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

In the information center of the High-Tech Industry Division, as the server's blinding red light turned green again, everyone let out a long sigh of relief.

Several young technicians even hugged each other excitedly, their eyes red-rimmed. Those brief three minutes felt like an eternity to them.

Liu Ming put away his phone. He showed no joy at resolving a crisis. Instead, his deep, ocean-like eyes grew even colder, as if he were staring at a venomous snake lurking in an abyss.

"director."

Liu Ming turned her head and looked at the director of the information center, who was still slumped in his chair, panting heavily.

"Our National Development and Reform Commission's firewall meets national-level security standards. Even if the other party is one of the world's top three hacker groups, it is impossible for them to bypass the outer defenses and directly access the core database without triggering any warnings."

His voice was soft, yet it carried an undeniable penetrating power, echoing throughout the server room.

"Unless someone inside opened a door for them."

Upon hearing this, the air in the server room instantly froze again.

The director abruptly raised his head, his face deathly pale, and waved his hands frantically: "Director...Director! You mean there's a mole?! That's absolutely impossible! Everyone in the Information Center has undergone rigorous political vetting!"

"Political vetting can uncover a person's background, but it cannot uncover the greed in their heart."

Liu Ming walked to the control panel. He took a silver USB drive out of his pocket and plugged it into the port.

"While restoring the data, my 'friend' also managed to capture a piece of backdoor code left behind during the intrusion. This code was executed at 11:45 PM last night."

"Retrieve the surveillance footage and access card swipe records for that time period."

Ten minutes later.

The image was frozen in time.

A refined-looking man wearing gold-rimmed glasses appeared in the corridor surveillance footage of the backup server room. He held an access card in his hand and hurriedly swiped it to open the iron door that was rarely used.

"This...this is Deputy Director Wang from the Planning Department?" the director exclaimed in surprise. "But...his access control isn't high enough to get into the backup server room!"

"Because he wasn't using his card."

Liu Ming pointed to a magnified detail in the corner of the screen.

On the access card that Deputy Director Wang was holding, a special red mark could be faintly seen.

"That's Deputy Director Zhao Ruihu's top-level pass."

A cruel smile curled at the corners of Liu Ming's lips.

Zhao Ruihu.

They really haven't given up their wicked intentions.

Using his deputy director-general privileges, he opened the door and had his subordinates infiltrate the server room to plant a Trojan horse program. When foreign hackers launched an attack, the Trojan horse program would automatically compromise the firewall from within, creating a coordinated attack from the inside.

This is practically turning treason into an art form.

"Walk."

Liu Ming unplugged the USB drive, turned around, and strode out.

"Where to?" the director asked, bewildered.

"Go pull up the radishes." Liu Ming didn't turn her head, her voice as cold as a knife, "Bring out the mud."

……

Half an hour later, in the planning department's office area.

Deputy Director Wang was leisurely browsing the web, a cup of coffee in his hand. He was thinking to himself that the information center must be in complete chaos by now. If Liu Ming suffered this major setback and Deputy Director Zhao took over, then he, the "hero," would at least be promoted to a full-fledged department head.

Just as he was happily dreaming of getting promoted and making a fortune,

"Bang!"

The office door was kicked open with tremendous force!

Two Dragon Shield security guards, dressed in black uniforms and as burly as iron towers, stormed in like two menacing demons.

"Who...who are you? What are you doing?" Deputy Director Wang was so frightened that his hand trembled, spilling coffee all over himself, and he stood up screaming.

Liu Ming walked in slowly and deliberately from outside the door.

He looked at the flustered Deputy Director Wang with the same gaze he would give a corpse.

"Deputy Director Wang, last night at 11:45 PM, you were taking a walk in the backup corridor of the computer room. Was the scenery nice?"

boom!

It was as if a thunderbolt had exploded in Deputy Director Wang's head!

How did he know? I clearly tampered with the surveillance footage!

"Director Liu... what are you saying? I was resting at home all night..." He was still making his last attempt to deny it, but his trembling legs had already betrayed him.

Liu Ming didn't waste any words with him and simply slammed the silver USB drive onto his desk.

"This contains not only the complete video of you entering the computer room, but also the transfer record of $500,000 in 'living expenses' that your son, who is studying in Australia, just received last night."

"I wonder if this money is enough for him to buy a few cartons of good cigarettes inside?"

Deputy Director Wang stared at the USB drive, then collapsed to the ground. He knew it was all over, absolutely over.

"I...I confess..."

He lay on the ground like a dead dog, his face covered in snot and tears.

"It was Deputy Director Zhao... He gave me the access card... He said if I pulled off this job, he'd guarantee me the position of section chief..."

Liu Ming looked down at him.

"take away."

Two security guards stepped forward and dragged Deputy Director Wang out of the office like a dead pig.

In the corridor, the clerks who had been peeking around were terrified when they saw this scene, and they all shrank back.

They finally witnessed the methods of this new director.

Swift and decisive, ruthless and efficient. There's not a trace of hesitation or ambiguity, and no talk of unspoken rules in officialdom.

If you dare to reach out, he'll chop off your paw!

That afternoon.

A black sedan belonging to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) was parked discreetly at the side entrance of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) building.

Deputy Director Wang was secretly taken away for investigation.

Although no action has been taken against Zhao Ruihu yet, everyone knows that it's because Liu Ming is still waiting. He's waiting for a more fatal opportunity to uproot the Zhao family completely.

But even so.

This thunderous strike was enough to send another violent shockwave through the entire officialdom of the capital.

Those comprador interest groups that once wielded immense influence online and even planted countless spies within various ministries.

Those financial giants who think they can control everything and manipulate the approval of national projects from the shadows.

At that moment, everyone felt a deep chill.

They discovered that their prized cyber infiltration skills were like paper toys in the face of this young man who was not yet thirty. Their spies within the system were ruthlessly pulled out one by one.

From that day on.

Within the National Development and Reform Commission, and even within the core circle of the entire capital city.

No one dared to engage in any online antics under Liu Ming's nose anymore.

Because they knew. Behind those deep, unfathomable eyes lurked a cyber ghost, ready to tear them apart at any moment.