Great Power Technology

The exchange between Ye Zhou and Chen Hao finally set the tone for the official attitude towards the Pastoral Organization. Just two hours later, a comprehensive investigation and crackdown on the Pastoral Organization was launched nationwide.

A week later, in a command room in the imperial capital.

The Imperial City branch of the newly established urban rapid response force specifically targeting the Pastoral Organization and other illegal organizations was conducting a tactical discussion. Team leader Qin Chuan stood in front of the big screen and introduced the basic situation of the operation.

"Now we have sufficient evidence to show that the Pastoral Organization has colluded with the overseas castrationist representative 'Natural Sect'. They have planned a sabotage operation against key projects in the near future - currently speculated to be within two weeks. It is to amplify the negative effects of these projects and arouse people’s disgust towards such projects.”

"We don't know what targets they have chosen for the time being, but judging from the current situation, the most likely ones to be selected are several large-scale infrastructure projects including the 318 National Highway expansion project, and the list is as shown on the screen."

“According to the speculation of relevant experts, their main strategies may include but are not limited to causing engineering accidents, amplifying disputes between people and land, hyping up ecological impacts, inciting religious sentiments, etc. At the same time, considering the worst-case scenario, we cannot rule out these engineering projects. There have been members of the Pastoral Organization infiltrated into it.”

"That is to say, we are now in a very passive position."

"The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. We know nothing about their identity, strategies, and goals, but we must intercept their actions based on the existing conditions."

After listening to what he said, one of the team members below raised his hand and asked:

"Didn't the previous investigation of suspicious persons in our brother units yield results?"

Qin Chuan shook his head and replied:

"No. What we are looking for now is not a suspect, but a member of a loose organization established in a distributed and decentralized manner. Its members basically have legal identities and their behavior rarely deviates from the daily track. The criminal investigation methods we use are basically useless on them."

"To give a very simple example, under the current technical conditions, it is easy for us to find a blackmailer who has no identity at all. However, it is difficult to identify whether an ordinary person is a populist, an elitist, or a radical. An industrial party is basically impossible, because such a definition will not leave any record on any platform, and it relies on purely spiritual qualities to maintain it."

"Maduge is such an organization. Most of the time, you can't even feel the existence of this organization at all, but people who believe in his theory do gather together. They are like those fan circles on the Internet. Small groups are a headache.”

"What's even more detrimental to us is that the key information of the Madrigal organization is in the hands of the upper management, and almost all upper levels cannot communicate about Madrigal information through the Internet or telephone, which makes our technical means completely ineffective."

"Even if we can locate their lower-level members, the information monitored is extremely limited - it can be said that the information is completely fragmented, and we cannot piece together a complete clue for him."

The team members below nodded and continued to ask:

"Their upper-level people always want to pass information to the lower-level people. Do we have control of this channel?"

"Yes, but it's very limited. That's the problem. We are now in the cold start stage, and there are very few clues at hand, which are not enough to support us to continue to go deeper - but as long as we can take this step, they will not be able to do it again in the future. Jumping up and down."

After hearing Qin Chuan's words, everyone in the conference room immediately understood what he meant.

What the quick reaction team lacks now is an entry point. What they lack is a sharp knife that can tear a hole in the fog on the periphery of the Madrigal organization.

The current Madrigal organization is like a pickpocket completely hidden in the crowd to the quick reaction team. It is almost impossible to detect him before he actually takes action.

"Didn't those people caught before be found out?"

"The information that comes out of the review is useless and cannot reach the upper levels. The Tongtian River project is now popular among the people. They will not rashly attack this project. The previous sabotage actions were just tests, and everything they spread was abandoned."

"Can an undercover agent get through?"

"It's too slow, not timely, and we can't afford to wait."

"Then there's really no other way, unless we sacrifice a project to lure them out."

The team member who spoke spread his hands and leaned helplessly on his chair.

In fact, from his point of view, the core appeal of this task is to arrest people. As long as the people can be caught, all subsequent problems can be easily solved.

But the problem is that the most difficult part of the task is to catch people. Without any reliable clues, trying to find the target person by just guessing is simply more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack.

You should know that they have never carried out any illegal activities on a large scale so far, and discussions at the core level are limited to face-to-face situations where they cannot be monitored.

This opponent is extremely cautious. Before the organization has achieved absolute influence, they would rather do nothing and prioritize ensuring their own survival.

"If you have no choice, just think of a way. Of course you can use a project to lure them out, but the problem is, we don't know if what they throw out will be the same abandoned members as the lower-level members in the Tongtianhe project in the early stage."

