Chapter 35

**Author's Note: This chapter is a bit shorter, and I was hesitant about including it. However, I decided to add it to make up for the lack of content. To compensate for the short chapter, I will be posting two updates today. The second update will be at noon. After these two updates, I will have to work hard on writing. Lastly, I shamelessly ask for all kinds of votes and flowers.**

The night sky of 1894 was so tranquil. At that time, there was no light pollution, and people could even find the Milky Way in the clear night sky. On such a quiet night, Lin Yuan and his companions tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

What troubled Lin Yuan was not the Japanese refusal to sign the treaty, but the future development of the Beijing warship. Any mechanical product requires maintenance, and aircraft carriers are no exception. This era lacked the industrial foundation necessary for aircraft carriers. Although the carrier itself had a certain amount of repair equipment and workshops for processing parts, it was powerless when it came to major repairs.

We must establish our own industry!

What troubled Chen Fei was Matsushima Hikari. He had thought that meeting her today would be the beginning of happiness, but he never expected it to end so quickly. Tang Fan was in the same situation as Chen Fei. The materials Shen Wanqing brought were only enough for one person to be disguised, so only King Shang Tai could go. The thought of only Yun Lan and her mother staying behind made him feel sad.

On this night, only Shen Wanqing was still busy. What is known as "disguise" can be more straightforwardly called "molding and makeup." This technique was widely used in the 21st century for filming movies and TV shows. Its more mysterious application was in the field of espionage, where highly realistic masks, combined with stolen iris and fingerprint features, could be used to impersonate someone for a short time to complete tasks such as pressing eyes (which refers to using certain methods to obtain audio, video, electromagnetic, and infrared characteristics of a space).

Shen Wanqing and her team had once solved a spy case where Japanese spies used this method to infiltrate a national defense laboratory at a key university in western China and installed a keystroke recording device on a keyboard.

The ultimate goal of this makeup technique is to create a mask. Since the mask must fit seamlessly on the face, the first step is to create a statue of the person being disguised, and use this statue to determine the size of the mask. When Shen Wanqing met King Shang Tai, she had already applied plaster to his face to create a plaster model. In this model, the nose and mouth were indented, so she needed to pour plaster into the mold to create the statue.

Shen Wanqing was very skilled at this work. She was controlling the hardening process of the plaster. If left to harden naturally, it would take at least five days, but Lin Yuan needed it urgently, so she had to speed up the process. She knew that only 10% of the electrical energy from an incandescent light bulb is converted into light, with the rest becoming heat, so she used an incandescent light bulb to heat the plaster, hoping to speed up the process.

The shapes of different parts of the mold varied, and their thermal conductivity also differed significantly. If she placed the incandescent light bulb in one spot, the plaster would not harden evenly, so she had to constantly monitor the plaster and adjust the position of the light based on the hardening state. This made her sweat profusely, and she eventually took off her outer clothing, leaving her in a tight-fitting sports bra.

As dawn approached, the plaster finally dried. She turned to get the water pot, only to find it empty. She sighed, and at that moment, the door suddenly knocked. She softly asked, "Who is it?"

His voice replied, "It's me, Wanqing. Are you still awake?"

She felt a surge of joy and went to open the door. Lin Yuan stood there, holding a pot of water. She quickly snatched the water and drank several large gulps, then said, "It's all your fault for being so urgent! I didn't sleep all night. Come in and see my work."

She was only wearing a sports bra, which tightly wrapped her chest, leaving her shoulders and waist exposed. She had her hair tied up, with a few strands of black hair sticking to her white neck. Her slender waist was dotted with sweat, and her full breasts were almost spilling out...

Lin Yuan felt a bit dizzy, but fortunately, she quickly put on her outer clothing, and he regained his composure. He smiled and said, "Our great agent Shen is really impressive, to have done it so quickly."

Shen Wanqing spoke to Lin Yuan as if scolding a mischievous child, "You can only look, no touching, got it!"

She then took out a small bottle of white, milk-like liquid, the core material for making the mask, called latex. She mixed it with foundation and slowly applied it to the model. It dried quickly, and she peeled it off and set it aside. She looked at the rising sun and then turned to Lin Yuan, smiling, "Comrade Captain, I have a glorious and great task for you! Go get me some breakfast."

Lin Yuan looked at her, eager to fulfill any of her wishes, and quickly agreed to go out. When he returned, she was already asleep in bed, curled up like a cute and obedient kitten. He suddenly wanted to kiss her delicate cheek, but when he leaned in, he lacked the courage to do so. After much hesitation, he turned and walked out.

As soon as Lin Yuan left, Shen Wanqing flipped over, angrily pounding the bed, and without eating breakfast, she lay down and fell asleep.

The negotiations that day ended in failure again. The two sides argued incessantly over the issues of territorial cession and compensation. Ito Hirobumi refused to budge, and the meeting was adjourned in frustration.

When Lin Yuan returned to the base, the first thing he did was to look for Shen Wanqing. She seemed to have just taken a shower, with wet hair, wearing a short skirt. Her legs were so white and smooth, and she was sitting at the table, attaching a mustache and eyebrows to the mask.

Shen Wanqing said, "I've already planned it out. I will create a false identity for Shang Tai and have one of our comrades accompany him on the passenger ship from here to Keelung. We have people in Keelung, right?"

Lin Yuan asked, "Is it easy to slip out?"

Shen Wanqing replied, "From my observations, the Japanese are not closely monitoring Shang Tai. They only have informants around his house, and the area around his house is quite mixed, so it should be easy to slip out."

Lin Yuan nodded and smiled, "That's good. You are truly an expert."

At that moment, the indicator light on the eavesdropping device started to flash. Lin Yuan quickly put on the headphones and heard Ito Hirobumi's voice saying, "Gentlemen, we now need to discuss how to sink that mysterious ship in the next war."

**End of Chapter**