Chapter 362: Chapter 226: Internet Hacker (Happy National Day!) (Part 2)

Fortunately, Li Xiang still has this favor to cash in; as long as he completes the paperwork later, Yu Chuanfei is willing to take a risk for him.

Even if things go wrong in the end, Li Xiang would definitely feel guilty, and then one would owe him a favor.

A favor from Li Xiang is something money can’t buy.

After hanging up the phone, Yu Chuanfei immediately organized the criminal police team, dispatched three police cars, and headed grandly to Wangjiang District.

In ten minutes, they arrived at the foot of the building.

“The target, Xu Zihang, 38 years old, lives in Room 501. Arrest and confirm the identity first; don’t get the wrong person.”

“Yes.”

At this moment, Xu Zihang had been sparring with Li Xiang online for half an hour. From being indignant at first to gradually suspecting, he felt something was odd.

There was something wrong with the person he was sparring with online.

At first, he thought the person’s skills were on par with his; he just needed to focus, and he could defeat his opponent.

But as time went on, he found that wasn’t the case.

No matter how hard he tried, all his attack methods were like a stone sinking into the sea, creating no ripples.

It was then he belatedly realized he was up against an expert.

The other person could have easily taken him down, yet they played along till now. What was their purpose?

“Not good!”

Xu Zihang suddenly realized that this might be the opponent’s delaying tactic, and he might have been exposed.

Thinking of this, he immediately unplugged the internet cable in his house, then collapsed into his chair, all his strength drained as he stared disorientedly at the ceiling, trying hard to recall his recent operational leaks.

He straightened up again and started working on his computer.

Sure enough, he saw traces of Li Xiang’s intrusion that hadn’t been deleted before the disconnection, which scared him into a cold sweat: “How? How did he silently bypass my firewall? Has Dream Country hired experts this time? There are only a few experts in the circle, but to infiltrate my computer silently, there’s almost none. No, my location is exposed, I must leave.”

With that thought, he immediately stood up, picked up his backpack, and started quickly packing his belongings.

He had to escape.

Knock knock knock~

Just then, there was a knock at the door, causing his movements to pause, and his heartbeat to accelerate: “Who is it?”

“Delivery, you have a package.”

Hearing it was delivery, Xu Zihang breathed a sigh of relief, silently berating himself for being overly nervous.

How could they be that fast?

It had been a long time since he felt this tense.

This was all due to the pressure Li Xiang exerted on him: both in the server PK and the silent invasion of his computer, something he had never encountered before.

“Coming.”

Xu Zihang put down his backpack, walked to the door, and just as he opened it, a group of people rushed in: “Don’t move, police, what’s your name?”

“Xu Zihang.” He instinctively answered his name.

Yu Chuanfei relaxed when he heard the name: “Got the right one, cuff him.”

“Wait, how could you be this fast?”

Xu Zihang never expected the police to arrive so quickly.

It had only been a matter of minutes, and the police were at his door?

This was too exaggerated, wasn’t it?

When exactly did that person invade his computer?

Considering the police’s arrival time, the person had been wandering around in his computer for at least fifteen minutes.

It was terrifying.

“Police not fast? You want us to chase after you’ve escaped?”

Yu Chuanfei gave Xu Zihang’s head a light slap: “Of all the things to learn, you chose the wrong path. Take him away.”

After taking Xu Zihang away, Yu Chuanfei had all his computer equipment packed up and taken along, as they were his tools of crime containing evidence of his misconduct. They also checked his home for any suspicious items.

Once everything was checked, Yu Chuanfei took out his phone and called Li Xiang: “Captain Li, we caught him. The guy was just finishing packing to make a run for it when we blocked him at the door.”

“Great, I was just worried after seeing him go offline, fearing he would escape. Thanks for your hard work; next time you’re in Jinling City, I’ll treat you to dinner.”

Hearing Xu Zihang had been caught, Li Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had managed to catch the guy. The opponent had cunningly unplugged their internet connection earlier, leaving him worried he might escape, but now with this call, he felt reassured.

“Alright, it’s been a while since we got together. We’ll be waiting for you. What about this guy? If you’re busy, I can arrange for someone to send him over to you.”

“Don’t trouble yourself; I’ll arrange for someone to pick him up.”

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiang addressed Mengtao and the others: “Keep what I just helped you with confidential, understood?”

“Yes, yes, we promise not to say anything.” Everyone nodded vigorously like chicks pecking at grains, not knowing why Li Xiang wanted it this way, but understanding he must have his reasons.

Seeing them nod in agreement, Li Xiang then turned his gaze to the network police squad in front. Captain Yu’s technical skills were slightly better than Mao Ji’s, but still not enough compared to Xu Zihang. Despite being busy for a while, Li Xiang and his team’s fight was already over, yet they hadn’t figured out what was going on here, thinking the hacker had retreated themselves and were working to reinforce the firewall.

Li Xiang walked over: “Captain Yu, long time no see.”

They were all squad leaders, constantly crossing paths at the bureau, but at this moment, Yu Qiu had been entirely focused on the computer, having not noticed Li Xiang’s entry, turned around upon hearing his name: “Captain Li? What are you doing here?”

“A friend’s company called me to check things out.” Li Xiang made a motion towards Mengtao.

“So President Meng is your friend, huh? Quite embarrassing, we couldn’t catch the hacker.” Yu Qiu felt a bit awkward, somewhat overshadowed by Captain Li’s accomplishments. Especially this time, after going out on two operations they still couldn’t catch the hacker, and Li Xiang witnessing it didn’t help.

“I’ve already asked the Jinling City colleagues for assistance; they’ve caught that hacker. Do you have time to go pick him up?”

“What? They caught him? How did you find him?” Yu Qiu was very surprised to hear the capture had been made.

“Asked a friend to assist. Fortunately, the guy was hiding in Jinling City, so I requested the help of their Criminal Investigation Team Leader, Yu Chuanfei, to catch him.”

Hearing Li Xiang recount the event so casually made Yu Qiu feel deeply impressed. Some people indeed had wide connections; otherwise, how could they know a formidable cybersecurity expert and secure assistance from Jinling City’s Public Security Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Team Leader, Yu Chuanfei.

Truly, birds of a feather flock together. Exceptional people only know other exceptional people.

This is the power of networks, something he himself covets but cannot attain.

Yet from what Li had just said, it seemed he intended to hand this person over to them?

He had spent significant effort and favors to capture that hacker, and he was just giving him to them?

Feeling uncertain over this windfall, Yu Qiu asked: “Captain Li, are you really giving us this person?”

“Yes, haven’t you already filed a case? The internet matters fall under your network police squad’s jurisdiction; this person should naturally be your responsibility.”

“Thank…thank you so much.”

Yu Qiu was too excited for words, initially planning to call for experts from the provincial department should the case remain unsolved for long. Li Xiang truly saved them a lot of trouble this time.

“No need for thanks, we’re all one family.”

Subsequently, Li Xiang handed them Yu Chuanfei’s contact information, leaving them to coordinate.

“We’ll head out then. Captain Li, if you need anything, just let us know.” Yu Qiu, leading his squad, departed since Xu Zihang was still waiting for them.

“Captain Li, why don’t you tell them that you personally caught the guy?”

After the network police left, Mengtao, with some curiosity, asked Li Xiang. Who voluntarily gives away credit like this?

“If I said I caught him myself, wouldn’t that hurt their pride?”

After all, Li Xiang was in the criminal police while they were professional network police.

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