Chapter 765 The Kong Consortium gets tricked
On the second day after Wang Yun took over, everyone thought the first thing he would do would be to get rid of his two competitors. After all, those two had tried to intercept and kill him when he was making his way back. This was a fight that would not end until some of the parties were dead.
However, Wang Yun did not do so. Instead, he secretly ordered all of the Kong Consortium’s strongholds to begin their operation to wipe out the Pyro Company’s members.
Over the years, the Kong Consortium and the Pyro Company had been in constant conflict with each other. Both sides had planted many spies in each other’s territories, and this frustrated the Kong Consortium a great deal. The spy wars between the two sides had been going on for many years, and the Kong Consortium had always been at a disadvantage. Because the Pyro Company had brilliant ways of nurturing their spies until their loyalty was almost unquestionable. Even if they managed to capture the Pyro Company’s spies, it would still be very difficult to get anything out of them. This was where the Kong Consortium was unsuccessful. But it was different now. What the Kong Consortium had on their hands was a sharp sword held above the Pyro Company’s head that they could easily swing down at any moment.
At about the same time, the public broadcast systems of the Kong Consortium’s twenty-odd strongholds’ started broadcasting a strange sound throughout the day. Following that, the residents of the strongholds saw strange things happening. Some of the pedestrians on the streets fell to the ground and started foaming at the mouth. It was either that or their colleagues suddenly collapsed on their desks and died on the spot.
Some people in the Kong Consortium’s military also collapsed to the ground. When the others tried to save them, it was already too late. In about the span of a day, the Kong Consortium had wiped out a total of 629 Pyro Company members. This was not a large number compared to the people living in the strongholds, but the fact the Kong Consortium had so many Pyro Company spies among them was enough to shock all of the Kong Consortium’s higher-ups.
Fortunately, Wang Yun had brought back that hard drive. Otherwise, the spies might have become a threat to the entire Kong Consortium at some point in time. After all, the highest-ranking appointment one spy managed to reach in their military was that of a brigade commander.
For this reason, Kong Donghai summoned Wang Yun to his official residence again to discuss the subsequent intelligence plans and award him with the highest military honor.
In the luxurious mansion, Wang Yun looked at the graying Kong Donghai. “Boss, in the intelligence agency that I’m overseeing now -“
Wang Yun was trying to take this opportunity to bring up the removal of certain personnel to force out his two colleagues who tried to kill him. However, Kong Donghai interrupted, “I know what happened between the three of you, and I can understand how you feel as well. But to achieve great things, one must not care about the trifles. Now that you’ve become their superior, you should be magnanimous as the winner. If you kill the two of them as soon as you get promoted, what will others think of you? Wang Yun, you’ve become an important figure in our Kong Consortium. You have to learn to let go.”
It was all pompous language, but Wang Yun knew full well the two intelligence directors were retained to keep him in check in case Kong Donghai lost control of the intelligence agency. However, Wang Yun was mentally prepared for that. Otherwise, he would have killed both of them last night.
On the battlefield, blood would be spilled when others were killed. But politics in the stronghold tended to simmer. Wang Yun was not in any hurry. Whatever he was owed, the other parties would have to pay it back sooner or later.
Wang Yun said with a smile, “Boss, you’re right. I have another matter to report today. The Pyro Company seems to have sensed the danger, so the troops from their northern strongholds have started deploying southward. It seems like they’re getting ready to defend against any sudden moves we might make.”
“Don’t worry about that.” Kong Donghai said unhurriedly, “The thing that you brought back this time has proven very useful, so what point is there for them to gather so many troops? I’m actually more worried that the Pyro Company is preparing a countermeasure. After all, we don’t know anything about DNA. If they can overcome this method of control by getting some kind of injection, we would lose a good chance to strike them down. I called you here because I wanted to ask you something. Do you think we should strike while the iron is hot, or should we take cautious steps?”
Wang Yun lowered his head. “Boss, I’m not smart. Without your foresight, I wouldn’t dare to make any suggestions. I’ll leave this matter to you to decide and just make sure I properly handle my intelligence work.”
Kong Donghai pointed at Wang Yun with a smile. “Alright, go and get some rest then. You did a fine job during this period. I’ve already gotten someone to transmit the audio file to the front lines. Our Kong Consortium should be able to swallow up the Pyro Company effortlessly this time.”
But all of a sudden, a middle-aged man rushed in. Wang Yun recognized him as Kong Donghai’s first secretary.
The secretary came in and had a look at Wang Yun before saying to Kong Donghai, “Boss, something important has cropped up.”
“You can bring it up. Wang Yun isn’t an outsider, and there will be many opportunities for the two of you to interact in the future.” Kong Donghai smiled amiably.
As a result, the secretary said, “News from the front lines came that the command and control systems, as well as the operating systems of the armored troops, have all malfunctioned today.”
The elderly Kong Donghai jumped to his feet. “How could something like that happen? What’s Kong Fangyun doing? Did they find out what happened?”
The secretary glanced at Wang Yun and said, “Kong Fangyun’s engineers said it was due to a technological intrusion.”
“Technological intrusion?” Kong Donghai was puzzled.
“Yes, it happened right after the audio file was sent over this afternoon and the troops at the front lines copied it into the command and control systems,” the secretary said.
Wang Yun, who was present, frowned and said, “Didn’t I instruct that when the audio file is being copied, the computer should not have any connections with other equipment? It had to be done on a separate computer and broadcast over an isolated device. Why didn’t the front lines follow my instructions?”
He was already a little uneasy about this. It was only because he had no other choice that he took the audio file from the Sacred Mountains. As such, to prevent any accidents from happening, he even wrote a detailed operational manual in case there was a problem with the audio file.
But Wang Yun did not expect the front lines to ignore his instructions!
Wang Yun had wanted to rerecord the audio file directly, but for some reason, it lost its effect when it was copied that way.
Kong Donghai was suspicious of Wang Yun at first, but when he heard what he said, he could not blame him for anything since he was also aware of the measures that were taken.
“Where did you get this audio file?” the secretary asked.
“I stole it from the Wang Consortium’s Wang Wenyan. I specifically handed down those instructions precisely because I was worried.” Wang Yun said coldly, “Why didn’t the front lines follow the operational manual to deploy it?! Immediately arrest those who are in charge of this operation. I suspect they’re spies from the Wang Consortium or the Anjing House!”
The secretary remained silent for a couple seconds before saying, “The staff officer responsible for executing this operation committed suicide by poison.”
Wang Yun was stunned. He did not expect the Anjing House would be waiting for him at this point. The other party actually managed to predict where the audio file would end up and had planted a spy on the front lines beforehand. From there, they just waited for the right moment to strike.
He had taken precautions against it happening, but in the end, he still ended up falling to a mere spy on the front lines!
The enemy had set up an intricate chain of events that led to this and finished off the entire front line of the Kong Consortium with this final nail in the coffin, turning their armored troops into a pile of scrap metal!