Chapter 43: Betrayal and Yangtze River No. 22

  Section 1

  Heung Kong Wan Chai Street, the most prosperous shopping street in Heung Kong, with all sorts of luxury stores. A favorite haunt of mainland China's bargain hunters, Li Wei has also appeared here. He has no concept of famous watches and luxury handbags, nor is he here to show off his purchases. His mind is full of questions - are those tens of thousands of dollars worth of watches and handbags really that good? Why do so many people flock to them, losing their jobs, going to jail, losing face, and becoming mistresses or concubines? What's the point? As long as I have delicious food, I'm happy...

  Li Wei was wandering around here just to wait for the contact person's arrival. He wore a sky blue suit, which was quite eye-catching, with a white small hat on his head and two small mustaches that were neatly trimmed. His skin was as smooth and delicate as a woman's, if not for the small mustache, this outfit would have looked really strange. He had been wandering around here for more than an hour, but no one came to greet him, except for a few girls who flirted with him. The agreed time was 10 am, Li Wei arrived at 9:30, and now it's almost 12 pm. Li Wei became increasingly impatient as he waited, thinking to himself: If there were any changes in the situation, I should have received a notification by now. Is this some kind of test for my patience? Maybe I'll just go take a walk around where people eat, if no one comes, I'll just eat first. Just as Li Wei turned around, he saw three men in suits walking towards him, and a voice message came through...

  "These three people are military agents sent to capture you. When you fight them, be careful only to give them minor injuries. You need to get hurt a bit and then grab the red sedan driven by a woman in white with long hair. There will be about 10 cars chasing you, including police cars. Only the woman in white is on our side. The military and police don't know your identity, but don't worry, they have orders to capture you alive. Follow the navigation on the car, it's time for you to take action. Goodbye!"

  As soon as the words fell, two thin lines flew over like arrows. Li Wei's body leaned back and dodged the attack. Immediately, a dagger flew towards his calf. Li Wei didn't see the dagger but heard the sound of the blade cutting through the air. He turned his body 360 degrees to the left and dodged it again. Suddenly, another flying kick came over, and Li Wei caught the person's ankle with both hands, spun around, and threw him away.

  As soon as he let go, another dagger flew over. Li Wei grabbed it with one hand and held it in his palm. He charged towards the two people still standing, and two more thin lines flew over - high-voltage electric wires. Li Wei swiftly took off his hat to block the wires, letting them pass through the hat. With a flick of his wrist, the hat flew towards another person, who was electrocuted and convulsed.

  Li Wei took an arrow step forward, kicked away the high-voltage gun, and began slashing at the person with the dagger - 'swish swish swish'! Each slash touched the skin without cutting it, making the person feel the icy blade. The person was both shocked and enraged, about to make a desperate move when Li Wei turned the dagger and poked his acupoint, causing him to fall.

  The first person who fell pulled out a gun but hadn't aimed before another dagger flew over, and with a 'click', the gun slipped from their hand.

  A red sedan screeched to a halt, just the one Li Wei needed to hijack. He ran over, yanked open the door, pulled out the woman in white, and jumped in himself. He floored it and sped away. The steering wheel on the right side was very uncomfortable for him, and he knocked over trash cans on the roadside. To accommodate his habit, the smart car issued a voice prompt:

  "Navigation is about to start, for your driving convenience, the steering wheel can be moved to the left side, would you like to move it?"

  "Let's move!"

  The steering wheel automatically turns to the left side.

  "Excuse me, is autopilot required?"

  Li Wei didn't say a word, continuing to drive. The windshield displayed the route they were taking, as well as the police and military vehicles chasing them. Li Wei followed the route at high speed, leaving the military vehicles further and further behind, with only the police still in hot pursuit. Xiangjiang News was live broadcasting this car chase, which wasn't a evenly matched competition - the police cars could only watch from afar as Li Wei's taillights disappeared into the distance. In the end, they were forced onto the Haixia Bridge, where both ends of the bridge were blocked off, waiting for Li Wei to surrender.

  Li Wei started regretting after crossing the bridge. What kind of automatic navigation is this? How did it lead me to a dead end! When the car reached the middle of the bridge, a prompt tone came through.

  "Please turn right."

