255: The actual vehicle landed and began testing

At this moment, Chen Jianbing turned his head, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Expert Chen, please enjoy your meal. I'm going out for a bit and will be back soon."

With that, Liu Boer turned and left the R&D center.

Chen Jianbing was stunned for a moment but didn't ask further.

He couldn't interfere with the National Security Bureau's affairs; he just needed to focus on his own research.

Besides, even if he wanted to get involved, they wouldn't listen to him!

...

At the unfinished building.

"Brother, after today's shoot, we'll have completed this phase of the mission. They should transfer the final payment to us, right?"

As soon as he thought about the large reward he was about to receive, the shifty man couldn't help but reveal a lewd smile.

They had been stuck there for three days and three nights.

The man called 'Brother' also chuckled.

"Being stuck in this godforsaken place, I'm practically molding. After this job, I definitely need to go to a foot massage parlor and enjoy myself."

Just as he finished speaking, a tear gas canister was thrown in from outside the door.

Immediately after, a group of fully armed soldiers rushed in and easily subdued them.

As the two struggled desperately, a cold voice echoed in their ears:

"The National Security Bureau is conducting an operation. Resisters will be shot on sight."

Upon hearing this, their bodies stiffened, and they immediately stopped resisting.

Besides, they couldn't resist at all.

Several masked strong men came up and put black hoods over their heads.

When they opened their eyes again, they were in a cold interrogation room.

The two were instantly bewildered.

What was happening?

"What the hell are you doing? Why are you arresting us?"

The shifty man trembled.

"We are from the National Security Bureau. You two are suspected of secretly photographing state secrets. How dare you pretend to be innocent?"

At this moment, Liu Boer walked in with a folder, speaking in an icy tone.

At his words, the two were struck by lightning, completely dumbfounded.

"State secrets??"

"Are you mistaken? It's just a private enterprise. How could it be related to state secrets?"

This time, involving secrets of this level, the National Security Bureau was very serious internally.

If not handled well, it might even escalate to the level of counter-terrorism.

However, this was just the worst-case scenario; if it reached that point, Liu Boer would not be the one doing the interrogation.

The two men had no idea the situation was so serious; they were already crying and begging before any torture was applied.

Their psychological defenses completely collapsed, and they confessed everything.

After obtaining the confession, Liu Boer frowned slightly.

"Pure commercial competition? Who would secretly photograph the periphery of the Fenglei Factory? What information could they possibly get from that?"

From the two men's behavior, it indeed didn't seem like their goal was to investigate the parade vehicle.

Their professional skills were so poor that they didn't even know what Fenglei was developing internally.

He had no doubt about the authenticity of their statements.

After all, according to the investigation results, these two were typical street thugs and unemployed vagrants, having been arrested multiple times, and their life trajectories for the past few years had all been within Jinghai City.

It was unlikely they were enemy agents.

However, they received the order through a dark web channel, and payment was made in virtual currency, so the specific IP address could not be traced for now.

In this day and age, there are countless large and small dark webs.

Many operate in gray areas, deeply concealed, often playing close to the line, not daring to commit major crimes.

Generally, unless it's a particularly serious offense, the National Security Bureau only intervenes if they stumble upon it; otherwise, they turn a blind eye.

After understanding the whole situation, Liu Boer snorted coldly, his face like frost.

At this critical juncture, anyone trying to probe or harass Fenglei, even if not for the 'parade vehicle' secrets, would be treated as such.

Better safe than sorry.

"These two will be detained first. After the follow-up investigation results are out, they will be severely punished."

"Additionally, contact colleagues from the National Security Network Department to thoroughly investigate and clear all recent information related to Fenglei. There must be no omissions. Do you understand what I mean?"

A flat-headed soldier beside him immediately replied, "Yes!"

At his command, the National Security Network Department began its operation.

In China, if they truly want to investigate, there's nothing they can't find out.

It just depends on whether the level is high enough and the determination is strong enough.

At the same time, a major earthquake immediately swept through dark webs, big and small, across the country.

Those behind the scenes, hiding in dark corners, were all completely bewildered!

They had no idea what they had provoked, experiencing a kind of irresistible, devastating blow without understanding what happened.

An inexplicable sense of panic spread across the dark web...

One by one, they became much more subdued, not daring to engage in further activities.

This also led to a significant decrease in cybercrime activities in the immediate future.

...

Of course, this incident was just a small interlude.

Even the Fenglei internal staff and the R&D expert team were unaware of it and had no time to delve into it.

All their subsequent efforts were focused on the preparation for the engineering vehicle's rollout.

After discussion, this vehicle was given an internal code name: "A-2101," named after a traditional state-owned numbering system.

These two code names are different and have other distinctions.

The vehicle "A-2101" is destined to be unique.

It will feature a suicide door design, and all its configurations will be of the highest level.

"I think this vehicle doesn't need further safety testing. It can be sent directly to Kyoto Sea City for review by the relevant departments," Ren Yi said to Chen Jianbing.

After all, this vehicle uses Fenglei's production line, so quality is absolutely guaranteed.

The most important point is that this vehicle's crashworthiness has been maximized.

Ordinary tests would be meaningless.

...

Time passed, and another half a month went by.

On this day, the physical vehicle of A-2101 finally rolled off the production line.

The prototype was placed in the center of the testing ground.

Those allowed to participate in the test, besides the expert team and Ren Yi, were only a few core R&D managers from Fenglei.

After Ren Yi re-tuned the exterior design, it became even more elegant and grand than before.

Its aura, just sitting there, was incredibly shocking.

Words like 'luxurious' or 'exquisite' are insufficient to describe even a tenth of this vehicle.

At this moment, experts like Chen Jianbing showed excited expressions upon seeing the physical vehicle finally completed.

They caressed the contours and lines of the A-2101's body with adoration, their eyes filled with obsession.

"When this vehicle is sent to Kyoto Sea City, the leaders will absolutely be full of praise," Chen Jianbing murmured.

This time, he spoke with complete certainty.

Next, as long as all tests pass, this parade vehicle will officially debut.

Although he previously said that safety tests were unnecessary, other performance tests still needed to be conducted to prevent any accidents.

All these tests will be recorded and sent to Kyoto Sea City along with the prototype.