Mastering the Sword Manual, sweeping across the globe

The presiding judge opened the case file.

"The defendant, Chu Yanqing, entered the country with a Da Yang passport and a business visa, declaring his purpose as international trade. This court confirms that the defendant actually engaged in telecommunications and online fraud activities within the country and was the person in charge of the fraud den in the Sharjah Industrial Zone. The prosecution's evidence includes: GOIP equipment maintenance records, fraud script training manuals, transfer records of multiple victims, confessions of co-defendants, mobile phone base station location data, and on-site investigation reports of the den."

"The defendant, Wu Xiao, entered the country with a Da Yang passport and a tourist visa, declaring his purpose as tourism. This court confirms that the defendant actually acted as the operator of the aforementioned den, using social media platforms to contact and commit fraud. The electronic evidence collection report has secured his social media accounts, chat logs, and bank transfer links."

"The defendant, Jie Shizhong, entered the country with a business visa and a passport from Da Yang. This court confirms that the defendant was responsible for the logistical support of the den, including providing accommodation for gang members, assisting in the transfer of proceeds of fraud, and purchasing and maintaining GOIP equipment. His fingerprints are consistent with the fingerprints remaining on the surface of multiple devices extracted from the den."

"The defendant, Xi Ping, entered the country with a tourist visa and a passport from Dayang. This court confirms that the defendant was a newly recruited operator in the den, who entered the country three months ago to receive training and participate in the crime. His mobile phone number appeared continuously within the den's base station range for nine days, and call records show that he had multiple long-term calls with known principal offenders."

The bailiffs presented the list of evidence to the defendant one by one. The presiding judge removed his glasses and closed the case file.

"The actions of the four defendants constitute a violation of Section 399 of the Federal Criminal Code concerning fraud, as well as Sections 11 and 13 of the Cybercrime Act concerning the use of information technology to commit fraud and participation in organized cybercrime. The facts are clear and the evidence is sufficient."

" Accordingly, this court sentenced defendant Chu Yanqing to ten years imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 dirhams. Defendant Wu Xiao to eight years imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 dirhams. Defendant Xie Shizhong to seven years imprisonment and a fine of 250,000 dirhams. Defendant Xi Ping to five years imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 dirhams."

"Upon completion of their sentences, all defendants will be deported and permanently banned from entering the country."

After the reading was completed, the presiding judge wiped his sweat.

Damn it... The presiding judge never imagined that delivering a verdict would turn into such a physically demanding task...

This is the eleventh batch, and the forty-fifth person to be convicted, since this morning.

The judge gestured, and several bailiffs stepped forward to take the suspect away. A voice came from the audience:

"The judgment is good, but deportation is unnecessary... Emirates Airlines is so expensive, it's too wasteful."

170 Giant

When Zhang Qiliang emerged from the Federal Trial Court, he was followed by a convoy of temporarily deployed escort vehicles: three white buses with iron bars welded to the windows and the emblem of the UAE Police Department printed on their bodies.

At the detention center, the person in charge stood at the door, holding a transfer list in his hand, checking it line by line. After checking each line, he would put a checkmark at the end of that line. Zhang Qiliang stood quietly to the side and waited. Soon, the person in charge finished checking the last page, capped his pen, and handed the list to Zhang Qiliang with both hands: "All the people detained in the detention center for telecom fraud, a total of 117 people, are here."

At the Sharjah Immigration Detention Center, the same white bus was already parked at the entrance.

At the international airport, seven or eight young people with East Asian features were guarded by police and waited at the terminal entrance.

Etc., etc……

Other courts, detention centers, customs offices, preliminary hearing bodies, and all other temporary detention facilities in the UAE are working in concert, operating simultaneously across the entire country.

As a wealthy country with a particularly ample fiscal budget, the UAE Ministry of the Interior demonstrated exceptional efficiency in times of emergency, with every link in the administrative channels operating with precision down to the minute.

It took about three hours, with the full cooperation of various agencies in the UAE, to transfer all the people involved in the case to Pier 1 of Zayed Port.

More than 2,100 people stood on the open ground of the dock, surrounded by container yards and gantry cranes. The sea breeze carried the salty smell unique to the Persian Gulf.

A UAE official in a white robe stood next to Zhang Qiliang, holding the final summary list in his hand.

Zhang Qiliang walked to the front of the line.

More than two thousand pairs of eyes were watching, but Zhang Qiliang neither took the list nor looked through any documents.

Standing in front of the crowd, Zhang Qiliang asked only one question: "Those who have not committed any crimes, please move forward."

The crowd fell silent for a moment.

Soon, someone started to move.

A young man hesitated and took a step forward, then a second, then a third.

The front row of the crowd parted to the sides, creating several narrow passages.

Some people walked out with firm steps, some suddenly squatted down and covered their faces, and some turned around to look at the people behind them after walking ahead.

The crowd that came out was gestured to move aside by Zhang Qiliang.

In about seven or eight minutes, more than a hundred people were in position.

Zhang Qiliang glanced around, walked into the crowd, picked out more than twenty people from the hundred-plus people, and put them aside separately.

