That is the final instruction to accelerate self-destruction!
However, his finger hasn't even touched the button yet!
"Bang!"
A bullet shattered the console panel next to him with incredible precision! Sparks flew everywhere!
Duan Shuce's figure appeared beside Ning Xiwan like a ghost, smoke billowing from the muzzle of his gun, his eyes as cold as the frozen Siberian soil: "Mr. Ning, the game is over."
Ning Yuanshan's hand froze in mid-air as he looked at the broken control panel.
He glanced at Duan Shuce, who stood there like a killer, holding a gun. He then looked at Ning Xiwan, who was approaching step by step with eyes as piercing as ice spikes. Finally, he looked at the scarlet countdown that was still beating on the screen.
"4 minutes and 3 seconds... 4 minutes and 2 seconds..."
Despair instantly drowned him like an icy tide.
His legs gave way, and he slumped down in the control chair. The madness on his face faded, leaving only a gray, lifeless look. "Hehe... hehe... is it over? No... it's not over yet..."
He chuckled nervously, raised his bloodshot eyes, and stared at Ning Xiwan.
"You think you won? You got the evidence? You destroyed me? Hahahaha... Ning Xiwan! My blood flows in your veins! You're just like me at heart! You're a monster too! You'll never be able to shake off this stigma!"
This vicious curse was like a poisoned needle, piercing Ning Xiwan's heart.
Her body shook slightly, almost imperceptibly, and the fire in her eyes seemed to be stung by something.
Just then!
“That’s enough!”
A loud shout filled with pain, anger and determination came from the door!
Ning Xiuyuan rushed in, followed by Ning Xiuyan, who was pale but had an extremely determined look in his eyes, and several confidants with guns.
Ning Xiuyuan looked at his father, who was slumped in his chair like a gambler who had lost everything. His eyes were filled with complicated pain, but more of a coldness after the dust had settled.
He strode to the console, ignored his father's resentful look, and started operating it quickly.
"Ning Xiuyuan! You..." Ning Yuanshan was shocked.
"Dad, the password." Ning Xiuyuan's voice was terrifyingly calm, carrying an unquestionable command.
His finger hovered over the iris and palm print scanner, but the screen prompted that a password with the highest level of authority was required to deactivate it.
Ning Yuanshan kept his mouth tightly shut, his eyes filled with the final madness and pleasure of revenge.
"Countdown: 3 minutes and 15 seconds..."
"Dad!" Ning Xiuyan also rushed over, looked at the death number jumping on the screen, and then looked at Ning Xiwan, who was pale but still standing straight, and a surge of blood suddenly rushed to his head.
He grabbed Ning Yuanshan by the collar, his eyes bloodshot, his voice hoarse and distorted due to extreme anger and fear: "The password! Tell me quickly! Do you want everyone to be buried with you?! Including mom?! Including us?! Are you even a human being?!"
Ning Yuanshan was being pulled by his youngest son in such a disobedient manner that a trace of surprise and humiliation flashed across his eyes, but was then overwhelmed by deeper madness.
Time passed by second by second! The shadow of death loomed over everyone's head!
In this suffocating stalemate!
Ning Xiwan moved.
She didn't look at Ning Yuanshan, nor did she look at the countdown on the screen.
She just calmly walked to the console, stretched out her finger, and slowly and clearly entered a combination of numbers and letters in the password input area.
That string of characters was an extremely hidden serial number printed with special ink on the spine of the book in Ning Yuanshan's study that he never left behind, disguised as an ordinary poetry collection.
It was the only clue confirmed to be related to the highest authority of "Prometheus" during Ning Xiuyuan's seven years of secret investigation, but its purpose could never be determined.
When the last character is entered.
drop--!
A crisp prompt sound!
The scarlet countdown on the console screen suddenly stopped!
"Self-destruct sequence... aborted."
Dead silence.
The control room was completely silent, with only heavy breathing and the faint hum of instruments.
Ning Yuanshan seemed to have lost all his strength and collapsed completely in the chair, his eyes empty and his face ashen.
His last trump card, the secret he thought no one knew, was actually... so easily cracked by this daughter he had never truly understood.
Ning Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and the look he gave Ning Xiwan was filled with mixed shock and a hint of fear and relief.
Ning Xiuyan released his hand that was grabbing his father's collar, staggered back a step, slid down to sit on the ground against the wall, gasping for breath, his whole body soaked in cold sweat.
Duan Shuce's gun was still pointed steadily at Ning Yuanshan, but his tense body relaxed slightly.
Just then, a burst of hurried and well-trained footsteps were heard outside the control room door.
Then, a majestic and steady voice sounded through the loudspeaker:
"Attention everyone inside! We are the National Security Special Operations Division! Put down your weapons! Put your hands on your head! Come out for inspection!"
Duan Shuce immediately responded: "Special Advisor Duan Shuce! The target individual has been controlled! Self-destruction program aborted! Requesting entry!"
The heavy, deformed alloy door was completely broken open from the outside.
The fully armed and murderous special forces rushed in like a tide, instantly taking control of the entire control room, with their cold gun muzzles locked onto the limp Ning Yuanshan and every corner.
A middle-aged officer with a stern face and epaulettes indicating a very high military rank strode in, his sharp eyes sweeping across the room, finally landing on Duan Shuce and Ning Xiwan.
The middle-aged officer nodded slightly. "Advisor Duan, Comrade Ning Xiwan, thank you for your hard work! Operation 'Net Cleaning' has been fully launched! The main nodes of 'Scavenger' are being closed in simultaneously!"
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