Bad Boys Boot Camp: V2-C57

Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker

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_{“After all this time?” Yang Fanghong let out a laugh directly aimed at him. “Even if you find fυcking proof that Zhang Jingzi was the principal, do you actually think you can take him to court?”}
After Qin Mo got home from Yang Fanghong’s, his phone was practically blown up by Qin Zhen. He had chased after Yang Fanghong without a word and had no phone on him since it was left at home, causing his cousin to search for him in vain to the point of almost filing a missing person’s report.

“After all this time?” Yang Fanghong let out a laugh directly aimed at him. “Even if you find fυcking proof that Zhang Jingzi was the principal, do you actually think you can take him to court?”

_{Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker}Nonetheless, that Qin Mo, being the curious one he was, kept mucking about online—doing so year-round. But just as he did in real life, he rarely leaves a trace of his presence. Even the forums he visited the most were done anonymously.

Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker

_{Society denied the existence of any standards for ethical hacking, and releasing information to the public was criminalised. As a result, countless hackers have been intercepted and arrested—locked within those four walls, forever parted from the computers and information they had once regarded as their lives.}
Once he got her on the line, Qin Mo told his worried cousin all about what happened. After hearing what was said, she remained silent for a while before saying carefully, “If it is as you said, then Yang Fanghong is a double-edged sword. If he’s willing to do your bidding for money, he can just as easily turn against you; it’s bound to happen sooner or later. So you can either block off any path he could use to weasel his way out and destroy his chances for betrayal, or you can use his inevitable betrayal to your advantage.”

Society denied the existence of any standards for ethical hacking, and releasing information to the public was criminalised. As a result, countless hackers have been intercepted and arrested—locked within those four walls, forever parted from the computers and information they had once regarded as their lives. This was a fate LK never wanted, so everything he squirrelled away was kept under lock and key until the day he would leave that life behind him for good, a sacrificial offering in the name of his faith.

_{[You may.]}Qin Mo stopped typing, having nothing to say as he simply curled his lips. He had no revered credo of his own, only a set of his own principles he followed, yet he still respected those who did have such faith.

[You may.]

_{“Maybe…” Yang Fanghong was hesitant. “There might be a signature on my employment contract with his name.”}N/A

“Maybe…” Yang Fanghong was hesitant. “There might be a signature on my employment contract with his name.”

_{[Hey.] Qin Mo suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask LK. [Do you know the Hacker Code of Ethics?]}After Qin Mo got home from Yang Fanghong’s, his phone was practically blown up by Qin Zhen. He had chased after Yang Fanghong without a word and had no phone on him since it was left at home, causing his cousin to search for him in vain to the point of almost filing a missing person’s report.

[Hey.] Qin Mo suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask LK. [Do you know the Hacker Code of Ethics?]

After Qin Mo’s response, nothing else was said from his end of the line. Listening carefully, Qin Zhen heard the light tapping of keys resonating through the receiver, making it clear that kid was busy messing with his computer again, causing her to hang up the phone in a huff.

_{Everything remained radio silent for a good while before a new string of words appeared.}
“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.

Everything remained radio silent for a good while before a new string of words appeared.

_{“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.}[I am here.]

“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.

_{LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]}
“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”

LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]

_{After Qin Mo got home from Yang Fanghong’s, his phone was practically blown up by Qin Zhen. He had chased after Yang Fanghong without a word and had no phone on him since it was left at home, causing his cousin to search for him in vain to the point of almost filing a missing person’s report.}Once he got her on the line, Qin Mo told his worried cousin all about what happened. After hearing what was said, she remained silent for a while before saying carefully, “If it is as you said, then Yang Fanghong is a double-edged sword. If he’s willing to do your bidding for money, he can just as easily turn against you; it’s bound to happen sooner or later. So you can either block off any path he could use to weasel his way out and destroy his chances for betrayal, or you can use his inevitable betrayal to your advantage.”

After Qin Mo got home from Yang Fanghong’s, his phone was practically blown up by Qin Zhen. He had chased after Yang Fanghong without a word and had no phone on him since it was left at home, causing his cousin to search for him in vain to the point of almost filing a missing person’s report.

_{LK chimed in again, adding:}[You may.]

LK chimed in again, adding:

_{While overseas, many of the hackers he met had inherited this ideal, all of them doing the same. Gathering information from everywhere fibre optic connections allowed, building archives, and sharing it all with the world.}
To her, Qin Mo was a smart kid whose ability to get a read on people was decent enough. But at the same time, his ability to grasp the inner workings of their hearts was still very much lacking—it was practically non-existent. A result of spending most of his life facing a computer.

While overseas, many of the hackers he met had inherited this ideal, all of them doing the same. Gathering information from everywhere fibre optic connections allowed, building archives, and sharing it all with the world.

_{LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]}Nonetheless, that Qin Mo, being the curious one he was, kept mucking about online—doing so year-round. But just as he did in real life, he rarely leaves a trace of his presence. Even the forums he visited the most were done anonymously.

LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]

_{After Qin Mo’s response, nothing else was said from his end of the line. Listening carefully, Qin Zhen heard the light tapping of keys resonating through the receiver, making it clear that kid was busy messing with his computer again, causing her to hang up the phone in a huff.}Propping the phone up by his shoulder, Qin Mo used one hand to open the bin and tossed the trash in with the other. But upon wanting to take hold of the phone again, he couldn’t shake the thought that neither of his hands was clean. “When can we go see her?”

_{“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”}
After Qin Mo’s response, nothing else was said from his end of the line. Listening carefully, Qin Zhen heard the light tapping of keys resonating through the receiver, making it clear that kid was busy messing with his computer again, causing her to hang up the phone in a huff.

“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”

_{“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.}“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.

“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.

_{“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”}LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]

“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”

_{During his time overseas, Qin Mo also mucked about in certain parts of the web and met a few hacker buddies. They traded a few blows, and he even kept in touch with a couple of them.}
Nonetheless, that Qin Mo, being the curious one he was, kept mucking about online—doing so year-round. But just as he did in real life, he rarely leaves a trace of his presence. Even the forums he visited the most were done anonymously.

During his time overseas, Qin Mo also mucked about in certain parts of the web and met a few hacker buddies. They traded a few blows, and he even kept in touch with a couple of them.

_{Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:}Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?

Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:

_{So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.}With that done, Qin Mo picked up the empty noodle container and stuffed it into a garbage bag, taking it all the way downstairs to the trash. Having his entire house filled with the faint scent of old noodles was something his cleanliness obsession had no tolerance for, along with the thought of that bag of garbage sitting at his front door to be taken out the next day.

So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.

_{“Let me think it over.”}[You know the level of everyone here… We can’t let those yellow-haired folks look down on us! So we have no choice but to beseech you… (>///<)]

“Let me think it over.”

_{“I found another person to be the witness you’ve been looking for.” Yang Fanghong wasted no time beating around the bush. “She’s a female instructor who’s still living in D-City.”}
Yet, such a person existed, causing Qin Mo to skim his finger over the keyboard a few times. The other party seemed to be probing him, expending nothing but a few zombie hosts and neglecting to launch a true attack.

