Chapter 4: Mr. Cat

At home.

Chen Jiaoshou sat in the living room watching the news, the volume turned very low.

Chen Shu walked over and sat down beside him.

Chen Jiaoshou glanced at him, offering no opinion on the fact that he still had the leisure to watch the news with the Great Exam approaching, only picking up the remote to turn the volume up a little.

"With the rainy season arriving recently, many parts of our province have encountered heavy rainfall...

"Our country's birth rate continues to decline; how to solve the problems of unwillingness to marry and unwillingness to bear children is the top priority at present...

"At 9:21 AM Yijingshijian today, our province's Pengcheng was once again attacked by unidentified militants, and the famous Pengcheng entrepreneur Chen Jia'nan was killed. This is the fourth attack our province has suffered since relations between the two countries deteriorated. According to the survey of residual Spirit Power at the scene, the weapon used by the attackers was still a Tracer Launcher from Lan Country, or perhaps the Tracer Technique mastered by Lan Country military Cultivators. Currently, no trace of the attackers has been found, and relevant investigations are still ongoing; this station will continue to follow this for you...

"With the Great Exam approaching and our province having suffered multiple attacks, military forces have been temporarily transferred to conduct inspections throughout the province, and they will also stand guard together during the Great Exam to ensure the safety of candidates and the smooth progress of the Great Exam...

"But we must also remind candidates..."

Chen Jiaoshou turned his head to look at Chen Shu: "Regarding the attack the day before yesterday, no civilian force in Puluo has yet stepped forward to claim responsibility."

Chen Shu nodded: "Maybe they don't even know if it was their own people who did it."

This was very normal.

There have always been several sects and cults with decent strength among the Puluo populace, and surely more than one sect participated in the retaliatory attacks against Yiguo. However, their methods were all the same: finding some cannon fodder to smuggle into the country and using Tracer Launchers developed by Lan Country to carry out attacks, so as to avoid being identified by Yiguo and wiped out in one fell swoop.

Furthermore, in order to ensure they were not discovered by Yiguo's official forces, these attackers would not have any contact with the organization once they successfully entered Yiguo.

The location and target of the attack were all decided by themselves.

The only thing they had in common was the Lan Country Tracer Launcher.

The Tracer Launcher is a mass-produced weapon application of the modern Spell "Tracer Technique," allowing ordinary people or Martial Artists who have not cultivated to perform long-range attacks.

The principle of this Spell draws on both ancient Yiguo Spells similar to Palm Thunder and many foreign techniques, finally resulting in this modern Spell used by the militaries of various countries.

But the Tracer Technique promoted by each country is different, with subtle differences and their own respective advantages and disadvantages.

Lan Country's Tracer Technique is extremely excellent, with stable ballistics, long range, great power, highly recognizable residual Spirit Power, and very strict technical blockades.

"Today's Yuanzhou news has finished broadcasting, thank you for watching.

"Goodbye."

Chen Shu patted his backside and stood up, returned to his room, picked up a Crystal Disk that looked like a thumb drive, and walked out again: "I'm going out for a stroll to relax."

He did not receive a response from Chen Jiaoshou.

Honestly, with Puluo people launching attacks everywhere, he doesn't even worry about his son's personal safety.

Walking onto the street, one could indeed see many police cars coming and going; any place that could potentially harbor attackers had to be carefully inspected. There were also people guarding the entrances of various schools, and the police sitting in the cars were fully armed, no longer equipped with their usual riot pistols, looking very intimidating.

Chen Shu walked along the street, buying a cup of milk tea to drink along the way, and when he encountered a female streamer dancing on the side of the road, he stood by and watched for a long time without any hesitation.

Finally, he arrived outside a small internet cafe next to a youth school, and just happened to see some police officers coming out, so he walked in.

After walking around, there were indeed many empty machines left on, and the games hadn't even been closed in time.

Finding a suitable spot, he was slightly particular, but not too much. Chen Shu closed the game, inserted the Crystal Disk, and after the computer briefly read it, it automatically entered an interface.

Logging in, he entered a website on the Deep Net called 'Wide and Narrow Alley'.

Messages were already flashing.

Mao Xiansheng: How is it? Is it easy to use?

Mao Xiansheng: Where are you?

Mao Xiansheng: Offline again...

Mao Xiansheng: Still not online

Mao Xiansheng: This habit of yours is no good. Don't you Yiguo people have an average of 1.3 computers per person? What kind of work do you usually do?

