“Another attack?”
Seeing the firewall issue an alert, Ye Ling’s eyes narrowed slightly. He hadn’t expected the other party to run straight into his trap!
“You were lucky to escape last time because I wasn’t here. Now that you’ve come right to me, let’s see how I catch you!”
Ye Ling chuckled and began operating his computer, engaging the attacker in a cyber battle to find their IP address.
After learning all about computers previously, combined with Li Xiaoxiao’s understanding of hackers from her memories, Ye Ling’s current skill level was almost on par with Li Xiaoxiao’s. The only thing he lacked was experience in engaging in combat.
However, with Ye Ling’s current knowledge, he could quickly take over the battle once he got familiar with the rhythm of engagement between both sides.
Just as predicted, Ye Ling was initially on the defensive in his engagement with the attacker, with the firewall on the verge of collapse.
But just as the attacker was about to completely breach the firewall and successfully infiltrate Ye Ling’s system, Ye Ling had fully grasped the combat rhythm and began to counter-attack step by step, gradually gaining the upper hand.
Before the attacker could breach the firewall, Ye Ling successfully pinpointed their IP address!
“Found you!”
Ye Ling located the opponent’s position and discovered that the attacker was also in Shanghai. A wider smile spread across his face.
Without hesitation, Ye Ling quickly abandoned the cyber warfare and instantly teleported to the location of the IP address he had identified!
What greeted Ye Ling’s eyes was a rather delicate-looking young man.
He had a head of fluffy long hair, wore a green hoodie, and was squatting on a chair, his fingers flying across the keyboard, continuously attacking Ye Ling’s firewall and attempting to dismantle its final defense line.
His computer desk was piled high with takeout containers, and the room was extremely messy and dirty!
Seeing the state of the room, Ye Ling frowned slightly. If it weren't for the fact that the young man's computer screen was constantly attacking the firewall he had built, he would have thought he had gone to the wrong place.
“Hmph! This mission from the boss is too easy. What ‘Night Rose’? Their reputation is all hype! I haven’t even gotten serious yet, and this firewall is already broken. The other party has given up resisting. They probably recognize the huge gap between us!”
The young man squatted on the chair, typing away on the keyboard while muttering to himself, casually picking up a can of iced cola and taking a swig.
This was the picture of a typical otaku.
Ye Ling stood behind the young man, watching him operate the computer with enthusiasm, and couldn’t help but twitch his lips.
He had indeed guessed correctly; the attacker was from Hongchen Pavilion.
But he had never expected the person on the other end to be such a young man!
Has Hongchen Pavilion started recruiting just anyone now?
Looking at the young man’s appearance, Ye Ling was unsure whether he should act.
Was this considered bullying a minor?
The young man in front of the computer didn’t notice Ye Ling at all. The only sound in the room was the rapid tapping of the keyboard.
“Beep beep beep!”
At this moment, a chat window popped up on the young man’s computer, the self-developed chat interface of Hongchen Pavilion.
Ye Ling had also been lurking in the Hongchen Pavilion forum for a long time and was quite familiar with this chat window. He hadn’t paid much attention to it initially.
But when he saw the ID on the chat interface on the young man’s computer screen, his eyes immediately lit up.
The ID on the other end was “Xiao Wu Bu Pao”!
Zhang Xiaoling!
Ye Ling never expected to catch Zhang Xiaoling here!
‘Is this Zhang Xiaoling investigating me?’
However, upon seeing Zhang Xiaoling’s account, Ye Ling first felt a sense of surprise, followed by this thought, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
To be honest, if Zhang Xiaoling hadn’t frequently posted on the Hongchen Pavilion forum, Ye Ling wouldn’t have noticed him, let alone thought of investigating him.
Before obtaining the Hongchen Pavilion database, he didn’t even know someone named Zhang Xiaoling existed.
But now, he discovered that Zhang Xiaoling was commissioning someone to investigate him?
