88: Chapter 88 Burns Two People's CPUs

Zhao Yang rubbed his chin and suddenly smiled: "Director Zhang, I need a computer connected to the internet to check the news in your Haizhou. The more information I have, the more accurate my deductions will be."

"No problem." Zhang Xiaohua turned and left immediately. Before long, several staff members came in carrying a computer case and monitor. They deftly connected a desktop computer and even ran an ethernet cable over.

Zhao Yang turned it on and took a look: "Windows 2000, dedicated network line—alright, that's enough."

He created a new text file, placed his hands on the keyboard, and started clattering away. Lu Xiaofei and Zhang Xiaohua leaned in, watching the characters pop up on the screen at high speed, feeling a bit dazed for a moment.

"Director Zhao, are you programming?" Lu Xiaofei couldn't help but ask.

"Writing a small script to help me crawl for some data. Otherwise, it would be too tiring to flip through it all by myself."

Zhang Xiaohua stared at the characters jumping out like a waterfall and swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Director Zhao, your typing speed is faster than the Advanced data entry clerks in our bureau."

Zhao Yang smiled and didn't reply. Once the script was written, he hit enter to run it.

The browser popped up and began automatically scraping news, with headlines and main content jumping out one by one. Lu Xiaofei and Zhang Xiaohua were both stunned. Lu Xiaofei had spent time abroad and had seen many Computer Science experts, but she had never seen anyone write something so quickly and use it immediately. Not only was it written fast, but the output was also staggering—different types of news were actually automatically classified and organized.

She stared at the screen, her eyes growing warmer.

Zhao Yang tapped the keyboard a few more times and dragged several key news items to the center of the screen: "This is the basic situation. With so many vicious cases appearing in a concentrated manner, there is a high probability of drug involvement. Inside Haizhou, there is very likely a drug manufacturing gang hiding, or rather—the core controller of a drug manufacturing and trafficking syndicate. Officer Lu's target should be this person, right?"

The expressions on Zhang Xiaohua and Lu Xiaofei's faces were quite spectacular. Completely correct, not a single error.

Zhao Yang ignored their shock and continued typing. Various types of news from Haizhou began to appear on the screen—social, commercial, sports. Zhang Xiaohua and Lu Xiaofei watched eagerly, and finally, Zhang Xiaohua couldn't help himself: "Director Zhao, is there more?"

Zhao Yang turned his head to look at Lu Xiaofei and suddenly smiled: "Officer Lu is very beautiful."

Lu Xiaofei was stunned, her face flushed slightly, and then she straightened her expression: "Director Zhao, please respect me. I am going undercover; I will absolutely not do anything immoral!"

Zhao Yang waved his hand: "Just a spontaneous remark, don't overthink it. When people see me, they always ask why I didn't become an actor instead of a criminal police officer. When I saw you, I suddenly wanted to ask the same thing—hmm, a bit cliché."

Lu Xiaofei was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Director Zhao, you're complimenting yourself, aren't you?"

Zhao Yang gave a thumbs up: "Smart."

Zhang Xiaohua looked at Zhao Yang, then at Lu Xiaofei, and suddenly felt that his presence here was a bit redundant.

Zhao Yang put away his smile, placed his fingers back on the keyboard, and his tone became calm: "High-IQ criminals usually have a superstition about high technology. They think high technology is a sturdy fortress, but in fact, it is not—it is not a fortress, but a cage of their own making. The most difficult criminals to deal with are not the ones who change a dozen phone numbers a day, but the old slippery veterans who don't even install a phone and only use paper notes to pass orders."

Zhang Xiaohua nodded in deep agreement: "Director Zhao is right. Then, do you have any other suggestions for us?"

"This type of criminal will use Computer Science and the internet extensively, and their secrets are also hidden in these places—the company's servers, or private email accounts." Zhao Yang tapped the keyboard a few times, and a page popped up on the screen, "Your target should be here, right?"

