Redemption from the Abyss: The School Beauty Insists on Pulling Me Out of the Mire

Gu Tianlong was stunned for a moment, then snorted as if he had heard an absurd joke: "How could that be? You overestimate that immature high school student!"

Gu Tianlong said stubbornly, "I've seen the technical department's post-attack report. It was a saturation-style traffic bombardment, coupled with an extremely well-hidden backdoor logic bomb."

"That level of skill is simply beyond the capabilities of an ordinary high school student! Even if he's incredibly capable on his own, it would still require the combined efforts of a large hacker team. Xie Wang? At best, he's just a figurehead!"

Looking at his father's self-righteous face, Gu Nan felt a deep sense of disgust.

"Shortsighted," Gu Nan commented mercilessly. "You're always using your outdated capitalist logic to measure everything."

He straightened his suit cuffs: "You don't need to worry about this. I'll handle it myself."

"Perfect timing. The group has a merger and acquisition project in Jiangcheng. I plan to go to Jiangcheng personally to take action against this hostile takeover."

"Once we get to Jiangcheng, I will personally dig out Xie Wang bit by bit."

……

[The following morning, at an altitude of 10,000 meters]

Xie Wang leaned back in the large leather seat, watching Su Qinghe beside him holding a tablet computer with densely packed data on the screen.

"Xie Wang, this Shadow is indeed quite something." Su Qinghe compiled the information he had found:

"Last year, he not only won first place in the US Olympiad in Informatics, but also led his team to victory in the world-class geek competition 'DEF CON CTF' a few months ago."

"In addition, he also holds several bug bounty hunter honors awarded by Silicon Valley tech giants. With this resume, he can be described as a prodigy."

Su Qinghe swiped his finger across the screen, switching to the domestic Weibo interface: "See for yourself, the latest news from yesterday afternoon."

Xie Wang looked down. At the bottom of the Weibo trending topics list was a hashtag: #Many Beijing University Training Teams Sweeped Over by Foreign High School Students#.

When you open the content, it's all wailing and humiliation.

Shadow has been extremely arrogant in Beijing these past few days. He not only challenged several key high schools, but also utterly crushed the computer science freshmen teams from several top universities with an extremely difficult encryption algorithm problem.

"He's riding high right now, even making statements on Twitter saying that China's new generation is nothing special."

"The higher you climb, the harder you fall." Xie Wang put down his water glass, a sharp glint in his eyes: "Perfect, this trip to the capital wasn't a waste."

Beijing Capital International Airport, 12:30 PM.

As soon as the two walked out of the VIP passage, the Su family's bodyguards quickly dispersed around them, forming a hidden security perimeter.

At the exit of the arrival hall, a middle-aged man was standing there.

He was wearing a plain dark trench coat, his hair was casually disheveled, and he had an unlit cigarette between his fingers.

He looked like an ordinary, slightly weathered middle-aged man, but his eyes were exceptionally deep and sharp, as if they could see through everything.

Seeing Xie Wang and Su Qinghe walking side by side, the man put his cigarette in his pocket and strode over to greet them.

Just as the Su family's bodyguards were about to stop him, Su Qinghe keenly noticed their gaze and gently raised his hand to stop them.

"X, nice to meet you." The man stopped in front of the two of them.

Xie Wang paused in his steps

"K?" Xie Wang looked the man up and down, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"Let's get to know each other again." The man extended his calloused yet powerful hand, a gentle yet authoritative smile on his face: "My name is Kang Ping, and my code name in Apocalypse is K."

Xie Wang reached out and shook his hand firmly: "Xie Wang."

Kang Ping's gaze lingered on Xie Wang's face for two seconds, as if he were looking through him at the shadow of another old friend.

Then, he turned his gaze to the aloof girl beside Xie Wang. "This must be Su Qinghe, right?"

Kang Ping smiled and sincerely praised, "I had seen your names in the information before. Meeting you today, you are indeed a perfect match, a match made in heaven. No wonder someone insisted on bargaining with me, even offering to buy one of the guaranteed admission spots to Tsinghua and Peking Universities with a 'buy one get one free' deal."

Su Qinghe felt a rare flush rise to his ears, but still nodded politely and said, "Hello, Mr. Kang."

"Let's go, the car's outside, we'll talk on the way." Kang Ping glanced at the Su family bodyguards around him and nodded in satisfaction: "It seems your security is very thorough, then I can relax."

Kang Ping drove the car himself; it was a specially modified black SUV with a special license plate.

The car smoothly entered the airport expressway leading to the city.

After exchanging a few pleasantries about Jiangcheng, Su Qinghe suddenly spoke up, getting straight to the point:

"Mr. Kang, I have an idea regarding the confrontation at the Experimental Middle School tomorrow afternoon," Su Qinghe said slowly.

"We want to broadcast tomorrow's match live from multiple cameras across the entire internet."

Upon hearing this, Kang Ping, who was driving, slammed on the brakes.

Looking in the rearview mirror, he was slightly surprised and puzzled: "Live broadcast across the entire internet? Su, do you know what this means? If Xie Wang wins, he'll naturally be hailed as a god."

Kang Ping was a cautious person; his original plan was to have a closed-door competition, and only release a press release if he won.

"He can do it." Su Qinghe said confidently, turning to look at Xie Wang beside her: "Reputation is only truly indestructible when it is gained under the spotlight. That's the bargaining chip he needs."

Xie Wang crossed his arms and calmly uttered three words:

He is bound to lose.

Kang Ping suddenly burst into laughter: "Good! Good lad! You're arrogant enough! With your words, Tianqi's live streaming channels will immediately be fully deployed!"

"If it weren't for the tight schedule this time, and Shadow leaving tomorrow, I would definitely take you to meet those old guys in Apocalypse. They are very curious about you, this genius who has appeared out of nowhere."

"Thank you for your appreciation, seniors. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future," Xie Wang said with a faint smile.

The car eventually stopped in front of a five-star hotel.

Xie Wang and Su Qinghe pushed open the revolving door and walked into the magnificent hotel lobby.

The lobby was bustling with people, and in the center was a huge fountain.

The two were just about to check in.

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the sound of the water feature.