Chapter 39

Chapter 39

Yu Tang prepared a careful plan.

Pu Ying went out the next day and met a photography student on the way from the hotel to the investigation team.

The student was carrying a sack and fainted in front of Pu Ying's car.

After the student woke up, he told Pu Ying that his rental house had been sealed, the studio where he worked had closed down, he had ten younger brothers and sisters to support, and he had been wandering on the streets for half a month. He was on the verge of dropping out of school because he had no money, and he fainted on the roadside due to hunger..

The student expressed that he was unwilling to accept any funding and only hoped that someone could buy the 100 professional photography books and a medium-format high-end professional digital SLR camera that he had bought through frugality over the years.

…

Yu Tang controlled the temporarily generated photography student and looked at the system, which he hesitated to speak several times: "What's the problem? The logic still doesn't make sense?"

System: "...No."

Too clear.

If it weren't for Pu Ying, anyone else would have called and put this swindler in a sack and taken him to the police station.

It shouldn't have blindly trusted its host yesterday and left the work of character creation to Yu Tang and Xiao Hongka.

...Fortunately, Pu Ying is not wary of such dangers in the world.

Not long after leaving the electronic storm, Pu Ying was taken back by the Pu family.The Pu family carefully trained him as their heir, and only taught him the intrigues of business and the infighting of politics.

No one has taught Pu Ying yet that if a person holds a sack and crashes into a stationary car at a red light, and faints in front of the car with a bang, there is a high probability that he is going to extort his money.

The system sighed against the snowflakes that filled the screen. When Pu Ying wasn't paying attention, he made up for it and quietly added a few crooked and desolate patches to the sack.

"That's the price of the book and the camera."

In reality, Pu Ying has already written the check: "Is your photography studio still there?"

"..." Yu Tang, who manipulated the students: "?"

"It's okay." Pu Ying said.

Through his connections with the Pu family, he asked "World Geography" about S.t's identity.The other party protected the privacy of the contributor and did not give a clear answer. He only said that he was a part-time freelance contributor.

When the editor-in-chief of "World Geography" mentioned this photo, he was vague, as if he had some hidden meaning, and finally sighed.

The editor-in-chief said that although this photo was only submitted for publication recently, the time of taking it must have been very early.

S.t's photos of chasing extreme weather were once famous throughout the photography community.

For two years, the best sections of those major magazines and websites were reserved for "Storm". The strong tension and vitality that could burst out from those photos at any time, even their purely scientific journalsI couldn't help but feel excited.

But I don’t know why, but in these three years, S.t’s spiritual energy has been almost visibly disappearing.

S.t withdrew from those sections and gave out fewer and fewer works.Compared with the photos provided by other storm chasers, although they are still high-quality, they have lost the shocking power.

Those auras appeared with the "storm", glanced at them, and then disappeared quickly.

It was as if something had been sucked away in a strange way.

Due to the protection and respect for the privacy of contributors, World Geography cannot provide any relevant information, although it understands Pu Ying’s feelings.

When the editor-in-chief sent Pu Ying off, he still smiled and joked with him. The main magazine retained an outdated fan letter section.S.t was once the idol of many people. If Mr. Pu also wants to be a fan of S.t and wants S.t’s autograph, it’s not too late to write a letter now.

Pu Ying asked: "Can you write letters?"

Temporarily generated students: "?"

Pu Ying shook his head and stood up: "No need, I will do it myself."

He stuffed the sack of books into the back seat of the car, took the camera that the student carefully held in his arms, and put it in the passenger seat.

"Sir," the police officer who was maintaining order stopped him, "You don't have to pay compensation for these."

The assistant policeman had seen too many such porcelain activities. He glanced at the fair student with tender skin and tender flesh, and reminded Pu Ying in a low voice: "Maybe... he doesn't need help as much as you think."

Pu Ying nodded: "I understand."

The police officer was stunned for a moment.

Taking advantage of his daze, the student who had fainted from hunger a moment ago stood up, clutched the check and quickly got into the crowd, and in the blink of an eye he was gone.

Pu Ying didn't care and closed the car door.

"Sir!" The police assistant was very responsible, "The amount involved is relatively high. If you need it, we can assist in filing the case. We need your cooperation..."

Pu Ying frowned slightly: "We are doing a legitimate transaction, paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other."

Pu Ying: "The products he provided are indeed exactly what I need."

The assistant policeman was in disbelief. He stood outside the car and looked at the sack full of photography teaching materials.

