The Concealers

After the exposure of the Purple Light and other nefarious plans, the Averland government has been using its vast media machinery for crisis control and investigating the original whistleblowers.

For safety, Rakien and his group decided to lie low for a while and secretly returned to the forgotten dilapidated house on the edge of the city.

In the basement of this old house, the time machine return capsule is still quietly charging. This area has long lost its economic value, and the government's surveillance network seldom covers it, making it an ideal place for their secret hideout.

">This is a great place, although dilapidated, it's far from Averland's surveillance," Betty scanned the surroundings and whispered.

Rakien stood by the window, gazing at the distant city silhouette. "We can use this time to turn the basement into a small base. We also need to keep a close eye on the outside world. Although Chris is still helping us with remote monitoring, we can't let our guard down."

Oren was amazed by the precision and complexity of the time return capsule, exclaiming in disbelief that there really was a time machine in the future. After learning about the urgent need for electrical energy, he said in a heavy voice: "I can secretly provide some equipment here, and also find a way to strengthen the house's electricity so that the return capsule's charging will be completed faster!"

"That's great!" Old Kahn nodded in approval.

At the same time, spiritual awakeners around the world have gradually emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. On social media, videos and articles about meditation, hypnosis, and communication with the "higher self" are increasing, and people are gradually breaking free from blind obedience to the Averland government and starting to explore deeper self-spirituality and the truth of the universe.

"They are truly awakening," Oren said with a smile, browsing the self-media information from various countries, "These self-media are helping people gradually see through the face of the Averland government and are gradually unraveling their lies."

Betty looked around the basement, mentally planning the next steps to implement. She had already proposed some improvement plans for the return capsule's energy issues.

"I suggest we act in groups," she said, her voice filled with determination, "Oren can be in charge of equipment and energy expansion, Rakien, Old Kahn, you two and I will continue to excavate the basement. The basement space is a bit cramped to hold too much equipment. We also need to increase secret surveillance and camouflage around the entrance and the house. At the same time, we must prepare for future actions. Once the equipment arrives, Old Kahn can lay and install it."

"I agree," Rakien responded.

Old Kahn sat aside, nodding as well, then browsed the latest social dynamics. A self-media video about meditation suddenly caught his attention. In the video, people were gathered together, engaging in a large-scale meditation activity.

"Look at this," he turned the screen to the others, "Awakeners around the world are holding collective events."

Oren gazed intently at the scene on the screen, and after a moment of silence, a smile of approval appeared on his face: "This is the situation we have been looking forward to. The government can control the media, but it cannot suppress the freedom of people at the spiritual level."

"We can seize these opportunities," Betty said, "to continue to spread the truth through these platforms. The awakening of every individual increases our chances of victory."

At this moment, Chris sent an encrypted email through the dark web, concise and straightforward: "The Purple Light and a series of other evil plans have gradually become widely known. They are spreading rapidly around the world, and the voices against Averland's tyranny are growing louder. Moreover, the speed of people's spiritual awakening is faster than we expected, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, where the number of participants in meditation activities has already exceeded a million."

Rakien closed the email, his expression resolute: "That's great, as long as enough people see through Averland's tyranny and lies, and everyone abandons evil for good, the transformation of the entire society's consciousness will be unstoppable."

Betty and Rakien began to plan the expansion of the basement. They decided to dig down and around the existing underground space to expand it, ensuring it could accommodate the time machine return capsule and some other equipment.

"We must ensure that this equipment is completely concealed, and that no high-energy fluctuations are detected by the government," Betty said as she looked around the basement.

Oren secretly brought in a roll of thick cables, one end connected to a nearby secret military circuit, which had an anti-detection coating to ensure that the energy transmitted would not be detected by conventional detection systems. They first buried these cables around the basement, cleverly hiding them under the old house's outer walls and the surrounding abandoned vegetation. To avoid arousing suspicion, the connection points were cleverly disguised as part of the house's power supply.

"It just looks like a regular power source," Old Kahn carefully adjusted the cable connections, making sure the installation left no trace. "This will make any police think we are just using electricity as usual."

In addition to the cables, Old Kahn also used some discarded old metal and building materials to design a simple but effective shielding system to prevent the government's thermal detection equipment from discovering the basement's abnormal activities. The structure of the old house itself was conducive to their work - its dilapidated appearance and layers of dust increased the building's secrecy.

At the same time, with Chris's remote assistance and guidance, Old Kahn and Young Kahn installed extremely sophisticated pinhole surveillance devices inside and around the house. These devices were exquisite in appearance, at first glance just stones or tree trunks, but they had powerful infrared detection and wide-angle vision, capable of monitoring any approaching targets in time.

"The surveillance system's coverage is set," Old Kahn said, his voice a bit weary but his eyes shining with determination, as he adjusted the equipment at the terminal, "Even the slightest movement won't escape our eyes."

These cameras were placed in various inconspicuous corners, including the old house's roof, the surrounding dead trees, and bushes, forming a seamless security net. Kahn also set up sophisticated programs specifically for these devices to ensure they only sent encrypted alerts to them in case of abnormal situations, thus more safely evading the Averland government's detection systems.

With the completion of the cable and surveillance systems, Betty and Rakien continued working on the energy conversion and tuning of the time machine return capsule. This capsule took up part of the basement space, and its complex circuits and voltage conversion devices required careful installation and adjustment. Betty and Rakien were adjusting and checking the stability of the energy transmission, ensuring a stable voltage.

"The energy transmission system is now stable," Betty let out a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat from her forehead. "The charging speed has increased significantly!"

At the same time, Oren set up a simple server center in a corner of the basement to store and analyze global military conflicts, geopolitical hotspots, and unusual trends. This data was crucial for their operations.

As all the work was gradually completed, the abandoned old house quietly became a concealed base of resistance.