Absolute Gate

Chapter 7 Money Farming
At 3:00 PM sharp, Wu Zhong had already received the program sent to him by Ni Guang.

There's no icon; it's just a gray, unintelligible mobile app.

According to Niguang, this thing is foolproof; just open it and click activate.

To avoid being detected, you can use a phone without a SIM card and connect it to a public Wi-Fi network.

Originally, Niguang wanted to do it himself because, according to his reasoning, anyone could trigger this bug, so there was no need to send the software to Wu Zhong; it would be redundant.

But Wu knew that there was no social engineering involved, and no mole within the group.

This matter had to be triggered by him personally, activating the software that opened the bugged backdoor.

Just like pressing an elevator button, this locks the corresponding 'door'.

Therefore, Wu Zhong said that there is a window of opportunity for this matter. If Niguang waits for his message before activating it, there may be a delay that could cause problems.

Ni Guang had no doubts about this, and simply prepared the money and several accounts.

"Is it ready yet? When do we start? I've already prepared the money, just waiting for your message." Ni Guang was very anxious, asking every now and then.

Wu Zhong calmly said, "I'm waiting for the loan to arrive. I borrowed 30,000 yuan."

"Pfft... 30,000 yuan? Such a huge opportunity, and you only have 30,000 yuan as your initial investment?" Ni Guang asked in surprise.

Wu Zhong said, "I only need a little over 30,000."

Backlight said in a tone that sounded like he'd just been given a death sentence: "Are you kidding me? Thirty thousand? And you want a loan?"

Wu Zhong scoffed, "Do you think I'm that rich?"

"I'll just transfer 150,000 to you, and you transfer it back to me, and you'll instantly make 30,000," Ni Guang complained.

Hearing this, Wu was very tempted; he knew, of course, that the larger the principal, the better.

Ni Guang continued, "I thought you had prepared a huge sum of money to play around, but it turns out you're planning to repeatedly gamble with just 30,000 yuan?"

"No, please don't do that!"

"Wu Zhong, this bug was triggered very subtly. My program definitely can't track it down. At most, it can only lock the public IP you're using."

"So the platform either has to accept its bad luck or investigate all the beneficiaries."

"But the beneficiaries are spread all over the country and there are a lot of people. During the duration of the bug, all users who have spent money will trigger the 20% discount."

"Everyone is just making normal purchases. Who knows who started this? Even if the platform finds a security guard who is the mole who made the bug impossible to fix in a short time, they won't be able to find you or me."

"It's fair to say that this opportunity is very safe."

"But if you repeatedly spend 30,000 yuan to refresh the page and exploit bugs multiple times, it will be too easy to attract attention."

Wu Zhong said, "But I don't have any capital."

Ni Guang asked, "Didn't your mole friend actually give you money to help him swipe the card?"

"It seems he doesn't really trust you; he's just using you."

"Fine, this is a rare opportunity. You help me get rich, and I'll help you get rich too."

"I'll transfer one million to you after it starts!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhong was greatly shocked.

"Really? Aren't you afraid I'll take the money and not pay you back?"

Ultimately, although the two have known each other for many years and have a very good relationship, talking about everything, they are still just online friends and have never actually met each other in real life.

Unexpectedly, Ni Guang dared to transfer one million to his account.

He yelled back, "You dare! I know where you live. If you dare not return it, I'll kill you in Xunyang City. This is all my savings..."

Wu was very touched: "Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person."

Ni Guang quickly added his Huabao account. He took a deep breath and took out another phone, his grandfather's old phone, which had long since run out of SIM cards.

Wu finally connected to the hospital's WiFi and quickly used software to open a backdoor, activating the bug.

"Has it started? When does it start?" Ni Guang kept sending messages to urge him.

Wu Zhong didn't rush to answer. Although all his guesses seemed plausible, it was, after all, his first time doing so.

He wasn't sure if it would definitely work out.

He should be the one to test the waters first, since he has a small initial investment.

He went to the payment window and used the 30,000 yuan loan that had been deposited into his account to pay for his grandfather's surgery.

With a ding, the money has been paid.

Transaction successful!
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24019.2 yuan.

The order amount was 30024 yuan, and the government subsidy was -6004.8 yuan.

