Melody Strikes Back by Myra Walker (Chapters 441, 442, 443, 444, and 445) 

Chapter 441

Mabel hated Melody’s gaze. It was as if she was looking at an ant. She hated the feeling of being frightened by Melody even more.

She gritted her teeth again and retorted, “Mrs. Swanson has already promised me that I will be engaged to Ulric soon. As for you, just wait to be abandoned by the Swanson family and the Fox family!”

Melody said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “Mabel, it’s actually quite painful for me to hit someone. I’m more ruthless than those people from the black market.” Mabel’s back stiffened. She would never forget the pain and humiliation she suffered that day.

Mabel could not stay any longer. She used her shoulder to knock Melody away and walked out.

However, just as she left the Youth Center, a call from Ulric came. The bad mood that Melody brought her instantly dissipated.

She coughed heavily twice. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with her voice, she answered the call. “Mr. Swanson…?”

Ulric asked, “It’s me. Where are you now?”

“Youth Center… I was accompanying my friend to a chess competition, but we’d already come out early. Why are you looking for me?”

On the other end of the line, Ulric, who had turned the phone to speaker mode, exchanged glances with his subordinate. Then, he said in his usual gentle tone, “I’m going to the hospital for a physical examination later. Do you have time to accompany me?”

Mabel could not contain her excitement.

She suppressed her emotions and pretended to be calm. “I happen to have nothing to do today. Professor Morgan’s son got into a car accident. He doesn’t have time to deal with things for the time being. I’ve been quite free recently.”

Mabel regretted it immediately after saying that. She thought, ‘What did I mean by being quite free? Isn’t this showing that I am not reserved enough?’

However, Ulric seemed to like what she said. He chuckled and said, “Mabel, you’re really cute… Then come to the manor later. Let’s go to the hospital together.”

Mabel nodded with a burning face. When she realized that Ulric could not see him, she quickly held her phone tightly and said, “Okay.”

After the call ended, Ulric returned to his original

appearance on the other end of the phone. He said coldly, We’ll take action when the game is halfway through. Before that, find a reason to close the door of the Youth Center.”

“Yes, Mr. Ulric Swanson!”

Ulric paused for a moment before asking, “Have the windows been replaced?”

“According to what you said, they’ve all been replaced with super-intelligent glass. The computer in my hand is the control. Without my instructions, no one can escape. However, they’ve missed one room. I’ve already sent someone over. The windows should have been replaced by now.”

“Alright.” Ulric’s cold expression softened a little. He reached out and patted his shoulders. “It’s been hard on you guys these past few days. When the plan is completed, I’ll treat everyone to a meal.”

“Yes, Mr. Ulric Swanson.” The subordinate’s expression became even more tense.

He thought, ‘Mr. Ulric Swanson has never been so gentle in private. Now that he is like this, it is obvious that if the plan failed…’

He did not even dare to think about the consequences.

*****

At the entrance of the Youth Center, Mabel was about to find Pamela to say goodbye to her when she saw Pamela open the car door and get in.

She hurriedly tried to catch up, but the car did not stop at all and drove straight out of the Youth Center.

Mabel stopped in her tracks. She did not understand why Pamela suddenly left without notifying her, though she seemed normal when they first came.

She had a bad feeling in her heart, but because she was going to see Ulric, she quickly forgot about all these things. On the fourth floor of the Youth Center, after Mabel and Pamela left, the air seemed to have become much fresher.

Melody was about to check the situation when Zack walked up to her.

“Why didn’t you tell me that your chess skills are so superb?” Zack paused and added, “My dream has always been to play a chess game with Mr. Grover once. But I’ve never been able to enter the finals and play chess with Mr. Grover.” Melody’s eyes suddenly lit up. She rolled her eyes twice and said with a smile, “That’s easy! He’s my disciple now. If you want to spar with him, you can tell me at any time. But the prerequisite is… you have to accept my offer as a headhunter.”

Zack fell silent.