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: Here.

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: I haven't learned it yet, but it looks like the genuine article, it's just too too too expensive.

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: Also, I am not a Yiguo person.

Mao Xiansheng: Finally online.

Mao Xiansheng: This isn't expensive, okay? I didn't even make money off you. With Lan Ya controls so strict, how many people in the entire Wide and Narrow Alley can get their hands on Lan Ya's Tracer Technique? Of course, if you just post that you want to buy, there will definitely be many people on the internet looking for you, but the question is, do you dare to buy it?

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: I'm so poor now.

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: I don't want to pay back the 2000 Black Gold Coins I owe you, anyway you can't find me.

Mao Xiansheng: /smile

Mao Xiansheng: Being in Yiguo, in this special period, spending a huge sum of money to get Lan Ya military Tracer Technique—do you think I don't know what you want to use it for?

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: /yawn

Mao Xiansheng: I want to make another deal with you, and you can pay me back my money while you're at it.

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: Seems like a big business deal.

Mao Xiansheng: I need a set of the most advanced current Protective Divine Light Spells and their auxiliary cultivation methods. I currently can't find anyone capable and trustworthy enough to do it.

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: /blank

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: Go see a doctor.

Mao Xiansheng: Can you do it? Or not?

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: How would I have that level of skill? I could create a set of Protective Divine Light Spells for you, but it would at most be equivalent to the ancient level.

Mao Xiansheng: I will provide you with a set of Protective Divine Light Spells slightly behind the current international level, and one of Lan Ya's most advanced Protective Divine Light Generators. You only need to perform a reverse analysis based on the generator and then modify the core Rune Group of that set of Spells.

Mao Xiansheng: I have a lot of confidence in you.

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: enmmm...

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: How are you going to give it to me?

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: Although we've known each other for several years, we're just Deep Net netizens, not even regular netizens.

Mao Xiansheng: Can it be done?

Mao Xiansheng: I have channels. You pick a suitable city and designate a reliable location; I will find someone to place it there, and you can go pick it up whenever you like. Of course, the sooner the better.

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: Too dangerous.

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: Add money.

Mao Xiansheng: 3000 coins, I can't go any higher.

Qingcai Baiyu Tang: I cannot guarantee it will definitely reach the current highest level. Also, I'm logging off; I'll contact you later.

Mao Xiansheng: Hmm.

After setting the password for the next login, he pulled out the Crystal Disk, and the interface automatically disappeared.

Chen Shu turned his head to look behind him—

A little boy in his early tens was standing far behind, watching Chen Shu use the computer he had worked so hard to save up money to open. He neither wanted to leave nor dared to step forward to ask Chen Shu to return the seat to him.

"Study hard."

Before leaving, Chen Shu helped him log off.

Returning home, he went to the study, looked at a globe placed on it, and fell into deep thought.

Protective Divine Light is a very basic defensive means; even in Yiguo, it is one of the Spells that Cultivators can legally learn. Of course, the Protective Divine Light that ordinary Cultivators can access is a version from many years ago, estimated to be only slightly stronger than ancient Protective Divine Light, but it is enough; it is more than sufficient for daily self-defense, provided one does not go to the Battlefield or commit crimes.

The complexity of Protective Divine Light is not high, perhaps only slightly higher than the Tracer Technique, but it is very important for the defense of Cultivators and the military.

Since ancient times, the authorities have strictly controlled defense.

But this Spell is not difficult in essence. Given the current educational level of major countries, there should be many experts capable of optimizing Protective Divine Light on their own or analyzing it independently. Not to mention that it is just optimizing based on existing Spells and generators. Even in some extremely backward small countries, it is impossible that not a single such talent can be found in the whole country.

Chen Shu's gaze swept over the globe.

Mao Xiansheng has extensive connections and great financial resources on the Deep Net and can obtain the Tracer Technique and Protective Divine Light Generators used by soldiers, which shows that his status is not low. Yet, he lacks such talent around him, or has such talent but they won't specifically analyze Protective Divine Light for him, or perhaps it is inconvenient or inappropriate; this can also provide some indication of his identity.

He needs good Protective Divine Light but cannot obtain it through legitimate means.

There is also some information leaked during previous collaborations.

Very good.

Mao Xiansheng narrowed the scope of Chen Shu's identity, and Chen Shu also slightly narrowed the scope of Mao Xiansheng's identity.

This is very fair.