This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 267: The confusing situation: the main gun was replaced and the dimensional crystal disappeared

"We are curious about this, too." Ke Weisi said grimly, staring at Fernande, "Racial affection is ultimately more important than anything else..."

Fernande was puzzled, and then stared: "You doubt me?"

Cornett frowned and shouted, "Corvis!"

Ke Weisi shrugged, his expression calm. Cornett shook his head: "Misunderstood, we don't doubt you, but we must thoroughly investigate the base."

Fernand's eyes swept across Kevis coldly, and then he said: "There are only a handful of people who know the specific action plan."

"No, I've thought it through on the way back. There are indeed only a handful of people who know the specific action plan."

"But what if someone can collect a lot of fragmentary information and piece it together?" Connit rubbed his fingers, and had sorted out his thoughts. He was holding back his anger and was determined to find the person who leaked the information at all costs.

"They may not know what we are going to do, but they can guess where we are going. The last sacrifice failed, and many people inside the base know about it."

Fernande was stunned for a moment. For some reason, a figure suddenly appeared in his mind: Deyes!

"Hmm..." As he was speaking, Connet was slightly stunned. Through the window, he had already seen the surface of the planet in the distance. There were clearly visible huge pits and traces of gullies spreading out, which were not there when he left.

"What happened?" Cornette asked with a frown. Fernand wanted to report Deyes's matter, but when he heard the question, he couldn't help but snorted coldly: "It was the work of that Qinglong. Even if it wasn't two days after you left."

"I don't know what happened, but Brot was killed directly."

"Broth was killed?" Connet's heart was suddenly shocked, and he didn't even care about the traitor: "He killed Broth?"

"Yes." Fernand said with some lingering fear, "It was still a fully armed Brot, wearing Deyes's mecha and equipped with customized A-level weapons."

"In the end, we didn't even manage to fight back."

"Impossible!" Kovis interrupted immediately, his torn black robe rustling. "Brot in this state is already strong enough to compete with Connit."

"Just watch it for yourselves." Fernande was too lazy to say more and directly played the battle video of that time.

"Eight nano energy cannons?" Cornett took a deep breath as soon as he saw it for the first time.

In order to avoid their whereabouts being disclosed, they did not contact the base immediately after their plan failed.

Instead, he returned in hiding, but he did not expect that such a big commotion would occur inside the base.

Ke Weisi looked thoughtful and suddenly asked, "You mean, Qinglong took action a few days after Connit left?"

"Hmm." Fernande's expression changed slightly, "What do you want to say?"

"Isn't this just a coincidence? Is it possible that he made such a big fuss because he knew Cornett was not in the base? Or, in other words, he just wanted to see if Cornett was there?"

Ke Weisi boldly speculated, "Qinglong, this mysterious great mechanic, it seems normal that he has the ability to contact the outside world."

Cornett frowned, Fernand looked puzzled, and then shook his head, "On the contrary, this matter was not instigated by Qinglong."

"Hmm?" Coves hesitated and looked at Fernande.

Fernand pulled up new surveillance footage, which showed Brot, fully armed, wandering back and forth in the corridor.

"It's obvious that Brot deliberately provoked. If you say so, Deyes is the most suspicious person."

Fernand explained: "After Konet left, he asked to meet Konet for three consecutive days, saying that he had key issues that he wanted to discuss with Konet in person."

"According to your theory, he was actually testing whether Cornette was there."

"In fact, he is the one I suspect the most." Cornett said, looking through the window at the surface of the planet in the distance. "Qinglong has done a good thing. By killing Brot, Deyes is in his pocket."

"Deyes? Just a master mechanic." Koves also showed a sinister smile, "Do you really think you are a big shot?"

Seeing the two men getting angry, Fernand couldn't help but interrupt them, a little embarrassed and said: "You two, there is some bad news that I haven't had time to report yet."

"Just two days ago, Deyes...disappeared."

After the words fell, Connet's face suddenly darkened. A strong and cold aura suddenly burst out from Corvis, and he stared at Fernande coldly: "You'd better explain clearly what you mean by disappeared."