Melody ignored Zack’s murderous gaze and continued to smile. “Think about it seriously. The company I introduced you to is really not bad…”

Zack made a “stop” gesture and reminded her, “At a time like this, you still haven’t forgotten to poach me?”

Melody suddenly remembered something important and quickly said, “I’ll go around and take a look. If there’s any danger, I’ll inform you immediately.”

After saying that, she didn’t wait for Zack’s reply and went around to check.

After a round of investigation, she bumped into James.

Melody quickly went forward and asked in a low voice, “Did you find anything unusual in the room I mentioned?”

James shook his head. “No, there was nothing wrong. Even the floor… I asked them to dismantle a few pieces. Did you see wrongly at that time?”

Melody firmly denied it. “Impossible. My eyesight is very good.”

“But I’ve already dug three feet into the ground…”

Melody frowned deeply and said, “There must be something wrong with that room. We just didn’t notice it. We must have missed something…”

James only felt that Melody was too sensitive, so she treated the staff of the Youth Center as people sent by Ulric.

He decided not to mention the room and asked, “Did you find any problems on this floor? We still have a few floors to search, including your floor.”

“No…” Melody said in defeat, “Hidden weapons, poison, suspicious assassins… I’ve carefully looked through everything that could harm people. There’s nothing unusual.” “That’s strange…” James looked at Melody and said, “Could it be that Ulric did not intend to do anything to you at all? We were just scaring ourselves, right?”

Melody pursed her lips and did not say anything. Her instincts told her that something was definitely going to happen. But in reality, they really didn’t find any clues.

In the end, she sighed and said, “It’s best if I’m thinking too much.”

At that moment, an alarm sounded in the hall.

Melody shuddered. A voice came from the radio. “Everyone, there’s a problem with our newly installed smart door. Everyone, don’t panic. Please continue to prepare for the competition.”

“Smart door?” Melody’s eyelids twitched.

She pulled one of the staff members over and asked, “May I ask when the smart door was installed?”

The staff looked at her in confusion, but when he saw that she was the one who had just become Samuel’s master, he immediately changed his attitude and said politely, “It was changed last night. Miss Fox, you asked this… Is there a problem?”

Melody did not answer the staff member’s question and continued to ask, “Who changed the door? Why did you change the door?”

“It was donated by a charity. What was its name… I can’t remember right now.”

Melody was about to go downstairs to check on the smart door when her phone suddenly rang. It was Ken.

Melody answered the call as she walked downstairs. “Hey…”

As soon as she said that, she heard Ken shout concisely on the other end of the phone, “Melody, Run!”

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Melody’s heart skipped a beat and she subconsciously wanted to run downstairs.

However, she immediately remembered that there was still a group of people on the fourth floor. She quickly turned back and asked as she ran, “What did you find?”

“Ulric, he…” Just as the three words came from the other end of the phone, the call suddenly stopped.

Melody thought that she had accidentally hung up the phone, but she heard the people in the hall complaining,” Why did the Internet suddenly go down?”

Melody’s nerves tightened. She quickly looked at her phone screen. Sure enough, there was no signal. Although Ken did not make it clear, the situation was clearly not good.

She quickly shouted, “Everyone, run downstairs! Something happened!”

When James saw this, he knew that Melody must have sensed danger. He quickly shouted for everyone to run downstairs.

However, none of the people in the hall believed them. Someone even laughed and said, “It’s just the internet going down. Don’t be too shocked.”

A person said, “That’s right. You can directly advance to the finals. We’re still waiting for the first round to begin.”

James was furious. “We’re advising you out of goodwill, okay? Since you insist on dying here, we’ll fulfill your wish!”

James called out to Melody, “Miss Fox, let’s go!”

Melody frowned and said, “There are still people in the room. Take Zack and our men away first. I’ll inform Mr. Grover and the others before I catch up. As for the others… ask Zack to think of a way.”

Zack, who was suddenly called out, was stunned. “Me?”

