Xing Baohua arrived at the safe house and shook hands with the team members there, expressing his gratitude for their hard work.

Then, with Geng Rui's explanation, let's take a look at their work results over this period of time.

He emphasized Xiao Tian's work achievements to Xing Baohua on several occasions, which earned him many words of praise.

Verbal praise is not as effective as concrete actions, and Xing Baohua immediately promised to give their team a bonus the next day.

Xing Baohua then sat down to review the results of their recent work.

The documents are a lot of text, all in electronic format, and they've filled up many hard drives.

Xiao Tianna, standing to the side, explained to Xing Baohua, "Fortunately, these server systems are all UNIX systems, which happens to be within my research field."

Xing Baohua smiled slightly and said, "Your idea just happened to be right in the line of fire!"

"Not really. I know there are always people more capable than you. The main advantage of UNIX is its openness. Once you master its core, you can re-code the system multiple times and make it your own. So, I upgrade those UNIX server systems, making the administrators mistakenly believe that the system is automatically patching."

Hearing this, Xing Baohua had to give a thumbs up. This guy went straight to the heart of the matter, upgrading the opponent's system and tearing open their defenses.

In this way, no UNIX server system could withstand Xiao Tianna's attack. No wonder Geng Rui praised him so highly just now.

However, they are better able to exploit these server vulnerabilities to hide the tracking viruses and some programs they use.

As the saying goes, a strong fortress is breached from within.

Fortunately, Xiao Tian had a deep understanding of the UNIX system; no normal person would think of using an upgrade to create a bug in the other party.

Using this tactic, Xiao Tian found quite a few people, some from overseas and some from Hong Kong. Ironically, quite a few of them were hiding in the software park.

Xing Baohua saw that there were already more than a dozen people on the list.

Except for one person, none of these dozen or so people caused any losses to the overall project.

However, according to data analyzed from virus tracking and the emails uploaded by the other party, one of them was selling some software code.

This resulted in a loss.

The person hasn't been arrested yet; they're waiting for Xing Baohua to handle it.

With sufficient evidence, it's time to call the police and wait for prosecution. In fact, Xing Baohua didn't want to rely solely on underhanded tactics; he wanted people to know what the law is.

During this visit, Xing Baohua was most concerned about the old bookworm and Feng Qingyang.

The old bookworm has temporarily gone into hiding, leaving only Feng Qingyang.

After a period of screening, they narrowed it down to three people, one of whom was Kang Cheng, a third-year computer science student at the University of Hong Kong.

One is Liu Weibao, a graduate student majoring in civil engineering. The reason he is a suspect is that he frequently goes to the computer lab to surf the internet and often sits in the same spot. As a result, the IP address displayed shows the location where he is sitting, and sometimes the time periods also match.

The other one is Li Yuan, a master's student in information technology. He is the least suspicious among them. Although he also used that computer, the timeline doesn't match.

After reading these, Xing Baohua said, "Have you been to the site?"

“I’ve been there. But I didn’t find anything,” Geng Rui said.

"Have you checked the assigned router? Did you find any signs of modification or anything else?" Xing Baohua asked, while thinking.

He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

If it were him, he wouldn't be sitting there openly surfing the internet. Anyone with even a basic understanding of internet technology knows that this thing can be locked.

Just like how mobile phones have tracking functions, if you get lost, you can still pinpoint your approximate location. Even if you go to an internet cafe and post some illegal messages, the internet cafe's monitoring system can find you.

Since there are no surveillance cameras now, we can find a general location and a general number of people, and then use the process of elimination to rule out possibilities. Although it is a bit troublesome, it is very useful.

Therefore, Xing Baohua felt that she would not take the initiative to sit in that position, so where would the other person be?

“We didn’t find anyone tampering with the router.” Geng Rui thought for a moment and shook her head. Xing Baohua sighed and said to Geng Rui and Xiao Tian, ​​“Let’s go and check the site again.”

Many people hitched a ride to Xing Baohua's alma mater.

Because there were many people, Xing Baohua let Geng Rui and Xiao Tian go in first, while Xing Baohua only took two guards with him.

Although they entered on foot, the guards still sent a car in first, just in case they encountered any trouble and needed assistance.

Vehicles are strictly controlled at night; it's not just a matter of registration, but also requires some procedures.

Fortunately, they had applied for it before, so it can be used now, although it's a bit troublesome.

Xing Baohua and the others met outside the building where the computer lab was located. It was past 8 p.m., and the target computer lab still had lights on, indicating that someone was still using the computers inside.

Xing Baohua gave the guard a gesture to pull the lever, a somewhat unethical method, but very effective in getting the students to leave.

Shortly after, the entire building lost power, and Xing Baohua instantly heard many words containing the slang term "XX".

Ignoring the insults, he lit a cigarette and waited. While looking around for an opportunity, he noticed a small garden next to the teaching building, shaded by many trees. He wondered if he should put a rock there to see how many gulls and egrets he could scare away.

It's just a thought, a feeling of how wonderful it is to be young.

About five or six minutes later, the guard who had experienced the power outage gestured to them, indicating that the computer room was empty.

The group went over, but instead of turning on the gate or lights, they used the guards' tactical flashlights to enter the room and find the computer they suspected.

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