In the ancient days of the Internet, there used to be a very boring joke about calling a chicken to cross the street for something. The people who can remember this joke are at least veteran people who have been swimming in the information world for nearly ten years, and everyone will occasionally laugh when they talk about these classical jokes, proving that their youth has indeed been swallowed up by something.

Anthony was one such man, he was only sixteen years old when he knew the joke, and today he is twenty-five. has an enviable identity and job externally, and belongs to the type that is not ashamed to be placed in the white-collar elite of the whole world.

After the night of the failed hunt for Neil, Anthony was involved in the equipment overhaul for almost a week as the core technician of the entire team.

For a week, almost every night Anthony had nightmares, and in his dreams he would always see the smiling face of the Oriental girl like a god.

The smiling face rippled like ripples of water in Anthony's dream, and eventually turned into countless pieces.

Then Anthony woke up from his dream, imagining that there was a person in the world who completely ignored his technical barriers, and easily denied the meaning of his existence with even more terrifying techniques.

Those hard drive arrays that are destroyed, unrecoverable data, irreparable errors...... Everything is a testament to the weakness of Anthony's genius.

Anthony couldn't imagine how that man did it.

Due to extensive equipment damage and data loss, Boss Albert is captured and taken to the headquarters for questioning, and the hunt for Neil has to be adjusted. Judging from the meaning revealed above, it seems that the pursuit will continue. The Oriental girl's actions did not make AUU afraid, but made them more interested.

This also proves one thing from another side - Albert's crazy idea is correct, the international status and scientific and technological reserves of AUU have indeed been shaken, and everyone must do something about it.

Anthony was exhausted from more than a week of various jobs, and every time he returned to his bachelor apartment, he couldn't help but want to call a few call girls to accompany him. Maybe only in the company of the tender flesh will you not have so many nightmares and face mental breakdowns so easily.

When Anthony returned home today, he turned on the computer and saw such a line of English messages, in a pure white dialog box, placed in the center of the monitor.

"Why do you want to cross the road?"

Anthony's face changed, and he was about to touch the keyboard, when the line had become the answer.

"Because it senses betrayal."

There is no need to ask or guess as to who Anthony knows where such information is coming from. After losing Neil's contact that night, he realized that he was already under suspicion.

Anthony just didn't expect that the exhausted Neil would still be in the mood to tease herself.

Tracking IP? There is no need, Neil is in the territory of that eastern country, where the Internet is the most chaotic in the world, so she is not afraid of being located and tracked.

Report? Now that Neil's conclusions are still out, there is no point in reporting it.

Looking at the two lines of words on the screen, Anthony smiled bitterly. Neil probably knew that there was nothing she could do, so she took the initiative to send this message to herself, right?

Anthony, who is familiar with Neil, knows that this is Neil's way of expressing his anger.

If you had experienced something like this yourself, you would have felt angry, right?

With that in mind, Anthony put his hands on his keyboard, intending to look up where the program came from and how it worked, which was his professional habit.

Anthony first locked the program in the system process, and then disconnected from the network to see the source code of the program.

While inspecting the program, Anthony unplugged the network cable and even switched the computer to UPS power mode.

After completing this series of actions, Anthony found that he couldn't lock the running program.

Like most self-proclaimed high-end technologists, Anthony's operating system is not an ordinary commercial one, and a simple or even rudimentary operating system like a stack of blocks is the favorite of people like him. The pitch-black screen looks as if the computer is broken, and all kinds of software are run by manual input.

After opening the commonly used tool software, Anthony found that he still couldn't solve this small program. It looked like a small piece of moss, dangling in front of Anthony's eyes.

In fact, it is just two lines of letters, but it keeps shining on Anthony's computer screen, as if it is sarcastic, more like a touch of fierceness of a once innocent girl.

Anthony knew that he must have been hated by Neil, and his scalp tightened at the thought of it.

It took about half an hour for Anthony to finally clean up the applet and track it down.

Neil didn't use the disguise IP, and her most popular location should be at an Internet café near a college town. This blatant behavior made Anthony confused for a while, and he wondered if Neil's injury was healed, and he thought about the little girl who used to laugh innocently, and he was in a trance for a while.

After the malware was cleaned up, the familiar cursor flickered on the pitch-black screen, and Anthony breathed a sigh of relief and was about to start the private chat program when the phone rang.

