Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 528

Chapter 528: Chapter 248 Number Game_2 Chapter 528: Chapter 248 Number Game_2 It was precisely because of his suspicions that Yan Fei immediately activated the Quantum Radar and conducted a detailed scan of the 100-kilometer radius on the ground. Five seconds later, after various pieces of information had fed back, Yan Fei turned off the Quantum Radar. However, this single action had consumed almost 100,000 Energy Points, leaving the drone with less than 200,000.

This scan had laid bare the situational conditions nearby. Quite unexpectedly, there was an assembly of US Forces, numbering 15,000 soldiers, in the vicinity of this mountain range. Besides that, there was a large amount of combat equipment, not only numerous transport vehicles but also plenty of tanks, armored transport vehicles, rocket launchers, cannons and other light and heavy weapons, with the total number of military vehicles exceeding 800. Scattered across several valleys in the mountain range, there were dozens of Apache Armed Helicopters and CH-47 Transport Helicopters parked on the ground.

At first, Yan Fei thought he had encountered the US Forces conducting military exercises here. However, he soon realized something was amiss. These American soldiers were stationed at strategic points throughout the mountains, forming a massive encirclement leaving only one gap where the highway passed through. Their weapons were loaded, and all the heavy equipment was ready for combat. There were no other armies present, so it was clearly not a military drill.

The American soldiers had excellent camouflage capabilities, but they all revealed their positions under the sweep of the Quantum Radar. Observing the encirclement carefully, Yan Fei noticed that the troops were positioned in a circle centering on a point. The point was exactly the location coordinates mentioned in Yang Qi's email.

That coordinate location, however, corresponded to a colossal abandoned mine pit, deserted and empty of any human presence. It was pitch-dark inside, and even with the strong observational capabilities of the drone, it was impossible to discern what the situation was inside the pit. Because of the rock layers obstructing the inside of the mine and given that Yan Fei had not maxed out the scanning capability of the Quantum Radar, he couldn't tell whether Yang Qi was inside the mine pit or not.

With as many as 15,000 fully armed and battle-hardened American soldiers enveloping the area tightly, it would take but an instant to capture Yang Qi, who was as vulnerable as a newborn chick. However, why hadn't these soldiers swiftly taken action?

Seeing the encirclement formation of the soldiers below and adding Yang Qi's bizarre mishap to the equation, Yan Fei finally came to a realization. Yang Qi's trouble wasn't as straightforward as it seemed on the surface. Without a doubt, Yang Qi had been framed, but the real purpose of the forces that set him up wasn't Yang Qi himself; it was to capture the person coming to Yang Qi's rescue.

Considering Yang Qi had a very simple social network, it was easy to conclude that the friends related to Yang Qi were only Yan Fei and Lu Pingping. The fact that Yang Qi chose to send an SOS to Yan Fei after the incident indicated that Yan Fei was the person Yang Qi truly depended on. Putting all these pieces together, it wasn't hard for Yan Fei to deduce that he himself was the real target of these forces.

Connecting this to the situation with Dream Technology and Misty Island, Yan Fei instantly understood that these forces must be the ones who had made clandestine contact with the construction workers of Misty Island. They had discovered the secret of Misty Island but, after being obstructed en route with their Electronic Reconnaissance Ships and Airplanes, they had failed to obtain real intel about Misty Island. Thus, they resorted to a different tactic – drawing the snake out of its hole. By using Yang Qi, they aimed to lure Yan Fei away from Misty Island and set up an ambush here to capture him. In doing so, they could pry all the secrets about Dream Technology and Misty Island from Yan Fei. Yang Qi became an unfortunate soul caught in the crosshairs through no fault of his own.

With this enlightenment, Yan Fei became extremely cautious. A force that could frame Yang Qi within the United States of America and mobilize such a number of US troops for an ambush could only be one entity – it was the US Government itself. This would be the most formidable opponent Yan Fei had ever faced and his first direct confrontation with US Forces. Any misstep on Yan Fei's part during this operation and he would be irreparably doomed.

