In the cramped room with brown bear wallpaper, the rhythmic purring echoes.

On the gray sofa facing the door, a woman in red was sleeping on the sofa.

Her long silver hair was scattered on the sofa, her eyes were closed under her oblique bangs, her nose wrinkled from time to time, and a trace of saliva flowed from the corner of her mouth.

The woman's body fluctuated slightly with her breathing, and she was holding a bear doll in her arms, also brown, like a hamster holding a teething stick.

In front of the woman sleeping with a doll, there is a square blue dialog box floating, with many words and pictures scrolling, showing the headlines of today's "Hacker Daily".

"The Australian hacker war continues, and ambassadors from various countries have withdrawn from the Australian network. 》

"Whew...... Ha ...... "The woman in red is still snoring.

Then, there was a heavy knock in front of the house.

"Knock knock."

Unlike the security doors used by ordinary users, the doors in this room are extraordinarily thick, made of pitch-black metal, and have textured silver screws screwed on them.

It is more appropriate to say that this is not so much an anti-theft door as a protective door for a military bunker.

"Knock knock."

The knock on the door sounded again, and the silver-haired woman who was sleeping soundly had no intention of waking up at all.

Then, about ten centimeters above her head, a red telephone receiver-shaped icon lit up.

"You have a new private message."

Even after receiving the message, the silver-haired woman did not get up, but just turned over, her unsuspecting white face facing the heavy metal door. And then......

"Bang!"

A deafening loud bang echoed throughout the space, and the seemingly solid metal door suddenly twisted and deformed, and then suddenly broke away from the door frame, bringing out a pitch-black afterimage and blasted over.

The big steel plate slapped firmly on the silver-haired woman's body, slamming her into the wall behind her, even the sofa!

If you take such a hit in the real world, even a world bodybuilding champion will burp in an instant.

But the silver-haired woman stood up as if she were unharmed, and opened the metal door. While rubbing his eyes, he stared at the man who appeared at the door.

"What are you doing?" She said angrily, "I'm going to call the police!" ”

It was the "monster" in black robes who violently blasted her hiding place. At this time, the black-robed man had already floated into this seemingly warm hiding place like a ghost, and let out a cold voice:

"I need your help."

"Isn't it going to be Pulse Entertainment again?" The silver-haired woman looked down at the dark red dress used by her module: "What are your obsessions with a game company?" Even if your identity is exposed, you always have to invade that ghost place...... Do you need my help opening the door this time? My charges are very expensive. ”

is complaining that the silver-haired woman still trusts this mysterious customer very much.

As a reclusive hacker, all she values is her clients' money, and the self-proclaimed "Frankenstein" mystery man has never been unequivocal in his payments, and has paid more than five million dollars in total.

"Nope." Frankenstein shook his head, "I need your help to find out the identity of the hacker who hacked Pulse Entertainment and expose his disguise." ”

"Are you serious?" The silver-haired woman looked at the customer in front of her in surprise.

Frankenstein nodded without hesitation.

……

At the same moment, the virtual office area of Pulse Entertainment China's branch was shrouded in an atmosphere of confusion.

"What's the situation?"

Seeing that the office area was about to start scanning, the office workers in the corridor began to talk.

Everyone is well aware that there is no such thing as a "large scan" unless something happens or someone hacks in.

- Was it discovered?

Thinking of this, Lin Chi, who was mixed in the crowd, suddenly hung in his heart.

In general, in an emergency, the electronic guard will turn on the fast movement mode.

Did you find out that you were an intruder? But if that's the case, the electronic guards should have attacked a long time ago.

Regarding the current state of affairs, Lin Chi was still a little confused. I can only stand in place and minimize my nervousness.

Then, a dark green light suddenly lit up in front of the hallway, and I saw an electronic guard come out of the corner, quickly rush towards him, and-

The electronic guards galloped past the office workers standing aside, and the pale green light film brought out by them scanned everyone nearby as they passed, and did not stop longer, but turned a corner and disappeared at the other end of the corridor.

Realizing that he was not exposed, the module used by Lin Chi showed a confused expression like the other office workers around him. Thinking about what happened just now, I always felt that something was wrong:

Judging by the reactions of others, large scans should not happen every day. The guards did detect suspicious data before they started this scan, but they were not aware of it, that is-

Has anyone else invaded the area?

After coming to this conclusion, Lin Chi's face suddenly became solemn, although he was not discovered, if other hackers hacked into the Pulse Entertainment Company, the security measures here would undoubtedly be strengthened.

In this way, the difficulty of his invasion of the database has obviously increased a lot.

The bastard who invaded at the same time was tantamount to adding difficulty to him. However, if you take advantage of the fact that the electronic guards are all searching for another hacker, you may be able to provide yourself with an opportunity.

Thinking of this, Lin Chi also decisively walked down the stairs, entered the second floor, blended in with the crowd who were still in a state of confusion, and began to detect the encryption level of all the nearby "rooms".

- No one would put important documents on a computer without a password, and if it was a database containing confidential information, it would obviously use a higher level of encryption. After Lin Chi searched quietly, he soon found the clue:

Unlike the third floor, an inconspicuous-looking brown wooden door in the corner of the second floor has a much higher level of encryption than other nearby office areas.

Sensing this, Lin Chi continued to pretend to be an ordinary office worker, and walked to the corner of the corridor on the second floor and stood in front of the door of the storage room.

Staring at the dark brown wooden door in front of him, he began to check the door's encryption level and whether there were any alarms nearby.

With the promotion of virtual office, in order to prevent the leakage of company secrets, the security measures inside the office area are naturally very strict.

In addition to monitoring programs that detect intruders at all times, and "big scans" that detect everyone in the area if an intruder is found, there are other rules in the office area:

Inside the office network, it is forbidden to run any unauthorized programs, and replacing modules is also strictly prohibited.

