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The autumn wind sweeps across the glass curtain walls of Beijing's CBD, but it cannot erase the lingering effects of last night's biohazard crisis in the eastern suburbs.

DeepBlue Technology, Top Floor Conference Room.

Morning light streamed through the panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows, dividing the long conference table into two halves of light and shadow.

Bai Jingyou sat in the main seat, still toying with the silver coin in his hand. The coin flew between his fingers, making a very slight whooshing sound.

To his left, Li He was sitting with his legs crossed, scrolling through news on his phone, laughing like a 300-pound child.

"Unbelievable! Brother Bai, have you seen the trending topics? A famous art exhibition has turned into a septic tank, and experts say it's caused by tectonic movement. What the hell is tectonic movement?"

As Li He spoke, he handed his phone to Chen Mo, who was standing next to him.

Chen Mo pushed up his glasses and looked away with a disgusted expression: "Young Master Li, I'm eating breakfast."

"Stop fooling around." Bai Jingyou snapped his fingers, and the coin landed steadily in his palm. "The Chen family has arrived."

As soon as he finished speaking, the automatic sensor doors slid open to both sides.

Chen He, dressed in a formal suit, walked in with a steady gait.

But instead of his secretary who always carried a briefcase, he was followed by a... young girl who seemed out of place in such a serious setting.

She was about 1.55 meters tall and was wearing an elaborate, dark Gothic Lolita dress with a lace headband.

She kept her head down, her long bangs covering most of her face, and walked almost touching Chen He's back, like a frightened hamster.

The half-eaten bun in Li He's mouth fell onto the table.

"This...this is the legendary..." Li He lowered his voice, winking at Bai Jingyou, "That one?"

Bai Jingyou ignored Li He, stood up, and calmly looked at the girl: "President Chen, this must be your daughter, Chen An'an?"

Chen He stepped aside, making way for his daughter behind him, a rare hint of helplessness and doting in his eyes: "An'an, greet him. This is President Bai."

Chen An'an's body stiffened for a moment, and her fingers gripping the doll turned white from the force.

She glanced up at Bai Jingyou quickly, then lowered her head again, her voice barely audible: "Hello, Mr. Bai... Mr. Bai."

If the meeting room hadn't been extremely quiet, probably no one would have heard those three words.

"Sit down." Bai Jingyou pointed to the seat opposite him.

Chen An'an moved around and chose a corner furthest away from everyone to sit down. Then she quickly opened the computer bag with a skull print that she was carrying, took out a heavy military-grade laptop, opened it with a snap, and buried her face behind the screen.

It was as if that screen was her air-raid shelter.

"You flatter me." Chen He sat down opposite Bai Jingyou, giving a wry smile. "This kid is only good with computers; he's not good with anyone else. He insisted on coming along this time, saying he wanted to see Deep Blue's system."

"It's alright." Bai Jingyou smiled faintly. "Deep Blue values ​​intelligence, not eloquence."

He snapped his fingers, and Chen Mo immediately projected a holographic image onto the center of the conference table.

That's a real-time data model of the East District renovation.

After last night's cleanup, the red area of ​​the textile factory has been turned into green space awaiting development.

"Now that the Chen family's funds are in place, I need to make some things clear upfront." Bai Jingyou's tone suddenly turned cold, and the temperature in the conference room seemed to drop several degrees instantly. "For the East District project, I want absolute control over the data. That is to say, all the construction drawings, all the pipeline layouts, and all the security details must be done by us."

"This..." Chen He frowned slightly.

"What? Does Mr. Chen have any objections?"

"It's not so much a dissent, it's just..." Chen He hesitated for a moment, "The person originally in charge of the East District planning was Engineer Liu, whom I poached from the Municipal Design Institute with a high salary. He's a veteran and very familiar with the geological structure of Beijing. If you're going to hand over all the design authority to you, I'm afraid he might have some reservations."

"Conflict?" Bai Jingyou's lips curled into a mocking smile. "In this era, experience is a burden if it's not transformed into data."

As they were talking, the conference room door was pushed open.

An elderly man with gray hair and gold-rimmed glasses stormed in, waving a stack of blueprints in his hand.

"Mr. Chen! This is utterly absurd!" The old man slammed the blueprints on the table. "I heard that DeepBlue Technology is going to use some crappy computer program to replace my design team? The groundwater level in this eastern district is complex, and the soil is loose. How can this be solved by just writing a few lines of code? This is playing with people's lives!"

This is clearly the engineer Liu they were talking about.

Chen He was a little embarrassed: "Engineer Liu, calm down. This is General Manager Bai. We are discussing..."

"What's there to discuss? There's nothing to discuss!" Engineer Liu, relying on his seniority, pointed at Bai Jingyou's nose. "Young man, you think you're so great just because you made a few bucks from making a few apps? Civil engineering is a long-term project, not some virtual game like yours! Every line on my blueprints was measured on foot. Can you do that?"

Li He's eyes turned cold, and he was about to stand up when Bai Jingyou raised his hand to stop him.

Bai Jingyou didn't even glance at Engineer Liu, but instead focused his gaze on the laptop in the corner.