Yan Fei began to ponder, searching for a way to break the situation. Firstly, it was certain that Yang Qi had encountered trouble, but whether Yang Qi had fallen into the hands of the US Forces remained unknown. Secondly, since Yan Fei had not established a code with Yang Qi, he was unable to confirm whether the SOS email was genuinely sent by Yang Qi himself. If the email had not been sent by Yang Qi, it must have come from someone else, with the sole purpose of drawing Yan Fei into the encirclement.

If Yang Qi had already fallen into the hands of US Forces, then Yan Fei would have no choice but to battle with the US Forces in a great fight, for that was the only way to rescue Yang Qi. This could prove troublesome, but Yan Fei was still confident he could save Yang Qi, as long as he knew where Yang Qi was, for to him, that was no issue at all.

If Yang Qi had not fallen into the hands of the US Forces and was still in that mine pit, with the US Forces maintaining the encirclement without action, then the Drone would hide in this white cloud, slowly waiting for the drone data refresh to restore its action capabilities, and then suddenly strike to rescue Yang Qi. If the US Forces attempted to block the rescue, all the American soldiers below would be annihilated.

Under these two possibilities, it no longer mattered so much whether the email was sent by Yang Qi himself. Thinking of that email, Yan Fei's mind stirred, and he suddenly remembered something. He opened the email again and read the contents carefully.

While at university, Yang Qi had once invented a very interesting number game. This number game was ingeniously designed such that on the surface, it was a number that everyone could understand, but after being converted through Yang Qi's invented set of game rules, the number would become a completely different one.

This number game was very engaging, and back when Yan Fei, Lu Pingping, and Yang Qi were in school, they often played this game. They hid all sorts of numbers within what seemed to be ordinary numbers, experiencing the difficulty others had in cracking them and the surprise of uncovering the secrets hidden within. Lu Pingping had even joked that if the rules of this game were to be leaked, a new field of cryptography might emerge. However, after the three parted ways, they never played that number game again.

The rules of this number game were very complex, and Yan Fei had almost forgotten them. But after becoming a super expert at the Innate Peak, Yan Fei's bodily functions had greatly improved, including his memory. As soon as he recalled the rules, he immediately remembered Yang Qi's clever set of numerical rules.

With the help of the Auxiliary Brain, Yan Fei quickly converted the numbers of the previous location coordinates sent by Yang Qi and actually got a completely new set of coordinates. When Yan Fei entered these new Location Coordinates into the Auxiliary Brain, he discovered that this new location actually existed. Moreover, it was not far away, just over a hundred kilometers to the southeast of his current position.

Yan Fei was elated to discover the new location. Yang Qi was indeed clever to remember the rules of the number game they had previously invented and then hide the real coordinates within ordinary numbers. At first, Yan Fei had wondered why Yang Qi, although not the most socially adept, hadn't thought of the possibility of a security leak. Why didn't Yang Qi use some form of code to leave a message instead of opting for plain numbers?

Now, it seemed that Yang Qi must have already considered the possibility of a security leak and thus hid the real answer within ordinary numbers. Since only Yan Fei and Lu Pingping knew the rules of this number game, there was naturally no fear of anyone else discovering his true location.

Yan Fei was now certain that the secret mailbox he often used had been exposed and was currently under the surveillance of The Americans. However, with the reminder from the Auxiliary Brain, Yan Fei was able to immediately check the emails in the secret mailbox and completely delete them after reading. Additionally, all the contents of those letters were encrypted with a cryptography technology extrapolated by the technology extrapolation system, so there was no worry about those emails being intercepted.

The reason Yan Fei was sure the secret mailbox was being monitored was that the email Yang Qi sent contained a set of Location Coordinates. However, when Yan Fei rushed over here, he found that the area near that location was entirely surrounded by US Army forces. This could only mean one thing: the US Forces already knew about those coordinates and had taken action in advance, setting a trap around that center point, waiting for him to fall into it. And the only way US Forces could have known about that location coordinate was through Yan Fei's secret mailbox.

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