Chapter 1

At the border of Xia Country, in Dongdan City.

In a dark warehouse by the sea, there were seven or eight computer hosts, over a dozen monitors, and a highly advanced civilian server on a round table.

In addition to these, there was a black M4A1 carbine with a silencer and a tactical belt with four magazines.

A young man wearing glasses, pale-faced but with sharp eyes, sat in a swivel chair, tapping the keyboard in an orderly manner.

Beside the keyboard, a Clock18 pistol lay quietly, its black body and matte silencer exuding a hint of danger.

This man was named Shi Lei, nicknamed Stone, Stone Monster, Stone Brother, and so on.

Shi Lei wore Bluetooth earbuds, his gaze sweeping across the four screens on the far right.

The screens displayed the surroundings of the warehouse, the alley leading to the warehouse, and the sky around the warehouse.

One of the screens showed a highway motorcycle parked in a small alley next to the warehouse, which Shi Lei had prepared as an escape tool just in case.

These images were all very clear, clearly using high-definition surveillance cameras!

'Everything is normal!'

Shi Lei thought to himself, noting that nothing unexpected had happened.

"Beep beep beep~~~"

The Bluetooth earbuds emitted a faint sound, and Shi Lei pressed a button on them.

"Number One, are you ready?"

A voice, electronically altered, came through the Bluetooth earbuds into Shi Lei's ears.

"Number One is ready, Falcon, please give instructions!"

Shi Lei's voice was also electronically altered before being transmitted through the Bluetooth earbuds.

"Number One, wait for Falcon's orders!"

"Number One understands!" After saying this, Shi Lei couldn't help but say, "Calling Falcon!"

"Number One, what's the matter?" Even after being electronically altered, Falcon's tone conveyed dissatisfaction.

"Falcon, Number One requests secure communication!"

"Beep beep beep~~~"

"Number One, secure communication established, what is the situation?" Falcon's tone was very serious.

Shi Lei's pale face flushed with a sickly red.

"Falcon, after this, will the organization agree to help me take action once?"

"Shut up!"

Falcon roared, "Number One, we are on a mission now, we'll talk about it later!"

"Beep~~~"

The secure communication was cut off, and then Shi Lei was switched back to the regular communication channel.

Shi Lei clenched his fists, took a deep breath, his chest heaving, and his anger building.

'I hope the organization keeps its word, otherwise...'

'The information in my hands is enough to give the organization a hard time!'

To the east of Dongdan City, the countries of Wosang and Lijian were holding a joint fleet exercise.

These two world military powers were showcasing their formidable military strength to the entire world.

Lijian's aircraft carrier, with its ship-based maritime aircraft and unmanned drones, and Wosang's amphibious assault ships and individual auxiliary systems, were all participating in the exercise.

On Lijian's aircraft carrier, ship-based unmanned drones took off first, conducting preliminary reconnaissance and target elimination.

Ten Predator drones flew silently in the sky.

On the aircraft carrier's deck, ship-based maritime fighters also took off as the exercise progressed.

Wosang's amphibious assault ships approached the hypothetical enemy island, conducting a landing operation under the cover of Lijian's aircraft.

The combat power displayed by these two world military powers stunned the world!

However, something even more shocking was happening.

"Calling Number One, infiltrate the data link of the Lakimi!"

Shi Lei's hands moved quickly on the keyboard, like two dancing butterflies.

"Reporting to Falcon, successfully infiltrated the data link, shared connection opened!"

The Lakimi was Lijian's aircraft carrier!

Shi Lei was one of the world's top hackers!

The organization he represented was infiltrating the two most powerful military powers in the world, attempting to remotely control some of Lijian's aircraft carrier's permissions and obtain some information.

"Calling Number One, simulate normal communication commands for the Lakimi!"

"Number One received!"

Shi Lei operated the keyboard nervously. Under normal circumstances, even with the support of top-tier supercomputers, infiltrating an aircraft carrier from the outside was almost impossible!

But the organization Shi Lei belonged to had somehow obtained a remote login permission from Lijian's Lakimi aircraft carrier.

This made the infiltration less difficult.

'Hehe, the defense of Lijian's aircraft carrier is not as strong as the legend!'

Shi Lei completed Falcon's order and even had time to browse the Lakimi aircraft carrier's operating system.

"Calling Number One, crack the communication password!"

Falcon's latest order came, and Shi Lei almost spat blood in anger.

Crack the communication password?

What kind of international joke is this!

The communication password of an aircraft carrier has an extremely high security level. Relying on these few broken computers and a high-end civilian server, cracking the password was a pipe dream!

"Reporting to Falcon, please repeat the order!"

Shi Lei thought Falcon's order might have been transmitted incorrectly, sending another member's order to him.

The organization he belonged to was extremely powerful and influential!

Otherwise, they wouldn't have targeted the joint exercise!

"Number One, crack the Lakimi's communication password! Repeat order, crack the Lakimi's communication password!"

