Dan Embrace

Meanwhile, in a military district hospital, the political commissar stared at the vital signs on the monitor, all of them flatlined. He tore off his cap and slammed it onto the table, then turned red-rimmed eyes toward the doctors trying to save Chen Cheng.

"Save Academician Chen, no matter what it takes. He is vitally important to the country."

"We'll do everything we can. Please step outside. We need quiet in here."

The nurse's hands were covered in blood as she spoke to the political commissar.

The moment he left the emergency room, his phone rang.

A furious voice came from the other end. The political commissar could only hold back his tears and listen to the reprimand.

"This was a planned, premeditated assassination targeting him. Now is not the time to hold you responsible. Take your people and root out those enemy agents immediately."

"Yes, sir."

Not long after he hung up, the information department called. They reported the warning text Chen Cheng had received before the attack.

"Trace it now. Pinpoint the source of that signal. I want to meet whoever sent that warning."

The political commissar delivered the order into the phone.

But the technician on the other end hesitated.

"That could be extremely difficult. The network across the entire area was cut off just as the message went out. With so many people coming and going..."

"Give me the odds."

"Less than ten percent, and that's only if they haven't destroyed the SIM card used to send it. Otherwise, zero."

The technician gave him the answer without hedging.

Cyberattacks and cyberdefense might sound mysterious, but the simplest way to beat an attacker was to disconnect from the network. If a personal computer was being hacked, pull the plug. The hacker could be the best in the