Chapter 379
Chapter 379: Chapter 46 Facing Me, Mortals Chapter 379: Chapter 46 Facing Me, Mortals Mi Country, New York, Aman Hotel.
This hotel, situated at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th street, is hailed as a masterpiece of Beaux-Arts architecture in Mi Country’s history and was the first building of the Mi Country Modern Art Museum, constructed in 1921.
The building was renamed Aman New York in August 2022, marking its reopening as a hotel.
The security department of China chose this place for Team China’s accommodations not because of its artistic atmosphere or the expensive and high-class costs, but for comprehensive safety considerations and privacy protection.
Inside Lin Xian’s room, several accompanying staff members were inspecting with various instruments, checking all the equipment, cables, and corners of the room.
This was actually the fourth inspection; before Lin Xian’s competition team had arrived in Mi Country, the room had been prepared and thoroughly checked three times.
“There is no problem, Mr.
Lin Xian, you can rest assured to check in.”
The team leader responsible for security saluted Lin Xian:
“You’re an expert in information technology, so we won’t presume to instruct you about how to be cautious online, or the dangers of connecting to networks indiscriminately.
We’ll head together to the New Jersey Open-Air Stadium across the river for the ‘2023 World Hacker Competition’ tomorrow.
In any case…
if there are any issues, contact us immediately; it’s best not to go out unless necessary.”
Lin Xian nodded:
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“Thank you.”“You’re welcome, Mr.
Lin,” the team leader said with a smile to Lin Xian:
“Director Liu An has already specially instructed us regarding your affairs.
After the World Hacker Competition ends tomorrow night, we will escort you to Princeton Marshal Street with a consulate motorcade.
Don’t worry, we’ve got these matters arranged, and we will ensure your safety.”
“Well, we won’t disturb your rest any longer.
It’s too late to adjust to the time change now; I suggest you just sleep until tomorrow to maintain good energy for tomorrow night.
Goodbye.”
With that,
The team leader waved his hand, and the security and technical personnel exited the room.
Bang.
The door closed.
Lin Xian paced around for a while before hesitantly whispering:
“VV?”
“I’m here.”
Almost instantly, the large TV in the suite living room broadcasted VV’s voice:
“I’ve been here since this morning; I’ve already checked all the networks nearby.
There are no ambushes or surveillance, and there’s no trace of that Black Hand…
It really was the right decision to come here, Lin Xian.
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That Black Hand is focusing all his energy and attention on monitoring and infiltrating the Great Firewall, and doesn’t care at all about Mi Country’s homeland.”
“Understandable.”
Lin Xian said:
“To the world’s strongest hacker, Kevin Walker, what difference is there between us, Team China, cracking an Apple phone, infiltrating Google’s website, or even the program you wrote for me to hack a Tesla car, and a child’s play?
Of course, he wouldn’t care.
In his eyes, the ‘2023 World Hacker Competition’ is nothing more than a stage for him to show off.
Who participates or who wins, he simply doesn’t care.
His goal, from the very beginning, has only been one—the Dragon Nation Skynet System.”
…
After the official plane of China landed at the airport in Mi Country, VV shouted “See you later, bro!” in Lin Xian’s Bluetooth earpiece and then slipped away along the airport’s wireless network.
This was also what Lin Xian had instructed it to do.
On the premise of ensuring safety and not exposing its existence, it was to infiltrate Mi Country’s networks as soon as possible and then start collecting information and photographic data regarding Kevin Walker, as well as global face recognition data.
These two tasks were equally important.
Because…
It was very likely…
That these two matters would ultimately lead to the same answer—
The mysterious old man in the Fourth Dreamland was none other than Kevin Walker, whom they were about to meet face to face.
If VV had so casually left,
It clearly meant that there were indeed no risks in the networks of Mi Country, at least none like those outside the Great Firewall of China, where one would be surrounded by the Black Hand the moment they crossed and exposed.
No matter how powerful Kevin Walker was, he was still just a person living in 2023.
His energy was limited, as was his program’s computing power; he couldn’t possibly monitor the entire globe with full coverage and no blind spots…
Let alone him, even VV couldn’t manage that.
However, a targeted 24-hour surveillance of a single person was still quite easy for them.
Therefore, hiding their presence and not exposing themselves was crucial for Lin Xian and VV at the moment.
“I~ Oh~ I’ve already started wuhu~ collecting the face data wowowowo~”
VV jumped from the TV to the nearby electronic record player, spinning the disc and emitting an operatic soprano’s shiver-inducing high notes.
Singing and speaking at the same time.
“Can you stop performing?” Lin Xian was quite speechless at this drama queen.
“This!
Is!
Adapting!
To!
The~Local~Customs~~~~~~~~”
VV sang with soul-piercing vibrato.
Lin Xian walked up, unplugged the record player directly:
“Why don’t you consider going to Hollywood for further studies?”
“Good idea.”
Saying that, the room quieted down again; VV probably really went off to Hollywood.
Lin Xian stretched lazily, getting ready to sleep and rest.
He might grumble about VV, but he had no worries about its efficiency and dedication to work.
Though this thing was always goofing around and acting out, it never fell behind or neglected its duties.
Since VV still had the time to blabber, that indicated it was handling things with ease, which meant that the current situation was very safe and everything was going smoothly.
So, it wasn’t a bad thing, but rather a good sign.