Pu Ying had a pass from the Ministry of Science hanging on his car. He obviously had his own business and was not some idle rich second generation.

... To take a step back, if you can afford such a luxury car, even if you are interested in photography, you can hire a professional photographer to guide you. There is no need to read these primers.

The police officer frowned, glanced at the direction in which the students were running away, and then looked at the strange camera that had easily extorted the 400,000 yuan involved in the case.

"No need to look for him."

Pu Ying put the car into gear and looked away: "He doesn't need help, it's me who needs help."

The police officer was puzzled: "What?"

Pu Ying didn't explain any more. When the green light turned on, he started the car and merged into the passing traffic.

Unaffected by the team leader's new personal hobbies, the investigation team's work progress is still progressing steadily.

Wen Er has no deeper relationship with this data theft.

This is just an indiscriminate attack by hackers, with no inside story, no data reselling, and no inside and outside cooperation - it is not difficult to investigate at all, and no one will raise any objections.

In fact, in terms of work attitude and results alone, Wen Er is almost the most outstanding among all previous leaders.

Wen Er has no extra personal hobbies, no family, and no enjoyment of life.

He devoted all his energy to the electron storm research project, and even lived in the laboratory without sleep in order to derive a key conclusion.

The investigation team secretly discussed that Director Wen was so crazy because of their cold team leader.

Many people know this.

For quite some time, this has even been a theme used by the aristocratic families in the Ministry of Science to inspire their younger generations - young scientific geniuses have invested all their efforts and energy in order to save their old friends who were lost in the electronic storm, and with superhuman perseverance, they have won countless prizes.Qing's fruitful results.

Pu Ying is the luckiest one, almost everyone thinks so.

Even this time when he led a team to investigate the General Scientific Research Institute, people often looked at him secretly and cast vague, envious glances at him.

"For a childhood friend to do this..."

Pu Ying put down his pen and raised his eyes.

Several detectives were discussing in low voices about the investigation results. When they noticed that he was looking over, they quickly shut up.

Pu Ying asked: "What is the conclusion?"

"Team leader, the conclusion is very clear."

The detective sent over the investigation report: "The nature of the data theft incident is so bad that Wen Er, as the person in charge, cannot absolve himself of the blame, but there is no issue of malfeasance in his duties."

"Wen Er's workload, work content and results are all outstanding."

The detective said: "There is no collusion with outsiders to steal any evidence of data trafficking."

The investigation team was also responsible for supervising the work. The detective took another report and handed it to Pu Ying.

"His handling of this incident was timely and effective. At present, some scientific research teams have begun to resume operations."

"The damage to the database is too serious. The current capacity of the General Scientific Research Institute is limited, so it is difficult and impossible to make up for it."

"In the past few years when Wen Er was in charge of the General Scientific Research Institute, the entire research on electronic storms and related new results have increased several to ten times more than before, and some have even made leapfrog progress."

Agent: "According to the rating, he is already qualified to receive the Alliance's B-level meritorious service."

Pu Ying nodded.

He opened the report, took the seal engraved with his name, but did not approve it immediately, and opened the report summary of the work results supervision.

The detective was a little confused: "Team leader, do you have any more questions?"

Pu Ying: "Yes."

The detective was stunned.

They were specially assigned by the Ministry of Science to coordinate the investigation and have reviewed it many times to ensure that there are no errors or omissions in the data.

These are professional scientific research data, which must be verified repeatedly by experts. No one believes that Pu Ying, the head of the security department sent by the alliance, can hear anything wrong after just listening to it once.

"I really can't tell." Pu Ying closed the document, "At work, Director Wen has no problems."

The detective was puzzled: "If that's the case, then you..."

"I just have a personal doubt."

Pu Ying said: "How much basic data is needed to support these tasks?"

The detective had never thought about this. He opened his mouth but could not answer.

This is indeed a very layman's question.

The Science Department is a group of geniuses and lunatics who are obsessed with research. They only know how to immerse themselves in their own fields and directly use the data they need. Few people think about where the data comes from.

But now that Pu Ying brought it up, they suddenly realized...the electronic storm data is different from other ordinary scientific research data.

"I saw Director Wen's plan for handling this incident."

Pu Ying said: "Properly enough, we have reached the limit of what we can do."

Even if he handled it personally, he couldn't do any better than Wen Er.

In order to make up for the missing data, Wen Er recruited a new group of detectors and has carried out several new experimental detections.

