Chapter 169: Civil Experts

"As far as I know, there are more than 27,000 academic organizations legally registered by the federal government. There are probably data engineers in these organizations. The scope is too large. Our time is limited and the threat is imminent. I am afraid there is no time to find a needle in a haystack." The chief of staff of the head of staff raised a question and was glared at by the Secretary of State on the spot. If there is a better way, can Townsend keep it?

After all, legal academic organizations registered are a minority, and among the vast oceans, the proportion is only the tip of the iceberg. The organization Townsend said focuses on illegal organizations that have not been registered with the federal government, and even the head of state is the blame. Therefore, it is not surprising that as the chief of staff of the head of state, it is incompetent.

Townsend could not have deprecated himself and argued with a vase called the Head of State Chief of Staff, who was in name only. The person he talked to was the one who could make the decision.

"I suggest you try to pay attention to academic organizations that have not been registered with federally. Old friends. This is not a joke. It is best to recruit the former intelligence director as soon as possible. I heard that the Imperial Intelligence Director is in his prime. What kind of serious illness can he have? Isn't it just a heart disease? Even if he is really sick, in extraordinary times, everything is put as the overall situation first. As long as he can breathe, he will be better than others."

The Secretary of State nodded and thoughtfully said: "I have heard of the academic organizations you mentioned. Even legal organizations registered by the federal government cannot be said to be strict. Even members' identity information is lacking, let alone those secret organizations that are shameful. In addition, these organizations are very repulsive to the officials and have many difficulties in finding them to help. It is best to find someone inside the bureau to come forward. Is there any good candidates to recommend?"

Townsend suddenly smiled and said, "The word of assistance sounds very comfortable. I recommend two people to you. Qiao Nan, the person in charge of CCA, is a data expert. This person has a mediocre ability and talent, but he has a wide connection and well-informed relationship. Getting his help can help your investigation achieve twice the result with half the effort."

The video conference ended in a hurry, and the National Security Bureau quickly started an investigation, and all legal academic organizations registered in the federal government were among the investigations.

The Intelligence Agency also provided a list of illegal organizations, with an unimaginable list of them. I am afraid that the minds of those organizations will not have more information about members than those of the Imperial Intelligence Agency.

However, most academic organizations in virtual worlds do not require members to register their true identities. In addition, the head of state's explanation is tight inside and loose outside, and investigation can only be conducted by undercover investigation. The degree of cooperation between various academic organizations is crucial for investigation. As Townsend said, Qiao Nan helped a lot, not only querying the information of CCA members as much as possible, but also helping to contact the heads of other academic organizations.

Looking for help in his name is far more effective than the official forcing inquiries. You should know that academic organizations in the virtual world are borderless, and no one can buy any account except friends.

The suspicious list was gradually shrinking. At noon on the third day, rumors of the empire being threatened by terrorists arrived as scheduled, and the head of state remained silent under the instruction of the Secretary of State.

This matter cannot be denied, but it cannot be admitted. If it is admitted, it will inevitably show its position. A tough stance can only make things difficult. Even if it is determined to burn the boat, there is no need to anger the terrorists too early. A weak stance is even more impossible. The Aojia Empire has never had a precedent to compromise with terrorist organizations, and the current head of state does not want to set a precedent and act as a disgraceful pioneer.

"No need to worry, the initiative is in our hands, and we can admit it at any time. As long as we claim that the National Security Bureau cannot confirm the authenticity of the threat and is unwilling to cause panic among the people, our citizens will be able to understand it." The Secretary of State can still show calmness under pressure.

Although without official procedures, from the moment of terrorist activities, a temporary anti-terrorism emergency team came into being. There is no need to talk about appointments, and everyone knows who the team leader is.

The nominal team leader is naturally the head of state, but the Secretary of State coordinated everything and, under his full advocacy, fully leveraging the power of the civilians to become the tone of this anti-terrorism operation.

Although the strength of the Director of the National Security Bureau, General Rah and others was disdainful of this, they dared not speak out. A list of anti-terrorism team members composed of military and civilian experts was still placed on the head of state's desk, and it was passed without any suspense and implemented immediately.

When Qiao Nan submitted the list of experts, she did not forget the core members of CCA.

In the cabin, Lu Lingxue looked serious and was secretive about the sudden return to the imperial capital. In fact, Lu Lingxue couldn't figure out the details, but received an invitation from Qiao Nan. Of course, the reason for asking her to accept the invitation was because the invitation came from the National Security Bureau. As a citizen of the Aojia Empire, she was obliged to accept the invitation from the National Security Bureau.

In contrast, Chen Fang knew very well about the internal situation. Director of the National Security Bureau was his man, so he forced his fiancée to squeeze onto the ship returning to the imperial capital.

It doesn't seem difficult to analyze where terrorists are going to attack from another perspective.

