Enforcer Manual
Chapter 228: Peacemaker Vanguard_1

Chapter 228: Chapter 228: Peacemaker Vanguard_1

Before setting out, Song Lan made some last-minute preparations.

For instance, he spray-painted his "brand new from the factory" Infected number vehicle, and even though that made him look like a member of a Rebel Clan from twenty or thirty years ago, it was still better than being seen as an ally of mutant creatures by the citizens of Sixth Nation.

Overall, Song Lan was very satisfied with the functionality of the Infected number. Only after truly using it could you understand its powerful capabilities.

Although it looked old and broken on the outside, its functionality was not weaker than any smart car currently on the market.

Once you enabled the auto-driving mode, you could even watch a movie while enjoying the journey.

It’s like stinky tofu; it smells bad but tastes...

Huh?

That simile sounded a bit off.

In any case, Song Lan didn’t need to operate anything. After setting Sixth Nation as the destination, he opened up a movie.

In this day and age, when artificial intelligence is so advanced, a driver’s license is no longer important.

Even someone who has never taken a driving test like him could embark on a long journey using the auto-driving mode.

Perhaps it was because the Esinvig Army was fully deployed, the criminal gangs and marauders roaming along the way were almost extinct. The news of Sixth Nation going to war had spread throughout the Neutral Stations long ago, and no one wanted to cross the Rebel Army at such a critical juncture.

After a journey of nearly four hours, the Infected number exited flight mode and landed on a deserted highway. This route was pre-set to avoid getting hit by a missile without even doing anything first; the rest of the trip required a mode switch.

Entering the city, Song Lan didn’t face much obstruction.

Clearly, the Esinvig forces had arrived in Sixth Nation before him and had already prepared defensive measures at the border.

It was as if the air itself was permeated with the smell of gunpowder.

What was stranger was that the garrison of Sixth Nation did not engage in battle with the Rebel Army. From the perspective of a neutral onlooker like Song Lan, the two groups appeared to be in a state of non-interference with each other.

Could it be that the mere mention of Esinvig’s name made Sixth Nation surrender at the speed of light?

That shouldn’t be the case.

As far as he knew, Sixth Nation and Twelfth Nation were different.

Twelfth Nation was a trading nation with inherently weak military forces. In addition, their General was suddenly summoned by the United Government before the war, and they stood no chance against the overwhelming power of the Rebel Army.

However, Sixth Nation was different. Lu Xiang said that Sixth Nation’s military was strong, particularly in the domain of combat robots. It’s quite possible that it was the strongest nation in this field, after the United Government. Their current leader was known for an iron-fisted approach, so Song Lan had mentally prepared on the way over for Sixth Nation to have already started fighting the Rebel Army in advance.

Under Lu Xiang’s remote guidance, Song Lan spent another afternoon reaching the city where Dr. Bai Zhu was located.

It was deep into the night by the time he entered the city. The streets were almost devoid of pedestrians, and military combat robots were patrolling. He parked the Infected number vehicle in the parking lot of the hotel he had booked in advance, and before getting out, he sent out the Horn Bug squad to scout the area.

In actuality, no one knew the whereabouts of Dr. Bai Zhu. It was just a rumor that this was the last city in which she had been seen.

To obtain this information, Lu Xiang now owed Ophir a favor, after all, the Law Enforcers’ investigation capabilities were limited to District Seventeen, and they clearly weren’t as informed about the affairs of Neutral Countries as the information traders were.

For a top hacker who had developed the "Deep Web" project, finding her through the internet was almost impossible. Based on the information they’d gathered, Dr. Bai Zhu’s own attitude toward the matter was rather ambiguous; she had not accepted the rescue plan of the United Government, nor had she disclosed her and her team’s whereabouts to them.

Song Lan wasn’t surprised by this at all; after all, it was hard for anyone to trust the United Government again after what had happened two years ago.

Dr. Bai Zhu was from the Sixth Nation, and the city destroyed by Wild Bone was not only the location of her research institute but also her hometown.

However, the United Government didn’t seem to care about Dr. Bai Zhu’s opinion of them.

The official goal of the Wild Bone squad this time was to exterminate the Rebel Army of the Sixth Nation, but anyone with eyes could see they were really there to recover "Deep Web" technology.

The Rebel Army had their sights on this technology once again.

They knew all too well that if the United Government got their hands on it, it could bring about a devastating blow to them.

In the year 2166, the network was equivalent to a troop’s eyes; if the enemy took control of it, their methods of communication might revert overnight to something out of a bygone era, centuries ago.

To avoid disadvantages for both sides and achieve a satisfactory result, this technology could temporarily be kept by him, the Dragonfly Captain.

As long as Dr. Bai Zhu was moved before the Rebel Army and the troops led by Wild Bone started fighting, the desired effect of mediation could be successfully achieved.

If the target disappeared from both sides, naturally, the war wouldn’t start.

The current problem was how he could find Dr. Bai Zhu first.

It was foreseeable that the Rebel Army and the United Government intelligence officers, who had likely already infiltrated various cities, had started searching for her everywhere, and he, as an outsider unfamiliar with the territory, only had the advantage of using mechanical Horn Bugs to help him find people.

Song Lan could only hope that in this city there were also many local Horn Bugs willing to provide some useful information actively.

But that was a slim hope.

The main reason was that Horn Bugs often appeared in dirty and disordered areas, and now he was in the big city of the Sixth Nation, where the city’s pest control companies might have eradicated the Horn Bugs long ago.

Song Lan didn’t place all his hopes on mechanical Horn Bugs; every city had places similar to Gold Diggers’ Bar, so he decided to try his luck with local information brokers first.

As long as they could give him a general area, he would be able to use Spiritual Energy to conduct his search.

The surveillance cameras scattered throughout the city streets and all the electronic devices might have become Dr. Bai Zhu’s eyes; scientific methods were unlikely to pinpoint her location, and at times like this, it was crucial to make flexible use of Spiritual Energy.

Opening his suitcase, Song Lan took out a work uniform that Lu Xiang had prepared for him.

Half an hour later, a bar by the name of "Tombstone" welcomed an unexpected visitor.

The arrival of this person put the nerves of all the information brokers and mercenaries in the bar on high alert.

The bar’s front door security had no choice but to stop the visitor wearing a heavy bulletproof vest and a black face mask, revealing only a pair of sharp, hawk-like eyes.

His highly distinctive attire made people wonder if he was planning to plant a C4 in the bar while everyone was distracted.

"Who are you? What’s your purpose here?"

The tall security captain was sweating profusely, recognizing from just the visitor’s gaze that this was definitely a dangerous character.

"Counter-terrorism elite,"

a cold voice came from beneath the mask, "that’s what you can call me."

This was the work uniform Lu Xiang had prepared for Song Lan,

a Special Operations unit uniform.

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