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Chapter 356 - 237 Doraemon

Chapter 356: Chapter 237 Doraemon

On the other side, Wang Zhao Ping, back in his office, started feeling a headache about the case in his hands again.

"Has it been too smooth sailing recently, so much so that even I almost start seeing Brother Meng as almighty?"

Wang Zhao Ping shook his head, beginning to reflect on himself.

Brother Meng’s intelligence capability was indeed powerful, and his thinking meticulous. His analyses often hit the nail on the head, and the things he said usually hit the mark!

But after all, he was human, not some wish-granting Doraemon...

Looking at the personal second-class merit medal that had been placed in the display case beside him not long ago, Wang Zhao Ping let out a sigh.

But who could refuse lying back and winning...

It seems I might have to think of another way concerning the Steve issue...

"Captain Wang! How is it? Is there any lead on the case?"

The voice that suddenly came from beside him startled Wang Zhao Ping out of his deep thoughts.

He looked up to see Qin Xiaoru standing there with a face full of curiosity.

He couldn’t help but roll his eyes at her, "Don’t you know to knock before entering?"

"I did knock, but you were so engrossed in your thoughts that you didn’t hear me at all. Don’t sweat the small stuff.

Captain, did Mr. Meng come over because of this case?"

"Don’t blindly guess! Mr. Meng is a common person; how could he possibly be involved with this case?" Wang Zhao Ping immediately flatly denied it.

Qin Xiaoru rolled her eyes.

"You might fool others, but I’m your disciple. I’ve followed you for so long, how could I not notice the slightest clue?"

"Alright, alright, don’t be nosey about things you shouldn’t know. By the way, go to the tech department and bring that involved Apple smartphone over here."

Qin Xiaoru’s reminder indeed prompted Wang Zhao Ping to think about the USB drive Meng Lang had given him.

Although he felt the hope was slim, it was still a kind gesture from Brother Meng, so it seemed worth a try.

"Smartphone? What for? The colleagues from the tech department and I were busy with it all night yesterday. Now the phone is already locked down. If you want to try again, you’ll have to wait at least until tomorrow."

"If I tell you to fetch it, just go." Wang Zhao Ping gave her a stern look.

"Oh!"

...

Before long, a smartphone and a laptop computer were placed in front of Wang Zhao Ping.

Qin Xiaoru connected the smartphone to the laptop with a data cable, but despite a flurry of actions, it remained unresponsive.

"I told you, apart from re-flashing it, we have no way to deal with it right now," Qin Xiaoru said, throwing up her hands.

Wang Zhao Ping frowned.

"Is there really no tech genius who can crack it?"

"Of course, there are. As far as I know, Israel’s Cellebrite company is a leader in this area.

They once used vulnerabilities to successfully crack a significant number of Apple models, and even the FBI has sought their help.

However, the Apple X has just hit the market and runs the latest IOS X system. It seems they haven’t made such quick progress in this aspect either.

Plus, they charge an exorbitant fee—stock customization decryption starts at 250,000 US dollars, not to mention the new models like the Apple X, which probably begins at a million US dollars.

We couldn’t even apply for the funding if we wanted to find them," Qin Xiaoru continued.

The world’s top decryption company hasn’t made a move?

Wang Zhao Ping felt even less confident.

He took out the USB drive that Meng Lang had given him from his pocket.

Speaking of which, this device didn’t come with an instruction manual; it should be plug-and-play... right?

"What is that?" Qin Xiaoru curiously watched Wang Zhao Ping insert a USB drive into the USB port of her computer.

As soon as the USB drive was connected, the next second, Qin Xiaoru’s computer began to pop up authorization request dialogues and then quickly disappear.

Qin Xiaoru was initially a bit puzzled.

However, when she saw those rapidly appearing and vanishing red firewall alerts on the screen, a shock went through her!

This is...

"Damn!!"

Not even caring that her superior and mentor was sitting there, she pushed Wang Zhao Ping right away!

Then, under his baffled gaze, she frantically sat down and began operating on the computer with her hands flying.

But...

As the wireless network was the first to be breached and then automatically connected, a barrage of network attacks brazenly broke in...

Before Qin Xiaoru could discern the attacker’s tactics from the many flashing dialog boxes, a flood of data flows had already filled the screen!

"Captain Wang, what have you been doing?!"

"Uh... what’s wrong with me?"

Wang Zhao Ping was also confused.

I just inserted a USB drive; is such a big reaction necessary?

"Someone is using this USB drive as a springboard to seize control of my computer!"

"What?"

"Ever heard of email viruses? This thing is pretty much like those phishing emails. Are you setting me up?" Qin Xiaoru said, almost frantic.

"Uh... how could that be?"

Wang Zhao Ping was stunned.

Why would Brother Meng give him a "virus USB"?

On the other side, Qin Xiaoru couldn’t afford to worry about Wang Zhao Ping’s reaction. She watched in disbelief as her carefully DIY’d firewall was swiftly cracked open, as if it were no match.

