Absolute Gate

Chapter 5 Certain Death
After eating and drinking his fill, washing the dishes, and putting away the clothes, Wu Zhong pondered deeply.

And you know what? He actually came up with an idea.

"By the way... welding doors in real life is pretty useless, so what about in a virtual way?"

Wu Zhong looked at his phone, his eyes lighting up.

He had an idea: could he use his door-welding skills online?
For example, network port gateways, program backdoors, etc.

Unfortunately, he doesn't understand this area, but he can test it out with a game first.

In a game of search, attack, and retreat, he controlled his character to close the door, and sure enough, the enemy couldn't open it.

Even after the explosion shattered the door panel, fragments remained on it, cracked and stuck together, as if there were a bug.

"Huh? What kind of cheat is this?"

In the end, the enemy had no choice but to break in through the window and kill him.

Wu Zhong didn't pay any attention. He then tested several other games and found that he could trigger his ability in any game with a door.

Those doors were also welded shut, and no matter how other players interacted with them, they couldn't open them.

Even in a game where portals can be opened, the portal that Wu Zhong opened could not be eliminated.

What was originally supposed to last only a few seconds has become stuck and continues indefinitely.

Furthermore, the game was originally designed so that portals shouldn't be opened repeatedly, which would cause the previous portal to disappear automatically after a new one is opened.

However, Wu Zhong's actions did not work. After the skill cooled down, Wu Zhong could continue to open the third, fourth, and fifth portals... The portals he opened did not disappear.

The continuous opening of portals caused the entire game to eventually crash.

Although this is just a game and doesn't prove anything, Wu finally confirmed through this that a virtual door is still a door!
My own abilities, though seemingly useless, have an unusually wide range of applications.

Since it's possible to weld shut a door modeled in a game, which is essentially welding shut a piece of code, it should also be possible to weld shut a door using some kind of backdoor bug, making it impossible to close.

"Yes, it should work. A back door is a door too."

"Speaking of which, could we exploit the bug in the money-spending app last time?"

Wu finally turned to the Huabao app on his phone and suddenly had a jolt.

He recalled something that happened not long ago: when he used Huahuabao, all his expenses were reduced by 20%, including personal transfers, ticket purchases, credit card payments, and rent payments.

The reason given for the discount was a government subsidy, which surprised and delighted him.

The money he paid the landlord was automatically discounted by 20%, while the landlord received the full rent as normal.

He later learned that it was a bug incident. The platform had misconfigured the marketing template in the backend of a regular marketing campaign, and had entered the wrong discount amount and discount type, which inadvertently triggered a serious bug.

This directly resulted in all payments by users being discounted by 20% during that period.

Of course, the duration was very short, and it was fixed quickly.

Finally, the platform stated that it would not pursue repayments from users, so many people benefited from this, including Wu Zhong, who saved several hundred yuan on food and rent.

He got hooked and later even researched the issue, asking people online for advice. One netizen in a group told him that the bug was actually replicable.

It seemed like they were trying to open some kind of back door, but Wu Zhong didn't understand.

But he just wanted to ask. At that moment, Wu Zhong quickly contacted the netizen: "Backlight Backlight, about that payment bug we talked about last time, you said you could replicate it, is that true?"

He waited a long time but received no reply.

I met this guy, who was backlit, in a fan group for the novel "The Enchanting Moon". We used to play games together all the time and have been online friends for many years.

However, Wu has been extremely busy in the past two years, so we've had very little time to chat. The last time we talked was about the bug incident with Huahuabao.

"He works during the day, so he probably won't have time to reply to me."

"Hmm... no, it's best to do things like maliciously exploiting bugs with superpowers yourself. Although I'm very familiar with Reverse Light and we have a good relationship, we're still just online friends."

Wu Zhong thought about some things in online novels, but he wasn't sure if they were true or not.

I suppressed my restless heart and retracted all the messages I had just sent to the backlight.

"However, it sounds simple to do it myself... but I don't know how."

"I know absolutely nothing about coding. Does that mean I have to start learning to be a programmer from scratch?"

Wu Zhong pursed his lips. If it were before, he would never have even thought about learning these things.

It's not that he doesn't want to learn; on the contrary, he really wants to learn. After all, once he becomes a programmer, even just a coder, his salary will be much higher than what he earns now.

However, for someone who has entered the workforce, has a full work schedule, and whose income and expenses are tied up, the time, energy, and cost of learning an additional skill on their own are simply unbearable.

By the time he learns programming, he and his grandfather will probably starve to death.

That truly was a journey from beginner to grave...

Therefore, he dared not make such an investment, fearing that instead of improving himself, his living expenses would collapse.

"Ugh……"

Wu paced back and forth in the house, so annoyed that he kicked the table leg.

In a novel, someone with superpowers like him would probably have quit his job long ago and started his own business.

But that's reality. Wu Zhong didn't dare to resign at all. In fact, he even planned to go back to work in the afternoon... He only asked for half a day off.

There's no other reason than that it's only the 17th, and he only has a little over 200 yuan left.

This stupid superpower left him completely lacking confidence.

"This is so annoying, never mind, I'm going to take a nap!"

