Zone Zero: I'm invincible now that the heavenly fire has killed Nineveh!

Su Chen took his phone and returned to Nicole and the others.

"how is it going?"

Nicole leaned closer and asked eagerly.

"With me taking action, success is guaranteed."

Su Chen waved his phone and said with a smile.

"You are amazing!"

Nicole excitedly hugged Su Chen and dribbled the ball hard against him.

"Of course."

Su Chen enjoyed the soft, bouncy texture.

Nicole is such a good boss; she always gives us some perks.

A moment later, Nicole released Su Chen and said thankfully, "Thank goodness for you, we're safe."

Su Chen asked, "Should we go out first, or wait for the rope maker and the others to recover?"

“If we go out now, this intelligence will be wasted. Besides, the Rope Maker's side is a hacker intrusion, so we can't help them much.” Nicole said, finally making up her mind: “Let's wait a bit longer. Intelligence from the Hollow Investigation Association is not easy to obtain.”

The space within the void is constantly changing; what if we can't retrieve the safe this time?

Next time, you'll have to pay an 'irresistible benefit' to buy information again, which won't be cheap.

“No problem, we have a backup plan now anyway.” Su Chen said casually, “By the way, do you want to rest in my arms for a bit more?”

"Never!"

Nicole tossed her pink pigtails aside and sat a little further away from Su Chen.

She only lay down because she thought she was going to die since there were no radishes. Now that the crisis is over, she won't do anything so embarrassing.

"uh-huh."

Su Chen shrugged, unconcerned.

There will be plenty of opportunities in the future, so there's no need to be fixated on this one moment.

……

RandomPlay video store, in the studio.

Despite trying every method, Ling and Zhe could not restore the connection within the void.

"Brother, I've tried everything, but I still can't reconnect."

Ling said somewhat anxiously.

Zhe stroked his chin, somewhat puzzled: "Strange, with HDD technology, it shouldn't be so easily affected by void activity."

“Currently, apart from HDD, Nicole and the others have no way to contact the outside world while they are in the void,” Ling said with some worry. “If they stay here for too long, even if they have etheric aptitude, they will turn into monsters.”

Although Nicole has repeatedly gone on credit and still owes a large sum of Tennys, Bell still can't bear to let her die in the Hollow.

And Su Chen, who likes to tease people, you'd better hold on!

"We've tried everything, so the only thing we can do is try restarting!"

Suddenly, Ling thought of something and stretched out a finger to press the power button on the main unit.

"Hey~, little sister!" Zhe rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly.

"Hey, isn't there some kind of mystical method? As long as you turn off the power and wait a few minutes, all the problems will disappear."

Ling withdrew her hand and said somewhat awkwardly.

Zhe was about to complain when he unexpectedly discovered a blind spot.

Even though the power was turned off, the HDD's system screen was still lit up.

The anomaly before him reminded him of Su Chen's warning: there really was something wrong with that USB drive!

Lingyi noticed the anomaly and exclaimed, "There's been a hack! The HDD system disconnection isn't our problem!"

Just then, a sinister laugh came from the computer: "Hehehe! I thought you'd never find out, Phaethon!"

"But now I realize that the renowned Phaethon is nothing special after all. As you can see, this system is mine now. You better behave yourself and hand over the password you cracked from that USB drive!"

"What password? What code? I don't know!"

Bell tilted her head, looking just like the In the Night Garden baby.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhe attempted to seize control of HDD.

"Stop playing dumb with me!"

The hacker laughed at the bell.

Just as I was about to say something, I noticed Zhe's subtle actions.

"Well, as expected of Phaethon, you are indeed full of tricks!" the hacker sneered. "But I advise you not to waste your time. Even if this thing is incomplete, it is not something you can crack."

"..."

Zhe stopped what he was doing and shook his head at Ling.

As the hacker said, he couldn't find any flaws, just as he couldn't find the virus before.

Ling and Zhe looked at each other, both realizing the seriousness of the problem.

HDDs have a high level of security protection, making it difficult to control the system even with physical intrusion.

This hacker is no ordinary person.

It seems that Nicole and her friends have really gotten involved in a major incident this time.

The hacker said impatiently, "Stop standing there, Phaethon, hand over the password."

"I'm sorry, although we'd love to give it to you, we don't know the so-called password."

Zhe still chose to deceive them.

He didn't know what the hacker's purpose was, but it wouldn't be wise to hand over his only bargaining chip when he was in a passive position.

"Still playing dumb!" the hacker said with a sinister smile. "Looks like I'll have to teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a line of text appeared on the HDD's main unit screen: [Formatting in progress... Formatting complete]

"Oh no! The data at the Alpha data station has been wiped!"

As Ling watched the characters scrolling before her eyes, she couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

The Alpha Data Station stores the data they use to explore the Void, a key ingredient in making radishes.

The removal of this thing meant that their years of rope-making experience had vanished.

Even if Al-Ahram's rope net account still exists, it's just an empty shell.

"Heh heh heh ha, Phaethon, now you know how powerful I am," the hacker laughed. "With just a flick of my finger, your proud accounts are nothing!"

"But we really can't remember what the password is!"

Ling spread her hands and said helplessly.

Since the losses are already so great, I might as well just give up and go all out.

“That’s right, we’ve forgotten the password. But the data on the USB drive was cracked using the RopeNet’s computing power, and we have a backup in our RopeNet account,” Zhe said. “If you give us back control of the HDD system, I can log into my RopeNet account and tell you the password.”

“I won’t easily believe what you say about a cunning rope maker,” the hacker said, unconvinced by Zhe’s words. “However, there’s a video that might help you make a decision.”

"We just deleted a lot of things, but the video of that babbler is still stored. If we play it on another medium, I think you'll change your minds."

Upon hearing this, Ling and Zhe's hearts tightened: "Has something happened to Nicole and the others?"

The two quickly found a videotape, imported the video from the HDD system, and then played it on the television.

In the video, Nicole and Su Chen's group were led into a horde of hundreds of skeletons. However, these skeletons did not cause any trouble and were quickly killed by Su Chen.

Next, the group sat down to rest in a corner, and people from the Public Security Bureau and the Investigation Association approached.

Billy suggested trading the rope maker's information for the carrot, but Nicole and Su Chen promptly refused.

The video ends abruptly here.

Because the hackers knew that watching the next video even once would cause it to explode!