Hacking Skills

Internet cafes were common later in time, but in this day and age, the one at the corner stood out.

If it were not for the coincidence, Song Ye did not expect to get in touch with her old partner.

Computers were Song Ye's only and most loyal companions. As a globally wanted assassin, she had never been afraid of getting caught. She was a world-class hacker. No matter how many databases the countries had, she could easily wipe out any information on her.

Even though one could surf the net in this day and age, most people did not know how it worked. Software was not complete, and all the machines were dedicated to playing desktop games.

Because the internet cafes then did not have an age limit, Song Ye used a dollar to buy an hour of access. She picked a quiet corner and logged onto the Internet. When her fingers touched the keyboard, there was only the endless clicking sound. The blue screen brought up countless pages with strings of words. Anyone who did not know better would have assumed that the computer had been infected.

Within three minutes, Song Ye had made her way into the database of the Cloud City government. She created a new identity for herself and set her age as eighteen and her gender as a male. She used the webcam to put in a photo of herself on file, and just like that, she had a new identity.

She then thought about it and changed the sex on her current identity as well.

Even though her young face made people let their guard down when dealing with matters on the street, that was an inconvenience in some areas, such as opening a bank account.

Having realized that she was undiscovered after all that, she decided to look up some information on the organization. To no surprise, she came up with nothing.

Then again, how would an elite organization like that one leave any traces?

Revenge would be taken… in time to come. Just as Song Ye was about to leave the webpage, she saw a new notification.

'Cloud City's human traffickers on the run, wanted nationally."

The face next to the headline was the man with the goatee who had been scammed by Song Ye on the train.

There were so many people there, and he still managed to escape.

Song Ye had her doubts about the ability of the civil servants.

Looking at the face on the screen, her memories drifted to someone who had helped her in a time of difficulty.

Making a decision to herself silently, she closed all the pages and wiped out all her traces. She then left the internet cafe and went to open a bank account.

What she did not know was that as she sauntered out, a military base in the mountains of Cloud City received an alert on their computers.

The soldier working on the system paused. "Someone hacked into Cloud City's system." Immediately after his report, he found that the alert had promptly disappeared.

Just as Qin Zhan's sharp eyes swept over from the window, he saw the alert disappear.

"Eh, that's weird. Why did it disappear? I can't even find the source of the signal, and the person even managed to evade the tracing!" The soldier was in disbelief from what he saw.

Qin Zhan stood up from the window. He gave off an authoritative aura, and his camo uniform accentuated his figure.

His bony fingers rapped on the screen. "It's a hacker. Check if anything big has happened in Cloud City recently," he said coldly.

"Yes." The soldier's expression became more serious when he heard that it was a hacker, and he quickly got to work. They had their hands on the latest computer defense technology in the country. If the other party was able to break into their defense system, they might be from another country.

"Major, other than a few pieces of news on social visits, the only news was on the trafficker wanted for trafficking young girls. All the traces have been covered up. The person who did this is experienced." The soldier reported as the data floated on the screen.

Qin Zhan did not say anything as he stood at the door, covering all the light. "Get on the case about the trafficker and continue to watch the internet systems of Cloud City."

"Yes," the soldier replied. Qin Zhan walked away and the soldier felt a pressure lift off his shoulders. A layer of cold sweat had formed on his forehead.

As a member of the country's elite operations team, Qin Zhan had accumulated countless amounts of medals. He would also take all sorts of operations all-year-round. He came to Cloud City this time to crack down on a firearms trafficking case. In this process, anyone found to be suspicious would be listed down as persons of interest in the investigation.

Unlucky Song Ye had just collected her identification card. She was in a good mood, unaware that someone had their eye on her.

…

The auction was held in the main hall of the jade market. There were small sellers of stones on the periphery. Even though it was not of the best quality, it was inexpensive. Many laymen would try their luck there.

It was Song Ye's first time at a jade market of this size.

There were a few pieces of big pieces of stones here and there, and small stalls were selling jade art and stones.

Zhao Zhen was not interested in the laypeople's products. He agreed on a time to meet Song Ye and went to register for the auction.

"Hey, young chap, wanna get a stone? I'm telling you, these stones all have top-quality jade. Those are really precious stones." The owner tried to explain things to Song Ye since she seemed a little young. However, he kept quiet after a while when he realized that Song Ye was not paying attention to him.

Song Ye knew that he was intentionally trying to raise the prices so she squatted down and began examining the stones without saying anything.

Every stone in her hand turned transparent, and she could see if there was jade in them.

Such a skill allowed her to go through them fairly quickly, and she had a small pile of rocks after a while.

"Hey, bumpkin, go home if you wanna play with dirt. Don't disgrace yourself here." A mocking voice and a few figures appeared behind Song Ye.