“You can do it.” Melody gave him a trusting look and ran towards the innermost room.

This floor was different from the structure of the houses on

the other floors. There were only two rooms in total, and the rest were filled with chess tables.

“Miss Fox, don’t…” James hurriedly tried to stop her, but Melody had already disappeared. “This Melody…”

He thought, ‘Why is she so unafraid of death?’

James gritted his teeth angrily and instructed his subordinates to bring as many people as they could out. Then, he gave the authority to issue orders to Zack and chased after Melody.

Zack felt helpless. He thought, ‘Do I look like someone who enjoys being a hero?’

One of James’s subordinates hurried forward and asked, Mr. Nelson, please give us your instructions.”

Zack’s face darkened even more. “Don’t ask me about this. It has nothing to do with me.”

With that, he ran towards the stairs. However, he had only taken a few steps when he gritted his teeth and turned back.

Looked at the bodyguards who were looking at him. expectantly, he closed his eyes bitterly and took a deep breath. “Use the most primitive method.”

“Yes?”

“Beat them up!” Zack raised his voice and scanned the entire hall. “If anyone doesn’t leave, break his legs!”

As soon as he said this, it worked.

Some timid people immediately shrunk their necks and walked towards the stairs. Immediately, more than half of the people walked away.

Of course, there were also those who were unhappy with Zack. “Break my legs? Do you dare? A bunch of lunatics! I’m not leaving!”

Before Zack could think about what to do now, he saw the bodyguard closest to the person pick up the stick in his hand and hit the person’s leg.

The screams almost broke through the ceiling.

The expression on Zack’s face immediately became interesting.

After the subordinate finished beating up the person, he turned around and jogged to Zack to ask sincerely, “Mr. Nelson, I only broke his left leg. Should I break his right leg too?”

Zack’s expression became even more unpredictable. “You, you guys…”

He thought, ‘Are you bandits? I asked you to beat them up as a threat, but I didn’t ask you to really do so!’

Before he could ask this question, the others in the hall had already scattered while running downstairs as if they were fleeing for their lives.

Only the man whose left leg was fractured was left. He was still cowering on the ground, no longer as arrogant as before.

Zack held his forehead with a headache. He waved his hand and said, “That’s enough. Carry him away. When you go out, only remember to bring him to the hospital…”

“Don’t worry about the rest. We’ll take care of it.” As the bodyguard spoke, he waved his hand to signal the others to move the man with a broken leg down.

At this moment, Melody also brought Samuel and a group of people out.

The two adjutants asked suspiciously, “What happened? Why is everyone gone?”

They stared at Melody fearfully, thinking that she was behind this.

Melody was about to explain when she heard Samuel speak first, “Remember who you are talking to! Be more polite when talking to my master!”

Samuel’s words were dignified. His eyes were filled with seriousness. It shocked the two adjutants so much that they did not even dare to breathe loudly at Melody.

After Samuel finished lecturing the two adjutants, he slowly asked, “Master, what exactly happened? Why do you suddenly want us all to leave this place? The competition is about to begin…”

“Because…” Melody was still thinking about how to explain to Samuel when someone suddenly smelled the pungent smell of smoke. Then, the smoke alarm in the room sounded.

“There’s a fire!” someone exclaimed.

Melody thought, ‘Alright, there’s no need to explain.’

Indeed, there was no need for Melody to explain. The two adjutants carried Samuel and ran out without waiting for her to speak.

James only saw Samuel’s few strands of hair messy in the wind.

He heaved a sigh of relief and urged Melody, “Let’s go down quickly too. From the looks of it, there should be a fire upstairs. The smoke must have drilled down. Since it can burrow all the way here, it means that the fire is not small. We have to run quickly!”

However, Melody was not in a hurry to run. She grabbed the organizer of the Youth Center who was also about to run downstairs and asked, “Other than our floor, is there anyone else on the other floors?”

The organizer wanted to leave in a hurry, but Melody refused to let him go.