However, these detectors have no relevant experience in entering electronic storms, and they must strictly abide by the safety regulations set by the Ministry of Science. The quality of the data they obtain is very average, and very few of them can be used directly without processing.

The several scientific research teams that have resumed operations are using old data that have been repaired and sorted.

"The hackers only stole half of the database, and the remaining half was patched, which is enough to support several scientific research teams to resume operations at the same time."

Pu Ying: "These are just unused data."

"The new research results have exceeded more than ten times, and leapfrog development must be supported by massive basic data."

"Coupled with Director Wen's personal research work, where did these inexhaustible data come from?"

Pu Ying asked: "With such a powerful data collection capability, why is it so difficult to repair a database now?"

This is too cold and inhumane.

Several agents sent by the Ministry of Science were accustomed to resisting these security agencies. When they heard this kind of question that was natural for a layman, the first thing they felt was vague displeasure.

——But after just a few seconds, these people suddenly reacted.

Electronic storms will destroy all precision machinery.

In current scientific research fields, most data collection is done by machines.However, the characteristics of electronic storms determine that relevant data can only be measured through traditional means of personal entry by human detectors.

Having such a strong data collection capability shows that before this, the General Scientific Research Institute should at least have a strong and mature team of detectors.

But the terminal was attacked fifteen days ago, and until now, the General Scientific Research Institute still does not have the ability to replenish the database.

Where is this team that should have existed?

Since we were able to collect such huge data before, why can’t we make up for it this time?

What's wrong with this team?

"Contact the General Scientific Research Institute and notify Director Wen at the same time, requesting a complete list of original detectors."

Pu Ying stood up: "I will report to the Alliance Security Department and apply for permission to view all data records under my personal ID."

The agents were still stunned, but when he reminded him, they quickly responded and turned around to contact each other.

One of the agents, who was responsible for monitoring the main scientific research institute at all times, returned to his seat and was suddenly startled.

During the time they were just discussing, the general database that had been silent these days was suddenly filled with new data.

"The database has started to be repaired normally!"

The agent called up the data increment in the past few days and compared it several times: "Yes, this speed is consistent with what Team Leader Pu just said..."

Several agents came over and saw clearly the line chart on the screen.

Compared with the first half of the month, the data that has been added in the past ten minutes have made the trend almost steep.

"Has someone in the original team started to resume detection?"

Some people speculated: "Or are the newly recruited detectors suddenly enlightened?"

"Probably not. We went to observe it yesterday. Not to mention the measurement data, it is already good to be able to stay in the electronic storm for fifteen seconds."

"The original team took a vacation. Is it back to work now?"

"After such a big incident, you still have a holiday as usual?"

"Electronic storms cause great damage to the human body. Although there are no clear regulations yet, ethically, the detection days should be separated. It is unreasonable not to take a vacation."

"Look, can the ID of the input data be clicked? There should be information about the detector..."

Everyone was talking among themselves, and when they noticed Pu Ying approaching, they all closed their mouths.

Pu Ying looked at the screen: "What did you find?"

"I discovered...some of the personal information of the detector who is currently importing data."

One of the agents came back to his senses: "He has a 15-day personal ID blockade record. It has just been unblocked. The detection record can be viewed forward to 200 records. The registration time..."

"The registration was three years ago."

The agent looked at it carefully: "The username is S.t, storm, storm."

General Scientific Research Institute.

Wen Er stared at the new data suddenly imported into the terminal and stood up suddenly.

His vision was almost stagnant. Looking at the significant increase in data, a slight hint of surprise flashed in his light gray pupils.

...Luo Ran is back.

Why did Luo Ran come back?

Seeing Luo Ran's physical condition, Luo Ran's parents would actually allow him to return to the main scientific research institute to continue detecting electronic storms?

How much did Luo Ran tell his family, and what did Luo Ran's parents say to him?

Wen Er's eyes twitched slightly, he raised his index finger and rubbed the table repeatedly nervously.

He knew that Luo Ran was hospitalized due to hypothermia - he had already discovered that Luo Ran was beginning to feel chills, and he had repeatedly conducted electronic storm detection. This kind of thing was inevitable.

People who dared to run outside wearing only a jacket in winter now unconsciously wear an extra layer of clothing even in summer and try to avoid air-conditioned rooms.Holding the hot water all day long without letting go, the palms of my hands were hot and red, but I didn't even know it.

But if he didn't remind him, Luo Ran wouldn't notice it himself.

Wen Er couldn't find any more high-sounding reasons for this kind of thing. He just thought almost pathologically that this was good for Luo Ran and would make Luo Ran more like Pu Ying.

