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"It's not as complicated as you think, and the principle is simple...... But because it was too simple, it was ignored by the inspectors......" Miller explained to Gao Jie. There were only two of them in the house, and Gao Jie had cleared his suspicions and was about to return to his cabin.

At 12:33 on November 30, 2099, Gao Jie had been under house arrest in the commander's office for two full days. Miller finally appeared after the moment Gao Jie was held to the forehead, his eyes were foggy, and his right hand kept rubbing his chin, wiping it on the corner of his forehead from time to time—from Gao Jie's point of view, Miller looked worried. If it was a matter of space station work, Miller would be anxious, but at this time he actually showed panic, and not a little, but a lot!

Gao Jie speculated that things must have gone beyond the line in some way. "What about Mei Toda? She confessed? She asked cautiously, trying to figure out what Miller was nervous about at the moment.

"Yes, she confessed." Miller said, wiping his dry, skinny face again, "She took advantage of the fact that you and Wang (Chen) helped me to the infirmary, and sent these pictures to your PDA, and then added them to the message sent to Earth...... Who made her happen to know your password? …… It's not your problem though......"

Gao Jie vaguely remembers that there were two pieces of information sent back to Earth that day: a recording of the conversation between Miller and the N-star consciousness, and an email she wrote to her family, Gao Jie had been to the communication room half an hour before the recording was transmitted, and the correspondent returned the PDA to her two hours later - but the electronic text capacity was far smaller than the recording file, but it was delayed for more than an hour, except for the correspondent who was not on time (which was later confirmed to be on time), and the extra time was to transmit the photos that Toda Mei had added. But alas, this point did not attract Gao Jie's attention.

Miller continued, "Toda added a sentence to your email: 'Send the photo to the designated mailbox,' and your family forwarded the photo to her classmates on Earth. As for the inspectors of the Earth Communication Station, they didn't carefully examine these photos and let them go directly, but who would have thought that hidden information was written into these photo files - that is, the truth from our N planets and the invasion of the Nt fleet, it just so happened that she and her classmates had done similar things before, so they discovered the secrets inside, causing all this information to leak to the Earth Network...... The audit of the Earth Communications Station was completely a Maginot Line, and ...... "though he did not say it explicitly, it was clear that Miller would have been accused of negligence, even though he was waiting for emergency treatment in the infirmary." "After this incident is serious, you have to investigate from the space station first, Gao, so you are the first suspect. However, Toda's classmates on Earth were quickly arrested and recruited for everything...... After that, as I said earlier, Toda confessed everything. ”

As Gao Jie's name was subconsciously spoken, Mei Toda was imprisoned in her cabin, and at first she quibbled because the station's monitoring equipment happened to be under maintenance that day, but when her classmate's confession came from Earth, she was desperate to admit it—these were told to Gao by Brazilian medical personnel. Although Toda Meiko and Gao Jie have a good personal relationship, Gao Jie is still angry that she used her PDA to leak secrets, even if it is not revealed. However, the condensed cloud of melancholy between Miller's brows hinted that the matter was not over yet—"It's not over yet? Is that right? Gao Jie asked tentatively.

"It's not over, and it's worse." Miller slammed his hand against the door of his head, "The impact of the information leaked into the Earth network has been minimized, but the original information remains in your husband's computer......

Hearing this, Gao Jie gasped, "I'll let him delete it!" She said without thinking.

"It's too late......," Miller bit his lip and spit out these two words, "Your husband and children, as well as my children (who live in Gao Jie's house), have now become high-risk people, and they may be secretly disposed of at any time......"

"Why!? Tell me what's going on! Gao Jie yelled, in fact, her heart was very calm, because she knew that only by pretending to be angry could she get Miller to tell her the truth. This anger really infected Miller - after all, his children were also in danger, and they had no choice but to tell the truth......

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After the cyber impact of the "leak" on the earth was basically eliminated, the arresters (Mei Toda's classmates) found the photos of the hidden information written in their computers, so they decisively deleted the files, but soon they remembered that there was another computer that also stored these photos - and the original files, in the computer of Gao Jie's husband.

The operation was carried out in secret, because it was only a low-end and simple job of infiltrating, collecting evidence, and destroying computers, and the mission team did not consider getting in touch with the local police. Although they chose the time when there was no one at home, they were still discovered by the anti-theft surveillance installed by Gao Jie's husband and called the police. When the police searched the suspect's body security department documents, the scene was as embarrassing as the "Watergate scandal". Due to the extremely low crime rate nowadays, the slightest incident in public security will attract reporters with a keen sense of smell, but the police's cover-up has made some rumors start to spread, and Gao Jie's husband revealed the surveillance video to the media, things are starting to get out of control, and a new round of cyber storm is brewing...... In desperation, the police had no choice but to put Gao Jie's husband and two children (one of whom was Miller's) under house arrest on the pretext of "cooperating with the investigation", waiting for the limelight to subside.

