Chapter 826: Chapter 341: Armor Self-Destruct Chapter 826: Chapter 341: Armor Self-Destruct Yan Fei, utilizing the VR device mounted on his head, overheard a conversation between the armed militants inside the mountain cave. Through their discussion, Yan Fei found the answer to the question that had puzzled him: why the “African Glory” organization, with no prior grudges, suddenly targeted him.
It turned out that the incident was not a simple case of kidnapping and extortion, but rather manipulation behind the scenes. According to the tone of Jim's voice, the collaboration this time was with their former arch-enemy, whose basis for cooperation was the benefits that this enemy provided to the “African Glory” organization.
During this period, the artificial intelligence “Dream” had been collecting various pieces of intelligence on the Internet. Although it had not gathered much, it miraculously discovered many useful pieces of information from these tiny, spider-web-like traces. Then “Dream” cross-referenced this information with what Jim said, and it immediately confirmed that the collaborators behind the “African Glory” organization were The United States of America.
Yan Fei's support of Chinese smartphone manufacturers through Dream Island's high-tech products brought vigorous growth and pushed Apple Inc., the high-tech representative of the American enterprise, to the brink of desperation. If nothing unexpected occurred, Apple Inc. was headed towards the crisis of closing down, signaling that Dream Island was on the verge of reversing the high-tech advantage of The United States of America.
And the high-tech advantage is the foundation of America's global hegemony; once lost, America's decline would be irreversible. Yan Fei had constantly refused to cooperate with Americans in any form, making it clear that the treatment at the Terminal Illness Hospital would not be available to Americans until they apologized and compensated Dream Island for economic losses. All of this made America very dissatisfied with Yan Fei.
Moreover, Yan Fei had just launched a heavy-lift rocket from Dream Island, sending 300 tons of materials into space orbit in one go, and assembled his own satellite network. Once Dream Island's satellites entered outer space, it signified that Dream Island now had the capability to control the outer layers of space, which also meant the potential to challenge American hegemony, intensifying the threat felt by Americans.
However, with the Destroyer and his mysterious fighter jet standing behind Yan Fei, it was unrealistic for the United States to use military means to deal with Dream Island, as the Destroyer and his jet could retaliate by devastating the entire United States.
Therefore, to address the huge challenge to American hegemony and nip the potential threat in the bud, Americans would definitely take action against Dream Island. However, before dealing with Dream Island, they would certainly try to eliminate the Destroyer, Yan Fei's staunch backing. Without the Destroyer and his mysterious fighter jet, the United States could attack Dream Island unbridledly, completely annihilating it and plundering everything it had, never allowing Dream Island to rise.
Psychologists in the United States had studied Yan Fei's psychological activities and predicted his next move. They had researched the relationship between Yan Fei and the Destroyer, discovering a pattern to the Destroyer's appearances. Then, based on this pattern, Americans devised their plan for this operation. They incited “African Glory” to attack Dream Island employees in Africa, completely infuriating Yan Fei, luring him to deploy the Destroyer to Africa to rescue the hostages. The United States then assisted “African Glory,” burying 2,000 tons of high explosives in the first trap they set up. It was an inescapable death trap; should the Destroyer step into it, he would undoubtedly perish.
Upon discovering that Americans and the “African Glory” organization had joined forces and set up a series of deadly traps for him, Yan Fei broke out in a cold sweat. If it weren't for the sudden acquisition of high-tech equipment provided by artificial intelligence “Dream” and Yang Qi, which endowed him with strong information collection and analysis abilities, he would have fallen into the enemy's trap had he embarked on this mission. If the 2,000 tons of high explosives were to detonate simultaneously, even Yan Fei's Drone Avatar would definitely be doomed.
At this point, the importance of intelligence-gathering capability became evident. Otherwise, Yan Fei would have had no clue that the Americans would join forces with what they called the KB Organisation in faraway Africa to plot a lethal operation against him; nor would he have realized that the apparent hostage location was actually a horrifying trap. Even if Yan Fei narrowly survived the first trap, he would be lured by deliberately scattered information to the second site of certain death, buried under a pile of rocks, with no place for his body. And even if he managed to avoid the second death trap, he would still face the threat of the ultimate surprise package.
Thus, the trip to Africa was fraught with extreme danger, and the process was linked in a chain of events where a single misstep could send him to his death. It was arguably the most challenging situation Yan Fei had faced. Fortunately, Yan Fei had gained the upper hand by analyzing the enemy's plan in advance, which would enable him to avoid danger and complete the task of rescuing hostages in Africa.
By now, Yan Fei had a comprehensive understanding of the plan concocted by The United States and the “African Glory” organization, but the one thing he didn't know was precisely what that ultimate surprise package mentioned by the senior leader of “African Glory,” Jim, was, and he felt it posed a certain threat to him. Nevertheless, Yan Fei had more faith in himself now than ever; he believed he was well-prepared and could resolve all the ambushes set by the enemy.