I handed over to another world

Chen Lin's eyes swept across Cheng Ye's face like a knife, and the copper coins in his hand had stopped flipping at some point.

The air in the conference room seemed to freeze; even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.

"Vice President Cheng," Chen Lin's voice was very light, but it made Cheng Ye sweat coldly on his back, "Do you think I don't know about your private transaction with Lin Mingyuan?"

Cheng Ye's Adam's apple rolled: "President, I don't understand what you mean..."

"not understand?"

Chen Lin sneered, and the copper coin suddenly bounced between his fingers, projecting a holographic image in the air.

In the picture, Cheng Ye is talking with Lin Mingyuan in a hidden restaurant, and the two exchange an encrypted storage device.

"This happened three months ago," Chen Lin caught the falling copper coin, "Do you need me to retrieve the contents of the memory?"

Cheng Ye's face turned pale in an instant. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

"The Tongque project you are in charge of should have been the association's top secret." Chen Lin walked slowly to Cheng Ye, "But why has the Black Snake Club already mastered 70% of the technical parameters?"

The meeting room was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard.

"I..." Cheng Ye's forehead was covered with cold sweat, "I was coerced..."

"Coercion?" Chen Lin suddenly raised his voice. "Using your daughter's safety overseas to threaten you?"

He slammed the button on the table, and the holographic projection switched to a surveillance picture of an overseas residence. "Look who sent this person!"

In the picture, several men who look like bodyguards are standing in various places on the campus - the emblem of the Lin family is embroidered on their cuffs.

Cheng Ye stood up suddenly, his eyes full of shock and anger: "Lin Mingyuan, that old fox!"

"sit down."

Chen Lin's voice returned to calm, "We'll settle your account later, now..."

He turned to the others in the conference room and said, "You all have seen how corrupt the association has become."

He walked back to the main seat, and the copper coins made a crisp sound on the table: "From today on, all department heads must undergo a second review."

"I will take over the technical department directly, and the security department will be disbanded and reorganized."

"As for Vice President Cheng..." Chen Lin's eyes fell on Cheng Ye again, "I'll give you a chance to make amends."

Cheng Ye looked up suddenly, a glimmer of hope flashing in his eyes.

"The Black Snake Club's base in the North District should be familiar to you."

Chen Lin pushed a document over and said, "I want to see the list of their core members within three days."

Cheng Ye took the document tremblingly: "Yes, President."

"Let's adjourn."

Chen Lin put away the copper coins and turned to walk towards the door. When he was about to leave, he stopped and said without looking back: "Remember, this is your last chance. The rules of the Red Dragon Association never give people a third chance."

"Yes!"

Vice President Cheng did not dare to say anything else and quickly responded. The door of the conference room closed silently, leaving only the senior executives in silence.

At this time, the rain outside the window finally stopped. A ray of sunlight penetrated the clouds and shone on the place where Chen Lin had just stood. The ancient copper coin lay quietly in the center of the light spot, emitting a cold light.

Chen Lin stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the corridor, overlooking the city after the rain.

The sunlight penetrates the clouds, casting mottled light and shadows on the glass curtain wall.

"President, I just received the message."

Zhao Yan walked over quickly and said in a low voice, "There is movement from the Black Snake Society. Their three action teams are moving towards the headquarters."

Chen Lin's mouth curled up into a sneer: "Sure enough, you can't sit still anymore."

He turned and walked towards the elevator, "Notify the special operations team to implement plan B."

"Then what about Vice President Cheng..."

"Let him go."

Chen Lin pressed the elevator button. "It's a good opportunity to see if he is truly repentant or has other intentions."

The elevator door slid open silently and Chen Lin stepped in.

At the moment when the door was about to close, he suddenly asked: "Is Qin Hongzhu's analysis report out?"

"Just finished."

Zhao Yan handed him a data tablet and said, "It is confirmed that the financial transactions between Lin Mingyuan and the Black Snake Society have lasted for two years and three months."

Chen Lin glanced at the data, his eyes becoming colder: "It's longer than I thought."

He put away the data tablet, "Prepare for a press conference. I will personally announce the results of this purge."

"Yes." Zhao Yan hesitated for a moment, "Then... Vice President Cheng's daughter?"

"It's safe."

The elevator reached the top floor and Chen Lin strode out, "Let the medical team get ready. The child is a little frightened."

The door of the office opened automatically. Chen Lin walked to the table and picked up the communicator on the table: "Qin Hongzhu, start the purge protocol."

"Confirming permissions..."