‘Is he doing this for Hongchen Pavilion, or is it his personal business?’
Ye Ling was curious. Not wanting to alert the enemy, he quickly concealed his presence and watched their chat history from behind the young man.
This was the first time he had seen Zhang Xiaoling in action.
He was also very curious about who this person, who was even more mysterious than Ye Feng, truly was.
Was he the one manipulating Ye Feng from behind the scenes?
After returning to Earth, one incident after another had occurred. Ye Ling felt that Earth was like a vortex center of multi-party power struggles, with too many mysteries involved, even connecting to the Eastern Xuan Continent.
This Earth was far more complicated than he had imagined.
Xiao You’s transmigration loop problem hadn’t even been resolved, and his Eastern Xuan Continent side was full of mysteries. Now, there was also Zhang Xiaoling, whose allegiance was unknown…
Even Ye Ling, faced with so many difficult problems at once, felt extremely troubled.
He could only suppress his doubts for the moment and focus his attention on the young man’s chat window.
Xiao Wu Bu Pao: “How’s the job going? Did you breach Ye Ling’s firewall?”
Sui Feng Shao Nian: “Don’t worry, boss. That ‘Night Rose’ is all talk, they can’t stop my attack at all. I’ll be able to infiltrate his system soon. What information do you want me to find, boss? I can handle anything!”
Xiao Wu Bu Pao: “Contact me after you’ve hacked into the system.”
Sui Feng Shao Nian: “Ok! Give me five minutes! No! Three minutes!”
The young man closed the chat window, then sat up from his squatting position and began to seriously attack Ye Ling’s firewall. His skills were actually not inferior to Li Xiaoxiao’s!
There was no one operating Ye Ling’s side anymore; it was just the firewall’s self-defense, which couldn’t stop the young man’s attack.
In less than three minutes, the young man had completely breached Ye Ling’s firewall and gained control of Ye Ling’s computer!
“Strange, there’s nothing in this computer… What is the boss asking me to find?”
The young man browsed Ye Ling’s computer, finding no data inside. The entire computer seemed to have been newly assembled, and his eyes were filled with confusion.
At this moment, Xiao Wu Bu Pao’s message popped up again: “Are you in?”
Sui Feng Shao Nian: “Boss, I’ve already breached the firewall, but there’s nothing inside. Are you sure you want me to find something on this computer?”
Xiao Wu Bu Pao: “Ye Ling.”
Sui Feng Shao Nian: “Ye Ling? I don’t quite understand what you mean, boss… Are you asking me to find Ye Ling? But how can I bring the real person here?”
Xiao Wu Bu Pao: “Han Xia’s skill is a bit worse than Li Xiaoxiao’s. If he forcibly invades your computer, you’ll definitely be able to capture his IP address. You should be in the room now, right?”
Sui Feng Shao Nian: “Boss, what are you talking about? I don’t understand. Who captured my IP address? I’m not that bad, okay?”
Han Xia looked at the message from Zhang Xiaoling, his eyes filled with confusion, unable to comprehend what it meant.
On the other hand, Ye Ling, standing behind him, finally understood…
Zhang Xiaoling had asked Han Xia to attack his computer not to find anything on his computer, but to use Han Xia to lure him here!
“Interesting fellow…”
Having figured out Zhang Xiaoling’s objective, a smile flashed in Ye Ling’s eyes. He used his divine soul to invade Han Xia’s mind, controlling his consciousness, and typed on the keyboard: “Are you looking for me?”
Xiao Wu Bu Pao: “You’ve indeed found Han Xia. I’m very sorry to meet you in this way.”
“But it’s out of necessity. After all, you are the Supreme of the Eastern Xuan, and I cannot communicate with you directly, so I had to do this.”
Seeing the message sent from the screen, Ye Ling’s expression slightly changed.
This Zhang Xiaoling was the first person on Earth… to know his identity!