The organization I founded has been exposed by the reborn!

Yanjing City, National Skynet Monitoring Center.

The atmosphere in the massive underground control hall was extremely tense.

Hundreds of supercomputers hummed, and countless complex codes and facial recognition images scrolled wildly on the huge main screen.

Qin Zhenguo and Luo Qingyan stood side by side in front of the control panel, their eyes fixed on the progress bar on the screen.

"Progress is 40% complete."

"We are still cross-comparing data from Zhongguancun and the area surrounding the Sixth Ring Road."

Both of them were looking forward to this moment.

Because they are about to unveil the mystery of dawn.

However, at this very moment...

"Beep—woo! Beep—woo!"

Suddenly, without warning, a piercing red alarm sounded throughout the entire control room!

The data that was scrolling on the big screen suddenly froze, and the progress bar turned red, indicating an error.

"What's going on?!" Qin Zhenguo's expression changed, and he shouted angrily.

The technical director in charge of the Skynet system, sweating profusely, typed rapidly on the keyboard. Looking at the feedback on the screen, even more sweat poured down his forehead.

"Chief...something's happened!"

The CTO's voice carried a hint of panic: "Just now, all the surveillance footage, cell tower location data, and even spending records related to Feng Gang and Zheng Qiang from the past week... all of them have disappeared from the database!"

"What do you mean 'missing'?!" Qin Zhenguo strode forward angrily. "Was it attacked by foreign hackers? Initiate counter-tracing immediately!"

"It wasn't a hacker attack!"

The technical director wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looking as if he had seen a ghost: "Director Qin, this is too bizarre."

"The system firewall showed no signs of intrusion. The data seemed to have been erased from existence. Even the underlying backups were completely wiped clean, as if the data of these two individuals had never existed!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhenguo felt a chill run down his spine.

How can data in the nation's highest-level database be erased without leaving any trace of intrusion?

What kind of tactic is this?

Could it be a ghost?

"Is there any way to fix it?" Qin Zhenguo asked, clinging to his last glimmer of hope.

The CTO shook his head, his face full of bitterness: "There's nothing we can do. This isn't deletion or modification; it's data erasure. Even the top experts can't recover it."

boom!

Qin Zhenguo slammed his fist on the control panel, his face filled with anxiety and resentment.

The mystery of dawn is about to be unveiled.

As a result, at this crucial moment, the clues mysteriously disappeared!

This feeling is like watching your prey walk right into a trap you've set, only for the monster to suddenly disappear.

This feeling is awful.

Just then.

Luo Qingyan, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

"Director Qin, don't push them. This isn't something an ordinary hacker could do."

Looking at the red alert on the screen, Luo Qingyan's cool eyes showed not disappointment, but rather a glint of shrewdness.

"It was Zheng Qiang who did it," she said with certainty.

"Zheng Qiang? That programmer?" Qin Zhenguo was taken aback. "Even if he's incredibly skilled, there's no way he could hack into Skynet so silently, right?"

"Ordinary programmers certainly can't do it. But a superhuman who has awakened the [mechanical brain domain] can."

Luo Qingyan analyzed, "Zheng Qiang's brain is now a supercomputer that can hack into any network at will. In the world of data, he is a god. Erasing the data of a few people is a piece of cake for him."

After hearing Luo Qingyan's explanation, Qin Zhenguo felt utterly overwhelmed.

"This kid's so alert? Does that mean we've completely lost our clues to finding Dawn?"

Qin Zhenguo paced anxiously back and forth in front of the control panel, his brows furrowed.

Suddenly, he stopped abruptly, as if he had thought of something, and the anxiety in his eyes was instantly replaced by fear and relief.

Qin Zhenguo breathed a long sigh of relief and said with some relief, "A stroke of luck amidst misfortune."

"To maintain secrecy, I sealed all the core information about the establishment of the Paranormal Bureau and that you are a reincarnated person in the most traditional paper physical archives, and did not upload it to the database."

