Chapter 316: So Powerful It's Frightening!
"You mean, now is the time for him to show his ambition?" Li Tong asked thoughtfully.
Lin Chuan nodded. "Of course, if you don't want to climb up the ranks, are you trying to reform criminals in a criminal organization?"
Li Tong let out a snort of laughter.
Reform? That was clearly the talk of an idealist.
Especially in a large criminal organization, once you accidentally got involved, there would be endless brainwashing tactics.
If you could barely protect yourself, why try to play the saint?
"How should he display his ambition?" Qin Yun pondered as he looked at the notes on Undercover B, "As far as I know, he's just an ordinary Hacker who's trying to carve a slice of the pie in AW's circle of interest—that's top hackers' business."
Lin Chuan smiled, murmured lightly, "You should know, if an undercover operates solo, they can never succeed unless they're omnipotent. His greatest confidence should come from the team supporting him, that is, us."
"Us…"
Li Tong repeated the words, having roughly understood the plan Lin Chuan had made for Undercover B.
She looked incredulously at Lin Chuan.
This Undercover B was definitely someone Lin Chuan had come into contact with, heard of, for the first time.
But in just the brief minute or two just now, he had conceived a plan for Undercover B to climb the ladder.
How quick!
Is this the web novel writer who wrote "Ace Agent"?
Indeed so formidable that it's intimidating!
Lin Chuan chuckled and glanced at the two, "The best point of entry against Morgan and Baisheng Group is now Undercover B, as for the other three ACD, we keep them in check for emergency use."
After Lin Chuan's explanation, Li Tong and Qin Yun were both very convinced by Lin Chuan.
They immediately began discussing the corresponding plan around Undercover B.
It was less of a discussion and more like Lin Chuan directly making arrangements.
After all, he was the leader of the special case cyber team.
Half an hour later.
Li Tong, following Lin Chuan's instructions, arranged the corresponding tasks for Undercover B.
Undercover B, whose actual code name was 'Squirrel.'
Originally an intelligence collector in the International Police, he was entrusted with an important mission by chance to infiltrate a Morgan Group subsidiary.
Intelligence gathering meant he had an understanding of network technology, but he wasn't an expert.
At this time.
Squirrel was still inside a subsidiary of the Morgan Group when he suddenly received a message.
—"Cough cough cough, I've caught a cold."
This was the secret signal for a change of plan between Li Tong and Squirrel.
Squirrel glanced around.
He was in a large cyber room, with seats occupied by employees like Programmers, over a dozen of them, all Hackers under the Morgan subsidiary.
He walked up to the so-called director of technology, signaling that he needed to go to the bathroom.
This was company policy.
Anyone leaving their station during work hours must ask for permission.
A small request like going to the bathroom would usually get approval.
Squirrel left his station and squatted in the stinking bathroom stall.
He couldn't be away from his station for too long, or it would raise suspicions, so he quickly made preparations and started to contact his liaison, Li Tong.
"Did you get medicine?"
Squirrel replied.
Meaning, what has the plan changed into?
In the office of the Anling Police Station.
Li Tong glanced at Lin Chuan next to her and immediately conveyed Lin Chuan's intentions to Squirrel, "We've come up with a new plan; right now, you should go and grab a piece of AW's shattered pie."
Squirrel was still squatting in the stall.
His eyes widened in surprise!
"Me?"
Squirrel thought to himself, what's the difference between this and asking me to off Monk Tang and his disciples? I'm just a very ordinary 'Hacker,' is that appropriate?
"That's right, you just do it. We'll be behind you to support you," Li Tong gave Squirrel a shot of confidence.
She also ensured safety measures were in place.
Squirrel's mouth twitched, and he wafted away the stench surrounding the stall.
Since it was the higher-ups' will, he had to follow through no matter what!
So, he replied, "Okay!"
Li Tong smiled and immediately let Lin Chuan establish contact with Squirrel.
Actually, while Li Tong was communicating with Squirrel, Lin Chuan had already started establishing contact with Squirrel through a laptop.
"Squirrel, hello, I am Falcon."
Falcon was Lin Chuan's codename.
"Hello Falcon," Squirrel replied politely, assuming it was a senior from the International Police.
Typically, identities would only be revealed after both parties had completed their tasks.
Of course.
More often than not, it remained a secret.
"Your current mission is to snatch a piece of the pie from AW. I'll teach you the specific operation process. Tonight, I'll send you information related to the Morgan Group's Asia-Pacific Branch. Prepare yourself to enter the Morgan Group Asia-Pacific Branch tomorrow," Lin Chuan instructed.
Squirrel's expression changed again.
This...
"Isn't that a bit of a leap?" Squirrel couldn't help but ask.
According to the original plan, he was still supposed to be settling into the Morgan subsidiary, laying down roots steadily. Over the next one or two years, he would become a veteran before finding an opportunity to get in touch with the head office personnel.
That is, the Morgan Group Asia-Pacific Branch.
Then, find a way to use this as a stepping stone to enter the head office.
But!
This Falcon senior was taking steps that were too big!
Today, dividing up AW's pie, tomorrow entering the head office, achieving two years' goals within one day?
Taking such a big step, isn't that overreaching?
If the plan were to backfire, that would spell disaster!
