The richest man started taking advantage of loopholes after joining Alibaba.

Late at night.

But for some, the revelry has only just begun.

A small coastal town in southern China.

In an urban village, inside a three-story self-built house with even the windows sealed with black cloth.

The air was scorching hot.

Hundreds of servers are running at full capacity, and the buzzing of the cooling fans sounds like countless flies buzzing around your ears.

The smell of sweat.

It tastes like instant noodles.

This is the darkest corner of China's internet finance.

"Boss, everyone's online."

A young man, as thin as a monkey, took off his headphones, his eyes bloodshot.

"All 50,000 devices were completely disguised using simulators."

"The IP address has been cleaned three times, and the jump server has been set up in Vietnam and Cambodia."

The man known as "the boss" sat behind a table piled high with Red Bull cans.

Bald.

He wore a gold chain as thick as a finger around his neck.

Codename: "Vampire".

A godfather-like figure in the black market.

He held a newly printed flyer for Weiguang in his hand, the red line "Borrow 1000 and get 50 free" on it particularly glaring.

"A glimmer of light..."

The vampire stubbed out his cigarette in the Red Bull can.

With a sizzling sound.

"They're really stupid and have too much money."

He grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"These days, there are still idiots who dare to lend money without checking credit history."

"We've come to do charity work."

Behind him.

It's a "cell phone wall" that gives you goosebumps.

Five walls in total.

Thousands of mobile phone motherboards with their casings removed were hung densely packed together.

Each motherboard had an unknown small carrier's SIM card inserted into it.

The screen is lit.

All of them remained on the registration page of the Weiguang APP.

These are their weapons.

It's also their cash cow.

"Brothers."

The vampire stood up and clapped his hands.

The sound echoed in the stuffy room.

Dozens of "operators" who were typing on their keyboards stopped and stared at him.

His eyes were greedy.

Like a pack of hungry wolves that have smelled blood.

"Tonight's going to be a big one."

"The boss of Weiguang is a madman, what's with this 'negative interest rate' thing, he's just giving us money to spend."

"Since they are being so polite..."

"Then let's not stand on ceremony."

The vampire pointed to the wall of cell phones.

"Fifty thousand accounts."

"All of it is a 'complete set of information'—ID card, bank card, mobile phone number, all of which are genuine."

"only."

He paused, a sinister smile appearing on his face.

"These people are either elderly people living alone in remote mountainous areas, or they are already dead and in their coffins."

"Dead people don't pay back money."

A burst of laughter erupted.

Someone whistled.

"Boss, what if all of this gets approved..."

"Fifty thousand numbers, one thousand each, that's fifty million."

The vampire licked his lips.

"With the red envelopes given out, you can get 2.5 million just from the red envelopes."

"Such a fat sheep is a once-in-a-decade find."

He glanced at the digital clock on the wall.

23: 58.

There are two minutes left until midnight.

"Get ready."

The vampire raised his right hand.

All the operators placed their hands on the Enter key.

The air freezes.

Only the roar of the server fans grew louder and louder.

"Drain him dry."

The vampire growled.

……

At the same time.

Hangzhou, Weiguang Building.

The lights were off in the top-floor office.

Only the eerie blue light emanating from the enormous holographic projection screen illuminated Lin Che's face.

He was holding a cup of coffee that had gone cold.

I didn't drink it.

I just stared at the traffic curve on the screen that was skyrocketing.

Current concurrent requests: 80,000 QPS

[WARNING: Abnormal traffic spike detected]

[Source Analysis: Unknown Proxy IP]

Xie Yu stood to the side, his whole body trembling.

It's not cold.

I was scared.

"The boss... is here."

Xie Yu pointed to an area on the screen that suddenly turned red.

"In just one minute, registration requests have surged tenfold."

"And they were all new devices, and all logins were from different locations."

"This is illegal activity."

"It's definitely a black market operation."

Xie Yu's voice was choked with sobs.

As someone with technical skills, he knew all too well what those people were capable of.

Cat pool.

Group control system.

SMS verification code receiving platform.

They can create 10,000 fake "living people" in a second, overwhelm your server, drain your funds instantly, and leave behind a mess.

If it were in the past...

With the central bank's credit information interface available, some individuals can still be blocked through real-name authentication.

But now.

The interface is down.

The faint light is like a beautiful woman who has been stripped naked and thrown into a pack of wolves.

Completely unprepared.

"Fifty thousand."

Lin Che looked at the fluctuating number, his tone as calm as if he were talking about today's weather.

"Quite an appetite."

"Boss! Close the registration portal now!"

Xie Yu was so anxious he almost knelt down.

"If these 50,000 accounts are successfully lent out, that would be over 50 million in bad debts!"

"And this is only the first wave!"

"If they get a taste of success, tomorrow it'll be half a million, five million!"

"Even with its abundant cash flow, Weiguang can't withstand this kind of exploitation!"

Lin Che didn't move.

He simply shook his head slightly.

"close?"

"Why shut it down?"

Lin Che turned around and looked at Xie Yu.

Those eyes gleamed with the excitement of a hunter seeing his prey fall into his trap.

"I've been waiting for them all night."

"If we don't lure these vampires out, we can kill them all in front of everyone."

"How can I prove that my 'model' is more effective than bank credit checks?"

He walked to the control panel.

Fingers tapping on the keyboard.

The image on the screen changed.

It's no longer a traditional traffic monitoring chart.