"Chen An'an".

The little girl in the corner jerked violently, almost dropping the one-eyed bear she was holding.

"He's questioning the data." Bai Jingyou's voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable air of command. "Tell him how much his blueprints are worth."

Chen An'an paused for a moment, then looked at Bai Jingyou through the gap in his bangs, and then at the old man who was spitting as he spoke.

She took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind.

The moment her fingers touched the keyboard, her entire aura changed.

The initial timidity and social anxiety vanished instantly, replaced by absolute focus and... indifference.

"Da da da da da".

The sound of mechanical keyboards striking the keys, like a rapid drumbeat, reverberated throughout the conference room.

Five seconds later.

The holographic projection in the center of the conference table suddenly changed.

What was originally a topographical map has now turned into a complex architectural diagram—the very one that Engineer Liu had just slapped on the table.

"This...this is my blueprint? How did you get it?" Engineer Liu's eyes widened.

"Your email password is your birthday, it's too simple."

A cold, mechanical synthesized voice came from the computer in the corner. Chen An'an seemed unwilling to speak and directly used text-to-speech software.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of red crosses appeared on the drawing.

The mechanical voice continued broadcasting without any emotion:

"The first mistake is that the design of the load-bearing walls in the East Fourth District did not take into account the erosion from the underground river. It will definitely settle within three years, which is expected to cause the building to tilt by 1.5 degrees."

"The second error is that the width of the fire lane conforms to the standards of twenty years ago, but does not meet the latest standards for the passage of unmanned vehicles in smart logistics, making it an invalid design."

"The third mistake, and the most foolish one."

Chen An'an pressed the Enter key heavily with her finger.

The holographic projection magnifies instantly and focuses on a node in the underground pipeline network.

"This is the sewage ditch that was blown open last night. According to your blueprints, you planned to drive piles here. If construction proceeds according to your plan, the piles will directly penetrate the methane layer, triggering a secondary explosion. The force is approximately equivalent to fifty kilograms of TNT."

The mechanical voice paused for a moment, then finally uttered two words:

"Mentally challenged."

Dead silence.

The entire conference room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Engineer Liu's face turned a deep purplish-red. Pointing at Chen An'an in the corner, his hands trembled as if he were playing a Parkinson's Rhapsody: "You...you little brat, what do you know about structural mechanics..."

"I don't understand structural mechanics."

This time, Chen An'an didn't use software. She raised her head, revealing a pair of large, somewhat frightening eyes, with what seemed like green data flowing deep within her pupils. Although her voice was still trembling slightly, her tone was exceptionally firm.

"But I understand computing power. The Deep Blue system's simulation can complete your thirty years' worth of work in a second. Your experience is just... an error in the face of my algorithm."

After saying that, she seemed to have exhausted all her courage, quickly burying her head back behind the screen, transforming back into that frightened hamster.

"Pfft." Li He couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Oh dear, Mr. Liu, does your face hurt? Should I call an ambulance for you?"

Bai Jingyou stood up, walked to Engineer Liu, and gently pushed the stack of blueprints back.

"Engineer Liu, times have changed." Bai Jingyou looked down at him. "Go back and apply for retirement. The Chen family will give you a generous pension. Don't let your reputation be ruined in your later years."

Looking at the screen full of red crosses, Engineer Liu's lips twitched a few times, but in the end he didn't say a word. He grabbed the blueprints and slunk away from the conference room.

Chen He watched this scene, a hint of shock flashing in his eyes, which then turned into deep thought.

He turned to look at his daughter, as if he were seeing this strange girl who always hid in her room for the first time.

"Is this the pledge of allegiance you wanted?" Chen He looked at Bai Jingyou.

"No, this is the admission ticket." Bai Jingyou sat back in his chair and looked towards the corner. "Chen An'an, from today onwards, you are the chief data architect for the East District project. Report directly to me."

Chen An'an shrugged slightly, but didn't refuse. She just silently hugged the one-eyed bear and nodded.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Bai Jingyou tapped the table. "Besides infrastructure, I also need to build a core data center in the East District. The location will be the original site of the textile factory."

"There?" Chen He frowned. "It was recently contaminated, and the geological structure was damaged. It's not suitable for building a server room, is it?"

"It's precisely because it's been destroyed that it's suitable." A glint of light flashed in Bai Jingyou's eyes. "I'm not building an above-ground server room, I'm building an underground one."

He traced his finger through the air, and the holographic map peeled away layer by layer, revealing a massive cavity deep underground.

That was the underground space formed after the sewage ditch exploded last night.

"It's naturally insulated and extremely well-hidden there." Bai Jingyou's voice was deep. "Chen An'an, I'll give you three days. I need all the geological stability data and redevelopment plans for this area."

A rapid clatter of keyboards came from the corner.

A moment later, the mechanical voice sounded again: "Not three days. Three hours. Provided that..."

"What are the prerequisites?"

Chen An'an peeked half her head out from behind the screen, staring at Bai Jingyou with a hint of longing in her eyes: "On the condition that you grant me access to the Deep Blue core database."