Squirrel thought so.
Of course, he knew about the incident with AW. The hacker organization in North America had been annihilated by the God of Hackers, catching everyone off guard.
People at the company had discussed it in private.
But no one dared to think about getting a slice of the pie.
Clearly, AW's pie was a forbidden fruit for the God of Hackers and various top hacker organizations.
Even the Morgan Group might not be able to claim a piece!
"Don't worry, this is part of the plan. Relax, just imagine yourself as a Hacker wanting to climb higher, be a little more confident," Lin Chuan smiled.
"Okay."
Squirrel was still suspicious.
Immediately,
Lin Chuan sent the specific operation procedures to Squirrel.
Squirrel left the restroom in a hurry.
"How come you took so long?" The technical director happened to run into him, fanning away the stench Squirrel had brought with him.
Squirrel grimaced, "Constipated."
After a brief once-over, the technical director waved dismissively, "Get back to work!"
Squirrel headed straight to his desk.
On the desk, there was a computer.
The screen displayed multiple windows, representing his complicated tasks.
Being undercover was nothing like how it's portrayed in movies and TV shows. In fact, life after going undercover was even more laborious than a regular job.
Generally speaking, it's rare for undercovers to directly enter the core management layer; they usually start from ground zero.
Thus, it could be even more taxing than the "Innate Worker Holy Body."
It's a hard life!
Squirrel sighed lightly. Moving up to the head office tomorrow seemed like a good choice—it would at least make the undercover work a bit more relaxed and not as programmer-like crazy as now, with his hairline receding by the minute.
Such hardship!
Thinking about this,
Squirrel clenched his teeth and decided, "Let's do this!"
Do a big one!
"Suffer today, lead tomorrow!"
That smug technical director, I'll deal with you sooner or later!
With that thought,
Squirrel immediately collected his spirits, having just washed his hands and splashed his face with cold water, which refreshed him.
Then,
His gaze fell back onto the screen.
After AW's demise, they left behind fertile ground.
Mainly three aspects—
Market gap.
Hacker "homelessness."
The vast amount of data that AW had held.
Numerous top hacker organizations had their eyes on AW's former market share.
Hacker groups in North America all thought about how to dig out loyal hackers to enlist for their cause.
The bulk of the data that AW held, however, had been gathered up mostly by Lin Chuan and Angelina.
Squirrel had no idea that Lin Chuan was the "God of Hackers."
The operation procedure Lin Chuan gave him was to bite off a chunk of flesh from the God of Hackers and get a portion of AW's data.
Even a small fraction of the data was enough.
"Can I really snatch it from the hands of the God of Hackers?"
Squirrel wondered.
However, out of trust for the organization and unwillingness to endure such a hard undercover life, he decided—Let's do this!
Immediately,
His hands positioned over the keyboard, he pressed 'alt+tab' to quickly switch to a blank window.
Fortunately, no one was next to him.
In this blank window, Squirrel typed in a short string of code and hit Enter.
This was the code Lin Chuan gave him.
Just one second,
That string of code took effect.
This was Lin Chuan's anchor.
In web page creation, an anchor is a type of hyperlink, like a quick positioner, a hyperlink within a page that quickly brings visitors to a specified location.
Similarly, in Lin Chuan's method, this string of code allowed Lin Chuan to quickly locate Squirrel's IP address.
Then, through silent means, he used the anchor to secretly transmit relevant code.
In reality, Squirrel's computer had a monitor.
Every "Programmer" in the company had monitoring on their computers.
But for some reason, the monitor didn't show the presence of this anchor or its transmission path.
Lines of code and part of AW's server IPs, among other things, silently loaded onto Squirrel's computer.
To be on the safe side,
Squirrel decided to manually type in the code again.
The rhythmic typing sound of 'tap tap tap' on the keyboard echoed as though he were slaying it in an electronic sports match.
For a moment,
Squirrel's confidence soared.
This Falcon senior really had some skills!
Snap!
Having finished typing the code, Squirrel hit the Enter key,
Ready to launch the program and go on a rampage.
Suddenly,
The technical director clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention inside the room.
He announced, "The head office has just sent a temporary notice: now that AW has been annihilated, and they've got data on us, we must spare no effort to retrieve our detailed data. There's a chance to move up to the head office through this operation!"
Squirrel's brow furrowed.
Was this a bit too coincidental?
Or, was it also part of the plan?
If that truly was the case, then the International Police had really put in a lot of effort this time!
"Work hard!" the technical director said with a beaming smile, surveying the dozen or so people before him.
In reality, all the work and merit done by these hackers would ultimately be credited to him.
If anyone was moving up to the head office, it would be him.
The chances for the others were minuscule.
Having caught the technical director's gaze, Squirrel grew hesitant, and Falcon's words came back to him,
—The path is laid out, go ahead with confidence.
And with that, he stopped thinking and began to operate as Lin Chuan had instructed!
On the other side,
Li Tong mused, "Team leader, could there be deceit in this notice from the Morgan Group?"
"What deceit?" Lin Chuan said, smiling as he put away the notice's image.
"It feels like a 'Luring the Snake out of its Hole' tactic," Li Tong said, looking worried.
"Could it be possible that this is part of our plan?" Lin Chuan winked, his smile brimming with promise.