Wu was overjoyed; it was done!
It actually works! My expenses were reduced by 20%!

The hospital received over 30,000 yuan, but he only paid 24,000 yuan, leaving a little over 6,000 yuan in his account.

"Alright, backlighting, let's begin!"

He immediately made a voice call to inform Niguang, who was overjoyed.

After a while, the person on the other end said, "Coming, coming! I've turned around."

Wu waited for a long time, but the money still didn't arrive. His expression changed and he panicked.

"Um... I didn't receive it, I really didn't receive it."

He explained urgently, wondering if something had gone wrong, perhaps the backend of Huabao had been shut down.
But when he clicked on the software, he found that everything was normal.

Ni Guang calmly replied, "You definitely didn't receive it. Even if I have a Level 3 Wealth Black Card, there's a limit to how much instant money can be transferred. One million is quite slow; it takes more than two hours."

Wu Zhong blinked. He had really overlooked this matter, since he usually didn't transfer much money.

He didn't even know what a wealth black card was.

"Does the Money Treasure have levels?"

Ni Guang said, "Yes, an average daily asset value of 300,000 is a Black Card Level 1, 500,000 is a Black Card Level 2, and 1 million is a Black Card Level 3."

"You haven't even reached level one?"

Wu Zhong pursed his lips: "No, I've never had 300,000."

Backlight chuckled: "This is the first time I've ever made such a large transfer. I'll just have to wait. By the way, can you guarantee how long this bug will last?"

Wu Zhong said, "It can last quite a while, but the sooner the better."

He pondered, "Isn't the duration up to me? If I don't shut it down, they won't be able to fix this bug."

However, we must also be wary of them shutting down the platform directly.

Ni Guang said, "It's okay, even the worst outcome won't be a loss. To be honest, before I transferred it to you, I had already tested it with over ten thousand yuan and made a small profit."

"But if you end it now, you'll miss out on earning your 200,000."

Wu Zhong fell silent. So that's how it is. Ni Guang wasn't completely naive; he had tested him first before daring to give him a million.

Once it was confirmed that the bug was indeed working and had been persisting, it was also confirmed that the backlighting was real and not just something he was making up.

Only then could I feel comfortable giving him a million.

Time ticked by, and Wu Zhong stared intently at his phone, waiting for over two hours.

Ding! Whoosh!
The sound of money ringing came from the phone.

Wu finally opened his account and found one million had been deposited into his account!

He jumped up excitedly and ran up and down the stairwell.

"It's done! I got it!"

As he spoke, he immediately tried to transfer the money back to Ni Guang.

However, this time it was even slower, taking two days to arrive!
"It says the money will arrive in two days..."

Ni Guang calmly said, "That's normal. You're just a regular member. One million will arrive in your account at least the next day, and at the latest, it might take two days."

Wu Zhong exclaimed in surprise, "Are we going to have this bug last for two days? Even if the platform can't fix it, they'll definitely shut down the service eventually, right?"

Ni Guang said, "Calm down. Since you've transferred the money to me, it'll be mine sooner or later."

"Now is the time to make more money."

Wu Zhong was startled: "What?"

The backlight kept sending messages: "I discovered an upgraded application of this bug, which is that paying off a credit card can also trigger an instant discount."

"My account is linked to many credit cards, the highest of which is one million, and there are many others with a limit of three hundred thousand."

Wu Zhong was shocked: "Huh? What are you going to do?"

Ni Guang said, "Credit card payments are very fast, and paying off credit cards on Huahuabao is also very fast, but depositing money from a bank account into Huahuabao... is even faster!"

Wu Zhong knew this: withdrawing money from Huahuabao to his card was very slow, but depositing money from the bank to Huahuabao was very fast.

As long as the mobile banking limit is high enough, the money arrives almost instantly.

Ni Guang continued, "I've already contacted a friend and used the machine in his jewelry store to swipe my credit card... His store has a large turnover, so he can directly transfer cash to my card."

"I then deposit the money into my Huahuabao account to pay off my credit card, and this cycle repeats itself. Every time the money leaves my Huahuabao account, I make a 20% profit!"

"In the end, I will use all the money in my account to buy gold."

Wu Zhong sensed that his tone was full of fervor.

