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"Wait, there's one more question," Zhang Lei said with a frown. "Even if he is an insider, he shouldn't have such high system permissions. Only someone who can freely manipulate the virtual space would have that kind of access..."
"Only the system architect would have it," I interjected. "And the chief architect of Origin Awakening World is..."
"Wang Zhiyuan," Li Jun suddenly chimed in. "I just found something interesting. The overall planner for that press conference three months ago was Wang Zhiyuan."
All the clues finally connected. No wonder they could act so freely in the virtual world; the person controlling the system was the one who designed it.
"But there's still a problem," I pondered. "Logically, every action taken by a system architect should leave a record. Why didn't the previous security audit detect any anomalies?"
"Unless..." Zhang Lei suddenly stood up. "Unless the audit system itself has been tampered with!"
I opened the architecture diagram of Origin Awakening World and quickly identified the issue. During a system upgrade last year, the audit module had indeed undergone significant changes, and the person in charge was Wang Zhiyuan.
"They've been planning this for at least a year," I said coldly. "By secretly implanting backdoors through upgrades, then using the press conference to collect user information, and finally executing their final trap with the new version release."
"Then why now?" Li Jun asked, hitting on the key point. "They could have waited longer to gather more targets."
Just then, my phone rang unexpectedly; it was an unfamiliar number.
"You've found the right person," said a voice altered by voice modulation. "But it's already too late. Wang Zhiyuan is just one of the executors of this plan; there are bigger fish behind him."
"Who are you?"
"A Cleaner," the other party said. "For years, Origin Awakening World has pretended to be a virtual social platform, but in reality, it has long become a money laundering tool for certain individuals. Wang Zhiyuan's plan this time is just one part of it."
I signaled the Technical Team to start tracking while continuing to probe, "Why are you telling us all this?"
"Because they've gone too far," the voice replied with a hint of sarcasm. "Do you know why they're making a move now? Because the real financial data of Origin Awakening World is set to be released next month. When that happens, all the bubbles will burst. Rather than waiting for death, it's better to cash out early."
"So this Ransomware plan..."
"Is just a smokescreen. Their real goal is to create chaos and then take the opportunity to transfer funds. Once the storm passes, Origin Awakening World will announce that they were hacked and forced to shut down the system. Everyone's assets will vanish into thin air while they have already cashed out and left."
The scale of this plan exceeded my imagination. If successful, it would be the largest financial fraud in the history of the virtual economy.
"What evidence do you have?"
"The evidence is in Origin Awakening World's backup server," the other party said. "But you'd better hurry because they're already starting to clean up. If you miss this chance..."
The call suddenly dropped. The tracking showed that the signal came from a public phone booth in the city center.
"This is getting more interesting," Zhang Lei mused. "Origin Awakening World's backup server is located in a secret facility in the suburbs, and no more than five people know its exact location. This Cleaner is likely an insider."
"Whoever he is, we only have one option now," I glanced at the time. "We must obtain that evidence before the system update."
"You mean..." Li Jun's eyes lit up, "We need to go on-site to gather evidence?"
"Exactly." I nodded. "This time, we need to catch them in the real world."
"But we don't have a search warrant..."
"There's no time," I interrupted him. "We have 54 hours left; time is evidence. By the time we go through the proper procedures, they will have destroyed all the evidence."
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