"Once disappeared, it's gone!" Fernande snorted coldly, then called Ted, who was standing outside the door, in and asked him to explain the whole story.

The atmosphere in the room almost sank to freezing point. Ted's scalp was numb, but he could only bite the bullet and explain, "Three days ago..."

He told the general story, during which time the looks in Connit and Kovis' eyes kept changing.

"That's impossible. Is our main base a place where people can come and go freely? Even if he is a great mechanic, so what?" Ke Weisi said angrily:

"Can it break through the layers of blockades and disappear without a trace?"

After being ambushed and their plan failed, both of them were furious and wanted to find the leaker.

When they came back, they found that the biggest suspect had disappeared.

"Retire after completing his mission?" Cornett frowned. "That's not right. If he can really leave here, it means the coordinates of the base have been leaked. Asmara must have come knocking on our door by now."

Fernand nodded: "Yes, the intelligence department also has this analysis, so they believe that he is actually still hiding in the base."

"No, compared to the disappearance of a living person, it is actually easier to destroy the body and cover up all traces." Cornette's eyes flickered.

"Destroyed the body?" Fernand hesitated. "You mean someone killed him quietly? And then destroyed the body?"

"Is he just a pawn and not a traitor? But... there are only a few of us, who can command him?"

Cornett shook his head: "Whether he is a traitor or not is just speculation, there is too little evidence. Now that he has disappeared, there is no evidence..."

They were silent, feeling more and more confused. If it wasn't Deyes, who else could it be? Qinglong, Benny, or Jessiah?

Ke Weisi added: "We have limited our targets to those big mechanics. We may have fallen into a trap. Theo is also a big suspect."

While everyone was discussing, there was a knock on the door. Ted went out and saw Pierre, who was sweating profusely. He said intermittently: "I have... I have key information..."

"Chief, you..." As soon as Pierre came in, he was shocked to see Cornette who was missing an eye.

He didn't know yet that Cornette had returned.

"Don't worry about me. What do you have to say?" Cornett said in a deep voice.

"I found the traitor, it's Deyes!" Pierre said impatiently.

"Ok?"

The expressions of the four people changed instantly, and they all looked at him.

Ted couldn't help but remind him, "Pierre, this is no joke. Do you know how big a matter this is?"

Without saying much, Pierre took out his smart terminal and placed it on the table, operating it while explaining:
"After so many days of thinking hard, I finally found the way Deyes communicated with the outside world. The technical level of this great mechanic is really high."

"He used decompiled code, which was to compile and parse the communication between himself and the other party in a special way and distribute it in the information flow we transmitted externally."

"So there is no fluctuation in the overall data, and no abnormalities have been found." "Not long ago, I suddenly had a thought: if Deyes contacted the outside world, what would they say in the conversation? It must be a leak of our internal intelligence."

"I tried to use a few key pieces of information as the compiled source code, and then reverse-analyzed it. I actually got something out of it, and eventually cracked all of his compiled source code."

The more Pier spoke, the more excited he became, while the other four became more confused as they listened.

However, as Peel clicked on the virtual screen of the smart terminal, an audio clip was played.

"…Mr. Deyes…"

"… Your Highness Asmara…"

"…They are making a sublimator…"

"...Qinglong killed Brot...You must stop Cornett..."

"…after I take a few more things and destroy the Torch's plan, I will evacuate…"

As the video played, Pierre felt nervous. He found a seemingly reasonable reason for his cracking, but he was guilty as a thief and he didn't know if he could hide it.

But when he listened to it himself, he felt a chill in his heart. He didn't expect that Deyes actually had so much information.

All that was left was to learn the coordinates of the Torch Organization's base and pass it on.

In other words, the Torch Organization’s most important means of external communication is forwarding through the black hole network.

To do this, they need to pay a huge fee every year, but it is ultimately worth it.

"It's really him." Fernando's face turned pale. Deyes' words were like slaps in the face.

The other party looked timid, but his methods were so sophisticated and I was kept in the dark. Now thinking about it, it's really ridiculous.