“I found another person to be the witness you’ve been looking for.” Yang Fanghong wasted no time beating around the bush. “She’s a female instructor who’s still living in D-City.”

_{Qin Mo: [How will it take place, then?]}[I am here.]

Qin Mo: [How will it take place, then?]

LK: [I can’t say much, but I can tell you this. The day I take off my black hat is the day everything I have stored will be released to the public—except for that 200GB of AVs. That is the code I live by.]

_{“Let me think it over.”}“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.

“Let me think it over.”

_{Qin Mo wanted to laugh, replying in LK’s tone: [If you change this 5v5 match to a nationwide bombardment, I might be able to save you.]}
Regardless, Qin Mo threw a virus their way, one that had no use beyond being cute. He then pulled up the forum window and found a string of messages hanging at the top of the interface, all from LK. The latest one being:

Qin Mo wanted to laugh, replying in LK’s tone: [If you change this 5v5 match to a nationwide bombardment, I might be able to save you.]

_{Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:}[Great One…]

Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:

_{[Great God! Where art thou?]}
[Great God! Where art thou?]

[Great God! Where art thou?]

_{“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.}Propping the phone up by his shoulder, Qin Mo used one hand to open the bin and tossed the trash in with the other. But upon wanting to take hold of the phone again, he couldn’t shake the thought that neither of his hands was clean. “When can we go see her?”

“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.

_{LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.}After taking a long time to reply, LK typed: [Yeah. But why are you asking this, your greatness?]

LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.

_{Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]}LK chimed in again, adding:

Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]

_{LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.}
Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.

LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.

_{Propping the phone up by his shoulder, Qin Mo used one hand to open the bin and tossed the trash in with the other. But upon wanting to take hold of the phone again, he couldn’t shake the thought that neither of his hands was clean. “When can we go see her?”}[Great God! Where art thou?]

Propping the phone up by his shoulder, Qin Mo used one hand to open the bin and tossed the trash in with the other. But upon wanting to take hold of the phone again, he couldn’t shake the thought that neither of his hands was clean. “When can we go see her?”

_{LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]}Yet, such a person existed, causing Qin Mo to skim his finger over the keyboard a few times. The other party seemed to be probing him, expending nothing but a few zombie hosts and neglecting to launch a true attack.

LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]

_{“Hey!” Yang Fanghong sneered even hаrder. “Do you think I can fυcking read?!”}
[I am here.]

“Hey!” Yang Fanghong sneered even hаrder. “Do you think I can fυcking read?!”

_{Qin Mo: [I wanted to know if the info you’re hoarding really is nefarious stuff—apart from the 200GB of AVs, of course.]}LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]

Qin Mo: [I wanted to know if the info you’re hoarding really is nefarious stuff—apart from the 200GB of AVs, of course.]

_{But if the conversation were about quality alone, Qin Mo could not dare assert that the skills of his countrymen were higher than the foreigners’.}
Qin Mo’s fingers moved to reply to the message, but it wasn’t long until a response popped up on the screen.

But if the conversation were about quality alone, Qin Mo could not dare assert that the skills of his countrymen were higher than the foreigners’.

_{LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.}Thinking it over for a while—with a bit of struggle—Qin Mo grabbed the phone with the hand that just held the trash and replied, "Any information that proves Zhang Jingzi was the principal."

LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.

_{Thinking it over for a while—with a bit of struggle—Qin Mo grabbed the phone with the hand that just held the trash and replied, "Any information that proves Zhang Jingzi was the principal."}
[May I ask you something, oh great one?]

Thinking it over for a while—with a bit of struggle—Qin Mo grabbed the phone with the hand that just held the trash and replied, "Any information that proves Zhang Jingzi was the principal."

Nonetheless, that Qin Mo, being the curious one he was, kept mucking about online—doing so year-round. But just as he did in real life, he rarely leaves a trace of his presence. Even the forums he visited the most were done anonymously.

_{Yet, such a person existed, causing Qin Mo to skim his finger over the keyboard a few times. The other party seemed to be probing him, expending nothing but a few zombie hosts and neglecting to launch a true attack.}But if the conversation were about quality alone, Qin Mo could not dare assert that the skills of his countrymen were higher than the foreigners’.

Yet, such a person existed, causing Qin Mo to skim his finger over the keyboard a few times. The other party seemed to be probing him, expending nothing but a few zombie hosts and neglecting to launch a true attack.

_{After glancing at the competition format, Qin Mo typed two words: [No thanks.]}LK: [It’ll be 5v5 mutual bombardment, and whoever decimates the other side first wins.]

After glancing at the competition format, Qin Mo typed two words: [No thanks.]

_{[I am here.]}As for the local versus foreign hacker wars, the field was pretty evenly matched, but only due to his Huaxia Kingdom using swarm tactics to make up for their shortcomings. Like this, even those novice youths possessing more passion than basic skills can utilise simple hacking tools to attack smaller foreign websites. Plus, whenever the two nations engaged in online battles, his country relied on a large number of traffic-blocking technologies to clog up the opposing network to make up for the difference in the quality of the websites attacked with the quantity of websites attacked.

[I am here.]

_{[You may.]}
Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:

[You may.]

_{Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:}LK: [It’ll be 5v5 mutual bombardment, and whoever decimates the other side first wins.]

Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:

_{“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.}[You know the level of everyone here… We can’t let those yellow-haired folks look down on us! So we have no choice but to beseech you… (>///<)]

“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.

Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.

_{LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]}“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”

LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]

_{LK: [It’ll be 5v5 mutual bombardment, and whoever decimates the other side first wins.]}
[You may.]

LK: [It’ll be 5v5 mutual bombardment, and whoever decimates the other side first wins.]

_{The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.}As for hackers in his home country, the ones that could be called true hackers were as rare as can be. More often than not, there are those with a bit of surface-level know-how who use it for nefarious purposes, or just to brag about being a hacker. But those who were real hackers mostly lurked in corners of different forums with skills of all types.

The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.

_{[I am here.]}“Just tell me if you can get it or not.” Qin Mo cared little about the other party’s contempt.

[I am here.]

To her, Qin Mo was a smart kid whose ability to get a read on people was decent enough. But at the same time, his ability to grasp the inner workings of their hearts was still very much lacking—it was practically non-existent. A result of spending most of his life facing a computer.

_{“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.}LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]

“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.

They believed all information should be freely accessible. They believed centralised systems should be broken apart. Computing was supposed to make life better. Such was the code of ethics that those hackers lived by.

_{In addition to them, there were those who donned the hat to improve systems—until perfection. But Qin Mo had never classified himself under any of those banners, not seriously anyhow. He simply learns what he can for learning's sake and tests out what he can for testing's sake.}After Qin Mo’s response, nothing else was said from his end of the line. Listening carefully, Qin Zhen heard the light tapping of keys resonating through the receiver, making it clear that kid was busy messing with his computer again, causing her to hang up the phone in a huff.

In addition to them, there were those who donned the hat to improve systems—until perfection. But Qin Mo had never classified himself under any of those banners, not seriously anyhow. He simply learns what he can for learning's sake and tests out what he can for testing's sake.

