Excessive ferocity due to caution

Built by wind and rain.

The abandoned village is a testament to the fact that no one has been there for many years; it is overgrown with weeds, and you can even see wild cats and lizards in the ditches.

Beside the babbling brook in the ditch, the old woman stood gazing at the end of the road.

P told her that he would continue to investigate the matter regarding cherries and that he would have a special informant report to her periodically.

Although P's informant had only been gone a short while, the old woman still stood impatiently at the crossroads, hoping for a miracle to happen.

As for her daughter, Xiao Shun, she is currently lying in bed.

Five years ago, Xiao Shun was in a car accident on her way home from school. Although she survived, she was left with paralyzed legs and unable to walk. Not long ago, P took her out of the boarding school and brought her and her mother to this godforsaken place.

Fortunately, although the village was dilapidated, P seemed to have made preparations in advance, hiding a lot of water and food that could be stored for a long time, as well as some commonly used medical supplies, for the mother and daughter to use.

Furthermore, the wild animals in the surrounding area had been cleared out beforehand, allowing Zhou Ling and her daughter to survive in this small village for a long time.

Upon seeing a group of dark figures approaching, the old woman was initially delighted, but then sensed something was amiss and turned to run back into the village.

"Xiaoling!"

Through the misty rain, Cherry couldn't wait to shout loudly, her voice hoarse and cracking, but the unpleasant sound struck the old woman as if she had been struck by lightning, and she froze on the spot!

She slowly turned around, looking at the figure stumbling towards her, tears streaming down her face, her cloudy eyes filled with surprise and disbelief!

Thirty-three years later, the two finally met again.

The person they see in each other's eyes is no longer young.

Yet they recognized each other without any hindrance.

"Old...old man..."

"Is it really you?!"

The old woman's trembling hands kept stroking Cherry's face, her voice trembling with tears.

Cherry dreamt countless times, while imprisoned in the desert, of the scene where he and his wife Zhou Ling reunited—

There's the story of him leading criminals from the Sand Sea Prison back to Z City, overthrowing the rulers, and basking in glory as he embraces his wife; there's also the story of how his talent and worth are recognized by the new power behind Z City, who summons him back to participate in another mysterious project. In the end, he triumphs, successfully avenging his apprentice and reuniting with his wife and daughter...

But these fantasies are no longer important.

Even on such a miserable rainy day, even though neither he nor his wife had an umbrella and they were soaking wet, like mudfish in the soil or rats in the sewer, they finally embraced each other and felt each other's heartbeats and body temperature.

Cherries have never cried like this before.

Tears welled up in her eyes, falling like rain from the sky, urged on by her excitement.

"It's me... Xiaoling... it's me!"

"I'm back!"

Cherry hugged his wife tightly, choking back tears.

...

Science and Technology Building.

P washed the blood off his face in the bathroom and, enduring the excruciating pain, put his fractured nose back in place.

Cold sweat beaded on his forehead from the pain.

But P didn't utter a sound the entire time.

Finally, he put on a mask.

As is customary, he used his privileges to enter a special room containing many computers. In the very center of the spacious room stood a giant, unusual chip with intricate wiring. Anyone outside the microelectronics industry would feel a sense of suffocation upon seeing it.

"Is Dr. P here to request data again?"

The guard in charge of managing this area couldn't help but look up at P.

P said calmly:

"Yes."

The guard glanced at the records and said:

"Doctor, you've already been here once this week. Theoretically speaking, you're not qualified to make any changes to the data here now. If you have an urgent need, you'll need to apply to your superiors and obtain Professor Akita's permission before I dare to let you move the data here."

P walked up to the guard and whispered:

"This is a special case, and it needs to be kept absolutely secret."

The guard looked troubled.

"Dr. P, your words are just empty promises, this is... a difficult situation for me!"

P was silent for a moment, then said:

"You can register me here."

"You know that the criminals in the Sand Sea Prison recently rioted and all returned to Z City for revenge, right?"

"Research projects are handled specially by the higher authorities."

Upon hearing this, the guard seemed to think that what P said might not be impossible. He was unsure whether it was true or false and was somewhat taken aback.

"Then...should I call and confirm with Professor Akita?"

P stated in an unquestionable tone:

"Go outside to fight, don't disturb me while I'm doing my business."

The guard hesitated for a moment, considering P's identity and authority, before finally agreeing.

For decades, P seemed to have no history of doing anything wrong. Among the research members, he belonged to the group with extremely high authority. He used to come here regularly every seven days to input and output data, and there had never been any problems.

The guards trusted him a great deal.

He then gave P a few instructions, turned and left the room, closing the door behind him.

Seeing him leave, the latter quickly pulled out a steel rod from his body, jammed the door handle behind him, and rushed to the chip, took out a USB flash drive, and inserted it into the port.

Then P sat down in front of a computer, inserted another USB drive, and began quickly reading and writing the data on it.

He hacked into Cherry's database and deleted the last remaining data.

Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded in the room!

The guard who was on the phone outside the door was stunned for a moment when he heard the alarm. He immediately thought to himself that something was wrong and ran to the door to try to open it. However, the handle behind the door was firmly pried open and he couldn't open it at all!

The guard pounded on the door and shouted at P inside, but P completely ignored him.

He stared intently at the screen, his nimble fingers flying across the keyboard.

[Data is being deleted]

[This account's database has been completely cleared. Do you want to delete the account?]

[Uninstalling database... Deleting account... 5%... 9%... 14%...]

Looking at the screen, P saw that Cherry's database had been completely deleted, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face, which was covered by a mask.

"Teacher... I did it."

He took the two USB drives and put them into the microwave in the guard room.

Timed – 30 minutes.

Not long after, the USB drive in the microwave oven began to melt, explode, and crackle with lightning.

Looking at the completely destroyed USB drive, P straightened his clothes, went to the door, and removed the stuck steel rod.

boom!

The door was violently flung open by the guards outside, and a group of people rushed in, pinning P to the ground...

PS: First update.

Yesterday it was 8100, today I'll try to break 10,000.