The phone in Chen Ke's pocket suddenly vibrated, and when he took it out, it was Pihom.
It was already 7 pm, the evening sky growing darker as the last flames of the setting sun scorched the clouds on the horizon, leaving a final blood-red before darkness devoured the sky.
Chen Ke hadn't expected to have stayed at Golden Arthur for so long; he hastily answered the call.
"Chen Ke, good news, we've found some clues in those schedules you guys obtained," Pihom said, sounding very satisfied on the other end of the line.
"What about those schedules? What's hidden inside?" Chen Ke asked, puzzled.
"Those aren't schedules at all but operation records disguised as schedules. The names on them are actually code names for each operation! Chen Ke, whatever these people are doing, they haven't rested for a moment," Pihom explained.
Chen Ke was stunned; he had seen those scheduling plans—an Excel spreadsheet with thousands of entries. If each one represented an operation...