236: Chapter 235 The Big Fish?

In a rental apartment in Hanzhong City.

A disheveled man rubbed his bloodshot eyes, looked away from his laptop, picked up the water glass beside him, and drained it in one gulp.

Another sleepless night.

Ning Hao couldn't remember how long it had been since he had a full night's sleep.

It must have started when he obtained this so-called "Mark I System," right?

Since then, he had barely rested, pouring all his energy into this seemingly simple cracking task.

But... his efforts seemed to be in vain.

He had undoubtedly failed once again.

Where exactly was the problem?

He had clearly passed all the stages, yet he unexpectedly failed at the step of compiling the invisible program into a visible one.

According to Wang Shuo, this should have been the step least likely to have problems.

Ning Hao frowned, looking at the "Unknown Error" warning on the screen with a grim expression.

Exhaling, Ning Hao composed himself, took out his phone, entered the network settings interface, and skillfully configured the various parameters.

After confirming the bridge to an overseas server, he carefully opened the webpage.

The headline was still news about zero egg.

"As expected of Wang Shuo."

Ning Hao grinned.

In just three short days, zero egg had become a hit across the entire internet.

Now, no matter what they did, as long as they went online, everyone had heard the term zero egg more or less and knew there was a company called Frontier Technology.

This was an effect that money couldn't buy, yet Wang Shuo had achieved it in just a few days.

"A bunch of fools who would count the money for the person who sold them."

Ning Hao commented indifferently.

Especially that self-media outlet called 'Chuanfeng Has Something to Say'; it was ridiculously funny and a classic example of the type.

He didn't even stop to think, if Frontier Company didn't have some real skills, why hadn't those big corporations and major media outlets raised any questions by now?

Everyone else was waiting to see what would happen, yet only he was jumping around.

Others all had their own thoughts and were just spamming.

But regardless, Frontier Company had already won this round.

After all, who doesn't like free advertising?

As for whether they could deliver on time, Ning Hao had no doubts at all.

Anyone who had personally attended the press conference would not doubt it.

After browsing the posts for a while, Ning Hao closed the webpage and reopened a program he had been hidden.

This was a program belonging to the mysterious organization.

"ID 004238201, requesting access."

"Detecting device ID... Device ID verified, access granted."

"ID 004238201, your communication data has been encrypted. Time limit is five minutes; extensions require additional fees."

Ning Hao was not surprised.

In this organization, as long as you had money, you could get almost anything done.

At the very least, up until now, Ning Hao had never seen a request that this organization couldn't fulfill.

It was by relying on the organization that Ning Hao had been able to evade the pursuit of the Chinese Government police time and time again; he even found some pleasure in it during this time.

Teasing others, as it turned out, was addictive.

Without wasting time, Ning Hao clicked directly on the China region task directory and began to browse.

The number of tasks was very small.

Did this also mean that even with the scale of this organization, it couldn't develop wantonly within China, and even its actions were subject to certain restrictions?

Ning Hao pondered silently.

If so, where did the power restricting the organization come from?

The Chinese Government police?

Probably not.

Based on the situation over the past two days, the Chinese Government police were completely no match for this organization; they could even operate right under the nose of the Chinese Government police without being detected.

Then, was it the Ministry of State Security of China? Or the Chinese military?

Both seemed to have a high probability.

Limited by his own experience, Ning Hao could not make an accurate judgment for the time being.

However, no matter the situation, it pointed to one problem: he had to be low-key, low-key, and even lower-key. If he attracted the attention of the Chinese Government, even with the organization's help, he would likely be discovered very quickly.

It seemed he had to leave China as soon as possible.

Ning Hao made a secret decision, and just as he was about to close the program, a notification suddenly popped up, occupying his line of sight.

"This is..."

Ning Hao widened his eyes.

"Task Type: Assassination."

"Task Requirements: Create an accident, assassinate the target, do not use overly violent or easily exposed methods."

"Task Acceptance: All organization members in the China region with loaded devices."

"Task Duration: No time limit."

"Task Handover: Must confirm target's death."

