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Two minutes later, Lou Wei received a text message from Zhao Mengke.

Lou Wei went silent when he read the content of the text message.

Wen Fan lowered his head stared at the words that were bigger than his eyes on the desktop in front of him. He then turned to the side to look at Lou Wei and noticed that Lou Wei was wearing a solemn expression.

Lou Wei took out his intercom phone and made a call, “Set up a notification for a meeting in forty minutes time.”

Forty minutes later——

Wen Fan sat inside Lou Wei’s phone, looking at everyone’s upset expression through the meeting’s room CCTV. 

Same as the previous time, Lou Wei was seated in front-most of the meeting room with Ling Xiao and Zhao Mengke seated beside him.

The moment Zhao Mengke wanted to stand up and talk, Lou Wei frowned and waved his hand, “Sit down, let Ling Xiao do the talking.”

Zhao Mengke, a patient with severe big mouth syndrome, touched his nose and sat back down in despair. 

Ling Xiao pushed the silver spectacle frame up his nose bridge and plugged a USB into the computer that was connected to the projector. The display of the computer was immediately projected on the projector screen in the meeting room.

Two pieces of software were shown on the screen. One of the software had a logo with a ‘Dream’ word written in gold. Wen Fan immediately recognized that it was the latest updated logo of the game ‘Heaven’s Dream’. The other APP was a plug-in that couldn’t be opened on its own.

A lot of games couldn’t be installed directly on a computer, it could only be successfully installed and used if you have the installation plug-in software. LouV Gaming Studio’s main task for ‘Heaven’s Dream’ was to make it into a holographic game.

Thus, they had sub-contracted other non-importance tasks to other companies. Recently, the new map installation plug-in for ‘Heaven’s Dream’ was subcontracted to another smaller programming company – Gao Qing Technology.

Ling Xiao heard one of the staff and he nodded. He opened a new zip file from the folder inside the USB, “This is the plug-in code given by Gao Qing.”

He clicked on the zip file when he finished his words. The exe. File inside it kept updating and with command boxes popping out continuously, requesting for users to key-in the account’s passwords but couldn’t get into the actual content of the codes.

Wen Fan, like everyone else, stared at the files on the screen. But as he looked at it, he noticed that the files began to get distorted and eventually turned into a pitch-black black hole. Inside the black hole, countless blue codes were floating inside it and eventually they formed a shape of a flower bud in midair.

The petals then bloomed, stretched, rolled back and drilled into the stamen then re-extended its petals again and bloomed. It was in a continuous cycle, unable to break out from the cycle just like the command box that kept popping madly on the screen.

However, among the countless crowded codes, there was one white color code that was very eye-catching.

Its code wasn’t of English nor symbols but it was a bunch of numbers. And with the rapid changes and movement of all the codes, it was replaced with a fresh row of numbers every second.

This is the first time that Wen Fan saw such a secretive code. He was totally amazed by the code that was brasked with blue light. 

It took him awhile to react as he was searching in his head for codes that were similar to this secretive code.

His brain that was connected to the internet was operating at high speed. Countless information regarding codings rushed into Wen Fan’s brain. It took him less than two seconds to find the information about the secretive code.

This is a Rose Password Lock.

The most powerful part of it was that the password changed continuously. As long as the file was encrypted, even the person who encrypted it had no way to unlock it.

However, the ability to automatically transform the internal program structure of the password using his eye seemed to be draining Wen Fan’s energy. Furthermore, he just browsed a large amount of data from the internet. Wen Fan’s brain began to feel so exhausted that the desktop underneath his legs seemed to be shaking.

Even if he sat on the desktop of the mobile phone, the calves were still trembling.

Wen Fan couldn’t help but lament that the brain of a human being was still unable to undertake too much information from the internet.

The ‘Heimao FM’ black cat hiding inside the box of ‘Kuwo Music’ noticed something not right with Wen Fan. It extended its paws toward Wen Fan to hold onto him.

