Unknown Number, Suddenly Calling

(Congratulations to the newly crowned grandmaster "joilme"!)

Hearing Rachael's enthusiastic voice, chubby Harry clapped along, then turned to Mu Fan beside him and asked, "Is Wang Nuonuo about to go on stage?"

The Fowen Conglomerate rose to prominence thanks to Luoqi Heavy Industries. Besides their friendship, Nuonuo is Harry's biggest financial backer.

The chubby boy has made up his mind; he must clap his hands loudly in a moment!

You must showcase your own style.

"Yes, they even specifically asked us to applaud."

Mu Fan couldn't help but laugh when he thought of Nuonuo making funny faces at him.

"Please welcome Orseria and Hanna from the Medical Department, and Sandra from the Starship Command Department, to perform the Starry Sky Dance! Let's give these three beauties a warm round of applause!"

A thunderous applause erupted.

People are never stingy with their enthusiasm when it comes to beautiful women!

The fat man, who had been clapping for a while, felt something was wrong. Why hadn't he heard Wang Nuonuo's name?

Turning to look at Mu Fan beside him, he noticed that Mu Fan's expression was also off, and he looked puzzled.

"Mu Fan, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

This time, Li Xiaoxi and the others also asked a question casually.

"That's impossible. Nuonuo said she would appear in the ninth sequence, and the name of the dance she mentioned was 'Starry Sky Dance '," Mu Fan said with certainty, but the scene before him made him doubtful.

Given Nuonuo's personality, how could she not show up? Even if something really happened, she should have notified them first, right?

"Wait, I'll call her Sky Communicator."

Mu Fan took out his Sky Communicator and dialed the first contact on the list—[Nuonuo].

... beep beep beep.

Sorry, the user you are trying to reach is currently unavailable.

Um?

Mu Fan put down the Sky Communicator and stared at the prompts on it in silence.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked curiously.

"Shut down... You guys keep watching, I'll go ask in the back office."

Mu Fan said something to the fat guy and the others, then got up and left.

The graceful dance moves of the three girls on stage had already captivated the audience's attention.

Therefore, there were not many people walking in the passageway between the audience seats at this moment. Mu Fan walked towards the backstage along the passageway on the side of the auditorium.

Because it involved backstage performances for the gala, dedicated Student Union members were assigned as staff to maintain order.

Mu Fan was stopped at the backstage entrance.

"Hello, student, how can I help you?"

"I'm looking for someone."

"Sorry, due to the ongoing party, non-performers are not allowed to enter."

"My friend is supposed to be one of the performers on stage, but she hasn't shown up, and I can't reach her Sky Communicator right now, so I came to check."

Upon hearing Mu Fan's words, the Student Union staff member paused for a moment, picked up the performance schedule next to him, and asked, "May I ask what your friend's name is?"

"Wang Nuonuo".

The staff member's finger hovered over a name, and indeed, the name existed, and the performers for the show, "Starry Sky Dance," were indeed four people.

But the names announced on stage just now were indeed three people.

"Okay, wait here for a moment. This program will end soon. Ask the three girls after they come off the stage."

"Um."

Mu Fan nodded and stood aside.

The surrounding area remained noisy and lively, and the enthusiastic atmosphere infected the entire audience.

Less than two minutes later, the staff member appeared at the entrance with a tall girl.

Following the staff's instructions, the girl curiously looked in Mu Fan's direction.

"Hello, I'm Orseria, the captain of this Starry Sky Dance. How can I help you?"

Looking at the alluring, tall beauty in front of him, Mu Fan showed no other expression. Instead, he politely asked, "I'm Wang Nuonuo's friend. May I ask why she didn't go on stage just now? And I can't get through to her on the Sky Communicator."

Orseria was clearly taken aback. "Nuonuo's friend? She just received Sky Communicator saying there was an emergency at home, and then she left in a great hurry. By the way, her Sky Communicator fell to the ground and cracked after the call, and it's still at the Training Field; we've already put it away."

Urgent matter at home!

A bad feeling welled up inside him, Mu Fan's brows furrowed.

Seeing that the handsome young man in front of her was no longer looking at her and his expression was gradually becoming serious, Orseria quickly asked, "Is there something urgent that has to do with Nuonuo? If you need help, I have time. Nuonuo left in such a hurry that she didn't say anything at all."

