The boss of a foreign organization called the police, claiming that he was defrauded by me

Although Xiao Li is very familiar with Japanese Mandarin and is almost the best at it in the team, he was still a little hesitant and unconfident when writing down this string of characters.

"Do you think this is right? I'm not sure..." Xiao Li asked cautiously. He knew that his mission this time was crucial and there could be no mistakes.

Everyone gathered around and carefully looked at the characters written by Xiao Li. Director Wang checked several times to make sure every character was correct.

"It should be fine, right? But to be on the safe side, I'd better check the vocabulary to confirm it." Xiao Wang suggested.

He knew very well that in the world of cryptography, a tiny mistake could lead to a complete loss.

"Yes, don't rush. Every character is crucial, we must make sure everything is perfect." Xiao Zhou also agreed, "The second chance is too important, we can't waste it because of a small mistake."

Everyone nodded in agreement. They knew the difficulty and importance of this mission, and they also knew that every detail could not be neglected.

"Indeed, we have to be more careful than last time. If we make a mistake again, we really don't know what to do..." someone said slowly.

Another person immediately asked, "Director, what do you think? Is it feasible to convert universal characters into neon characters?"

At this moment, everyone was no longer as confident as they were the first time. The previous error message was like a heavy hammer, hitting their hearts hard, causing them to feel a little resentful and uneasy.

Therefore, they were even more eager to hear Director Wang's opinions. After all, in their hearts, the director always had unique insights and profound insight.

Looking back on the process of this mission, whenever they were hesitant or encountered uncertainty, Director Wang always pointed out the direction for them in time and strengthened their determination and confidence. His suggestions were correct in most cases. After all, he had experienced countless hardships and had rich experience. When looking at problems, he always had many more ideas and thoughts than these young people.

However, this time Director Wang did not give a clear answer immediately. He neither agreed nor opposed, and seemed to be somewhat hesitant.

This time the key was far too difficult to obtain, and the scope was much wider than they had imagined.

Even he felt helpless in making guesses without sufficient factual basis. Director Wang realized that he was a bit passive and his thinking was sometimes not as active as Xiao Zhou and others.

He was also trying hard to figure out where the problem lay.

The public key is certain, there is no doubt about that, the problem is definitely not here. Even if the public key is wrong, it is only a manifestation of the whole encryption method guessing wrong, and they may have gone in the wrong direction from the beginning.

But now it is more difficult for them to rethink other encryption methods than they thought. They have invested too much time and energy in this path. If they now completely deny their previous ideas and find other encryption methods in a new way, it is obviously too late.

It’s not that Director Wang didn’t believe in their abilities, including his own, but the original schedule was already very tight.

Even if they were given another week, they might not be able to find new ideas.

Unless someone tells them the answer directly, which is obviously impossible.

The probability of such a fantastic thing happening is too small.

Apart from the senior officers and leaders of Neon Country, who would know the most important firewall passcode? Ordinary officers simply do not have such authority.

Those in high positions naturally cannot easily leak secrets. Their confidentiality measures are very complete and they will never reveal key information to anyone. They will not even use any network tools to transmit communication codes, eliminating all risks of leakage from the source.

There is no doubt about this. Many countries take similar strict measures when dealing with important confidential matters.

Therefore, they did not suggest searching the private background data of these senior military officers from the beginning.

Because there would be no possibility of gaining anything. All their communications were under strict monitoring by Japan's communications department. How could such important information be leaked?

Thinking of this, Director Wang also felt very embarrassed.

In fact, even if all the people on business trip were called back to study the key together, it would be impossible to decipher it within the specified time.

If they were given another two months, Director Wang would not dare to make a 100% guarantee. This is reality, and it cannot be changed by imagination.

Similar things have happened many times in history. Which one did not consume a lot of time and energy?
Some even took two or three years to be solved. Some people were lucky enough to accidentally discover the decryption method and develop a decryption machine, but such cases are rare after all and the probability is pitifully small.

Recalling the vigorous code war between the UK and the United States back then, it gathered almost all the world's top puzzle-solving geniuses at the time to work together to overcome the most powerful code known as "mystery".

The code was originally proposed by a female mathematician. It stumped countless geniuses, but was used in war.

Countless experts have racked their brains but have been unable to solve it.

The battle lasted for three years and was finally solved by a little-known mathematics student by chance.

Director Wang naturally would not question his own strength and the strength of this group of young people, but he also had to consider the difficulty of the task and the specific progress comprehensively.

Will they be able to crack the key in the next two days? That's a hard question to answer.

From a probability perspective, this possibility is not high. Director Wang began to consider another possibility, perhaps he could seek the opinions of Professor Xu and Professor Tao.

Although they are not experts in the field of cryptography, perhaps they can provide some new ideas?
"Director, what are you thinking about? Is there something wrong with our proposal just now? Then what do you think we should do?" Director Wang's silence made the people around him extremely anxious.

They didn't know what was wrong with their proposal, and why the director said nothing after listening to it?

Could it be that they were wrong again? And extremely wrong? The director couldn't bear to tell them directly, so he was making excuses to avoid hurting their feelings?

At this sensitive moment, everyone was filled with anxiety and doubt. They were worried that Director Wang would not tell the truth directly due to various concerns.

