75: B-level intelligence, that’s it?

There's a System Mall now...

Su Yue was a little excited.

"Open the System Mall!" he silently ordered in his mind.

"The System Mall has been activated!"

Following the System's voice, a light screen suddenly appeared in front of the desk, causing Su Yue to slightly freeze.

He had originally thought this thing would appear directly in his mind, like in transmigration novels.

The difference between the two was that if it appeared in his mind, Su Yue could purchase things from the System Mall anytime, anywhere. But with a physical holographic light screen, it meant Su Yue could only make purchases within the Intelligence Outpost.

However, that didn't matter. Since he had a System Mall, why ask for more?

There seemed to be quite a lot of items in the System Mall, divided into four categories.

Su Yue casually tapped the light screen, opening the first category, Equipment. There were many items inside, but they were all rather ordinary things.

For example, computers, mobile phones, listening devices, surveillance cameras...

The second category was Machinery, containing 3D printers, miniature home lathes, molds, etc.

The third category was Weapons, containing various weapons, from ordinary small daggers to military spikes, from pencil sharpeners to machetes. Most conspicuously, at the bottom of the Weapons category, there were even firearms!

Looking at the items on the light screen that shimmered with metallic luster, Su Yue felt a slight urge.

To be honest, guns were actually a man's dream toy. Many people wanted a gun not because they planned to harm anyone, but purely for fun.

Su Yue was no exception to this. However, he was a person with self-control, and he was very clear about one thing.

Although a tool is held in a person's hand, the tool itself also changes a person's way of thinking.

There's a classic saying: When you hold a hammer in your hand, every problem looks like a nail.

Moreover, currently, he didn't need to use these things. Anyway, when he needed them, they would be in the System Mall; they wouldn't run away.

After closing the Weapons category, Su Yue opened the fourth category. The fourth category was Others. After a quick glance, Su Yue's eyes were opened.

Drugs that could make someone fall asleep in two seconds, perfumes with a slight hypnotic effect, USB drives containing Hacker programs...

After a rough scan, Su Yue smiled. If these things fell into the hands of people with ill intentions, Police Officers would probably have a big headache.

However, in Su Yue's view, these things were currently useless as well. After all, while he might not be entirely upright, he certainly wasn't despicable. And he didn't need to personally collect intelligence for the time being.

Reopening the Equipment category, Su Yue spoke seriously, "System, have the digital footprints of these pieces of equipment been erased?"

"Please rest assured," the System's voice quickly responded, "All items sold in this System Mall cannot be tracked by any means!"

"On the surface, they appear to have a place of origin and a manufacturer, but in reality, they can be seen as independently produced and branded by the Intelligence Outpost itself, or rather, custom-made!"

"Of course, it is precisely because of this that the prices of items in the System Mall are much more expensive than normal, with the premium depending on the complexity of erasing the source!"

"That's good!" Su Yue nodded with satisfaction.

The main reason he had been waiting for the System Mall to open was precisely for this purpose!

When dealing with intelligence matters in a digital age, the first thing to worry about is various digital footprints.

For example, every mobile phone has its unique code, which is stored on the phone's chip. Regardless of whether a SIM card is installed in the phone, as long as it connects with the outside world, sending and receiving signals, it will transmit its code.

This is why a phone can make emergency calls even without a SIM card, because it also has its own independent identity, an identity that can be recognized.

Using this unique code, even if the caller doesn't tell Police their location, Police can still determine the phone's location by its constant communication with nearby base stations and go to rescue them.

This is true for mobile phones, and it's also true for computers. No matter what system a computer has installed, as long as it communicates with the outside world, for example, by connecting to the internet, it will definitely send its unique code, which is the so-called machine code.

Machine code includes, but is not limited to, hardware devices such as the CPU, hard drive, memory sticks, motherboard, and network card. Tencent once developed a shooting game, and to combat cheating, they unleashed a big move: once cheating was detected, they would directly lock the machine code.

Not only could those with locked machine codes not play this game, but they couldn't even log into their Tencent accounts. And there was only one way to unlock it and continue playing Tencent games on that computer.

Replace the motherboard, CPU, and hard drive completely.

Similar machine codes exist on all devices. Basically, any electronic device with a chip involved in communication has these things. Coupled with various real-name registered phone numbers, independent IPs, etc., they form a very tight network.

These independent codes are set when the chip or device leaves the factory and cannot be changed by anyone, because the machines that manufacture these things also have their own independent codes.

