Chapter 114


    At Gaskell Corporation, a group of young people sat in the conference room staring at their


    computers.


    Seven or eight were yawning, while another four or five were struggling to keep their eyes open.


    None dared to sumb to sleep, not with Queenie casting her ominous presence at the front of the


    room.


    At noon, Queenie got a reply from Raven that made her forehead vein pop. It was a deal worth six


    hundred million, yet they were being so casual about it.


    But with thepany''s firewall system at stake, Queenie rushed to the office. She had to prepare


    and gather all theputer experts in thepany into the conference room.


    "I need you all to track down the other party''s location through thework."


    Theputer experts could only respond in unison, "Yes."


    After Queenie sent the task request, they waited for hours in the meeting room until they finally


    received a reply at 10:00 pm.


    Raven replied, "Task epted. 1.05 billion. Get ready and transfer the funds to this ount within


    half an hour. No dys."


    Queenie had skipped going to the Astral Nova Auction. She had waited anxiously for the entire day,


    only to receive a shock when she finally saw the figure—1.05 billion.


    In just a few days, Raven''s price had skyrocketed from 300 million to 1.05 billion. Queenie suddenly


    realized she might have been scammed.


    Ever since the surveince footage was leaked, it seemed like she had been lured into a trap.


    "Find their location now!"


    Queenie mmed her hand on the table and stood up.


    The hackers sprang into action and swiftly tracked down the coordinates.


    After a flurry of keystrokes, one of them reported, "Found them. 66°34'' S, 160° E."


    "30° N, 20° E"


    "34° S, 151° E"


    As everyone reported their findings, they looked at each other and finally came to one conclusion—


    they had been counter-surveilled.


    "We''ve traced the bank card information. It''s the ount used for payments at the Astral Nova


    Auction," someone said.


    "Immediately find out what was auctioned tonight at Astral Nova for 1.05 billion and who the buyer


    was," Queenie ordered.


    Then, she turned to her secretary.


    "Prepare the car, we''re heading to Astral Nova!"


    "Got it."


    The secretary hurried to catch up with her.


    "Do we need to settle the payment for the request?"


    Queenie wanted to refuse, but the saying "time waits for no one" made her hesitate. After all the


    trouble, they couldn''t just give up.


    Theirpany''s firewall system couldn''t afford to wait for them to find someone else. They also


    considered the transaction''s legitimacy since the ount belonged to Astral Nova.


    "Pay it! But only at thest minute, and keep a record of the transfer," she said with a sly smirk.


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    The secretary responded, "Got it."


    Half an hourter, Queenie arrived at Astral Nova. By the time she showed up, most of the auction


    attendees had already left, and the security guard at the entrance stopped them.


    "I''m sorry, but the auction is over. No one else may enter."


    "What?"


    If this were any other ce, Queenie would have barged in. But this was Astral Nova, so she held


    back.


    She opened WhatsApp and sent a message to Raven.


    "Are you at Astral Nova? I happen to be here, too. Do you want to meet up?"


    There was no reply.


    "Madam, the payment has been made," the secretary said whilst on the phone.


    She hung up the call she was on and continued, "Also, I discovered that tonight''s auction highlight


    was the Eclipse Stone. It was auctioned off with the highest bid at 880 million, and Dr. Shadow


    purchased it."