_{As for the local versus foreign hacker wars, the field was pretty evenly matched, but only due to his Huaxia Kingdom using swarm tactics to make up for their shortcomings. Like this, even those novice youths possessing more passion than basic skills can utilise simple hacking tools to attack smaller foreign websites.}
[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]

As for the local versus foreign hacker wars, the field was pretty evenly matched, but only due to his Huaxia Kingdom using swarm tactics to make up for their shortcomings. Like this, even those novice youths possessing more passion than basic skills can utilise simple hacking tools to attack smaller foreign websites. Plus, whenever the two nations engaged in online battles, his country relied on a large number of traffic-blocking technologies to clog up the opposing network to make up for the difference in the quality of the websites attacked with the quantity of websites attacked.

_{{A friendly hacker war?}}[Hey.] Qin Mo suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask LK. [Do you know the Hacker Code of Ethics?]

A friendly hacker war?

Qin Mo had never heard of such a thing. Honestly, the reputation of hackers in his country was tіghtly linked to something only cybercriminals did, as far as the average person was concerned. The only time there was anything close to a "hacker war" was a so-called “attack and defence competition" held by a notable software company that turned out to just be a promotion for advertising some new ventures. The end result had nothing to do with technology, nor did it cause a ripple in the local hacker circles.

_{Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?}
A friendly hacker war?

Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?

_{“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.}LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.

“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.

_{After Qin Mo’s response, nothing else was said from his end of the line. Listening carefully, Qin Zhen heard the light tapping of keys resonating through the receiver, making it clear that kid was busy messing with his computer again, causing her to hang up the phone in a huff.}With this, he finally caught Qin Mo’s attention, enough to make the great god seriously consider the proposal at hand. Qin Mo knew that he was somewhat weaker going solo online. He also knows that members of that forum were old black hat hackers with a myriad of specialised skills under their belts. What’s more, the ones like LK had large troves of loot stored on their machines that could contain things he needed.

_{Yang Fanghong didn't hang up, and Qin Mo made his way home while he waited. After getting inside, he turned on the tap and washed his hands before asking without any urgency, “Have you thought it over?”}
Qin Mo had never heard of such a thing. Honestly, the reputation of hackers in his country was tіghtly linked to something only cybercriminals did, as far as the average person was concerned. The only time there was anything close to a "hacker war" was a so-called “attack and defence competition" held by a notable software company that turned out to just be a promotion for advertising some new ventures. The end result had nothing to do with technology, nor did it cause a ripple in the local hacker circles.

Yang Fanghong didn't hang up, and Qin Mo made his way home while he waited. After getting inside, he turned on the tap and washed his hands before asking without any urgency, “Have you thought it over?”

_{Sometime later, he noticed someone knocking outside his firewall again. The gaps between the consecutive pokes alone were enough to tell him it was LK prodding around, forcing him to go back to the chat window to see what the other had left for him now.}LK: [It’ll be 5v5 mutual bombardment, and whoever decimates the other side first wins.]

Sometime later, he noticed someone knocking outside his firewall again. The gaps between the consecutive pokes alone were enough to tell him it was LK prodding around, forcing him to go back to the chat window to see what the other had left for him now.

_{The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.}Qin Mo had never heard of such a thing. Honestly, the reputation of hackers in his country was tіghtly linked to something only cybercriminals did, as far as the average person was concerned. The only time there was anything close to a "hacker war" was a so-called “attack and defence competition" held by a notable software company that turned out to just be a promotion for advertising some new ventures. The end result had nothing to do with technology, nor did it cause a ripple in the local hacker circles.

The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.

_{LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]}With that done, Qin Mo picked up the empty noodle container and stuffed it into a garbage bag, taking it all the way downstairs to the trash. Having his entire house filled with the faint scent of old noodles was something his cleanliness obsession had no tolerance for, along with the thought of that bag of garbage sitting at his front door to be taken out the next day.

LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]

_{[May I ask you something, oh great one?]}Qin Mo wanted to laugh, replying in LK’s tone: [If you change this 5v5 match to a nationwide bombardment, I might be able to save you.]

[May I ask you something, oh great one?]

_{[Hey.] Qin Mo suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask LK. [Do you know the Hacker Code of Ethics?]}
[Great One…]

[Hey.] Qin Mo suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask LK. [Do you know the Hacker Code of Ethics?]

Seeing no answer from the other person for a while, Qin Mo got up and made himself a bowl of instant noodles as a late-night snack, washing it down with a cold bottle of cola. After he was done, he looked back at the chat window and saw he had gotten a reply from LK.

_{{That’s right… Most employment contracts for faculty members have a column for the principal’s signature. So if his signature is really there, it’ll prove he was the one in charge of that Self-improvement Academy.}}Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.

That’s right… Most employment contracts for faculty members have a column for the principal’s signature. So if his signature is really there, it’ll prove he was the one in charge of that Self-improvement Academy.

_{Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]}N/A

Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]

_{After taking a long time to reply, LK typed: [Yeah. But why are you asking this, your greatness?]}
[You know the level of everyone here… We can’t let those yellow-haired folks look down on us! So we have no choice but to beseech you… (>///<)]

After taking a long time to reply, LK typed: [Yeah. But why are you asking this, your greatness?]

_{LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]}LK: [It’ll be 5v5 mutual bombardment, and whoever decimates the other side first wins.]

LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]

_{“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.}So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.

“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.

_{This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.}With this, he finally caught Qin Mo’s attention, enough to make the great god seriously consider the proposal at hand. Qin Mo knew that he was somewhat weaker going solo online. He also knows that members of that forum were old black hat hackers with a myriad of specialised skills under their belts. What’s more, the ones like LK had large troves of loot stored on their machines that could contain things he needed.

This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.

_{LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]}Sometime later, he noticed someone knocking outside his firewall again. The gaps between the consecutive pokes alone were enough to tell him it was LK prodding around, forcing him to go back to the chat window to see what the other had left for him now.

LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]

_{As for hackers in his home country, the ones that could be called true hackers were as rare as can be. More often than not, there are those with a bit of surface-level know-how who use it for nefarious purposes, or just to brag about being a hacker. But those who were real hackers mostly lurked in corners of different forums with skills of all types.}
Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]

As for hackers in his home country, the ones that could be called true hackers were as rare as can be. More often than not, there are those with a bit of surface-level know-how who use it for nefarious purposes, or just to brag about being a hacker. But those who were real hackers mostly lurked in corners of different forums with skills of all types.

_{Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.}Once he got her on the line, Qin Mo told his worried cousin all about what happened. After hearing what was said, she remained silent for a while before saying carefully, “If it is as you said, then Yang Fanghong is a double-edged sword. If he’s willing to do your bidding for money, he can just as easily turn against you; it’s bound to happen sooner or later. So you can either block off any path he could use to weasel his way out and destroy his chances for betrayal, or you can use his inevitable betrayal to your advantage.”

Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.

_{LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.}“Just tell me if you can get it or not.” Qin Mo cared little about the other party’s contempt.

LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.

_{Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?}Qin Mo’s eyes widened.

Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?

_{They believed all information should be freely accessible. They believed centralised systems should be broken apart. Computing was supposed to make life better. Such was the code of ethics that those hackers lived by.}
LK: [Well… um… to be completely on the up and up, there was a kid on our side who kinda stole a yellow-hair’s account, then went into those guys’ forum to brag about a bunch of stuff. So they came looking for them. We already "blew up" that guy’s machine, but we’re too embarrassed to tell them that…]

_N/A[Great One…]

N/A

_{The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.}“After all this time?” Yang Fanghong let out a laugh directly aimed at him. “Even if you find fυcking proof that Zhang Jingzi was the principal, do you actually think you can take him to court?”

The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.

_{[I am here.]}[Great God! Where art thou?]

[I am here.]

_{[Great One…]}LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]

[Great One…]

_{In addition to them, there were those who donned the hat to improve systems—until perfection. But Qin Mo had never classified himself under any of those banners, not seriously anyhow. He simply learns what he can for learning's sake and tests out what he can for testing's sake.}
Qin Mo was left speechless. This was a friendly hacker war? It was obvious as hell that it was the trouble caused outside following one back home.

_{“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.}With that done, Qin Mo picked up the empty noodle container and stuffed it into a garbage bag, taking it all the way downstairs to the trash. Having his entire house filled with the faint scent of old noodles was something his cleanliness obsession had no tolerance for, along with the thought of that bag of garbage sitting at his front door to be taken out the next day.

“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.

_{Once he got her on the line, Qin Mo told his worried cousin all about what happened. After hearing what was said, she remained silent for a while before saying carefully, “If it is as you said, then Yang Fanghong is a double-edged sword.}After Qin Mo’s response, nothing else was said from his end of the line. Listening carefully, Qin Zhen heard the light tapping of keys resonating through the receiver, making it clear that kid was busy messing with his computer again, causing her to hang up the phone in a huff.

Once he got her on the line, Qin Mo told his worried cousin all about what happened. After hearing what was said, she remained silent for a while before saying carefully, “If it is as you said, then Yang Fanghong is a double-edged sword. If he’s willing to do your bidding for money, he can just as easily turn against you; it’s bound to happen sooner or later. So you can either block off any path he could use to weasel his way out and destroy his chances for betrayal, or you can use his inevitable betrayal to your advantage.”

_{Qin Mo’s eyes widened.}
Qin Mo: [How will it take place, then?]

Qin Mo’s eyes widened.

_{Regardless, Qin Mo threw a virus their way, one that had no use beyond being cute. He then pulled up the forum window and found a string of messages hanging at the top of the interface, all from LK. The latest one being:}[May I ask you something, oh great one?]

Regardless, Qin Mo threw a virus their way, one that had no use beyond being cute. He then pulled up the forum window and found a string of messages hanging at the top of the interface, all from LK. The latest one being:

_{[Great One…]}After Qin Mo’s response, nothing else was said from his end of the line. Listening carefully, Qin Zhen heard the light tapping of keys resonating through the receiver, making it clear that kid was busy messing with his computer again, causing her to hang up the phone in a huff.

[Great One…]

_{Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:}So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.

Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:

_{[May I ask you something, oh great one?]}
After glancing at the competition format, Qin Mo typed two words: [No thanks.]

[May I ask you something, oh great one?]

_{Nonetheless, that Qin Mo, being the curious one he was, kept mucking about online—doing so year-round. But just as he did in real life, he rarely leaves a trace of his presence. Even the forums he visited the most were done anonymously.}As for hackers in his home country, the ones that could be called true hackers were as rare as can be. More often than not, there are those with a bit of surface-level know-how who use it for nefarious purposes, or just to brag about being a hacker. But those who were real hackers mostly lurked in corners of different forums with skills of all types.

_{LK chimed in again, adding:}
During his time overseas, Qin Mo also mucked about in certain parts of the web and met a few hacker buddies. They traded a few blows, and he even kept in touch with a couple of them.

LK chimed in again, adding:

_{[I am here.]}To her, Qin Mo was a smart kid whose ability to get a read on people was decent enough. But at the same time, his ability to grasp the inner workings of their hearts was still very much lacking—it was practically non-existent. A result of spending most of his life facing a computer.

[I am here.]

_{Qin Mo had never heard of such a thing. Honestly, the reputation of hackers in his country was tіghtly linked to something only cybercriminals did, as far as the average person was concerned.}After Qin Mo got home from Yang Fanghong’s, his phone was practically blown up by Qin Zhen. He had chased after Yang Fanghong without a word and had no phone on him since it was left at home, causing his cousin to search for him in vain to the point of almost filing a missing person’s report.

_{Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.}“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.

Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.

_{[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]}Nonetheless, that Qin Mo, being the curious one he was, kept mucking about online—doing so year-round. But just as he did in real life, he rarely leaves a trace of his presence. Even the forums he visited the most were done anonymously.

[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]

_{Qin Mo: [I wanted to know if the info you’re hoarding really is nefarious stuff—apart from the 200GB of AVs, of course.]}
This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.

Qin Mo: [I wanted to know if the info you’re hoarding really is nefarious stuff—apart from the 200GB of AVs, of course.]

_{“Let me think it over.”}Society denied the existence of any standards for ethical hacking, and releasing information to the public was criminalised. As a result, countless hackers have been intercepted and arrested—locked within those four walls, forever parted from the computers and information they had once regarded as their lives. This was a fate LK never wanted, so everything he squirrelled away was kept under lock and key until the day he would leave that life behind him for good, a sacrificial offering in the name of his faith.

“Let me think it over.”

“I found another person to be the witness you’ve been looking for.” Yang Fanghong wasted no time beating around the bush. “She’s a female instructor who’s still living in D-City.”

_{But if the conversation were about quality alone, Qin Mo could not dare assert that the skills of his countrymen were higher than the foreigners’.}With that done, Qin Mo picked up the empty noodle container and stuffed it into a garbage bag, taking it all the way downstairs to the trash. Having his entire house filled with the faint scent of old noodles was something his cleanliness obsession had no tolerance for, along with the thought of that bag of garbage sitting at his front door to be taken out the next day.

But if the conversation were about quality alone, Qin Mo could not dare assert that the skills of his countrymen were higher than the foreigners’.

_{To her, Qin Mo was a smart kid whose ability to get a read on people was decent enough. But at the same time, his ability to grasp the inner workings of their hearts was still very much lacking—it was practically non-existent. A result of spending most of his life facing a computer.}Society denied the existence of any standards for ethical hacking, and releasing information to the public was criminalised. As a result, countless hackers have been intercepted and arrested—locked within those four walls, forever parted from the computers and information they had once regarded as their lives. This was a fate LK never wanted, so everything he squirrelled away was kept under lock and key until the day he would leave that life behind him for good, a sacrificial offering in the name of his faith.

_{Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:}
The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.

Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:

_{“I found another person to be the witness you’ve been looking for.” Yang Fanghong wasted no time beating around the bush. “She’s a female instructor who’s still living in D-City.”}Yang Fanghong didn't hang up, and Qin Mo made his way home while he waited. After getting inside, he turned on the tap and washed his hands before asking without any urgency, “Have you thought it over?”

“I found another person to be the witness you’ve been looking for.” Yang Fanghong wasted no time beating around the bush. “She’s a female instructor who’s still living in D-City.”

_N/A“After all this time?” Yang Fanghong let out a laugh directly aimed at him. “Even if you find fυcking proof that Zhang Jingzi was the principal, do you actually think you can take him to court?”

N/A

LK: [Your Great Godliness, I beseech you to aid us just this once. If you just participate, regardless of whether we win or lose, we’ll drop some "big surprises" on anyone you want to take out—like a certain someone you’re investigating, for example.]

_{“Maybe…” Yang Fanghong was hesitant. “There might be a signature on my employment contract with his name.”}A friendly hacker war?

“Maybe…” Yang Fanghong was hesitant. “There might be a signature on my employment contract with his name.”

_{“Just tell me if you can get it or not.” Qin Mo cared little about the other party’s contempt.}Nonetheless, that Qin Mo, being the curious one he was, kept mucking about online—doing so year-round. But just as he did in real life, he rarely leaves a trace of his presence. Even the forums he visited the most were done anonymously.

“Just tell me if you can get it or not.” Qin Mo cared little about the other party’s contempt.

_{As for the local versus foreign hacker wars, the field was pretty evenly matched, but only due to his Huaxia Kingdom using swarm tactics to make up for their shortcomings. Like this, even those novice youths possessing more passion than basic skills can utilise simple hacking tools to attack smaller foreign websites.}Thinking it over for a while—with a bit of struggle—Qin Mo grabbed the phone with the hand that just held the trash and replied, "Any information that proves Zhang Jingzi was the principal."

_{With that done, Qin Mo picked up the empty noodle container and stuffed it into a garbage bag, taking it all the way downstairs to the trash. Having his entire house filled with the faint scent of old noodles was something his cleanliness obsession had no tolerance for, along with the thought of that bag of garbage sitting at his front door to be taken out the next day.}
They believed all information should be freely accessible. They believed centralised systems should be broken apart. Computing was supposed to make life better. Such was the code of ethics that those hackers lived by.

With that done, Qin Mo picked up the empty noodle container and stuffed it into a garbage bag, taking it all the way downstairs to the trash. Having his entire house filled with the faint scent of old noodles was something his cleanliness obsession had no tolerance for, along with the thought of that bag of garbage sitting at his front door to be taken out the next day.

_{{A friendly hacker war?}}This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.

A friendly hacker war?

_{LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]}“Just tell me if you can get it or not.” Qin Mo cared little about the other party’s contempt.

LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]

_{LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]}
In addition to them, there were those who donned the hat to improve systems—until perfection. But Qin Mo had never classified himself under any of those banners, not seriously anyhow. He simply learns what he can for learning's sake and tests out what he can for testing's sake.

LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]

_N/AN/A

N/A

_{[I am here.]}
As for hackers in his home country, the ones that could be called true hackers were as rare as can be. More often than not, there are those with a bit of surface-level know-how who use it for nefarious purposes, or just to brag about being a hacker. But those who were real hackers mostly lurked in corners of different forums with skills of all types.

[I am here.]

Qin Mo stopped typing, having nothing to say as he simply curled his lips. He had no revered credo of his own, only a set of his own principles he followed, yet he still respected those who did have such faith.

_{[You may.]}[Great One…]

[You may.]

_{Yet, such a person existed, causing Qin Mo to skim his finger over the keyboard a few times. The other party seemed to be probing him, expending nothing but a few zombie hosts and neglecting to launch a true attack.}So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.

_{“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”}
As for the local versus foreign hacker wars, the field was pretty evenly matched, but only due to his Huaxia Kingdom using swarm tactics to make up for their shortcomings. Like this, even those novice youths possessing more passion than basic skills can utilise simple hacking tools to attack smaller foreign websites. Plus, whenever the two nations engaged in online battles, his country relied on a large number of traffic-blocking technologies to clog up the opposing network to make up for the difference in the quality of the websites attacked with the quantity of websites attacked.

“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”

_{[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]}Qin Mo had never heard of such a thing. Honestly, the reputation of hackers in his country was tіghtly linked to something only cybercriminals did, as far as the average person was concerned. The only time there was anything close to a "hacker war" was a so-called “attack and defence competition" held by a notable software company that turned out to just be a promotion for advertising some new ventures. The end result had nothing to do with technology, nor did it cause a ripple in the local hacker circles.

[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]

_{“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.}
But if the conversation were about quality alone, Qin Mo could not dare assert that the skills of his countrymen were higher than the foreigners’.

“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.

Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.

_N/A“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.

N/A

_{Qin Mo: [How will it take place, then?]}
Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.

Qin Mo: [How will it take place, then?]

_{Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]}
LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]

Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]

_{Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker}LK: [Your Great Godliness, I beseech you to aid us just this once. If you just participate, regardless of whether we win or lose, we’ll drop some "big surprises" on anyone you want to take out—like a certain someone you’re investigating, for example.]

Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker

_{Once he got her on the line, Qin Mo told his worried cousin all about what happened. After hearing what was said, she remained silent for a while before saying carefully, “If it is as you said, then Yang Fanghong is a double-edged sword.}In addition to them, there were those who donned the hat to improve systems—until perfection. But Qin Mo had never classified himself under any of those banners, not seriously anyhow. He simply learns what he can for learning's sake and tests out what he can for testing's sake.

So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.

_{The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.}Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?

The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.

_{{That’s right… Most employment contracts for faculty members have a column for the principal’s signature. So if his signature is really there, it’ll prove he was the one in charge of that Self-improvement Academy.}}That’s right… Most employment contracts for faculty members have a column for the principal’s signature. So if his signature is really there, it’ll prove he was the one in charge of that Self-improvement Academy.

_{“Just tell me if you can get it or not.” Qin Mo cared little about the other party’s contempt.}“Hey!” Yang Fanghong sneered even hаrder. “Do you think I can fυcking read?!”

“Just tell me if you can get it or not.” Qin Mo cared little about the other party’s contempt.

_{Sometime later, he noticed someone knocking outside his firewall again. The gaps between the consecutive pokes alone were enough to tell him it was LK prodding around, forcing him to go back to the chat window to see what the other had left for him now.}
LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]

_{So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.}Sometime later, he noticed someone knocking outside his firewall again. The gaps between the consecutive pokes alone were enough to tell him it was LK prodding around, forcing him to go back to the chat window to see what the other had left for him now.

So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.

_{Nonetheless, that Qin Mo, being the curious one he was, kept mucking about online—doing so year-round. But just as he did in real life, he rarely leaves a trace of his presence. Even the forums he visited the most were done anonymously.}
LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.

_{“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”}The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.

