Wu Fangming also noticed Jihu's unusual behavior. He tried to soften his voice and said, "Brother Jihu, only we can help you now. If you continue to hide it, even if we want to help, we are powerless to do so."

Due to prolonged abuse by Jiulong, Lingjihu found it difficult to reveal the truth, and remaining silent had almost become an unconscious reaction.

But he also understood that the moment he escaped the secret room, he was destined to face Jiulong's pursuit. The only way to save him now was for the person in front of him to save him, and the person in front of him was capable of doing so.

Extreme Fox bit his lip, as if he had made a huge decision, and said, "That's right, I've already written the crack code for that system."

"Crack the code? Crack what?"

Chuanliu looked at him questioningly and asked.

The latter nodded and continued, "There aren't many electronic systems on Paradise Island, and because hardware resources such as computers are extremely scarce, even though the operating principles of those electronic systems are very simple, and even the firewalls are so simple that they are easy to crack, plus there are very few people on the island with this kind of technology, so it is possible to maintain the balance of preventing the system from being invaded."

Chuanliu nodded. The only communication facility on Paradise Island was the landline telephone that came with each building. Other machines were extremely rare. For example, if a city had one or two cameras, it was considered wealthy.

And the parts of Paradise Island that involve electronic systems...

A thought flashed through Chuanliu's mind, and she immediately realized something. She murmured:

"Could it be... a memory card transaction system?"

If Cao He and Jiu Long's ambition is to hack into the memory card transaction system, then their ambition is obvious.

"That's right."

Jihu pursed his lips and nodded.

Chuanliu and Wu Fangming exchanged a glance; they never expected Jiulong to have such audacity.

If the higher-ups at Red Peach find out about this, he won't even have a second left to live!

No, it wouldn't even require the higher-ups at Red Peach to know; any official resident would do everything in their power to eliminate this element of social instability.

Extreme Fox added, "To be precise, it's the stored-card transaction system of the Red Peach Casino."

"Isn't it the same?" Wu Fangming asked.

The former silently shook his head. "The few trading machines currently existing on Paradise Island all use independent trading systems. Actually, if I had a complete computer, I could connect to and crack them."

But the machine that the person before me cobbled together can only connect to the one at the Red Heart Casino. Unless several more large machines like this one are built, my cracked code will only be effective against the Red Heart Casino.

"So... does that mean that once the code runs, you can use this machine to transfer money out of the Red Heart Casino at any time?" Chuanliu concluded.

She roughly understood why Caohe received support from the City of Blocks when he was still the "Nine of Hearts".

If Cao He used the cracking code that was under development at the time as a bargaining chip to secretly make a deal with someone in Cube City, then that makes sense.

He won the support of the Cube City by offering a very tempting "pie" in his face.

Extreme Fox corrected, "It is possible to transfer money out, but... the Red Peach Casino's transaction system will be cleared daily, and then the money in the system will be distributed to the official residents in proportion."

In other words, the money in this system is cleared daily and transferred to individual accounts.

Wu Fangming chuckled, "So you can only transfer one day's worth of transactions each time."

Jihu nodded. "That's right. Although it's a considerable amount, it would be too costly to start the code just for a day's transaction volume."

The flow of information was clear, which was another reason why Jihu had not reported to Jiulong for so long.

Jiulong and Caohe's goal was not just the daily transaction volume of the Red Peach Casino.

Four years and two generations of "Red Hearts 9" have been a wasted effort.

If Jiulong had known this outcome, Jihu would probably be dead by now.

Chuanliu pondered for a moment, then said to Jihu, "After you left, both the 'Nine of Hearts' and 'Ten of Hearts' factions were searching for you. Susan has allied with Sun Qianfan's gang, and Jiulong urgently summoned me to Spade City; he has already reached a cooperation agreement with Zhuge Tang."

"Zhuge Hall?" Wu Fangming frowned. "Is that the force that Hou Yifan hired to attack us before?"

Hearing this from the side, Jihu was terrified. He couldn't help but shudder and asked in a trembling voice, "Are they... here to capture me?"

Chuanliu sighed and said seriously, "Well...maybe. I don't know what Jiulong and Susan are planning."

Upon hearing this, fear surged through Jihu like a tidal wave. He looked anxiously at Chuanliu, completely at a loss, and said, "Then... what should I do?"

Chuanliu gently patted his shoulder, looking as if they were sympathetic to the enemy. "You don't need to worry. Even if Susan and Jiulong plan to harm you, you still have me and Fang Ming. Now that things have come to this, since they're so heartless, don't blame us for being ruthless too!"

Wu Fangming leaned closer and asked, "Hey girl, do you have an idea?"

...

Stepping out of Wu Fangming's residence, Chuanliu had changed back into women's clothing. She chose a secluded path and walked lightly down the mountain along the winding river.

Soon, she arrived at a house with a plaque that read "5 of Spades".

The style of this mansion is no different from that of the "10 of Spades," only its size and decoration are much simpler. But it is still solemn and dignified, exuding an aura of quiet authority.

This is where Sun Qianfan and his gang of thugs are based.

When the thugs at the door saw Chuanliu approaching, they first gave her a wary look, and then asked her a few brief questions.

After a while, Sun Qianfan came out of the house himself. He was wearing a black suit and his eyes showed surprise. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Chuanliu, he invited her into the courtyard.

About an hour later, Sun Qianfan personally escorted Chuanliu out of the residence.

"..."

"..."

"Tomorrow at the latest."

"I'll talk to Susan about it."

A friendly smile appeared on his face, and after the two shook hands and said goodbye, Chuanliu turned and left.

As the first rays of morning sunlight began to fall, a young man wearing a white open-collar shirt set off on his journey to the City of Hearts.

Behind the boy was an elite team of nearly a hundred people, who set off discreetly from Spade City.

The team was uniformly dressed, each wearing a black T-shirt and classic jeans. What was even more special was that each of them carried a crossbow at their waist and a quiver full of arrows on their back.