Ch 55 (Part 1): Rebirth of the Tool Man in a Pampered Protagonist Novel

Xie Wenxu didn’t know how he agreed to accompany Yan Tong on vacation and give up the highly anticipated online event that had been on his mind.

Being together with the person he liked in their own little world should have been a joyous and anticipated event, but he couldn’t find happiness in his heart.

Yan Tong was completely unaware of Xie Wenxu’s change in mood.

In his view, Xie Wenxu was someone who prioritized love and had a deep, affectionate personality. Now that he had fallen in love with him, he would surely be as accommodating and devoted as he was to Fang Ziyang in the books. He would be willing to sacrifice everything for him and consider him the most precious treasure in the world.

So, in Yan Tong’s opinion, it was only natural for Xie Wenxu, who loved him so deeply, to give up something he liked to accompany him on vacation. What’s so surprising about that? It was a normal thing to do.

As for why he didn’t respond enthusiastically to Xie Wenxu?

In Yan Tong’s mind, he believed that he was the best, the new protagonist in this world. If Xie Wenxu could be with him, it was a huge stroke of luck for him. If Xie Wenxu didn’t cherish him, there were plenty of more outstanding men who would pursue him.

In fact, if there were other options available, he wouldn’t have agreed to be with Xie Wenxu in the first place.

Yan Tong never considered that relationships needed maintenance to last.

…

Fang Ziyang didn’t know about what was happening between Xie Wenxu and Yan Tong.

And right now, he didn’t want to care either.

He did want to collect the debts from those people in his previous life, but he didn’t want to obsess over it like a lunatic. That would only waste his energy. He had many other things to do.

After all, he had said it before.

In this life, he would no longer be a pawn in someone else’s hands. He would become a ruler who controlled the fate of everything, and no one could harm him or the people he cared about.

He would wait until Xie Zheng was ready with the organizational preparations.

Three days later.

Fang Ziyang opened his computer on time, adjusted his state, and then… began launching an attack on the A Country CHP Forum.

The defense of the A Country CHP Forum was undoubtedly diamond-level. After all, it was a gathering place for 90% of A Country’s top hackers. If someone lacked skills, it would only invite ridicule.

A Country’s hackers were relatively advanced compared to other countries, and they were arrogant in their actions, just like the M Country’s hackers. They had made trouble in other countries’ networks to show their superiority.

Especially in China, they were the primary targets of attack.

The hackers in China detested their shamelessness and wanted to fight back, but attacking the A Country CHP Forum was impossible due to its diamond-level defense.

Of course, although A Country’s hackers were audacious, they couldn’t infiltrate the Midnight Union Forum in China either.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and people from the A Country CHP Forum could only be obnoxious elsewhere, shamelessly…

However, for Fang Ziyang, breaking through the diamond-level defense of the A Country CHP Forum and launching an attack was not a problem at all.

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Just as Tang Xun and Xie Zheng had guessed, his current skills were revolutionary and far surpassing.

In his previous life, he had researched cheat code information through the technology products leaked by Yan Tong. Now, with complete access to the information, he had spent the past few months studying and patching up vulnerabilities. The speed of his technical improvement could only be described as incredible.

Breaking through the defense of the A Country CHP Forum.

It took Fang Ziyang less than half an hour.

He entered their backend administration page, performed some locking operations, completed the framing and shifting of blame, and then swiftly left…

As a result, while the members of the A Country CHP Forum were browsing and refreshing the forum, they suddenly saw the flag of R Country displayed, and they lost the ability to operate on the internet.

Being people from the technology field, how could they not understand what was going on?

Their sacred place, the CHP Forum, had been hacked!

But… how was that possible!?

The people from A Country were in disbelief.

In their eyes, what a significant existence the CHP Forum was! They took pride in being members of the CHP Forum and were proud of its famous diamond-level defense. The A Country CHP Forum was one of the most powerful entities in the technology world, a direction that countless tech enthusiasts aspired to.

Yet now they were told that their sacred place had been hacked without any warning or reaction?

What did that mean?

It meant that the person who hacked the CHP Forum directly broke through the diamond-level defense, stormed into the administration backend, and didn’t even give them a moment to react or resist!

The members of the A Country CHP Forum were shocked.

Then came the anger.

Several administrators of the CHP Forum were furious as they started dealing with the issue. However, they were even more astonished to discover that the person who hacked their forum had exceptionally high-level skills. They had encountered a formidable opponent!

The administrators joined forces to attack the defense left by Fang Ziyang, working tirelessly for several hours, but it had no effect.

The CHP forum page still displayed the flag of R Country, which made their eyes sore.

