Spark

Are there spies within the national security department?

It is almost impossible, because the special review and control mechanism of this department determines that once through the door, practitioners will have no chance of defection.

However, can Guoan achieve complete ideological unity within it?

Obviously impossible - it is absolutely impossible to do this within any organization.

This is why, in a country's "counterintelligence" department, Lin Chen, an outlier, was born.

Yes, he is the organizer of this gathering and the contact person of the mysterious organization's branch in China.

He is going to launch an investigation into Spark, not only with the help of his own identity, but also with the utmost mobilization of all the resources he can mobilize to complete this matter as quickly as possible.

He does not think that he is treason, let alone treason. He even feels that he is not even a "treason".

He just did some unreasonable actions outside the rules and framework of the organization.

However, your purpose is good and your thoughts are also good.

Maybe it's too radical.

Lin Chen sighed. He picked up the work permit on the table and couldn't help but think of what his superior once said to him.

"Lin Chen, you were born to do this."

"You are smart, cautious, perceptive, and determined, and you never doubt what you believe in. You can complete every task with a completion rate that exceeds the requirements by 200%."

"You are the perfect talent we need. If nothing happens, you will probably be buried in Babaoshan and covered with the national flag on the day you die."

"But I have to tell you something, you're not really perfect."

"You are too stubborn and persistent. If you can't accomplish what you want to do, you will pursue it desperately."

"This is your biggest instability point, and it's also the reason why we haven't dared to make a conclusion about you."

"As your superior, as your master, I want to give you a piece of advice."

"When it's time to give up, you have to give up. The success of our work does not necessarily have to be judged by the achievement of the goal."

"At some point, giving up is more correct and more difficult to choose than persisting, do you understand?"

In the past few years, the words of my superiors have come back to me again and again. Every time I encounter a necessary decision, I will subconsciously consider whether I really should give up.

Many times, I did choose to give up, but I was really unwilling to do so.

There are obviously many opportunities to catch them all in one fell swoop.

There are obviously many opportunities for China to shut down its opponents.

There is only one thing that the decision-makers at the top need to do, and that is to put aside the overly conservative and unrealistic "stable development" strategy and take a generous gamble. But in the end, no one chooses that. .

In the original Pickering incident, everyone had already blamed us. As a frontline action team, we had collected enough intelligence, obtained enough clues, and even formulated several strategies for the aftermath, but In the end, his plane just disappeared into the sky.

——

He wasn't shot down, he was just allowed to fly back.

Yes, it didn’t land, but so what?

We have made all preparations. The stuxnet virus has been widely deployed in many industrial fields, and one of our comrades even sacrificed one of his own comrades for this.

That's obviously the best time, isn't it?

If you miss it, there will be no second chance.

Lin Chen would not blame his superiors, because he knew that people who stand at a higher level have higher considerations, and they must be responsible for the overall situation in the country and even the entire world.

Therefore, a certain degree of compromise is actually necessary.

But the question is, do we really need to compromise with anyone? Do they really dare to fight us to the end?

Lin Chen didn't believe this at all, and he also knew that many senior officials didn't believe this either.

Lin Chen felt that this was a kind of role-playing inertia.

——

We have been playing the role of little white rabbits for too long. We suddenly took off the rabbit skin and put on the tiger skin, but we have not yet regained the ferocity we had when we were tigers. We even tried to use the power of the tiger skin to reason with other animals and give advice to other animals. They set the rules politely.

what's the function?

Even if you don’t scratch them or bite them, they will always think that you still have a rabbit inside your tiger skin.

Therefore, when he entered the investigation team of the Las Laqueira and Musk incidents and obtained information about that organization, the first thing he did was not to try to complete his work as before. Instead of uprooting that organization, he tried every means and used all his authority to establish contact with one of the peripheral members of that organization.

I have to say, this is not easy.

This organization is one of the most vigilant and cautious organizations he has ever come into contact with. They do not accept anyone who "comes to the door on their own", and the core members are like shadows who never appear in front of the stage.

However, Lin Chen did make a condition that they couldn't refuse - a condition that they had to accept even if they thought they were undercover agents.

That is, threatening the lives of the two arrested people to demand dialogue.

After the conversation, he successfully gained the trust of the organization and learned their next action plan.

This is actually a huge achievement and a difficult choice to make.

Because if Lin Chen reported the situation of the organization to his superiors now, then he would be a lone hero who went deep behind enemy lines.

Maybe he will be punished for violating the case-handling procedures, but compared with the rewards he may receive, the punishment is absolutely nothing.

——

However, Lin Chen did not intend to do this.

He wanted to take a gamble.

He wants to use this organization to put China on the fast track.

Not only the fast lane for technological development, but also the fast lane for international dominance.

So, this is what happened.

He felt that hope was close at hand, and as long as he completed this matter, his mission would have been completed.

This point seems to have something in common with the philosophy of this organization.

They don't care about their "posthumous reputation", but just want to do the right thing.

Lin Chen sighed, his eyes gradually becoming firmer.

At the same time, within Chengfei, the Spark Team Intelligence Department.

Li Xiang was sitting in the middle of the conference room. A picture of a villa shot from a very long distance was displayed on the screen.

Everyone in the conference room looked serious. They stared at the screen and listened to Li Xiang's briefing.

".So, the basic information at the moment is this."

