Because these American power institutions and intelligence agencies often appear on the big screen, any major modern film produced by Hollywood typically features these agencies.

However, the situation in our country and the United States is like night and day. Not to mention those responsible for national security and important intelligence, even the police forces rarely make an appearance.

“Captain Zhang, do you think Wu Hao knew we were coming and is deliberately avoiding us? Otherwise, why would he have come back only yesterday and left again that night?” Inside the black SUV, several security bureau members, who had found no leads at Wu Hao’s hometown, were discussing on their way back.

“Probably not. We came to ask him a few questions, not to arrest him. There’s no need for him to deliberately avoid us. Besides, if he had received any news that we were coming and was deliberately avoiding us, he probably wouldn’t have returned to the country in the first place.” The man called Captain Zhang, around forty years old, looked very competent and didn’t have the usual big belly of some department heads but rather resembled someone from the military.

In fact, the members of our national security agency are essentially secret agents, with their identities highly classified. Most departments don’t even know of their existence.

When carrying out tasks, they also dress in civilian clothing.

“Captain Zhang, that said, what about our current mission? The target isn’t home, and his family doesn’t know where he went.”

“It’s no big deal. If we can’t find him, we can call him just the same. The director sent us to test him, not to take action. I believe his parents have probably already informed him about our visit, so we’ll just need to make a brief phone inquiry later.” Zhang Kui explained.

And his analysis was quite accurate because, shortly after they left Wu Hao’s hometown, Wu Hao’s parents had informed him about the visit, and Wu Hao, using his intelligence brain, reviewed the surveillance footage from his hometown villa and identified who had come looking for him.

“Zero, why did the security bureau come looking for me?” Inside the Qinling Base, Wu Hao was studying the meteorite’s structure while inquiring with Intelligence Brain Zero.

Although Wu Hao had already returned the meteorite to the Qinling Base, after such a long time, aside from knowing that this black meteorite was a special energy crystal capable of promoting biological evolution to some extent, there had been no progress on its structure or specific material.

Since Wu Hao returned to the Qinling Base last night, he had been analyzing the black meteorite further through his mental perception and various instruments, aiming to understand its structure and collect more data to create equipment for searching for other black meteorites worldwide.

“BOSS, the security bureau’s visit is for two main reasons. First, they want to inquire about the disturbances you caused in Hong Kong and the United States. Second, they are testing you,” Intelligence Brain Zero reported truthfully.

“Testing me? In that case, maybe it’s time for me to reveal a bit of my strength,” Wu Hao thought for a moment, realizing it might be time to have some interaction with the government since he had previously conducted a technical transaction with their higher-ups in secret.

The recent events abroad involving the black meteorite had exposed some of his capabilities, and the government would not be unaware of it. Since that was the case, it would be completely feasible for Wu Hao to reveal a bit more of his strength on this basis.

“BOSS, you should indeed show some of your strength now, and also attract enough attention from the government. Only by doing so can you avoid being isolated in the future if you undertake other tasks.”

“Alright, I’ll deal with it later. Right now, our priority is to accelerate the meteorite research. Once the research data from all sides is complete, Wu Hao will use this meteorite to enhance his own strength,” Wu Hao nodded, understanding that Intelligence Brain Zero’s words were accurate, but for now, his focus needed to remain on the meteorite. Other matters could wait until this task was complete.

However, just as Intelligence Brain Zero was about to express agreement, it suddenly shifted its tone and reported to Wu Hao, “BOSS, it seems you’ll need to be delayed for a while. The security bureau has already called you.”

“In that case, let’s see what they have to say!” Wu Hao responded without refusal, and Zero connected the call.

As soon as the call was connected, the other party spoke, “Hello! Is this Wu Hao, Mr. Wu?”

“Yes, I am. Who’s this?” Although Wu Hao knew the caller was from the security bureau, he did not reveal that.

“Hello, Mr. Wu. I’m Zhang Kui from the National Security Agency.”

“Oh, it’s you!” Wu Hao finally realized and continued, “What do you need from me?”

“We do have some matters to discuss with you, Mr. Wu. Could you let us know when you might be available in the next few days for an in-person meeting?”

“I see. However, I’m quite busy at the moment and may not be able to meet with you. If an in-person meeting is absolutely necessary, it might have to wait until I’m free,” Wu Hao declined. He had important tasks to attend to and had no time to meet them right now; any meeting would need to be arranged after he finished with the meteorite.

“Since you’re not available these days, there’s no rush for the meeting. Let’s arrange it when you’re free,” Zhang Kui responded without surprise. Although he wasn’t sure where Wu Hao was at the moment, he had already instructed his team to investigate Wu Hao’s location during their call.

Soon, after several minutes of conversation, Zhang Kui had covered most of the topics he intended to discuss. Continuing further would be obviously dragging out the conversation, so he ended the call.

However, his teammate did not provide a satisfactory answer. “Captain Zhang, the headquarters hasn’t found the source of the signal. It seems the other party used a very complex encryption method.”

“That’s expected. Since they managed to get the two major American families to temporarily retreat, their methods must be quite sophisticated. Although this initial probe didn’t yield substantial results, we can at least confirm that Wu Hao is backed by a secret organization that our governments haven’t detected. Moreover, his position in this organization is likely quite significant.”