This guy's gone mad. "Calm down, credit card cash advances are illegal..."

Ni Guang chuckled and said, "What are you talking about? Maliciously exploiting bugs in the payment platform is a crime."

"It's been over three years anyway, what's there to say?"

"And as I said, even if the mole is caught, we won't be caught, unless he betrays us."

"In my opinion, since he has come up with this scheme, he must be using other channels to make even bigger profits. Compared to that, my money is just a small amount."

Wu Zhong scratched his head: "Didn't you say we shouldn't swipe repeatedly, and that making one profit would be enough?"

"You advised me against doing this to avoid attracting attention, how did you end up making such a mess of things?"

"That's 30,000 yuan of initial capital. It's not worth it to keep trading back and forth," said the man in the backlight.

"But I'm different. Although I'm not super rich, I still have around a million. Add in credit cards, and if I do a few more, I'll be financially free..."

"You have no idea how disgusting my job is. I have diabetes, and I also have heart and liver problems. I'm over thirty and I don't dare to get married. In a few years, I might even be laid off by the company..."

"I don't care what happens, I'll just make a quick buck and run away."

"I have to consider whether this is the only chance I'll ever have!"

Wu was shocked, but had no way to persuade him.

Because it was his idea to do this in the first place; he was desperate for money and planned to exploit this bug.

Ni Guang had initially tried to dissuade him, but once he actually got his hands on the huge profits, Ni Guang couldn't sit still anymore... He got excited faster than anyone else!
"Don't get carried away. My grandfather taught me that everything should be done in moderation. Greed is the greatest evil in the human heart."

"This bug won't last long; it will be fixed soon."

Wu poured cold water on him, hoping he would calm down, and said that he would close the back door immediately.

But the person on the other end of the line wouldn't listen; they were often silent, only responding intermittently.

"I've already started, and now I'm earning hundreds of thousands every minute."

"You can't do this, but I can. This is an opportunity, and I must seize it!"

"Brother, don't try to persuade me. I've already resigned and booked my plane ticket."

Wu was completely dizzy: "Holy crap, buddy, this is..."

He was shocked by Ni Guang's decisiveness. One moment he was advising him, the next he was already preparing to run away, cutting off all escape routes. He was too decisive.

“Do you really think you can get away with this? With such a large amount involved, the platform will definitely trace it back to the bottom and get our money back,” Wu Zhong said.

Ni Guang chuckled and said, "You're overthinking it. This isn't a huge amount of money. I estimate I'll be done in half an hour at most."

"And do you think that the platform didn't try to recover the losses when this bug occurred last time because it didn't want to? No! It was because it couldn't!"

"Do you really think that capital doesn't care about letting us take advantage of this small amount of money? That's because there are too many people involved, and the funds have been transferred many times, passing through countless hands across the country, involving a huge number of transaction steps."

"If we disregard public opinion and attempt to freeze assets one by one, the cost would be even greater than the losses incurred in recovering them!"

Wu was stunned. It turned out that when the platform said it wouldn't recover the funds after the last bug incident, it wasn't out of mercy, but because it couldn't do it...

This immediately put his mind at ease.

Even so, such a regular way of making money against the light will definitely be detected.

Other users at the same time, including Wu Zhong, will definitely be fine, but those who are against the light might get arrested.

Judging from the way they're backlit, they clearly don't care anymore; they're just taking a gamble!
"This……"

Wu was speechless. Who on earth has superpowers?
While he was being extremely cautious, others were just hitching a ride on his coattails and then gambled everything on him.

"Backlight, that's enough. How much have you caught? Run!"

Wu urged him on, not wanting him to be arrested.

Backlight replied, "Not much, not much... By the way, you don't need to return that million to me. Cancel the transfer, it's yours."

"..." Wu Zhong's lips twitched.

That's not much? A million was given away just like that.

"You said you'd kill him if he didn't pay back the money?" Clearly, "Backlight" has gone viral in this short period of time!

His perspective changed completely; he had so much money that he no longer cared about a million dollars.

Wu Zhong thought to himself, "This can't go on any longer," and decisively ended the bug incident.

The operation is very simple; he just needs to touch the software and think about canceling the effect.