"Task Reward: 20 million USD."

Seeing the last line, Ning Hao's pupils constricted slightly.

"Task Target: Chairman of Chen Group — Chen Zhongxuan."

An assassination target more valuable than Wang Shuo had appeared.

Meanwhile, in another hidden room in Hanzhong City.

Zheng Yi was sitting on a chair, sipping a cup of tea, her expression calm.

Beside her sat a man around thirty years old, with stern brows and bright eyes, a rugged face, and short hair that made him look very spirited.

At this moment, he was also holding a cup of tea, drinking it quietly.

After a long while, Zheng Yi turned her head, a flash of light in her eyes that she immediately concealed, and said:

"Instructor Duan, regarding this target, why do you judge that he must still be in Hanzhong City?"

"Intuition."

Instructor Duan Chengwu said indifferently.

"Intuition?" Zheng Yi was surprised; she actually heard such unscientific words from the man in front of her.

"Yes, my intuition." Instructor Duan Chengwu put down his water cup and looked at Zheng Yi: "Team Leader Zheng, since your investigation hasn't found any clues, perhaps occasionally following your own intuition might have unexpected results."

"This..." Zheng Yi said helplessly: "Is something like intuition really reliable?"

She occasionally followed her own intuition, but such intuition usually had other clues as reference and was not an illogical woman's sixth sense. Moreover, she would never tell others about this kind of reasoning.

"I trust my intuition."

Instructor Duan Chengwu's tone remained calm.

Zheng Yi did not ask again; she also believed in this kind of intuition honed on the battlefield. She turned to look at another man sitting by the instruments and asked: "Still no movement?"

"No, Team Leader." The man replied: "We have had people continuously monitor the IP on the outer port side, and for the time being, we haven't found any abnormal data streams."

"Hmm, be careful not to alert the enemy."

"Understood, Team Leader."

Zheng Yi nodded slightly and did not ask again.

For the past few days, this kind of dialogue had played out almost every day, but the reply received each time was 'no,' and she would remind them each time as well.

"Team Leader Zheng, now the enemy is in the open, and we are in the dark. As long as the IP provided by Mr. Wang doesn't have any problems, we can sit back and wait for the big fish."

"Rest assured, they will definitely appear."

Instructor Duan Chengwu's voice was very firm.

This was not a conclusion without basis. Although his explanation to Zheng Yi was intuition, it was purely an excuse to avoid wasting breath explaining.

The process of reaching the conclusion was far more difficult than what the word 'intuition' implied.

In order to complete the first task Wang Shuo gave him perfectly, he had contacted Zheng Yi the moment he received the task, understood the entire process of the event, and reviewed all the materials.

He also conducted detailed inquiries with the participants of the event, including those two police officers, and only then did he reach the conclusion that Ning Hao was still in Hanzhong City and had joined a mysterious organization.

According to criminal psychology analysis, Ning Hao had now begun to gradually enter the third stage of criminal psychology. If he were allowed to escape this time, it would likely be difficult to catch him again in the future.

Therefore, this time was the last chance.

Once it failed, Ning Hao would definitely flee thousands of miles away, leaving no traces behind.

Instructor Duan Chengwu clenched his fist slightly, then relaxed it, exhaled softly, and adjusted his breathing.

This time was his battle for a foothold.

He wanted to prove that even if Instructor Duan Chengwu was disabled and could not go to the battlefield, he still had value!

He was not a useless person!

And just at this moment...

"Team Leader, we got it!"

The man who had been sitting by the equipment suddenly raised his voice: "The outer port personnel report that the IP node we are monitoring has suddenly distributed a large amount of data flow, and the target nodes are all within the country."

"Very good." Zheng Yi sat up straight and ordered very calmly: "Attention all teams, start tracking the data flow target nodes. Be careful not to intercept the flow, so as to avoid losing data and causing the other party to become vigilant."

"Everyone, mark the terminal equipment and start detecting abnormal feedback signals within a ten-kilometer radius of the equipment. I want to know their exact location!"

A loud response came through the earpiece: "Understood!"

The big fish is coming!