While during the week, Ling Qingyu received good news, she also had tension and stress, worried about her employees, after being threatened by Hu gang leader at the auction.
She had requested Athena to utilize her computing power to monitor every one of her employee at all time.
Through CCTVs, their mobile phones, and preliminary surveillance of anyone communicating with the technology which could threaten her subordinates, Athena was given the green light.
This meant hacking was allowed. Athena even sent her kisses in joy when she heard Ling Qingyu's release of restriction.
In addition, she ordered her guards to patrol around the area where her employees resided more often and the path they usually took.
The police label on their patrol vehicles, especially the color black, representing a special police unit, would dissuade malicious parties.
Fully equipped guards and help from Athena's intelligence network formed a tight network of monitoring Ling Qingyu's subordinates.
Not one was missing in the system. Athena's computing power merely increased by another 0.01 percent. The Celestial supercomputer's reputation wasn't for nothing.
Of course, even if Athena's monitoring area extended to the entire country, the workload remained the same. If monitoring the entire globe, an additional 0.08 percent would be required.
In any case, Athena's power proved that all the combined workload didn't even surmount 1 percent of her potential.
Perhaps, Ling Qingyu's guards' show of force brought good results or her enemy was waiting for her vigilance to drop, but nothing happened during this week.
Naturally, her guards' heightened tension relaxed and became slag. Ling Qingyu didn't blame them. Nobody could keep up the high-intensity pressure for a long time. Repeated temporary breaks were necessary.
Not to mention, Athena didn't cost the slightest energy, serving as an early scout. Although Athena's real identity was hidden, her codename—ATHENA—had spread around the guards, serving as their assistant.
Any suspicious activities were alerted by her daughter. In the coming future, Athena's integration of AI with personnel would form a new powerful system, adopted by many.
Even Yang Qingyue who knew about the formation, immediately expressed her admiration.
Of course, Tang Ziyi never let them reach extremity. Trainings were strict under her supervision, not allowing the guards to damage their bodies.
There wasn't a need to stress out the body to the breaking point where repetition could reach the same goals. Instead of going for 20 reps in 3 sets, she preferred 10 reps in 6 sets.
In the underground secret realm.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Loud claps from the firearm training rang inside the shooting range. Smoke slowly crawled away from the muzzle as it was retracted close to the chest.
The one who fired three shots at a target belonged to Ling Qingyu's figure. She wore a black T-shirt and pants, a comfy design suited for any activities.
Equipped with ears and eye protection devices, Ling Qingyu's expression was gleeful and enthusiastic in contrast to most girls' reaction of being pale and wary.
"Whew!" Ling Qingyu whistled after trying out the first three shots and looked at Tang Ziyi beside her.
"I told you to fire one shot after another, slowly. Why are you in a hurry? Gradually, we'll move on." Tang Ziyi, with the same outfit and equipment, her hands over her waist, drooped her head and sighed. "Now, listen to my instruction or I'll ban you from even touching the guns."
Knowing Tang Ziyi was serious, Ling Qingyu playfully showed her tongue. She followed Tang Ziyi's guidance and immediately knew how to aim and squeeze the trigger.
Firearm safety and theories had been studied since yesterday. Ling Qingyu cherished the rare opportunity to touch the gun.
She had been pestering around Tang Ziyi for actions and was rejected. Tang Ziyi pressed hard to train in martial arts and improve her physiques. Ling Qingyu had been a quick learner, absorbing bits of knowledge of different techniques and fighting schools like a sponge.
Every time Tang Ziyi showed an example, she followed with minimal mistakes. After the correction pointed out by Tang Ziyi, Ling Qingyu's movement became perfect to the point where she was able to analyze her own moves.
The only lack in her martial arts training was repetition so that her moves became instinctive. In a real fight, a tenth of a second counts. Every moment was precious and she didn't have time, to think about her moves.
Having the skills imprinted deeply to the bones was the number one goal for every fighter. Although Ling Qingyu didn't want to be a professional fighter, she was serious about training herself to become stronger.
In fact, Ling Qingyu's progress never ceased to astonish Tang Ziyi, who was even doubtful of her own talent, because she had seen with her eyes how Ling Qingyu transformed into a veritable practitioner from a nobody.