He didn’t know where such a thin girl got her strength from, but he could only answer Melody. “No. Ten minutes ago, the higher-ups informed us to suspend all classes and give the venue to you for the competition.”

“Are you sure there’s no one around?” Melody asked again. The organizers were anxious. “There’s really no one else here, Miss! I’m in a hurry to escape. You should run too!”

After saying that, he did not care how scary Melody looked. He used his other hand to forcefully pull Melody’s hand away and ran downstairs.

The elevator automatically stopped when the building was on fire.

Melody ran to the safe passage with James and a few bodyguards.

James was no longer in a hurry. He asked Melody as he went downstairs. “Miss Fox, do you think Ulric was the one who started the fire?”

“I don’t think so…” Melody analyzed rationally, “Even if we go down step by step now, we still have time to run. We have too much time to escape. It doesn’t seem like something Ulric would do.”

“So you’re saying it was just an accident?”

Melody was not sure either. She only said, “It should be it’s like this…”

However, when they ran downstairs, they realized that the group of people who were participating in the chess game were still gathered in the hall on the first floor.

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There were too many people in the hall. All of them stood rooted to the ground like pasta.

“What’s going on?” James asked in confusion. “Can’t these people smell the smoke? The building is on fire, but they’re still not running out!”

Melody did not answer. Her gaze searched the crowd and soon found Zack.

She took a few steps forward and asked, “Why isn’t everyone leaving?”

When Zack saw Melody coming over, his tightly furrowed brows relaxed. Then, he tightened his brows again and pointed at the door. “The door is broken. It can’t be opened.” “What?” Melody was stunned. She quickly remembered that when she was upstairs, the radio had said that the smart door was broken.

She stood on her tiptoes and saw that Samuel’s two lieutenants had found something that looked like an iron rod from somewhere and were knocking on the door with all their might.

However, the door did not move at all. When the stick hit the door, it appeared useless.

On the other side, James also got the news. He said angrily, “Miss Fox, this fucking door just had to break at this time!” Melody first reminded him, “Don’t associate my name with fucking’. I take back what I said when I came downstairs.” “What are you talking about?” James could not understand what was going on in Melody’s mind.

Melody reminded him, “I’m sure this isn’t an accident.”

Only then did James remember that Melody had just said that this fire was an accident.

Melody continued to analyze. “It’s just that the sudden fire might have been an accident, but a charity suddenly changed the door of the Youth Center yesterday. Now, this door just has to break down at this time… There are not so many coincidences in the world.”

If it wasn’t a coincidence, then it was man-made.

James was already frantic. “Miss Fox, at a time like this, why do you care if it was an accident? We have to think of a solution quickly!”

Melody gave him a look to make him shut up.

Zack suddenly understood why Melody was not in a hurry. He reminded James, “She’s analyzing. She has to figure out everything before she can think of a solution.”

“There’s no need to think…” James grabbed the iron rod in his subordinate’s hand and aimed it at a glass window in the hall.

With a muffled bang, the glass window was not damaged at all.

James was stunned. He did not believe it and hit it again. There were still no cracks.

“There’s no need to waste your energy here,” Melody walked over and said, “I just figured out why I asked you to search that strange room, but you couldn’t find anything. That person didn’t install anything to hurt people at all, but…”

Melody raised her hand and revealed a packaging strip that she had accidentally found in a corner while she was thinking.

James took a closer look at the words on it and said in surprise, “Fuck! The latest super-intelligent bulletproof glass developed in the country! The guy you saw went to install that window! I was wondering why I didn’t find anything wrong even after digging into the ground. Who would have thought that there was something wrong with the window!”

“I’m going to check out the door first,” Melody said as she let James help her clear the way.

When she reached the door, she checked carefully and raised her voice to shout, “Where are the staff?”

Perhaps it was because Melody was the first to ask everyone to run out, everyone was very cooperative with her and quickly helped her find a staff member.

