Ultimate Firepower
Chapter 418 - 399: Unintelligible Part 2

Chapter 418: Chapter 399: Unintelligible Part 2

Sherkin nodded and made a welcoming gesture.

The senior expert began to flip through a briefcase filled with document bags, and Gao Yi noticed there must be at least a few hundred document bags in this briefcase.

These voiceprint maps should be more than enough!

At this moment, the sonar soldier’s machine was ready.

He took out a record with a label on the box.

The recording on the record began to play.

The sound wasn’t very loud, and no headphones were used, both sonar soldiers stood in front of the player. As soon as the sound came out, the younger sonar soldier immediately said, "MGK-400EM passive sonar, shallow water."

Gao Yi heard the sound; it wasn’t noisy, and there was a faint bouncing noise.

"Los Angeles-class Nuclear Submarine!"

Both sonar soldiers spoke at the same time, they exchanged looks, nodded excitedly, and then said to Huang Haisheng: "No problem!"

This is the record of the MGK-400EM passive sonar, all the recordings captured by this type of sonar are on this record.

They used this record for verification because this type of sonar is Russian-made, and Northeastern University has it as well.

Therefore, they can be sure whether the sounds recorded in this sonar are real or fake.

"Switch to active sonar."

Another record box, this time for active sonar, a collection of recordings from the MG-519EM sonar.

Submarines are different; each type has its unique acoustic signature, hence the term sonar fingerprint.

And the models of sonar are different, the performances vary, and changing to a different sonar captures different sounds, some with more background noise, some with less.

It’s certainly much easier to make judgments with a familiar sonar.

This time, the sound of the active sonar was different; Gao Yi heard a distinct banging noise, which was the echo of the sound waves emitted by the active sonar after hitting an obstacle.

Gao Yi could only hear the loud banging, but the sonar soldiers immediately said, "Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine, no problem!"

How can they hear this?

Just at this moment, the senior expert looked up and immediately said to Huang Haisheng, "No problem! No fakes, all real..."

When saying it’s all real, even the expert’s voice was trembling.

There was no need to say more, just confirming authenticity was enough, after all, this wasn’t a science popularization session.

Huang Haisheng immediately said to Gao Yi, "The goods are fine; we’ll make the payment."

Gao Yi nodded, "Alright."

Huang Haisheng took out his phone, he didn’t speak, just sent a message.

After putting away his phone, Huang Haisheng said gently, "It will be transferred in ten minutes; may we stay here to receive the goods for ten minutes?"

Sherkin nodded, without saying a word.

Huang Haisheng made a gesture, and then he took out something that looked very much like a digital camera... a camera, from his pocket.

"Let’s start."

He said faintly, and then Huang Haisheng aimed the camera at the senior expert.

It looked like a camera, but surely it couldn’t really just be a camera, right?

The senior expert picked up a document bag and took out a small flashlight from his pocket, turned on its bright light which was very dazzling, and then put the document bag in front of the strong light.

Huang Haisheng aimed the camera at the senior expert, who did not open the sealed document bags but just flipped them over, once back and forth, all in less than two seconds, before putting down the document bag and taking out another one.

However, the sonar soldiers began to unwrap the record packaging box, placed the record in that flat box, but this time no sounds were emitted. If there was any noise, it was the slight buzzing sound from the record spinning at high speed inside the machine.

What are they doing?

Gao Yi looked towards Sherkin, but found that Sherkin also wore a puzzled expression.

Taking photos through the document bag?

Load the disc into the machine, a full cycle takes less than five seconds to complete, then the disc is ejected?

Two sonarmen are dismantling the disc cases and assembling them, their hands can’t keep up with the speed of the machine.

Gao Yi couldn’t help himself; he also went over to start dismantling the disc cases, three people working together at full speed, barely keeping up with the machine.

Ten minutes, approximately ten minutes, all the documents had been gone through once, all the discs and tapes as well.

At this moment, Gao Yi’s phone rang.

Gao Yi answered the call, and he heard Luca whispering very softly: "The funds have been transferred, four transactions, totaling one billion, eight hundred eighty-six million, and eighty-six US dollars. There’s extra money."

"Mhm, okay, I understand. Transfer it to the seller’s account as agreed."

Earning nearly 1.2 billion, only needing to pay 450 million.

Made a killing, earned way too much, almost embarrassed by the bounty.

Gao Yi looked towards Huang Haisheng, who smiled and said, "Okay, we’ve handled everything, I have a small request."

Gao Yi whispered: "Please speak."

"These are all original materials; it may cause unnecessary trouble if we take the originals directly. We don’t need to carry them away."

Just then, two sonarmen started operating the slim box, and Gao Yi just watched as the slim box made a light noise, followed by a faint burnt smell, but no smoke, not even a trace of smoke.

Gao Yi nodded and said: "And then?"

"Could we please ask the seller to return these original materials, to not sell them again? It’s better for both of us, of course, for the seller too, as it lowers the risk of exposure."

Huang Haisheng was negotiating with Gao Yi, and at this point, Sherkin could no longer hold back, whispering: "You don’t want these original materials anymore?"

"No, there’s no need. That’s why we hope to return these documents to the Russian National Security Archives Center. The seals have stamps that indicate their origin. These documents might not be missed for now, but with time, they will be noticed, so it’s better to return them."

Having said this, Huang Haisheng smiled at Gao Yi: "For this, we can pay. As long as the price is reasonable, we are open to negotiation."

Gao Yi immediately said: "You’ve already paid for this, don’t worry about it, I’ll handle it."

Sherkin, looking baffled, said: "You’ve already gotten all the materials? How did you do it? What technology?"

After asking these questions involuntarily, Sherkin suddenly shook his head and said, "Forget it, don’t mind me asking. Well, since you’ve got it, let’s leave quickly. We’ll head to Baghdad together. I need to ensure safety before we reach Baghdad..."

Huang Haisheng still wore a relaxed smile: "There’s no need. We will leave on the normal schedule of the tour group. All the material has been collected and synchronized back. The machine has been de-functionalized and destroyed. All traces have been cleared. Once we leave this room, we’re just tourists, so there’s no need to go to Baghdad, but still, thank you for the offered protection."

Sherkin swallowed hard. He stared at Huang Haisheng, whispering, "Without any fuss, is everything really done?"

Huang Haisheng whispered: "Yes, everything is done. Our work here is finished, the trade is successfully completed."

With disbelief and a sense of wasted effort, Sherkin looked blankly at Gao Yi. He didn’t speak, but his eyes conveyed the message: if I had known it was this simple, I wouldn’t have paid such a high price.

Gao Yi understood Sherkin’s sense of loss and astonishment.

Because Gao Yi realized that the security arrangements he had made were also useless.

What did Huang Haisheng say, oh yes, "Judgements and decisions based on strength, and choice of means."

Alright, Huang Haisheng did it, they really had incredible black technology.

In Gao Yi’s view, everything was magical, incomprehensible, absolutely incomprehensible.

At that moment, Gao Yi took a deep breath, then he said to Huang Haisheng: "All sorted, then let’s go. I’ll handle the rest. Don’t worry, I’ll get the seller to agree to put these things back where they belong."

"Thank you."

Huang Haisheng nodded, didn’t say goodbye, just whispered his thanks, and then they packed up everything, left behind what they had bought, opened the door, and left in single file.

The room was again left with only Gao Yi and Sherkin.

Gao Yi whispered: "I’ve transferred the funds, check it, also..."

Sherkin suddenly said: "Has technology advanced to this stage? Suka Bule... sigh!"