Special Forces Medic

Chapter 1096: Chapter 1067: The Mystery of Characters

Xiao Lin chuckled twice, giving Tang an answer. "So, what do you think? Will you accept my proposal?" He pointed at the computer with his chin.

"I’m not that interested in the secrets inside there anymore!" Tang was clever, but no matter how smart he was, he couldn’t escape Xiao Lin’s pitch-black eyes.

"Is that so?" He habitually reached out to rub that head, but Tang instinctively dodged him, leaving his hand hanging in the air, forgotten. "Ha! Your expression says otherwise!"

"You can tell even that?" He blinked a few times, looking adorably innocent. "You’re even more impressive than Meisai. How did you figure it out? I didn’t reveal anything with my expressions!"

"I know you better than you think!" Xiao Lin frowned slightly. Tang had been with the Xiao Family since he was just beginning to understand things, meaning he was someone who had watched him grow. It was impossible not to notice his changes. He thought this but... pouting, Xiao Lin withdrew the characters. "But since you don’t want to make this deal, we’ll take our leave."

"Wait!" Tang called out to Xiao Lin. "Why don’t you revive Jean Locke? He’s important to me."

This was a tough question to answer. Xiao Lin pondered for a long time. Without understanding Meisai’s motives, Xiao Lin decided to remain silent and bear this small stigma. "He’s badly injured, I’m helpless." freёwebnovel.com

"Can you really crack that annoying password?"

"I’ll give it a try!" Xiao Lin sat in front of the computer with a grin, effortlessly accessing the Dragon Soul’s website. This undoubtedly delivered a huge blow to Tang, who considered himself an expert but had been defeated by this password over the past few days. Yet how could this person crack it in one go?

"How did you do it?"

"It’s simple! I use this secret daily, don’t worry!" Xiao Lin moved aside. "Now it’s your turn."

Inputting the characters into the computer, Tang opened the software to utilize the scanned graphics for simulation and conversion into 3D mode, which required some time. So, the four of them sat idly, not speaking while Tang took the opportunity to browse the Dragon Soul website. "There’s impressive stuff in here!"

Zimu and his brother held their breath, indicating their desire to leave to Xiao Lin but were sternly refused, looking frustrated. "There’s even more impressive stuff! But you won’t see it!"

"This website contains four layers of secrets. The secret you input can access the second layer!" Their conversation seemed full of gaps to a third person, but Tang had no awareness of this, completely absorbed by the website content. Meanwhile, the computer emitted an alert sound.

The screen switched back to the characters, displaying a long string of English, the general content indicating a conflict between the character graphic and the software, preventing complete conversion into 3D mode. Xiao Lin understood, but Tang was displeased. He began furiously typing on the keyboard, completely forgetting the other three.

"It’s really hard for me to deny that he’s Hong," Zimu quietly told the silent Xiao Lin.

"I think so too, he’s Hong, but I saw him die right in front of me." The most conflicted person was probably Zimu. Deep down, failing to save Hong felt like a responsibility, a guilt, and an incurable regret. Zimu’s brother gently held Zimu’s hand, offering comfort.

"Are you treating me as invisible? You’re speaking so loudly, I can hear everything!" Looking up from the computer, black-rimmed glasses perched on his nose, his face reflecting blue light. "Who is Hong? Someone you know?"

"You..."

"Can the character be deciphered?" Xiao Lin intercepted Zimu’s words before he could speak the truth.

"Yes, the character is composed of irregular fonts and many hidden lines. The designer of this thing must understand mechanism structures well, afraid of being discovered, they’ve added many unnecessary lines in it. But it can be deciphered; you just need to remove it layer by layer!" Tang seriously answered Xiao Lin’s question, and after repairing and modifying the software architecture, the character was converted into a 3D graphic, making it much easier to unpack. But the constant beeping from the computer left Xiao Lin a bit puzzled.

"This is the computer’s self-protection software. Although your design is drawn, there are also so-called computer viruses within, which are intervening." Seeing Xiao Lin’s puzzled expression, Tang unwrapped a lollipop and popped it into his mouth. "Put it this way! If the character is decrypted manually, you’ll encounter many unsolvable sections, which are obstacles set by the designer. In the computer, these obstacles convert into virus antidotes alerting me of danger, understand?"

"Every beep means the creation of a lock, prompting you to decrypt it, that’s what it means, right?"

Tang nodded, and at this moment the computer emitted another warning beep, leaving Xiao Lin a bit helpless. What kind of character was Hong Lian to design something so complex? Who was he leaving this message for? If it was for himself, how could he know he’d definitely end up in that room?

"Aside from you, who else can decrypt this?"

"Probably no one else!" Tang was quite confident about this. "I enjoy solving puzzles, so I created this software which collects various decoding methods. Yours is very challenging, I should include it."

As time passed, the computer’s beeping grew less frequent. In the room, apart from the sound of keyboard typing, there were no other disturbances, the four maintaining a silent understanding.

"Xiao Lin, come look!" Tang finally lifted his head from the computer. "Is this what you wanted?"

An unexpected result, yet looked intriguing in Xiao Lin’s eyes. Zimu and his brother leaned in, seeing the decrypted character password was a sentence that couldn’t be read smoothly, composed of a few numbers, quite different from what Xiao Lin had in mind and even more so from the current case.

"Reading this sentence in a different sequence: Chapter Six D7S15Q504"

"What does this mean?" Zimu glanced at Xiao Lin, who also shook his head, puzzled. "Can you show me the other decomposed additional elements?"

"That will take some time. Give me a contact method, I can send it to you. Right now, I want to sleep!"

Xiao Lin left an email address, gave Tang a deep look before he leaped out from where he originally entered, with Zimu and his brother following behind. (To be continued. If you enjoy this story, you’re welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)