

Moreover, such technological equipment is readily available in the civilian market at any time. Last time in Cyprus, when we took away Gong Xiongbo and his group, aside from the close-in defense cannons being hard to buy, the rest were basically equipment that could be legally purchased with money.

Once the Broken Clear Society also realizes this problem and no longer acts arrogantly, they will likely follow suit, using high technology to protect or even arm themselves. Perhaps Duke Mining will also set up a surveillance system that leaves no place to hide. If they also have close-in defense cannons or similar weaponry, then Ye Chen cannot guarantee that he will be able to escape safely after going there.

Ya Lin Li also sensed that there might be hidden danger behind this, so he said: "If that's the case, then we must act cautiously this time. If we really can't, we can also change our approach—we won't touch this dead warriors' garrison, but instead secretly inform the Moroccan government of its situation. I believe they would not allow an organization with thousands of martial artists to operate under their very nose."

Ye Chen knew that Ya Lin Li was suggesting the simplest solution, and also the most immediate. Although most African countries are not well developed and corruption is rampant, in fact, the worse the environment, the more the local government fears armed forces of a certain scale. Currently, many African countries are still military governments, due to frequent armed rebellions and power seizures. Duke Mining is only two hundred kilometers from Casablanca and even closer to the capital Rabat. If the Moroccan government learns of the dead warriors' garrison, they would likely lose sleep and immediately organize troops to surround and annihilate it overnight.

But if that happens, Ye Chen would have to face the issue he discussed with Lin Wan'er in the Arctic Circle: to avenge Wu Feiyan, is it necessary to indirectly or even directly cause the deaths of tens of thousands of dead warriors and their families?

Ye Chen is not an executioner, nor is he the kind of general who achieves success at the cost of countless bones. If he were truly forced to make a decision, he could not bring himself to do it.

Therefore, informing the local government in this way is something he would not do unless absolutely necessary.

So, after a moment of thought, he said to Ya Lin Li: "Inspector Li, we might as well change our perspective on the problem. If this shipment truly contains those high-tech products, then thinking about it differently, we might even breathe a sigh of relief, after all, we found them before they activated these devices."

Ya Lin Li was momentarily at a loss for words.

He knew Ye Chen's reasoning made sense, but it was only Ye Chen's speculation. Without full confirmation, speculation, no matter how confident, cannot reach one hundred percent certainty. Once there is a deviation here, the outcome could very well be fatal.

However, he also clearly knew in his heart that there was no need to refute Ye Chen's speculation at this moment. After all, Ye Chen's speculation has not been fully confirmed, and his refutation lacks complete evidence. If he were to stubbornly refute Ye Chen's speculation, he would fall into a state of complete internal drain.

At this stage, since Ye Chen has already proposed a speculative viewpoint, what I should do is try to find more evidence together with him to support his view. If we cannot find any, or if we find contradictory evidence, then it would mean this matter may truly not be worth the risk. At that point, there would be no need for me to refute Ye Chen—Ye Chen himself would know this matter cannot be done.

Having been a criminal investigator for so many years, Ya Lin Li is all too aware of how terrifying internal drain can be.

When ten people jointly solve a case, once someone proposes an idea or approach, the other nine must certainly use actual actions to help verify whether that idea is right or wrong, rather than simply slapping the table and directly dismissing the other's idea as problematic. Once entering a state of mutual refutation without argumentation, this team would be completely ruined.

Therefore, out of a strong sense of team consciousness, he said to Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye's idea makes sense. We will try to figure out tonight what exactly these equipment are. If it is truly a complete solution, then Duke Mining likely has not yet installed high-tech security equipment at this stage. But if it is only part of a complete solution, or if it is equipment that can be upgraded or enhanced, then they may already possess a certain foundation. In that case, we need to consider carefully."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "Exactly. If we can find out the supplier of the equipment, perhaps we can also have AI investigate the cooperation between Moore Trade and these suppliers. If there was already cooperation before this shipment, then we also need to be more careful; if worse comes to worst, we can only give up."

Ya Lin Li immediately said: "Having an AI model hack into a country's customs data might be difficult and carry the risk of being traced back, but having it hack into a private company's internal sales system should be simple. As long as we can determine the equipment supplier, AI should be able to find out their dealings with Moore Trade."

At that moment, the handheld terminal on the desk of the person in charge suddenly received a voice message. Ya Lin Li understood their exchange and said to Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, the last train will arrive at the station in five minutes—it's the one from Duke Mining."

"Good." Ye Chen pointed at that person and said to Ya Lin Li: "Have him bring us over now!"