The imperial capital, the economic and political center of the Aojia Empire, was also built there as a magic hole in the center of science and technology. Once severely damaged, it will be immediately effective. The imperial fleet will immediately consider the issue of withdrawal. If terrorists have full confidence in their own strength, the imperial capital will definitely be the best choice.

The second optional target is the planet stationed by the Expeditionary Fleet, which will also have immediate results. It can instantly bury millions of troops of the empire and forcefully terminate the invasion of the imperial capital.

Almost all of Chen Fang's relatives were in the imperial capital, and he favored him very much. He insisted on handing over his lifelong efforts with his precious daughter to his father-in-law. At this moment, he was sitting on the command ship of the Expeditionary Fleet. No matter which target he was, Chen Fang needed to protect, and he had no choice.

Of course, the terrorist's idea may be different from his, but as a son and son-in-law, he can only consider the problem in this way.

Lu Beiyan was particularly reasonable about this matter. The war entered the rest stage, so it was not very meaningful to leave his son-in-law. Moreover, this time he went to war, his son-in-law was also glorious. Next, he was to keep him in the army and he handed over the important task to his daughter.

"Why let me guess why you want to return to the imperial capital." The journey was boring, and teasing the beauty became Chen Fang's only pleasure, especially when he knew the trump card.

"Tell me," Lu Lingxue deliberately remained silent.

"This matter may be related to the bad organization you joined. You rejected taking me on the road. Based on this, the person who invited you is probably a man." Chen Fang tried his best to speak ambiguously.

"I'm sure you can't stand it, is there any?" Lu Lingxue was so worried about making trouble with him, so he simply admitted it all and saw how he performed.

"Intuition tells me that the man seems to be named Qiao Nan." Chen Fang didn't know it was a plan, so he could only continue to talk, but he didn't know that his fiancée was a diplomatic professional.

"Your intuition is amazing, what else?" Lu Lingxue smiled sweetly.

"At this point, you don't want to say anything to your fiancé?" Chen Fang found depressedly that even if he held the trump card, he could not do anything to the woman in front of him. If she didn't serve as the next secretary of state of the Aojia Empire, that would be a waste.

"You have finished speaking, what else did you ask me to say? Apart from the Intelligence Director, who knows more than you? Even if you want to say it, you will come and talk to me." Lu Lingxue turned against her and looked at her fiancé playfully.

"I don't understand what you are talking about." Chen Fang left dejectedly.

In the Ancient City of Crescent, elites from all walks of life have made their debut.

Since the invited members come from different countries and even different galaxies, they are scattered. In addition, most of the civilians are lazy and have no awareness of the current enemy. Many of them are not imperial citizens. The original intention of being invited is to meet peers and enhance communication. General Rah, who is used to being decisive, is particularly annoyed by this. He was angry and repeatedly reminded the head of state that calling civilians on such a large scale will easily allow terrorists to learn about the imperial intentions. As long as they are not fools, they can guess a few points. He even believes that terrorists may mix in these so-called civilian experts and undermine anti-terrorism operations.

"Then you do your duty and don't let them get in." The head of state slapped the table heavily and stood up from the chair.

So far, most of the clues have come from private people, but the National Security Bureau, which he should have relied on, is mediocre. As a head of state, he does not want this, and the situation leaves him with no choice.

In addition, the Secretary of State and the Head of State tried to disclose a message that the Aojia Empire recognized and welcomed academic organizations that were not certified and procedurally illegal but law-abiding.

One is a tough investigation, which has little effect and may also cause disgust and rejection from the academic community; the other is to turn disadvantages into benefits and fully borrow the power of the people. It is not difficult to judge which one is better or worse. In the long run, establishing a good relationship with academic organizations is also beneficial to the empire's anti-terrorism cause.

"The Aojia Empire is a free and open country. I really hope to rely on the power of the people and also hope to recruit talents from the people." Those who are interested naturally understand the weight of the Secretary of State's speech. This invisible promise is more trustworthy than the long charter of the Aojia Empire.

No wonder General Rah complained that it is not easy to borrow people from the public, but has pros and cons, full of risks. The Secretary of State did not turn a blind eye to the risks he could think of.

Although the invited private experts are anonymous in the virtual world, they only receive three different passwords to confirm their identity. However, from the moment they appear, the peripheral data terminal can silently collect seven characteristics of this person, which are enough to determine a person's identity. At this point, the identity of the visitor is no longer a secret.

The process of identity verification is actually the second identity confirmation. When entering the password, four other items of data from the human body will be collected and checked again with the database data. In addition to the correct password, it is also necessary to confirm that the person has no criminal record before he can be released immediately. Otherwise, the danger index must be considered again. What is ridiculous is that among the private experts, 40% of people with less innocent wealth account for, which does not include those who have done bad things but have not been exposed. It is difficult for people with high IQ to be caught in crimes.

