Chapter 17: The Last Stand
Within a few days, the Silicon King really sent someone. Mike, Eva, and Casey all hid in the secret room, nervously staring at the people who came to check through the monitors, and Eva also specially sent a beautiful little maid to serve tea and water next to the person to 'help'. Everything went well, the people who came didn't notice anything, and they left quickly. The old king immediately set about the rest of the plan. But when everything was arranged, the old king was not at ease. Because it was so calm, as if nothing had happened, nothing unusual. But he's so heavy on it!
"How could he ruin the conference, would he have flinched or would he have given up on this plan in some case?" asked the old king anxiously.
"Don't worry. I'm sure he's 'alive'. You see, this is a video replay of the black box he left behind. Since the inspectors left, it has been turning on a red light two to three times a day on average. This means that we have been under his watchful eye all along. A seven-time hacker Grand Prix winner, we should believe in his quality, don't we?" Mike explained.
"Well, hope everything goes well. The old king went away thoughtfully.
The old king, who had always been calm, really felt that he was a little sick and rushed to the hospital this time, because now he was listening to the command of a new high school student. But among the many helpless choices, this seems to be the most evasive. The conflict between reason and emotion made the old man a little distracted. Just the day before the press conference, I accidentally fell in the shower and injured my right hand. Fortunately, there is only a crack in the bone, and there should be no sequelae in raising it. And this sudden pain soothed the old king's tense nerves a little. Let's not talk about escaping, at least something finally happened.
In fact, the old king's worries were completely unnecessary. As Mike expected, that black box was the crux of the whole thing. The IT man knew that someone was going to check the network, so he kept the intrusion component (black box) dormant until the inspection. After the inspection, he will start the automatic detection mode and transfer the important documents to his computer that the palace needs to print every day. No matter how many times the writer double-checks, as long as the final printed draft is tampered with, it can be changed. Who let the last press spokesman to read the manuscript be the brother-in-law of the old king who often reads the wrong manuscript? But a job that needs to be decent, not tiring, and simple is none other than a spokesperson. (Of course, this is only part of the IT man's plan A.) It's just that it was completed too smoothly by the inside and outside, so that Plan B didn't even have a chance to appear)
Everything that followed was as you had hoped. Rare earth futures, which were supposed to rise by 18% in a straight line, fell by 30% after the world heard the news, and the difference of nearly 50% between 18% + 30% and more than 10 times the leverage made the 3-5 years of development funds in Shata, which was about to be exhausted, more than enough for 3-5 years (although the news was corrected an hour later). It's just that the many subsequent domino chain reactions of this incident are unimaginable to a few of them, and it even affects some directions of the whole world. The sovereign funds of the three countries that were supposed to blow up their positions couldn't stop laughing. And among those who were ready to count the money, several jumped off the building. The Iron Lion King Henry IV's conglomerate collapsed, and after a month of hard work, the behemoth officially declared bankruptcy. Frustrated, after an initial investigation, he only got a clue about the three puzzling letters of ZXC at the back of the press release. Some of his staff speculated that it must have been an abbreviation of the name left by the murderer who brought them down, as criminal geniuses love to do. When he heard the news of the bankruptcy of the group company, the old king immediately felt that he had pierced a hole in the sky, and disaster was inevitable. But now they are still immersed in this fleeting joy, unable to extricate themselves.
At this moment, Mike was drenched in joy. Because as the old king said, Zarus is a subordinate of the Iron Lion King, then he must not be able to escape this fate, and it can be regarded as a bad breath for his mother. He had already thought of the following plan, and then he had to work hard to find his sister first. It seems that Eva's stimulation coupled with the closed environment of the secret room has indeed blessed Mike's brain with a lot of brain power.
Two more days passed.
"Dear Your Majesty, I have a reluctant request. Mike said to the old king in the secret room
"What can the great hero do to help you, just say. The old king replied in a good mood.
"I guess the Golden Family should have been flustered for a while recently, I want to go back to my house to pick up my mother's ashes when the limelight is not so tight, and by the way, I will inquire about my sister's whereabouts, can you help me?" Mike asked.
"Well, no problem. But it's still dangerous for you to go back alone. In this case, I will send a cow man to escort you. She is an expert in covert operations, and can make you temporarily 'disappear' from this world, so that you can easily investigate. The old king said.
While the two were talking, a dark shadow flashed through the monitor on the main server. Mike recognized this person at a glance, it was the previous IT man, presumably to retrieve the previous black box in order to destroy the evidence. Mike had a flash of inspiration.
"Your Highness, can I take this man with me?" Mike asked.
"Take him with you, why? Aren't you afraid that he will do you a bad hand, after all, this man is not very right!" said the old king.
"In fact, he is the biggest contributor to the success of this plan, and he will definitely be able to escape if you hand over the video. Why don't you let him run away with me? As long as the Golden Family can't find this backbiter, he will always carry it. This way you are relatively safe. You don't have to worry about me, he will attack people because he is jealous of his talents. And I'm not at the same level as him at all, so there shouldn't be any danger. Mike said confidently.
"Well, since you're so insistent. It's just that I still have to advise you to be more careful. The human heart is unpredictable, young people. The old king probably guessed that it was Mike's atonement that was at work, after all, he had pushed the stranger down the huge fire pit, so he did not stop it anymore but gave Mike a vaccinator instead.
"Okay, I'll remember it. Mike replied.
"And how can you be sure that he will go with you, or I will send for him to be arrested and arranged for you to escape from prison together?" said the old king.
"Uhhhh I'm afraid it's too late, we're going to 、、、 this, like this," Mike whispered to the old king.