Chapter 22 — After My Brother Passed Away, I Received a Mysterious Text Message

I took a step forward. Wanting to rush into your arms. But the black gun barrel in Truong Vien's hand stopped me.

“What is this all about?”

Truong Vien's voice was full of surprise and anger. He was also deceived. All this time, he always thought that his collaborator was Ma Tu Vien, a technological genius who disappeared from the world three years ago. He didn't expect it even in his dreams. This person is Chu Duong. The person who was concluded by the authorities "died suddenly due to overwork".

“Very simple.”

Chu Duong looked at Truong Vien. His eyes regained their usual sharpness and calmness.

“From the beginning, this was a trap.”

“A trap I prepared specifically for So Minh.”

“And you too, Captain Truong.”

"If I don't die once, how can I completely disappear from So Minh's sight?"

“If I don't disappear, how can I silently arrange everything like a chess player?”

“Gym.”

“Private headquarters.”

“Cleaning staff.”

“Every step Tinh Tinh takes is in my calculations.”

“Also under your supervision.”

“I need her to get the list from the safe.”

“But I need Captain Truong to appear here with a gun.”

“To be the final witness.”

Truong Vien's face immediately became extremely ugly. Only then did he realize it. I am like a puppet being twirled by someone else in the palm of my hand.

“You took advantage of me?”

“It's about taking advantage of each other.”

Chu Duong calmly corrected.

“I know you are always investigating So Minh.”

“But you lack decisive evidence.”

"I also know that your younger brother is the investor who was targeted by So Minh's data system, was defrauded of all his assets and then jumped to his death."

“I hate him.”

“I want him to pay.”

“But you are bound by your identity and rules.”

“I can't do anything.”

“That's why you came to me.”

“Find ‘Ma Siyuan’.”

“You want to borrow my technique to overthrow him.”

“And I also need an 'insider' like you to help me complete this drama.”

“Help me check if my sister is qualified to fight alongside me.”

“It also helps me attract everyone's attention to this cold basement.”

I finally understand. Everything. It was all my brother's plan. The person sending the mysterious messages is you. The cold chess player behind the scenes is also him. He used his own death to put down a large chess piece. You turned me into the sharpest blade. At the same time, it also turned me into the most dangerous prey. In my heart. Half is the joy of reunion. Half of it is the cold feeling of being taken advantage of.

“So what now?”

Truong Vien's voice carried despair.

“We are blocked here.”

“People and exhibits are both present.”

"If So Minh's people get there, the three of us won't be able to survive."

“You think this is the end of my plan?”

Chu Duong burst out laughing. A smile full of confidence and arrogance. Just like when I was a child. Every time he took me out to cause trouble, he laughed like that. He pointed to the USB port I had just plugged into.

“Tinh Tinh.”

“You think it's just a door opener?”

20. Brother's Last Gift Chu Duong's voice rang out in the quiet data warehouse. Clear as a thunderclap.

“It's not the back door.”

“It's a virus.”

“A digital ghost I spent three years creating it specifically for Tinh Vong.”

“And for So Minh.”

My mind is blank.

“Do you think I really just hid in that little bar for the past three years mixing cocktails?”

A smile appeared on Chu Duong's face that I had never seen before. Crazy. But also has the aura of a genius.

“For the past three years, I've always been writing code.”

“You created the world's most perfect virus.”

“It's called...”

“The Song of the Nightingale.”

He pointed to the rows of silent servers around him.

“That ghost has been installed in the entire Tinh Vong system for a long time.”

“Through internal update packages.”

“It silently hides in each server.”

“Every terminal.”

“Even in each user's phone.”

“It always sleeps peacefully.”

“Waiting for a single command to awaken it.”

“And that command is the USB I just plugged in.”

“That USB is not connected to this door.”

“It connects to the offline core of the entire Cold Storage.”

“When the sleeping virus reaches the most primitive source code repository…”

“It will fully awaken.”

“Right now.”

“From the data center to the terminal.”

“All control of the Star Net empire is in your hands.”

Truong Vien's face was filled with unbelievable horror. He looked at Chu Duong like he was looking at a demon.

“What are you going to do?”

“Destroy everything?”

Chu Duong shook his head.

“That's too gentle for So Minh.”

“What I want is not destruction.”

“What I want is judgment.”

“A public trial.”

“Broadcast live in front of the whole world.”

Just finished speaking. The surrounding server rows suddenly emitted loud warning sounds. All the traffic lights started flashing madly. From steady blue. Turns a dazzling red color. The cooling system accelerates to the limit. The engine roared like a jet engine. The entire B4 floor vibrated violently. Like a giant heart about to explode.