Chapter 1407
After delivering the news, Sheldon added with an apologetic tone, “The signal to the Area Opaca is
jammed too. I can’t get in touch with anyone inside.”
Bernard’s expression turned cool and detached. As he searched for a breakthrough, Yates was also
strategizing. It was a race to see who could outwit the other first.
Unable to rescue Eleanor ahead of time, Bernard decided to focus on the demolition program. If Yates
couldn’t control his life, he could save Eleanor.
With this in mind, Bernard ended the call and looked up at Cedric. “If we can’t shut down the demolition
system, we need to buy ourselves more time before it goes off.”
Cedric, who was already half-asleep from working on the simtion, forced himself awake and said,
“Just give me a bit more time. I’ll find a way to shut it down.”
He wasn’t just aiming to shut it down; he nned to hack into it, rewrite the code, and encrypt it so the
enemy couldn’t reboot it.
As Cedric was rapidly typing out code, he nced across at the man sitting opposite him, chin propped
on one hand. He had been contemting whether to inform his brother that Eleanor had gone to
Canada to trace her roots. Little did he know, his brother was already aware and had even met her in
the Area Opaca.
If it weren’t for overhearing his brother’s phone conversation, Cedric would still be in the dark about the
founder of the Area Opaca being Eleanor’s grandfather, let alone that she was trapped there.
Concerned about Eleanor’s predicament, Cedric hoped that Yates, being Eleanor’s grandfather,
wouldn’t harm his own kin.
Lost in thought, Cedric was jolted back to reality by Bernard’s cool voice, “Don’t tell Hailey about the
chip in my head.”
Cedric paused, his gaze shifting from the screen to Bernard’s solemn face. “Bernard, are you worried
that Hailey might tell Eleanor? Why keep it a secret?”
Bernard remained silent, which Cedric took as confirmation. He didn’t understand. “Bernard, wouldn’t it
be good for her to worry about you a little? Why hide it?”
But Bernard knew better that this chip in his brain was a matter of life and death. How could he burden
Eleanor with that worry?
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Besides, once Eleanor was rescued, there was no telling if she woulde back. If she never
returned, it was better she remained ignorant. Why worry her about a man who was living on borrowed
time?
Yet the thought of her noting back made Bernard’s heart ache. He yearned to hold onto her for a
lifetime but seemed powerless to do so.
Bernard’s silence was thick with loneliness, which Cedric saw as a destion no one could redeem.
Perhaps Eleanor could, but would
she return?
Everything was uncertain, and Cedric didn’t understand their rtionship. His priority was to disable the
demolition system, to buy his brother time for vengeance and rescue.
After two grueling days and nights, Cedric finally broke through the system. He extended the
countdown but couldn’tpletely neutralize the program. The enemy could stil! recalibrate the timer
or trigger the demolition at will.
Yates, learning that Bernard’s hacker had breached and altered their surveince and tracking
systems, rushed to the control room.
The programmers at the Area Opaca were still decrypting Cedric’s encrypted codes. It wasn’t too hard,
but each breakthrough was met with a taunting message on their screens:
“Go to hell. One day, I’ll take you all down, you idiots.”
Seeing the mix of English and profanity, Yates actually cracked a smile. “This kid who keeps cracking
my codes, I wish he was one of mine at the Area Opaca.”
The operator beside him, far from amused, voiced his concern. “With the surveince and tracking
systemspromised, we can’t anticipate his next move. What do we do?”
Yates, arms crossed over his chest, turned to address the question. “Knowing Bemard as I do, he’ll be
coming for us tomorrow, with backup.”