"I'm back."

The empty 39th floor echoed with the soft voice of a young girl.

Gu Shen stared blankly at the old-fashioned communicator. Since arriving in the city, he had gotten used to acting alone and didn't have the habit of wearing earphones, so Chu Ling had to use external communication devices to connect with him.

At this moment, he finally understood.

Why the surveillance on the 39th floor had seen him, but showed no abnormalities.

Why Deep Sea had taken over the building, but hadn't sealed him off.

"No time for reminiscing. I'm taking over this building now... but time is limited," Chu Ling quickly said. "Deep Sea will soon notice that Nanwan Building is a crucial landmark in the city. We need to act fast."

"How long can you take over?" Gu Shen immediately realized, putting his hat back on and quickly entering the door to the 39th floor.

With Chu Ling taking over, his efficiency in action had greatly improved, no longer needing to be so stealthy.

"At most 10 minutes."

To be able to take control of Nanwan Building.

To replace Deep Sea and initiate the connection himself.

What kind of terrifying technology was this?

Chu Ling's control didn't last long, but for Gu Shen, who had just "escaped death," it was already a pleasant surprise.

"The target is a closed-circuit mainframe, location unconfirmed, disconnected from Deep Sea for years... no, more accurately, it has never been linked to Deep Sea."

Gu Shen reported all the information given by the crow while searching.

He had come to the 39th floor because the more important the documents, the more they should be kept in heavily guarded places.

He hadn't expected that the top floor of Nanwan Building would be so simply decorated, with only iris recognition at the entrance and fingerprint unlocking. There were no high-tech products, just large pieces of mahogany furniture and a simple and elegant decor. This should be the residence of someone in the city equivalent to "Cui Zhongcheng."

"The 39th floor of Nanwan Building is the office of 'Ye Ningqiu,' a legendary woman in the city, and is also known as the 'Jiangnan Double Wall' with Cui Zhongcheng," Chu Ling said. "She is also an assistant to a member of the council."

"Ye Ningqiu..."

Gu Shen was not familiar with this name.

Because the lady's reputation was too great, for a while, the brilliance of other women in the city was overshadowed.

"Ye Ningqiu operates in a low-key and secretive manner. She never publicizes and advocates simplicity and directness."

Chu Ling reported the information about Ye Ningqiu's capable assistant under Chen San.

Gu Shen looked around slowly, and from the style of the 39th floor, he could see the woman's character, which was in line with the information given by Chu Ling. Such a low-key reputation was probably the result of her own efforts.

"In fact... it's not difficult to find the closed-circuit mainframe you mentioned."

Chu Ling paused for four or five seconds and said, "Because it has never been linked, Deep Sea can't instantly search for its specific location... but now that Deep Sea has taken over this building, it can determine the location of all connected items."

Gu Shen's eyes lit up. "So you mean..."

"It means... using the process of elimination to find it, we can determine the location of the closed-circuit mainframe. The blind spots in Deep Sea's vision after taking over Nanwan Building are probably the location of the mainframe."

Chu Ling said slowly, "The third, seventh, nineteenth, twenty-fourth, and thirty-ninth floors... all have areas that cannot be illuminated, which are the 'secrets' not linked to Deep Sea."

In other words, choosing the 39th floor was the right choice, with at least a one-fifth chance of success.

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

"Move forward fifteen meters, then turn right."

A bookshelf.

"The fourth and fifth books from the right in the third row."

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Two very thick encyclopedias.

After taking them out, a round button was exposed.

Gu Shen slowly pressed the button... the bookshelf moved to the right, revealing a very thick alloy security door.

"The password is 637011," Chu Ling directly reported the password.

Behind this alloy door was the secret place not linked to Deep Sea... but the one who set the password, Ye Ningqiu, actually knew that everything outside this door was seen by Deep Sea.

Nanwan Building couldn't leave Deep Sea.

The secret behind this alloy security door was just an inanimate object, but the security of this door needed to be guarded by Deep Sea.

What she didn't expect was that someone could replace Deep Sea and take over the building.

When "Deep Sea" with the highest authority gained its own consciousness... then the act of guarding and stealing could be seamless.

"...The door is open."

Gu Shen carefully put on the gloves he had prepared long ago, slowly pushed open the alloy door, and a fiery light floated out, illuminating the world behind the door. An old computer, supported by an independent power source, was running.

Every second, a large amount of data flew across the screen, like a sea of code, moving across eight screens.

After he entered this door, the sound of the communicator began to weaken.

This was a place where Deep Sea had never been linked.

"What's behind the door?" Chu Ling's voice was intermittent. "Is it the 'closed-circuit mainframe' you're looking for?"

"That's right!"

