Chapter 25:
Tang Yu's live room.
Silver Wolf reached into her pocket and pulled out a USB drive.
This was a custom antivirus program she had written herself— called {Sword Comes} (剑来).
As long as the network virus wasn't extremely perverse, Sword Comes could wipe it out completely.
She plugged the USB into Tang Yu's tower.
The next moment, the previously blue-screened computer displayed a string of code.
Silver Wolf's fair little hands flew across the keyboard at lightning speed.
The screen kept spinning and changing, until finally— the Panda Burning Incense image reappeared on the monitor.
The viewers watching burst into laughter.
{Haha! Sure enough, still failed. Honestly, I thought it might work for a second—computer actually reacted!} {Even though it didn't work, Silver Wolf clearly knows programming. She wasn't just bragging—she really is a computer pro. It's just that Panda Burning Incense is too OP!} {Yeah, that's about right.}
Alibaba Network Department.
Chen Yang's face completely collapsed.
"As expected… still no good? Sigh!"
"But this streamer is actually kind of talented."
Shanghai Cyber Police Center.
Xie Qiyan couldn't help muttering to herself: "She's got something… almost succeeded. Just a little short."
"Quick—contact her. Invite her to assist in the case. With her help, cracking Panda Burning Incense might actually be possible."
"Captain, look!" Xiao Hong pointed at the screen, eyes wide.
Xie Qiyan and the others all looked over.
One glance— and they were all stunned.
Tang Yu's live room.
Tang Yu's computer was undergoing massive changes.
A forty-meter-long sword suddenly materialized out of thin air and slashed straight down onto the panda's head.
The next moment, the panda shattered. The screen went black.
Half a minute later, the computer restarted. This time— it booted up normally.
Hiss!
The viewers watching all sucked in a cold breath!
It worked! She actually cracked it!
They still couldn't believe it was real.
They rubbed their eyes repeatedly.
{WTF! It really worked—insane!} {So cool! Panda Burning Incense got chopped to pieces—badass!} {I knew it—my wife could definitely smash this trash Panda virus.} {LOL—still calling her your wife? Go eat shit, you're just a dog!} {Yay! I wanna eat my wife's shit!} {What are you guys doing? Hurry up and apologize to the host.} {Yeah yeah—bet's a bet. Sorry host, we shouldn't have doubted you.} {....}
While apologizing, the viewers started spamming Tang Yu with gifts.
In an instant, the gift notifications flooded the screen.
{Gift Info: My Name Is Hu Tao sent Super Airplane ×5 and commented: Host is insane! You actually solved it.} {Gift Info: ---No Name--- sent Super Rocket ×11 and commented: Host, my PC has the virus too—can you come check my room?} {Gift Info: Haiji Island's Deepest Ocean sent Flowers ×12,134,421 and commented: This is my entire balance—host take it all. I'm your dog.} {....}
Accompanied by these flashy gift effects, the live room's popularity soared.
Soon, it reached #1 on Douyin's category leaderboard.
This was even higher than when Hu Tao was the main focus.
Viewers teleported in by the gift portals saw Silver Wolf and immediately froze.
{WTF! This 2D beautiful girl is gorgeous!} {Huh? This is Tang Yu's room. I left this morning when Hu Tao wasn't here—didn't expect him to pull in another new girl now.} {Host, are you a duck king? Where do you find all these beautiful girls?} {Tsk tsk tsk! I have a presumptuous request—can you name a price?} {...}
Tang Yu looked at the barrage and smiled without speaking.
After the computer returned to normal, he switched to streaming from the PC.
"Sit here," Tang Yu said, gesturing for Silver Wolf to take the center seat.
Silver Wolf didn't refuse. She actually found streaming quite interesting.
{Ding: Silver Wolf affection +10%.}
At that moment, a connection request window popped up in the live room.
Silver Wolf quickly turned to Tang Yu.
"See who it is," Tang Yu told her.
"Okay." Silver Wolf nodded, controlled the mouse, and clicked the profile.
"It's Alibaba's Network Director," Silver Wolf announced.
{WTF! Alibaba's intel is that fast? Silver Wolf just cracked Panda Burning Incense and they're already here.} {They were probably watching the stream the whole time—haha!} {What do they want? Aren't they embarrassed? They couldn't solve such a simple virus for so long!} {Dying of laughter—I wanna see what Alibaba's executives look like!} {.....}
Everyone was curious about the sudden connection request from Alibaba's Network Director.
Tang Yu frowned. The account had a gold V verification—meaning it really was Alibaba's Network Director.
"Accept it," Tang Yu told Silver Wolf.
He already guessed the person's purpose. After all, Silver Wolf cracking Panda Burning Incense indirectly helped them. They were probably here to thank her.
They might even offer her a high-paying job at Alibaba.
Silver Wolf heard Tang Yu and clicked Accept.
Soon, a window appeared in the bottom left of the screen. A young man with heavy dark circles and thinning hair showed up.
"Hello, I'm Chen Yang, Director of Alibaba's Network Department."
The young man looked overjoyed the moment the connection succeeded. He introduced himself immediately.
"Hello," Silver Wolf replied calmly.
"Here's the thing—I'm here on behalf of Alibaba to thank you for eliminating Panda Burning Incense."
"As per our company's earlier promise, you will receive a 10 million yuan bonus."
The moment those words came out, the entire live room's viewers went dumb.
Ten million! For most people, this was an astronomical sum.
And yet Silver Wolf had obtained it so easily.
"Oh," Silver Wolf responded indifferently.
Tang Yu's mouth twitched.
Ten million—just like that?
But Silver Wolf had only moved her fingers!
This money came way too fast!
"Also, Miss Silver Wolf—I'd like to ask: are you interested in joining Alibaba?" Chen Yang added.
The viewers sucked in another collective breath.
Joining Alibaba was the dream of countless people.
And Alibaba's hiring standards were notoriously strict.
Even graduates from top universities risked rejection.
Yet now Alibaba was personally inviting her.
Everyone understood what this meant.
As long as Silver Wolf agreed, she would definitely get in. And her salary would absolutely not be low.
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