It was after six in the evening.


    The Jiangshan Evening News and Shuinan Daily published evening newspapers, all featuring the topic of the national exam''s top scorer.


    At six thirty, Shuinan TV news also aired footage of a visit to the home of the national exam''s top scorer in Chang An Country.


    Simple recordings were made of Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin talking with the officials.


    Qin Hao only appeared in a side profile, as Chang An Country likely didn''t want him to attract too much attention.


    The footagested only about ten seconds before moving on to the next local headline.


    But Qin Hao hadn''t watched the news; he had been in his room the whole time, tapping on hisputer and coding software.


    Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin had been watching the news from before it started until it ended.


    Shortly after the news ended, just as Mrs. Qin was about to start cooking, her cellphone suddenly rang.


    Seeing the number from Qingjiang Province, she hesitated before walking into the kitchen to answer the call.


    After answering, Li Shujie lowered her voice and said, "Mom."


    ...


    Qin Youguo nced at his wife, who was talking softly in the kitchen, and sighed internally.


    Just then, Qin Hao came out of his room. Mr. Qin saw him and quickly motioned for him toe over.


    Qin Hao walked over, looking puzzled, "What''s up, Dad?"


    "Your mom''s on the phone, don''t disturb her," Mr. Qin said, watching Li Shujie in the kitchen.


    Qin Hao nced at his mom, then back at his dad, "Who''s calling Mom? Why so secretive?"


    Qin Youguo replied, "It must be your grandmother."


    "Whose grandmother?" Qin Hao asked, surprised.


    Mr. Qin responded, "Your grandmother."


    Qin Hao said, "I have a grandmother?"


    "Who said you don''t have a grandmother? Don''t talk nonsense," Mr. Qin red at him.


    Qin Hao was puzzled. He had never visited his grandmother''s house from childhood and had always thought he didn''t have one. Howe he suddenly had one today?


    About five or six minutester, Mrs. Qin came out of the kitchen with red eyes.


    Seeing this, Qin Hao curiously asked, "Mom, what''s wrong?"


    "It''s nothing."


    Mr. Qin sighed, "The child is so grown up now, you should tell him,e sit down, Xiao Hao."


    Li Shujie said, "You tell him, I''ll go cook."


    Qin Youguo knew her predicament and said to his son, "Xiao Hao, you not only have grandparents but also three uncles.


    Your grandparents'' family background is extraordinary. Your mom and I met in college, and then we fell in love.


    As you can guess, your grandfather strongly opposed us, but your mom''s heart never wavered for me.


    For my sake, she had a falling out with her family and chose to marry me in Jiangshan City, giving up a life of wealth andfort.


    After we got married, we visited again, and your grandfather and uncles looked down on us and even humiliated me in many ways.


    But I don''t hate them. I just feel that I owe your mother too much. Her life was much harder than mine, ten times, a hundred times more painful. Do you understand?"


    Qin Hao nodded, "Dad, I understand. I will definitely make you and Mom proud and earn their respect as well."


    "I''m relieved to hear you think that way," Qin Youguo said with a smile on his face.


    ...


    After dinner, Qin Hao returned to his room, where the software program waspletely ready.


    He first used hisputer to hack into aputer in Hokkaido, Ind Country, and then into one in the Federation.


    Atst, he logged onto the world-renowned hacker gathering site, ck de Network, using an IP address from aputer in the West Continent.


    ck de Network is thergest and most famous hacker hub in the world.


    It''s not just hackers who frequent this forum, but also senior programmers from major intepanies around the world.


    Some discuss hacking techniques, while others recruit top-level hacker talent with high sries.


    Others sell various software packages here.


    There are also those who post bounty tasks to attack well-known intepanies.


    The ck de Network isn''t essible to just anyone, one must be at least a first-ss hacker to sessfully log into ck de Network.


    Otherwise, they would end up logging onto a regr website.


    This is a threshold, a boundary.


    The creators of ck de Network are no ordinary people. It''s said to be jointly created by several top-level hackers.


    Logging in was child''s y for Qin Hao. With just a few clicks, he essed ck de Network.


    First, he created a name for himself called: Hei Ye.


    But he found the site allowed only Federation names, which left Qin Hao somewhat speechless. Was this discrimination?


    He didn''t like Federation names, so he used a tool he developed to scan the site.


    After finding a vulnerability, he directly essed the website''s backend and gained administrator privileges.


    He then created an Xuan Country name for himself: Hei Ye, and then entered the forum.


    Qin Hao posted a thread titled: "Selling yerUnknown''s Battlegrounds Anti-Cheat Software Package."


    Then, the content of the post described the function of the anti-cheat software package, and he even included a bit of the software code in the package to help verify its authenticity.


    He did not list a price, knowing that if someone from Green Hole Company saw it and was genuinely interested, they would definitely contact him.


    To make it noticeable, he directly set the post as sticky, highlighted, and featured!


    After doing all this, he logged out of ck de Network.


    ...


    Little did he know, as soon as he logged out, many people saw his post.


    "Howe this person''s name is in Xuan Country script? Isn''t it impossible to register Xuan Country names?" a hacker from Xuan Country saw the name Hei Ye and looked puzzled.


    Had they now opened up Xuan Country names for registration?


    He tried registering a new ount and found that Xuan Country names were still unavable.


    At this point, his expression grew serious. Had this Hei Ye person infiltrated ck de Network?


    If that were true, how skilled must this person be?


    He also noticed that the post had been made sticky, highlighted, and featured—a privilege only administrators had.


    Usually, administrators at ck de Network wouldn''t sticky or feature any posts. What was going on?


    It wasn''t just him; within just a few minutes, dozens of people noticed this issue, including the administrators of ck de Network.


    "What?" the administrator was stunned when he saw the sticky, featured post.


    When had I ever made this post sticky?


    He tried to use his administrator ount to remove the sticky status, but after he clicked, the system told him he had no authority to do so.


    He was bbergasted and quickly reported the situation to his superiors.


    Without a doubt, someone had infiltrated ck de Network''s backend, not only had they created an Xuan Country name, but they had also obtained total administrator privileges.


    This level of skill was terrifying. Considering the site was created by several top-tier hackers and had never been infiltrated before, how could he not be shocked?


    Almost simultaneously, many hackers received notifications from their friends and logged onto ck de Network.


    This was the first time ck de Network had been infiltrated, and they wanted to see who was behind it.