Chapter 133: From Black Swan to Sky Swan
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The door creaked open, and a pair of eyes peeked out. Lin Dong let out a breath of relief as soon as he had confird that the two ladies had left.
“What the heck, why is Missus here?”
Lin Dong was an old ti black hat hacker, and he had disrupted the internet back in the days. Before he joined E-Sports, there were quite a few hackers who were on par with him too. Those hackers were not like the other rookie hackers who used small trojans and viruses for hacking, they were the ones who could inject viruses which crashed servers.
A few years ago, they were running rampant in the dostic net. Apart from organizations with exceptionally strong firewalls, they were able to access any other network.
Later when the country went through a network reformation, all the hackers had been rounded up by the cyber police, and that included Lin Dong. He had a record with the Network Public Security Bureau, and as long as he used his hacking skills for illegal ans, he would be prosecuted.
The rumored leader of the group that had gone against the black hat hackers was a young girl nicknad Missus, an unparalleled computer genius. She was a white hat hacker acting with the capacity of an official, responsible for overseeing the repeated offenders of hacking like them. He continued to peek through the door, and the two ladies suddenly stopped right in front of it, their eyes looking into the room sharply.
“Black Swan, co on out, even if you altered the IP to look like it ca from the first floor computer, the signal source is from this room.” The lady wearing the office suit said coldly, looking around the room Lin Dong was hiding in. “Did you think you could trick us?”
Lin Dong cursed inwardly, thinking that he had managed to escape. Hearing the voice of the female inspector, his face paled imdiately. Cutting the connection imdiately, he forced a smile on his face as he walked out into the room.
“If it isn’t Missus and Miss Inspector, what a coincidence.”
‘Missus’ and ‘Miss Inspector’ were the nicknas of the two female computer geniuses given by the black and white hat hackers, and Lin Dong was among one of the few black hat hackers who had ever t them face to face before.
“A coincidence indeed.” Miss Inspector continued in a cold tone. “We were just walking by, watching this boring match, and who would have expected us to grab your poisonous insect hide.”
“I’m just a technician here.” Lin Dong smiled and said.
The match had already ended, and Lin Dong had hurriedly wiped all evidence of his tampering. Even they wouldn’t be able to drag any trail out.
“Still suspicious.” The lady inspector pulled out a USB drive from her pocket. “Do you want to hand this over to the Bureau?”
Seeing the USB drive in her hand, Lin Dong’s expression changed, raging internally. Qiu Shenping, that asshole! He had told him to make sure to take the USB drive away and he dared to forget!
“Your fingerprints will definitely be on it. I don’t even need to check the computer used in the competition, your signature virus ‘Black Swan’ will definitely be on it.” The lady said, smiling lightly. “Would you still like to deny it?”
Beads of sweat were forming on Lin Dong’s forehead, his hands shaking slightly.
“Before this, being underaged let you escaped the cyber cris you were previously involved in, but now that you’re above 18 years old, the penalty for this ti would exceed one thousand yuan.” The lady continued. “With the successful cyber cri you’ve committed this ti, you can enjoy the country’s hospitality which provides you with free accommodation and food for three years.”
Lin Dong’s face twitched. Three years of prison ti was deadly to him, not only would he lose his most youthful years, this would also have a huge impact on his future prospects!
He didn’t want to go to prison!
Eyeing the two ladies in front of him, they would seem like unparalleled beauties to others, but to him, they were as horrifying as monsters. With just one word from them, he would be sent to prison imdiately!
If that happened, how disappointed would his parents would be, and how would his friends look at him? And after he served his prison sentence, how would people look at him when he got out?
“Let’s go.” Missus said, turning around and walking toward the elevator.
Miss Inspector frowned, but then smiled again, turning to leave. Lin Dong’s legs were shaking from fear, but he refused to plead with the very person who had destroyed his path in hacking.
The two were getting farther and farther away, and they finally reached the elevator. Lin Dong knew that if he didn’t change their minds, once they entered the elevator, his three years in prison would be set in stone.
Lin Dong clenched his fist tightly, grinding his teeth until it felt like they would fall out. Even so, he didn’t budge as he watched them press the elevator button. When the door slid open, the ladies walked in, and as the lady inspector walked in, she threw the USB drive which was in a protective bag into the dustbin outside the elevator.
Slender fingers pushed the button for the first floor, and she adjusted the silver-rimd glasses sitting on her face with the sa hand. Her eyes were bright and focused, like a cat watching its prey, and her gaze was directed at Lin Dong, who was still standing frozen in the hallway.
Her eyes were always calm, her deanor composed, and you could feel her noble aura. Lin Dong could only continue to stare at the two of them as the door slid shut slowly.
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After what seed like an eternity, Lin Dong finally let out a long breath and rushed toward the bin.
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Outside the exhibition hall, Yu Luocheng and Xiao Bei had been waiting for Lin Dong. Although there were many drink stalls and coffee shops where they could have sat and waited comfortably, not to ntion the many pretty girls that served as eye candy, these wastages were not sothing Yu Luocheng and Xiao Bei could afford to waste money on.
They had waited for more than half an hour and Lin Dong still had not turned up. Xiao Bei had been restless about the match before this, and Yu Luocheng had long since gotten used to the hero-worship.
“Yu Luocheng, I don’t understand why Lin Dong is only a technician. He’s great at computers.” Xiao Bei wondered.
“He...”
Yu Luocheng couldn’t help but rember Lin Dong’s situation after that question. Lin Dong was the sa as him, coming from an average family. Lin Dong had shown a remarkable talent for computers from an early ti, whether it was hacking or competitive gaming. His whole life had revolved around computers, and his future was either becoming a great hacker or a professional player in E-Sports.
He rembered once when Lin Dong was drunk, he had ntioned that he used to be a black hat hacker before he beca a professional player. He had been involved in the national cyber cri which was a threat to the economy back then. His path as a black hat hacker had been destroyed and the people who had taught him the skills were sent to prison, and they were still serving ti.
Although he had contributed to the largest cyber cri, he had been underaged at that point in ti, and so, he had managed to dodge being imprisoned. However he was put on heavy surveillance, and unless he was willing to be an official, he wouldn’t be able to use his hacking skills at all.
Lin Dong was a proud person, and he carried a deep respect for the man who had taught him how to hack, thus refusing to be a white hat hacker. So after being persuaded by his family and the heavy surveillance from the police, he finally gave up on being a hacker, opting to beco a professional player instead.
From a Black Swan, he had beco a Sky Swan!
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