Chapter 1821: Chapter 572: Meticulously Staged Drama (6k)_2

Xi Bai silently pondered... to be more precise, silently prayed.

But apparently, things wouldn’t go that smoothly.

"Lord Xi Bai, lost your way? This isn’t the direction to the entertainment zone..."

Just after taking a few steps, two familiar subordinates of the managers came face to face.

"No, just going back to find Jialang..."

"Ah, going to see the boss, the boss is still sorting out the data..."

"Hey, the boss is always like this, working harder than all of us when busy."

Even though these acquaintances showed no suspicion, Xi Bai felt a bit helpless.

He was a professional spy, able to handle these situations, but it didn’t mean he liked dealing with them.

After exchanging pleasantries, Xi Bai hurriedly evaded them once again, and after just a few steps, he finally...

Encountered another acquaintance...

"Lord Xi Bai..."

"Hey, Officer Xi Bai..."

All the way, dealing with numerous unexpected encounters with fortress staff, it took twice as long as originally anticipated, navigating a considerable detour, Xi Bai finally returned to his position in the combat command zone.

"Whew... never thought this usually deserted place would be so crowded during leisure time.

Seems like convenient concealed corridors always attract more people...

Next time, better to be well prepared, can’t let so many unforeseen issues arise."

Xi Bai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was indeed careless.

The route explored in advance somehow changed during special times, though it was completely unforeseen, the position of a spy never allows for such accidents.

Any mishap indicates inadequate intelligence work, this is one of "Shadow of the Hermit’s" maxims.

Fortunately, with more people around, it also offered cover for his tracks from another direction.

Besides, he wasn’t lying completely earlier, the Insect Swarm’s concealment ability was strong, a patrol was indeed necessary, and after this report, similar patrolling activities in hidden areas might very well increase.

On the other hand, he did truly need to find Jialang to invite him for a drink, on a reasonable front.

The Jialang he referred to was indeed the familiar manager he met before departure.

Although merely an ordinary person, his position wasn’t low, possessing many confidential permissions.

When he first arrived at the fortress, to integrate quickly, he specially fostered a friendship.

Through his efforts over the months, he helped his acquaintance out of past depression and negativity, earning trust from him and even his subordinates.

And now, this trust was finally about to bear fruit!

Without heading directly to where the manager named Jialang was, Xi Bai recognized his position and headed straight to the nearest control room.

Currently, it’s recreation time, the ship cannon operating room was completely empty, Jialang’s subordinates who should be here had gone to relax in the entertainment zone.

Regarding the guards...

He was in charge of defense for this area...

With a swift step inside the door, he quickly shut the door, using a small device in hand to hack into the door system, locking it securely.

"Foolproof ’Shadow of the Hermit’ spy device activated, current room surveillance system and door access system acquired..."

With the response echoing in his ear from the hidden earphones just now, Xi Bai already approached the control panel.

This control room was precisely one he had entered before leaving, if only then he hadn’t been summoned by his superior’s orders, unable to view the data, who would have thought he would end up coming back here in a convoluted way.

Connecting the data storage device into the computer, Xi Bai began to operate.

"I remember the set password..."

Inputting a string of characters he had long obtained through means, the blurred virtual screen returned to its normal display.

"Lucky, it seems I’m not rusty after all, that indeed is the password.

Saves me from having to crack it with a device."

Xi Bai’s face lit up with joy, cracking devices are ultimately brute force tools and carry certain risks, being able to unlock it normally with a password is naturally best.

"Heh, let me see what’s in here..."

His fingers repeatedly tapping the keyboard, vast amounts of data rapidly flashed across the virtual screen, crazily flickering in Xi Bai’s eyes.

"Indeed, there is an anomaly! Haha! Insect Swarm! I finally caught your trail!

Heh, such capability, this data...

Almost identical to the internal intelligence!

Surely it’s the Insect Clan from the frontline battlefield! It’s those Church believers who sneaked them in!

This intelligence must be sent back to the Federation!"

With the superb thinking and memory of a 5th Rank Extraordinary, Xi Bai quickly calculated specific parameters from these combat records, matching this data attentively with his memory, soon aligning the two together.

The parameters deduced from those Insect Swarm combat records clearly matched perfectly with those from the frontline Swarm!

Having reached this conclusion, Xi Bai immediately found clues in the combat records viewed earlier and recalled the combat traces just now seen in the Space Station.

The performance of those Insect Swarms distinctly resembling certain Insect Clan species from the frontlines!

There was reasoning why he remembered the frontline Swarm so deeply.

The report from Lord Fanmao, after it was received by the President, was promptly organized and distributed down, requiring all members of the "Shadow of the Hermit" to memorize.

Back then, due to his inability to understand the biological data, he specially spent an entire day off memorizing all those things!

Confident that he wouldn’t make a mistake!

Realizing he had discovered a sensational secret, a slight sense of unease suddenly flashed through Xi Bai’s mind.

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