The administrators had an unpleasant expression on their faces, and a trace of fear even crept into their hearts.

People at their level of technical expertise had a keen eye for the skills of their adversaries. It was also extremely difficult for them to improve beyond their top-level capabilities. In general, people at their level didn’t have much difference in their technical skills.

So even if they were arrogant, they didn’t have the courage to challenge several top-level experts alone.

But now it happened, and it was successful!

On the defense wall left by Fang Ziyang, they felt an overwhelming dominance.

“When did such a master appear in the circle?”

“There’s no way to break through. We can’t find any weak points to exploit. The defense is terrifyingly perfect!”

“It can’t be the hackers from R Country. R Country can’t have such high-level experts, and they wouldn’t be foolish enough to provoke us so openly. That would be incredibly stupid…”

The CHP Forum administrators had headaches, but they were still rational.

Although the webpage displayed the flag of R Country, they absolutely didn’t believe that it was the work of R Country hackers. Leaving aside the technical issues, which country’s hackers would be foolish enough to leave their own flag while hacking others so blatantly?

Hackers were supposed to hide in the darkness and use flags of different countries to shift blame. This was a well-known practice in the circle.

However, knowing the practice was one thing, and whether they were instigated or not depended on their rationality.

Obviously.

Not everyone in the world was so rational. There were plenty of impulsive fools, and truly rational people were in the minority. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be frequent online battles of public opinion.

So, unsurprisingly…

Impulsive members of the CHP Forum, seeing no movement on the forum webpage and being provoked by the R Country flag on their screens, immediately started causing a commotion. They created groups and discussions, expressing their anger and vowing to retaliate against R Country’s technical sanctuary.

And it was precisely these simple words that incited many people.

As a result, a group of impulsive A Country hackers rushed to R Country that very night to launch attacks on the BBU Forum, R Country’s technical gathering place.

Seeing this situation, Xie Zheng, who had been waiting to stir up trouble, naturally seized the opportunity and led his team from the Midnight Union Forum to join the “reinforcements.” Suddenly, the A Country Hackers’ Revenge Alliance gained significant strength.

Fang Ziyang didn’t remain idle and continued to participate.

However, this time he used his original regular pseudonym, ranked in the middle of the forum. As for the Little Elf pseudonym, it was now only used for showing off.

With him in the mix, causing chaos and with the addition of Xie Zheng and Tang Xun’s team, the attacking power of the A Country hackers surged. They swept through with incredible momentum.

Undoubtedly, within an hour, the defense of R Country’s BBU Forum was breached.

Instantly, there was an uproar once again, leaving other hackers from various countries dumbfounded.

Even the A Country hackers themselves were bewildered after the attack…

Indeed, A Country’s hackers were arrogant, but that didn’t mean they were foolish enough to believe they were invincible. They were well aware of their own technical abilities.

Although the reputation of R Country’s BBU Forum’s defense was not on par with A Country’s, it was still not to be underestimated.

Especially since the attackers were only of intermediate to upper-level skills, and true top-level experts had not even taken action. With just this group of mediocre hackers, they managed to… hack the BBU Forum of R Country?

Was R Country’s level of expertise really that weak, or had they unknowingly improved beyond their own knowledge?

A Country’s hackers:…

This feels a bit alarming!

“What’s going on? How did we breach the defense of the BBU Forum?”

“This… could we have gone to the wrong place? Although R Country’s technical level is not on par with our group and the arrogant guys from M Country, they are still among the top in the world. Their BBU Forum is equivalent to our CHP Forum. Their defense can’t be this weak, right? None of our top experts have even made a move yet.”

“How could we have gone to the wrong place? It is indeed their BBU Forum. Could it be that they happened to be performing maintenance on their website today, so their defense was weak and lax?”

“Do you really believe the excuse of website maintenance?”

“Actually, have you guys noticed that even though our organization has only two hundred members, it seems like there are more people attacking?”

“And during the attack, I’ve been staying in the back the whole time and couldn’t even get to the front. The people around me are the same.”

“Me too…”

“I think I am too…”

“I couldn’t get to the front either. I thought I was underperforming today. So, what does this mean?”

“We’ve been used as pawns!”

Boom!

Although the A Country hackers were impulsive, they weren’t stupid. When they gathered in the group to discuss the situation, they instantly realized the obvious fact that they had been manipulated.

They were right.

With their skill level, it was impossible for them to breach the defense of R Country’s BBU Forum in less than an hour. There was clearly another group of people responsible for the actual attack!

However, by the time the impulsive A Country hackers realized it, it was already too late.

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