Chapter 16 — After My Brother Passed Away, I Received a Mysterious Text Message

He didn't finish. But I understand. My brother died believing that the truth could come to light in the normal way. Ma Siyuan looked at me.

"The evidence in your hand is still not enough."

"All data."

"System log."

"Transaction history."

"It's all just electronic evidence."

"So Minh's team of lawyers has hundreds of ways to declare them fake."

"You can even blame all the blame on Chu Duong."

"Says he stole the data himself and fabricated everything."

I felt a chill down my spine.

"So what do we need?"

Ma Siyuan looked at me. Slowly replied:

"A physical proof."

"Something they can't deny."

"That thing is also the reason I left Tinh Vong in the past."

"It's also what Chu Duong has always been looking for."

"But I haven't found it yet."

I immediately asked. Ma Tu Vien leaned forward slightly. Lower your voice.

"There is a place in the Star Net."

"A place no one outside knows about."

"A 'cold storage'."

I stopped.

"Data storage area?"

He shook his head.

"Not only that."

"It's an offline data center."

"Completely separate from the internet."

"Do not connect any systems."

"Inside is stored the first original version of the Shepherd AI algorithm."

"The same document is more important than all."

"Client list."

"Paper list."

I was stunned.

"Client list?"

Ma Siyuan nodded.

"It records all the real information of the organizations that have purchased the data."

"Not a code name."

"Not a nickname."

"That's the real company name."

"Real person's name."

"Real information."

He looked straight into my eyes. Slow voice.

"That thing..."

"It is the lifeblood of So Minh."

My heart beat violently.

"Where is it?"

Ma Tu Vien looked at me for a long time. Then say each word one by one.

"Right below the headquarters of Star Net of Science and Technology."

"Basement B4."

"Fourth underground floor."

Headquarters of Tinh Vong Science and Technology. Basement B4. Those words were like a giant rock weighing heavily on my chest. The glass building stands tall in the middle of the financial center. Is the technology symbol of the whole city. It's also where my brother spent his entire life. And now... It became a fortress that I had to break through.

"No way."

I reacted almost instinctively.

"The security there is extremely strict."

"There are people patrolling twenty-four hours a day."

"Surveillance cameras everywhere."

"I can't even enter the main gate."

"Under normal conditions, it's impossible."

Ma Tu Vien smiled. A smile full of mystery.

"But in three days there will be a chance."

"What chance?"

"Xing Vong's annual shareholders' meeting."

"That day, all security forces will gather at the conference center on the top floor."

"All senior leaders."

"Including So Minh and Truong Vien."

"They will all appear."

"Because they have to present shareholders with a beautiful financial report."

He laughed coldly.

"A report built from the blood and tears of countless victims."

"And the basements..."

"It will be the time when the defense is weakest."

Pieces of the puzzle gradually appeared in my mind. A plan so bold it was almost crazy. Yang Dong attacks West. Hit right under the lamp base.

"I need the blueprints of the building."

"Shift change schedule says guard."

"And an authorization card to go to basement B4."

I immediately said.

"I also need to know the exact location of the cold storage."

"The same way to open it."

"I have it all."

Ma Tu Vien bent down. Take out a tablet from under the bar. He opened an encrypted folder. Inside is a 3D model of the entire Tinh Vong headquarters. Every hallway. Each ventilation pipe. Each surveillance camera. Every dead corner. All are marked in detail.

"I have left the company."

"But in the old Freedom Bird laboratory there are still a few trustworthy brothers."

"The past three years."

"There's not a day I stop preparing for this moment."

He gently swiped the screen. The voice lowered.

"This map."

"It's the result of three years."

"Little by little."

"Put it together."

He continued to open another file.

"Guard shift roster."

"And the patrol route."

"On the day of the shareholders' meeting."

"The frequency of basement patrols will be reduced from every thirty minutes to every ninety minutes."

He looked at me.

"You have ninety minutes."

"What about the authority card?"

This time Ma Tu Vien was silent for a few seconds. Then looked straight into my eyes.

"That..."

"You have to find your own way."

"Basement B4 only has one person who owns access."

"You have to get his card before the convention."

I stiffened. Again an impossible task. Right now, So Minh definitely hates me to the core. How can you let me come close? Ma Tu Vien seemed to read that thought.

"But it's not like there's no way."

He curled his lips.

"So Minh is the type of person who is extremely conceited."

"Also extremely horny."

"He has a lover."

"A second-rate actress named Lieu Phi Phi."

"Every Wednesday night."

"He went to a private club in the suburbs to meet her."

"Tomorrow is Wednesday."

I immediately understood what he meant. Stomach cramped. A feeling of nausea arose.

"Steal his card."

"Copy."

"Then give it back."

Ma Tu Vien spoke very calmly.

"It's the only chance."

I was silent. Every step in this plan is walking on a knife's edge. Just one wrong step. I will die without a burial place. Ma Siyuan continued.

"Cold storage protected by dual authentication."

"Iris and fingerprints."

"That system was designed by me."

He took out a USB. Appearance is very normal.

"But I left a backdoor."

"In this USB is the activation command."

"Just plug it into the control device in front of the cold storage door."

"The system will automatically skip the authentication step."

"And open the door in thirty seconds."