Chapter 3271: Do Not Chase a Desperate Foe

Song Ruyu curiously browsed through the photos Ye Chen had given her; these portraits were basically selected by AI, which first presented the facial details of passengers on the two government aircraft, and then all Asian passengers heading to Spain at the other boarding gates.

Song Ruyu had just opened them when she was stunned by the photos before her eyes.

All passengers on these government aircraft were senior officials and family members of the Right Army Governor-General's Office!

Among them, the two Vice Governors and their families were actually also included!

She couldn't help asking Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye... how did you obtain these photos? Everyone in them is a core member of the Right Army Governor-General's Office, more than half are from the Wu family themselves, and there are also the two Vice Governors—almost the highest level of the Right Army Governor-General's Office except for the Governor-General and Deputy Commander Yuan."

Ye Chen and Li Yalin exchanged glances, unable to suppress a smile; it seemed this AI was indeed formidable, accurately identifying the Right Army Governor-General's major movements through airport surveillance.

Thus, Ye Chen said to Song Ruyu: "Pay attention to the backgrounds of these photos—they are all at the airport. These people, over the past two days, have been departing Naples by plane in succession, and their destination is a southern Spanish city. Do you think they are relocating?"

"Possibly." Song Ruyu nodded: "I have heard that the Right Army Governor-General's Office periodically relocates its garrison, and if an emergency occurs during that interval, it may also relocate temporarily. As for where they move to, I truly do not know, but since so many people have headed to Spain in such a short time, it is very likely their new garrison is there."

After hearing this, Ye Chen nodded slightly and said: "Transferring such a large number of personnel in such a short time must be an emergency order, likely due to their defeat in Nigeria and your disappearance, fearing exposure of the Naples Governor-General's Office location."

Having said that, Ye Chen added: "However, they probably never imagined that such an urgent personnel transfer would actually leak information."

Song Ruyu exclaimed: "Mr. Ye's intelligence efficiency is truly astonishing—the Governor-General's Office always acts cautiously, with each person holding many different legitimate identities; normally, no issues would be found upon investigation, yet you detected them the moment they began transferring."

Ye Chen smiled faintly: Song Ruyu's thought process and logic are completely different from AI's. People sometimes have overly strong logical thinking, always seeking the most direct solution first—like solving the classic chicken-and-rabbit-in-a-cage math problem: chickens and rabbits in one cage, thirty-five heads, ninety-four legs, to find how many of each. People always try to find the simplest, most efficient method, using an algorithm to strike directly at the core. Once found, when encountering the same problem later, they directly apply that solution to calculate.

But AI doesn't care about these; its computational power is so strong that it no longer needs techniques. With chickens and rabbits in one cage, aren't there just thirty-five heads? Chickens and rabbits together total at most thirty-five, so start counting from one rabbit—if one rabbit is wrong, try two. It seems foolish, but relying on immense computational power, it can solve tens of thousands of similar problems in milliseconds.

Not to mention thirty-five heads—three million five hundred thousand, or thirty-five million heads—for AI, that's merely a workload of one millisecond.

Therefore, AI won't be bound by human methods and approaches; it directly brute-forces: so many airports, so many passengers, so much video material—it analyzes frame by frame, pixel by pixel, so its problem-solving breadth is far wider than humans'.

Now, a large number of Right Army Governor-General's members have been tagged by AI with their appearances; thereafter, whenever these people appear in AI's view, they will be immediately identified—no one can escape.

Thus, Ye Chen had Song Ruyu continue identifying the appearances of other suspects. Although she didn't know some of them, relying on memory she could still determine they were members of the Right Army Governor-General's Office. Thus, of the several hundred people tagged by AI, at least eighty percent or more received her confirmation; the remaining twenty percent are not necessarily AI errors—it's also possible she simply hadn't seen those people during her time at the Right Army Governor-General's Office.

Afterwards, Ye Chen told Song Ruyu: "Thank you for your help, Miss Song. Originally I wanted to take you to Naples, but now it seems unnecessary. Later, when the final batch of personnel withdraws, you may just follow the vehicle."

Song Ruyu had been waiting for Ye Chen's arrangement for her; she did not wish to leave with these people to an unknown place, but rather hoped to stay by Ye Chen's side to prove her worth, for she clearly knew in her heart that she lacked the ability to dispel the poison Wu Feiyan left in her body, and could only hope in Ye Chen.

But if she had no value to Ye Chen, perhaps he would have no motivation to help her.

A year passed in the blink of an eye; if she obtained no antidote, she would surely die after a year.

Therefore, upon hearing Ye Chen say to let her withdraw with the others, her heart instantly plummeted to the depths; she feared Ye Chen would just abandon her like this, for her cultivation was sealed, her freedom restricted, and her body still held a deadly poison—a time bomb. Once Ye Chen discarded her in some corner of this world, she feared this life would be over.

Ye Chen perceived her expression's struggle and dejection, and said: "Miss Song, everyone who has already departed does not know where they are headed—not because I intentionally concealed it, but because I fear that during the journey, some people might encounter accidents, once leading to the destination being leaked to the Breaking Qing Society, endangering not only these over ten thousand people, but also the several thousand I previously brought from Cyprus. Thus, it is the same for you: you do not know where you will go next, and your heart may harbor some doubts and worries, but I can promise you this: you are merely going to a temporary resting place with them. I still have matters to conclude; after I finish my journey, I will return to Huaxia, and at that time I will arrange for someone to send you to Huaxia. I previously promised you I would let you meet Yun Ruge, and I will naturally keep my word."

Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, Song Ruyu felt instantly relieved, as if she had survived a disaster, her eyes red as she said: "Thank you, Mr. Ye, thank you!"

Ye Chen nodded slightly and said: "Alright, go prepare yourself—we're departing soon."

"Good!" Song Ruyu immediately said: "Then I will not disturb you, Mr. Ye, and Inspector Li."

Having said that, Song Ruyu bowed separately to Ye Chen and Li Yalin, then cautiously retreated from the room.

After Song Ruyu left, Li Yalin asked Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, do you plan to go to Spain?"

"Not for now." Ye Chen said: "Our ancestors have an ancient saying: 'Do not pursue a desperate enemy.' These people are fleeing in such haste and panic that they are hardly different from a desperate foe; pursuing them now would be meaningless, anyway their movements are already under our control—let them just catch their breath."

"That's right." Li Yalin laughed: "Indeed, chasing these people now is pointless, after all their Governor-General is still in Morocco."

Ye Chen nodded: "Speaking of that Governor-General, I really would like to find an opportunity to meet him."

Li Yalin hurriedly asked: "Mr. Ye, what are your plans? Capture the bandit by capturing his leader first?"

Ye Chen smiled: "Capturing him would be meaningless, but I could use him to put some eye drops on Wu Feiyan."

Speaking, he asked Li Yalin: "By the way, Inspector Li, do you think that factory manager will come tomorrow?"

Li Yalin said: "Tomorrow, or at the latest the day after."

"Good." Ye Chen said: "Before the final batch of personnel withdraws, restore this place, clean up the scene, and we two will stay here, find a hidden spot, and wait for him!"