She barely had time to input a few strings of command characters to mount a defense and retaliate before the computer’s control had already been lightning-fast wrested away!

Qin Xiaoru frantically tried to regain control of the computer, but all her actions seemed to vanish without a trace.

That feeling, it was as if she was performing the Ninth Set of Broadcast Physical Exercises against Dharma Ancestor’s impenetrable defense, completely futile.

The gap!

A chasm-like gap!

Her DIY firewall, which she was so proud of, was as flimsy as paper in front of them!

"Should we... quickly pull out the USB drive?" Wang Zhao Ping, the computer novice, suggested a bad idea on the side.

"You’ve been infected with a virus, and then you delete the email. Is there any point in doing that now?" Qin Xiaoru rolled her eyes.

"Isn’t that supposed to happen?" Wang Zhao Ping was somewhat confused by this development.

Brother Meng had no reason to set himself up, right?

And it was through personally delivering a "Trojan horse"...

However, just at that moment, Qin Xiaoru’s hands, which were trying to regain control of the computer, suddenly froze, and her eyes stared straight at the computer screen.

"What’s wrong now?" Wang Zhao Ping hurriedly leaned over to look at the screen.

[Dedicated temporary decryption device for Apple X at your service!

Do you wish to read the Apple X phone connected to ’Steve’s’ Apple ID?

Yes or No?]

The computer screen was sleek; all alerts and data pop-ups had vanished, leaving only this lonely dialog box.

"Uh... what’s this all about?" Wang Zhao Ping cautiously asked.

You’re asking me, who am I going to ask!

Qin Xiaoru was too exasperated to retort.

But that phrase[Apple X phone with ’Steve’s’ Apple ID]on the dialog box made Qin Xiaoru’s heart pound with excitement.

Generally speaking, without access to the inside of a phone, there’s no way you could know the ID name of the opposing phone.

Could it be...

"How about we try clicking ’Yes’?"

A surge of hope suddenly filled Wang Zhao Ping’s mind.

Seeing the "tech expert" from his own team frustrated and helpless just moments before, could Brother Meng, this "friend", really have some skills?

"Won’t this... destroy the evidence?"

Facing this "let’s try" suggestion, Qin Xiaoru was still hesitant.

What if it’s a trap that kills upon trial?

"What if the person behind this USB drive is that top-tier hacker Steve found from abroad and is intending to destroy the evidence?"

After all, as far as she knew, the only way to unlock a phone now was to "re-flash" it, forfeiting all internal data...

What if the other side is faking a "decryption" progress bar to look like a re-flashing process...

Wouldn’t they just watch as the phone’s data turned into a blank slate?

Destroy evidence?

Wang Zhao Ping couldn’t help but smirk at the thought, telling himself it was impossible.

If the person behind this USB drive really wanted to destroy the evidence, they wouldn’t have let them get the evidence in the first place...

He just grabbed the mouse and forcefully clicked on "Yes."

"Wait..."

Before Qin Xiaoru could complete her urgent "wait," she was stunned to find.

The Apple X on the table... lit up!

Watching the phone boot up in the next moment, a brief silence fell over the office.

"This... it’s unlocked, right?"

Looking at the phone screen and then the computer, which had automatically popped up a folder full of English documents,

Wang Zhao Ping said in a daze.

"It should... be, yeah?"

The two exchanged glances.

After his initial shock, Wang Zhao Ping’s face was overtaken by sheer joy.

Holy shit! It actually worked?

He couldn’t understand it, but this decryption process... seemed impressively fast!

If only he had known that it was this simple, why would he have looked for a technician? He could have done it himself!

It was just inserting a USB drive, right?

Come to think of it, had it not been necessary to break through Xiao Qin’s personal firewall, "decrypting speed" could have been even faster?

"Gulp~"

Qin Xiaoru swallowed hard.

As a technician, she understood the implications of the scene before her better than Wang Zhao Ping.

Successfully cracking a device running the latest version of IOS X was not only a tremendous breakthrough for Country Hua’s law enforcement but the impact could quickly spread to other countries around the world...

Wouldn’t Apple panic if they knew that their newly updated system had been so quickly exploited and easily cracked?

Just who could have such capability?

Could it be...

After all, right after he left, Wang Zhao Ping produced the USB drive...

"Captain Wang, this... who exactly gave you this USB drive?"

Though she already had a suspicion, Qin Xiaoru still hoped for a confirmation from Wang Zhao Ping himself.

Wang Zhao Ping looked at the USB drive, his heart filled with wonder.

Worthy of an organization that could provide information on "dinosaur eggs," could a teammate really be this impressive?

Who gave this to me?

"Probably... Doraemon..."

...

Meanwhile, at Changqing Biological Data Center, a fair hand as white as jade plugged an identical USB drive into a server port.

The very next moment, the lights in the server room began to flash frantically...

Sometimes, the things that affect key moments in human history do not occur on the battlefield amidst the clash of steel but rather in more inconspicuous corners that few people know about...

The wheels of history roll forward relentlessly.

Yet on the road behind, only faint traces are left...