novelraw Chapter 32 Who is your father?
Chapter 32 Who is your father?
Under the expectant gazes of Evans and Peterson, Li Youyu turned the switch key, and the power to the flashing transmitter screen snapped off.
"Alright, the experiment is complete."
Li Youyu pulled out the switch key, put it in his pocket, and gestured for the two to find another place to talk.
"That's how it is. I made contact with the main force using the antenna at the Red Coast base, but the conditions at the Red Coast base are too limited. I had to mix this into the Red Coast's routine launch missions to ensure it wouldn't be detected. But there's good news though..."
Li Youyu led Evans and Peterson around to a small cubicle in the listening room. As soon as he pushed open the door, the dozen or so people sitting inside immediately straightened their backs. With Li Youyu raising his fist, one of the middle-aged men stood up and roared, "The world belongs to the Trisolarans!"
The others echoed the middle-aged man's shouts, chanting in unison.
"The world belongs to the Trisolarans!"
"The world belongs to the Trisolarans!"
This scene stunned Evans, but Li Youyu, unfazed, called over the middle-aged man leading the group and introduced him to Evans and Peterson, "This is the good news I wanted to tell you. Inside the Red Coast Base, there are some people who share my ideals. We have formed an organization called Earth-Three-Body, in order to welcome the smooth arrival of the Lord!"
Evans nodded to the ETO agent played by Yang Weining, then quietly asked Li Youyu, "What can I do?"
Li Youyu shook his head.
"Take care of yourself, Mike. This career isn't quite right for you right now. I told you, you can take my place when I'm exposed."
"Not suitable for me? Why?"
Evans couldn't believe he had any reason to be rejected.
At that moment, a man in a greyish-brown coat stood up. His coat was patched, and he spoke English with a thick Asian accent.
He answered Evans' question for Li Youyu:
"Because you are American, and America is the most evil and cunning country in the world! Americans are the same! If you go back and reveal the existence of the Lord, the Lord will be schemed against and controlled by America!"
The man's tone was agitated, and his vocabulary consisted of rigid, textbook terms. Evans almost laughed in exasperation. He ignored the man and instead cast a questioning glance at Li Youyu.
"is that so?"
He asked.
Li Youyu denied it, but he hesitated slightly in his denial.
Evans keenly observed this moment of hesitation.
He thought he already knew the answer.
Evans remained silent, keeping the matter to himself.
After leaving the small room, Evans casually asked, "Is this the only key to the launch room? I'm worried that others might have more, and if they rashly enter the launch room, they might expose the Lord's presence."
"Don't worry," Li Youyu said. "There are two keys to the launch room in the entire base. One is with me, and the other is with one of our own people. It's the guy who just led the chanting. The Red Coast's launch system is completely under our control."
"Then I'm relieved."
Evans silently memorized the appearance of the person he had just seen.
When they passed the archives, Evans called out to Li Youyu, "Dr. Hudson and I would like to stay here and look at some more documents from back then. Would that be convenient?"
Li Youyu glanced at his watch and said, "No problem. Remember to return to the conference room in half an hour. We have the next item on the agenda."
After saying that, he made a point of checking the lock on the launch room door, and only left hurriedly after confirming that it was locked.
Li Youyu hadn't gone far when Shen Hai, wearing glasses, found him. Making sure no one was around, Shen Hai asked, "How did it go? Did the plan go smoothly?"
Shen Hai was a special envoy dispatched from above to cooperate with this operation. He knew all the inside details, and his background had been thoroughly investigated, making him absolutely safe and reliable.
Li Youyu gave him a reassuring answer.
The accent, word choice, and tone of the man in the grey coat, and Li Youyu's hesitation...
Everything, including every blade of grass and every tree on the Red Shore, has been meticulously designed.
The purpose was to manipulate Evans' emotions and create the feeling that the truth was in the hands of a pitiful person.
Evans, seeing the Lord so close yet unable to obtain Him, naturally let his emotions overwhelm his rational thinking.
So far, it seems to be going quite well. Evans is probably in the archives right now, working on some small calculations with Peterson.
"I hope everything goes smoothly."
Shen Hai breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "The guards at the gate just stopped someone who said she is Ye Wenjie, the wife of Chief Engineer Yang Weining. The plan is not yet complete, and I want her to go back... What do you think, Comrade You Yu?"
Li Youyu thought for a moment, then said, "Let her pass. This place is a part of her life. Since she's here, let her take a good look around."
"this,"
Shen Hai paused for a moment, then asked, "Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"
"It's okay, I'll take responsibility for any problems."
Shen Hai breathed a sigh of relief, "Then you can take care of it."
The speed of his change of expression made Li Youyu glance at him and say, "It seems you've been waiting for me to say that."
Shen Hai chuckled without explaining. In fact, by the time he discovered Ye Wenjie, she had already wandered into the Red Coast Base. The sentries at the gate hadn't even noticed her. Fortunately, the entire area was now silent, and Ye Wenjie wasn't aggressive, otherwise she would have been shot dead by the ambushing soldiers long ago.
"By the way, I heard Engineer Ye had a daughter?"
Shen Hai suddenly asked a question.
"What? You want to arrange a marriage between our children?"
Li Youyu looked at him suspiciously. Shen Hai's cunning appearance didn't seem like he was married at all.
Shen Hai took out a photo from his pocket, pointed to a little boy in a kindergarten group photo, and said proudly, "This is my son. He's 5 years old. I thought that Engineer Ye and Engineer Yang are both highly educated intellectuals, and their daughter must be very smart too. So I thought I'd let the two children interact more."
In the group photo, all the children were smiling brightly, except for Shen Hai's son, who stood on the far side of the crowd, with snot running down his face and looking rather silly.
Li Youyu originally wanted to joke around with Shen Hai, but when he saw the name next to the child's portrait, he instantly stopped laughing.
"Zhang, Zhang Beihai?!"
Shen Hai nodded. "Yeah, Zhang Beihai. I just made up this name, but I think it's alright, right?"
"No," Li Youyu said, a little confused, "aren't you surnamed Shen?"
Shen Hai looked at Li Youyu with a sly grin and retorted, "Who uses their real name when going on a mission? It's not you, is it?"
"So what's your real name?"
Shen Hai stood at attention, saluted, and said, "Zhang Zhi'ao of the North Sea Fleet is reporting to you."
Li Youyu choked on his breath from the wind, swallowing back all the words he wanted to say.
This unreliable guy in front of me is actually Zhang Beihai's father?!