Instead, it became a huge, three-dimensional model.

Those are 50,000 "users" who are applying to register.

To ordinary people, they are data.

But in the eyes of the Abyss system, they are stripped down to their most primitive behavioral characteristics.

"Xie Yu, look."

Lin Che pointed to one of the red dots of light.

"This is a 'user' who is applying for a loan."

"His name is Zhang San, and his ID card shows that he is a farmer from a village in Gansu Province. He is 68 years old this year."

Lines of code pop up on the screen.

That's the underlying device data captured by Abyss.

[Device Model: Google Pixel 2 (Emulator Environment)]

[Gyroscope data: X=0, Y=0, Z=0 (absolutely stationary)]

Power consumption: 0% (constant power supply)

[Touchscreen trajectory: Straight line (script operation)]

[App List: Only Weiguang App (No WeChat, Taobao, or Contacts)]

"Did you understand?"

Lin Che sneered.

"This 'Zhang San' is a 'person' who has no gravity sensor, doesn't need charging, can draw straight lines with his finger, and has no social media apps on his phone."

"even."

"At midnight, without turning on the lights, his pupils did not react to light."

Xie Yu was stunned.

He stared intently at the data.

As a seasoned programmer, he instantly understood the logic behind it.

When a real person operates a mobile phone, their hand will have slight tremors, so the gyroscope data cannot be a completely zero.

A real phone's battery level will decrease as it is used, and a charging curve will be displayed.

A real person's finger traces an arc across the screen, not a mechanical straight line.

"this……"

Xie Yu felt a chill run down his spine.

"This is behavioral finance."

Lin Che's voice echoed in the darkness.

"The bank looks at the ID card, sees that it's Zhang San, and assumes he's a person."

"I'm judging him by his behavior."

"He's not like a human being."

"That's a ghost."

At this time.

A huge countdown suddenly popped up on the screen.

[Time remaining until bulk loan disbursement request: 10 seconds]

In that remote southern town.

The vampire's finger was hovering over the Enter key.

In this office.

Lin Che's finger was also hovering over the "Confirm" button.

This is an invisible war.

On one side are 50,000 greedy black market accounts.

On one side is a newly awakened super AI.

"Boss..." Xie Yu's heart was pounding in his throat, "Aren't you really going to stop them? What if..."

"There's no 'what if'."

Lin Che watched the countdown reset to zero.

His gaze instantly turned sharp as a knife.

"Since you're here..."

"Then don't leave."

……

Urban villages.

The digital clock jumped to 00:00:00.

"Let's do it!"

The vampire roared.

Dozens of operators pressed the Enter key simultaneously.

The clattering of keyboards filled the air.

That's the sound of money.

That was the sound of plunder.

Fifty thousand requests transformed into fifty thousand torrents of data, rushing along the fiber optic cables toward the dimly lit server.

The vampire stared intently at the progress bar on the screen.

[Under review...]

The circles are spinning.

a circle.

Two laps.

As long as that green checkmark appears.

The 50 million yuan will arrive instantly.

Then, through hundreds of money laundering accounts, they disperse and disappear into the vast ocean of the internet within a minute.

Even if the police come, they won't be able to find anything.

This is a tactic they've used countless times.

Never failed.

"hurry up……"

The vampire licked his lips, his palms sweaty.

"Spit out your money!"

Just then.

The circles on the screen stopped.

It's not a green checkmark.

Instead, it's a huge, black skull icon.

Followed by.

A line of blood-red text popped up simultaneously on the screens of all the operators.

[Review failed]

"What?!"

The vampire suddenly stood up, knocking the chair over.

"Failure? How could it all have failed?"

Before he could react...

The motherboards of those phones that were running scripts suddenly went black one by one.

It's not turned off.

Instead... it's locked.

The device has been permanently banned.

[Uploading device fingerprint to the public security network monitoring interface...]

at the same time.

The lights in the room suddenly went out.

All servers emitted piercing alarm sounds.

"Boss! Something's wrong!"

The skinny monkey screamed in terror.

"Our IP address has been exposed!"

"The other party is tracking you from the opposite direction!"

"Weiguang's server just injected a tracking packet into us! It's scanning our internal network!"

The vampire's face turned deathly pale instantly.

Reverse tracking?

Is this something a lending company would do?

This is a fucking hack!

"Unplug the network cable!"

The vampire roared like a madman, "Unplug the internet! Cut the power!"

pity.

too late.

In that very instant.

Weiguang Building.

Lin Che stared at the 50,000 points of light on the screen that instantly turned gray.

And that red coordinate that has already been marked, accurate down to the house number.

Location complete

He picked up his phone.

I dialed a number.

That was the phone number of the head of the Economic Crime Investigation Division whom I had known before.

"Hey, Captain Liu."

Lin Che's voice was light and cheerful.

"I'm awarding you a second-class merit."

"A case involving the theft of 50,000 pieces of identity information, plus a massive black market operation."

"Yes, I sent you the location on WeChat."

"You're welcome."

hang up the phone.

Lin Che looked out the window.

The night was still dark.

"It's all cleaned up."

Lin Che poured the now-cold coffee from his cup into the trash can.

He turned around.

Looking at Xie Yu, who was completely dumbfounded.

And those dozens of engineers who were still in shock.

Lin Che clapped his hands.

"alright."

"The trash has been swept up."

"Now."

"Open the door."

"It's time to welcome the guests!"