Special forces soldier demobilization: Starting from the county government compound, a meteoric rise

The Forbidden City, Dragon Shield security, underground command center.

The atmosphere here was so oppressive that it felt as if the air itself had frozen. The huge electronic screen no longer displayed a map of Ningzhou, but instead a complex, spiderweb-like map of international data flows.

Liu Ming sat in front of the control panel, holding a cup of coffee that had gone cold.

He has been sitting here for a full twenty-four hours.

He stared at the screen at the path diagrams of the leaked core data of the "Project Zeus," which had been dug out from the depths of the dark web by the Ghost Hand. For the first time, a raging fire, powerful enough to burn the entire world to ashes, ignited in his usually calm eyes!

"Boss."

Ghost Hand pushed up the thick glasses on his nose, his eyes were bloodshot, and his voice was as hoarse as a broken bellows.

"The chain is now closed."

"The data was leaked from within our organization. The source of the leak was an encrypted server in the Comprehensive Division of the High-Tech Department. Access was limited to deputy directors and above."

"The leak occurred three days ago, on the night Zhao Ruihu was on night shift."

"The data, through a dozen layers of encrypted 'hidden bridges,' ultimately flowed to the M Group's headquarters server in Silicon Valley."

Ghost Hand paused, his voice growing even colder.

"And I also found something even more interesting."

"explain."

"The day after the data breach, an offshore trust fund account controlled by the Zhao family overseas received a sum of up to one hundred million US dollars from the M Group... a 'technical consulting fee'."

"Bang!"

The coffee cup in Liu Ming's hand shattered with a crack!

The scalding coffee mixed with shards of glass splashed all over his hand, but he was completely unaware!

He just stared intently at the clear transfer record on the screen, and that damn electronic receipt that Zhao Ruihu had signed at the Swiss bank!

His chest heaved violently, and the terrifying killing intent belonging to "Dragon Fang Asura," which he had forcibly suppressed for a long time, suddenly erupted at this moment!

The temperature in the entire command center seemed to plummet to freezing point!

"Well... well, Zhao Ruihu..."

Liu Ming squeezed out these words through gritted teeth, each word carrying a chilling edge!

"Well said, the Zhao family of the Forbidden City!"

He always thought it was just a factional struggle within the bureaucracy.

He always thought that Zhao Ruihu would at most trip him up, make things difficult for him, and do some underhanded tricks.

But he never expected this!

This old dog has gone so far as to be utterly depraved!

To get revenge on him!

To suppress him!

He actually dared to collude with outsiders and betray the country's core secrets?!

This is no longer just a power struggle within the bureaucracy!

This is fucking treason!

Yes, this is blatant treason!

"Boss, what do we do?"

Tank, standing to the side, had already crushed a dumbbell in his hand. His muscles were bulging with extreme anger, like a Tyrannosaurus Rex about to be unleashed!

"I'll take some men right now and drag that bastard surnamed Zhao out of the National Development and Reform Commission building! Chop him up and feed him to the dogs!"

"Need not."

Liu Ming slowly stood up.

His eyes, which had turned bloodshot with rage, were now eerily calm.

It was the most extreme stillness before a storm.

"It's too dirty to deal with these rats hiding in the gutter with your fists."

He turned around and looked at the ghost hand.

"Ghost hands."

"exist!"

"Didn't you always brag that you could hack into the Pentagon's bathroom in three seconds?"

"Boss, that's not bragging..."

"Now, I'm giving you a chance to prove yourself."

A glint of demonic, mad, and icy light flashed in Liu Ming's eyes!

"I want you to utilize all of our 'Dragon Fang's' hidden intelligence networks worldwide within one hour!"

"I want you to follow the lines of 'Jiangnan Huitong' and 'Shengshi Group' and dig up all the dark history, shady deals, and overseas assets of the Zhao family, starting from his grandfather's generation!"

"I need a complete death list, enough to wipe out the entire Zhao family!"

"I want more..."

Liu Ming paused, a cruel smile curving her lips.

"...that recording of Zhao Ruihu and Thomas haggling over the phone..."

"Boss... that's a satellite phone with triple encryption..."

"I only care about the results."

Ghost Hand shuddered as he looked into Liu Ming's emotionless eyes.

He knew that his boss was truly determined to kill him.

"yes!"

He suddenly sat up straight, and his previously somewhat lazy eyes suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly brilliant light!

"Mission accomplished!"

……

An hour later.

When the sun rises above the horizon again.

A top-secret file, hundreds of pages long and enough to shake the entire country, lay quietly on Liu Ming's computer desktop.

It contains a detailed record of how the Zhao family, this so-called "red family," rose step by step over the past few decades from an inconspicuous family of guards to their current position of immense power through selling military property, smuggling national treasures, and colluding with officials and businessmen.

That surface is stained with the blood and tears of countless people.

The file concludes with a technically restored, extremely clear recording of a phone call.

"Mr. Thomas, one hundred million US dollars is too little. What you want is the future of China for the next ten years."

"Mr. Zhao, don't be too greedy. Your Zhao family's overseas assets are still deposited in our bank."

……

The proof is like a mountain!

Liu Ming slowly closed her laptop.

He stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the red walls and green tiles in the distance, which looked particularly solemn in the morning light.

His eyes were calm yet filled with a madness that threatened to overturn the entire world.

He picked up the red secure phone on the table.

He dialed the number he had only called once.

"Feed? Yes, Grandpa Lin?"

"it's me."

"Grandson, there is something I would like you to take a look at."

"A medical report about woodworms..."