“Stop!”
Cheng Lei’s convoy was stopped at the gates of Oasis City.
Philly, the “Gate Captain” of the guard squad, personally entered the carriage to inspect, and as usual, deliberately overlooked the hidden compartment.
He jumped out of the carriage but didn’t shout “Clear!” as he had before.
“What’s wrong?”
Cheng Lei poked her head out of the car window.
Philly waved with a serious expression, called Cheng Lei aside, and lowered his voice.
“Sister Lei, I really can’t help you guys anymore. That guy Cole has become paranoid, and the city will soon be under martial law. All the city gates will be closed; no one can enter or exit.”
“...I understand. But after martial law, there won’t be so many guards needed outside the city walls, right? Can you find a way to switch shifts to inside the city?”
Philly hesitated for two or three seconds.
“That was the original plan, Sister Lei.”
“That’s great, then you’ll have to do me another favor. I’ll send someone to contact you when the time comes.”
It was already 7 PM when Cheng Lei returned home.
The living room was packed with her father’s subordinates, all anxiously waiting, and the whole room was filled with smoke.
Some of them were oil workers, some were Engineers, and others were drivers.
But soon, these identities would no longer matter.
“We got the videotapes and the medicine!”
Cheng Lei and two others dragged the supply boxes into the living room, then directed everyone to collect the items inside in groups.
To ensure the mission could be executed as quickly as possible, the special medicine capsules had already been pre-packaged into translucent plastic small boxes as per Lu Yuan’s instructions, with a standard of 7 days of recovery + 3 days of consolidation, supplying 10 tablets per patient.
As for the videotapes, each video hall received three rolls, two of which were spares. Each roll contained 5 videos that could be played within 15 minutes.
“Following our previous plan, we’ll form 41 groups, with two people per group, and each group will collect one set of medicine and videotapes.”
Ye Xing clapped his hands and addressed everyone.
He had already changed into native attire and blended in with these people.
Moreover, as Cangyuan Future Technology’s messenger and the “guide” of this revolutionary action, Ye Xing now held an extremely high status. Although he was young, everyone took him very seriously.
This resulted in him receiving a lot of cigarettes even before he started working.
“Each group is responsible for one video hall. The group map has already been distributed to everyone. Have you all memorized it!?”
“It’s second nature to us, you can rest assured!”
Everyone cheered.
These past few days, Ye Xing had surveyed all the video halls in the city and designed a detailed route map.
He was also very excited. Secretly stirring up trouble with the natives was a completely different feeling from fighting battles for Cangyuan Future Technology, full of novelty and excitement.
“Excellent! I’ll re-read the procedure one last time. Once the mission begins, we’ll pay the owner to book the venue and play our own videotapes; then, one person will stay by the projector to watch, preventing the videotape from being swapped, while the other person keeps watch outside.
“Try not to get caught during the process, but listen carefully to what I’m about to say!”
Everyone involved in the operation perked up their ears.
“If you are unfortunately caught, you don’t need to be too tight-lipped. Regarding the intelligence about this operation, and any intelligence you know about Cangyuan Future Technology, if you need to tell the interrogators, then tell them directly! You can stall for time, but your attitude must be cooperative, and you must pay attention to protecting yourselves. This was specifically instructed by Executive Officer Lu Yuan, do you understand?”
“Because the primary objective of the operation is to spread information, not to keep it secret, right?”
Ye Xing raised his hand and pointed at the clever participant.
“Congratulations, you got it right! That’s exactly what it means.”
The security officers conducting the interrogation were also human; as long as the information was shocking enough, their stance would also be swayed.
From this perspective, it might even be said that Lu Yuan hoped someone would be captured.
“Now, let’s synchronize our watches.”
Cheng Lei stepped forward.
“7:16 PM, five, four, three, two, one! Okay, all groups, enter the city and stand by first. Reconnoiter the surrounding situation in advance. If everything is normal, the operation will commence promptly at 7:40 PM. We must enter the video halls at the same time. During this period, unless it’s an emergency, do not use walkie-talkies. Try to maintain radio silence.”