Of course, Director Wang was not such a person. He was just thinking about another possibility, but he did not expect that his silence would make these young people even more anxious. They looked at each other and even began to wonder if Director Wang regretted choosing them. They knew that they did not perform well enough, and in such a short time left, they were still stuck at the last level.

The chances of successfully deciphering it next are indeed slim.

They really didn't want to disappoint Director Wang's expectations, and their hearts were filled with discomfort, anxiety and panic.

If this mission fails, how can they continue to stay in the institute?
I have to say, these young people are not as smooth and sophisticated as imagined.

Their ideas are simple, pure and sincere. What they care about is not the huge reward, but the recognition and honor.

When Director Wang came back to his senses from his deep thoughts, he did not notice the tension and anxiety of the crowd. He simply said a few words: "Nothing, I was just thinking about something else. The language conversion you mentioned is indeed an idea worth trying. We still have two chances, so why not try it again."

"I don't have any good ideas right now. As for the personal key, we really don't have enough evidence, so we can't speculate." He continued, "Since you have this idea, then try it again. We don't know it's wrong, but we will always keep this direction in mind."

"If the answer this time is still wrong, it proves that our entire idea is wrong. Then we must consider other directions." Director Wang's voice was as steady as ever, making it impossible to peek into his true thoughts.

However, everyone's hearts skipped a beat after hearing this. Was the director thinking about something else? What else? Was he really reflecting on the correctness of choosing them?

They couldn't help but start to think wildly. At this critical moment, any slight change could affect their mentality. What's more, Director Wang was thinking about other things at this time.

What could this be? After thinking about it, they just thought that the director might regret his decision.

If the seniors in the institute had been asked to handle this task from the beginning, it might have been completed long ago.

What is even more difficult for them to let go is that no matter how difficult the tasks the institute has undertaken over the years, and no matter how many twists and turns it has experienced, they have all been successfully completed in the end.

They have never failed since the establishment of the institute. What a brilliant achievement!
Last year, they collectively received a special honor award for maintaining a zero-mistake record for many consecutive years.

Is this record going to be broken in their hands?
They are unwilling to accept this, absolutely unwilling to accept this.

Everyone thinks this way in their hearts, and it is inevitable to feel a little desperate.

Director Wang didn't understand their thoughts for a moment, and was a little confused. Why did everyone's expressions become so decadent, desperate and depressed after he finished speaking? He was not sure when he started to feel confused, so he didn't pay too much attention to the emotional changes of these young people. Now suddenly seeing them like this, he really didn't understand.

"Is there something inappropriate in what I just said? What is it? I don't seem to have said anything special." Director Wang thought silently in his heart.

It must be that the pressure is as heavy as a mountain. After all, it has come to this critical moment and my thoughts are inevitably flying. This situation was very common when I was young. In the final analysis, it is because I lack experience.

Sometimes, caring too much can backfire, and it's understandable that you fail and have a mental breakdown at the most critical moment.

They definitely have no idea, and even if they really can't solve it, it doesn't matter. This task is already quite difficult, especially when he and Mr. Xu and others proposed to hand it over to these young people, we had already anticipated this possibility.

Director Wang thought to himself that, in fact, they had already prepared for this situation, and the first two opportunities were given to them to try.

If he fails in the first two attempts, he will call a halt in time, leaving that last precious chance and temporarily suspend the mission.

Wait until other people in the institute come back, and then discuss it together, including discussing the next countermeasures with Mr. Xu and Mr. Tao.

Therefore, these two months are not the deadline for completing the task, but a test for these young people.

While participating in the discussion, Director Wang was also quietly observing and recording their various problem-solving abilities.

In fact, there was no original time limit of two months. Director Wang just wanted to test them at first. Considering the difficulty of the task, the length of the time limit did not matter much.

However, Mr. Xu proposed setting a time limit of two months, believing that under a certain amount of pressure, perhaps their unlimited potential could be stimulated.

Later, they simply set a three-stage completion goal in one go. If they could successfully reach the third stage within two months, they would have successfully completed the task.

This is all that is required of this group of young people at the beginning. Of course, even if they only complete the first or second stage, they will be praised at the end of the year.

Throughout the entire process, Director Wang tried to give as few hints as possible, leaving it mainly up to them to figure things out on their own to see how far they could go.

Director Wang did a really good job. He didn't interfere too much. He just gave a few words of advice at the most critical moments and encouraged them most of the time.

So, facing the upcoming deadline, Director Wang did not seem too anxious or worried, but he did not show any other emotions either.

The young men were completely unaware of the director's behavior and never thought that they had completed the mission.

The impending failure of the mission weighed on everyone's mind like a huge rock, making it almost impossible for them to breathe.

In addition, a deep sense of self-blame and guilt spreads in their hearts and is difficult to get rid of.

Because they feel that they have performed very poorly and are far from achieving the expected goals, which is really wrong.

They spent too much time in the first stage. Even when they were dealing with the ring, it was just a simple sleight of hand, but they spent so much time thinking about it.

In fact, there is still time that can be saved in every stage. If they can work harder, invest more energy, and think more quickly, they can definitely squeeze out more time for the third stage.

The more they thought about it, the more they felt that they were in trouble, as if they were bound by invisible shackles.

"Director, please stop comforting us. Our performance from beginning to end was terrible. It was a complete mess!" (End of this chapter)