The penguin beside Wen Fan also sensed something wrong with Wen Fan. It moved its *ss up to help Wen Fan body remain stable and not forgetting to pull the ‘LOFTER’ large ‘L’ sign that the ‘Ban Chi Yuan’ alpaca was leaning on at the back of the screen and placed it below Wen Fan’s butt so that he could sit on it.

The alpaca squinted as it slowly chewed on the leaves of the ‘Oasis’ APP. The slow motion animal showed that it was not angry at all. It removed the icon of the ‘League of Legends’ beside it and placed it under its buttocks to sit on it.

As soon as the chubby alpaca leaned beside the ‘L’, a speech bubble appeared on the empty APP icon of ‘League of Legends’ on the APP shelf with an unfriendly message, ‘nmsl, the crematorium called to asked you how ‘well-done’ do you want to grill your mother?’ (T/N: nmsl means ‘ni ma si le = your mother is dead, it’s an internet term for cursing.)

Wen Fan, “…”

The alpaca squinted and flung its ears, pretending that it didn’t see it. 

At the same time, everyone in the meeting room was still discussing the issue with the plug-in displayed on the screen.

One of the board of directors stared at Ling Xiao solemnly, “Are you saying that we outsourced this plug-in and now we can’t open the plug-in that we had purchased?” 

Ling Xiao nodded.

The departmental head of design seated next to him stared at Ling Xiao for two seconds with his hand supporting his cheek and turned his gaze to Zhao Mengke next to him, “I remembered that Zhao Mengke was always in-charge of the outsourcing process. Can’t you get the password from Gao Qing?”

Zhao Mengke shook his head and scratched his head in an anxious manner. But he was afraid that the more anxious he got, the more he was unable to speak properly. So, he rather unlocked his phone and played the original voice message from the representative from Gao Qing, “What you’ve bought was our plug-in and we had developed the new installation plug-in as per your request. Moreover, we never resell it to others. Even if we don’t tell you the source code, it would not be considered a breach of contract. After all, your contract agreement only stated that ‘Enjoy the exclusive right to use this plug-in and to prohibit unauthorized use by other games beside ‘Heaven’s Dream’ and we had not violated the terms and conditions.”

After listening to the voice message, Wen Fan saw that Lou Wei’s face turned dark. Although there was no drastic expression shown on his face, the aura emitted from his eyes could make him shivered in fear.

Lou Wei’s appearance was originally tough with a profound facial feature. In addition, he was tall and lofty. When he was putting on a sinister expression, it seemed as though he was surrounded by black mist.

He took out another phone and dialed the number of the legal counsel of Yuan Cheng Technology. Once the call got through, he opened the door of the meeting room and walked outside.

After Lou Wei left, the atmosphere of the meeting room got even colder. Many people felt the silence in the room and they looked at each other but did not dare to speak. Although Lou Wei only appeared fierce and didn’t really throw any temper, they were still afraid of being pointed by a muzzle of the gun.

The other departmental heads who had no choice but to participate in the discussion appeared to be troubled. As Lou Wei stepped out of the meeting room, they were striving to come up with a solution.

Meanwhile, Wen Fan leaned on the L letter’s frame of LOL for a brief rest. He felt the dizziness gradually subsided. His weak legs were able to walk as normal and he was able to lift his legs. His body condition was much better compared to just now.

He stared at the Rose Password Lock on the big screen and the series of white numerical numbers that flashed in the middle of the code. He suspected that the bunch of numbers were the passwords to the lock.

But the white passwords refreshed at such a high speed, changing once every second. Moreover, there were more than twenty digits. With the speed of a human being, it was impossible to enter the passwords within a second.

How can he help Lou Wei to solve this problem?

Wen Fan carried his chin with his arm and thought hard.

The penguin sitting beside him also followed his action, thinking hard while holding its chin,

With that, he was lost in deep thought for about five minutes. Lou Wei returned to the meeting room with a grave look on his face.

By looking at his expression, everyone in the meeting room could tell that there was no solution to the issue.

