"You?" The bespectacled staff member adjusted his glasses and frowned, "Who are you?"

At this moment, a man who seemed to be a leader approached, his expression so grim as if it could drip water. He looked at Lu Yao and asked, "Which unit are you from?"

Xiao Feng wasn't pleased at all. He had come to help in good spirit, but it seemed like he was being accused of causing trouble. He grabbed Lu Yao and was about to walk out of the tent.

Miao Yueqian quickly mediated and said, "She is the best in our team's network security technology. Let her try, it will definitely be fine!"

Miao Yueqian had personally witnessed Lu Yao's skills, and with Xiao Feng recommending her at this moment, her confidence grew.

As for whether they'd be embarrassed, Miao Yueqian didn't think much about it since Xiao Feng, being someone who cares about face, wouldn't do something foolish.

With Miao Yueqian's guarantee, the man nodded, "Alright, let her give it a try."

He gestured for the person in the seat to get up.

Lu Yao sat down at once, looking at the string of cryptic numbers before her. She took a deep breath and then started operating with incredible proficiency.

"Tap tap tap tap!"

Her slender fingers danced across the keyboard, producing a crisp and continuous sound, leaving everyone in the room stunned.

After Lu Yao joined, both defense and counterattack progressed more than threefold.

"The defense system is set up. Now join me in finding the source." Lu Yao said sternly.

"Yes!" The others responded in unison, as if Lu Yao was the absolute leader at that moment, and they were merely doing the cleanup work.

It was indeed the case. Lu Yao's sharp style here was entirely different from her usual obedient girl image.

A series of seemingly unrelated characters were edited into commands under her hands, appearing on the screen and dazzling everyone.

Elsewhere, members of the Demon Suppression Action Team watched the three squads still on a long journey on the main screen, feeling a sense of great disappointment.

"I thought it would be more exciting than this. At this level, they couldn't even pass the first round of our year-end assessment." Someone said dully, "Let's all disperse, let's all disperse, it's pointless."

Gong Kaishan also felt a bit undervalued, thinking, "This beating I took wasn't worth the price of admission."

Yet at this time, before everyone could leave, the main screen flickered and then went black, showing a line of red text: Current Signal Lost.

"Is the signal having issues?" Gong Kaishan pondered.

Qian Shaoyuan, previously bored, suddenly became animated, "Someone broke through my defenses and forcibly cut the signal. Interesting, interesting. It seems the opponent isn't that weak after all."

He seemed to be wishing someone would break his defenses.

Qian Shaoyuan pulled up a chair and sat down, typing on the keyboard while saying, "The opponent is searching for us now. The main attacker's strategy is fierce, and their skill seems very high, but the other assistants can't keep up. It's a pity, otherwise, they might really find us."

Around him, Gong Kaishan and others' expressions changed significantly.

Getting Qian Shaoyuan to say "very high skill" was quite rare.

In the tent, Lu Yao closed her eyes, sighed deeply, and her disappointment was evident.

Someone approached, lowering their head and said, "Apologies, your attack was too fast. We've tried our best but still couldn't keep up."

The person in charge looked at Lu Yao as if a pauper seeing a gold mine, thinking having such a high-level talent in a criminal investigation team was a great waste.

Lu Yao smiled, without criticizing or complaining.

She couldn't expect everyone to match her level, and she was merely lending a hand. As for the results, it wasn't her concern.

However, just as Lu Yao was about to get up, the alarm sounded once more.

Lu Yao frowned, feeling this was a blatant provocation. Did they think she was just a pushover?

Throwing caution to the wind, she dove back into responding with all her focus.

The others, realizing they couldn't help much after trying for some time, stopped wasting efforts and gathered behind Lu Yao, watching her adept operation with admiration.

A few even took out notebooks to take notes, afraid of missing any details.

In the underground base, Qian Shaoyuan's gaze turned feverish, a sign of his seriousness. Once in this state, nothing could disturb him, not even if the sky were falling.

Of course, to disrupt him, one wouldn't need something as drastic as the sky falling—just cutting the power would do, rendering even Qian Shaoyuan helpless.

"I don't believe I can't break through!" Qian Shaoyuan said, his enthusiasm rising, his hands moving even faster.

"Is breaking through such defenses really this difficult?" Gong Kaishan scratched his head, baffled by the stream of code on the screen.

"What do you know!" Li Ying rolled her eyes, "Do you think it's as easy as breaking a phone password or a computer boot password?

Firstly, the opponent set up twelve firewalls. These are interconnected, and breaking one does nothing. You must break them all simultaneously. Given they've set this up in such a short time, their skill level is evident."

Gong Kaishan was a bit intimidated, "That's incredible!"

But Li Ying had no intention of explaining further, turning her head aside, feeling like she was talking to a brick wall with Gong Kaishan.

As time passed, Qian Shaoyuan's excitement grew, often lamenting how lonely invincibility felt. Now, with a worthy opponent, his dormant fighting spirit was reignited, making his face flush unnaturally.

But soon, Qian Shaoyuan noticed something was wrong, as the opposition unknowingly counterattacked, circling behind him, making it impossible to retreat.

"What's wrong?" Sensing something amiss, Li Ying asked nervously.

"The opponent's skill... surpasses mine." Qian Shaoyuan said, his face serious, "If this continues, in five minutes, we'll be locked down by the opponent."

"..." Everyone in the underground base exchanged looks, as if they had heard something unbelievable.

Could there really be someone more skilled than Qian Shaoyuan?!

At this moment, Qian Shaoyuan took a deep breath, his hands leaving the keyboard, then exhaled the air he'd drawn into his lungs, "Unplug the power..."

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