Chapter 279: Chapter 157 Task Completed_3
Quite quickly, through the live news broadcast of Al Jazeera English and the joint dissemination on world-renowned video websites, most people around the world became aware of these two videos. By this time, Yan Fei’s promotion using the videos had almost reached the desired effect. Even if those video websites deleted the uploaded content, enthusiasts had already downloaded the videos and continued to circulate them within a smaller community.
After completing these actions, Yan Fei logged into the Dark Web again, and upon signing into his Fei Ping account, he noticed that a Bounty Task completion request had been posted by Destroyer. He left a comment below, “Confirmed, the task has been completed! Thank you, Destroyer, for the extra surprise, the additional US Dollar reward has been paid, please check!” Then, Yan Fei started clicking the button to finalize the task completion.
When Yan Fei logged back into his Destroyer account, he found two messages. One message notified Destroyer that he had completed Fei Ping’s Bounty Task, and the total Bounty amount was 475 million US Dollars, with the smallest unit digit being 1. This meant that after deducting a 5% fee, Destroyer had received 95% of the 500 million US Dollars offered by Fei Ping, plus an additional US Dollar reward.
The other message was a reminder that Destroyer had also completed a Bounty Task set by an anonymous sponsor, earning a Bounty of 9,500 US Dollars. Although the amount for this task was small, just 10,000 US Dollars, for Yan Fei it was just a matter of lifting a finger, something he did along the way with no extra trouble at all, which turned out to be an easy way to make some extra cash.
An hour had passed after these operations, and the Qatari fighter jets searching for the Drone above the sea had long since retreated. Thus, the Drone quickly surfaced and continued on its flight journey, swiftly reaching the exit of the Persian Gulf—the Hormuz Strait.
The Hormuz Strait is the strategic chokepoint guarding the Persian Gulf and is of great strategic importance. During this period, tensions between The United States of America and Persia were on a knife-edge, with both sides conducting military exercises in the Hormuz Strait and showing an almost trigger-happy posture. The tense standoff between them has caused world oil prices to surge in recent times.
During its flight, the Drone had already spotted several warships from both sides engaged in the exercises, and even beneath the sea water in the Strait, submarines from both sides were lurking. In the Arabian Sea, outside of the Hormuz Strait, three US Aircraft Carrier Battle Groups were also cruising.
Had it been before, Yan Fei might have tried to take advantage of the standoff to destroy some US Forces’ fighter jets or warships and earn himself some extra Merit Points. However, after experiencing the incidents with Sun Yi and Huo Shan, Yan Fei had become more cautious.
This world was not as simple as it appeared on the surface; it was fraught with danger everywhere. One misstep and even with the Drone at his disposal, Yan Fei could face annihilation. That’s why Yan Fei didn’t stir up trouble here, and upon nearing the Hormuz Strait, he dived into the water, silently passing through the Strait at a depth that hugged the seabed.
Yet, even as the Drone passed through the Strait, it activated its Quantum Radar to record some radar data on US submarines and warships. This allowed Yan Fei to become familiar with their radar waveforms in advance, so he would recognize what type of warships they were by these waveforms in the future!
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I continue to be on a business trip today, and this chapter was still written in the middle of the night due to work obligations, which means I can’t write during the day. Therefore, there is only one update today, and I hope for your understanding!