This is also the reason why Su Yue was determined to upgrade his Intelligence Outpost. He understood Lan Zijun and knew what kind of person she was. Even if he revealed his identity in front of Lan Zijun, he actually didn't care.

It would just give Lan Zijun the upper hand when trading with him.

After all, this was a woman who had become best friends with the Captain of the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Team, and she was his only best friend. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. One can imagine how upright Lan Zijun's values were.

Rich, smart, and with upright values, people like Lan Zijun are rare in this society. Even if they exist, Su Yue wouldn't dare to entrust his safety to someone else's character.

The resources that rich people can mobilize are hard for ordinary people to imagine. Even if they don't use their money to fundamentally change the rules of the game, they can instantly pay a Hacker organization to dig up everything about a target through a series of methods, staging a good show of cross-province pursuit.

And once they've dug things up, it's easy to handle. The more civilized ones might send some people over to politely greet Su Yue and let him calmly think about making a choice that benefits both parties.

The more direct ones? If they find out today, tomorrow they might find an emotionally stable Su Yue at the bottom of the river in a barrel sealed with concrete.

Therefore, Su Yue had to establish a network that could not be traced. And the only thing that wouldn't carry an independent code was available only in the System Mall!

Only this way could he hide in this City as an ordinary person, holding the secrets of those rich people in his hand while chatting and laughing, without worrying about the other party flipping the table when they couldn't win.

This was his confidence in confronting the rich and powerful as a commoner!

He glanced at the mall and had to say, these things were really expensive!

A laptop actually cost 200,000, and a mobile phone was 100,000!

Alright, I'm rich now!

Su Yue gritted his teeth and clicked the purchase button.

The next second, another faint light swept across the desk. In just two seconds, a laptop and a mobile phone appeared before Su Yue's eyes.

Both new devices were the same brand, domestic Huawei. And although the price was inflated by more than ten or twenty times, the computer and phone were not the latest models, but rather mid-to-low-end ones. One was a MateBook 14, the other a Nova 9 Pro. The former had an official price of a little over 5,000, the latter a little over 2,000, which fit Su Yue's identity as an ordinary office worker.

Su Yue's previous laptop was also in a similar price range, but that laptop was now kept in the basement, used as the database for the Intelligence Outpost.

Only here did he not have to worry about these secrets potentially leaking, because the Intelligence Outpost itself came with a function to destroy any leaked data.

However, doing so was obviously inconvenient. Su Yue's profession also required him to have a laptop that he could carry with him.

Su Yue casually pressed the power button on the new laptop. This seemed to be the first time the computer was turned on; it was very slow because all the hardware, software, and even the system itself seemed to need to be reinstalled.

Su Yue ignored it and pulled open the desk drawer.

When the Intelligence Outpost was upgraded before, the System notified him that it had rewarded him with a B-level intelligence.

Before this, the System had only given C-level intelligence at most, and even C-level intelligence had already amazed Su Yue.

If the System could even dig out videos that Qian Boda had saved on his mobile phone and then deleted, what would B-level intelligence be like?

There was another USB drive in the drawer. Su Yue was already used to this. The new computer had also finished configuring and was booting normally, so he casually inserted the USB drive into the computer's port.

The moment he opened the USB drive, Su Yue was stunned.

He looked at the file bag containing the USB drive in surprise. A clear 'B' was written on it.

But, this was B-level intelligence?

How could it be so simple?

Su Yue's gaze returned to the computer screen. The new computer's screen was very clear, but what appeared was a very blurry image. Although it wasn't as ridiculous as AV quality, it was a bit uncomfortable for Su Yue, who was used to high-definition and even ultra-high-definition 4K quality.

Judging from the angle and blurriness of this image, this picture was taken from some surveillance footage somewhere by the System, and it was just a small, inconspicuous corner of the surveillance footage that was then enlarged and restored.

And this was the entirety of this B-level intelligence.

Su Yue felt a little depressed.

Although the previous D-level intelligence was also simple, it at least introduced the basic information of the target person, and even included some unknown private details.

For example, Lan Zijun likes to walk around naked at home.

And C-level intelligence was much more detailed, involving more specific and hidden content.

Originally, Su Yue had huge expectations for B-level intelligence. Judging from the trend of D-level and C-level, B-level should clearly hide a shocking secret; it would be unreasonable otherwise.

However, is this it?

This is B-level intelligence!

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