Cornette kept rubbing his fingers, and waves of pain came from his empty eye sockets.

For some reason, he felt an unprecedented confusion, with multiple speculations, supporting evidence, and this almost iron-clad evidence before him.

The traitor was Deyes, there was no doubt about it, and everything was closed.

Now, all they need to do is find Deyes and give him the punishment he deserves.

But it all seemed to come at just the right time. They were ambushed and furious to find the traitor.

After returning, Deyes disappeared, and then, Peel's evidence came.

Coincidence? Is Peele also having problems?

But Fernande also provided corroborative evidence. Could it be that Fernande also has a problem?

It must not be a coincidence that Deyes asked to see him several times in a row.

It may not be a coincidence that Cornette's thoughts diverge but are quickly curbed.

I had reminded Peel of this before, and the method Peel used was obviously to determine that Deyes was the suspect, and then look for related clues.

But this compilation method cannot be faked and can be verified by anyone.

All the relevant information and intelligence revealed by Deyes could be connected, but because it came too easily and the loss was too great this time, even he almost got caught in it.

That's why he became suspicious. Cornette took a deep breath.

He noted the last few words Cornett had said.

"What does he mean by 'take a few things and spoil the plan'?" asked Cornett.

Pierre shook his head and said helplessly: "I can only compile what he said, but I don't know what he wants to do specifically."

Cornett nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly, a sense of alertness came over him.

He suddenly looked at Fernande and said in a deep voice, "Did you check the warehouse when you searched it before?"

"We will first search places with human activities. The search of the storage area will be tomorrow..." Ted explained, but when he saw Cornett's cold eyes, he suddenly shuddered. He didn't bother to say more and hurriedly said, "I'll go check it out right away."

Ted left in a hurry, the three A-level life forms remained silent, and Pierre was terrified.

Cornett tapped the table and listened over and over again to the conversation between Deyes and Asmara.

We can get a lot of information from it. Deyes is extremely targeting and hostile to Qinglong, and it is impossible for the two of them to cooperate.

Connet naturally had many doubts about Qinglong, the troublemaker, but it was impossible for him to be blamed for everything.

Not long after, Ted returned here in a panic.

The calm security chief was so flustered that he didn't even bother to greet them. He said hastily:

"Captain, we just checked all the warehouses and found... found... that the three main ship-class cannons were all replaced."

The pupil of Cornett's one eye suddenly shrank into a needle, and Fernand stood up suddenly with his face changed drastically.

"what?"

The one who reacted the most was Pierre. He stood there in a daze, and then a bone-chilling cold spread throughout his body.

Those flagship ships were signed and put into storage by him personally. Were they all replaced?

"Let's go!" Cornette's face was gloomy, and the group hurried to the warehouse.

The warship parts that had long been sealed in storage were now all opened and undergoing a second inspection.

The three main guns were pushed out and were being carefully inspected. At first glance, there was nothing unusual, but in fact they had become empty shells and had no real function.

"Who is responsible for the inspection? Who is the signing officer?" Cornett shouted in a deep voice.

In the crowd, Zog and Hector were taken out of custody. Pierre said with a stiff upper lip: "Is it me who signed it?"

Cornett looked around at the three of them, his voice as cold as ice: "What's going on?"

"Chief, there will be absolutely no problem when putting the goods into storage!" Zog trembled all over and gritted his teeth.

Just as Cornette was about to say something, his heart moved a little. He turned around and saw another of his men rushing here.

The expression on his face was very familiar to Cornette, one of fear and uneasiness.

An unpleasant feeling arises spontaneously.

The subordinate did not dare to look up and whispered, "Chief, there is a problem in Warehouse No. 1. Five dimensional crystals have been replaced with ordinary glass crystals with the same appearance."

With the bad news coming one after another, Connet could no longer suppress his suppressed emotions. A boiling blue elemental tide suddenly exploded around his body, roaring straight into the sky like a tornado rising in the opposite direction, accompanied by a hoarse roar: "You're looking for death!"

(End of this chapter)