Anthony frowned, he realized almost instantly who was calling this call, his eyes moved to the phone, looked at the unknown number on it, and hesitated for a moment.

The phone kept ringing, and Anthony looked at the beating phone and eventually picked it up.

The moment the phone was connected, Neil's voice came out very clearly.

"Anthony, do you like my little pranks?"

Anthony subconsciously looked at the door and window of his room and whispered, "I don't know if you can still be in the mood to play a prank now." ”

Neel's voice sounded more cheerful than usual, not at all like she was being hunted down.

"To give you a new mark."

“…………”

Anthony was speechless at Neil's occasional childish behavior, and he knew that he was no longer qualified to say anything to Neil, so he could only whisper: "Albert is at the headquarters, and he will be back in a few days." ”

"I know it." Neil said calmly, "The information is a two-way street, and I know all your actions. ”

Anthony felt the corners of his mouth slightly bitter, he hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Then you are still ......"

"Why did I want to contact you?" Neel's voice instantly revealed a cold one, "Of course I want to tell Albert through you that I really don't have anything he wants...... It's a pity he didn't believe it. ”

Anthony smiled bitterly, "So you already knew that I didn't want to help you?" ”

"No, maybe you do, but I know Albert too well." "I even thought he'd do it to me, and I didn't care." ”

Anthony was silent for a moment and asked, "Don't you care even if it's death?" ”

"I used to care a lot." Neil said, "It doesn't matter now. ”

Anthony whispered, "I tried to communicate with Albert, but it didn't work well...... Neil, actually, you can be censored again......"

"It's a never-ending situation now." Neil said, "Albert is targeting me not just because of this, but for other reasons, and I'm going to find out why." ”

"What is the reason?" Anthony quietly activated the tracking device next to the computer.

"I don't know what to do." Neil said, "So you and Albert have to live well, and if I can survive, we'll meet again." ”

Neil's words made Anthony feel bitter, and he wanted to say something, but he felt that it seemed that it was meaningless to say anything. After the betrayal, Neel's heart must have become colder than before, full of distrust of this worldly realm.

"Are you tracking down my address?" Neil suddenly asked, "Do you think it still makes sense?" ”

Anthony was about to press a button with one hand when he felt the change in Neil.

After that short night of confrontation, the little girl seemed to have grown a lot.

After a brief pause, Neil said, "The more Albert moves, the more his intentions are revealed. ”

Anthony's heart trembled, he suddenly understood why Neil wanted to tell him this, and he also understood why Neil used a direct phone call to contact him.

Almost instantly, Anthony wanted to put down the phone, but he knew it was too late.

"I wish you all the best in your future work, and I wish you a good time."

After Neil finished what he wanted to say, he hung up the phone, leaving Anthony standing alone in the living room with his phone in a daze, and he could even imagine Albert's face after he knew that Dornier had confided some information to him.

There are many small shops next to the University Town bus stop in Huadu with a variety of student groceries and payphones, and many students come here on weekends to call home. In the chaotic shop, a beautiful little girl with long white and blond hair got up in front of one of the phones, gave up her place to a girl waiting behind, and turned to pay the bill at the counter.

There are many international students in Huadu, and it is not strange that there are a few foreign girls with blonde hair and blue eyes, and Neil's appearance did not cause much surprise in the crowd, many of the boys just stared at that beautiful face in reverie, and they didn't even have the courage to go up and talk to them.

The wound on her shoulder had almost healed, and Neil couldn't see a hint of sluggishness in her movements, she picked up her backpack briskly and walked out of the shop like a real college student and got on the bus out of the college town.

In a private house not far from the bus stop, two sharp-eyed middle-aged men watched as Neil stepped onto the bus and quickly connected to the satellite phone.

"Boss, she's out of college town."

The person on the other end of the line gave an "um" and didn't give any further instructions.

"Boss?"

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment and said, "Keep tracking, you guys are professional, don't be ashamed." ”

The middle-aged man put down the phone and walked out of the rental house with his companion. The air in Huadu was always unpleasantly damp, and he couldn't imagine how the little girl could keep her in a good mood.

Neil on the bus sat in the corner, listening to music, occasionally glancing back at the station that had just departed, with a smile on her lips.

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Adjust your schedule and rest, and I won't change it today

But I'm still eager to ask for a ticket......