Only when Luo Ran becomes more like Pu Ying can he continue to please him and stay at the General Scientific Research Institute.

In Wen Er's view, all the value of Luo Ran was given by him. He asked Luo Ran to be like Pu Ying and only received a part of the reward.

Wen Er raised his gaze and looked at the "World Geography" on the journal shelf.

He asked someone to get the same version of Pu Ying's journal, and the photo that Pu Ying collected kept poking his nerves.

Wen Er repeatedly told herself that Pu Ying would not be interested in this kind of thing, it was neither decent nor stable.The Pu family has always provided elite education and will not allow the children of the family to engage in such outrageous so-called "extreme pursuits" and "stimulating challenges."

Pu Ying wouldn't be interested in this kind of thing back then, and even less so now.

The one now... is cold, without any human breath or warmth, and is not even a complete human being.

Wen Er clasped the edge of the table hard.

He shouldn't have gone to see Pu Ying. Every time he saw Pu Ying, his emotions would completely lose control and he had to vent his anger on something.

... Luo Ran sent it himself.

It's not that he didn't want to let Luo Ran go. Now that Luo Ran has restored contact with his parents, it will take a lot more effort to control him than before, not to mention that the investigation team has not left yet.

With Luo's father's temper, if he really knew what happened to his son, he would definitely report him to the investigation team.

If Luo Ran stayed with his parents, of course he wouldn't be able to do anything.

But Luo Ran couldn't stand still and actually bumped into him. Just after the personal ID ban ended, he ran to do storm detection again.

Wen Er lowered his head, and the darkness in his eyes gradually deepened.

Since Luo Ran sent it up himself... there is nothing we can do.

…

"Then there's no way."

Yu Tang asked: "Are the hallucinogens ready?"

The system flashed the red light excitedly: "Ready! We have 400,000 experience points!"

Yu Tang nodded and raised his hand to turn off Wen Er's surveillance screen.

The card was not taken away by the system to steal snacks as usual. It was extremely quiet and stayed in the sea of consciousness farthest from the light screen.

Yu Tang went over and poked him, but before he could raise his hand, he was pulled by a weak force.

"Don't make trouble."

Yu Tang didn't even raise his head: "I don't have any bubble gum, go find it yourself..."

The red light on the card flickered.

It was still recovering, and its strength was not strong, but it still held on to Yu Tang's consciousness.

Yu Tang was startled for a moment and raised his gaze.

He carefully experienced Luo Ran's mood swings, and couldn't help but laugh: "Why are you worried about me? The electronic storm has no effect on me... Wen You certainly doesn't."

"If you have this time, why not practice calligraphy."

Yu Tang said: "When Pu Ying comes to ask for the idol's autographed photo, write him the most handsome one."

The card was half-believed and floated up unsteadily, circling around Yu Tang.

Yu Tang stood with his arms spread wide, letting it inspect his whole body.

…

In the original plot during this period, Luo Ran also conducted electronic storm detection in groups of five, just like he did today, and conducted three groups on the same day.

In the original work, Luo Ran actually has no purpose.

He just doesn't feel tired.

The electrical storm robbed him of his sense of "exhaustion" and "pain."

Because he escaped without permission, he missed the opportunity to make his parents proud in front of all his colleagues, and he learned on the phone that his willfulness would distract his parents.He listened to Wen You's words even more. Wen You coaxed him and said that as long as the detection was completed one hundred times, he would invite a lower-level scientific research institute to exchange reports.

Luo Ran had nothing else to do, so he went to detect it again and again.

The detection instrument cannot withstand excessively strong electronic pulses and has an automatic protection function. It will sleep for an hour every five times it detects.

When the instrument was sleeping, Luo Ran sat motionless, watching the second hand move forward one by one.

He thought to himself, why can't he complete the detection a hundred times in one go?

Why can't he turn into the "Pu Ying" Wen Er wants as soon as he opens his eyes?

He eventually passed out next to the instrument.

Without the body's early warning system, Luo Ran had no way of knowing the limits of his body.Due to the severe loss of body temperature, his blood pressure was incredibly low and his body began to stiffen, but he was no longer cold or shivering, and even felt so hot that he wanted to take off his clothes.

He hadn't felt so comfortable in a long time, as if he was immersed in an illusory and warm ball of light.

He went to unbutton his coat, but before his stiff, pale fingers could touch his shirt, he fell unconscious and fell to the ground.

