Sea Emperor Robs the Rich to Aid the Poor
While Gu Ding and his team were busy tracking down the data, the Stephen and other senior members of the Gates Family were also busy. They reappeared at the negotiating table for various projects, which surprised many people.
Fa Te thought that once his Old Dad others woke up, he could finally relax a bit. However, Stephen kept calling on him to participate in every project negotiation, keeping him extremely busy, though the pressure had lessened considerably.
Meanwhile, the Sea Emperor, although having cleaned up what the designer had obtained, was still monitoring the designer's every move.
Two days later, an encrypted number dialed the designer's communicator.
The designer glanced at the number and immediately pressed the answer button.
A man's voice came from the other end of the communicator, "Burgess, the new crack file is due today!"
"Boss, I think a project file I recently cracked might touch on core secrets. The password for this file is dozens of times more difficult than the previous ones. Two days is far from enough. I estimate it will take me at least a month to decrypt it," designer Burgess explained.
"What's the file number?" the voice asked, somewhat surprised. "The file number is 0009527," Burgess replied immediately.
"I understand. I'll have someone else crack this file. You can move on to the next one. If you encounter any more difficult passwords later, don't waste time on them. Just report them to me, and I'll have someone else crack them." The voice on the other end of the communicator quickly provided a solution.
"Then the reward..." Burgess asked with some concern. After all, he was currently earning money from cracking the files. If he wasn't allowed to crack these core documents, how would his reward be calculated?
"You'll get the money. If you actually decrypt it and find it's a core document, your reward will double. Even though you didn't decrypt it, you still discovered it, so you've done a great job." These words from the person on the other end of the communicator immediately reassured Burgess.
"Thank you, boss!"
The conversation between Burgess and the boss was clearly heard by Sea Emperor and Gu Ding.
"That guy who called himself the boss only asked for the file number and said he would find someone else to crack it, which means he should have at least one more copy of these files." Gu Ding came to a not-so-good conclusion.
"Don't rush. I've cracked that 'boss's' real contact number; he is indeed from the Koch Family. I just discovered that after ending his call with Burgess, he dialed another number. That person must be the second codebreaker... because during the call, he told that person to stop their current cracking work and focus on cracking the file Burgess mentioned." After saying this, Sea Emperor directly hacked into the cracker's Smart Watch, swapping all the files again, and also scanned the Smart Watch. He found two different encrypted numbers in the target's contacts. After leaving a monitoring virus on the Smart Watch, he then logged out.
Using the two encrypted numbers, the Sea Emperor easily traced back to the original numbers. One of them belonged to the "boss," and the other, the Sea Emperor found, belonged to the Filler Family.
Sea Emperor then found another hacker in the communication records of that member of the Filler Family, and similarly switched and wiretapped that hacker.
What started as monitoring one person suddenly became monitoring five, including three hackers and two contacts from the Koch Family and Filler Family. However, Sea Emperor only dared to secretly spy on the communications of the Koch and Filler Family. Sea Emperor didn't delve deeper into other information, knowing that both individuals had extremely high access levels, and forcibly breaking through would definitely alert SkyNet. Although Sea Emperor was powerful, he didn't want to provoke SkyNet.
The rest of the Gu Ding Team entered Robert's domain and began their cultivation, leaving only Gu Ding and Robert outside.
Meanwhile, any news from the Sea Emperor was immediately relayed to Gu Ding and Robert, who also provided daily updates on the monitoring results to the Gates Family. However, Robert was essentially doing all the work, while Gu Ding focused on using every minute to improve his alchemist level.
Three or four more days passed, and Gu Ding finally completed the refining of all the S-Ranked regular potions in Medicine King Valley. Before he could even get his pharmacist certification, the Sea Emperor urged him to leave the virtual Medicine King Valley world.
"What happened?" Gu Ding asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Of course it's good news." Sea Emperor kept everyone in suspense for a moment before finally speaking. "A few days ago, I was struggling with how to hack into the watches of that 'boss' and that Filler Family, so I talked to Miko about it. He gave me an idea: to guide other hackers on SkyNet to help me obtain the information."
"So, in one hour, I forcibly compromised the wristwatches of more than two thousand top hackers in the Universe Sea, and then disguised the attack addresses as those of the Filler Family and the Koch Family. Those two guys' wristwatches were quickly subjected to a frenzied attack, and I took the opportunity to sneak in and replace all the data. I also brazenly scanned around and obtained a lot of useful information."
"You guys are so smart!" Gu Ding couldn't help but praise.
"I have completely replaced the information about the Gates Family that was leaked outside, so they don't need to worry anymore," Sea Emperor said smugly. "I know from those two guys' watches that they only kept one copy of these documents to avoid leaks or spies within the family finding out."
"These two must be quite important. Their family chose them to keep the items safe, so they must be high-ranking members of the family," Gu Ding guessed.