"Otherwise, given Zheng Qiang's abilities, he would have already thoroughly investigated all of our Paranormal Affairs Bureau's records!"

Luo Qingyan nodded.

If the secrets of the reborn are exposed to a third party, the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, her attention was clearly not on that.

"Director Qin, haven't you noticed that Zheng Qiang's act of erasing data this time is revealing a piece of information to us?"

Luo Qingyan turned to look at Qin Zhenguo, her clear, cold eyes reflecting the red light on the screen, appearing deep and calm.

"What information?" Qin Zhenguo asked, somewhat puzzled.

"He's on guard against us."

Luo Qingyan clearly and logically explained the underlying logic: "Zheng Qiang erasing the traces proves that they have already realized that the Paranormal Bureau is using Skynet to search for them."

"But the most crucial flaw is that he not only deleted his own traces, but also conveniently erased Feng Gang's traces as well!"

"Director Qin, think about it. Zheng Qiang is just a programmer who sits in an office all year round, and Feng Gang is just an underground fitness coach outside the Sixth Ring Road."

"The life trajectories of these two people are like parallel lines, and they should never intersect."

"But now, Zheng Qiang is helping Feng Gang cover up his whereabouts!"

What does this tell us?

Luo Qingyan's words were like a bolt of lightning, cleaving through the fog in Qin Zhenguo's mind.

"This means that the two of them are together now!" Qin Zhenguo blurted out, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

"That's right!"

Luo Qingyan nodded. "Two people who originally had no connection awakened early on the same morning, and then quickly came together to cover for each other."

"The only possibility is... they both joined the same organization!"

"And then there's the rare lightning power of the abandoned station..."

"All the clues, when put together, are enough to confirm my previous deduction."

"Dawn...it really is in Yanjing!"

Qin Zhenguo paced back and forth excitedly, his eyes shining brighter and brighter.

Who would have thought that the "dawn" they had been searching for was actually in Yanjing?

Right under their noses.

However, problems also arose.

Qin Zhenguo stopped and turned to look at Luo Qingyan, his brows furrowing again: "Yanjing has a resident population of over 20 million. Since Zheng Qiang was able to erase their traces, it proves that the Skynet has lost its effectiveness against them."

"Director Luo, how are we supposed to find them in this huge city?"

Luo Qingyan met his gaze, a resolute glint flashing in her cool eyes.

"Since the Skynet approach is not working, let's try a different approach and take both routes at the same time."

"Two lines?" Qin Zhenguo's expression shifted slightly, realizing the underlying meaning.

"Yes, a two-pronged approach."

Luo Qingyan pointed to the blank data on the big screen and explained:

"The first step is to use the most primitive and cumbersome method—a thorough search. Zheng Qiang can erase electronic data, but he cannot erase physical existence."

"They are human beings. As long as they are active in Yanjing, their clothing, food, housing, and transportation will inevitably leave traces."

"Director Qin, immediately dispatch all police officers, plainclothes officers, and special agents from Yanjing. Have them search the entire city with photos of Zheng Qiang and Feng Gang. Once they find one of them, they can trace the clues and uncover Dawn's headquarters!"

"Secondly, we cannot abandon Skynet either; we must send people to monitor it 24/7."

Luo Qingyan's tone was very confident: "As long as they continue to operate in the outside world, it's impossible for them to erase all traces in time every time. Just one slip-up, and we can pinpoint their location instantly!"

Upon hearing the plan, Qin Zhenguo nodded heavily, all the worry in his eyes vanishing.

"Okay! I'll report to Elder Sun right away!"

"Even if we have to turn the entire city of Yanjing upside down, we must find Zheng Qiang and Feng Gang!"

Qin Zhenguo picked up his phone and strode out of the main control room.

The hall returned to silence.

Luo Qingyan stood quietly in place, looking at the data flashing on the screen, her eyes deep.

"Lord of Dawn..."

She had a premonition.

Soon, he would be able to meet that mysterious Lord of Dawn...