Sweat immediately broke out on Shi Lei's forehead.

'So be it!'

Shi Lei's ten fingers moved in a blur, rapidly tapping the keyboard.

The warehouse was filled with the whirring of the computer fans and the tapping of the keyboard.

"Ding dong ding dong ding dong!!!!"

The Bluetooth earbuds emitted an urgent alarm.

A red warning appeared on the middle computer screen.

The Lakimi's electronic information security personnel had discovered the cracking attempt and were conducting a reverse trace!

If it were a normal time, Shi Lei would immediately start cleaning up, eliminating the traces of the infiltration, and then abandon the compromised server to escape.

But this time it was a collective action by the organization. If he failed, the others would definitely fail too.

The organization would hold him responsible, and Shi Lei would be hard-pressed to escape blame!

Shi Lei had a deep fear of the mysterious organization!

If he messed this up, he would definitely be "mysteriously missing."

"Damn it, I'll go all out!"

Shi Lei quickly established a remote connection, linking to a backup server he had prepared, increasing the computing power, and making the attack more aggressive!

"Calling Falcon, requesting support!"

Falcon's voice also carried a hint of panic.

"Hold on!"

"Number One, hold on for thirty seconds!"

Shi Lei smiled bitterly. He had just been mocking the Lakimi for being so weak, but now that he was discovered, he realized how powerful the other side was.

Perhaps the other side was far inferior to him in infiltration and attack, but in tracking technology, they were simply at the pinnacle!

"Another one is down!"

"Three relay servers left!"

Relay servers were high-level compromised servers.

"Can hold on for at most fifteen to twenty seconds!"

Shi Lei muttered to himself, his already pale face becoming even paler, and sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"Click click~~"

The sound of the mechanical keyboard almost formed a continuous stream.

"Calling Falcon, will be exposed in five seconds!"

Falcon did not respond, directly cutting off the Bluetooth earbuds.

"Static~~"

The Bluetooth earbuds emitted a burst of static.

"Warning! Unknown object detected, approaching at high speed!"

The high-definition surveillance camera on the warehouse roof locked onto a small black dot in the sky.

Shi Lei stared at the computer screen, his expression growing increasingly grim.

This surveillance program was written by Shi Lei himself, and he had unique insights into image processing.

For example, now, the high-definition surveillance camera could calculate the distance and speed based on the size changes of the black dot in the image.

The Lakimi's electronic information security personnel successfully traced back to Shi Lei.

The aircraft carrier was connected to the 'Lockeye' optical satellite in outer space and combined with the global positioning system to precisely lock onto Shi Lei's location.

"Oh, damn!"

"Jimmy, look, what is that!"

In the electronic information security office, several information security personnel were looking at the images transmitted by the Lockeye satellite.

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open.

A drone operator, pale-faced, shouted, "Check it out, the drone control permissions have been changed!"

Jimmy held his forehead and groaned.

"Oh, shit!"

In the warehouse, Shi Lei watched the approaching black dot, and the high-definition surveillance camera finally revealed the full view of the black dot to Shi Lei.

The moment Shi Lei recognized it, he felt as if all his strength had been drained away.

"Predator!"

"Hellfire!"

"Damn..."

Two seconds later, a violent explosion occurred in the warehouse!

Because the Predator was an MQ-1 drone, and the Hellfire was an air-to-ground anti-tank missile!

Shi Lei was abandoned by the organization!

The weapons he had prepared were useless, and the escape route he had planned did not work.

In the moment of death, Shi Lei thought of many things.

He was an orphan, and to find information about his parents, he became obsessed with hacking. It was also because of hacking that he met his end.

Shi Lei also thought that his homeland, Xia Country, might have even worse relations with Lijian and Wosang!

All of this was orchestrated by that mysterious organization!

He was just a pawn from start to finish!

It was just a pity that he had no chance for revenge.

In the moment his consciousness faded, Shi Lei suddenly remembered a classic line.

'I just wanted to be a good person, why didn't you give me a chance?'

Shi Lei died, unable to care about the diplomatic disputes between Xia Country, Lijian, and Wosang, or the shocking news of Lijian's missiles striking Xia Country's cities.

In outer space, a black spatial rift silently unfolded.

A mysterious purple light emerged from the spatial rift, shooting towards the blue Earth.

"Searching for the City of Miracles......"

"Not found....."

"Searching for the Magic Net......"

"Not found....."

"Self-destruct system loading......"

"Found Inheritor......"

The mysterious light transmitted unknown information. If there were experts proficient in the human common language of the Clentia world, they would certainly understand the information.

Searching for the City of Miracles......

Not found.......

Searching for the Magic Net......

Not found......

Self-destruct system loading......

Found Inheritor......

On August 31, 2006, in Shuangqing City, Xia Country, at Shuangqing University.

Shi Lei, wearing a dorky silver-rimmed glasses, dressed in a cheap T-shirt and jeans, pulling a suitcase, stood in front of the school gate with a strange expression!

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