Did the world end today?

Chapter 29 What is social engineering?

With 28 minutes remaining, the mercenary team needs to enter the police station, retrieve the data terminal, and find the information Lin Xu is looking for.

In any case, this is by no means an easy task.

But the skull has its own ideas.

"It's not difficult to seize an information terminal; it's just a police communication device."

"The biggest challenge is how to unlock it and how to access the system."

"Therefore, we must get police officers to proactively access the database."

"You just said that the information you're looking for is about a criminal, right?"

“Then we should have the police officers proactively check the information of the detainees, and then seize the items and evacuate them while they are checking.”

"There's still time."

"Just wait on the corner of the street. Someone will give you the item after you've succeeded!"

"You quickly find what you need, and then you don't have to worry about anything else."

"If you get caught, you'll have to say you don't know anything they ask you, understand?"

"can."

Lin Xu nodded immediately, then asked another question:
"So how do you plan to escape?"

"rest assured."

The skull said nonchalantly:

"We all had clean backgrounds before taking on your task."

“We are all PMC employees with valid licenses. Even if they investigate us, they won’t find anything wrong.”

"Let's go now, or we'll be too late!"

"Everyone unload your gear, let's go!"

"understand!"

At the skull's command, everyone immediately sprang into action.

All their equipment was removed, and then six members of the team, including the one with the skull, rushed down.

Lin Xu followed closely behind them, but the two groups parted ways as they approached the police station.

Following the skull's instructions, Lin Xu walked to a small alley on the side of the police station and waited at the corner.

The others, after a brief exchange, headed straight for the police station.

So what are they supposed to do?
Direct intrusion?

Cyber ​​attack?

Or will they use some equipment that they don't know about?

For example, the kind of non-lethal incapacitating weapon that the rapid reaction forces used when they entered the bracelet world last time?

Lin Xu watched the skull's movements with curiosity.

But the next second, he was dumbfounded.

"Fuck your mother!"

The skull suddenly roared.

Immediately afterwards, he kicked the teammate next to him.

The team member rolled onto his back, then got up defiantly and shouted back angrily:
"Fuck your mother!"

The two instantly started fighting, swinging their fists wildly at each other.

Punch to the flesh!

Lin Xu was dumbfounded.

He strongly suspected that the two were genuinely venting their personal grudges.

The skull was already bleeding from its nose, but it showed no sign of stopping.

The two fought each other for a full half minute, and the other team members joined the fray.

confusion.

violence.

Lin Xu never imagined that he could see such a thrilling street brawl in his dream.

Goodness, what's the difference between this and a Russian bare-knuckle boxing match?
He watched with great interest, forgetting for a moment his true purpose.

But soon, things changed.

The police officers at the station were alerted.

The uniformed duty officer pushed open the door and shouted:
"What are you doing?!"

The group, engrossed in their fierce battle, paid no attention to the others and continued throwing punches.

Seeing that he couldn't get involved, the officer on duty went straight back to the police station.

The next second, several burly men in plainclothes swarmed out.

"Stop it all!"

"They've gotten into a fight right outside the police station?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the skull's punching speed slowed down.

But he still didn't stop.

"I'll draft it (emphasis)!"

"Fuck you (emphasis)!"

Outside the police station, a chorus of frogs could be heard.

"Stop them all!" the burly man who looked like an officer shouted angrily. Immediately afterward, the burly men rushed forward and forcibly pinned down the group that was still exchanging blows.

"Stop fucking hitting me!"

"Are they all fucking drunk??"

The officer's voice, even from dozens of meters away, made Lin Xu's eardrums hurt, and the men who were fighting each other finally stopped.

The skull glared fiercely at the first team member who made the move; his acting was so good, it's a shame he didn't win an Oscar.

"Cuff them all and come inside with me to sober up!"

"You bunch of people, you've completely lost your temper!"

The officer stepped between the skull-faced man and the team member, intending to handcuff the skull-faced man, but the skull-faced man suddenly turned his eyes and shouted:

"Officer, this man is a fugitive!"

"He's suspicious! We just discovered it! We were just about to bring him over!"

These words stunned not only the people at the police station entrance but also Lin Xu.

Is it that simple?!

What if these police officers don't fall for the trap? Wouldn't you be in big trouble?

But it was clear that the skull knew the police in Nanjing better than he did.

"Put on the handcuffs first!"

At the officer's command, he immediately pulled out a boxy piece of equipment that seemed somewhat "outdated" for the time.

Police mobile terminal!
They tricked him out.

But what's next?
The officer made a few movements on the police terminal, then walked up to the officer identified by the skull and began scanning his iris with the built-in iris scanner on the terminal.

A moment later, a message popped up.

The officer frowned.

"What the hell is this fugitive? Defamation is a criminal offense!"

"If you're going to fight, then fight! What are you going to do about it?"

Before he could finish speaking, a figure suddenly flashed by.

The next second, the officer's hand was empty.

He stared in disbelief at the figure that had smashed through the crowd at the police station entrance and walked away.

Damn it.

Phone snatching?

This is from so many years ago!
Even more outrageous, what they stole was a police mobile terminal?!

Are you out of your mind?
Not only him, but Lin Xu, who was standing in a corner of a distant alley and watching the teammate who had been assigned to him rush towards him, was also dumbfounded.

He had assumed that Skull's plan would be sophisticated, meticulous, mysterious, and unspeakable.

结果
He used such a simple and unadorned method.

This reminded him of the cheesy jokes he had seen before.

What are the most advanced hacking techniques?
The answer is to either sneak into the other company and steal the hard drive, or hire a cleaner to unplug the network cable every half hour.

Social engineering!
The skull is obviously doing the same thing.

Top-tier social engineering!
The officer who had snatched the police terminal had already run to Lin Xu's side. He shoved Lin Xu hard, and as Lin Xu struggled to get up, something was stuffed into his hand.

The police communication device was still lit up, and they hadn't even had time to log out of the system yet.

He didn't dare to waste a second and turned to run into the depths of the alley.

Behind him, the officers who had been stunned by the skull's actions had recovered and were chasing after the fleeing officer.

"Headquarters! Headquarters!"

"Seal off the area near No. 1 Road, Yuhua New Village!"

"Activate the surveillance system! Dispatch surrounding police forces to surround the area!"

"No! I didn't lose my gun!"

"Some drunk idiot stole my police communication device!"

As Lin Xu listened to his superior's angry voice, the sense of absurdity he felt at that moment was no less than after watching an entire documentary about protecting the West Coast.

But he didn't have time to think about it anymore.

He quickly crouched down in a secluded corner, then swiftly operated the police terminal to return to the query interface.

I have to say, this thing is really not complicated to use.

There are only a few input boxes.

Lin Xu entered Xu Jin's ID information, which he had memorized beforehand, into the input box and used the fuzzy search function to search.

A moment later, the results appeared.

No such person found!

There is no such person as Xu Jin among the prisoners!

He's already dead?!
Lin Xu frowned, hesitated for less than a second, and then exited directly to the initial page of the police terminal. On the initial page, he saw the "normal query" entry.

Click on the entry point and enter your ID card information again.

This time, there are results.

Xu Jin, male, from Nanjing.

Age 42 years old.

state.
On the run!
(End of this chapter)