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The room fell silent once again. Everyone understood that this operation would tread the fine line of legality. If something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"I'll go," I finally said. "I'll take full responsibility for this. If anything happens, it won't involve the team."
"Not a chance," Zhang Lei stood up. "If we're going, we're all going together. Besides, we're curious about what’s hidden in that backup server."
The others quickly voiced their agreement. Looking at these comrades who had fought alongside me for years, I suddenly felt a surge of warmth.
"Then it's settled." I opened the map of Origin Awakening World and pointed to a spot in the suburbs. "Tonight's operation, target: Backup Center."
"By the way," Zhang Lei suddenly said, "about that phone call earlier—although we couldn't trace the person, I found an interesting detail."
"What detail?"
"In the background noise, there was a faint sound of a ventilator."
This discovery stirred something within me. Could it be that this mysterious Cleaner had a deeper connection to the case?
At 11 PM, the Backup Center in the suburbs was shrouded in darkness. It was a three-story building disguised as an ordinary industrial facility, surrounded by surveillance cameras and with security patrolling every corner.
"The security is really tight," Li Jun said as he crouched at a nearby vantage point, observing the building through Night Vision Goggles. "At least twenty armed guards."
"After all, it houses data worth hundreds of billions in Virtual Assets," I replied over the radio. "So, have you found any openings?"
"There's a place you should see," Li Jun said as he switched the view to the back of the building. "Every fifteen minutes, there's a three-second gap in the patrol route at the southwest corner. There's an employee passage there, probably for logistics personnel to make supplies."
"The time is too short," Zhang Lei frowned. "And even if we get in, the server room must have biometric security."
Just as I was about to respond, my phone vibrated suddenly. It was an encrypted message:
"The password for the logistics passage is 7718. The biometric data can be obtained from Wang Zhiyuan. He comes here for inspections at midnight on the fifteenth of every month, and today is no exception. — A friend."
It seemed that the "Cleaner" was still secretly helping us. This also confirmed one thing: he was indeed an insider in the Origin Awakening World.
"Let's move," I glanced at the time. "Zhang Lei will handle technical support, Li Jun will provide external assistance, and I'll go get the data."
"Wait," Zhang Lei called out to me. "Are you sure you want to trust that message? What if it's a trap?"
I paused for a moment. "Sometimes, the most dangerous choice is actually the safest one. If they were setting a trap, they wouldn't use such a covert method."
At 11:48 PM, I stealthily made my way to the logistics passage under the cover of darkness. My fingers trembled slightly as I entered the password—if it was wrong, an alarm would sound immediately.
With a beep, the door opened.
I let out a sigh of relief and quickly slipped inside. The passage was pitch black, and I could barely make out my direction using the infrared imaging device on my helmet.
"Remember, you only have twelve minutes," Zhang Lei's voice crackled in my earpiece. "According to thermal imaging, Wang Zhiyuan should still be in his office on the second floor."
I tiptoed up the stairs and saw a room at the end of the hallway with its light on. Voices came from the crack of the door:
"Are we all set?" It was Wang Zhiyuan's voice. "Starting tomorrow, we need to clean up the servers and leave no traces behind."
"Don't worry, Mr. Wang. All the data will be completely overwritten," another voice replied. "By then, even national-level data recovery experts won't be able to find any evidence."
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