Melody lowered her eyes to take a look. She thought, ‘Isn’t this the staff member whom I have held back just now?’

The staff also felt unlucky. He thought, ‘Why did the door have to be broken at this time? Am I really going to die here?” Melody did not care about the reason behind the other party’s complicated expression and asked directly, “This smart door was artificially locked. It’s impossible to break it open with human strength. Tell me, where is the remote control that controls this door?”

“There’s no remote control,” the clerk said miserably, “There’ s only one console. It looks like a computer. Not only can it control the door, but the window can also be controlled by the console to switch it on and off.”

James urged anxiously, “Then why don’t you go to the control panel and open the door?”

“I’ve tried.” The staff member’s expression was ugly. “The control panel is like a dead machine. No matter how I operate it, there’s no reaction.”

“Then, what should we do…” As James spoke, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. He nervously said to Melody, “Miss Fox, the smoke seems to be getting thicker.” “Yes.” Melody nodded.

Most of the people who died in the fire were not burned to death but choked to death by the smoke.

Ulric had already planned this. He changed the door, sealed the windows, and lit a fire. He was just waiting for her to choke to death there.

This was not the first time that Ulric wanted her dead. She was not surprised at all. However, she did not expect that Ulric would be so crazy to want so many people to die with her just to kill her.

Melody thought, ‘I will never be killed by Ulric again!’

Melody clenched her fists and tried her best to calm down. She continued to ask the staff, “Where is the control panel?”

“Fifth floor, right above your match.”

“Got it.” Melody walked towards the staircase.

James hurriedly stopped her. “Miss Fox, what are you doing?”

She answered, “I want to check out the control panel. Get out of the way. We don’t have much time left!”

“No, you can’t go!” James opened his arms and stopped her. “My subordinates just reported to me that the fire started on the sixth floor. Going to the fifth floor is undoubtedly courting death! Mr. Swanson has handed your safety to me. I can’t let you take the risk. I’ll help you take a look!”

Melody sighed and said, “James, you don’t know programming, much less the control panel. There’s no point in you looking at it. Listen to me and move aside. If I don’t go up, we’ll all die here sooner or later.”

James was still insisting. “Then at least let me go up with you.”

“No, the people here need you to maintain order. At times like this, we can’t let them panic.”

“Then…”

“James, stop talking. If you stop me for another minute, you’ll be wasting everyone’s time.”

“…”

Zack suddenly said, “I know a little bit about programming. Melody, I’ll go up with you.”

As he spoke, he turned to James and said, “Stay here and maintain order. I’ll accompany her up. I won’t let anything happen to her. If there’s really danger, I’ll bring her down immediately.”

James finally relented. “Alright then…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Melody had already rushed upstairs.

Zack quickly chased after her.

At the same time, in a Bentley eight streets away from the Youth Center.

Ken pressed the horn hard, but there was a traffic jam in front of him. As soon as he pressed the horn, the surrounding horns immediately sounded one after another. “Bang!” He pushed the car door open forcefully. Just as he was about to go forward to check on the situation, he saw someone suddenly point at the sky and say, “Look! There seems to be a fire over there!”

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Ken was stunned and subconsciously looked in the direction of the person’s finger. In the distance, a huge plume of smoke was floating into the sky. The smoke was black, indicating that the fire was still burning. And that direction was the direction of the Youth Center.

“Damn it!” Ken cursed under his breath and looked ahead.

A few cars crashed into each other. This road would not be able to pass for a while.

At this moment, Ken noticed a motorcycle parked beside him. He walked towards the other party and pulled him off the motorcycle. Then, he threw him a car key.

“Let’s switch our cars.” After saying these three words, he lowered his body and rode his motorcycle through the traffic.

“Hey…” The owner of the motorcycle realized what was going on and was about to chase after him when he suddenly noticed the car key that was forcefully stuffed into his hand.

In the next moment, his eyes widened in a daze. Then, he let out a sound similar to a chicken’s cry, “Bentley!”