The AI's voice echoed in the room, "The protocol has been activated. It is expected that the association-wide screening will be completed within 72 hours."

Chen Lin put down the communicator and took out an ancient wooden box from the drawer. Seven copper coins were neatly arranged in the box, each with a different pattern engraved on it. He took out one of the coins with a dark red edge and gently placed it in the middle of the table.

"President." Zhao Yan's voice came from the door. "Vice President Cheng sent a message that he has locked the location of the Black Snake Society's northern base."

Chen Lin didn't even raise his head: "Let him act according to the plan."

"And..." Zhao Yan hesitated, "The people from the technical department found this when they were tidying up Zhao Tiancheng's office."

He handed over an encrypted memory stick.

After Chen Lin took it, he inserted it into the terminal. The holographic projection immediately unfolded, showing a top-secret document labeled "Bronze Sparrow Project".

Chen Lin's pupils shrank slightly: "So that's it..."

The signature at the end of the document was the name of the former president Zhang Shouren, and the approval date was exactly three days before he stepped down.

"Do you want to investigate further?"

Zhao Yan asked cautiously.

Chen Lin was silent for a long time, and finally put away the memory: "Keep it secret for now."

He looked at the sunset outside the window and said, "For some things, the fewer people who know about them, the better."

On the other side of the city, Cheng Ye stood on the rooftop of a high-rise building, looking towards the headquarters building.

The night wind ruffled his hair and blew away the ashes in his hands.

He heard the news that his daughter had arrived home safely through the communicator. He breathed a sigh of relief and extinguished his cigarette on the railing.

"President Chen..."

He whispered to himself, "I owe you this time."

As he turned and walked towards the stairwell, his eyes had become firm.

Chen Lin's fingertips passed across the holographic projection. The dim blue light of the archive room cast deep and shallow shadows on his stern face. As the authority authentication was passed, an encrypted file marked "Top Secret - The Whole Story of the Black Snake Society" slowly unfolded on the screen.

"Retrieve the full record."

He gave a soft command, and the copper coin flipped between his fingers, emitting a cold light. Qin Hongzhu's projection appeared in the database: "Decrypting the Level 7 confidential file..." The screen first showed a part of the association's image twenty years ago.

"The Black Snake Society was founded in the twenty-fourth year since the portal was opened. It was founded by Mo Yuntian, the former deputy chief of the Security Department."

As the AI ​​explained, the files automatically turned pages, showing detailed information on the three core factions.

Chen Lin's gaze lingered for a moment on the research and development data of the "Snake Kiss Virus". This deadly program, which once paralyzed hundreds of agents of the association, has now been included in the anti-terrorism textbooks.

"Play the record of the clearing operation."

He gave the order out loud, and the holographic image immediately switched to a three-dimensional battle map.

The blue dots of light represent the association's agents, and the red dots represent the Black Snake Society's strongholds. As time progresses, the red dots of light go out one after another.

Chen Lin saw the footage of the special agents leading the raid on the North District Headquarters.

"Final action results statistics:"

Qin Hongzhu's voice sounded: "47 core members were killed/captured, 209 neural modification bodies were destroyed, 3 quantum computers were seized, and 1.2PB of technical data were recovered..."

The video finally freezes on the interrogation video of Mo Yuntian, the leader of the Black Snake Society. This once powerful man slumped in the interrogation chair and said hoarsely: "Do you think that catching me is the end? The leader of the Black Snake Society has seen through everything... We are just his whetstone..."

"The file has been read." Qin Hongzhu reminded, "According to the confidentiality agreement, the file will be re-encrypted in 10 seconds."

Chen Lin withdrew his gaze, and the copper coin fell on the file closing button with a "ding" sound.

As the holographic image faded, he turned and walked to the window. The city was brightly lit in the night, and the headquarters building of the Red Dragon Association was like a sword piercing the sky.

"History is always written by the victors, isn't it?"

He whispered to his own reflection in the glass and put the dark red copper coin into his arms.

The lights in the archives room went out one after another, leaving only the association logo slowly rotating on the terminal screen - a red dragon hovering above a planet. This was specially designed by Chen Lin ten years after he took office as the association's president.

"President, Vice President Cheng sent an action report."

Zhao Yan's voice came from the communicator, "The northern area base has been cleared, but..."

"explain."

Chen Lin's voice was eerily calm.

"They found this at the stronghold."

The holographic projection unfolded, showing a dark red copper coin that was exactly the same as the one in Chen Lin's hand, except that the edge had a strange green hue.