“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”

_{Seeing no answer from the other person for a while, Qin Mo got up and made himself a bowl of instant noodles as a late-night snack, washing it down with a cold bottle of cola. After he was done, he looked back at the chat window and saw he had gotten a reply from LK.}After Qin Mo’s response, nothing else was said from his end of the line. Listening carefully, Qin Zhen heard the light tapping of keys resonating through the receiver, making it clear that kid was busy messing with his computer again, causing her to hang up the phone in a huff.

_{“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.}Qin Mo’s fingers moved to reply to the message, but it wasn’t long until a response popped up on the screen.

“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.

_{Qin Mo was left speechless. This was a friendly hacker war? It was obvious as hell that it was the trouble caused outside following one back home.}
Sometime later, he noticed someone knocking outside his firewall again. The gaps between the consecutive pokes alone were enough to tell him it was LK prodding around, forcing him to go back to the chat window to see what the other had left for him now.

Qin Mo was left speechless. This was a friendly hacker war? It was obvious as hell that it was the trouble caused outside following one back home.

_{Qin Mo’s fingers moved to reply to the message, but it wasn’t long until a response popped up on the screen.}Regardless, Qin Mo threw a virus their way, one that had no use beyond being cute. He then pulled up the forum window and found a string of messages hanging at the top of the interface, all from LK. The latest one being:

Qin Mo’s fingers moved to reply to the message, but it wasn’t long until a response popped up on the screen.

_{“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.}Just as he arrived at the garbage bin, he got a call from Yang Fanghong.

“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.

_{After taking a long time to reply, LK typed: [Yeah. But why are you asking this, your greatness?]}Qin Mo was left speechless. This was a friendly hacker war? It was obvious as hell that it was the trouble caused outside following one back home.

After taking a long time to reply, LK typed: [Yeah. But why are you asking this, your greatness?]

_{The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.}
LK: [Your Great Godliness, I beseech you to aid us just this once. If you just participate, regardless of whether we win or lose, we’ll drop some "big surprises" on anyone you want to take out—like a certain someone you’re investigating, for example.]

The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.

_{“Let me think it over.”}After Qin Mo got home from Yang Fanghong’s, his phone was practically blown up by Qin Zhen. He had chased after Yang Fanghong without a word and had no phone on him since it was left at home, causing his cousin to search for him in vain to the point of almost filing a missing person’s report.

“Let me think it over.”

_{“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”}
LK clearly remembered the video Qin Mo had requested during their first run-in. Aѕsuming the other party was investigating something important.

“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”

_{During his time overseas, Qin Mo also mucked about in certain parts of the web and met a few hacker buddies. They traded a few blows, and he even kept in touch with a couple of them.}“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”

During his time overseas, Qin Mo also mucked about in certain parts of the web and met a few hacker buddies. They traded a few blows, and he even kept in touch with a couple of them.

_{Qin Mo stopped typing, having nothing to say as he simply curled his lips. He had no revered credo of his own, only a set of his own principles he followed, yet he still respected those who did have such faith.}
With this, he finally caught Qin Mo’s attention, enough to make the great god seriously consider the proposal at hand. Qin Mo knew that he was somewhat weaker going solo online. He also knows that members of that forum were old black hat hackers with a myriad of specialised skills under their belts. What’s more, the ones like LK had large troves of loot stored on their machines that could contain things he needed.

_{Qin Mo wanted to laugh, replying in LK’s tone: [If you change this 5v5 match to a nationwide bombardment, I might be able to save you.]}Qin Mo’s fingers moved to reply to the message, but it wasn’t long until a response popped up on the screen.

Qin Mo wanted to laugh, replying in LK’s tone: [If you change this 5v5 match to a nationwide bombardment, I might be able to save you.]

_{[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]}That’s right… Most employment contracts for faculty members have a column for the principal’s signature. So if his signature is really there, it’ll prove he was the one in charge of that Self-improvement Academy.

[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]

_{“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”}Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?

“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”

_{Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?}This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.

Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?

_{With this, he finally caught Qin Mo’s attention, enough to make the great god seriously consider the proposal at hand. Qin Mo knew that he was somewhat weaker going solo online.}
So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.

With this, he finally caught Qin Mo’s attention, enough to make the great god seriously consider the proposal at hand. Qin Mo knew that he was somewhat weaker going solo online. He also knows that members of that forum were old black hat hackers with a myriad of specialised skills under their belts. What’s more, the ones like LK had large troves of loot stored on their machines that could contain things he needed.

_{“Let me think it over.”}Seeing no answer from the other person for a while, Qin Mo got up and made himself a bowl of instant noodles as a late-night snack, washing it down with a cold bottle of cola. After he was done, he looked back at the chat window and saw he had gotten a reply from LK.

“Let me think it over.”

_{LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]}“I found another person to be the witness you’ve been looking for.” Yang Fanghong wasted no time beating around the bush. “She’s a female instructor who’s still living in D-City.”

LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]

_{This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.}This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.

This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.

_{Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.}
[Hey.] Qin Mo suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask LK. [Do you know the Hacker Code of Ethics?]

Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.

_{“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.}Qin Mo’s eyes widened.

“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.

_{Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker}
After taking a long time to reply, LK typed: [Yeah. But why are you asking this, your greatness?]

Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker

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_{{That’s right… Most employment contracts for faculty members have a column for the principal’s signature. So if his signature is really there, it’ll prove he was the one in charge of that Self-improvement Academy.}}Qin Mo: [I wanted to know if the info you’re hoarding really is nefarious stuff—apart from the 200GB of AVs, of course.]

_{“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.}
Qin Mo: [I wanted to know if the info you’re hoarding really is nefarious stuff—apart from the 200GB of AVs, of course.]

“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.

_{To her, Qin Mo was a smart kid whose ability to get a read on people was decent enough. But at the same time, his ability to grasp the inner workings of their hearts was still very much lacking—it was practically non-existent. A result of spending most of his life facing a computer.}In addition to them, there were those who donned the hat to improve systems—until perfection. But Qin Mo had never classified himself under any of those banners, not seriously anyhow. He simply learns what he can for learning's sake and tests out what he can for testing's sake.

_{A friendly hacker war?}
Seeing no answer from the other person for a while, Qin Mo got up and made himself a bowl of instant noodles as a late-night snack, washing it down with a cold bottle of cola. After he was done, he looked back at the chat window and saw he had gotten a reply from LK.

A friendly hacker war?

_{[I am here.]}[I am here.]

[I am here.]

_{“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.}Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker

“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.

_N/A
LK: [I can’t say much, but I can tell you this. The day I take off my black hat is the day everything I have stored will be released to the public—except for that 200GB of AVs. That is the code I live by.]

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_{“Let me think it over.”}
Society denied the existence of any standards for ethical hacking, and releasing information to the public was criminalised. As a result, countless hackers have been intercepted and arrested—locked within those four walls, forever parted from the computers and information they had once regarded as their lives. This was a fate LK never wanted, so everything he squirrelled away was kept under lock and key until the day he would leave that life behind him for good, a sacrificial offering in the name of his faith.

“Let me think it over.”

_{“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.}[May I ask you something, oh great one?]

“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.

