novelraw Chapter 39: Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Chapter 39: Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Smoothly deleting the login and operation records, Su Yuan's thoughts remained largely unruffled.
That final assassin leader had indeed been exceptionally cautious.
The timing for using his trump card, the flame orb, had been chosen perfectly.
It directly blasted a gap through the South Sea Defense Bureau's meticulously arranged blockade line.
Moreover, this gap led to the South Sea City urban area, allowing the assassin leader to merge into the city at the fastest speed possible through the opening.
Once inside, it was like a fish returning to the ocean.
Even after successfully escaping the encirclement, the assassin leader didn't let his guard down.
He circled around the city area once, confirming he wasn't being followed.
Only then did he proceed to the Truth Society's covert contact point.
He demonstrated the qualities of an experienced international assassin to the fullest extent.It was just unfortunate that the assassin leader was facing Su Yuan.
All his caution, carefulness, and calculations were like child's play before Su Yuan, transparent at a single glance.
Su Yuan didn't need to track the assassin leader at all, he only needed to have people set up an ambush at the destination the target was heading toward.
Therefore.
The assassin leader's outcome was essentially predetermined.
After he entered the contact point at Tongxin Hotel, he was quickly subdued by the well-rested Defense Bureau experts who had been waiting in ambush.
"The Truth Society doesn't place much importance on Qiao Mingyuan."
Su Yuan thought silently to himself.
At best, Qiao Mingyuan was just a promising rising star in the field of wireless communications.
As for his professional ranking? Actually, there's no such ranking in the real world, Su Yuan only learned about Qiao Mingyuan's true professional capabilities through the gray mirror.
If the Truth Society truly valued Qiao Mingyuan, they wouldn't have simply dispatched these international assassins.
And they would never have allowed Qiao Mingyuan to travel all the way from across the ocean to Xia Country.
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South Sea Island, Tongxin Hotel.
"Captain, we've captured the target."
Chen Hai stood outside the hotel, and soon someone came out to report quietly.
"I know."
Chen Hai felt completely numb.
Even though he had mentally prepared himself beforehand, watching with his own eyes as that assassin leader who had narrowly managed to escape certain death strode purposefully into what amounted to a perfectly laid trap at Tongxin Hotel still felt like he was dreaming.
The enemy just walked right into their hands that easily?
"Captain, this hotel appears to be an outpost for a foreign organization."
The subordinate continued reporting.
"Hmm." Chen Hai nodded.
He wasn't surprised by this either—if it weren't an outpost, that assassin leader wouldn't have come here voluntarily.
The key issue was, how did the person who warned them know this hotel was an outpost? And how were they so certain the assassin leader would come here?
"That mysterious individual..." The more Chen Hai thought about it, the more chilled he felt.
From the moment the mysterious person hacked into their computer, every move made by that assassin squad had been perfectly calculated, and they even predicted in advance where the assassin leader would try to go.
Facing such an existence as an enemy, he'd probably be counting money for them even as they sold him out.
And this wasn't just about calculation—there was also the hacking skill to silently infiltrate the Defense Bureau's network...
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Half an hour later.
The South Sea Island Defense Bureau urgently convened a high-level meeting.
All members of the Bureau's Network Information Security Department were present.
Not just the cybersecurity department from South Sea Island, but leaders from cybersecurity departments in other cities, and even from the Imperial Capital, joined via video conference.
"Are you saying that not long ago, our bureau's network was hacked, the firewall provided no interception whatsoever, and the other party easily took control of your computer? From start to finish, you had no ability to resist?"
Zhao Yushan, head of the South Sea Island Network Security Department, looked at Lu Tang with disbelief.
Lu Tang was the capable middle-aged woman who had participated in capturing the black assassin squad. She steeled herself and said, "Yes, that's exactly what happened. At the time, my computer was directly taken over and hacked..."
Her computer network was connected to the Defense Bureau network, with both sharing the same firewall. The former being hacked meant the Defense Bureau's network had also been compromised.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Zhao Yushan shot to his feet, "The bureau's firewall is connected to the national firewall! How could it possibly be hacked? And instantly compromised at that?"
Everyone else at the meeting fell into silence. Even those who didn't understand much about network technology understood what connection to the national firewall meant.
"Captain Chen Hai knows about this matter too."
Lu Tang spoke up.
"All leaders, the situation is indeed as described..."
Chen Hai also felt the pressure and quickly stood up to explain everything he knew.
For a moment, the meeting fell into silence once more.
Zhao Yushan began lowering his head to repeatedly check the systems.
Several minutes later, the Defense Bureau director finally spoke: "Zhao Yushan, has the bureau's firewall been hacked or not?"
"Director, I haven't found any traces of hacking, nor any evidence that Lu Tang's computer was compromised..." Zhao Yushan said with a furrowed brow.
"But Comrade Lu's computer was indeed hacked and controlled for a period of time." the Defense Bureau director stated.
Given Lu Tang's position, there was no need for her to joke about something like this, especially with Chen Hai serving as a witness.
The possibility of lying was almost nonexistent.
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Magic City, Villa 66.
Su Yuan lounged leisurely on the sofa.
Simultaneously, deep within his consciousness sea, he continued questioning the gray mirror.
"The reactions and impacts from all parties involved in this incident."
Su Yuan inquired mentally. After refining the gray mirror, not only could he store it within his body's consciousness sea, but he could also ask questions mentally.
There was no worry about being overheard by outsiders.
Buzz~ The gray mirror surface rippled hazily, soon displaying line after line of text.
[The South Sea Defense Bureau Security Network Department, jointly with security network departments from various regions, repeatedly inspected their own firewalls, ultimately finding no traces of hacking. They eventually classified this 'infiltration' that left no traces or activity as a 'Network Ghost Incident' and recorded it in their files]
[Regarding the identities of the black hat assassins, the South Sea Defense Bureau eventually determined they were backed by the Truth Society, with the goal of pursuing the 'Qiao Mingyuan' who had fled to Xia Country. The South Sea Defense Bureau director attempted to locate 'Qiao Mingyuan' but ultimately found nothing and had to abandon the search]
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"Network Ghost Incident?" Su Yuan shook his head slightly.
Those network security department heads would probably never imagine that the so-called 'hacking' was done by 'one of their own.'
However, Su Yuan had followed the method provided by the gray mirror to delete all traces and records afterward, making it impossible to trace or recover anything.
Buzz~ The gray mirror surface continued to ripple hazily, with more text appearing.
[Two days later, the Truth Society learned that the mission to pursue 'Qiao Mingyuan' had failed, with all assassins captured. They attributed this to obstruction by Xia Country and decided not to pursue the matter further. For the sake of a mere 'Qiao Mingyuan,' provoking conflict with Xia Country wasn't worthwhile, especially now with the 'Master' about to arrive—there was no need to create unnecessary complications]
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Looking at the Truth Society's reaction as shown by the gray mirror.
A trace of contempt appeared at the corner of Su Yuan's mouth: "A bunch of fools."