  Li Wei was suddenly confused, wasn't the right turn the sea? He didn't turn around and continued to drive forward. When the car reached the turning point, another prompt appeared.

  "Bouncing function ready to launch, 3...2...1"

  "Your mom!"

  The car suddenly bounced up, whizzing and rolling straight to the sea surface, 'plop' into the sea, Li Wei was about to abandon the car and escape when the prompt sound came again.

  "Dive function activated, is autopilot required?"

  "I didn't use autopilot just now, and you jumped down too!"

  "The established route has been set and must be followed."

  "Then come along the route! I'll appreciate the underwater scenery!"

  Li Wei was slightly angry in his heart, this is also too much trouble, isn't it enough to torment people to death?

  Section 2

  The red car transforms into a submarine like Transformers underwater, the body shrinks and becomes more streamlined, wings extend from the bottom of the car, the wheel hubs turn into propellers, and it speeds through the ocean floor. After entering the open sea area, the prompt tone sounds again:

  "Now entering international waters, switch to flight mode?"

  "Everything has been arranged, what's the point of asking me? Your doubts are all flat tones, where are you actually asking me?"

  "Thank you very much. You treat artificial intelligence as a human being. For your questions, we will continue to improve."

  "You're pretty good at pretending, you really look like a person."

  The red submarine leaped out of the water with a "whoosh" sound, two large exhaust pipes turned into jet engines, and the red plane broke through the sound barrier in an instant, piercing the clouds.

  "Where are you taking me?"

  "Tianzhu Country."

  "Awesome, I was just thinking of going there. Can you locate someone's position?"

  "Please go on."

  "Monk!"

  "Tianzhu Country is the birthplace of Buddhism, and there are too many monks. Which sect are you looking for?"

  "Goodbye!"

  "At an altitude of 15,300 meters, it is advised that you do not jump with a parachute."

  "I'm thoroughly impressed by you."

  "Please speak in Mandarin Chinese or a foreign language, don't mix them up."

  "I give up, shut up and take a rest."

  "Altitude of ten thousand meters suggests you should not cancel autopilot."

  “…………”

  “…………”

  "Do you have a name or a code?"

  "Changjiang 22 is at your service."

  "Yangtze River? Ha ha, Yangtze River, I am Yellow River, I am Yellow River..."

  Section 3

  News of a Hua Xia State agent defecting with classified documents spread like wildfire. Despite the Hua Xia State police and media insisting it was just an economic crime, those in the intelligence community and anti-Hua Xia organizations knew that someone had defected from the tightly secured Hua Xia State, taking military secrets with them. This person has become a magnet for all hostile forces against Hua Xia State, and is now hiding in Tian Zhuo, Old De Li.

  Li Wei's destination was the northern part of Tianzhu Country, a place where escaped lamas took refuge. He had agreed to undertake a mission alone, but unexpectedly found himself being led by the nose by a car (an amphibious vehicle). Li Wei disliked the person who was dictating his route, thinking to himself: "Am I going to run away? You're watching me so closely, how am I supposed to carry out my mission?" He had complaints to make, but things to do as well. Now, Li Wei was on his way to meet someone with whom he had exchanged messages on an untraceable website. That person was very interested in the confidential documents in Li Wei's possession, and they had agreed to meet at the Xize Flower Nightclub. The person had not revealed any information about their identity, and all Li Wei could do was wait.

  Every nightclub in the world is the same, filled with bright lights and booze, a place where people come to indulge. Li Wei thought a classic movie quote was particularly apt - coming here was like sitting on a toilet, comfortable at first but no one falls in love with a toilet. He was currently lounging on this "toilet", feeling both disgusted and happy. Unlike other special consultants, Li Wei enjoyed certain tasks, the ones that required him to "sit on the toilet". He would do them willingly, without any hesitation or pretence. He even gave it a nice name: self-cultivation for special agents, emerging from the mud but remaining unsoiled.

  Li Wei wholeheartedly selected, looking for a very "heavenly" woman or two very "heavenly" women. For the sake of completing the task perfectly, he could only sacrifice himself, because he was playing the role of a bad guy. After selecting them, Li Wei was enthusiastically led into the private room by the "heavenly" women. No matter what the two women asked him, he replied with an OK, OK...