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Chapter 204: Chapter 173: Struggling Bodyguards (Subscribe Please!)_1
"Yugang, I suddenly remembered something. A few days ago when I returned to the village, the villagers mentioned seeing a lot of unfamiliar faces in the town and around the village, none of whom anyone recognized." Mother Tang said.
After the villagers mentioned it, she wasn’t sure if it was psychological, but she started to feel like she was being watched. This feeling wasn’t strong at first, but as more and more people in the village mentioned it, her feeling became stronger.
"Yeah, Yugang, Yu Zhen said she felt like we were being watched a couple of days ago. It startled me, but we haven’t found anything." Tang’s father chimed in.
Despite what he said, Tang’s father didn’t really take it seriously. He thought Mother Tang was being paranoid now that her son had money. It was normal to be a little skeptical.
Hearing this, Tang Qing laughed awkwardly. He didn’t think his mother’s sixth sense could be so sharp. But, as her son, he was a bit on edge. He was trying to protect her, after all.
"Strangers? What kind of people?" Qin Yugang asked with a furrowed brow. If it was widespread among the villagers, there must be some truth to it. If it were somewhere else, he wouldn’t care since it’s not in his jurisdiction. But, Lin Jiaxue’s grandparents live there, he had to ask.
"I’m not sure, I just heard descriptions, never saw them myself. There have been some reports to the police." Mother Tang said.
Hearing this, Tang Qing couldn’t hold back any longer, "Pfff...cough, cough..."
"What’s wrong, Tangtang?" Mother tang asked uncertainly.
"Nothing, this chili is a bit spicy." Tang Qing used a napkin to wipe his mouth and laughed awkwardly.
Lin Jiaxue quickly handed him her drink because Tang Qing’s cup was empty. Lin Jiaxue didn’t dare to show affection in front of adults, but she didn’t shy away from this.
Tang Qing took it and drained it in one gulp to hide the embarrassment on his face.
He had heard about this from Tang Yi. The police were looking for them, but luckily the robots knew how to disguise themselves and were proficient in anti-surveillance skills. It was practically impossible for regular cops to capture them. They were all Level 2 fighters - escaping wouldn’t be too difficult.
Moreover, he strictly forbade those robots from clashing with the police. Even in conflicts, they were not allowed to kill or seriously injure anyone.
As for the robots’ unfortunate situation, Tang Qing couldn’t do much. The village and town were small and there were always people who noticed these ’strangers who aren’t working, not buying anything, and just wandering around.’
Tang Qing was helpless. He felt bad for the robots. It was pretty much impossible to provide close protection in the village. Watching from a distance wasn’t beneficial. So far, the command room had been trying different ways to improve the protection efficiency of their target, but to little effect. The same issues were present with Tang Qing’s grandparents as well, a small village where a strange face was more than noticeable.
Tang Qing could only hope that after the communication services were up and running, he could install some hidden surveillance cameras.
Though Tang Qing had deflected, Qin Yugang did not forget the main topic of the conversation. "What did the police say?"
"It’s strange. The police haven’t caught anyone and they are still looking." Mother Tang said as she ate a shrimp peeled by Tang’s father.
"Hmm, I’ll talk to Zheng Xiu about this tomorrow. These out-of-towners of unknown origins certainly aren’t simple." Qin Yugang said.
"Hehe, that’s good." Mother Tang happily answered. This matter was also a concern for Lin’s parents, as it involved the safety of their parents. Naturally, she wanted to express this.
By the time they were done eating, it was half-past ten. Everyone excused themselves and left. Tang Qing’s parents had moved their belongings to the shop in the afternoon, bought new bedding and daily necessities, hence they decided to go home and sleep. They were planning to open the shop tomorrow, or rather, get familiar with the existing regular customers left by the previous owner.
At night, Tang Qing entered the command room again. He did this every night these days mainly to learn unarmed combat with the two robots. He had basically learned all the movements. Now he was ready to learn shooting, and he would learn weapon combat later.
"Commander," Tang Yi saluted as he turned around.
