Nominal: Hou Liangping blocking the door? He was slapped away!

Zhou Weiguo didn't even turn his head.

"Sir, should we turn off the audio? It's making my hand slip."

Shen Zhong put the cigarette between his left and right hands.

"Keep it."

"Understood. Let him hear how filial his son is."

The detector begins pulling the underlying data.

Lines of port information were projected onto the side screen. From the moment the terminal was powered on, to its proximity to the communication cabinet, and then to the activation of the disguised power module, everything was stuck in those few minutes.

Zhou Weiguo enlarged one of the sections.

"Twenty-three seconds, entering self-test shell."

"Twenty-five seconds to bypass the authentication gate."

"29 seconds, scan the physical structure of the internal network of the northern command post."

"Thirty-four seconds, the first segment is packaged."

There was a moment of silence outside the glass wall.

The head of the investigation team quickly slapped the documents onto the glass again.

"Normal system self-check! When a classified terminal enters an unfamiliar environment, of course the device needs to be scanned. You don't even understand this, so what kind of leak case are you investigating?"

Zhou Weiguo was delighted.

"Does the system self-check even know to compress the physical structure diagram of the northern intranet into an encrypted package?"

"That's a tamper-proof verification."

"Does the anti-tamper verification also automatically find external links?"

Don't try to label me.

Shen Zhong glanced at him.

The investigation team leader's words caught in his throat, his hand still pressed against the glass, and he didn't smash it down.

Shen Zhong raised his hand and tapped the terminal base.

"Disconnect the external module."

Zhou Weiguo looked up.

"Irreversible disassembly".

"dismantle."

Chaos has broken out outside the glass wall again.

"Shen Zhong, how dare you!"

"You are responsible for any damage to the equipment!"

"This contains raw data from the military discipline inspection commission. If you damage it, you won't be able to explain yourself!"

Zhou Weiguo replaced the screwdriver with a pry bar.

"I'm worried for you guys just listening to this."

He flipped the terminal over, first removing the battery compartment, then peeling off the adhesive seal on the base.

The sealant is very new.

The new terminal is incompatible with the old one.

Zhou Weiguo swept the light around.

"Sir, the adhesive batch number and the maintenance markings on the casing don't match in the secondary encapsulation of the power base."

Shen Zhong did not respond.

Zhou Weiguo understood, and the pry bar was inserted into the gap.

Click.

The first layer of sealant cracked.

Click.

The second layer of the base was lifted.

He placed the plastic pieces one by one into the evidence tray, even arranging the broken edges neatly.

Outside the glass wall, the head of the investigation team's face grew increasingly tense.

The accompanying technician stood at the back of the crowd, his hat pulled low and his hands hanging by the sides of his coat.

Shen Zhong's gaze passed over the glass and landed on him.

Zhou Weiguo suddenly stopped.

There's something there.

He switched to fine tweezers and picked out a rice-grain-sized sensor chip from a gray thermal pad under the power base.

The chip had no outer silkscreen printing or asset number.

It's just a small, dark patch, stuck to the inside of the thermal pad, in a really awkward position.

Zhou Weiguo clipped it under the lamp.

"They've hidden it so carefully; they even covered it with a mat so it wouldn't get cold."

Shen Zhong sneered.

"Connect the testing equipment."

"Yes."

The chip was placed in the shielded box, and the short pulse test line was connected.

The detector buzzed.

A spectrum appears on the screen.

Zhou Weiguo converted the spectrum code into a comparison format and then retrieved the metal plate module record synchronized from the Handong Provincial Department.

Q5-HD-011.

The module for the retired cadres' center.

Short pulse underlying code.

The three sets of curves overlapped together, like three nails hammered into the screen.

Zhou Weiguo put away his joking manner.

"Chief, we share the same origin."

Shen Zhong pressed the cigarette against the edge of the tin box, but didn't put it out.

"Read it aloud."

Zhou Weiguo turned the screen toward the glass wall.

"Hidden sensor chip, no asset registration found in military discipline inspection commission."

