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Chapter 231 - 230: No One Understands Infiltration Better Than Me

"It’s a small matter."

Lin Qing was now dressed in her combat attire, which consisted of a fully form-fitting bodysuit and a jacket capable of accommodating various weapons and ammunition. With the aid of this equipment, she could achieve complete optical camouflage and evade infrared and sonic detection, a top-tier configuration that only the military of the future would possess.

She placed a laptop on the table, made some adjustments, and said to Chen Xuan, "It’s ready, take a look."

The screen displayed what Lin Qing was seeing.

Now he could remotely follow her actions through the computer.

The plan this time was simple: for Lin Qing to quietly slip into Louvre Palace and find the Angel Alliance’s Secret Vault’s data in the hall where Elorie first made contact with the Governor.

In fact, when the Governor played the holographic image for the Angel, the latter noticed that the vault’s mark was accompanied by coordinates. However, at that time, the Demon attack incident wasn’t the focus, and Nymph glossed over it. Elorie, relying solely on her memory, couldn’t recall that string of numbers.

Since this information was present in the holographic image, all that was necessary was to copy it. A century-old classified message had long lost its confidentiality significance for New Paris, so the density of intelligence wouldn’t be too high; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been included in the introduction imagery shown to Elorie.

If it weren’t for the inexplicable attack event, the Angel might have directly obtained this from Nymph.

Unfortunately, now she and the Chief Governor were both listed as deceased.

"I wonder what the Dimensional Limit Mechanism understands about this world," Lin Qing muttered, "I feel a bit uneasy... They’ve been silent for quite some time."

"Maybe they’ve all turned into bug-faced monsters?" Chen Xuan shrugged.

"That’s impossible... The agency is full of talents, it shouldn’t be difficult to notice this phenomenon."

"Trial and error take time. After all, it’s been less than a month, and even if their exploration went smoothly, it’s hard to say how fast they could advance." He analyzed, "If New Paris City discovered personnel from the Dimensional Limit Mechanism, they’d likely make headlines like us."

"You’re right; I was too anxious." Lin Qing nodded, "I’ve been trying to predict the agency’s actions based on historical records, but history has already changed."

They entered this world even earlier than the agency.

"Don’t worry, the ones left in the dark are the agency. They would never expect to be targeted by people from the future." Chen Xuan laughed.

Unless there were insiders who could foresee the future.

But if that were the case, the Dimensional Limit Mechanism wouldn’t have ended up splitting and being entirely destroyed by the Crystal Palace.

At midnight, Lin Qing left the apartment building.

By this time, the sky projection had shut down, and the true dome of New Paris City was revealed—a rectangular array of thousands of large lamps providing continuous illumination for the three-dimensional farm. As introduced by the guide robot, the city’s lights would never extinguish, and people could only distinguish day from night by confirming the time.

"Communication is good; I can see clearly from here." Chen Xuan said while watching the laptop, "Can’t believe it’s midnight, and there’s still so many people active on the streets."

"Some people have to work night shifts. Plus, outside is perpetually daylight, so people essentially decide their schedules on their own." Lin Qing’s voice came through the headset.

This has a benefit: Lin Qing could wander around without arousing suspicion.

After all, optical camouflage consumes electrical energy.

She could maintain it for about an hour at most.

To avoid leaving a record, Lin Qing didn’t take a taxi and instead walked to Louvre Square. Here, they could see some traces of the attack—the number of police officers on duty had doubled, and barricades were set up outside the Glass Pyramid. The heavy truck that crashed into the palace had long been towed away, and the damaged building had been repaired, but the color difference in the new and old walls indicated that a major incident had occurred here.

"I’m about to go in."

Lin Qing walked into a blind spot, unobservable by anyone, and activated the invisibility device. In an instant, her entire body became completely transparent, as if vaporized.

Then she climbed onto the rooftop agilely, bypassing the Louvre Palace’s side halls. Avoiding the main entrance was also a precaution against other detection methods the opponents might possess; taking the rooftop route was safer. In terms of technology levels, New Paris far surpassed Chen Xuan’s world, so being cautious wouldn’t hurt.

She could see several drones hovering above Louvre Palace’s courtyard, probably learning from the past attack from the air. Lin Qing smoothly landed in the courtyard garden and, using the simple map provided by Elorie, slipped into the Louvre Palace’s council hall.

"It’s really dark in here." Lin Qing whispered.

Once inside, they immediately felt the change between day and night. The corridors were silent, with all the chandeliers extinguished, and the glass windows surprisingly reflected the night scene. Just by looking at the windows, the white crescent moon and the stars were all there, unbeknownst to outsiders who might think they were on the ground.

"No wonder some people protested." She smirked, "Wasting resources on irrelevant things using illusions to create an exclusive haven for the wealthy, the old tricks of capitalists and aristocrats."

The high-rise apartments they rented didn’t have this effect, the windows could only block light at best.

The council hall was the same.

Despite being empty, the floor-to-ceiling glass on both sides displayed deep night scenes, not knowing who it was meant for.

"This should be the place, just like Elorie mentioned." Chen Xuan reminded, "Try the stage to see if there’s a place you can connect."

Lin Qing quickly found a row of retractable sockets on the floor; the specifications and protocols of the connectors weren’t important, her own interface had adaptive capabilities.

As long as those lines could transmit information.

The night scene on the glass flickered a few times as Lv infiltrated.

"Got it." She whistled, "It really is hidden shallowly. I found it... The coordinates are 8697, 2793. Wait... It also contains data for several secret storage points, I’ll copy them all over. Done!"

"Nicely done." Chen Xuan praised. It seemed to go according to his plan; Lin Qing handled this task as easily as drinking water.

Just then, the hall suddenly lit up!

The night scene on the windows turned into daytime!

"What’s going on?" He exclaimed.

"Shh." Lin Qing’s tone was calm, even more than Chen Xuan watching the remote broadcast in the branch store, "Someone’s coming in."

No sooner had she spoken than the council hall’s door swung open, and several people entered the hall in succession.

Leading the group was a man in military uniform with hawk-like eyebrows and sharp eyes, unexpectedly familiar. Chen Xuan thought for a moment and recalled his name, it seemed to be General Hans. Shortly after the attack occurred, this person frequently appeared in news reports. It was his thunderous suppression that prevented New Paris from escalating into chaos.

The people following the general were quite familiar... Even though Chen Xuan had never actually met him in person, he had already memorized his appearance.

"Why is he here?" Lin Qing couldn’t help but let out a low gasp, her previously calm demeanor was disturbed.

Because the visitor was none other than Xiao Canong, the head of the Dimensional Limit Mechanism’s Jiang City branch!

He wore a bright green suit, standing out from the people around him.

Fortunately, Lin Qing’s voice was low enough that only Chen Xuan could hear it. The optical camouflage continued to function, synchronously increasing display brightness. Even though they were only a few dozen meters apart, they didn’t notice that someone else was in the hall.

"Mr. Xiao, I apologize for having to host you here at this hour." General Hans appeared very courteous to Xiao Canong, "New Paris City hasn’t completely lifted the emergency state, and Louvre Palace is considered the safest place."

"Safer than your barracks?" Xiao Canong retorted.

"Not exactly, but I assume you wouldn’t want to go to a place with overly strict defense."

The two exchanged glances, chuckling subtly in unison.

"Your side is ready to receive it, right?" Hans suddenly asked.

"Yes, headquarters has passed the review, and in principle, we can agree to this transfer." Xiao Canong paused, "But as I said, the agency also wishes to understand the mysteries of the artifact and Primordial Life."