Eriri remembered seeing a Hollywood blockbuster once. The hacker protagonist had hammered away at a keyboard, all sorts of information flashing across the screen with dramatic speed. Paired with the background music, it had felt incredibly high-tech even though she could not understand any of it.
And now, she was seeing the real-life version.
Fang Zheng stood before the black stone pillar, continuously hammering away at the keyboard. Heart-pounding alarm sounds echoed everywhere, while markers labeled "ERROR" and "WARNING" appeared out of thin air from time to time. Yui stared dumbfoundedly at Fang Zheng's actions, murmuring in amazement.
"Dad... is amazing..."
"Yui? What is Mr. Fang Zheng doing?"
Hearing Yui's admiration, Asuna could not help asking. The life plan her mother had laid out for her had never included becoming a programmer. If someone wanted Asuna to talk about piano or classical music, she might be able to say a thing or two, but faced with the characters flashing before her, she felt as though she were looking at an incomprehensible heavenly text.
"Dad is invading Cardinal's main system, and he's almost succeeded!!"
Yui excitedly clenched her hands and stared wide-eyed at the scene before her. As a subprogram, Yui knew better than anyone how formidable Cardinal was. It was the emperor of all programs, the supreme ruler, an existence that could decide life and death with a single word. Yet what Fang Zheng was doing now looked, to Yui, no different from a mortal slaying a god!
Asuna still did not quite understand, but Eriri understood a little more. Her eyes immediately lit up.
"Wait, so... Mr. Fang Zheng can control this system now? Then can't he just send us out directly?"
"Yes."
Without turning his head, Fang Zheng answered Eriri's question while continuing to type.
"GMs have the