"The spectrum short code and the metal plate module of the old cadres center seized by the Handong Provincial Department are from the same source."

"The external package path points to the physical structure diagram of the northern intranet."

"The device has an external penetration capability."

With each word spoken, the person outside the glass wall paled a little more.

The head of the investigation team is still being stubborn.

"Technical misjudgment. Comparing provincial department equipment with the military discipline inspection commission's terminal is itself a violation of regulations."

Zhou Weiguo looked at him.

"Team leader, what you said is quite interesting. Just now when we were getting the original document, you said that the military discipline inspection commission doesn't differentiate between local authorities when investigating cases. Now that the chip is from the same source, you're starting to differentiate between provincial departments and the military."

The head of the investigation team pointed at him.

"What's your name? I'll remember you."

"Zhou Weiguo".

Zhou Weiguo pulled his gloves up a bit.

"Make sure you remember all the points, so you don't miss any words when you go back and check."

The lips of several Dragon Fang special forces soldiers nearby twitched, but they quickly suppressed their expressions.

Shen Zhong didn't laugh.

He looked at the accompanying technician.

"Grasp."

The two Dragon Fang special forces soldiers moved at the same time.

The side door outside the glass room was pulled open, the movement as clean as scissors closing.

The investigation team members tried to block, but the muzzle of their guns was already pressed below the safety line.

The technician turned and ran.

Before he could run two steps, a special forces soldier grabbed his shoulder and pressed his knee against his knee, while another soldier pressed his right hand behind his back.

boom.

The person was pinned to the floor.

The hat rolled half a meter away, revealing a grayish face.

The head of the investigation team was getting anxious.

"What are you doing! He's a technician on the team!"

Shen Zhong walked out of the glass room.

The sound of the boot soles hitting the ground wasn't loud, but it silenced everyone.

He squatted down in front of the technician and placed the chip storage bag in front of him.

Do you recognize it?

The technician's lips moved slightly.

"It comes with the device."

Shen Zhong didn't raise his voice.

"The original terminal of the Military Discipline Inspection Commission does not have this underlying short code."

The technician's Adam's apple bobbed.

"I'm only responsible for maintenance."

Zhou Weiguo walked over, still holding the disassembled base in his hand.

"And this adhesive seal. Secondary sealing. Who touched it before you left?"

The technician kept his mouth shut.

Shen Zhong stood up.

"Take him to the isolation room and interrogate him as part of a case involving a leak of military secrets."

"Don't!"

The technician finally shouted it out.

The head of the investigation team's expression changed.

"Shut up!"

The Dragon Fang special forces soldiers immediately separated the investigation team leader.

The technician was pinned to the ground, his forehead pressed against the floor tiles, his voice hoarse.

"Terminal modification has nothing to do with me."

Shen Zhong looked at him.

"Continue."

The technician took a few breaths.

"Before we set off, the equipment department handed over a batch of terminals, saying it was for temporary upgrades."

Who requested the upgrade?

"The outsourced maintenance unit designated by the Frontline Coordination Group."

Outside the glass wall, someone lowered their head.

The head of the investigation team tried to interrupt.

"You're talking nonsense! The forward coordination group only coordinates auditing channels; equipment upgrades are none of their business."

Zhou Weiguo lifted the base and shook it.

"Did this little thing grow in on its own?"

The technicians were overwhelmed and couldn't breathe.

"The outsourced personnel arrived with all the necessary approvals, stamps, and paperwork. The equipment department refused to replace them, so they made a phone call. Ten minutes later, we were told to cooperate from above."

Which outsourcing company?

The technician gritted his teeth.

"I didn't see the full name. There was a maintenance label on the box with only four words."

He looked down at him with a heavy gaze.

"Which four words?"

"Frontline support."

The area outside the control room fell silent again.

Zhou Weiguo wrote down the four characters, pressing his pen down heavily.

"What was flashed?"

"Encryption driver, remote verification shell, and replacement power base."

"Did you know there was a sensor chip inside?"

The technician shook his head.

"have no idea."