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Chapter 50 Strike while the iron is hot
"You found any trace?" Chen Xuan asked calmly.

“Hmm, take a look at these posts.” She pressed her finger on the monitor, and the content on the screen immediately changed—this ability to control the computer directly without a port connection was truly incredible. “Their content is basically the same, all pointing to the movie promotion for what happened at noon.”

For example, the headline discussion that Chen Xuan was looking at.

"I didn't expect such a good response. It seems the promotion for 'Ascending to Immortality' was very effective."

The first floor also provided several photos, including a camera set up in the dark, staff recovering cables from the water, and the back view of a woman in a white coat getting into a reception vehicle.

The discussion within the post was quite "professional." Although there were many netizens making jokes, many replies were written in the tone of industry insiders, pointing out what the equipment in the photos was used for.

Another post was even more outrageous, directly posting a secretly filmed behind-the-scenes video of the rehearsal, seemingly confirming that the incident was a premeditated promotional campaign.

Below, many self-proclaimed independent thinkers mocked those eyewitnesses who took the immortals seriously.

"No, you all believe this kind of thing, but why don't you believe I am Qin Shi Huang?"

"Could the person who wrote this leave their contact information? I'd like to sell you insurance when you get old."

Chen Xuan realized that it was normal to believe or not to believe, but those photos of the actors and the filming crew pretending to be busy were clearly not something that ordinary netizens could do.

He zoomed in on the photo of the woman in white and examined it repeatedly. He found that the woman's figure and facial features were somewhat similar to Liu Shuyue's. In addition, most of the witnesses were far away from the bridge, and they would subconsciously associate her with the immortal when they saw the photo.

"Are you sure all of this was done by the Security Bureau?"

He had heard Lin Qing describe this organization before. In general, although the Vision Agency was enormous and possessed unfathomable capabilities, its long-term underwater presence made its operations primarily secretive and discreet. Each regional branch had a logistics department, mainly responsible for handling information leaks, and their specialty was confusing truth with falsehood and making a fake seem real.

However, during the time Lin Qing was active, the organization had already been fragmented for decades, and its organizational structure, ideology, and policies were completely different from the past. In addition, the organization was highly confidential at that time, so she could only understand the general situation based on past information.

Lin Qing affirmed, "Instead of completely banning it online, it's better to intentionally guide it. The resources they can access are quite astonishing. If I'm not mistaken, this hastily cobbled-together 'Ascension to Immortality' has probably already started filming. In a few days, you'll find that theatrical releases will actually show the trailers. This cost is nothing to them."

“Of course, I have even more concrete evidence,” she added. “I collected all the agreeing replies and then gave them to Xiao Lü for analysis—”

"Wait, who is Xiao Lü?" Chen Xuan interrupted.

"The E63 is an efficiency-enhancing device, my personal AI assistant. In the future, everyone who has an assistive thinking chip will have a built-in AI system."

"So advanced..." He was filled with awe. "Please continue."

"Xiao Lv discovered that over 85% of these replies were AI responses, matching the language output characteristics of the large model 'Cow,' which is one of the AIs developed by the Dimensional Authority and continued to serve us even after the split."

Chen Xuan couldn't help but clap his hands softly.

This is the future... using AI to fool humans, then using AI to arrest AI—they've got it all covered.

"But why call it a cow?"

"Does the name matter? It just means it eats grass and produces milk." Lin Qing shrugged. "Even the AI ​​itself doesn't mind, so why should you?"

“That’s true.” Chen Xuan returned to the main topic. “I have to say, it’s quite easy to get away with this. If I didn’t know Liu Shuyue, I would definitely think that the actress in the photo was the woman who jumped off the bridge back then.”

"I won't let them pass easily; this is the time to strike while the iron is hot."

"Have you come up with a good idea?"

"Hmph, I'm not one to be trifled with either." The girl's eyes sparkled with excitement. "The network security in this world has too many loopholes, which is perfect for me to exploit. Even if this trick can only be used once, it will be enough to give them a hard time."