One of the board members seated at the right let out a long sigh and banged the table hard. “D*mn this f*cking Gao Qing. I will get back at them like this if I get an opportunity in the future!”

Ling Xiao raised his hand and said, “Calm down.”

That man was already furious. When he heard Ling Xiao’s calm voice, he was even more agitated. “Calm down? We spent a fortune to purchase that plug-in and as a result, we bought something that had limited user rights. We can’t research nor upgrade it. If something goes wrong in the future, are we going to bring it back to Gao Qing for repair? And we need to tolerate them? F*ck it!”

The employees in LouV Gaming Studio were mostly young people. The most senior one was only thirty years old. They usually sit together during work and there was no hierarchy within the organization. Thus, everyone talked casually, as long as they were not talking to Lou Wei.

Moreover, youngsters tend to get irritated more easily. With so much money being put to waste, anyone would have gotten upset. As soon as the male board member spoke, the female head of the design department beside him patted his shoulder understandingly and said, “We learn from our mistakes. We were still too young. After being made a fool this time, we will be more careful in the future. Moreover, I still think that we have a chance.”  

The male board member that was consoled by her paused for two seconds and calmed down. Although his anger hasn’t vanished yet, when he heard her last statement, he couldn’t hold back and stubbornly said, “Chance? Hmph, if we are able to unlock this messy passcode, I’ll do a live broadcast of myself eating sh*t.” 

Everyone, “…”

The female Head Of Department retrieved her hand that was on his shoulder and clenched her fist in front of her mouth as she coughed lightly.

Lou Wei who had been quiet couldn’t hold it and shot a glance at him, “Meng Fan.”

Lou Wei called out Meng Fan’s name, pronouncing each word unhurriedly, and each word dug into the heart of one’s. His low and gloomy voice made one’s heart tremble. He calmed down in an instant and noticed that he had overreacted. He hesitated as he opened his mouth, wanting to say something. 

He turned to his side and noticed that everyone in the meeting room was staring at the screen with their eyes wide open.

Meng Fan also looked at the screen and saw that the command box that was popping out madly suddenly froze.

Even the plug-in code that couldn’t stop refreshing itself behind the command box suddenly operated normally and was no longer refreshing.

Shortly after, a row of twenty numerical digits suddenly appeared on the blank field for entering passwords on the command box.

It was as if someone was remoting Ling Xiao’s computer. The numbers were input within a second and the entered button was pressed.

The command box that kept prompting for passwords paused for two seconds and disappeared from the screen. 

The source code for the plug-in was obediently unlocked. The codes that had everyone in LouV waiting were revealed in front of everyone.

Everyone in the meeting room was shocked.

Zhao Mengke was stunned. “What…what just happened?”

When it comes to such an outrageous thing, Lou Wei’s first thought was Wen Fan. He turned to his side to look at his mobile phone. And sure enough, he saw Wen Fan’s face and hands sticking on the mobile phone’s screen, lifting his head, smiling at him. 

The young man’s tiny nose was flattened by the phone’s screen and he looked cute with a few hairs sticking out from his head. Behind his back was the DingTalk wings sticking on his back. The penguin also strode to the screen and lifted a big wooden signboard in midair with the words, ‘Go Lou Wei! Go!’

Lou Wei seemed to understand immediately that Wen Fan had connected to the DingTalk account of Ling Xiao’s computer through his mobile phone and successfully hacked into Ling Xiao’s computer. He then remoted his computer and decoded the password lock to the installation plug-in.

Lou Wei looked at Wen Fan with the small wing on his back and the QQ Penguin with its big belly. He suddenly felt his heart growing itchier as he recalled how Wen Fan looked with his back facing the light from the house when he sent him home to the ‘villa’ to sleep.

An indescribable feeling suddenly emerged.

At this moment, the female head of the department carefully stared at the male board member with a rigid expression beside her. “Fan-ge, are you going to eat…that thing that you’ve mentioned just now?”

Meng Fan, “…”

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