The late-night retrieval of underlying logs, the forced transfer of Battleworld Bad Debt

In the White Bone Hall, the last vestiges of warmth from the banquet were completely drained away by Wanda's words.

Lynn held the Communicator, feeling a slight heat emanating from the device due to the high-frequency processing.

For the first time, Wanda's Holographic Projection showed unstable signal flickering. Her face tightened, and the anxiety in her voice could not be concealed.

"The other party has a very high level of privileges, bypassing all conventional Defense Protocol, like a key that has been inserted directly into the underlying database."

"What are the specific objectives?" Lynn's voice was calm.

In situations like these, he must not panic.

"I don't know." Wanda shook her head, fine beads of sweat forming on her forehead. "They didn't perform any destructive deletions or steal data. Their behavior is very strange, like they're... implanting something."

Standing to the side, Hela felt the air around her grow colder. "Find her physical coordinates, I'll go deal with it."

"This is a data-related matter." Lynn raised his hand to stop Hela. "Physical intervention will only alert them and allow them to destroy their traces prematurely."

He looked at Wanda, whose brow was furrowed, on the projection screen.

How long can the firewall hold out?

"We can't hold on any longer," Wanda admitted. "The enemy isn't launching a full-scale attack; they're using a set of rules we can't understand to overwhelm us. Our firewall is being identified as an illegal obstacle by the system and is being legally and procedurally dismantled."

The demolition was legal.

Lynn pondered these words, his gaze darkening slightly.

He remembered what the woman named Sylvie had said before leaving at the dinner party.

"Director Lynn, your firewall needs an upgrade."

That wasn't just a reminder.

It is a declaration.

"Boss, I have a risky plan," Wanda's voice rang out again, filled with determination. "Instead of passive defense, let's create an opening, lure the enemy's core Data Stream in, and try to reverse track and intercept the data."

"What about the risks?" Gwen Stacy asked softly from the side.

"If we fail, their data will spread like a virus, instantly contaminating the entire Core Server." Wanda took a deep breath. "The best-case scenario is that we intercept their true intentions. The worst-case scenario is that we both get formatted."

The main hall was deathly silent.

Lynn looked at Wanda.

"Do."

He only said one word.

"If anything goes wrong, I'll take responsibility."

Wanda nodded emphatically on the projector and then cut off the communication.

Time passed second by second.

On the Central Holographic Display of the White Bone Hall, countless waterfall-like Data Stream cascaded down, and the pale red halo representing the firewall of the Negative Zone was being rapidly devoured and covered by a strange Golden Code.

Gwen Stacy's palms were already sweaty without her realizing it.

Hela stood to the side with her arms crossed, saying nothing, but her tightly pursed lips betrayed her inner turmoil.

Suddenly, the torrent of Golden Code on the screen seemed to find an outlet, abruptly converging into a single stream that rushed towards a newly opened gap in the lower left corner of the screen.

Wanda's plan has begun.

Lynn's gaze was fixed on the influx of golden Data Stream.

A few seconds later, a crisp system notification sounded.

The gap closed instantly.

The Data Stream was trapped by a Scarlet Data Cage.

It's done.

Gwen Stacy subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Wanda's communication came through again. Her face was somewhat pale, but her eyes revealed a fierce determination.

"Boss, we've intercepted an encrypted data packet. We're working on cracking it."

In the center of the light screen, inside that Scarlet cage, golden code was forcibly decomposed and reassembled.

Lines of the restored underlying logs began to appear before everyone.

At first, it was just some instructions and timestamps that were not very easy to understand.

But soon, the appearance of certain keywords caused everyone present to change their expressions.

[TVA (Battleworld)/Asset Category: Bad Debt/Number: E-734/ Energy Unit: -300,000,000,000]

[Target Account: Negative Zone Management Committee / Account Establishment History: Initial Stage / Operation Instruction: Forced Transfer / Executor: Discipline and Supervision Department, A-7 High-Level Access]

Hela's pupils suddenly contracted.

Gwen Stacy couldn't help but gasp softly.

"A deficit of 300 billion Energy Unit... what are they planning?"

No one answered her.

Because the answer is already written on the screen.

In those cold lines of code logs, Wanda highlighted the other party's core behavioral logic in red.

The Audit Team is attempting to use the temporary Highest Access Privileges granted by the "Mandatory Takeover Order" signed by the Supreme Chairman to forcibly graft the bottomless financial hole of the Battleworld onto the blank accounting history of the Negative Zone Management Committee, which was just established, through the Source Code.

From a procedural standpoint, it's flawless.

Once completed, this staggering 300 billion yuan mess will become the inherent "original sin" of Negative Zone.

Lynn leaned back on the Throne and slowly closed his eyes.

Everything connected.

Ke'er's warning, the Coordination Committee's shirking of responsibility, Ravonna's anxiety, and Sylvie's infiltration.

It turns out this wasn't an audit at all.

This was a premeditated frame-up.

A precise, surgical sacrifice necessary to fill the hole in the high-rise building.

They're not here to audit the accounts.

They're here to settle unresolved debts.

Once this account is settled, no matter how powerful Negative Zone is, it will never be able to turn things around within the Coordination Committee's rules. And Ravonna can then take this forcibly "balanced" account back to her superiors to report back.

As for Negative Zone, it's simply a piece on the chessboard that has been calculated and must be captured.

Good tactic.

A cold smile crept across Lynn's lips.

He opened his eyes again, and they were clear now.

Wanda.

"Exist."

"Can this grafted log be erased and our ledgers restored to their original state?"

"Sure, but it will take three minutes. The other party has very high privileges and has left many hidden backdoors."

That's enough.

Lynn stood up.

"Gwen Stacy, notify the Legal Department to prepare countersuit materials for 'malfeasance and forgery of Multiverse documents'."

"Hela, the Stability Maintenance Office has entered Level 1 combat readiness, sealing off all external physical access points."

"Yes!"

The group accepted the order and were about to take action.

Just then, an alarm, sharper and more urgent than before, suddenly resounded throughout the entire White Bone Hall.

This is not a data alert.

This is the highest level of physical security alarm!

A communications officer stumbled in, his face drained of color, his voice trembling with fear.

"Director! Something terrible has happened!"

"The Audit Team Special Envoy Ravonna... she... she just tore up that disclaimer!"

"She unilaterally announced... the initiation of Emergency Freeze Protocol, citing 'detection of signs of large-scale illegal asset transfers within the organization'!"