"Thank you. Please keep Sky Communicator safe for now. I'll go find Nuonuo." Mu Fan looked up at Orseria in front of him and said in a steady tone.

"Of course."

Once they reached the entrance to leave the backstage area, Mu Fan lightly tapped his teeth. "Black."

"Yes, Mu Fan."

"Check Wang Nuonuo's Sky Communicator for the past hour."

"Wait a moment... We received Sky Communicator 40 minutes ago. The caller was... from an internal Luoqi Heavy Industries number."

What's the number for Luoqi Heavy Industries?

"Can we pinpoint the specific holder and location?" Mu Fan started walking outside the auditorium. He was starting to worry about Wang Nuonuo.

"The caller cannot be identified. The only clue is Wang Nuonuo's Sky Communicator, but it is now damaged and cannot access the network or be hacked. The address can be identified, showing it to be Warehouse District in the middle of the N104 Highway Second Branch Road."

"Also, while searching just now, I found news in the financial section of the Zicui Star Government that Luoqi Heavy Industries shareholders simultaneously withdrew their investment and transferred their shares, and the second largest shareholder changed instantly. Specific information is currently unknown."

Clearly, Black brought extremely bad news.

Mu Fan's mind raced, he continued moving outwards. "Hey, can you pull up the call details?"

He had explicitly told Hei that he was forbidden from monitoring his friends, but now Nuonuo has clearly left in a hurry due to an urgent matter, in addition to the damage to the Sky Communicator.

So even if it involves privacy, he needs to put the rules aside for now. Because the current situation is really worrying.

"Unable to retrieve. Sky Communicator uses real-time communication; the server only retains call logs, not call content."

Another line has gone down.

Mu Fan frowned. "Damn it, check the campus surveillance footage! Filter the surveillance videos from the vicinity within the last hour to find her route."

"Because of the Freshmen Welcome Party, all the Optical Brain equipment at the Dingchuan Academy is currently under high surveillance. Forcibly retrieving data may cause unusual activity in the network department..."

"No need to hesitate, retrieve it at full speed!"

Mu Fan's voice was resolute.

"Receive."

When Mu Fan issued the order, a red alarm suddenly went off in the Dingchuan Academy network monitoring center.

Because the extremely abnormal data throughput had far exceeded the warning line.

Instantaneous data throughput exceeded 1170%!

Inside the network monitoring center's server room, the staff were utterly astonished when they saw the alarm on the screen.

Dingchuan Academy hasn't suffered such a large-scale invasion in many years!

This is Dingchuan Academy!

Their Optical Brain is comparable to the only supercomputer on Landu Star!

What kind of data could break through multiple lines of defense in an instant?

"Minister, Minister! The college's monitoring center has been hacked."

"I'm not blind, engage them immediately!"

"Minister... their strength... far surpasses ours," the staff member said in shock, his face filled with astonishment.

Now, a dense waterfall of data has appeared on the screen in front of him, and it is all the other party's operation record.

The few commands that flashed by made their faces turn purple.

"They've completely stripped us naked now, Minister, let's call for backup..."

"How shameful! Go find Feng Yu right now, hurry up, do I have to beg you?!"

However, just as they were about to leave, the massive and bizarre data fluctuations suddenly stopped, and the alarm also abruptly disappeared.

The group looked at each other in bewilderment. Was this some kind of expert playing a trick on them?

"What are you standing there for? We need to go find it! Hurry up!"

"The search is complete, Mu Fan. We have filtered out all the surveillance footage showing Wang Nuonuo and compiled it into a video, arranged from nearest to farthest location, and sent it to your Sky Communicator."

Mu Fan lowered his head and opened the Sky Communicator.

Then we see Nuonuo running around in just a coat, without having had time to change her clothes. The video is only a little over a minute long and consists of clips of Nuonuo passing through some monitored areas.

The final shot freezes on Nuonuo's back as she gets into a taxi and drives east.

"Mu Fan, this taxi is traveling in the direction of N104 Highway."

So far, based on the video clues and the call location data, the final location is very likely the one that Hacker initially discovered...

N104 Highway Second Branch Road, Warehouse District!

In that case, my first goal will be this place.

After the video from the black transmission finished playing, Mu Fan was about to put the Sky Communicator Sky Communicator his pocket when it suddenly vibrated.

Caller information display...

Unknown number!?

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P. S.: (Impatient! Is it really that urgent? What needs to be done must be done!)

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