*****

In the Youth Center.

The hall on the first floor was filled with the sounds of wailing and howling. Even Samuel, who was used to seeing death, had an ugly expression.

He had thought of thousands of ways to die, but now he was faced with the most unseemly death, burning to death. As the amount of smoke increased, many people wanted to run upstairs. “Let’s run! We might be saved faster if we reach the top floor!”

Another person agreed, “Yes, yes, yes!”

This idea had already been proposed, and countless people agreed. Rather than waiting for death, they felt that it was better to find a way out.

Seeing that the scene was about to become chaotic, James hurriedly ordered his subordinates to forcefully suppress it. If things got chaotic again, a fatal stampede would likely occur.

In the fire, countless people would be trampled to death. It was a huge safety hazard.

He shouted at the top of his lungs, “The fire is already very big now. If you continue to run up, you’re fucking courting death! All of you, lie on the ground and lower your bodies as much as possible! Then use the wet cloth I gave you just now to cover your mouth and nose!”

As Samuel asked his two adjutants to help, he also said loudly, “My master risked her life to go upstairs and think of a way to save you. It’s fine if you guys don’t help, but don’t be a hindrance here!”

With James’s subordinates and Samuel around, the hall finally calmed down a little.

James heaved a sigh of relief and instructed his

subordinates, “Continue smashing the window. If Miss Fox doesn’t come down or the door doesn’t open, don’t stop.” “Yes!”

*****

At the same time.

Melody covered her mouth and nose with a wet cloth and struggled to reach the fifth floor with Zack.

The fire on the sixth floor was even bigger than they had imagined. The corridor was filled with black smoke, making people think that it was a chimney.

When Zack saw that the flames had already reached the fifth floor, he quickly pulled Melody, who was walking in front, and asked, “Are we really going over? The Youth Center is made with wooden materials, and so is the floor. It will burn up in a short while.”

“That’s why we have to hurry!” Melody pulled Zack’s hand away and followed the staff’s instructions to the room where the control panel was located.

The room was in the innermost room. As soon as the two of them entered, Melody immediately closed the door. As she instructed Zack to find a cloth to cover the gap under the door, she sat in front of the control panel.

Zack did not listen to Melody. He frowned and said, “You do that. I’ll look at the control panel.”

Zack felt from the bottom of her heart that Melody only knew a little about computers.

He introduced himself. “I took computer courses in college. I should know a little more than you do.”

Melody frowned. Before she could speak, Zack had already forcefully pulled her away from her seat.

Melody had no choice but to find a cloth to cover the gap in the door to prevent the black smoke from entering.

After dealing with the crack in the door confirmed that the black smoke could not drift in for the time being, she turned around and went to Zack’s side. She asked, “How’s the progress?”

Zack’s expression was a little gloomy. He pointed at the computer screen and said, “Do you see this software?” “Yes.” Melody nodded. “And?”

Zack was afraid that Melody would not understand, so he said in the simplest and most understandable way, “The so-called control panel is controlled by this software. But now, this software is controlled by a virus. This virus is very special. I tried to crack the virus just now, but the hacker’s programming is too advanced. Every time I crack it, a new virus code will appear. I can’t keep up at all… All the operations have become meaningless struggles.”

Zack paused for a moment and smiled bitterly. He added, Basically, our lives might really end here. To be honest, compared to being burned to death and choking to death, I’d rather be smashed to death with a brick and suffer less pain.”

When he was downstairs, Zack did not feel that it was too dangerous. After all, the fire had not reached him. The smell of smoke on the first floor was just a little uncomfortable.

However, the fire was getting stronger and stronger. The control panel had been invaded by the virus, and the door was firmly closed. They were like crabs in a steaming pot, waiting to be steamed.

Melody ignored Zack’s self-destructive words and said with a frown, “Ulric must have gotten someone to hack into the console’s operating system. If you can’t solve it, I’ll do it.” Zack looked surprised. “You really know this?”