_{LK: [I can’t say much, but I can tell you this. The day I take off my black hat is the day everything I have stored will be released to the public—except for that 200GB of AVs. That is the code I live by.]}LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]

_{{A friendly hacker war?}}Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker

A friendly hacker war?

_{LK: [Your Great Godliness, I beseech you to aid us just this once. If you just participate, regardless of whether we win or lose, we’ll drop some "big surprises" on anyone you want to take out—like a certain someone you’re investigating, for example.]}
With that done, Qin Mo picked up the empty noodle container and stuffed it into a garbage bag, taking it all the way downstairs to the trash. Having his entire house filled with the faint scent of old noodles was something his cleanliness obsession had no tolerance for, along with the thought of that bag of garbage sitting at his front door to be taken out the next day.

_{“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”}Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker

“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”

_{In addition to them, there were those who donned the hat to improve systems—until perfection. But Qin Mo had never classified himself under any of those banners, not seriously anyhow. He simply learns what he can for learning's sake and tests out what he can for testing's sake.}To her, Qin Mo was a smart kid whose ability to get a read on people was decent enough. But at the same time, his ability to grasp the inner workings of their hearts was still very much lacking—it was practically non-existent. A result of spending most of his life facing a computer.

Thinking it over for a while—with a bit of struggle—Qin Mo grabbed the phone with the hand that just held the trash and replied, "Any information that proves Zhang Jingzi was the principal."

_{LK clearly remembered the video Qin Mo had requested during their first run-in. Aѕsuming the other party was investigating something important.}
Just as he arrived at the garbage bin, he got a call from Yang Fanghong.

LK clearly remembered the video Qin Mo had requested during their first run-in. Aѕsuming the other party was investigating something important.

_{[You may.]}Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.

[You may.]

_{“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.}
“I found another person to be the witness you’ve been looking for.” Yang Fanghong wasted no time beating around the bush. “She’s a female instructor who’s still living in D-City.”

“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.

Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.

_{[Hey.] Qin Mo suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask LK. [Do you know the Hacker Code of Ethics?]}LK: [Your Great Godliness, I beseech you to aid us just this once. If you just participate, regardless of whether we win or lose, we’ll drop some "big surprises" on anyone you want to take out—like a certain someone you’re investigating, for example.]

[Hey.] Qin Mo suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask LK. [Do you know the Hacker Code of Ethics?]

_{LK clearly remembered the video Qin Mo had requested during their first run-in. Aѕsuming the other party was investigating something important.}Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:

LK clearly remembered the video Qin Mo had requested during their first run-in. Aѕsuming the other party was investigating something important.

_{LK: [I can’t say much, but I can tell you this. The day I take off my black hat is the day everything I have stored will be released to the public—except for that 200GB of AVs. That is the code I live by.]}
Propping the phone up by his shoulder, Qin Mo used one hand to open the bin and tossed the trash in with the other. But upon wanting to take hold of the phone again, he couldn’t shake the thought that neither of his hands was clean. “When can we go see her?”

_{LK clearly remembered the video Qin Mo had requested during their first run-in. Aѕsuming the other party was investigating something important.}But if the conversation were about quality alone, Qin Mo could not dare assert that the skills of his countrymen were higher than the foreigners’.

LK clearly remembered the video Qin Mo had requested during their first run-in. Aѕsuming the other party was investigating something important.

_{“Hey!” Yang Fanghong sneered even hаrder. “Do you think I can fυcking read?!”}LK: [It’ll be 5v5 mutual bombardment, and whoever decimates the other side first wins.]

“Hey!” Yang Fanghong sneered even hаrder. “Do you think I can fυcking read?!”

_N/A“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”

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_{“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”}After Qin Mo got home from Yang Fanghong’s, his phone was practically blown up by Qin Zhen. He had chased after Yang Fanghong without a word and had no phone on him since it was left at home, causing his cousin to search for him in vain to the point of almost filing a missing person’s report.

“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”

_{Qin Mo’s fingers moved to reply to the message, but it wasn’t long until a response popped up on the screen.}
“Whenever you want. Just say the word." As usual, the other party’s reply was concise.

Qin Mo’s fingers moved to reply to the message, but it wasn’t long until a response popped up on the screen.

_{Yet, such a person existed, causing Qin Mo to skim his finger over the keyboard a few times. The other party seemed to be probing him, expending nothing but a few zombie hosts and neglecting to launch a true attack.}LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]

_{{A friendly hacker war?}}LK: [Your Great Godliness, I beseech you to aid us just this once. If you just participate, regardless of whether we win or lose, we’ll drop some "big surprises" on anyone you want to take out—like a certain someone you’re investigating, for example.]

A friendly hacker war?

_{LK: [Well… um… to be completely on the up and up, there was a kid on our side who kinda stole a yellow-hair’s account, then went into those guys’ forum to brag about a bunch of stuff. So they came looking for them. We already "blew up" that guy’s machine, but we’re too embarrassed to tell them that…]}
“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”

LK: [Well… um… to be completely on the up and up, there was a kid on our side who kinda stole a yellow-hair’s account, then went into those guys’ forum to brag about a bunch of stuff. So they came looking for them. We already "blew up" that guy’s machine, but we’re too embarrassed to tell them that…]

_{“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”}Everything remained radio silent for a good while before a new string of words appeared.

“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”

_{Qin Mo wanted to laugh, replying in LK’s tone: [If you change this 5v5 match to a nationwide bombardment, I might be able to save you.]}But if the conversation were about quality alone, Qin Mo could not dare assert that the skills of his countrymen were higher than the foreigners’.

Qin Mo wanted to laugh, replying in LK’s tone: [If you change this 5v5 match to a nationwide bombardment, I might be able to save you.]

_{[Great One…]}
Thinking it over for a while—with a bit of struggle—Qin Mo grabbed the phone with the hand that just held the trash and replied, "Any information that proves Zhang Jingzi was the principal."

[Great One…]

_{LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]}“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”

LK: [I don’t want to do it this way either!! But they said that we have strength because of our numbers, and we don’t have the balls to come at them in a small group!! 😡]

_{[Great One…]}During his time overseas, Qin Mo also mucked about in certain parts of the web and met a few hacker buddies. They traded a few blows, and he even kept in touch with a couple of them.

[Great One…]

_{[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]}
“After all this time?” Yang Fanghong let out a laugh directly aimed at him. “Even if you find fυcking proof that Zhang Jingzi was the principal, do you actually think you can take him to court?”

[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]

_{“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”}Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]

“What the heck do you know?” Qin Zhen spat. “No, what I mean is that you should come ask me if you run into trouble, alright?”

_{With this, he finally caught Qin Mo’s attention, enough to make the great god seriously consider the proposal at hand. Qin Mo knew that he was somewhat weaker going solo online.}LK: [Your Great Godliness, I beseech you to aid us just this once. If you just participate, regardless of whether we win or lose, we’ll drop some "big surprises" on anyone you want to take out—like a certain someone you’re investigating, for example.]