……

……

The door to the supervisor's office was tightly closed, and from time to time, one could hear a few low, submissive replies coming from inside.

Inside the booths outside, everyone was pretending to be busy with their heads down, but all they could actually do was browse the web and check for new messages. "The captain's probably getting a lot of flak this time," someone muttered.

"It's an utter disgrace that our dignified execution team was ridden so arrogantly by the logistics team!"

Shh, they're right next door, be careful they don't hear us.

Wang Baihu twirled his pen idly, his gaze fixed on the video of the woman in white jumping off the bridge. He felt that things hadn't been going well lately; ever since Honglian risked her life to enter the C102 infiltration point only to fail, not a single mission had been able to be completed properly.

He dragged the mouse to bring the progress back to the middle—"That's for the best, saves me from searching for you world after world... Let's settle this once and for all." As the woman said this, he pressed pause and enlarged another image side by side.

Those were "exclusive photos" that the logistics team bought from other channels. The photographer was only five or six meters away from the woman in white, and the camera clearly recorded her profile.

Even without being directly in front of the camera, her stunning beauty is undeniable; she's the kind of person whose beauty is so distinctive that you'll never forget her once you've seen her.

"Did you find anything?" someone asked from behind.

Without turning around, one could tell that the person asking the question was Honglian.

Wang Baihu stretched, having sat in his chair all day; even with his good health, his back and waist were a little sore and numb. "We have no clue. The intelligence team has been investigating for a day and a night without any results. How could I possibly see anything wrong? If these people's origins are genuine, then it means they are all experienced wanderers. On the bright side, the woman has returned to her own world after eliminating those three opponents and will no longer pose a threat to us."

“But that doesn’t make sense.” Koji leaned over from the next booth and said in a soft voice, “Four people need to pass through the intrusion point to enter and exit the world. This would definitely generate oscillation waveforms with the same frequency multiple times. Even if we still haven’t found the intrusion point, the machine will record it as a major feature. But the intelligence department says that there is no such thing at all.”

"You're new, so don't take the instructions too seriously," Wang Baihu said, pursing his lips. "Machines often miss or misrecord things; who knows what the real situation is? Even if she's still in Jiangcheng, judging from her appearance... she shouldn't be the kind of destructive and bloodthirsty psychopath, right?"

"Just because she's pretty?" Honglian sneered.

He coughed twice, "Well... your appearance reflects your heart, you know."

"I'd like to ask you a question," Kobato said, looking at the two of them.

"Go ahead," Honglian said politely to this junior.

"What if... she really stays in Jiangcheng and refuses to cooperate with the authorities, and then repeatedly enters and exits the infiltration point, should we also consider her an enemy?"

The two looked at each other.

In the end, Honglian nodded and replied, "Not bad."

"Even if she's a good person, she just doesn't trust us, but doesn't want to fight us..."

“Then we must at least expel her, so she can never set foot in this world again.” Honglian sighed softly. “I know what you’re worried about. It seems like we’re acting like unreasonable masters, refusing all outsiders, but this is a necessary measure to protect our world. The expansion of intrusion points will devour the space we depend on for survival, and it will also allow more and more people to gain mutated abilities. Can you imagine everyone possessing the ability to ‘steal’ or ‘kill in secret’?”

"That kind of society would be too exciting." Wang Baihu patted the little girl's head. "In order for everyone to be able to stroll around and have late-night snacks without any worries, such rules are absolutely necessary."

Xiaojiu first hummed in agreement, but then looked at him with a look of astonishment.

Uh, is there something wrong with what I said?
He turned to look at Honglian and found that she was also staring at him with wide eyes.

Wang Baihu suddenly realized what was happening and turned around. The computer screen had turned black at some point, with a huge "5" displayed in the center.

Other colleagues in the office also gasped in surprise.

"Hey, what's going on? My computer seems to have been hacked!"

"Me too, it won't work!"

Then it's 4, 3, 2, 1...

When the numbers ended, a masked person appeared on the screen. "Hello to everyone watching the live stream. As you can see, I am a superhuman."

(End of this chapter)