Melody did not answer. She got Zack to get up and sat down on the chair.

Her fingers flew across the keyboard like a dancer dancing on the stage. All sorts of unintentional displays of skills almost blinded Zack.

Her speed was at least three to five times faster than his. He knew that she was as good as an international top hacker.

Moreover, it seemed that Melody was only trying and

probing. She did not use her full strength. Finally, Melody’s hand, which was so fast that only a few afterimages could be seen, stopped.

“How is it?” Zack quickly asked. He was too embarrassed to say that Melody’s speed was too fast. He did not even see which codes were displayed on the screen.

Melody shook her head. “The enemy is too fast. Logically speaking, they can’t be faster than me…”

Zack’s face darkened. He thought, ‘How can she still be so confident in such a life-and-death situation?’

He couldn’t help but remind her, “It’s normal for someone to be better than you.”

“No.” Melody was very certain. “As soon as I crack it, a new intercept code will immediately appear. Even if it’s randomly tapping on the keyboard, it can’t be so fast. Therefore, if we want to take back control of the control panel, we don’t need to crack this virus at all. This is just a pretense. It’s a virus that will change shape automatically. We’re going in the wrong direction.”

“So what do we do now?”

“Ever heard of the Queen’s Gambit?”

Zack nodded. “It’s a way to start a game of chess. In order to control the safety of the center of the chessboard, one directly gives up the chess pieces on the back wing. It

looks like they may suffer heavy losses, but in fact, they can turn defense into offense at any time.”

“That’s right. I plan to ignore this virus and hack the enemy’s computer.”

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“But…” Zack said hesitantly, “If it’s really as you said, Ulric wants you to die here. He must be very cautious. The IP address must be fake or changing at any time. You can’t find his exact address at all, let alone try to hack their computer.”

“That’s why I’m going to do this while they’re not paying attention.”

Melody was in high spirits. This was the first time in her life that she had faced Ulric head-on.

If she lost, this would be the last chance. Therefore, she could only succeed and could not fail.

She would risk everything to fight against this beast who had taken her life once and wanted her life a second time.

At this moment, Melody’s eyes seemed to be shining. It wasn’t that kind of ordinary light. It was more like the Northern Lights. It was cold but dazzling.

Zack could not explain what he was feeling at that moment He just felt that this girl with red spots on her face was more attractive than those beautiful socialites who were dressed exquisitely.

“What do you plan to do to catch them off guard?” Zack asked.

“I’ll split the brain in half. On one side, I’ll use it to continue cracking the virus and make them think that I didn’t think of a way. On the other side, I’ll use it to lock onto their IP. I’ll lock onto them directly and hack them.

Zack thought that Melody was joking, but in the next second, Melody split the computer into two screens. Her left hand continued typing rapidly on the keyboard. She cracked the virus again and again, only to be intercepted again.

On her right hand, she pulled out an IP map. On it was a red cursor that kept changing addresses. She operated with one hand and kept using code to determine the other party’s real IP address.

Zack was dumbfounded. He thought. She has really split her brain in half.

The job of cracking the virus would require all of Zack’s attention. However, Melody could do it several times faster with one hand. Moreover, she had to split half of her brain to lock onto the other party’s IP. It was far more difficult to lock onto a hacker’s IP than to crack a virus.

Zack looked at Melody again in surprise. He realized that his understanding of her was really insignificant. He seemed to understand why his grandfather liked Melody so much.

An idea suddenly popped up in his mind. He said at an inappropriate time, “Melody.”

“Yeah.” Melody seemed to have three brains and was not distracted at all. Even though she was operating a lot of things on the computer, she still asked him calmly, “What is it?”

She couldn’t even spare a second to look at him.

Zack thought, ‘Is she a god?”

Zack was even more certain of that thought. He took a deep breath and said, “Melody, if the two of us can walk out of here alive today, I’ll go with you.”

“What?” Melody was caught off guard.