The faces of the twenty-odd people turned pale instantly.

Schadenfreude in cyberspace:

"Here it comes! Another iconic scene is about to unfold!"

"What era are we living in? How can anyone be so foolish? Trying to pull some tricks on Doflamingo?"

"Is it going to lose a tooth, or is it going to lose an arm or a leg?"

Surprisingly, Zhang Qiliang did nothing to the twenty-odd people. He simply turned around, smiled at the remaining seventy-odd people, and said, "You've been frightened... You can go home now."

An UAE official stepped forward, clasped his hands in front of him, and said in a solemn and formal tone: "The UAE government deeply apologizes for the inconvenience and disturbance you have experienced during this large-scale judicial action. We will immediately arrange transportation to escort you back to your residences and, in accordance with the relevant provisions of UAE federal law, initiate national compensation procedures for the restriction of your personal freedom and damage to your reputation during this period... The relevant compensation will be transferred to your designated bank account within thirty working days after verification."

The UAE official was practically grinning from ear to ear as he spoke.

Putting aside Zhang Qiliang's attitude, which was just a routine business transaction without any praise, Quedexia's act of picking up people in the UAE according to UAE legal procedures is itself a source of pride and recognition.

Furthermore, the screening of these two thousand-plus people alone would take at least half a year if the normal judicial process were followed, from preliminary hearings, evidence collection, scheduling to sentencing.

Now Quedexia can filter everything with just one sentence, saving enough judicial resources to keep the UAE court system running for a whole year.

After dealing with the innocent people, Zhang Qiliang soared to a height of 100 meters, scanned the dock, and landed on a merchant ship anchored in the port.

This is an ocean-going cargo ship registered in Da Yang, with the words "An Hai" painted on its stern, and its waterline is very low.

Zhang Qiliang flew to the vicinity of the merchant ship and landed on the deck outside the bridge. The captain, holding onto the railing with both hands, was already standing on the ship's side watching the excitement.

"It seems you've completed your preparations for departure?" Zhang Qiliang asked.

“Yes, Ming-ge.” The captain replied with a smile.

"How about I give you a ride? When you're traveling, every little bit helps."

“I really want to,” the captain grinned, “but, as you know, these things aren’t up to me.”

Zhang Qiliang gestured to the captain to make a phone call.

The captain pulled out his satellite phone, but before he could even dial, it rang on its own.

The captain answered the phone, listened for a few seconds, and then handed it to Zhang Qiliang.

The voice on the other end of the phone was decisive: "Completely agree. The company has already communicated with the relevant departments and will fully cooperate."

Zhang Qiliang handed the phone back to the captain: "Then please go into the cabin first, it will be a bit crowded on the deck later."

The captain turned and went to the bridge, grabbing the intercom microphone.

Soon, a Mandarin accented with a Minnan flavor blared from the loudspeaker, echoing across the deck: "Attention all crew members, all into your compartments, close the watertight doors. The deck crew will double-check the lashings, and ensure the cargo hold vents are closed. This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill. All into your compartments."

The crew members jogged to their positions in the corridor.

The chief engineer shut down the main engine in the engine room control room, while the first mate tightened the valves on the last few ballast tanks in the cargo control room.

About half an hour later, all the indicator lights on the control panel turned green.

Standing on the deck, Zhang Qiliang raised his right hand and gently waved it towards the more than two thousand criminals several hundred meters away.

Immediately, more than two thousand people were lifted off the ground by an invisible force, passed over the ship's side, and landed steadily on the deck.

Zhang Qiliang raised his hand again.

The next moment, the entire merchant ship slowly left the water. The antifouling paint on the bottom of the ship cast a huge shadow on the sea. The edges of the shadow were neatly cut by the midday sun. Seawater dripping from the anchor chain stretched into several thin lines in the air and was blown away by the wind.

And so, Zhang Qiliang towed the cargo ship eastward.

With a 10,000-ton ship at his back, Zhang Qiliang's flight speed was much slower than usual.

The Persian Gulf slid past beneath the ship, the Gulf of Oman slid past beneath the ship, and the deep blue waters of the Arabian Sea slowly turned into the grayish blue of the Indian Ocean.

It took Zhang Qiliang more than two hours to finally arrive in Shanghai.

The Anhai was steadily placed into the prepared berth. When the hull entered the water, it made only a slight thud, without even scraping the anti-collision tires next to the mooring bollards on the dock.

Thousands of uniformed officers were already on standby at the port. Riot control vehicles, escort vehicles, and medical vehicles were lined up at the back of the dock. People in various uniforms lined up at the gangway, and at the front stood several officials with folders, quickly assigning batches of passengers to board the ship in preparation for the arrival of this special group of extradited criminals.

When the first batch of uniformed officers boarded the ship via the gangway, their hands were on the police equipment at their waists.

Soon, the uniformed men who boarded the ship relaxed.

Nearly two thousand people sat cross-legged on the deck, their hands on their knees, as if a pause button had been pressed.