“Understood! Let’s go, let’s make a big splash!”
“There are only 3500 tablets of this medicine, enough for 350 people,” Ye Xing said to Cheng Lei in a low voice, “I don’t know if that’s enough. How many cancer patients are there in the city?”
“Probably at least one in every family. Most are middle-aged and elderly people over 40, but there are also very young patients.”
Cheng Lei’s tone was very calm when she said these words, but the calmer she was, the heavier the topic seemed.
“If you, like me, often wander the streets late enough at night, you will surely hear,
Under the pure white moonlight, the wails of cancer patients come from all directions of the city—”
She turned to look at Ye Xing, her pupils radiating a light called hope.
“But, as of today, no more!”
“Mm, as of today! Let’s go!”
At 7:40 PM, Ye Xing stepped into the largest video hall in the city. After paying a substantial amount of Oasis City currency to the owner, he easily booked the entire venue.
“Excuse me, everyone, this place has been booked by yours truly.”
He walked directly to the video player and inserted the videotape.
“But you don’t have to leave. Tonight, I’m treating everyone to something exciting!”
“What’s exciting?”
The audience was very curious. In fact, even if Ye Xing said nothing, they wouldn’t leave, as they had already paid.
【Cangyuan Future Technology is an interstellar development company with over 1100 years of history, a powerful cosmic enterprise originating from Earth, which accomplished humanity’s first great feat of interstellar navigation...】
Accompanied by a pleasant female voice with a scholarly temperament, several images flashed by.
An industrial ship landing—
Power armored infantry engaging in intense firefights—
Brand new two-story residences in Red Iron Town—
A gathering in a clean cafeteria—
These images were like cultural bombs, instantly captivating the audience’s hearts.
“Cangyuan Future Technology? Is that the one from the rumors?”
“Shhh—those two words are the City Lord’s forbidden words!”
“Forbidden P, it’s already being broadcast!”
Then, the main part of the promotional video officially began!
【Cangyuan Future Technology loves peace but never fears challenges. In the three months since arriving on Li Star, we easily dealt with the cruel Stormwind Gang, and then, we repeatedly defeated the Apollo regular army on the planetary and lunar surfaces.】
More explosive and meticulously edited footage was played.
Hundreds of audience members in the video hall widened their eyes.
They saw the Stormwind Gang’s raiding forces brutally massacred, and the man known as the Desert Lion lying on the ground,
kicked repeatedly by Cangyuan Future Technology soldiers as if he were trash.
They saw Apollo’s power armored forces crumble under powerful firepower, with captives kneeling on the ground trembling non-stop, having wet their pants.
They saw Cangyuan Future Technology use high-altitude nuclear explosions to cripple an entire fleet of Apollo fighter jets, with pilots dragged out of their cockpits and executed one by one.
They experienced Guo Li Cheng’s blood-pumping close-quarters combat kills from a first-person perspective.
“So the big blackout that day was caused by these guys! Too strong! Cangyuan Future Technology feels much more powerful than Apollo! What’s their background?”
“Shush, shush, shush! You especially shouldn’t say that!”
“Good job! Those beasts from Apollo, not a single one should be left!”
Someone couldn’t help but stand up and shout.
His friends around him quickly pressed him down, raised their index fingers, and “shushed” in unison, reminding him that freedom and life were precious, and he shouldn’t say the wrong thing.
“Hey! Everyone come in and watch! It’s really too good!”
There was also a teenager who got up and ran outside, shouting loudly, attracting many new viewers from the busy main street of the commercial district.
The owner no longer cared about charging them. He was originally just curious, wanting to come in and see what was playing, but now he was deeply engrossed and couldn’t move his legs.
【War is not the entirety of Cangyuan Future Technology; our primary goal is always construction and development.】
The promotional video entered its second part.
“Wow—”
Exclamations from the audience rose and fell.
Could there be such a beautiful person in the world?
More eye-catching than the incredibly vast and spectacular workshops within the industrial ship was undoubtedly Sister Xue, who served as the reporter for the interview.
Such beauty completely exceeded the imagination of the natives.