Zack also realized that his words were ambiguous and immediately added, “I mean, I can agree to go to the company you introduced.”

Melody’s eyes immediately lit up, and the speed of her fingers became even faster.

The corners of Zack’s mouth twitched. He did not dare to disturb her anymore.

However, Zack suddenly coughed. “What’s that smell?”

He followed the smell of smoke and saw that the cloth stuffed under the door had already started burning.

Zack was shocked and quickly went over to take a look.

Just as he was about to open the door to take a look, his hand touched the door handle and he immediately gasped from the heat.

He thought, ‘This is bad!’

He took off his jacket and wrapped it around the door handle, gently opening it a crack. Flames immediately sprang up.

He quickly flew to put out the fire. When he finally put out the fire at the door, he saw that the corridor was filled with fire. Many of the floors had been burned through, revealing the white bone-like mud.

Seeing this, Zack didn’t care that Melody was still locking onto the other party’s IP. He grabbed her wrist and said, ” Run! The fire is at our door!”

Melody quickly broke free from Zack’s hand. Her gaze never left the computer screen.

“Melody!” Zack raised his voice. “Stop it! If we don’t run now, it will be too late!”

“Soon,” Melody said without looking up. “I’ve got them

locked down. Five minutes, tops. I’ll be able to hack their computer.”

Perhaps it was because of James’s influence, or perhaps it was because he was too anxious, the usually gentle and refined Zack even cursed, “Melody, are you fucking stupid? Didn’t you hear me say that the fire had already reached the door? Not to mention five minutes, even one more second of delay will mean more dangers for us. By then, we won’t be able to escape anymore.”

Melody still did not lift her eyelids, but her voice became extremely cold and deep. “If we don’t open the door on the first floor, we’ll die if we run down. We might as well open the door before running.”

“You…”

“Don’t talk. I am at the last defense.”

Zack stomped his feet anxiously. He really couldn’t understand if Melody was tired of living, which was why she could remain calm in such a life-and-death situation.

“Melody.” Zack activated his trump card. “If you don’t leave now, I’ll leave first.”

“Alright, leave. Be careful on the way.

Zack choked and thought, ‘This person… is really a fucking lunatic!’

“Damn it!” Zack cursed while anxious.

He could not let Melody stay there alone.

“Damn it!” Zack cursed again. He turned around and went outside to put out the fire.

Without putting out the fire, this wooden door would not be able to withstand the attack of the fire.

He couldn’t let the fire really reach inside the room. If the console was gone, they’d be done for.

The temperature in the room was getting higher and higher. On Melody’s side, sweat rolled down her forehead, blurring her eyes.

Her eyes suddenly felt salty and painful, but she didn’t even have time to wipe her sweat.

Just as she had said, as long as she broke through the last firewall, she would be able to enter the other party’s system and hack their computer. Therefore, this moment was extremely important.

Melody narrowed one eye. She simply gave up on the left screen and focused on breaking through the firewall.

*****

On the other end of the computer, a young man with sparse hair looked at the movement on the computer and snorted. He turned around and reported to Ulric’s trusted aide, “The other party has given up. I don’t know if it’s because the fire has reached that level that they can’t continue to crack the virus. However…” The young man changed the topic and said, “This person is quite powerful. Their speed of cracking the virus is a little faster than mine. Unfortunately, they are not that smart. Until now, they still can’t tell that this virus is a cover. It’s an endless cycle that can never be cracked.”

The man standing behind the young man had a faint scar on the corner of his eye. He narrowed his eyes and said,

We should have started the fire on the fifth floor. It will save a lot of trouble.”

“The fifth floor can’t be set on fire. Daniel, this floor is their office. There are surveillance cameras everywhere. If we hack the surveillance cameras in advance, they will find out.. I won’t be able to see such a powerful hacker. It’s a pity that no matter how powerful he is, he died there. Otherwise, I really want to see the person on the other end of the computer.” As the young man spoke, his gaze suddenly froze. He looked at his computer in disbelief.

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