Months passed swiftly by.

Da Xia Empire, Luo City.

Within a towering and majestic building.

The sound of boot heels scraping the floor echoed as a young, spirited female inspector in her twenties approached.

She opened a door with a plaque labeled 'Special Economic Crime Investigation Bureau' and walked in.

"Senior Inspector Xie Biqi, reporting for duty!"

"Inspector Xie, I'm so glad you're here."

Inside the office, a middle-aged man with shiny, balding hair incessantly wiped the sweat from his face with a handkerchief. "We've recently encountered a particularly thorny case, suspecting that the criminal used high-tech methods. We really need someone with your talents..."

Xie Biqi saluted again. "Please assign me the task."

She was originally a distinguished graduate from the Imperial University, who stayed in the Imperial City to further her studies. However, due to some incidents, she didn't develop her career in the Imperial City but was reassigned to a local position.

Yet, Biqi didn't care; all she wanted was to combat crime and uphold justice.

"Take a look at the files first..."

Her middle-aged superior, sweating, handed over a document.

Xie Biqi felt that her superior seemed genuinely anxious and under great pressure. She curiously took the document, opened it, and her expression turned somewhat strange. "The Superhuman System?"

"Yes, recently in our city, there were two young people who claimed to have been chosen by the Superhuman System. First, there was Zhang Xin!!"

Her middle-aged superior said, "Take a look at his record first..."

Xie Biqi flipped through the file, first encountering a full-body photo of a youth with dyed yellow hair, followed by an image of a ghastly pale corpse apparently undergoing an autopsy.

"This..."

"Zhang Xin, 25 years old, a jobless drifter... Two months ago, precisely at midnight on February 13, a deposit of one million appeared in his account... The next day, it became two million, the third day, four million..."

"It sounds like a hacker's prank."

Xie Biqi immediately said, "Or perhaps a glitch in the bank system?!"

"At first, since the amount was small, we didn't notice this situation... He lived lavishly for a while, then he committed suicide..."

Her middle-aged superior stated.

"Why?" Xie Biqi curiously asked. Wouldn't an ordinary person who suddenly gains a fortune go enjoy themselves everywhere?

"After getting the money, the kid went around tipping female streamers, acting the part of a Superhuman... Then he got too carried away, failed to take protection measures... It turned out, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness at the hospital, couldn't handle the shock, and jumped from a building..."

Her middle-aged superior recounted dispassionately, "There are lab reports later on; we also checked, ruling out homicide... This was all done after the detection of Target Two. The coroner also performed an autopsy on his body, turning his brain into a specimen... You can have a look."

"So you're saying... Target One actually went undetected by us before his death?" Xie Biqi noticed a blind spot.

"Exactly, then there was Target Two, Qiao Yong, 22 years old, a college student..."

Her middle-aged superior said, "We only started investigating this kid after discovering that the balance in his account exceeded warning levels, revealing a huge amount of unexplained wealth. Upon questioning him, since he was guilty, a scare made him confess everything... At first, I didn't believe it, until I reviewed his account records and found Zhang Xin, another unfortunate with a similar experience. That's when we treated it as a connected case..."

"Such a perverse hacker, possessing such skills, yet playing such boring games?" Xie Biqi scoffed.

The amount doubling day by day seemed like it could eventually purchase the entire world, but in reality, it was simply impossible.

Long before then, due to the massive fluctuations, various regulatory agencies would take notice, and then the glitch would be found.

Xie Biqi continued flipping pages, seeing Qiao Yong's interrogation record.

"I didn't want to... At first, a voice in my head told me to spend all my money. I didn't have much at the time, so I tried it. Then the next day, there was an extra million in my account, and after I spent that, on the third day it turned into two million... I was wrong..."

Through this, she seemed to see a young man bitterly confessing in despair.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "I think he should see a psychiatrist, has he been evaluated for mental illness or delusional disorder?"

She didn't believe in any system; what era was it now!

How could those adolescent fantasies possibly exist?

It had to be that unscrupulous hacker who must be caught and brought to justice!

"All the tests were normal."

Her middle-aged superior said, "Which is why it's tricky... We immediately brought in a prominent 'red hacker' to monitor Qiao Yong's account. And in the end... it was found that the money was transferred from the Imperial Central Bank..."

The superior grimaced, "That expert knelt on the spot, saying the other party was a hacker god, leaving no trace or address to be found... It was like... a ghost on the internet!"

"Eventually, we dubbed that hacker 'The Millennium Bug.' We must capture him to prevent the economic order from being disrupted so recklessly..."

The middle-aged superior stood up. "It's all in your hands now."

"Rest assured."

Xie Biqi silently resolved to apprehend the individual and then suddenly asked, "Is the subject still operating? I mean... that system Qiao Yong believes exists in his mind..."

"No longer... According to him, once he was detained and couldn't complete the spending tasks, the system automatically collapsed... But I think, it was that hacker monitoring him all along, and as soon as he knew we had found him, he immediately severed the connection..."

Her middle-aged superior explained.

"That's very likely!" Xie Biqi said, "I request the allocation of some professionals, those skilled in the internet and hacking, to assist me!"

"That can be arranged; this case is being taken very seriously from above. You will have our full support!"

...

Meanwhile.

In a rented room.

Zhong Shenxiu casually toyed with a pair of VR glasses.

Bought cheaply from Pinduoduo, these knockoff goods came with a bulk discount, free shipping, delivered to the doorstep.

After that, they underwent some adjustments.

Calling it an adjustment, it was actually just an added plug, an interface to connect a data cable, with the other end linked to a computer.

However, this was just a facade; the data cable had no function.

The actual connection was with the individual's brain waves, or rather Spirit, directly linking with the 'Heart Key', unveiling the possibility of traversing parallel worlds.

"Everything is set up; time to get down to serious business."

Regarding those Superhuman System hosts who met with total annihilation, and even more pathetic system hosts, Zhong Shenxiu had lost interest and decided to stop.

After all, after deploying the system, he realized these individuals contributed nothing to his absorption of the sole divinity aid.

Perhaps it was due to the lack of the 'transcending worlds' element.

"The Superhuman System's done for, but the Athlete System and the Great Director System are still running... Forget it, I won't retract them, let them play... The Check-in System though, let it self-destruct!"

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