radicalducati Chapter 167 The Dark History on the Hard Drive
Chapter 167 The Dark History on the Hard Drive
Chapter 167 The Dark History on the Hard Drive
The contents of the remaining small boxes left Xiao Lü somewhat disappointed.
There was a watch that Xiao Lü and Xia Zhaozhao couldn't recognize the brand of, but it looked incredibly luxurious at first glance. In the past, it could probably be exchanged for several houses—but now, Xiao Lü can sleep wherever she wants; she doesn't need a house.
There were also ridiculously large pink diamonds and a string of dark purple Buddhist prayer beads, with a certificate next to them that supposedly "blessed by a high-ranking Shaolin monk" or something like that. Well, the latter was indeed worthless.
"It's useless." Xia Zhaozhao tossed the pink diamond back into the box, her tone clearly showing boredom.
"However, it does look quite nice. If you punch a hole in it and wear it around your neck, it should look pretty good."
"If you drill a hole in it, it's really worthless," Little Green replied.
As her gaze swept over these former luxury items, Xiao Lü felt that her remaining anticipation had been almost completely worn away.
I shouldn't have had any expectations of this rich guy.
She casually picked up the last large box, which felt quite heavy. Oh well, she figured it was just a formality.
She opened the box and was taken aback by what she found inside.
That was a hard drive.
Huh? Little Green was a little speechless, but then she became curious.
What exactly is inside a hard drive that can be placed alongside priceless treasures in a safe?
—Please, please, it's not something like a Bitcoin private key. That would be so boring.
Bai Shuyuan was clearly also intrigued by this unexpected discovery. She glanced out the window; the crimson sky was still quite bright, and there was plenty of time before nightfall.
So she took out a small laptop from her pocket, plugged in the hard drive, and began the hacking process.
Xiao Lü watched as she pulled the notebook out of her bosom, and for a moment she didn't know where to begin to complain.
"—You even have this in your pocket?"
"I don't need bulletproof plates; leaving the bulletproof plate slots on my chest empty is a waste."
"Besides, there's not much point in using compressed biscuits, so I switched to these."
"----All right."
Xiao Lü decided to abandon her thinking and focus her attention on the screen. After all, the contents of the hard drive were more interesting to her than Bai Shuyuan's four-dimensional pocket.
There seemed to be some kind of encryption, but Bai Shuyuan didn't care at all.
Xiao Lv originally thought he would see the classic hacker scene from the movies: a screen full of green code and the clattering of keyboards.
However, the actual process of cracking the code was far less dramatic.
Bai Shuyuan simply opened a Russian software with an extremely rudimentary interface, clicked on a few options, and then quietly stared at the progress bar on the screen.
The whole process was less like cracking and more like uncompressing a huge compressed file.
"This encryption has a huge vulnerability that was cracked several years ago," Bai Shuyuan explained.
When the progress bar reached the end, a folder icon popped up.
Xia Zhaozhao and Xiao Lü simultaneously leaned their heads closer, the three heads crowding in front of the screen.
It contained all sorts of strange documents, images, and audio files. Little Green leaned closer.
"—Is this all smear material on the business world?"
No, it's more than just scandals. Tax evasion and selling inferior goods are just the tip of the iceberg. If we were to bring out the bigger scandals, they could probably delist a listed company on the same day.
Now, Xiao Lü can roughly guess how that millionaire boss acquired the national treasure-level seal.
"So, their business warfare involves using these things to extort money?" Xia Zhaozhao was somewhat disappointed; it wasn't like in the movies.
"No, some methods are more sophisticated, and some are less sophisticated. The most sophisticated ones even involve hiring someone to commit murder," Bai Shuyuan replied calmly.
"Although they're not Bitcoin, they're all pretty much useless stuff now," Xiao Lü concluded.
"Is there any dirt on the game companies inside?" Xia Zhaozhao asked with great interest.
"No. Most of his targets are his peers, with a few involving other fields."
"Moreover," Bai Shuyuan paused, "these things are not entirely useless."
She opened the records of those scandalous stories and explained them to the two of them concisely.
"Some of them can come in handy."
"Here is some dirt on his upstream and downstream suppliers and logistics companies, including even a smuggling route map."
She zoomed in on a map on the screen, which marked several hidden transport routes.
"There are two transit stations located in the north of the city, within the medium-danger zone we previously marked."
"Mm-hmm. We can send the survivors to investigate; they might find something useful." Little Green nodded and memorized the two locations.
"Dirty secrets about other industry peers — scandals involving some officials — blueprints for some municipal engineering projects —"
It has no value whatsoever.
Then, Bai Shuyuan swiped the touchpad at lightning speed, her reading speed almost like quantum speed.
Finally, she pointed to two folders.
"However, there are two pieces of information here that might be worth our attention."
She opened the first folder.
"One case is related to the military industry. A local company produced a batch of products that did not meet performance standards."
"However, this batch of goods was not destroyed as required, but was stored in a remote warehouse in the west of the city. You can go and take a look if you have the chance."
"The other one concerns the south of the city. The scandal itself isn't important; it's about the dean's misappropriation of funds."
"However, here is an internal document that shows the actual number of people housed at the center is more than three times the official figure."
Xiao Lü and Xia Zhaozhao's expressions instantly turned serious.
"The population density in the south of the city is already relatively high, and coupled with the exaggerated scale of the containment here—in the current environment, it is tantamount to a nuclear bomb that could be detonated at any time."
Hundreds or even thousands of madmen, gathered together like a breeding ground for poison, what kind of monster will be born?
"In that case, I think that telescope might come in handy."
"And, electromagnetic railguns." Little Green understood what she meant.
Faced with this level of potential threat, close contact is tantamount to suicide.
However, there is also the option of completely erasing it from the map from an absolutely safe distance.
Bai Shuyuan closed her notebook, and the carriage fell silent for a moment. After all, the last message contained a lot of information.
"Um—" Xia Zhaozhao tried to start a conversation.
"So, I should thank that guy named Wan Baiwan?"
"If he didn't have such a penchant for collecting dirt on other people, where would we find this life-saving information?"
"Perhaps we really shouldn't have let him die so quickly? Bringing him back and having Sasha implant a worm into him as a worm-type mascot wouldn't be bad, would it?" Xia Zhaozhao pondered.
"—No matter what, he's a truly wicked and evil guy, isn't he?" Little Green remarked.
However, on second thought, having him live under Sasha's control, subsisting mainly on chlorella for the rest of his life, seems like a fitting punishment.
Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it. The dead can't be brought back to life, so let them be.
"So, what do we do now?"
Xia Zhaozhao looked out the window. The crimson sky hadn't changed much, and it seemed like it was still a long time before dark.
"It seems we still have enough time."
"We can stick to the original plan, turn around at the West Station, and then come back to deal with the trouble at the food factory."
"However, in that case, you'll need to clear out any monsters blocking your path."
"Let me do it, let me do it!" Xia Zhaozhao immediately volunteered.
She picked up the chainsaw.
"From now on, this will be my third weapon! For the Emperor!"
She shouted a meaningless slogan, flew out of the carriage, and landed at the very front of the train.
The train slowly started moving and headed towards the West Station once again.
Little Green stood behind her, watching her lift the chainsaw high and adjust its center of gravity.
"I hope she doesn't go too wild and throw herself off the bus," Xiao Lü thought helplessly.
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