Chapter 36 All Members Are Spies_1

Luna Li had been infiltrating RST Corporation for three days now, and during those three days, Qin Ming always felt as though he was playing a game in the first person in the real world. In that time, he had even encountered Dr. Harding and the bald guy named Lei in the elevator on the way down, appearing just like they did in the movies.

Over these past few days, he had pretty much figured out the situation at the research center which was, to put it mildly, quite lively.

Out of every ten employees, roughly three were secret spies and agents from unknown forces, even the interviewers from the initial job interview were corporate spies, and they played their parts convincingly, demonstrating a quite satisfactory level of professional knowledge and competence.

At least when they first met, Qin Ming hadn't seen through them at all.

Looking at it this way, the Luna he had sent was still a newcomer. If we were to talk about seniority, she would have to call them her seniors. The waters here were too deep and not easy to navigate.

The most outrageous part was how deeply these seniors had gotten into their roles, particularly those programmer spies who seemed to always have designs on Luna, strictly maintaining their persona: a single, desperate, older man.

Every day they would buy Luna breakfast and express concern with warm questions: "Are you there? Have you eaten? Are you hungry? Drink more hot water."

These people seemed to have gotten too deep into their roles, addicted to their personas and unable to extricate themselves, even going so far as to fight over Luna in private.

Luna smiled on the surface but in her heart, she was as speechless as a post on Xiao Hong Shu: I'm really screwed.

She really wanted to lay it out straight: "Stop acting, really, we are all spies here, let's not get wrapped up in each other."

It's worth mentioning that at mealtime, Qin Ming discovered the canteen lady was also a spy. A detail betrayed the lady; her technique in ladling out food was not skilled, unlike a real canteen lady, who mastered the essence of scooping a full ladle yet serving only half a ladle into the bowl.

The entire area from the first to the sixth floor had been infiltrated by outsiders, turning it into a sieve, and higher, more confidential floors likely harbored quite a few spies as well. This made Qin Ming slightly puzzled, for if he could see this in just a few short days, it made no sense that the core executives of RST Corporation wouldn't notice.

All this could only mean that they were already aware of it but chose to turn a blind eye.

Although it sounded outrageous, it actually made sense, and Qin Ming soon found the reason why.

In the evening, when the department manager once again invited Luna to dinner, Qin Ming told her to accept the invitation.

A fish that never gets a taste of the bait will lose patience and swim away; this fish had been on the hook for three days and it was about time.

So, under the heartbroken gazes of the lovesick actor programmers, Luna got into the manager's sports car and went to a high-end restaurant with an average cost of three thousand three hundred dollars per person.

After the two sat down and ordered food, they began to chat casually. By the time various exquisite dishes were brought to the table by the server, the manager had already been thoroughly impressed by Luna's knowledge and beauty, and she had him drinking cup after cup of wine.

The man's guard gradually lowered and under Luna's subtle prodding, he revealed a shocking piece of news.

That RST Corporation's medical nanobots "Nanite" had already gone into mass production and would be hitting the market in seven days.

Qin Ming got this information immediately, and at the same time, he also noticed something odd about the man.

At this moment, sitting in the chair, the seemingly drunken manager's eyes flickered with an imperceptible clarity; he had been pretending to be drunk the whole time, hoping to probe Luna. Now, he had confirmed a suspicion.

The new beauty was a spy.

[This department manager is also a spy.]

At the same time, Luna also received a message from Qin Ming.

If the manager had really been just a regular company employee, she might have had to put on a bit of an act, like "My period has come," or "My boyfriend is coming to pick me up."

But knowing that this man was a spy just like herself, Luna wouldn't be courteous anymore. She smiled warmly as she stood up, then pretended to accidentally step on his foot hard before turning and walking away.

The manager winced in pain and at the same time realized that he had been discovered, but he couldn't understand why, as he hadn't slipped up. How could he have been discovered?

...

After leaving the restaurant, Luna returned and, after confirming there was no surveillance, she typed out her doubts to Qin Ming.

[Is it possible that the company's CEO is also a spy sent by another corporation?]

[It's not impossible.]

Qin Ming gave a vague answer, considering that in reality, there indeed were cases where a police undercover in a criminal syndicate ended up becoming the boss himself and even married the former boss's daughter.

[What about the information we just received?]

[What he said should be correct, but it's definitely not a secret, and it's very likely that many people already know it.]

To some extent, this message explained the bizarre situation at RST Corporation. Qin Ming could only say that those who understood would naturally understand, and the information was largely accurate.

Nanobots had actually been mass-produced and were even ready to hit the market to benefit mankind. In the original storyline, however, this technology was Dr. Harding's taboo, who was willing to murder the other founders of the company to monopolize this technology.

Suddenly, Qin Ming felt he didn't need to go through so much trouble; he could just wait a few days, spend some money to buy them, and his cancer would be effortlessly cured by nanobots.

Although it sounded wonderful and simple, he was always cautious, not willing to introduce anything into his body that he didn't understand, as it gave him the feeling of entrusting his life to someone else.

[Luna, let them play their role, and we'll play ours; your task is still to obtain all the data on 'Nanite'.]

[The Trojan virus has been sent to your phone. Just connect your phone to a computer, and I'll be able to hack into the intranet.]

Qin Ming's instructions displayed on his glasses.

Every floor of RST Corporation was isolated from the external network, and the company's internal information security was incredibly tight. Compared to their employee screening process, this felt like taking off trousers to fart – unnecessarily complicated.

Although Qin Ming thought about using telekinesis to probe directly, unfortunately, its range was only one hundred meters, and he couldn't detect any floors above from various places around him.

...

The next day, Luna Li returned to RST Corporation. Her eyes were elusive, as if she had developed paranoia, suspecting everyone in the company of being a spy.

[Stop looking, Luna, I can assure you that dog is not a spy.]

Seeing Luna occasionally cast her gaze on the receptionist's Teddy dog, Qin Ming couldn't help but hint.

Luna withdrew her gaze and returned to her workstation. After sending away a few old actors who were ingratiating themselves by buying breakfast, she plugged the data cable into her phone, which was out of power.

The moment it was inserted, Qin Ming, from his end, manipulated the highly covert Trojan virus through his computer, bypassing the firewall and silently invading the intranet.

However, after several searches, he only obtained data on the bionic limb software System, which was the main focus of the sixth-floor software department's work.

Qin Ming had anticipated this. Such secretive scientific research accomplishments could probably only be found in Dr. Harding's office.

However, as Luna was still in the internship phase, she had no access to the upper levels and could only move between the first and sixth floors.

Even on the lower floors, high technology and humane care were displayed everywhere: automatically closing and opening glass windows that could control light intake, auto-adjusting lift chairs, and ubiquitous coffee machines.

Luna stood up and approached the automatic coffee machine, pouring herself a steaming hot cup of coffee to relieve some of the recent fatigue.

[Luna, you've been working for a few days; have you noticed anything unusual around you?] Qin Ming suddenly hinted.

Luna shook the mouse in her hand, indicating that apart from finding many spies, she hadn't noticed anything abnormal about the company's real employees.

[Then take a look now. Aren't they being too earnest?] suggested Qin Ming again.

Luna abruptly looked up and surveyed the surroundings. Aside from the spies infiltrated within, every employee was quietly focused on their work within their respective zones.

Strangely, not a single one was slacking off or daydreaming. They all seemed to be uniformly enthusiastic and concentrated, as if they were pouring all their passion and attention into their work.

This was clearly not normal.

Although the temperature in the office was quite warm, Luna suddenly felt a chill all over, a sense of creeping horror washing over her!