The detection of running programs here is particularly strict, not to mention several G-sized modules, even if it is a small program running tens of kilobytes, it will be found immediately. Then you will be directly judged as an intruder.

In most virtual office areas, employees must report even if they intend to play audio files and wait until they have been tested and approved before they can start listening to songs.

However, the brute-force cracking program provided by Frankenstein, who had hacked into the network of Pulse Entertainment, the "Master Key", had already bypassed system detection through a loophole, and even if Lin Chi used the key to crack the door, it would not be detected by the alarm program, and would only be judged to be the normal behavior of employees.

However, it is clear that things will not be so simple......

Lin Chi was about to use the key to unlock the door of the storage room when he saw two electronic guards rushing from the back of the corridor, and after passing by himself, he turned a corner and continued to inspect the area on the second floor.

“……”

It wasn't until the two electronic guards disappeared out of sight that Lin Chi tried to use the key again and tested the unlocking time:

Then, a brute-force cracker pop-up prompt appeared in his sight.

"This area uses the AES advanced algorithm, it takes fifteen seconds to unlock the office area, please avoid the electronic guards during the unlocking process."

"Fifteen seconds...... Lin Chi narrowed his eyes, hid the key again, looked at the two electronic guards who were patrolling at high speed again, and fell into deep thought.

- It would take fifteen seconds to crack the door, but the electronic guards patrol the area every seven seconds, and if the master key was still working at that time, they would undoubtedly be spotted directly.

"Damn." Lin Chi scolded in a low voice.

When the electronic guards passed through the corridor for the third time, one of the robots suddenly turned around and cast the red light of its head on Lin Chi's module's body, and while starting to scan, it emitted an emotionless electronic sound:

"Suspicious data detected, please stay still and cooperate with the scan, warning, now the mobile will be attacked."

Hearing the lines of the electronic guard, Lin Chi's face still had the courtesy smile that came with the module.

But at this moment, his heart had sunk rapidly.

He had already carefully avoided this killing machine, and he didn't show any flaws, why did it suddenly stop?

No matter what the reason for it to start doubting itself, Lin Chi knew that if the electronic guards suddenly started scanning itself, he would basically be certain to die!

- So, do you want to forcibly go offline?

If you forcibly quit now, although you will leave a lot of data remnants, you are using a fake ID, and your identity should not be exposed. It's just that this forged module and the "master key" in the hand can only be discarded here......

As if hearing what Lin Chi was thinking, the robot raised its head slightly and raised its right hand made of metal. From the position of the palm of the hand, a silver barrel about ten centimeters long protruded:

"Spot the intruder and turn on the killing mode."

"Shhh

The incomparably dazzling silver light reflected the metal walls of the corridor.

In the astonished gaze of the office workers in the corridor, the beam of light emitted by the electronic guards grazed past Lin Chi and accurately hit the metal wall at the other end of the corridor.

On the metal wall, which was identical to the other nearby walls, a vague translucent figure appeared, with white smoke coming out of it, staggering and running away.

“……”

The unexpected development of events caught Lin Chi, who was about to forcibly go offline, was also a little caught off guard for a while.

At this time, the armed robot in front of him had already taken a big step to chase after him, and at the same time continued to make an electronic voice that did not distinguish between men and women:

"Start cleaning up the intruders."

Seeing the electronic guard and the wounded figure disappear into the hallway, the other employees in the hallway began to whisper:

"Is it a hacker?"

"Invasion is a self-defeating place, that person can't escape."

"People don't die in vain, young men......"

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the electronic guards leaving, Lin Chi, who was still standing in front of the door of the storage room, decisively used the master key and began to brute-force crack the door with the highest encryption level in the second layer.

Even though the office workers in the hallway couldn't see what he did, now, as soon as an electronic guard appeared, he would be immediately discovered!

So – it's time to gamble on your luck again.

Lin Chi focused his eyes on the corner of the corridor, calmly waiting for the cracking to be completed, and was ready to forcibly exit.

Ten, Nine, Eight......

The countdown numbers in front of me were beating slowly, and they seemed to be moving slower than normal. For Lin Chi, it seemed like a minute had passed, and the countdown number had finally reached zero.

The three big words "cracked" appeared in his sight, Lin Chi instantly put away the master key, looked around sneakily, made sure that he was not targeted by the electronic guards, and finally sighed with relief.

Then, he cautiously opened the door to the locker, and when he entered the room, he turned around and locked the encrypted door.

As soon as he entered the storage room, before he had time to observe the situation around him, a few lines of text prompts popped up in front of Lin Chi's eyes:

You have entered the Second Recycle Bin of Pulse Entertainment, which is used to store temporarily deleted programs.

"Holy, this is a garbage station?" Lin Chi's eyes widened in surprise:

If this line of prompt is correct, it means that you are not looking for a secret database, but a recycle bin for temporary storage of deleted files!

Like a regular "recycling bin", the layout in this storage room is also disorganized. There are many miscellaneous objects of different shapes piled up in the room, which makes the already small space even more cramped.

"What is this place?"

Lin Chi looked at the scene around him curiously, picked up a program on the shelf, opened it and looked at it, and found that it was a video file from an old movie.

It doesn't look like a storehouse for secret information, it's just a regular garbage dump, full of discarded programs waiting to be disposed of.

But if that's the case, why does this recycle bin need advanced encryption?

- Is it a trick to hide people's ears?

Realizing that the situation was not as simple as it seemed, Lin Chi checked in the storage room and found no obvious abnormalities.

Since the automatic detection could not find the abnormality, he had to choose the inefficient manual inspection and start opening all the programs in the storage room one by one, manually.