"That's right, one is Conrad Fett, the former head of the Fett family, and the other is Cecil Koch current head of the Koch Family." The Sea Emperor's voice sounded like a conspiracy had succeeded. "There's something else I need to tell you. I also transferred the deposits from one of their family bank accounts to more than 100,000 fake accounts and completely cleared the transfer records. Unless SkyNet intervenes, no one will be able to find those transfer records."
"How much money is it exactly?" Gu Ding couldn't help but ask.
"If you add it all up, it's an astronomical figure. It should rank 288th on the Ranking List personal wealth in the Universe Sea." The Sea Emperor still seemed unsatisfied. "It's a pity there wasn't enough time, otherwise we wouldn't have plundered the wealth from just one of their accounts. People like them have extremely high account privileges, and even for me, it takes several seconds to crack each one. This money is less than one percent of their net worth."
"Can it be used?" Gu Ding asked, his expression somewhat strange. He was a little worried that he would be able to just look at such a large sum of money without being able to touch it.
"Of course, as long as SkyNet doesn't interfere, we can keep using it. If we use this money to buy cultivation resources, it's enough to get everyone in the team to the True God level, and there will still be some left over. We basically don't have to worry about money anymore."
"Sea Emperor, you are amazing!" Gu Ding couldn't help but praise again.
"Hehe, don't forget I'm Interstellar Pirate too. This time it's like robbing the rich to help the poor, anyway, neither of these two families are good people," the Sea Emperor laughed. "However, this kind of thing only happens once. If it happens again, SkyNet is very likely to get involved. Because banks report such large sums of money disappearing to SkyNet. This is the first time it's happened. SkyNet probably won't care too much; she might think it's just an occasional glitch in the banking system. But if it happens a second time, she's very likely to investigate."...
"This money should last us a long time. Besides, we're not just spending without earning; we've been making money all along. So let's talk about the future later," Gu Ding grinned.
After informing the Gates Family that all the data had been destroyed, the Gates Family finally felt relieved. They treated Gates Family and Gu Ding team with even greater respect, and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen were deeply impressed by Gu Ding's abilities. What they didn't know was that all of this was actually done by Sea Emperor.
From the Conrad and Cecil watches, Sea Emperor also obtained some information about these recent projects, which he then shared with the Gates Family through Gu Ding.
After obtaining this information, the Gates Family seemed to have divine assistance in the subsequent negotiations. They secured three astronomical projects in succession, as well as several smaller ones.
Both the Filler Family and Koch Family suspected that the Gates Family orchestrated the hacking of the watches, but they lacked evidence. Regarding the amount of money that had disappeared from the bank's balance, they also questioned the Gates Family, who readily complied with the bank's investigation. The final result, naturally, was that the investigation found no problems.
Meanwhile, the file numbered 0009527 was also cracked by the Filler Family's hacker Conrad Filler, the former head of the Feller family, taking a bath, and it was an uncensored, full-scale 3D projection with nudity.
The Koch Family, on the other hand, received a video of the patriarch Cecil Koch, having an affair with his secretary in his office. However, the video was rather short, lasting less than two minutes.
The two families that obtained the two videos completely ceased their activities, and the Gates Family's crisis was finally resolved, with significant gains in the process.
Gu Ding and his group have been staying on Gates Star for more than ten days and are preparing to set off again.
Fa Te, on the other hand, went to his father, hoping to leave with Gu Ding and the others.
In the study, Stephen stared at his son for a long time before speaking, "Gu Ding and the others have indeed been kind to our family and have greatly changed my view of Interstellar Pirate, but I still find it hard to agree with your idea of becoming Interstellar Pirate."
"Father, I just feel that everyone's future has many possibilities. My path has always been arranged by you, but now I want to try other paths. While I'm still young, I want to try more possibilities and make my life more colorful." This time, Fa Te did not back down. "Interstellar Pirate may not be a suitable career for me, but I still want to give it a try."
"I don't know much about Interstellar Pirate, but I know it's a profession with a high mortality rate. They often face various life-threatening situations and are hunted by various forces. You should have seen the news about Gu Ding and his group's strength. They are comparable to High-rank God, and they can only barely protect themselves. Have you considered that you might perish? Also, with your strength, you would be a complete burden to their team. In the event of a major crisis, you might even kill others."
"I will become stronger!" Fa Te had clearly considered these issues long ago, and his gaze remained firm.
"Stephen, let him go!" Fa Te's mother suddenly said. "It's not a bad thing for a young man to go and try his luck."
"How could you..." Stephen looked at his wife with some confusion.
"He won't be satisfied if you don't let him go. Didn't you also dream of becoming an Interstellar Hunter when you were a child?" Fa Te's mother said with a smile.
Stephen was momentarily stunned, then let out a long sigh. "Alright, I can let you go, but I have conditions..."