"A bad guy without knowledge is at best a hooligan. A bad guy with knowledge takes risks and is a terrorist!" Rah murmured to himself, saying the motto he followed for many years of fighting and fighting terrorism for half his life, and he will inevitably suffer from occupational diseases. In his eyes, any expert who specializes in academics is like a terrorist, at least he has the potential to become a terrorist. If he is not in official business, according to his wishes, these people cannot be let go. At least they must be controlled first, or they can train one or two spies from it, and these academic organizations must have some control.

The above security checks are carried out in secret, and even if someone notices them, it will not make people feel uncomfortable. After all, the Ancient City of Crescent is the political center of the Aojia Empire. Strict security measures are necessary. The Empire arranged the anti-terrorism team at the heart of the empire to show its importance to civil experts. This is a gesture.

In fact, the work location of the Counter-Terrorism Team is not the heart of the empire, but is on the edge of the ancient city of Crescent. It is the most strictly guarded place in the empire. Even if the first two levels are passed, civil experts do not come to the work location, but go to a forest garden to rest first. In Rah's words, they are isolated first.

"Are you a little bit of a big deal? Look at these experts, either old people in their twilight years or weak little kids? I bet that even if the alert is removed, they will not be able to climb out the six-meter-high wall." Rah, who was extremely angry, heard a harsh voice inadvertently.

Poor guy, before he could figure out what happened, he was kicked out by the angry Rah. The glory of this mission is a no-show, so let's wait for the defeat.

"Old guy, little brat. Do you know what these little brats' toys are? They are germs and nuclear bombs. If some of them use food and water to create weapons that can destroy the ancient city of Crescent, it doesn't matter at all. Even if these people have one tooth or one bone left, they are threatening! Give me a little bit of spirit! If anyone dares to be careless and neglect their duties, don't blame the ruthless military law." If the head of state allows, Rah really wants to remove the bones of these people and knock off their teeth, check them one by one.

"You understand now, why didn't I tell you about the invitation. The invitation was initiated by the National Security Bureau. Uninvited people could not get in, and Mr. Chen San is no exception." When we arrived at the periphery of the Crescent Ancient City, the inspectors could see from afar that Chen Fang was still relentless and acted like he wanted to catch the traitor on the spot, without any intention of retreating. Lu Lingxue had to choose to showdown. She didn't want her fiancé to be intercepted and made a fool of herself in public.

"Why don't you doubt that I also received the invitation?" Chen Fang smiled calmly, giving people a profound feeling.

"Have you been invited?" Lu Lingxue stopped moving forward. Since it was an emergency invitation posted on the data platform, there was no formal invitation letter and only three sixteen-digit passwords. Unless the password was issued on the data terminal, she could not confirm whether Chen Fang's words were true, but by that time, everything was too late.

"Otherwise, I dare to follow you here? How can I explain to the security personnel, do I say I am the family of the Flower of Empire? In other words, do you think I will be so bored, and chase you all the way to the Ancient City of Crescent to see your virtual lover? Do you think that if you want to pass the identity verification, just rely on those three strings of passwords? I just searched casually and found twelve hidden probes. They had collected my information and put it in the federal database for verification. Now, our actions and conversations are all under the monitoring of others. Do you believe it? If there is any abnormal movement in my actions, such as turning back, they will be stopped by the people of the National Security Bureau. However, if the Flower of Empire pleads for me, or admits directly that I am your fiancé, maybe they can let me go." Chen Fang lowered his voice without suspicion, and a messy and strange sound appeared in the surveillance channel.

I should thank Lu Lingxue for her special identity. This noise did not arouse too much suspicion, but was more depressed.

"Isn't this the flower of the empire? What about the sky, it's as beautiful as a goddess."

"Is she the invited expert, who is the man next to him?"

With the help of advanced equipment, Chen Fang's information was adjusted without any effort. Looking at the Aojia Empire, he could not find any cleaner information, education, residence, and nothing, and of course, he could not find any stains.

"Is he a newborn baby?" An indignant voice came from the narrow space.

"At least we know that this man's surname is Chen, his name is Chen Fang, and he is from the Aojia Empire." Even if Lang Lang said all the names, no one would have thought that the man standing next to Lu Lingxue was the legendary waste, the Lu family's son-in-law.

Thanks to that serious illness and his usual low-key style, the name Chen Fang and Mr. Chen have faded out of people's horizons for too long. Even when the abortion incident was in a turmoil in the imperial capital, people only talked about Mr. Chen San and Lu Lingxue. As for the two words Chen Fang, they are far less resonant than Qiang.

Chen Fang seemed to be able to hear those suspicions, which was also the reason why he dared not change his name or his surname.

Before coming to the data terminal, Lu Lingxue entered the password first, and then looked at him with concern. Although Chen Fang made some remarks about his reasons, she was still skeptical.

