Chen Yiwen really hadn't expected that the very situation he had discussed and looked forward to with Qiao Ze back at the Qunzhi Project Team would suddenly be laid out before him.
To naturally deliver this USB flash drive was really a test of skill, and somewhat dramatic, it even felt a bit like underestimating the intelligence of the other party.
How could he, a student, possibly come into contact with something so confidential?
Would those interested in material modeling truly believe he could just casually get his hands on the original files of the material model?
But thinking about this being a plan made by Dou Dou, Chen Yiwen suddenly felt it made a lot of sense.
Chen Yiwen had always felt he understood Dou Dou better than the messy crowd online because he knew that many of the WeChat messages he sent to Qiao Ze and Su Mucheng were replied to by Dou Dou. Moreover, they seemed to click well, often coming up with wildly imaginative and shocking phrases that left him utterly dumbfounded.
In Chen Yiwen's view, Dou Dou's biggest problem was looking down on the intelligence of all other humans except its master.
Of course, this was just his personal opinion, whether it was the truth or not, Chen Yiwen didn't know.
No matter how impressive he acted on a typical day, it didn't change the fact that inside the Qunzhi Project Team, he was just an onlooker; Dou Dou's decision-making logic was made up of numerous complex equations that he couldn't understand. So he couldn't possibly know what Dou Dou was actually thinking.
Fortunately, it seemed he didn't need to know what Dou Dou was thinking.
Lv Bei at his side kept detailing the precautions.
"After you are commended, you will receive authorization to enter and leave the Xilin Institute of Mathematics. During this time, visit the institute frequently and brag to your classmates."
"Additionally, we will authorize you to take some photos inside the institute. You can post them on the university forum and some public internet platforms, then they will be requested to be deleted or directly censored."
"Next, you need to anonymously express some dissatisfaction on the university forum about the previous Qunzhi Project Team and the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute, and it would be best to involve the university too. Do this from your dormitory, using the dorm network, and then wait for some people to show up, if any..."
The words of Lv Bei quickly confirmed to Chen Yiwen that these were definitely plans made by Dou Dou.
All the foreplay meticulously arranged...
It was very characteristic of artificial intelligence.
After patiently waiting for Lv Bei to finish, Chen Yiwen awkwardly asked, "Teacher Lv, if I take on this mission, does that make me a spy too?"
"Hmm..." Lv Bei thought for a long time before nodding and saying, "Yes, extracurricular."
"Whether it's official or not isn't important, but I have a girlfriend now. What am I supposed to do about that?" Chen Yiwen was somewhat vexed.
For the first time, he felt like he had gotten a girlfriend too early.
Lv Bei immediately reassured him, "Don't worry about safety. Neither you nor your girlfriend will have any safety issues. Of course, you indeed need to keep these matters secret and can't tell your girlfriend, but I think she would definitely understand you."
"No, Teacher Lv, what I meant was, if the other side uses a honey trap to tempt me, if I don't accept, I'll fail the mission, but if I do accept, I'll feel like I'm betraying my girlfriend. That... If I have to sacrifice myself for the sake of the mission, you will help explain to my girlfriend, right? Of course, personally, for the sake of the nation's interests, I truly wouldn't care about these personal honors and disgraces!"
Chen Yiwen shook his head slightly, then sincerely expressed his concerns.
This issue was really troubling and stunned the two people responsible for giving him the mission.
Today's university students are indeed thorough in their considerations, freaking twenty-first century and still thinking about using honey traps, isn't it better to just give money directly?
But then again, although the probability is very small, it's not completely impossible.
"You know, Chen, have you been watching too many movies? Do you have some misconceptions about this kind of work? Actually, those who do this kind of thing usually aren't very attractive, the movie-star looks you see in films... As long as you don't ask for it, you'll probable never come across it. Regardless of gender."
Lv Bei couldn't help but say, especially emphasizing the last four words.
"Oh, I see!" Chen Yiwen was slightly disappointed. After all, he wouldn't get to experience the ferocity of the so-called honey trap, what a pity.
However, he still corrected, "That, Teacher Lv, I'm actually not interested in men."
"That's none of my business, alright, give me back all the files you have. Then go back to your dorm, and just keep attending class and living as usual. When the school starts promoting you as a key talent, it will signal the start of the plan. You might see us at the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute; just pretend we've never met."
Lv Bei finished with this last instruction. He was tired of further interaction with the candidate chosen by Dou Dou.
"No problem, Teacher Lv. But isn't this meant to be a prop to bait me?" Chen Yiwen raised the file bag containing the USB flash drive.
"You just had to familiarize yourself with it, it's not time yet." Lv Bei answered succinctly.
"Oh." Chen Yiwen obediently handed back the file bag, then stood up, ready to leave.
Dou Dou understood him.
For him, this mission was just to his liking.
Whether it's a honey trap or not didn't really matter; what was key was that after all this commendation, the whole school and maybe even the whole country would know that he had also participated in the construction of the Qunzhi project and that he would be eligible for the national scientific and technological progress award, right?