My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 486 - 317: Demon Hunting Operation

Chapter 486: Chapter 317: Demon Hunting Operation

["Hey! Are you still there? Strange, is it a bad signal on my end?"]

The voice coming from the communicator awakened Ning Shisan, who had been lost in thought.

"Ah? What?" He came to his senses.

["So you can hear me! As I was saying, you did well this time, and according to our agreement, the previous 5 million is your reward for this mission.

Congratulations! You’ve gained the organization’s recognition. Just complete one more mission, and you’ll get a set of tailor-made black technology prostheses!"]

The voice on the other end was filled with temptation, and Ning Shisan simply couldn’t refuse.

If he had harbored any doubts about whether the organization could actually come up with the so-called black technology prostheses before,

the recent mission indirectly showcased its "muscle," and he saw hope for Xiao Yue to stand up again...

"Is this task very dangerous?"

["When compared to its dangers, your current mission was nothing more than a mere trip.

Besides, this mission is of great significance to the organization, and you need to give it your all!"]

"Significant? How significant?" Ning Shisan raised an eyebrow.

["Well... let’s just say, if your current mission was considered a ’side quest,’ then the next one is the ’main quest.’"]

This metaphor...

"Spit it out! What exactly is the mission?"]

["I need you to help me, to investigate a person!"]

"Who is it?"

["I can’t say!"]

Ning Shisan: "???"

...

"Phew~"

Opening the window to greet the first rays of dawn rising in the East, Meng Lang stretched languidly.

The "Small-Town Strategist’s" first battle was a perfect ending!

Tonight’s action confirmed the feasibility of conducting remote interventions through unmanned warfare, controlling tool people from a distance.

This time he had managed to save the soldier Chu Tian, and next time he could use the same method to "slay demons and eradicate evils"...

Who could have imagined that a mere civilian drone could influence the outcome of a localized conflict?

Technology is changing the future of warfare!

Nowadays, many countries think about national policy in terms of Cold War mindsets and geopolitics.

But he had to say, in the not too distant future, those who understand how to solve problems with technological thinking... will dominate the world!

["In the art of war, do not count on the enemy not coming, but rely on our readiness to receive them; do not count on the enemy not attacking, but rely on having a position that cannot be attacked..."]

He picked up "Mengzi’s Art of War" again from the desk, flipping to that defining opening sentence...

Do not fantasize about the enemy not coming, but rely on our thorough preparations to be ready!

Nor should you fantasize about the enemy not attacking, but be prepared to make yourself invincible...

Brother has it right, no scheme or trick has any value before absolute strength.

He said it, and he did it!

Meng Lang indulged once more, flipping through the pages, reminiscing about his "heroic deeds" in this episode...

[At 4:50 a.m., the "Battle of Damascus" officially began!

The Dragon Hunting Team led by Chu Tian displayed astonishing combat power, infiltrating from the southeast corner of the town, silently taking out the peripheral militants.

However, the battlefield is ever-changing, and no one can predict what will happen in the next second.

While they were rescuing a group of local refugees, they hadn’t anticipated that two brainwashed teenagers were planted amongst the crowd!

The soldier in charge of evacuating the refugees was caught off guard and died on the spot.

The gunshots also exposed their location, and before I could intervene, another squad member was killed by a hidden enemy sniper.

Afterward, although the Dragon Hunting Team received comprehensive battlefield intelligence support,

the absolute disadvantage in numbers still put them in a tough fight.

After valiantly eliminating the gang leader, the team was surrounded. After breaking out, faced with a large number of pursuers, Chu Tian decided to stay behind to cover their retreat!

In this battle, Captain Chu Tian of the Dragon Hunting Team died in action, with nearly half the members lost...

Luckily for us,

tragedy is not something that happens many times over the death of many people, but rather, the death of one person happening many times over...

You still have one last chance to turn things around!

Indeed, our future won’t be set in stone from my single failure.

But such a result still compels me to reflect upon myself.

It all seemed foolproof, yet in the end, an accident happened, just like those countless tragic ’predecessors’ of mine...

Ultimately, it was because I "had something to wait with," but did not have "something that could not be attacked"!

If back then I had heavy weaponry, could control even one combat robot, could have space-based weapons...

Compared to seemingly faultless preparations, the power to make the enemy despair is the true "best strategy" to prevent any mishaps!

As the saying goes, he who seeks the top achieves the middle, he who seeks the middle achieves the bottom, he who seeks the bottom is bound to fail.

The highest form of military strategy is ultimately to boldly and righteously strengthen oneself!