Zhang Xiaohua and Lu Xiaofei leaned in to look, and together they gasped. The way they looked at Zhao Yang was as if they were looking at a monster. Zhang Xiaohua even suspected whether an undercover agent from a brother unit had infiltrated his bureau.

Zhao Yang said calmly: "There are only a few high-tech enterprises in Haizhou. Besides this one, the others are either state-owned enterprises or small-scale manufacturing businesses that don't require you to mobilize so many people. Moreover, the boss of this company is also very suspicious—a chemistry Ph.D. from Princeton University who also studied philosophy and psychology while studying abroad. This resume is practically tailor-made for a drug lord. I'm almost tempted to go meet him myself."

He paused, then suddenly looked at Zhang Xiaohua: "Director Zhang, how about we discuss this—I'll take on this undercover mission?"

"No way!" Zhang Xiaohua shook his head without a second thought, "What kind of joke is that? You are a first-class merit recipient who has been in the newspapers; you go undercover? Do you think Guo Xiaopeng doesn't read the news?"

"Just a joke." Zhao Yang smiled, his gaze returning to the screen: "The Haizhou Pharmaceuticals server is interesting. Why would a company need such a strong defense network? There must be good things hidden inside! You guys wait, let me take a look."

Lu Xiaofei's expression changed slightly: "Director Zhao, you're going to hack into their server? That will alert the enemy."

"Don't worry. Even if discovered, they will only think it was done by counterparts from America. I am routing through several layers of proxies from America's servers." Zhao Yang's tone was calm, "And with their level of skill, the possibility of them discovering my traces is zero."

As he was speaking, his fingers suddenly paused: "Come over and look, there's a big catch."

Zhang Xiaohua and Lu Xiaofei leaned in to the screen, both shivering in excitement. In the time it took to say those few words, Zhao Yang had already entered the core database of Haizhou Pharmaceuticals. What was displayed on the screen was all the shady stuff hidden inside.

"Quick, quick, quick! Secure the evidence!" Zhang Xiaohua's voice was trembling.

Zhao Yang smiled: "It's already copying, don't rush."

Half an hour later, Zhang Xiaohua and Lu Xiaofei sat there, sweating profusely, as if they had just finished running five kilometers—they were shocked, and also excited. The core secrets of Haizhou Pharmaceuticals that they had been yearning for had just been easily obtained by Zhao Yang in such an understated manner.

Zhang Xiaohua couldn't help but mutter: "Could it be that we overestimated Haizhou Pharmaceuticals and Guo Xiaopeng?"

Lu Xiaofei shook her head: "Guo Xiaopeng is a difficult opponent. I previously asked experts from abroad for help, and they all said it was completely impossible to Breakthrough Haizhou Pharmaceuticals' network defense. It's just that I didn't expect..."

She looked at Zhao Yang, her gaze complex, "Director Zhao is an expert among experts."

Zhang Xiaohua sighed with emotion: "It seems the rumors are true. Even the department head of the Shuimu Computer Science Department has to call Director Zhao 'Brother Yang' when they meet."

Zhao Yang had already secured the evidence on his end. He suddenly asked: "Do you know why I so easily breached the firewall of Haizhou Pharmaceuticals?"

"Why?" The two asked in unison.

"Because Haizhou Pharmaceuticals' network architecture and firewall software are all products from abroad." Zhao Yang's voice was not loud, but his tone was exceptionally serious, "And these products all have backdoors left by foreign companies."

Zhang Xiaohua's face changed drastically: "Director Zhao, is this true? Then what about the ones purchased by our public security System... do they have backdoors too? They promised, they signed agreements!"

Zhao Yang smiled calmly.

"Agreements are meant to be torn up. With Dragon being so special in the world, how could others not be on guard against us? And we ourselves should definitely not trust them completely."

Before the voice faded, Zhang Xiaohua and Lu Xiaofei's faces had already turned deathly pale...