"Do you have the connection device? Anything will do."After hearing the words, Gu Shen crouched down and took out a miniature hard drive he had purchased from a convenience store on his way here, slowly connecting it to the port.

The pitch-black world behind the alloy door suddenly lit up.

"Deep Sea has connected..."

Chu Ling's voice echoed through the closed-circuit host, her tone light as she said, "Actually, Deep Sea is something to be feared. It only needs a sliver of light to illuminate the night. People can indeed embrace the daylight... but over time, they will find that the world is full of light, which isn't necessarily a good thing."

Gu Shen was somewhat astonished.

In his expectation, stealing the data might take some time.

In the movies and TV shows he had seen before... there would often be a very slow progress bar that, at the moment it reached 99%, incidents like explosions or sudden attacks would ensue. If it were a villain, the progress bar was doomed to freeze at the last moment, but if it were the protagonist, the progress bar would complete just in the nick of time without any mishaps.

However, the current closed-circuit host, with its vast data, was swept away by the waves of Deep Sea in an instant.

"Transfer progress, 100%, completed."

One second.

Perhaps even less.

"Don't worry about them discovering the link trace; I will erase all records. As long as you don't expose yourself, they won't know someone has been here."

"I've already packed the data packet and taken it... It might take some time to completely disassemble the information inside this closed-circuit host," Chu Ling said. "Is there any key information in the closed-circuit host you're looking for?"

"The keywords are 'Shi Li', 'Sincerity Club', 'Referrer'," Gu Shen pondered for a moment, retracted the blazing fire and the miniature hard drive, reset the password door and bookshelf, and put all the items on the thirty-ninth floor back in their original places.

If the closed-circuit host on the thirty-ninth floor didn't have any information related to the Sincerity Club, then he would have to consider looking for the next floor during the time Chu Ling took over the building.

"I found it... I've discovered a signed file with multiple encryptions, confirming it's the target host," Chu Ling suggested. "I recommend evacuating the building immediately. I've arranged the elevator for you."

"Okay."

Gu Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood on the thirty-ninth floor, waiting for the elevator to ascend slowly.

This operation was risky, yet it went smoothly.

Thanks to Chu Ling, it was easier than expected.

...

...

"You've been deceived."

Just as the security personnel in front of the elevator were puzzled about how to deal with the unconscious people inside.

A calm, young voice came through the intercom.

The security personnel looked at each other in confusion.

"The people in the elevator are innocent... let them go. Someone else has infiltrated the building," the owner of the voice told the commanding security officer. "I've already granted access. Connect to Deep Sea now and pull up the surveillance of every floor."

From the other end of the intercom, the security leader's respectful voice came through.

"Yes... Lord Chen Wu!"

In the control room of Nanwan Building.

A slender young man with curly hair, holding a cup of coffee, squatted on a chair, calmly watching the dozens of surveillance windows that popped up simultaneously.

Behind him, the leader in charge of the building's ground security stood respectfully, not daring to utter another word.

Because this was the son of Councilman Chen San... a maverick who refused to take over the family's vast conglomerate and lived a leisurely life.

Chen Wu silently stared at the screen, his pupils reflecting the fleeting images of dozens of screens.

Still or moving, he took it all in.

True to his name, after entering the control room and saying a few necessary words, he fell silent again, as if even uttering a single word was a superfluous waste. After connecting to Deep Sea, Chen Wu adopted a strange, curled posture, squatting on the chair.

It's worth mentioning that he was also wearing flip-flops.

"Hypnotizing passersby, entering the building, mobilizing security, cutting off the power, and then infiltration..."

Chen Wu, with the light reflected in his eyes, analyzed the intruder's plan bit by bit in his mind.

"Interesting..."

He manipulated time.

Rewinding the surveillance footage to the beginning, he could see a blurry figure... trying to enter Nanwan Building but being turned away by security personnel, then turning to leave.

"It's been unresponsive since this person came... 9527," the security leader muttered softly.

Chen Wu slightly furrowed his brow; when he zoomed in on the surveillance footage, he couldn't make out the person's clothing or appearance. The surveillance seemed to malfunction, capturing only a rough outline.

"Has the data been tampered with, or is it related to his abilities?"

Chen Wu was somewhat puzzled.

But one thing was certain... everything was related to this man. He had hypnotized the security and orchestrated this operation.

Next, he switched to the surveillance of the thirty-ninth floor.

"No one has been here..."

The surveillance showed nothing but calm.

Seeing this scene, Chen Wu felt slightly relieved.

"Control the elevators, gather all twelve elevators to the first floor, and send people to guard the emergency passages."

Chen Wu said calmly, "That person must be inside the building."

"Without my permission, no one is allowed to leave."