"We have been able to confirm that Lin Chen has established contact with what we call 'Organization No. 003,' but his actions were not approved by the national security department, and he was not informed of the situation in a timely manner."

"That said, unfortunately, we have to prepare for the worst."

"That is, Lin Chen has rebelled and defected to Organization No. 003."

"This may not be defined as mutiny."

In the conference room, someone interrupted Li Xiang and then continued:

"Based on the information we have now, Lin Chen seems to have a mental problem. It can't even be said that there is a problem. It should be said that he is guilty of arrogance."

"Of course I am not saying this to protect him, nor am I trying to cover up the mistakes he made."

"I just want to say that we have to get the qualitative work right before we start taking action."

"Otherwise, if there is a problem with the direction, it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble in the execution of our subsequent missions."

Hearing his words, Li Xiang nodded solemnly.

"Yes, this is one of the key issues we need to consider."

"We must make it clear whether Lin Chen wants to rebel, or whether he simply wants to take advantage of Organization No. 003."

"If it's the former, then we don't need to make any extra considerations. We must cut off the possible information chain as quickly as possible and take him down first."

"If it's the latter, we need a more sophisticated plan, and we can even use him to get in touch with the core of Organization 003."

"The good news is that since the establishment of Spark until now, our intelligence department has gradually decoupled from the national security. After 2008, the Spark Intelligence Division has become completely independent."

"So, our 'core' is still safe -- except in this office, there are nails."

There was a hint of coldness in Li Xiang's words. After 10 years of intelligence work, his personality may not have changed, but his way of doing things has matured a lot.

If Chen Nian was sitting in the office at this time, he would probably feel a little strange to him - but it is obvious that he has indeed become the core of the Intelligence Department.

After hearing his words, everyone in the office reacted not with doubts or panic, but with relief.

Because they are more concerned about the first half of this sentence: the core is safe.

If there is no problem with this, it is enough.

"We won't have nails here, but not necessarily on the outside. Xinghuo's stall is a bit too big. This is inevitable. However, we will tighten confidentiality measures in the next time and re-screen traces to ensure that The core re-enters a sealed state."

"This is another topic - now we continue to discuss Lin Chen's side."

"I have a question, how did he get in touch with Organization 003?"

"Very complicated."

Li Xiang sighed slightly and explained:

"Lin Chen once participated in the South Island incident, and established intelligence relations in the South Island during that time, many of which were not completely controlled."

"At the same time, Lin Chen participated in the intelligence work related to the new North American alliance and was responsible for the information transmission task with LMS."

"And it just so happened that an informant in the South Island was involved in a peripheral work in Paul and Jess's 'cashing out operation'. He provided Lin Chen with information about a fourth-level contact person."

"Through this fourth-level contact person, Lin Chen contacted the third-level contact person of the event in North America, and using the new North American alliance as a springboard, he contacted the real organization members, which are what we call second-level members."

"This is basically the whole story of this incident. It can be said that it is composed of various coincidences and accidents."

"But at the same time, this incident also illustrates a problem, that is, the plate of Organization 003 is bigger than we imagined. Even if our 'cooperation' with the new North American alliance can go so smoothly, they are included in it." Shadows moving in the dark"

After Li Xiang finished speaking, everyone in the conference room fell into silence.

It feels so bad that as one of the country's most powerful intelligence agencies, it failed to prevent the infiltration of a "civilian organization".

It is true that the other party's penetration has limitations, but for the Spark Team, even this level of negligence is intolerable.

After being quiet for half a minute, Li Xiang felt that everyone had reflected enough, and finally continued:

"Back to the mission itself, now we need to arrange the next specific matters."

"First, we need to output a possible action road map of Organization No. 003 and deploy defenses along their action route."

"Second, we must take the strictest measures to ensure core security. From now on, security measures will be upgraded to level one."

"Third, we need someone to take the initiative to contact Lin Chen, find out his status, and determine the follow-up steps."

"The first two tasks are not difficult, but the key point is the third one. Who will do it? Is there anyone who can do it?"

"I go."

As soon as Li Xiang finished speaking, someone in the conference room raised their hands.

"I have a personal relationship with Lin Chen. Our views on the South Island issue were relatively close before. He still trusts me and can give it a try."

"Then go ahead."

Li Xiang finalized the candidate, and then, after a series of complicated detailed discussions, a large network targeting Lin Chen and the so-called Organization No. 003 finally gradually took shape.

The meeting lasted for 6 hours before it ended. After the meeting, the first person Li Xiang wanted to see was Chen Nian.

"You need to leave Chengdu recently."

Li Xiang said straight to the point.

"Is the problem that serious?"

Chen Nian frowned and asked subconsciously.

"It's hard for me to explain to you that theoretically, the safety problem you face is not big."

"But I have a very bad feeling. I always feel that this so-called organization has something that we don't know about."

"Otherwise, they would not be able to do so many things that only national-level forces can do."

"Look, Lin Chen is a typical example. I'm wondering, is it possible that the core of this organization is composed of 'activists' like Lin Chen in the political and intelligence circles of various countries?"

"It sounds outrageous, but it's probably the most reasonable explanation."

"In this era, technology has developed too fast, and many things have been distorted. What we are now facing is a completely deformed international order. It is not surprising what is born in such an order."

"Anyway, you should go out and hide first."

"Because if I guess correctly, then the problem we face will not be that simple."

"war."

Chen Nian whispered.

"Yes, war."

"And it's a hot war."