Once the superpower effect is no longer maintained, the rest is up to the platform's security personnel, who will naturally shut it down.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, news of the backlighting came.

"The bug has been fixed, what a pity, that guy probably had enough of farming it."

Wu Zhong rolled his eyes, thinking to himself: I'm afraid you won't get enough of this guy!

Ni Guang has always believed that there is a mole within the platform group.

Wu Zhong didn't explain, but kept pressing for answers: "It's best to secure your profits! How much did you swipe? Will you be found out?"

After a long pause, he finally replied, "Huh? Oh, there's a high chance I'll be held accountable. I'm already at the airport."

"But you don't need to worry, because there are several other people refreshing at the same time, not just me."

Wu Zhong's heart stirred, and he realized what was going on.

Yes, it's definitely not just one person who's cheating by using the backlight.

It's worth noting that this bug has occurred twice. The first time, people weren't used to it; either they didn't notice the 20% discount was applied, or they were afraid of being chased for payment, so no one used it.

But after the news broke, everyone knew about it, and the platform did not pursue the money.

Now that this bug has appeared for the second time, some observant people are thinking: "It's happening again? Another 20% discount? We definitely can't miss this one."

Therefore, there is no doubt that countless people across the country are taking advantage of this situation to deliberately make money and quietly enrich themselves.

Ni Guang said, "Even if I get arrested, it's because of malicious cash-out, which is just illegal."

"As for activating the bug, if you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who will know?"

"Someone has to take the blame for this, but it's not our place."

"You should worry about the person who told you the news getting arrested; don't you dare betray me."

Wu Zhongyi thought to himself, "That's right. Activating the bug and taking the opportunity to make money are two different things."

Backlighting is most often detected when people are cheating on money, but many people are doing it at the same time.

As for the activation bug, it's almost impossible to trace; at most, you can find the hospital's IP address.

Even against the light, there's the worry of exposing the mole, but Wu Zhong has no such worries because there's no mole, only superpowers.

"Tsk! What you said makes me want to watch it again." Wu Zhong pouted.

Ni Guang chuckled softly: "You're the one who told me about this opportunity. I couldn't dissuade you back then, which shows you have the guts but not the heart."

"It's okay, you can take my million. That's all the money I've worked hard to save over the past ten years, and I've already paid taxes on it."

Wu Zhong asked, "And what about you? How much did you actually earn?"

Ni Guang still didn't answer the question, only saying, "Anyway, I've made enough money. I'm not saying anything more. I'm deleting you from my friends list. Lao Wu, we'll meet again someday."

"Delete friend?" Wu asked again, only to find the voice call had ended.

Upon closer inspection, wow, the friend had been deleted, and all records had been cleared.

He knew that backlighting was actually a way to protect both sides.

If Niguang gets caught, at most people will hold him accountable for maliciously inflating his account. Only these chat logs might make people realize that he was also responsible for this bug.

So he deleted the records, and even deleted his friends.

Actually, the software only records one voice call; it doesn't record the voice content itself.

Aside from being a precaution, this is almost unnecessary.

After all, even if he were arrested, no one would have thought that Ni Guang was one of the masterminds behind this incident.

"Sigh..." Wu Zhong sat on a chair in the hospital, lost in thought, feeling somewhat dejected.

He lost a good friend; he didn't have many friends in real life, mostly just online friends.

Now that we've lost contact, we'll really never see each other again.

However, when Wu finally saw the million in his money-making account, he perked up again.

He's rich! A whole million dollars—he's never had so much money in his entire life.

This was all of Reverse Light's savings. He never expected that, despite his intention to use his superpowers to make money, he ended up making very little and instead helped someone achieve financial freedom, giving him a sum of money in return...

Upon closer examination, the bugged program was created by Ni Guang, the principal was created by Ni Guang, the money-making scheme was created by Ni Guang, and ultimately, the one who took the risk and ran away was also Ni Guang.

Wu Zhong scratched his head; he didn't seem to have done anything.

He received a million simply by triggering his ability.

Wu Zhong was initially annoyed that his abilities were useless, but upon reflection, he realized that possessing ability itself was the greatest value, and that gold will always shine.

When everyone in the world is ordinary, possessing any ability that others do not have is enough to break free from an ordinary fate.

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　P.S.: Sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)