112: Chapter 112 Searching for Clues

The White House is certainly not just a fart; at the very least, it's a bit more impressive than that. But these bastards are really infuriating, aren't they? It's not like I haven't been to The White House before!

Just as Han Xiaoxin was gritting his teeth, preparing to fight for three hundred rounds, a message popped up, causing him to stop abruptly.

It was a private message, sent through a secure channel.

He quietly glanced at Wang Shuo, who was sitting at the desk, completely focused, and gently clicked it open.

"At this point, I hope readers will remember our domain name. To read Taiwan novels, go to Taiwan Novel Network, read as you please."

The message consisted of only four characters.

"Hongmeng Alliance, assemble."

...

A message gently popped up in the bottom right corner of the screen. Wang Shuo, who was working, took a glance, then nodded slightly, and the interface disappeared.

Glancing at Han Xiaoxin, Wang Shuo shook his head slightly and continued looking at the computer screen in front of him.

A CAD interface was displayed on the screen. After thinking carefully for a moment, Wang Shuo sighed softly, saved the CAD file into an encrypted folder, and then carefully erased the traces. It was not yet time for this thing to be revealed to the world.

Although he felt very stifled and wanted to achieve everything in one go, this kidnapping incident served as a reminder to Wang Shuo: having a good thing is one thing, but being able to protect it and create value for oneself is another. Just as Chen Zhongxuan had reminded him: "An innocent man commits no crime, but his treasure proves his guilt."

For instance, this time, even a software system he hadn't thought much of had already made some people act regardless of the consequences. And the contents of the CAD file were ten thousand times more important than that software system; this was something that could change the world's landscape. If this thing were brought out, he feared there wouldn't be any place in the entire world for him to stand, and even the Huaxia government wouldn't be able to protect him.

Of course, whether they could protect him or not was a separate matter.

And then there was that bullshit kill order. No matter how hard he thought about it, Wang Shuo couldn't understand who would issue a kill order against a defenseless student like him. However, it seemed that the people drawn out by this kill order weren't very professional.

The world was indeed not peaceful; there would always be people who would take risks beyond your expectations.

This feeling of helplessness and inability to do what he wanted made Wang Shuo unhappy—very unhappy.

This unhappiness would ultimately have to be paid for by someone.

And now, what Wang Shuo needed to do was to ensure he wouldn't have to bear the consequences of these bastards taking risks again. Therefore, in addition to the wishes of the Humanoid Race, he also had a new goal.

"Zero." Wang Shuo typed, "Create a new task, name: zero egg Upgrade Plan."

"Task created. Please specify the content of the task."

"zero egg Upgrade Plan: Explore optimization of the zero egg structure; configure Weapon system; add sensors; advanced sensor manufacturing; energy system improvements; mobility mode improvements; industrial configuration foundation."

"Categorizing statistics; content will be added in detail later."

"Task list generated. Currently, there are five tasks in progress, and one has been completed."

There was another task that had already been completed?

"Pull it up and display it on the desktop."

A window popped up, and Wang Shuo checked it, only then remembering.

"How could I have forgotten about this?"

Wang Shuo slapped his forehead and looked at the time; it seemed there was still time.

"Han Xiaoxin, accompany me to a place. Bring your laptop."

...

For some reason, Han Xiaoxin always felt that Wang Shuo seemed to have changed a bit after returning this time.

The Wang Shuo from before, although he occasionally appeared very profound, always gave off a feeling of being out of place. In actual contact, he mostly felt like a big boy. Although he was quite freakishly talented, he wasn't as calculating as Han Xiaoxin had thought.

This time, the feeling was completely different. Within his profoundness, there was more depth; within that depth, there was a hint of worry; within that worry, there was a trace of impatience; and within that impatience, there was... ahem, he was getting off track.