Chen Lin's pupils suddenly contracted. This was a token of the highest authority in the "Bronze Sparrow Project", and there were only seven of them in the entire association.

"Bring the things back, and no one is allowed to touch them." He ordered in a deep voice, "Start the first-level isolation plan."

"Yes!" Zhao Yan's voice was full of tension, "And... Vice President Cheng was seriously injured in the operation."

Chen Lin's fingers tightened slightly, and the edge of the copper coin sank into his palm: "Send him to the medical center and use the best equipment."

After the communication was cut off, Chen Lin turned and walked towards the safe deep in the office.

The iris authentication was passed, and the heavy metal door slid open silently. Five quaint wooden boxes were neatly arranged inside, and a copper coin was missing from each box.

"Qin Hongzhu," Chen Lin's voice echoed in the empty room, "Call up the recent activity trajectories of all participants in the Bronze Sparrow Project."

The AI's holographic projection unfolded in the center of the room: "Warning, this operation requires double S-level authority."

Chen Lin inserted the dark red copper coin in his hand into the console: "Authorization confirmed."

Data streams poured down like a waterfall, and Chen Lin's eyes were fixed on three abnormal signals - they pointed to the three core areas of the association: the main control room of the technical department, the gene bank, and... his private archive room.

"interesting."

Chen Lin sneered, "It seems that our whetstone is sharper than we thought."

He pressed the communicator: "Zhao Yan, prepare the helicopter - and notify the special operations team to enter combat readiness."

"President, where are you going?"

"To see an old friend."

Chen Lin's eyes fell on the flashing red dot on the holographic map, "It's time to end this game."

Chen Lin stood in front of the helicopter door, the night wind lifted the corner of his black windbreaker.

The lights of the city in the distance were like stars falling to the earth, but the place he was about to go to was completely dark.

"President, the special operations team is in place." Zhao Yan handed over a tactical eyepiece, "But there is strong electromagnetic interference in the target area, and we have lost the internal surveillance footage."

Chen Lin put on the eyepiece, and the three-dimensional structure of the building immediately appeared on the lens.

A red dot kept flashing at the location of the top-floor conference room.

"The old place..." he muttered to himself, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the dark red copper coin.

The helicopter landed on the helipad in an abandoned industrial area, and twelve fully armed special agents immediately formed a guard formation.

Chen Lin raised his hand to signal them to stop: "I will go in alone."

"President, this is too dangerous!"

Chen Lin did not answer, but threw the copper coin into the air. The coin fell down while spinning. The moment it touched his palm, a holographic projection unfolded, showing a white-haired old man sitting in the conference room and sipping tea.

"He's been waiting for me for a long time."

Pushing open the rusty metal door, Chen Lin walked up the dim stairs.

With every step he took, his memory became clearer - twenty-five years ago, it was here that he took over the authority of the Red Dragon Association.

The door on the top floor was ajar, and warm light leaked through the gap. Chen Lin pushed the door open and saw Zhang Shouren sitting in front of the chessboard in deep thought.

"you are late."

The old man didn't even look up. "Black has made three moves."

Chen Lin sat down opposite and placed the copper coin with green light in the center of the chessboard: "I thought this copper sparrow would never appear."

Zhang Shouren finally raised his head, a gleam of light flashed in his cloudy eyes: "This game has just begun, President Chen."

"The black snake you trained is now going to bite back at its master."

The old man tapped the chessboard with his skinny fingers. "Encircle the dragon."

Chen Lin smiled. He slowly took out another six copper coins from his arms and arranged them into a strange array on the chessboard.

"No, Mr. Zhang."

Seven copper coins lit up red at the same time, forming a complete control system. "This is the real Bronze Sparrow Plan."

The entire building suddenly shook violently and all the windows burst at the same time.

Zhang Shouren was astonished to see that the night sky outside was lit up by hundreds of drones - they formed the shape of a red dragon, hovering over the city.

"You forgot," Chen Lin's voice was still clear in the strong wind, "the bronze sparrow can't trap the real dragon after all."

As he finished speaking, seven copper coins shattered at the same time, and the attack images around the world turned into green "Action Terminated" signs one after another.

Zhang Shouren raised his head and smiled: "It seems that you have been prepared for this. When did you find out?"

“From the day you leave office.”

Chen Lin stood up and looked down at his former mentor. "I have been waiting for you to personally deliver the last piece of the puzzle to me."

He turned and walked towards the door. Behind him, he heard the hoarse laughter of the old man: "Good...very good...I am relieved to leave the Red Dragon Association to you..." (End of this chapter)