After Wu Zhongrang woke up the worker and called him at 2 PM, he lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep, his head hitting the pillow as soon as it hit the pillow.

However, before he could wake the caregiver, the caregiver called first.

He checked the time and realized he had only slept for two hours; his eyes were bloodshot and red. "The caregiver?" He was taken aback, realizing there was news from the hospital.

After the examination was completed in the morning, the family should have waited until 10 o'clock for the doctor to come to the ward to explain the situation.

But he was in a hurry to get to work, so he asked the caregiver to take his place and send a message back to relay the doctor's instructions.

But why are you calling now? Could something have happened?

"What's wrong? What did the doctor say?" Wu Zhong's head was throbbing, and his tone was heavy.

The caregiver brought no good news: "The doctor said the hematoma in the patient's brain has grown, and surgery must be performed as soon as possible."

Wu Zhong asked anxiously, "How could it be getting bigger? Wasn't it shrinking before? As long as you lie still, your body will improve on its own."

The caregiver said, "But it has enlarged. These are the test results. If you don't believe me, come and ask the doctor yourself."

Wu finally composed himself and asked, "When will the surgery be performed?"

The caregiver said, "We're still on the waiting list. The doctor said to schedule the surgery for the patient as soon as possible. Oh, and we need to prepare 30,000 yuan."

"Thirty thousand?"

Wu Zhongxin's heart tightened. Thirty thousand yuan wasn't a lot, but he couldn't come up with it unless he took out an online loan.

He had actually taken out an online loan before. He took out the loan on the day his grandfather had a brain hemorrhage, and it was divided into twelve installments, which he still hasn't finished paying off.

If he wants to borrow again, he has to go to another platform, but without a doubt, no matter how many installments he repays, he will not be able to afford it.

Tsk! He was worried about not being able to keep up with his living expenses, so he didn't dare to take any risks and make any investments.

As a result, a single phone call later, and his cash flow was destined to dry up.

Wu Zhong took a deep breath and frantically scratched at a hole in the bed sheet.

He calmed himself and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll go to the hospital now..."

Wu was so concerned about his grandfather that he didn't care about anything else and immediately went out to rush to the hospital.

As a result, I left home in a hurry and forgot to bring an umbrella, while it was pouring rain and the wind was howling outside.

Wu glanced at the raging wind and rain, then looked back at the elevator, considering whether to go home to get an umbrella.

"So annoying..."

Because one elevator was removed, the entire building now shares one elevator, which has now risen to the tenth or twentieth floor.

He had no patience to wait, because in his experience, the whole building shared this one elevator, and it would take quite a while for it to come down.

Wu shook his head and simply rushed into the rain, braving the downpour to get to the hospital.

"Crash la la la..."

The rain was heavy, the wind was even stronger, and the clouds gathered towards Mount Lu, creating a spectacular sight of churning dark clouds, but he had no heart to appreciate it.

Wu ran wildly in the rain, his eyes filled with water.

By the time he boarded the bus, he was completely soaked, like a drowned rat, and stood in the middle of the carriage, shaking the handrail.

The people on the bus looked at him strangely, as if to say that the young man was in great health.

Wu remained silent and numb. When the train arrived at its stop, he got off and ran towards the hospital, looking somewhat dazed.

"Jingle Bell!"

Halfway there, his phone rang. Wu Zhong thought it was something wrong at the hospital again and was scared half to death.

Upon closer inspection, he breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out to be the wake-up caller waking him up... It was exactly 2 PM now.

You don't need to answer these calls; just hang up.

But the rain was pouring down, and my fingers and the screen were wet. I swiped for a long time without any effect, and the call even went through.

"Tsk..." Wu Zhong was annoyed and hurriedly wiped the screen with his clothes, but the clothes were also wet. He fiddled with it for a long time before finally hanging up.

After hanging up, just as he was about to cross the street, his boss called again, telling him to come to work in the afternoon.

He only took half a day off, and didn't go in the afternoon. The store was already piled up with orders, and the boss naturally wanted to deal with them as soon as possible.

A flood of things came rushing in, and Wu Zhong's head was about to explode.

"Oh wrong, just kill me then."

Just as he finally managed to answer the phone, deal with his boss, and ask for more leave,

With a whoosh, a huge object crashed down beside him.

Perhaps due to the heavy rain, the driver of a large truck, unable to see the road clearly, sped directly towards the sidewalk.

"what!"

There wasn't even a horn sound. By the time Wu Zhong turned his head to look, the speeding truck had already smashed through the rain curtain and was right in front of him!
Wu was exhausted and suddenly faced a change of events. His mind went blank, and only a huge word "danger" flashed through his mind!

"Uh!"

Heavenly Bodhisattva, everything happened too fast. This sudden change caught everyone off guard. In the blink of an eye, the speeding truck was already right in front of us.

Wu was exhausted and preoccupied. He was in a running position, holding his phone, when suddenly the truck came right up to his face. Who could react in time?
Shock, despair, my mind went blank.

Even with his adrenaline surging, he only had time to stop running, but it was too late to dodge.

Death! Certain death!

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　P.S.: Sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)