Searching for someone in northern Myanmar, and you call that earning tuition fees?

As night deepened, the internet in China experienced a sleepless night.

Although the official live stream of "Operation Sword" has ended, the waves it stirred up are only just beginning to spread.

Countless screen recordings spread rapidly across major social media platforms.

—Shocking! Contemporary college students' summer internship involves venturing alone into northern Myanmar!

—"A One-Shot Kill! Practical Applications of a Boning Knife You've Never Seen Before!"

—"Law students rejoice! A textbook example of 'self-defense'!"

Headlines of all kinds—whether thrilling, humorous, or serious—have firmly occupied everyone's phone screens.

In countless chat groups, the discussion revolves around the same person.

"Who is that man? He's incredible!"

"The details! Look at the details! When he was holding that girl, he deliberately used his body to shield her from the wind. That tenderness and the previous killing intent are completely different people!"

"The most outrageous thing was the last payment collection; I was fucking blown away! What's professionalism? This is professionalism! Work done, payment settled, and they're gone!"

"Stop talking, I've already set 'I'm just a part-timer' as my signature."

The class group of Su Ming's alma mater, Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School, has already been in an uproar.

From the moment Li Hao, Li Hao's best friend, uttered his first exclamation, the chat log of this group of several hundred people broke 9999+ in just one hour.

Squad leader Zhao Lu: "@All members, please calm down. There hasn't been an official announcement yet, so let's not speculate."

Sports committee member Wang Meng: "Calm down my ass! That's Su Ming! I saw it with my own eyes! I used to think he was a bookworm, I was wrong, I repent! I was a fucking idiot! That's a real man!"

The class monitor exclaimed, "I checked! Su Ming's records have always been with our school. He's an orphan, has top grades, and lives off part-time jobs and scholarships... How is this possible?!"

Li Hao: "That's why you guys don't understand! There are real masters out there! I've always felt that Brother Ming is no ordinary person; the way he looks at people is different from ours!"

Suddenly, all of Su Ming's past "ordinary" deeds were taken out and analyzed repeatedly by his classmates with a magnifying glass.

"Did he work at a woodworking shop during the summer after his junior year of high school? Was that when he practiced his knife skills?"

"He got a perfect score in physics on his college entrance exam, so he was able to figure out how to collapse the watchtower?"

"He always lived so frugally to save money for the orphans' tuition... Now, with 150 million, he's financially independent!"

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Meanwhile, on a level unseen by ordinary people, an even larger-scale "search for people" is also quietly underway.

Within the public security systems of major provinces and cities across the country, countless eyes are focused on a file that has just been partially declassified.

[Name: Su Ming]

Code Name: Scholar

[Access Control: Top Secret (S-001)]

Below is a blank space.

"Unable to find! The file is encrypted!"

"Jiangnan Province has sealed off the entrance; only officers at the brigade level can apply for access!"

"Damn, someone this important is just a prospective college student? Which school? Can our police academy recruit him now?"

"Forget about it. The Air Force has already started asking around, saying that this kid's flying skills must be pretty good too."

In countless police work groups, an anonymous contact method was repeatedly forwarded.

Nickname: Scholar

Account: xxxxxxxxx (Zhongxun APP)

However, when they try to add friends, the only response they get is a cold system message.

[The other party has set privacy permissions; you cannot add them.]

A tech expert attempted to trace the IP address by reverse-tracking the account, but ended up getting lost in a complex maze of countless overseas compromised computers. After wandering around for a long time, the final location was revealed to be the Great Wall Research Station in Antarctica.

"Damn it!" The technical officer in charge of the tracking slammed his fist on the table in anger. "We've been tricked!"

The entire intelligence and security system of the Dragon Kingdom was thrown into chaos because of this "scholar".

At the heart of this storm, Su Ming was sitting in a simple but absolutely safe room.

This is a secret base of the Nanyun Border Defense Corps.

He took a hot shower, changed into a clean camouflage training uniform, his hair still dripping wet.

A steaming hot meal was laid out in front of me—four dishes and a soup, with unlimited rice.

Su Ming picked up his chopsticks and ate quietly.

He ate slowly and attentively, as if the braised pork and scrambled eggs with tomatoes in front of him were the most precious things in the world.

Outside the room, two heavily armed sentries stood ramrod straight, looking through the observation window in the door at the young man eating quietly inside, their eyes filled with awe and curiosity.

Just then, a steady footstep came from the end of the corridor.

The sentry immediately stood at attention and saluted.

The person waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to be nervous.

He stood at the doorway, looking at the figure inside the room who was engrossed in eating, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

It was Zhou Zhenguo, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, who had flown in overnight from Jiangnan Province.

He took a deep breath and pushed open the door.