Therefore, I decided to set myself the ultimate goal in this lifetime...

To declare an official war on the enemy, to make them so desperate that they run out of schemes!

...

In 2018, Changqing Biological rose to prominence with its revolutionary breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease theory and the global promotion of the Z virus vaccine, becoming a maverick biotech company!

Subsequently, the technology for "implantable virus early warning biological chips" also quietly emerged, step by step, in Zheng Dalu’s series of SIC papers.

In 2019, just before a major event that would influence the course of world history began to ferment, the first "implantable virus early warning biological chip" was introduced to the world!

The academic community was astounded!

However, at that time, the world did not realize the immense impact this technology would have on the future...

Through this, Zheng Dalu became a globally renowned top scientist!

Even in the face of deep-rooted arrogance and prejudice, Zheng Dalu became the undisputed favorite for that year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine.

At the same time, during that year, the calm stratosphere was stirred for the first time by infrasound emerging from the depths of the Pacific...

Frequent and hardly concealed, it seemed to be filled with a hint of... frantic desperation?

Yet, according to past experience, the opponent should have started activating this global communication mode only by 2028...

This indicates that the spread of this technology has ultimately agitated the hidden enemy!

I was on high alert at that time, cutting off almost all vocal communication and even burning written messages after reading them, and through Zero, I was monitoring every move of Zhao Ge and all the suspicious individuals around him!

As I had anticipated, the Night Demon Clan quickly sprang into action.

Zhao Ge visited Changqing Biological under the pretense of applying to be a product spokesperson, speaking highly of Professor Zheng, both explicitly and implicitly...

Then, on his way back... he was ambushed in a meticulously planned hunt!

Yes, I laid my cards on the table!

In battle, one must unify the normal with the extraordinary to achieve victory!

Since the opponent had decided to make a move, then with a grandiose posture, I would take preemptive action in 2019 before the opponent could grow its wings, catching them by surprise!

A sliver of trust established through various channels, coupled with the fiery hot popularity of Professor Zheng personally vouching for him.

Upon learning that an extremely dangerous "enemy spy" wanted to assassinate Professor Zheng, the state immediately dispatched the elite former Dragon Hunting Team to participate in this "Demon Hunting Operation"!

To maintain secrecy, I only informed them of the true target of this operation through Zero at the very last moment.

However, contrary to expectations of a fierce battle and explosive revelations, the entire "Demon Hunting" process turned out to be surprisingly uneventful, without any ripples...

Zhao Ge, seeing himself surrounded by a fully armed elite team, unexpectedly surrendered without resistance, calmly extending his hands for arrest.

After investigation, he had neither motive nor suspicion, nor any evidence that he had the capability and intent to assassinate Professor Zheng.

Even CT scans and full body examinations revealed no hidden weapons on Zhao Ge, nor any attributes "uncommon among normal people."

This caught me off guard!

Mulling over this, I proposed through Professor Zheng to conduct the most thorough full-body slice studies on Zhao Ge...

And unsurprisingly, I received countless disapproving glances.

Presumption of guilt and slice studies do not conform with the procedures, not to mention the subject was a highly influential top-tier celebrity.

Soon, various rumors spread both domestically and internationally, portraying Zhao Ge as a victim of oppression, with countless fans and music lovers starting to organize protests.

Under the mounting pressure and lack of evidence, Zhao Ge was quickly released without charge.

The opponent’s nonviolent nonresistance allowed my plan to publicly declare war on the "Night Demon Clan" under everyone’s scrutiny to fail.

He who knows the enemy and knows himself will never be defeated in a hundred battles! Not knowing the enemy but knowing oneself, one victory for one loss!

This battle was lost solely due to miscalculated intelligence on Zhao Ge!

Because of this showdown, the Night Demon Clan already knew that someone was aware of their existence, and I knew they were aware of mine.

The enemy remained in the shadows, and so did I.

The struggle between us entered a semi-public phase of covert operations...

A month later, Professor Zheng died in a bizarre suicide at home...

That was the opponent’s fierce response!

I sacrificed a Professor Zheng, but in exchange, the critical technology of the "Biological Early Warning Chip" was popularized.

The X virus arrived as expected, yet with an effective method of "population blockade" in place, its spread would be contained, and the virus’s power and effectiveness would be significantly reduced.

The day after Professor Zheng’s suicide, a severe "elevator murder incident" occurred in a building, and the well-known singer Zhao Ge died...

That was my fierce response!

This was never about making friends with martial might; it was a brutal war of life and death.

A battle not only of victory and defeat but also of life and death!]