Tang Li remained unfazed, even with the R-country nationals pointing guns at her.
She directly retrieved her fully equipped mechanical exoskeleton from her spatial storage, simultaneously recalling the middle-aged man's disguise, sonic emitter, and protective suit.
In an instant, Tang Li transformed from the middle-aged man in a protective suit back to her original appearance, now clad in the mechanical exoskeleton.
The R-country nationals, confident of their victory, were stunned to see the "omnipotent merchant," Boss Li, vanish and reappear as someone entirely different before their eyes.
They couldn't believe what they were seeing, mistaking it for an optical illusion.
Upon recovering from their shock, they attempted to shoot Tang Li.
However, Tang Li gave them no opportunity, swiftly incapacitating all of them.
Before they could commit suicide, Tang Li selected a few individuals, accessed their neural interfaces, and put them into a dormant state.
A total of thirty people had followed her, but only three were prevented from taking their own lives by Tang Li.
The remaining twenty-seven committed suicide.
This time, however, their method wasn't poison, but slitting their own throats.
After scanning the memories of the remaining three, Tang Li still couldn't locate the Holy Light Organization's base.
The memories of these three had been modified to varying degrees.
It was possible that even if they had been to the Holy Light Organization's base, their memories of it had been deleted.
However, she did manage to uncover the reason they were tracking her.
It was simple: the R-country nationals coveted the supplies she possessed.
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The migration of these R-country nationals to various countries, including C country, was a consequence of R country's insufficient resources.
The "Apocalypse Mall" clearly displayed an abundance of supplies.
These R-country nationals intended to seize these supplies and send them back to R country.
The reason for their inaction in the first three months was that they had only recently arrived in C country and were still establishing themselves.
Furthermore, various factions in Jiangcheng were investigating them at the time, forcing them to maintain a low profile.
Over these past three months, R-country nationals had arrived in C country in waves. They had absorbed the C country branch of the Holy Light Organization, solidifying their infiltration of higher echelons and gaining significant influence.
They had even secured privileges for R-country nationals to self-govern a specific area within the underground city.
Consequently, they had begun to stir once more.
While not finding the Holy Light Organization's base was a great disappointment to Tang Li, the information she acquired was still a valuable gain.
Tang Li casually unscrewed the skullcap of the last individual and collected all the bodies into her spatial storage.
If they were official personnel with no malicious intent, merely performing their duties, Tang Li would not have troubled them, only issued a warning before letting them go.
However, these were members of the Holy Light Organization, and there was no reason to show them mercy.
After surveying the surroundings and finding no other surveillance, Tang Li switched back to her own vehicle and departed.
Silence once again fell upon the open wilderness.
Tang Li's keen senses ensured that she would not fail to detect anyone tracking or monitoring her.
Furthermore, she was not concerned about being spied upon through drones, cameras, or other devices.
As the solar storm was still ongoing and the geomagnetic storm had not ceased, communications were severed, making remote monitoring impossible.
This would only change if Song Pinxuan's laboratory's quantum communication technology became applicable.
But if that were to happen, she could also remotely control robotic avatars through her neural interface.
At that point, Tang Li would naturally have a more discreet method of resupplying.
"I wonder if the neural interface equipment utilizing quantum communication technology from the laboratory is ready yet."
Tang Li and Song Pinxuan both knew that the solar storm would last for another nine months, and that major earthquakes would begin this month.
Once that happened, all buildings would turn to ruins, and the electromagnetic pulse shielding would become ineffective.
During the period between the onset of the major earthquakes and the end of the solar storm, quantum communication equipment capable of remote communication unaffected by geomagnetic storms would play a crucial role.
Therefore, after researching genetically modified rice worms, neural interfaces, mechanical exoskeletons, engineering mechs, and combat mechs, Song Pinxuan began to focus on the research of quantum communication and its applications.
Half a month ago, Song Pinxuan's laboratory had already developed the quantum communication technology.
However, there were still some final touches required before it could be put into practical use.
After all, quantum communication technology had a vast range of applications.
For Tang Li, the most important was the neural interface equipment that utilized quantum communication technology.
To Tang Li's delight, upon returning to the F City base, she heard good news from Song Pinxuan's laboratory.
After having lunch at the F City base, she hurried back to Jiangcheng.