Silver City.

While Sariel was busy collecting pirate ransom, he was also paying attention to the progress of the inland development activities and keeping an eye on the drama related to Chun at the Northern Fishing Port Village of Black Iron City.

Sariel actually dismissed the forum posts made by Pipe Rat about Chun. What laughable cats and dogs dare to play with public opinion in front of him?

However, he was quite puzzled about the whereabouts of the Siren and Pirate Pearl. All the captured pirates had no idea how the Siren had contacted Aziza.

In fact, the logical deduction was quite simple: the Siren is an intervening NPC of the Mermaid, and as the Mermaid became stronger as a Guardian God, the intervening NPC should also strengthen accordingly. Therefore, it followed logically that they allied with Sea Monsters and pirates.

This powerful and unknown force also made Sariel hesitant to easily initiate a second siege pirate bombardment on Plague Island.

Of course, Sariel wasn't worried, as the Angel Race was developing rapidly. Even if he couldn't hold on, Michael would intervene.

Sariel was preparing for the development of the Sea of Creation, but the problem was he did not have an independent warship. Although he could mobilize the Silver Queen Duke, that required triggering an escort task and obtaining the City Lord's consent. Unless he also triggered a task for developing the Sea of Creation, but Silver City currently didn't have the capability to trigger such a task.

Or, as Michael initially suggested, let the Mermaid go out and develop her own force—but Sariel couldn't accept that. Even if she became a Guardian God, it was unlikely she would leave, but he worried about her safety...

Perhaps he could collaborate with the Angel Race to build a super warship? But that's actually more difficult, not to mention the funding, technical purchase qualifications, just the construction period would take months, and he couldn't wait that long.

While pondering this, the family chat group called a meeting.

Michael said, "There are two matters to discuss, let the butler speak."

The butler reported, "Gentlemen, the suspects for modifying the code have been identified. They are two Curry people programmers, Alpha and Beta, who left after last year's internal testing was completed. Alpha participated in the full production of the Tata War God package, while Beta was responsible for optimizing the architecture of the Shit Mountain. Their last public records showed one went on a trip to Europe and the other to the Maldives, but their whereabouts for the subsequent year are unknown, with no immigration or bank account activity, as if they vanished. The most likely scenario is they used fake identities to relocate and are living on the dark web with virtual currency..."

Michael sighed, "It's very troublesome. The top programmers have hidden as the most secretive hackers. With their reclusive nature, they could easily stay in a basement online for years without appearing..."

Gabriel said, "If he was responsible for optimizing Shit Mountain, he could have the chance to set backdoors in a lot of projects! We might need to thoroughly self-check each of our package projects."

Michael solemnly said, "There's not as much opportunity as you think. Although Uriel looks down on Shit Mountain, its advantage is that any change would cause a complete collapse. If he managed to sneak out a dragon egg without causing a collapse, it's already impressive. His backdoors could only be in the areas related to Black Iron City dragon eggs, and shouldn't affect your Gem City and Oak City."

Gabriel asked, "So should we monitor Tata Battle Team to find these two's whereabouts?"

Michael sighed, "That seems to be the only approach, but I doubt its effectiveness. A top hacker with backdoors likely won't care about players, and on the contrary, Tata Battle Team could become their puppets."

Gabriel frowned, "Are you saying our Golden Continent is hiding two superpowerful individuals?"

Michael said gravely, "That's very possible, and they may even threaten our positions."

Sariel grew impatient, "Just fire the rest of the Curry people, they're surely conspiring through the dark web..."

Uriel laughed, "Yes, that's exactly what I mean!"

Michael reluctantly said, "Butler, go to the next item, although something feels off."

The butler reported, "Chun's real-world location was exposed, right under the Azure Sky Battle Team's internet café in Shenjiang City, China. Investigation shows it was the only café not to lose power during the April Fool's offensive because Chun handled it promptly. He has two teams of professional security escorting him for meals every day..."

Everyone was in an uproar, "In an internet café? How is that possible?"

"If he's such a figure, he should have vanished like Alpha and Beta and hidden in the dark web. How could he possibly expose himself to the public like this?"

Michael sighed, "Which is why it feels odd."

Gabriel was stunned, "Security teams and secret national team rumors, it all feels exaggerated. Is he just a publicity-seeking internet celebrity? The key is he stays in a private room, there's no evidence of him logging into an account; no one can confirm he's Chun!"

Sariel said, "Is it possible the real Chun is hiding in a secret location, and this person is just appearing publicly to relay messages?"

Uriel said, "In China, they value truth amid falsehood; when all believe it's false, it might be true!"

Raphael laughed, "If I assume Uriel thinks that way, I can predict your prediction and intentionally make a false one seem true."

Uriel replied irritably, "Then I can predict your prediction of my prediction and make it genuinely true..."

Michael, overwhelmed, said, "Let's leave it at that. Chun is just exiled to an island, and no matter the hype, the threat is limited. Let's leave him to be monitored by the Divine Presence Corps. Everyone, focus on finding Alpha and Beta."

Sariel was enthusiastic, "No, no, no, he ranked 11th globally by colluding with pirates. The pirate threat is significant, so I have a project. Should we fund a super warship together?"

The crowd hissed!

Sariel pressed, "I know everyone looks down on it, or we could make a Void Divine Throne Floating City?"

Michael sighed, "Just let the Mermaid venture out on her own, really, she doesn't need you..."

The crowd burst into laughter.

...

Divine Presence Command Center.

As the Young Master was too upset to sleep, a call came from the first person's butler!

The Young Master suppressed his emotions in surprise, "Hello sir!"

"We have news on Chun's real-world identity, it's up to your organization to monitor..."

"Understood! Understood!!"

After the call, the Young Master was stunned with disbelief!

He was shocked that even in Shenjiang, where his information network was the most extensive and advanced, his superiors got the information first, not him!

Incredible, how could someone like this be in an internet café? That's what puzzled the superiors, so he had to handle this well!

"External Communication Team, prepare personnel in Shenjiang..."

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