Even though the system’s teleportation did not have any unusual signs or sounds, the entire command room was under surveillance. When someone appeared, the surveillance system would notify Tang Yi. Tang Qing could also ask Little Two to hide his tracks, but what was the point of that silence?
"Hmm, how’s the situation with Group 5’s target?" Tang Qing saluted back. He was getting used to this atmosphere. Even though he had no plans to become a soldier in this life, he had great respect for them. It was good to get a taste of it.
The entire security plan was divided into five groups by area. The first group was Qin Yugang’s family, the second group was Tang’s parents, the third group was Lin Jiaxue’s family, the fourth group was Tang Qing’s grandparents, and the fifth group was of course assigned to Lin Jiaxue’s grandparents. At present, there were few people to protect, and the plan and categorization were a bit rough. In the future, when there were more people, they could be neatly categorized based on area, importance, and objectives. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝘱𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"Returning to the commander, although the robots are well disguised and often change their appearances using makeup, they are still strangers there. In a place where there are few outsiders, they have already attracted the attention of the police." Tang Yi said slowly.
"Hmm, so you guys need to be careful during this period, we can lower the security level for the fifth team accordingly. In the town, following them too closely is a bit too conspicuous." Tang Qing nodded and said. Because of the increased difficulty for those in the town, Tang Qing had specially added an analyst to the fourth and fifth teams, but even with this addition, they could only ensure they weren’t chased down. Progress in their tasks didn’t improve much.
Now they could only hope that the surveillance would work in the future.
"Understood, commander." Tang Yi said.
"Yeah, go on with your work. I’m going to the training zone." Tang Qing waved and said.
"Yes, commander, take care." Tang Yi saluted.
After finishing, Tang Qing stepped onto his skateboard and flew towards the training zone at full speed. With Little Two in control, there was no chance of losing control.
Tang Qing arrived at the simulated training area.
Two robots were already waiting there. The time in here was synchronized with the outside world, so there was no time differences.
"Hello, commander." The two spoke in unison.
"Hello, guys." Tang Qing returned their greetings with a smile.
Tang Qing had previously thought the simulated training zone would be like a virtual reality warehouse. But it turned out that he was overthinking things. It was beyond his expectations, he didn’t know how the creator of the system had created such a large place, thousands of square kilometers in size. The height, he had asked Little Two, was a staggering ten thousand meters. Above, there were artificially created clouds and a blue sky that appeared to be a projection, and there was even a large body of water occupying half the distance.
The entrance to the training zone was a high platform with an area of tens of thousands of square meters. The platform had no special features except for increased friction, since all command and control took place in the command room.
From the platform, it was a hundred meters down to the surface of the training area. Below was a wide peace material similar to the platform. On the left was a vast expanse of water while on the right was a variety of combat environments such as rainforests, grasslands, deserts, polar regions etc. Each kind of environment you can think of existed. Even cities, towns, and villages existed according to the map, but they were unpopulated.
Upon seeing this, Tang Qing couldn’t help but complain again.
Man, this system is really extravagant. But it’s too stingy to even give a single spatial storage device, it cost a million per day to store something, damn it, the storage room in the command center could only store weapons and equipment for free, everything else was treated as abandoned objects, really... thinking about it made him angry.
Tang Qing was standing on his skateboard, and the other two were heading towards the practice area below by sitting on the lift platform. The shooting practice zone was not far from the entrance, fully equipped but lacked firearms, which needed to be purchased by Tang Qing.
Cheap system!
Then it was performance time.
"Bang. Bang."
"Da da da ... Da da da ..."
With the guidance of the robots, Tang Qing’s shooting skills made rapid progress.
There was no way, under the abnormal force and muscle memory, as long as he mastered a few key points, there were basically no problems with the shooting technique, especially for those firearms with aiming devices, he had disassembled and assembled them many times, so he was quickly getting the hang of them.
So, for the whole night, Tang Qing was experimenting with various firearms, and he fired thousands of bullets throughout the night. In the end, he was so bored that he wanted to test the durability of these firearms. He broke an AK, an M16, and five different types of pistols.
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