Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 347 - 335 That’s it!

Chapter 347: Chapter 335 That’s it!

Listening devices, cameras, those are the quintessential tools for a spy, nothing out of the ordinary, and certainly something even the cash-strapped Organization of Water must have.

But when Yang Yi laid out the useful surveillance equipment on the dining table, he couldn’t help but slap the table and loudly exclaim, "You’ll never guess what I’ve found!"

Xiao Ran glanced at Yang Yi and then picked up the camera, asking, "What did you find?"

Yang Yi sighed and then said seriously, "Leverage, Martin Howard’s leverage, the kind that will make him follow orders!"

Xiao Ran gave Yang Yi an eye roll and said, "Quit being so mysterious and just spit it out."

Kate pressed the play button on the voice recorder, and Yang Yi, with quick reflexes, snatched it away and after turning it off, said gravely, "I’m seriously warning you, the contents inside might revolt you, so before you decide whether to listen, please consider carefully."

Xiao Ran, evidently surprised, said, "No way, is Martin really a dog lover?"

Yang Yi was taken aback, then frowned and asked, "What did you say? Say that again?"

Xiao Ran was also stunned and then said sheepishly, "Uh, isn’t he?"

Yang Yi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and said, "What on earth are you thinking about?"

Suddenly angry, Xiao Ran looked at Yang Yi and snapped, "What’s with all the secrecy? Got something to hide?"

Xiao Ran snatched the voice recorder and pressed the play button, and soon her voice came out in disdain, "What the hell! Martin Howard is just gay, that’s all."

Yang Yi, confused, said, "Just? That’s all?"

However, Kate seemed thoughtful, "Speaking of which, even though Martin Howard is a bit old, he’s still pretty handsome and has a lot of charm."

Xiao Ran nodded and said, "Correct, the allure of a mature man."

Listening to the recording, Kate nodded and said, "His voice is quite sexy too."

"Yes, I agree."

"So, is his boyfriend good-looking?"

"Let’s see, there’s a video, isn’t there?"

Yang Yi couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted, "Stop! Stop it! Are you guys missing the point? Turn it off! I can’t stand this, turn it off now!"

After snatching the voice recorder and switching it off, Yang Yi said in agony, "What are you all thinking? Can you please be normal? Can you?"

Xiao Ran replied with disdain, "Don’t make a big deal out of it."

Kate also shrugged and said, "Yeah, is this what you were calling leverage?"

Yang Yi was on the verge of a breakdown, and then he said bitterly, "Fine, just assume that I have a low tolerance. Now, call Tang Guo and Schultz down here."

No need to call them; Tang Guo and Schultz were already coming down with their computers in hand.

Despite having pulled an all-nighter, Tang Guo showed no sign of fatigue. She turned the computer around, placed it in front of Yang Yi, and said, "Everything’s taken care of. There are thirty-two cameras outside, and fewer inside, only seven, but they’re all in critical locations. Additionally, the fire evacuation plan helped us figure out the key spots. The central computer processor for the Ministry of the Interior is on the third floor, where there are also two cameras and two guards. In fact, there are a total of thirty-six guards in the building, but only six of them are on the night shift, including two in the surveillance room."

Schultz placed his computer down as well, smiling, "We can take over the surveillance at any time. Oh, and some computers have cameras, so we’ve also captured a lot of images from inside the offices. They’re all in non-sensitive areas, but it was enough to create a complete 3D layout. White Roar and I spent most of the night developing the 3D layout, and we also charted the night guards’ patrol routes. The red line parts are it."

Great, Tang Guo and Schultz’s abilities were beyond Yang Yi’s most optimistic estimations.

Yang Yi’s face was full of smiles as he nodded repeatedly, then he asked loudly, "How did you do it?"

Schultz shrugged, "Just like that, like all hackers."

"I mean, how did you overcome the technical difficulties? There’s no way a surveillance room would be connected to the internet, right?"

Tang Guo waved her hand, "Yes, physically isolated, not connected to the network. But we can still hack into the surveillance network because the system they’re using has vulnerabilities. Just by connecting to a computer inside the Ministry building, we can control more computers. Then, if we get the chance, we can control the computers in the surveillance room. Of course, surveillance requires computers, and we managed that quite easily without it being about luck, which I must make clear."

Yang Yi glanced at Xiao Ran, then at Kate, and realizing they both looked just as confused, he knew it wasn’t just him who didn’t understand.

"I mean, how can you control computers in a surveillance room that aren’t connected to the external internet?"

Schultz said seriously, "It’s not unconnected, just not connected to the external internet, but surveillance itself is a small, closed network. As long as we can take over the computers..."

Tang Guo laughed, "That’s not what they’re asking. Let me explain. We use sound, get it?"

"Sound?"

"Yes, the basic principle is simple. Use a computer that has a speaker or a built-in speaker to produce sound waves, inaudible infrasound waves. Then introduce the infrasound’s vibrating frequencies into the data storage platters of a hard drive. If you find the right frequency, you can create a resonant effect, and use it as a means of attack, disrupting the hard drive until it stops working."

Yang Yi touched his head and said, "That’s amazing?"

Instead of Tang Guo, Schultz took over the explanation, laughing, "It’s not amazing. It’s not even a new technology. In 2008, the CTO of the American company Joyent publicly demonstrated this technique. I just got inspired and made some improvements to it."

Tang Guo pointed to the computer, "When the guards realize that the control computer in the surveillance room has stopped working, of course, they’ll need to check it. But when they restart it and find it useless, their only option is to switch to another computer. Which would they use? A bulky desktop or a portable laptop? When they replace the original computer with a laptop to control all the cameras, that’s when our chance comes to establish a WiFi connection with that laptop, and we control it remotely. So until they switch out the computers, the surveillance system of the Ministry building was controlled by me and Black Lightning. It’s as simple as that."

Kate looked bewilderedly at Yang Yi and said, "Did you understand that?"

Yang Yi pondered for a moment, then said, "I think I got it. So, you’re saying that you’re in charge of the surveillance now, but that won’t be the case once the computer is changed, right?"

Tang Guo spread her hands and said, "Please, consider the efficiency of the Ministry. By the time they confirm the computer is indeed damaged and file a report to request a replacement, how long do you think it will take?"

Yang Yi took a deep breath, "The Ministry’s dreadfully low efficiency, you’re right, it’s exactly like that. So our chance to act has arrived. That’s the way it is!"