"Judging from the current situation, they have a large number of organization members, and they can definitely use some of them and give up some. Are we going to bet on the probability? Bet on whether we can pry something out of the mouths of the people caught this time. ?”

Seeing the awkward expressions on the team members' faces, Qin Chuan sighed deeply.

As the commander-in-chief of the operation, he naturally understands the difficulty of this mission better than others. If they follow the normal case handling process, they should collect evidence step by step, investigate the suspects one by one, and finally locate the key clues for arrest. .

This process is very accurate and reliable, but the problem is that it is too slow.

The development speed of the Pastoral Organization was beyond their imagination - of course, this was also affected by the drastic reform actions of the government. A large number of dissatisfied elites became members of the Pastoral Organization, which in disguise promoted the growth of this organization.

Now, they are about to launch their first challenge to the existing order, and they have no reliable clues at all.

It's not like he hasn't thought about simply arresting all the people who may have problems, but if he does this, how many people will be arrested?

Thousands of people? Tens of thousands of people? One hundred thousand people?

In the current social environment, such a move will have a major impact on the social order, which is already at a fragile stage.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan's brows almost wrinkled.

His eyes swept over the team members who were bowing their heads in deep thought. Just as he was about to speak, a team member with unshaven beard and a somewhat unkempt look spoke up:

"If it doesn't work, let's start from the outside."

Qin Chuan turned his eyes to him and said:

"Tell me the details."

The team member sat up straight, coughed and replied:

"Everyone, you see, this is what I think."

"Judging from my previous experience in dealing with various outside groups, their caution is generally weaker than that of domestic gangs."

"We have now determined that the Pastoral Organization is connected to the Natural Cult, so how are they connected? It must not be the Internet - otherwise we would have monitored it long ago."

"Theoretically, it should be through the connectors set up in the country."

"Of course, this contact person will not be fixed, but that is not important."

"People in Pastoral Song do not use the Internet within the country, but people in Natural Sect will use the Internet abroad; Pastoral Song does not organize large-scale gatherings, but Natural Sect does; all connections in Pastoral Song are one-way, but Natural Sect is definitely two-way ; Pastoral’s current influence is still very weak, but the Natural Sect has begun to speak out on a large scale in the public sphere.”

"So, if we can get the core information of the Natural Sect, then it is very likely that we can follow the clues and catch the pastoral members who are in contact with them. Furthermore, we can use these contacts to crack the structure of the entire pastoral organization."

"According to the previous information, we have about two weeks now. As long as we defeat the Natural Sect within a week, the problem of the Pastoral Organization will be solved."

After hearing his words, Qin Chuan nodded slightly.

This is a good idea, but the problem is.

"How are you going to deal with the Natural Sect? We can't carry out large-scale overseas operations."

"We don't need to do anything, they have many enemies."

"For example, Hermes?"

An hour later, on a small island in the Pacific, the headquarters of Hermes.

Bruce Conn looked at the letter that had just been delivered to his hand, with a smile on his face.

He has waited too long for this moment.

Before receiving this letter, all of his and Hermes' actions were considered illegal, fanatical, and even antisocial. Even if the authorities would not actively interfere, they were generally extremely cautious to keep a distance from him. .

This situation has caused the Hermes organization to be in an extremely difficult situation. The funds raised in the early stage have been almost exhausted, and the confidence of the personnel is also declining. After all, before joining Hermes, the members felt that what they were doing was A just cause, but what happened next?

Can a cause that is not recognized be considered a just cause?

However, starting from today, the situation will change drastically.

The Hermes Organization received an application for cooperative investigation from a civil society group in China.

Bruce understood very well the meaning behind this kind of ordinary-named folk group. Being recognized by such a group would at least prove that he was heading in the right direction.

Of course, the other party does not want to reveal his identity, and the purpose of cooperating with him is just to attack the Natural Sect and the Pastoral Organization, but what does it matter?

Hermes was originally an extremely sharp knife, and as long as it was in the hands of the right person, he wouldn't mind how to use it.

What's more, according to Bruce's experience, the person who wants to hold the knife now is an experienced knight. Compared with himself, the other person knows how to use the minimum effort to slice open the enemy's armor and cut off the enemy's body. throat.

So, he didn't hesitate at all.

After power was restored, the entire Hermes organization quickly took action under his command, and they had only one goal:

Located in a neutral country, the headquarters of the Natural Sect organization.

The task is difficult and the time is limited, but fortunately, Hermes can do whatever it takes.