Strike While the Iron is Hot

"You found a lead?" Chen Xuan asked calmly.

"Mm, take a look at these posts." She pressed her finger onto the monitor, and the content on the screen immediately switched – the ability to directly control a computer without a port connection was truly incredible. "Their content is basically the same, all pointing to the movie promotion for what happened at noon."

Take, for example, the headline Chen Xuan was looking at.

--"Didn't expect such a good response, looks like the promotion for Ascension is really effective."

The first post also included several photos: a camera hidden in the dark, staff members retrieving cables from the water, and the back of a woman in a white robe as she got into a reception vehicle.

The discussion within the posts was quite "professional." Although there were netizens joking around, many replies came from people in the industry, pointing out what the equipment in the photos was used for.

Another post was even more outrageous, directly posting a pirated rehearsal clip, seemingly to confirm that this incident was entirely a premeditated promotional event.

Below it, many netizens who considered themselves independent thinkers mockingly ridiculed the eyewitnesses who believed the Immortals were real.

"Seriously, you believe this stuff? Why don't you believe I'm Qin Shi Huang?"

"Can those who believe leave their contact info? I'll sell you insurance when you're old."

Chen Xuan realized that believing or not believing was normal, but the photos of the actors and the seemingly busy crew were clearly not something an ordinary netizen could pull off.

He zoomed in on the photo of the woman in white and examined it repeatedly. He found that her figure and facial contours bore some resemblance to Liu Shuyue. Moreover, since most eyewitnesses were far from the bridge, they would subconsciously associate her with an Immortal upon seeing this photo.

"Are you sure all of this is the Dimensional Limit Organization's doing?"

He had heard Lin Qing introduce the organization. In general, although the Dimensional Limit Organization was vast and its abilities unfathomable, its long-term submerged existence led to a secretive and low-profile operational style. Each regional branch had a logistics department responsible for handling information leaks, and their specialty was blurring the lines between truth and falsehood, making fake events seem real.

However, during Lin Qing's active period, the organization had already been fractured for decades, and its structure, philosophy, and policies were vastly different from the past. Coupled with the high level of secrecy within the organization at that time, she could only understand it roughly based on past records.

Lin Qing confirmed, "Instead of a complete internet blackout, it's better to guide the narrative intentionally. The resources they can mobilize are astonishing. If I'm not mistaken, this hastily assembled Ascension has probably already begun filming. In a few days, you'll find that the cinemas will actually release trailers. This cost is nothing to them."

"Of course, I have more concrete evidence," she added. "I collected all the approving replies and handed them over to Little Green for analysis—"

"Wait, who is Little Green?" Chen Xuan interrupted.

"An efficiency model E63, my personal AI assistant. Everyone who installs an auxiliary thinking chip in the future will have an AI system built-in."

So advanced... He was filled with respect. "Continue."

"Little Green discovered that over 85% of these replies are AI responses. They match the language output characteristics of the 'Cow' large model, and 'Cow' is one of the AIs developed by the Dimensional Limit Organization, which is still serving us after the split."

Chen Xuan couldn't help but applaud softly.

This is the future... using AI to fool humans, and then using AI to arrest AI. They've got it all covered.

"But why call it Cow?"

"Does the name matter? It just means it eats grass and produces milk," Lin Qing shrugged. "The AI doesn't mind, so why should you?"

"That's true." Chen Xuan returned to the main topic. "I have to say, doing it this way makes it quite easy to get away with. If I didn't know Liu Shuyue, I would definitely think the actress in the photo was the woman who jumped off the bridge."

"I won't let them off the hook so easily. This is the time to strike while the iron is hot."

"You've come up with a good idea?"

"Hmph, I'm not one to be trifled with either." The girl's eyes sparkled, showing her enthusiasm. "The network security in this world has too many loopholes, which is perfect for me to exploit. Even if this trick can only be used once, it'll be enough to give them a hard time."

The supervisor's office door was tightly shut, and occasionally, muffled responses could be heard from within.

In the cubicles outside, everyone kept their heads down, pretending to be busy, but in reality, all they could do was browse web pages and see if there was any new news.

"The captain must be getting chewed out this time," someone muttered softly.

"Our dignified Execution Team being bossed around by the Logistics Team is a complete disgrace!"

"Shh, they're right next door, be careful they don't hear you."

Wang Baihu idly spun his pen, his gaze fixed on the video of the woman in white jumping off the bridge. He felt that things hadn't been going smoothly lately. It seemed like ever since Honglian risked entering the C102 intrusion point and failed, no mission had been properly concluded.

He dragged the mouse, rewinding the progress to the middle. "This is for the best, so I don't have to search for you world by world... Let's end this." As the woman said this, he paused and enlarged another image, placing them side by side.

It was an "exclusive photo" the logistics team had bought from another channel. The photographer was only five or six meters away from the woman in white, and the camera clearly captured her profile.

Even without facing the camera directly, one could glimpse her exquisite beauty, the kind that was distinctive and unforgettable once seen.

"Did you find anything?" someone asked from behind.

He knew it was Honglian asking without turning around.

Wang Baihu stretched, having sat in the chair all day, his back inevitably aching. "No clue. The intelligence team has been investigating for a day and a night with no results, how could I possibly see anything? If these people's backgrounds are all real, then they are all experienced wanderers. Looking on the bright side, after eliminating those three opponents, the woman has returned to her own world and will no longer pose a threat to us."

"But that doesn't make sense," Xiao Jiu from the next cubicle leaned over and said softly. "Four people entering and exiting a world requires passing through an intrusion point, which would definitely generate consistent oscillation waveforms multiple times. Even if we haven't found this intrusion point yet, the machine would record it as a major characteristic, but the intelligence department says there's no such thing."

"You're new, don't take everything in the manual too seriously," Wang Baihu scoffed. "Machines make mistakes and misrecord all the time, who knows what the real situation is. Even if she's still in Jiangcheng, judging by her appearance... she's probably not the type of pervert who loves destruction and killing, right?"

"Just because she's pretty?" Honglian sneered.

He coughed twice. "Well... you can tell a lot from someone's appearance."

"I'd like to ask a question," Xiao Jiu looked at the two of them.

"Go ahead," Honglian was quite polite to this junior.

"What if... she really decides to stay in Jiangcheng and refuses to cooperate with the organization, and then repeatedly enters and exits intrusion points, would we still consider her an enemy?"

The two exchanged a look.

Finally, Honglian nodded and replied, "Indeed."

"Even if she's a good person? She just doesn't trust us, but doesn't want to fight us..."

"Then we must at least drive her out, so she never sets foot in this world again." Honglian sighed softly. "I know what you're worried about. It seems like we're unreasonable hosts, rejecting all foreign visitors, but this is a necessary measure to protect our world. The expansion of intrusion points will consume the space we rely on for survival, and it will also cause more and more people to gain mutated abilities. Can you imagine everyone possessing the ability of 'Strong Seize' or 'Hidden Kill'?"

"That kind of society would be too exciting." Wang Baihu patted the young girl's head