Chapter 465: Chapter 171: Since We’re Here, a Harvest of Search Materials! (3)

Cheng Ye was driving an off-road vehicle at the forefront, while in the rearview mirror, three transport trucks and two armored pickups closely followed, their headlights stretching a long beam in the night.

This feeling of holding a convoy in one’s hand was strange yet intriguing, reminding him of the time a month ago when he couldn’t afford even a Wild Bull Fighting Handgun, almost as if it were a lifetime ago.

The convoy smoothly entered the urban area and finally turned into the closed alley behind Celestial Essence Mall.

Long had already led people to clean up the entire alley, with the ground thoroughly mopped.

At the entrance, they even set up a simple iron rack, with two militia guards stationed at the door and two more assigned within the alley for round-the-clock watch.

The apprentice from the Mechanical Bureau responsible for driving jumped out of the car, swiftly pulled up the handbrake, and wore a somewhat ingratiating smile: "Inspector Cheng, the cars are parked. If you need assembly or repairs in the future, just call us, and we’ll be at your service anytime!" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Good." Cheng Ye nodded in agreement, but found it a bit amusing inside.

No wonder the Mechanical Bureau couldn’t retain people, as these apprentices were already paving their way out before graduating.

Well, it’s convenient. When it comes to maintaining convoy vehicles or even building a repair shop in the future, we can directly call these people over, saving the trouble of looking for familiar apprentices elsewhere.

After the apprentices left, Cheng Ye turned the car around and headed toward the Public Works Bureau’s station.

Now, he held six charging cards, three linked to the Inspector’s public account, and three were private individual cards.

As long as he distributed the charging value across each card, charged only moderately each time, and slowed the frequency, he wouldn’t attract attention.

The guard at the Public Works Bureau’s parking lot recognized Cheng Ye. Seeing him driving over in a new car, he was initially startled and then smiled, pulling open the gate: "Inspector Cheng, what brings you here today?"

"Here to charge," Cheng Ye simply replied.

"Alright! There’s plenty of room in the charging area today!" The guard quickly stepped aside.

Charging openly and without excuse for the first time felt genuinely comforting.

The Public Works Bureau’s bus charging area was exceptionally spacious, and Cheng Ye, somewhat unfamiliar, steered the wheel, reversed, until the off-road vehicle was steadily parked in front of the charging post.

He casually picked up a white card and completed the binding at the back of the Defense Communication.

Individual cards required a minimum charge of 1000 degrees at once, and upon confirmation, the screen immediately popped up a prompt:

[150 Contribution Points deducted, charging capacity credited]

"Luckily, I didn’t squander the Contribution Points accumulated earlier; now they are spent wisely!"

Cheng Ye glanced at the Defense Communication balance, which read 2017 points, all of which could be used to charge over 10,000 degrees.

Completely sufficient!

He wasn’t in a hurry to plug in the charging gun and first manually set the charging limit on the panel to 37.5%.

As a result, the charging post showed a maximum charging amount of 150 degrees, perfectly corresponding to the off-road vehicle’s battery, leaving no room for fault.

"Caution leads to lasting success; it’s merely about making two extra trips, no big deal."

Cheng Ye silently recited.

Now, someone had hired the Pinghai Building’s executor to investigate him, and any outlier could become a breakthrough point, leading him to tread carefully.

Once the charging limit was full, he drove the off-road vehicle back, then switched to a transport truck to recharge.

This time, he directly set the limit to 50%, and after two charges, the charging value had already recovered to 90.5%.

Glancing at the time on Defense Communication, coming and going for two charges only took 3 hours.

"This efficiency far exceeds that of domestic electricity."

Cheng Ye couldn’t help but marvel.

If relying on home electricity, charging this much would have taken at least six days; now, with the Public Works Bureau’s fast charging available, he needn’t worry about charging value anymore.

All the prior nesting and accumulation finally led to the moment of harvest.

He didn’t linger and immediately drove back to the community to interrogate Wang Qing further.

With charging value sufficient, it was an ideal time to search for more intelligence.

"Intelligence search, direction: Details on Pinghai Building mission interface related to me."

As the thought settled, the surroundings dimmed instantly, and Wang Qing’s dazed expression froze on his face.

In the next instant, the scene shattered and reassembled, this time clearer and more in-depth than before.

It was no longer the previous island with colorful vacation-style bungalows but a completely barren wild island.

Under a drizzle, the sea breeze carried a salty and fishy odor, hitting the exposed rocks.

The island lacked decent buildings, only a few temporary huts built with canvas and wooden boards, surrounded by barbed wire with "Do Not Approach" warning signs, rusted and evidently unmaintained for a long time.

Cheng Ye overlooked from a god’s perspective. The wild island was not large, with a flat open space in the center, on which a rusty iron frame stood, holding an old communication device, its antenna skewed toward the sky.

In the imagery, Wang Qing clad in a pitch-black raincoat, trudged toward the iron frame, and fished out a silver badge from his pocket, attaching it to the communication device’s sensing area.

’Beep, please input verification password!’

The communication device featured a numeric keypad. Wang Qing cautiously examined his surroundings, reaching out to enter the password.

"Hey, did I just see the password?"

Cheng Ye was slightly surprised, originally thinking he would need another chance to search for the password.

Unexpectedly convenient.

Wang Qing quickly keyed in a twelve-digit random password, but Cheng Ye didn’t rush to memorize it, knowing the intelligence could be replayed later, taking his time when needed without urgency.

’Beep, verification successful, code 02W76, silver-level executor.’

Electronic synthesized voice emanated from the communication device amidst electrical noise: "Please input mission docking password."