…

Yu Tang took advantage of Luo Ran not paying attention and used a sack to cover the little red card.

The system helped from the side and quickly opened the shielded space. He was still a little worried: "Host, he is the only one in the dark room. Isn't it bad..."

Yu Tang thought for a while: "That's not good."

The system convinced the host on behalf of his good friend. He happily flashed the red light and was about to continue talking when the camera suddenly went black.

system:"……"

"You two are in a dark room, don't come out."

Yu Tang also put the system into the sack: "There are snacks, Coke, TV, the latest Switch and two-player game cards."

System: "...Host."

"Wait for me inside."

Yu Tang: "Tell Luo Ran that he is responsible for moving forward happily and not looking back."

The system was stunned for a moment, then flashed the red light and said nothing.

Yu Tang fastened the sack with a small dark room inside, concentrated his mind, and left the sea of consciousness.

…

Wen Er has arrived at the electronic storm detection area.

On the way here, he discovered that Luo Ran's detection times were abnormal, far exceeding the standard number under safe conditions.

After discovering this, Wen Er slowed down and stopped at the edge of the area.

He looked at Luo Ran through the surveillance camera, with an almost paranoid fanaticism in his eyes.

...He could guess that Luo Ran's body's early warning system was out of control.

Human perception of pain and fatigue is far more important than imagined.Once this kind of perception is lost, it means losing control of one's own state, which may lead to fatal danger at any time.

Pu Ying looks normal, but he actually wears a life level detection system that the Pu family spent a lot of money to build. It will immediately feedback any abnormal physical condition of Pu Ying to prevent him from overloading his body without realizing it.overdraft.

For Pu's family, this is even more worrying than Pu Ying's lack of emotions.

Wen Er gripped the steering wheel and stared at Luo Ran's detection record motionlessly until Luo Ran's detection suddenly stopped at the first time in the fifth group.

He knew that this had probably reached the limit that Luo Ran's body could support.

Under such strong stimulation, Luo Ran's body and personality will definitely change. He needs to record these extremely precious data as first-hand information for researching treatment plans.

Wen Er remained calm and deleted all of Luo Ran's abnormal detection records, turned off the monitor, and restarted the car.

He soon saw Luo Ran.

When Wen Er stopped the car, he glanced casually, but suddenly his brows furrowed slightly and he stared at the figure again.

…

Luo Ran did not faint.

Luo Ran is resting.

When he was in the hospital, Luo Ran still had red hair on his head. However, these days, the hair dyed back at some point and turned into fresh, short black hair.

The sky had darkened, and the blue light from the instrument screen fell on the side of Luo Ran's face, making his brows look even more deserted than usual.

Luo Ran lowered his gaze and was flipping through the instrument operation manual carelessly in his hand. His collar was blown open by the wind, revealing the eye-catching red birthmark on his neck.

He didn't know it was cold and was only wearing a fitted silver-gray shirt.

The fabric of the shirt is very high-quality, with sharp wrinkles outlined by the body. The cuffs are rolled up neatly, exposing half of the forearm. A metal wristband is worn on the tourbillon, which is stuck on the clear-cut wrist bones.

Hearing the sound of the engine, he threw down the manual, stood up, walked over, and opened the door.

There was a bang in Wen Er's head, and he felt cold from head to toe.

He lost his voice and stared at the figure in front of him motionless, all his thoughts were completely confused.

He saw Pu Ying.

"Wen Er?"

The person outside the car leaned over and looked at him: "Don't you do something?"

Wen You's throat moved slightly. He calmed down and asked hoarsely: "...what?"

"What on earth are you thinking about."

The person outside the car stretched out his hand, touched the pack of cigarettes from his dashboard, and took out one: "Your current status, your identity, the merits and rewards you have received... aren't they all given to you by me??”

Wen Er's pupils contracted slightly.

The words spoken by the person in front of Pu Ying were quietly synchronized with his own voice in his memory.

Wen Er had said these words to Luo Ran countless times.

He is always reminding Luo Ran that everything Luo Ran can get, everything that makes his parents proud, was given by him.

There was a cold feeling on Wen You's back. He looked at the figure in front of him and almost fell into a grotesque and absurd dream.

"You can't do anything without me."

"Isn't it already proven?"

The person outside the car was playing with the cigarette, his eyes fell on Wen Er, and his words were completely consistent with his.

"If you don't do something to make me happy, why should I continue to help you?"

"You don't really think...that I would fall in love with someone like you on a whim, do you?"