No one made a fuss, no one struggled, and when someone tried to stand up and take a few steps, their legs bent back down as soon as they straightened.

The team leader stood at the gangway for two seconds, then turned and shouted towards the dock: "Don't rush, take your time... this group is very well-behaved."

The plainclothes captain in charge of the escort also quickly reported back: "All suspects are fully cooperating, and there have been no incidents of violent resistance..."

An hour and a half later, Zhang Qiliang finally managed to escape from the group photo of the crew.

The captain tucked a pen into his breast pocket, the chief engineer held up the signed engine log, and the second mate chased after the ship halfway down the gangway with his phone in hand, shouting, "Ming, wait a minute, let's take another picture from this angle."

Zhang Qiliang turned back, smiled at them, waved, and flew away from the cargo ship.

At the same time, certain groups of people in certain locations in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand breathed a sigh of relief.

Cyberspace is filled with regret:

"You're showing favoritism, Ming-ge! You're being biased!"

"Seriously? They're regulating the UAE, but not Southeast Asia?"

"I don't believe it... A while ago, Ming ran half a block to catch someone stealing takeout."

"I also think it's unlikely... Ming couldn't possibly not know about those industrial parks in Southeast Asia!"

It's really impossible...

Just half an hour later, amid cheers from the online community, the same crowds in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand, in the same locations as before, were terrified.

According to relay live broadcasts from various locations within Dayang, Zhang Qiliang has taken off again, heading straight for Southeast Asia.

According to satellite cloud images, a huge object was flying alongside Zhang Qiliang.

A dozen minutes later, a live stream from a fearless aerial photography blogger was pushed to the top of the trending searches.

The drone captured several shots from high altitude; the images weren't very clear, but the outlines were recognizable.

The massive object flying alongside Zhang Qiliang was a flat expanse of land. The rusted hangar roofs along the edges reflected a dim light under the moonlight. At the end of the runway stood a half-collapsed control tower, most of its windows shattered, with shards of glass glistening in the wind.

The guide lights on both sides of the runway had long been turned off, and weeds grew out of the cracks in the cement, bending flat in the wind.

A corner of the terminal roof had collapsed, revealing the rusty steel frame inside. The seats in the waiting area were still there, but the leather cushions on the seats had rotted into sponge crumbs.

The yellow guide lines that were originally painted on the tarmac were washed away by the rain and became mottled, but the lines were still there, pointing straight to the end of the runway.

This thing is a huge abandoned airport!

The width of a single track exceeds sixty meters, and its length is as long as five kilometers. The area of ​​just one track exceeds two hundred thousand square meters.

In addition to the parallel taxiways, aprons, terminal plazas, and cargo area, the total continuous usable area easily exceeds two million square meters.

In other words... if the entire airport were packed...

It could easily accommodate a million people!

171 Each displaying their unique abilities

First stop, northern Myanmar.

The walls of Wohu Mountain Villa cast large shadows in the afternoon sun.

The park is not large, but the walls are extremely high, with double-layered barbed wire on top, and there are monitoring towers at each of the four corners. The tower in the southwest corner faces the main road.

The cameras on the monitoring tower were still turning, but no one in the monitoring room was looking at the screens anymore.

Inside the dormitory building, footsteps echoed in the corridors, rushing in all directions from the stairwell.

Someone stumbled and crashed into the wall while carrying a desktop computer. The monitor was still on the table, and the power cord and HDMI cable were dangling from the edge of the table.

Someone stepped on the heel of the person in front of them at the corner of the stairs, and the two tumbled down together. The person behind them stepped over them without hesitation.

The window at the end of the corridor was smashed open, and a rope made of twisted bed sheet hung down from the window frame, its end dangling in mid-air. There was no one below... The last person who climbed down the bed sheet fell into the flower bed, got up, and limped on.

In the courtyard, a safe was thrown out of the second-floor office window, crashing onto the concrete ground. The safe door slammed open, scattering contracts, passport copies, and several bundles of cash all over the ground. Several passersby bent down, grabbed a handful of cash, and ran away. The passport copies were trampled into pulp and mixed into the mud and water in the flower bed.

Someone was burning documents. A brazier was placed at the entrance of the office building. Entire stacks of scripts, performance appraisal forms, and employee contact lists were torn off page by page and thrown into the fire. The ashes were lifted up by the heat wave, passed over the barbed wire fence, and drifted into the unattended banana grove outside the wall.

In a corner of a dormitory building, someone was squatting on the ground smashing phone screens with a hammer, moving on to the next one after finishing the first. There were at least dozens of phones with shattered screens piled up at his feet.

From the back door of the kitchen, several local kitchen helpers ran out carrying their bedding rolls and blended into the crowd surging out.

The main road in the park was packed with people.

Some were dragging suitcases, the wheels rattling on the speed bumps, and the corners of their clothes were sticking out from the gaps in the zippers, leaving a trail of dust on the ground.

Someone was carrying two plastic bags containing several bottles of mineral water and compressed biscuits. As they ran, the bags broke, and the water bottles rolled out and were kicked away by someone behind them.