It was not until Chen Fang entered two sets of passwords in succession that there was no abnormality in the alarm system that she quietly breathed a sigh of relief. She even glared at Chen Fang with a angrily look. Since she was also invited, why didn’t she say it earlier, which made her worry along the way. Recently, Chen Fang seemed to have become very bored, and he knew that he kept teasing her, and most of the time he returned without success. It seemed that the only fun of life was to embarrass her. In contrast, she preferred the strange man who had the original unrestrained and unruly eyes, full of mystery.

Suddenly, a short alarm woke her up. Out of the unwillingness to cause panic, the alarm sound was adjusted to a very small one. The anti-terrorism team members who were fully alert were still nervous immediately and looked at the two of them vigilantly, of course, mainly looking at Chen Fang.

"I underestimated the enemy." Chen Fang smiled apologetically, but there was no panic at all. The sixteen-digit password is a dazzled by ordinary people just looking at it. It is normal to make mistakes in the occasional input. Moreover, the first two sets of passwords are correct, so the anti-terrorism team members will not take action immediately.

Even Lu Lingxue, who was the most nervous, believed 100% that he had a temporary mistake and made an input mistake. However, if he made a mistake once, the situation would be difficult to say.

In the past, this was an impossible mistake. However, the invited people this time were extremely dangerous, and there were many data masters among them. Besides, there was a data master among the terrorists who were eyeing him. Townsend was also afraid that someone would break the password and give the terrorists an opportunity to take advantage of it. Besides, he couldn't afford to lose his old face.

For the sake of this old face, Townsen had a lot of thought on the password, especially in the last set of passwords, he dug a big hole in a shameless way. Sure enough, he just caught the conceited Chen Fang.

He also fought with Townsend once, and the two of them were familiar with each other. No matter what password he made, Chen Fang had the ability to break it in five minutes. Unfortunately, he was too conceited, so why didn't he try it remotely first?

Now, at least hundreds of pairs of eyes are staring at him. He can only test on the data terminal, and he can only test one set of possibilities at a time. More than three times, he will be captured on the spot by the counter-strike elites who are like wolves and tigers. Although he will not be punished on the spot with the identity of Mr. Chen, he will not be able to afford to be punished on the spot, but he cannot afford to lose that person.

"It's too long. Can I use the data terminal? The password is stored on it." Chen Fang pretended to be scared.

There was such a mentally retarded problem, and the soldiers who were still on high alert couldn't help laughing. "Did you say it earlier? We don't stipulate that we can't look at the terminal when entering the password."

Although General Rah's defense was tight, he was very concealed and could not be seen from the outside. No one who had arrived before was nervous. Suddenly, a foolish boy like Chen Fang came out, which scared him so much that he didn't even dare to look at the data terminal, which of course made them laugh.

Unless you are a data engineer, how many people can remember three sets of passwords with more than ten digits at once? Many of the people in front of them enter passwords one by one to the data terminal.

There is still such a thing? Chen Fang couldn't help but sweat. This is outrageous. If you allow the use of data terminals, there are still passwords that cannot be unlocked for data masters? Should I say, is there any need to set passwords?

If you want to blame, you can only blame the data master for being too strong. Chen Fang is a perverted type. You must know that even if an ordinary data master has the ability to unlock the password, it cannot be done in a few minutes. Besides, it is a password system created by Townsend. Besides, hundreds of pairs of eyes are staring at it. Even an outsider can tell whether you are calling out the password from the terminal or trying to crack the password. In fact, you really guard the data master next to the data terminal.

However, when he saw Chen Fang's data terminal, he fell into confusion on the spot.

This black, ugly black box seems to be a product from ten years ago. Its style is very simple, its functions are so simple that it cannot be simple, but it is so complicated that it cannot be more complicated. The new terminal can solve the control by pressing the keyboard once, and six or seven commands are actually required to enter on this machine.

This is a dilemma. Logically speaking, a good terminal is almost the whole of a data teacher, so the data teacher must spend a lot of money to create a powerful terminal for himself. This terminal is obviously out of date, but from another perspective, this model is by no means the type that novices like. Its functions are too simple. In order to pursue the concept of simplicity, even the images are not available at first. The original screen can only display numbers, which does not meet the needs of a novices.

This is a very bad professional terminal that has been outdated for a long time and should be said to have been eliminated. The other party finally made a difficult judgment. Before his vigilance rose to the point where he needed to interrogate the owner of the terminal, Chen Fang finished the operation.

As a set of numbers leaped into his eyes, the man actually sighed. It turned out to be a false alarm. No one could crack the password in such a short time, especially in his heart, Dr. Townsend's password system was almost an incrackable existence.

Unlike him, when Chen Fang saw the numbers on the screen, he also felt a strong urge to curse.
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