82: Chapter 82 Computing Power Maximized! A Bait Set Up Across the Entire Network!

Lin Zhe leaned back against the leather sofa, finishing the last sip of tea in his cup.

He placed the teacup on the solid wood tabletop, producing a crisp sound.

"A-Gui, let's go." Lin Zhe stood up and walked toward the door.

A-Gui said nothing and immediately followed.

The two entered the elevator at the end of the corridor; the numbers jumped as it descended, stopping at the third basement level.

The metal cabin doors slid open to both sides, and dim blue light strips flickered in the spacious server room.

Sixteen custom liquid-cooled supercomputer arrays were running at full speed, with massive data streams shuttling through the pipelines. The entire space was filled with a low, deep hum.

Zhou Ye was hunched over the central main console, holding a can of Red Bull in his left hand while typing rapidly on the keyboard with his right.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Zhou Ye turned his head.

"Boss." Zhou Ye's face was full of excitement. Despite the massive dark circles under his eyes, he was incredibly hyper. "This array is top-tier. I just smoothed out the underlying logic of the Jiangcheng traffic system. From now on, whenever we go out, as long as we're under surveillance, we'll get green lights all the way, and even the surveillance footage will automatically be replaced with static."

Lin Zhe pulled over a swivel chair and sat down.

"We can talk about those little tricks later." Lin Zhe tapped the edge of the metal console. "Let's finish the job we started earlier. My files, and that information fog you created."

Zhou Ye immediately sat up straight.

Previously, in the study on the second floor, limited by the computing power of a single laptop, forcibly erasing the files would have caused the data chains of major national systems to fracture, inevitably drawing investigation from the cyber security department.

Therefore, Zhou Ye had no choice but to muddy the waters by fabricating tens of thousands of fake tracks.

"Understood." Zhou Ye tossed the Red Bull can into the trash bin beside him, his hands hovering over the keyboard once more.

"With this much computing power, I can perform a thorough bottom-layer scrub for you right now."

[Cyber Dominator] trait fully activated.

Zhou Ye's entire aura changed in an instant; the usual grinning hacker vanished, replaced by an absolute tyrant of the digital world.

His typing speed was so fast it left afterimages, and the crisp sound of the keys blurred into a continuous stream.

Black terminal windows popped up on the main screen, with green code scrolling rapidly.

"I'm bypassing the firewall from the hardware level." Zhou Ye spoke at breakneck speed as he reported his progress to Lin Zhe. "First, I'm consolidating those tens of thousands of fake tracks. Then, I'll extract all your real biometric data from the data pools of the traffic management, banks, social security, and the three major telecom operators."

Data extraction requires an immense amount of computing power; the slightest carelessness would trigger system errors.

But the sixteen liquid-cooled supercomputer arrays were rock-solid, easily diverting all the pressure from the data verification.

Three minutes later.

Zhou Ye slammed the Enter key.

"It's been extracted." Zhou Ye let out a long breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Boss, you are now a ghost in the physical sense. There is no record of you in any official system."

"Are the fake identities ready?" Lin Zhe asked.

"I've prepared three." Zhou Ye pulled up three interfaces and displayed them side-by-side on the large screen.

"The first one is your original identity as an ordinary programmer who was laid off. I've made the details more realistic—I've even filled in which internet cafe you frequented in junior high and which computer station you used. Anyone who checks will see just an ordinary person."

"The second one is a hot-money trader who spends all year overseas. There's only a codename; no real entity can be found. The capital flow is completely legal, specifically used for handling large transactions and receiving overseas funds."

"The third one is a second-generation rich kid from Yanjing. He has a few properties under his name and only frequents high-end clubs. This one is specifically for misdirection."

Lin Zhe was very satisfied with this "cunning rabbit has three burrows" approach.

"Upload these three identities." Lin Zhe leaned forward. "And add an insurance policy. Create a trigger-based trap. If anyone digs deep into these three identities and tries to obtain underlying data through special channels, lock onto their location immediately."

"That's my specialty."

Zhou Ye chuckled, and the sound of the keyboard intensified once more.

"I used those three military-grade quantum encryption machines to build a shell. If outsiders check these three identities, everything looks normal on the surface. But the moment they use deep web tools or attempt cross-system verification..."

Zhou Ye slammed the Enter key.

"The trap will activate. They won't need to download any Trojans; as long as their devices send a request to these data packets, I can trace them back through the baseband. I'll even be able to find out what color underwear they're wearing today."

With that, Lin Zhe finally possessed a true "Golden Bell Shield" in the digital world.

Anyone who attempts to investigate the owner behind the Extraordinary Club will crash headfirst into this carefully designed trap.

Lin Zhe pulled over a swivel chair and sat down, tapping the edge of the metal console.

"The file matter is settled, so put that aside for now. Help me screen a group of people."

Zhou Ye accurately tossed the empty Red Bull can into the trash bin and positioned his hands on the keyboard.

"What kind of person are you looking for, Boss? Just give me a few filter tags; it'll take me a second."

Lin Zhe leaned back against the chair and listed the criteria.

"Age between twenty and thirty. No bad habits, excellent health rating, and preferably someone with long-term exercise habits."

"Second, they must be in urgent need of a large sum of money, in the range of one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand. Focus on checking student loans from universities and overdue high-interest online loan records. Cross-reference this with fundraising lists for families of critically ill patients at municipal Grade-A hospitals."

Lin Zhe had his own plans.

Shen Nianwei was coming tomorrow to collect [Full of Energy]. Currently, he only had the negative traits and Lifespan remaining in his system inventory, so he needed to stock up on new goods.

Besides, since A-Gui and Zhou Ye were working for him, their physical fitness needed to be improved as well.

Aside from Lifespan, these basic traits like physical fitness, vision, and reaction speed could all be used to arm his own people.

Stocking up required a large number of high-quality "blood bags."

Zhou Ye's fingers danced rapidly across the keyboard, and lines of code scrolled frantically across the screen.

"People like that are a dime a dozen at the bottom of society." Zhou Ye stared at the screen. "And for money, they'd sacrifice anything."

The computing power of the supercomputer array was fully demonstrated in that moment.

The data walls of Jiangcheng's police, civil affairs, and medical systems were effectively nonexistent in front of Zhou Ye.

Five seconds later, an initial list containing over two hundred names popped up on the screen.

"Narrow the scope. Locate them within Jiangcheng; targets reachable within a half-hour drive." Lin Zhe ordered.

The list was instantly pruned, leaving only thirteen people.

Lin Zhe scrolled with the mouse, his gaze stopping on the file at the top of the list.

Lu Feng, twenty-one years old, a track and field athlete at Jiangcheng Sports University.

Zhou Ye tapped a few keys, and Lu Feng's profile instantly enlarged on the main screen.

"Boss, I've got the details." Zhou Ye pointed to the information on the screen. "This kid's got a rough life. He's from a single-parent family and grew up with his mom. He's a real talent—a 100-meter sprinter and a top student at the sports university. He just qualified for the provincial trials a few days ago and had a great chance of making the national team."