_{{That’s right… Most employment contracts for faculty members have a column for the principal’s signature. So if his signature is really there, it’ll prove he was the one in charge of that Self-improvement Academy.}}Propping the phone up by his shoulder, Qin Mo used one hand to open the bin and tossed the trash in with the other. But upon wanting to take hold of the phone again, he couldn’t shake the thought that neither of his hands was clean. “When can we go see her?”

_{Just as he arrived at the garbage bin, he got a call from Yang Fanghong.}
“Just tell me if you can get it or not.” Qin Mo cared little about the other party’s contempt.

Just as he arrived at the garbage bin, he got a call from Yang Fanghong.

_{Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.}“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”

Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.

_N/A
“Let me think it over.”

N/A

_{“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.}LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]

“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.

_{LK chimed in again, adding:}Qin Mo: [I wanted to know if the info you’re hoarding really is nefarious stuff—apart from the 200GB of AVs, of course.]

LK chimed in again, adding:

_{This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.}[You may.]

This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.

_{“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.}After glancing at the competition format, Qin Mo typed two words: [No thanks.]

“Is there anything else you need?” Yang Fanghong asked.

_{“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.}
Yang Fanghong didn't hang up, and Qin Mo made his way home while he waited. After getting inside, he turned on the tap and washed his hands before asking without any urgency, “Have you thought it over?”

“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.

_{Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:}With that done, Qin Mo picked up the empty noodle container and stuffed it into a garbage bag, taking it all the way downstairs to the trash. Having his entire house filled with the faint scent of old noodles was something his cleanliness obsession had no tolerance for, along with the thought of that bag of garbage sitting at his front door to be taken out the next day.

Taken aback by the request, and never expecting LK to ask something of him, Qin Mo replied:

_{[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]}[You may.]

[Um… a group of us from here will be participating in a friendly hacker war with some guys from overseas, so would you like to accompany us, your greatness?]

_{This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.}During his time overseas, Qin Mo also mucked about in certain parts of the web and met a few hacker buddies. They traded a few blows, and he even kept in touch with a couple of them.

This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.

_{[You know the level of everyone here… We can’t let those yellow-haired folks look down on us! So we have no choice but to beseech you… (>///<)]}
“Maybe…” Yang Fanghong was hesitant. “There might be a signature on my employment contract with his name.”

[You know the level of everyone here… We can’t let those yellow-haired folks look down on us! So we have no choice but to beseech you… (>///<)]

_{LK chimed in again, adding:}Sometime later, he noticed someone knocking outside his firewall again. The gaps between the consecutive pokes alone were enough to tell him it was LK prodding around, forcing him to go back to the chat window to see what the other had left for him now.

LK chimed in again, adding:

_{The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.}After Qin Mo got home from Yang Fanghong’s, his phone was practically blown up by Qin Zhen. He had chased after Yang Fanghong without a word and had no phone on him since it was left at home, causing his cousin to search for him in vain to the point of almost filing a missing person’s report.

The hacking originating from overseas and the older generation of hackers shared one common ideal: information sharing.

_{Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.}After taking a long time to reply, LK typed: [Yeah. But why are you asking this, your greatness?]

Seeming to toss all his integrity to the wayside, LK threw a crying fit.

_{“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”}LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]

“Fine, then. I’ll come to you at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”

_{This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.}
Qin Mo’s eyes widened.

This experience gave Qin Mo a general idea of the hackers at home and abroad.

_{“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”}“I know.” Qin Mo nodded.

“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”

_{As for the local versus foreign hacker wars, the field was pretty evenly matched, but only due to his Huaxia Kingdom using swarm tactics to make up for their shortcomings. Like this, even those novice youths possessing more passion than basic skills can utilise simple hacking tools to attack smaller foreign websites.}That’s right… Most employment contracts for faculty members have a column for the principal’s signature. So if his signature is really there, it’ll prove he was the one in charge of that Self-improvement Academy.

_{Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]}Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.

Qi Mo: [Did you guys set it up yourselves?]

_{LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]}
That’s right… Most employment contracts for faculty members have a column for the principal’s signature. So if his signature is really there, it’ll prove he was the one in charge of that Self-improvement Academy.

LK: [Your Greatness!!!! You can’t forsake me after having your way with me!]

_{LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]}So, after all was said and done, Qin Mo agreed, but only if he were allowed to choose the other members of the 5v5 team, which LK gratefully accepted—he was practically moved to tears.

LK: [If you don’t help me, this dogged life of mine will seriously be in the hands of those yellow-hairs!! Pleaaaase!!!!!]

_{Yet, such a person existed, causing Qin Mo to skim his finger over the keyboard a few times. The other party seemed to be probing him, expending nothing but a few zombie hosts and neglecting to launch a true attack.}Nonetheless, that Qin Mo, being the curious one he was, kept mucking about online—doing so year-round. But just as he did in real life, he rarely leaves a trace of his presence. Even the forums he visited the most were done anonymously.

_{“Maybe…” Yang Fanghong was hesitant. “There might be a signature on my employment contract with his name.”}
“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.

“Maybe…” Yang Fanghong was hesitant. “There might be a signature on my employment contract with his name.”

_{“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.}LK: [I can’t say much, but I can tell you this. The day I take off my black hat is the day everything I have stored will be released to the public—except for that 200GB of AVs. That is the code I live by.]

“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.

_{As for the local versus foreign hacker wars, the field was pretty evenly matched, but only due to his Huaxia Kingdom using swarm tactics to make up for their shortcomings. Like this, even those novice youths possessing more passion than basic skills can utilise simple hacking tools to attack smaller foreign websites.}LK: [Well… um… to be completely on the up and up, there was a kid on our side who kinda stole a yellow-hair’s account, then went into those guys’ forum to brag about a bunch of stuff. So they came looking for them. We already "blew up" that guy’s machine, but we’re too embarrassed to tell them that…]

_N/A“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.

N/A

_{Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.}LK followed up his rant with an enraged emoji, and not wanting to deal with the forum administrator who had gone berserk, Qin Mo hopped out the chat window.

Qin Mo found it amusing. He had forgotten to shut off his computer last night before heading to bed, and that guy really spent the entire evening using this method to knock on his door.

_{“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.}Volume 2 | Chapter 04: Hacker

“But I’m not sure if his signature is really here, though,” Yang Fanghong added deflatedly.

_{“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”}LK: [I can’t say much, but I can tell you this. The day I take off my black hat is the day everything I have stored will be released to the public—except for that 200GB of AVs. That is the code I live by.]

“How could you not be sure? Didn’t you get a good look at it?”

_{Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?}“I found another person to be the witness you’ve been looking for.” Yang Fanghong wasted no time beating around the bush. “She’s a female instructor who’s still living in D-City.”

Given this situation, who would dare provoke him?

_{In addition to them, there were those who donned the hat to improve systems—until perfection. But Qin Mo had never classified himself under any of those banners, not seriously anyhow. He simply learns what he can for learning's sake and tests out what he can for testing's sake.}LK: [Well… um… to be completely on the up and up, there was a kid on our side who kinda stole a yellow-hair’s account, then went into those guys’ forum to brag about a bunch of stuff. So they came looking for them. We already "blew up" that guy’s machine, but we’re too embarrassed to tell them that…]

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