Chapter 1148 - 1136: Analysis (Part 2)

Chapter 1148: Chapter 1136: Analysis (Part 2)

The answer is rather frustrating, but upon reflection, it makes sense. After all, it’s a satellite, and if just anyone could connect to it, things would be chaotic.

But abandoning such a powerful tool to rescue Tang Xiaoquan seemed a bit unsatisfactory. He shifted his gaze to Li Zhong: "Li Zhong, aren’t you a computer expert? Can you hack into the system?"

Li Zhong laughed helplessly: "Let’s not talk about skill level; first, do you think we have any equipment here that can connect to the internet? Besides, attacks require target addresses, and we know nothing, no information, so even if I had the ability, I couldn’t do anything."

Looking at Li Zhong’s half-smiling expression, Tang Xiaoquan realized he was asking too much: "Alas, what a pity. So... if there are no base stations on the ground, can phones communicate?"

"No!" Li Guo answered with certainty without even thinking: "Mobile communication requires base stations to transmit signals; otherwise, the two devices can’t communicate with each other."

"Does it absolutely rely on base stations? Impossible without them?"

"Yes! But Quan, you seem a bit strange today; why are you suddenly interested in this topic?"

Li Guo didn’t believe Tang Xiaoquan would suddenly become interested in telecommunication knowledge. Given his concern and questions, there must be something hidden.

Li Guo’s suspicion wasn’t surprising, Tang Xiaoquan had anticipated it. But right now, he wasn’t in the mood to explain and simply shook his head slightly, then directly asked: "If there are no base stations, can Bluetooth alone transfer data?"

Upon hearing this, Li Guo was visibly stunned; due to habitual thinking, he undoubtedly had forgotten about Bluetooth technology.

This wasn’t his fault, as Bluetooth is rarely used in daily life and is limited by distance, making communication infeasible.

"Bluetooth can indeed transfer information mutually, but it requires the two phones to be within a limited range and can only transmit content."

"Not possible over long distances?"

"How far?"

"A hundred meters!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Li Guo denied once again firmly.

Watching Li Guo’s resolute expression, Tang Xiaoquan ran his fingers through his bangs twice. He didn’t want to doubt Li Guo’s knowledge reserve, but indeed, during the rescue operation days ago, they did communicate with Old Xu and Lei Tong trapped in a room using their phones.

And according to the steps provided by the man with the ear stud at that time, they indeed connected after turning on the Bluetooth system.

With this in mind, Tang Xiaoquan couldn’t help but doubt Li Guo’s firm stance.

Perhaps noticing Tang Xiaoquan’s unusual expression, Li Guo asked: "What’s Xiaotang thinking about? If you have any questions, just ask."

Slowly raising his head, Tang Xiaoquan glanced at the Li family brothers and then said: "It’s like this: before this rescue, didn’t we get attacked by a group?"

"Yeah, you mentioned it when you returned last time."

"Yes, but I didn’t say one thing at that time."

Sensing the key point, Li Guo asked further: "What didn’t you say?"

"We got a clue from the robbers; at that time, he told us apart from hand-held radios, their means of contact was through mobile phones."

"Mobile phones!? How is that possible!?" Li Guo showed an expression of disbelief.

Tang Xiaoquan didn’t want to embarrass Li Guo, so he casually echoed: "Yeah, we also thought that scoundrel was lying to us, but following his operational steps..."

"It was feasible?"

"Feasible! You know, Old Xu’s trapped location was special, to ensure our communication didn’t draw zombies’ attention outside, we kept using text messages on phones to communicate with Old Xu and the others."

"How is this possible? Without base stations, how did you achieve that?" Li Guo still couldn’t comprehend Tang Xiaoquan’s words, because from a professional standpoint, he really didn’t believe it could be done.

However, facts spoke louder than words; rescuing Old Xu was a fact, and Li Guo also believed Tang Xiaoquan wouldn’t specifically come to tease him about such a mobile phone matter.

"Were you communicating by establishing a Bluetooth connection?"

"Yes! The steps taught by the robbers were to use Bluetooth for transmission."

"Brother, this, this... haha," a perplexed smile appeared on Li Guo’s face as he helplessly looked at his brother.

The other party was a computer expert, and Li Guo was clearly out of options. He showed a look seeking help.

Li Zhong also had a furrowed brow, obviously equally baffled by the situation described by Tang Xiaoquan.

However, after calmly thinking it over, he spoke: "Xiaotang, can you tell me the specific steps that guy told you?"

Intuition told Li Zhong that the situation was definitely not as simple as Tang Xiaoquan described.

Because theory is theory; unless there’s a breakthrough in Bluetooth transmission distance technology now, achieving what Tang Xiaoquan said, surely there’s something we’ve missed.

To unravel this hidden truth, it was necessary to clarify the entire sequence of events.

After carefully recalling the scene at that time, Tang Xiaoquan slowly recounted the steps.

Once he finished explaining all the steps, Tang Xiaoquan fished out the phone belonging to the man with the ear stud from his pocket and handed it to the Li brothers.

"What’s this?"

"This is the phone we took from the robber, and it’s the one we operated on."

Taking the phone, Li Zhong opened it and checked a few times; indeed, he saw the communication information between the outgoing team and Old Xu in the text message window.

But that wasn’t the focus of Li Zhong’s attention; he held the phone and questioned several key points he previously heard: "Xiaotang, there are a few details I need to confirm with you."

"Go ahead!"

"First, you mentioned the robbers said using Bluetooth technology was based on a flyer they’d seen, right?"

"Yes, that’s what they said at the time."

"Do you think he was truthful? How credible is that?"

"I think... it’s highly credible, because he was quite scared of Old Xu at the time, and he had no reason to deceive us on this issue."

"Okay, second question: what’s the website address you registered on? Do you remember it?"

"I remember."

"Good, Li Guo, bring the paper and pen!"

Li Guo turned to fetch the paper and pen from the desk.

Li Zhong took them and pushed them in front of Tang Xiaoquan: "Write it down, Quan!"

"Okay!" He picked up the pen and quickly wrote down the registration website address: "This is it. Is there a problem with this website?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhong chuckled: "No issues for now. Third question: how far were your phone communications when outside?"

"Uh... as close as a hundred meters, as far as a few kilometers." Tang Xiaoquan responded truthfully.

"Oh my God! Brother, isn’t this a joke? When did Bluetooth technology become so advanced?" Li Guo felt like he was hearing a joke that someone successfully transmitted text messages using Bluetooth over a distance of several kilometers.

To Li Guo, it was simply absurd.