bioinnovel Chapter 329 Explain!
Chapter 329 Explain!
We arrived in Jinghai at 8:50 PM.
Nie Qingcheng didn't come to the dock. She sent a message saying she was dealing with an urgent contract and told him to come back on his own.
Zhang Yan put the Devouring Shark back into his storage space and called a car.
On the way, she sent another message: "There are spare ribs on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. I bought them yesterday and haven't touched them."
He replied "Okay," parked the car in front of the villa, went inside, changed his clothes, and went straight to the kitchen.
The ribs were soaking in water; she must have taken them out to thaw during the day.
Zhang Yan took the ribs out of the water, blanched them, and started stewing them.
After simmering for forty minutes, Nie Qingcheng finally entered the room, carrying a file folder in her hand. She hadn't even changed out of her coat yet. As soon as she entered the living room, she sat down on the sofa, threw the file folder onto the coffee table, and let out a soft sigh.
"Stewed pork ribs?" She raised an eyebrow as she smelled the aroma.
"Yes, it'll be ready soon."
She took off her coat, draped it over the back of the sofa, leaned back, and watched him walk around in the kitchen.
"The joint debugging is a little better, but how much better?"
"The coordination error was reduced to 0.09 seconds, and the sealing formation was run twice." Zhang Yan turned around from the stove. "The Black Tortoise is larger than expected, so I adjusted the hovering height of the Vermilion Bird. The formation is fine now."
Nie Qingcheng listened without interrupting.
"The success rate of sealing is approximately 67%."
She paused for a second.
67%.
"Ito still has three more familiars; purifying them will allow his numbers to increase again."
"How much will it increase?"
"For every 1% increase in completeness, the success rate increases by about 4 to 6 points."
Nie Qingcheng crossed her legs, draped the blanket over them, and lowered her head to do some calculations.
"For three high-ranking family members, a conservative estimate would be an increase of 4% to 5%, which would be 87% to 92%."
"almost."
"That's still a little short." She looked up. "How much will Ito himself improve after purification?"
"He wasn't branded for long, so the concentration wouldn't be too high, maybe 0.5 to 1 point."
Nie Qingcheng didn't speak, but pressed her fingers on the edge of the blanket.
Zhang Yan went back to the kitchen, adjusted the seasoning of the soup, ladled it out, placed it on the coffee table, and then went to get two pairs of chopsticks.
Nie Qingcheng looked down at the soup, picked up a piece of pork rib, ate it first, and did not speak again immediately.
She put down her chopsticks after eating half of it.
"I've finished the itinerary." She pulled a folded piece of paper from the file folder and handed it to me. "Look."
Zhang Yan took it and unfolded it.
The paper was handwritten; her handwriting was small but very clear.
The entry method, city of arrival, two alternative accommodations, local contact person's code name and contact method, three emergency evacuation routes, and finally, one line of text:
"Contact me every twelve hours. If there is no contact, I will depart in the thirteenth hour."
After reading it, Zhang Yan folded the paper back up.
"Who is the contact person?"
"Qingcheng International's local partners are clean, with no government or military background, and only do business, so they won't attract attention."
"They don't know your true identity; they're just providing you with accommodation and basic living arrangements."
"it is good."
Nie Qingcheng picked up her chopsticks again. "When are we leaving?"
"The day after tomorrow." Zhang Yan put the paper into his pocket. "Prepare the materials tomorrow, and leave early the day after tomorrow."
"Hmm." She picked up a piece of pork rib, finished eating, and looked up. "What are you planning to bring in this time?"
"Black Scorpion, White Tiger as emergency backup. Thousand Machine Arm. Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship."
"Where's the Tyrannosaurus Rex?"
"It's too big; we can't use it in the city."
Nie Qingcheng nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
The two finished the bowl of pork rib soup, and she pushed the bowl aside and leaned back into the sofa.
"Zhang Yan".
"Um."
"You said you were 70% sure," she looked at him, "but after the joint testing, what's the current percentage?"
Zhang Yan thought for a second.
"Still 70%," he said. "The joint investigation improved the success rate of the seal, not the certainty of defeating Ito. Those are two different things."
"Then where did Ito come from? Seventy percent of the time."
"Ito is a military commander, not a soldier. His value lies in command and control, not in direct combat."
"After being branded, he had physical enhancements, but his tactical thinking remained at a human level."
"He has three non-human subordinates."
"At the Yokosuka base," Zhang Yan said, "I didn't fight him inside the base; I made him come out."
Nie Qingcheng stared at him for a while.
How do we get him out?
"I haven't decided yet," Zhang Yan said. "I'll see when I get there."
She was silent for a few seconds, then sighed softly, leaned her head against the back of the sofa, and looked at the ceiling.
“Every time you say ‘I’ll see when it arrives,’” she said, “you basically manage to get it sorted out.”
"We haven't failed yet."
"That's why I don't dare keep pushing you to turn 70% into 90%," she said. "You know what you're doing. If I push you too much, it'll only create more chaos."
Zhang Yan remained silent.
Nie Qingcheng pulled her head back from the sofa and turned to look at him.
"You're leaving the day after tomorrow, so spend the whole day with me tomorrow."
"OK."
"You are not allowed to check the data, you are not allowed to open the system panel, and you are to keep your phone safe."
"...Keep your phone; if Qin Xiao has any new information—"
"Send over any new intelligence before 8 a.m. tomorrow. We'll deal with the rest after you leave the day after tomorrow," she said. "I'll tell Qin Xiao."
Zhang Yan looked at her.
Her eyes were flat; she wasn't being coquettish, but rather stating something she had already decided.
"Okay," he said.
Nie Qingcheng withdrew her gaze with satisfaction, picked up the teacup again, and found that it had gone cold. She put the cup down and did not drink it.
"Go heat up a cup of tea for me."
Zhang Yan picked up the cup and went to the kitchen.
She said behind his back, "You're not allowed to stay up until 3 a.m. tonight to study the Yokosuka topographic map again."
"understood."
"Saying you know is useless—"
"Then you say yes."
The living room was silent for a second.
Then she spoke, her voice softer than before.
"OK."