Chapter 24:
First, Tang Yu ruled out Choice 3.
It wasn't that he didn't want to slack off—he just wanted the rewards.
But he wanted both Choice 1 and Choice 2.
So, he mentally communicated with the system: "System, is this a single-choice question?"
{Ding: Yes~! Please choose one of the three options. Completing it will grant the corresponding reward.}
"What if I want to multi-select?"
{Ding: Then multi-select it is!}
Uh…
The system agreed so readily that Tang Yu actually felt a little embarrassed.
"System, you agreed way too easily. Now I feel kinda bad."
The next moment, Tang Yu made his decision.
"Choice 1 and Choice 2."
System: "..."
That's your idea of feeling bad?
{Main host, stop spacing out! Let Silver Wolf show off her talents already.} {Yeah! You're just leaving a beautiful girl sitting there ignored—are you a straight guy or what?!} {So funny—this gorgeous girl and the host isn't even having dirty thoughts.} {If I could be with Silver Wolf, I'd go to prison for three years straight!} {....}
In the live room, the viewers were already arguing fiercely. Seeing Tang Yu freeze, they mocked him even harder.
Tang Yu had just pulled his thoughts back. When he saw the barrage calling him a straight guy, he couldn't hold back.
"You're the straight guy—your whole family are straight guys!" Tang Yu turned the phone camera toward Silver Wolf and laughed: "Our bet from earlier still stands. The friend I mentioned? It's her."
Silver Wolf looked at Tang Yu, full of confusion.
Tang Yu quickly pointed at his blue-screened computer and smiled: "Silver Wolf, take a look—my computer got a virus."
Computer virus? Silver Wolf wasn't surprised at all.
As long as there's a network, there are network viruses.
She walked to the computer screen and examined it carefully.
The next moment, a look of disdain appeared between her brows. "This is what you call a virus?"
Tang Yu: "..."
Live viewers: "..."
{Is it because beauty gave you this confidence?} {Panda Burning Incense is the latest virus—even giants like Alibaba can't do anything about it, and you look down on it?} {Nice acting. Too bad this girl isn't a streamer—she should go into movies.} {Haha! Yeah, look at that disdainful face—I almost believed she was some hacker legend!} {She's nice, just a bit dumb. This is Panda Burning Incense we're talking about!} {.....}
The viewers had zero faith that Silver Wolf could crack Panda Burning Incense.
After all, even the country's top internet companies and national cyber police couldn't do anything about it.
You expect a 2D beautiful girl to solve it? No way.
However, because Silver Wolf was so stunning, the viewers only teased her a little—no one flamed her outright.
Meanwhile.
Alibaba Network Department.
Director Chen Yang's face was terrifyingly dark.
Recently, their network systems had been hit by Panda Burning Incense, causing partial business paralysis.
Upper management had given an ultimatum: solve the problem within three days, or he, the network director, would be packing his bags.
Alibaba doesn't keep dead weight.
Chen Yang was under immense pressure. He had been glued to his computer for a full day and night. During this time, he had written several antivirus programs. Every single one failed.
Panda Burning Incense was far more stubborn than he had imagined.
"What do I do? What do I do?" Chen Yang was losing it. After yet another program failed, his emotions spiraled out of control. He slammed his fist down on the keyboard.
BANG—
The loud noise drew the attention of his colleagues in the office.
But everyone only glanced at him once before turning away. No one dared speak right now.
At that moment, from the corner of his eye, Chen Yang saw a pop-up window on his computer.
It was a live stream recommendation.
Normally, he wouldn't even glance at it. But right now, the pressure was crushing him. He needed a break.
Worst case, he gets fired. Before that happens, watching a beauty is way more relaxing than banging his head against code!
He moved the mouse and clicked into the live room.
One look— and he froze.
In the stream: a man and a woman. From the context, the male host's computer had also been hit by Panda Burning Incense.
And the female host claimed she could crack it.
How is that possible?!
Chen Yang instinctively thought this was just a streamer bragging to attract attention.
Immediately, he typed out a barrage and sent it to Tang Yu's live room:
{Ridiculous. As the head of Alibaba's Network Department, even I can't do anything about this virus. What makes you think you can crack it? If you actually can, you can have my job.}
After editing, Chen Yang slammed the Enter key and sent it.
At the same time.
Shanghai Cyber Police Center.
Due to the widespread Panda Burning Incense outbreak, a dedicated task force had been formed.
Team leader Xie Qiyan sat at the center of the conference table, surrounded by red-eyed colleagues.
They had been working non-stop for a day and night to crack the case and solve the virus issue. Yet they had made zero progress.
Panda Burning Incense was simply too bizarre. They had tried every known method—nothing worked.
This gave them massive headaches.
And many major companies, after being hit by the virus, had reported it to the police, adding even more pressure.
"Captain, something's up."
Suddenly, a female cyber officer raised her hand, face full of surprise.
Xie Qiyan looked over, eyes lighting up. "Xiao Hong, any new leads?"
"No." Xiao Hong shook her head.
The light in Xie Qiyan's eyes dimmed instantly.
Then Xiao Hong continued: "But there's a streamer who says she can crack Panda Burning Incense."
The room erupted.
"Xiao Hong, are you too tired? Hallucinating?"
"If a streamer could crack it, would we be working overtime like this?"
"Definitely just another attention-seeking streamer bragging. Sigh!"
The cyber officers all threw complaints at Xiao Hong.
None of them believed a streamer could crack Panda Burning Incense.
Xie Qiyan naturally didn't believe it either. Her face darkened, tone angry: "Everyone's stressing over Panda Burning Incense, and you're secretly watching streams believing a streamer can solve it? Write a self-criticism later."
Hearing this, Xiao Hong felt extremely wronged. She pointed at her laptop and turned it around: "Look—does this look like the confidence an ordinary person would have?"
Everyone looked at her screen.
Silver Wolf's face—full of disdain and absolute confidence— immediately filled their view.
"Wow… this girl is gorgeous," many thought silently.
Xie Qiyan narrowed her eyes.
Because on the stream, Silver Wolf had started moving.
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