Han Xiaoxin cautiously glanced at Wang Shuo, who was sitting in the adjacent seat, lost in thought while holding a glass bottle that had appeared from nowhere. He was thinking about how to bring it up, but when his peripheral vision caught sight of the two burly men driving in the front row, he swallowed his saliva, and his train of thought immediately drifted.

"When did the big boss hire bodyguards?"

...

Forty-some minutes later, the car stopped in front of an office building.

Although it was already 8:30 PM, the office building was still brightly lit. At this time of day, it was exactly when the corporate slaves were sacrificing their hair.

Wang Shuo handed the computer to Han Xiaoxin and said indifferently, "The time has come to showcase your skills. Help me check the server in this building. Find a place called Xindong Technology Co., Ltd., and look for employee computer number 00540."

Han Xiaoxin was stunned: "Boss, why don't you do it?"

Wang Shuo leaned back against the seat, brought the glass bottle in front of his eyes to observe it carefully, and said casually, "I never do anything illegal."

Han Xiaoxin: "..."

So, you can't do illegal things, but I can? This isn't how you squeeze the surplus value out of an employee!

But reality was just that cruel. If Wang Shuo didn't do it, that was fine; if he didn't do it, that wouldn't work. Han Xiaoxin once again felt the bitterness of being a corporate slave.

With a bitter face, he took the laptop. Han Xiaoxin skillfully connected to a nearby wireless hotspot, then searched for the official website of Xindong Technology Co., Ltd. on Baidu.

"Sure enough, it exists. Looking at the scale of this website, this company's strength is not weak."

Han Xiaoxin muttered to himself. With the official website, things would be much easier. He was very experienced in hacking such servers; the logic vulnerabilities he held in his hands were enough to hack this kind of server a hundred times over without repeating the same method.

It was just that it might take a bit too long. Having already tasted the sweetness of Artificial Intelligence, Han Xiaoxin looked up at Wang Shuo with eager eyes. Who would want to go to the trouble if they could save effort?

Wang Shuo continued to observe the glass bottle in front of him, shaking the silver-white, fine-sand-like substance inside. He directly ignored Han Xiaoxin's pleading gaze, pretending not to see it.

With no hope of help, Han Xiaoxin had to aggrievedly focus his attention on the computer in front of him. He secretly cheered himself up: Han Xiaoxin, you have fallen. Isn't this kind of thing just a daily routine for you? Since when have you become so hesitant about hacking into a regular company's server? Isn't this something you can do with your eyes closed?

It was just... he really wanted Zero's assistance. That satisfying feeling was like a drug; once you used it, you couldn't quit. After all, who would be willing to spend thirty minutes on something that could be solved in ten seconds?

No, he still had to perform well to strive for continued upgrades to Zero's permissions. Sooner or later, he, Han Xiaoxin, would be able to bring down The White House and breach the Pentagon while sipping a drink.

He secretly cheered himself on, while his hands never stopped. He very quickly opened the source code page of the Xindong company's official website, successfully found the public IP, and then followed up with a series of dazzling operations.

A few minutes later, Han Xiaoxin looked up.

"Boss, I've found the internal server of Xindong Technology Co., Ltd. and obtained the local area network data. Let me see... the person corresponding to employee station 00540 is... empty?"

Wang Shuo turned his head, somewhat confused: "What does 'empty' mean?"

"It just means empty, which means no one is using this machine." Han Xiaoxin looked at the information on the screen and explained, feeling somewhat confused himself.

"That's impossible." Wang Shuo shook his head. Zero couldn't make such a basic logical error. If it were a location marking error, Wang Shuo might believe it, as location information is calculated based on hardware, but Zero couldn't possibly get basic computer identification wrong.

"Can you locate this machine?"

Han Xiaoxin typed rapidly for a few moments, then said: "It's powered off."

"Try to turn it on."

"I can't turn it on. I guess someone unplugged the network cable, causing the server to misjudge."

Wang Shuo frowned, casually put the glass bottle into his pocket, took out his jacket and put it on, and opened the car door.

"Let's go up there."