During the house arrest, the secret service revealed the truth to Gao Jie's husband, hoping that he would act according to the script "choreographed" by the police to ensure that there would be no public relations difficulties.

Even if the husband agrees to cooperate for the sake of the overall situation, we all understand that ordinary people who know the truth are tantamount to hostages sent to enemy countries in ancient times—if things are not right, their lives are in danger......

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After saying this, Miller fell silent, the things in his position were enough for him, and now his own children had suffered such a change, if ordinary people had already broken down - to be exact, his spirit was also on the verge of collapse.

"I knew for a long time: sooner or later, something was going to happen to his cautious character!" Gao Jie complained in her heart, but tried her best to restrain her expression, she didn't want Miller to find himself in a panic inside, which would only hasten his collapse.

"We're going to find a way," Gao Jie said after a moment's thought, "so that they don't dare touch our families." ”

"They don't care about the common people," Miller pinched his nose, "and the people in power will even abandon everyone at the last minute and flee to the wormhole side themselves." Now, your husband, your children, and my children, no matter what they do, can't escape the fate of being disposed of at any time. ”

"Then let's ...... Change their fate! Gao Jie said resolutely, her fists clenched tightly under the table, as hard as stone.

Miller snorted: "So what are we going to do?" Now I'm afraid it's hard to stop the invasion of the Nt fleet, and when the catastrophe comes, the leaders of the earth will do everything......"

Gao Jie was speechless, she was not without words, but she also agreed with Miller's opinion - in times of crisis, the most unbearable thing to stand up to the graduate school entrance examination is human nature.

"Actually, I'm just as you think," unexpectedly Miller continued, "if we can do something to use it as bargaining capital with the other side of the planet to protect our families...... That would be fine. As he spoke, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

More than ten seconds later, the two asked almost at the same time: "Do you have any ideas?" "Do you have a solution?"

A helpless wry smile appeared on the two faces that were also worried. At this time, the Brazilian "medical officer" who had previously arrested Gao Jie entered the commander's room and whispered a few words in Miller's ear.

"Really?" Miller looked at the Brazilian in slight surprise, who nodded slightly. "Great, finally some good news." Miller stood up and prepared to leave the cabin. "You also go back and have a good rest first, and let's think of a way to discuss the things just now. See you later. Then he went straight outside the cabin.

The Brazilian looked at Gao Jie with some guilt and said, "I am deeply sorry for what happened two days ago, but an order is an order, and I must obey it." Gao Jie wanted to say that it didn't matter, but as soon as the other party's voice fell, he left the cabin directly.

"It looks like something terrible." Gao Jie thought to herself, she didn't complain about the casual etiquette of the Brazilians, and she didn't think much about Miller's sudden departure.

Finally, Gao Jie can leave the commander's room.

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On the way back to her cabin, Gao Jie meets two members of the space station, who inquire about her condition with great concern and are glad that she can clear her name. Gao Jie responded with a few words, and finally returned to his room.

Close the hatch, lock it, sit on the bed, and—she cried out! The grievances, dissatisfaction, resentment, despair, and entanglement of the past few days...... All melted into this sharp voice, and erupted in one go!

"Ah——!!!!!!!!!!!!!!h

After the scream, she lay down on the bed, without any articulation, and fell asleep.

In her sleep, Gao Jie saw Toda Meiko, who was being imprisoned in her cabin, kneeling on the ground, apologizing for her family, friends, and Gao Jie.

Although it was because of Yazi that Gao Jie and her family were implicated, she did not resent Yazi, but admired her courage to do so - after all, sometimes, some behaviors against the trend will more or less practice possibilities that people have not considered.

It's just that luck isn't on their side this time.

However, a pistol suddenly appeared in the hand of the bud in the dream, and Gao Jie wanted to say something, but before he could do so, the bud had already aimed the muzzle of the gun at his temple and was about to shoot himself-

In an instant, there was a blank expanse...... Dream, woke up.

Gao Jie opened her eyes, the room was dim, she wanted to turn on the light with voice control, but because her voice sprouted, she had to touch the switch position by impression, and as the button was pressed, the AI made a sound: "During your absence, there are 12 visit records, do you need to check it now?" ”

Gao Jie got up slowly, and browsed the electronic screen next to the cabin door with slightly moist eyes:

Ryan visited 3 times, Sylka 3 times, and the others only visited once, and although she didn't know the others well, it was also obvious that they cared about her.

“…… Strange ......" Gao Jie looked at the visit record, and was a little surprised:

- Because Wang Chen's name is not in the visit record.