It was after six in the evening.
The Jiangshan Evening News and Shuinan Daily published evening newspapers, all featuring the topic of the national exam's top scorer.
At six thirty, Shuinan TV news also aired footage of a visit to the home of the national exam's top scorer in Chang An Country.
Simple recordings were made of Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin talking with the officials.
Qin Hao only appeared in a side profile, as Chang An Country likely didn't want him to attract too much attention.
The footage lasted only about ten seconds before moving on to the next local headline.
But Qin Hao hadn't watched the news; he had been in his room the whole time, tapping on his computer and coding software.
Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin had been watching the news from before it started until it ended.
Shortly after the news ended, just as Mrs. Qin was about to start cooking, her cellphone suddenly rang.
Seeing the number from Qingjiang Province, she hesitated before walking into the kitchen to answer the call.
After answering, Li Shujie lowered her voice and said, "Mom."
...
Qin Youguo glanced at his wife, who was talking softly in the kitchen, and sighed internally.
Just then, Qin Hao came out of his room. Mr. Qin saw him and quickly motioned for him to come over.
Qin Hao walked over, looking puzzled, "What's up, Dad?"
"Your mom's on the phone, don't disturb her," Mr. Qin said, watching Li Shujie in the kitchen.
Qin Hao glanced at his mom, then back at his dad, "Who's calling Mom? Why so secretive?"
Qin Youguo replied, "It must be your grandmother."
"Whose grandmother?" Qin Hao asked, surprised.
Mr. Qin responded, "Your grandmother."
Qin Hao said, "I have a grandmother?"
"Who said you don't have a grandmother? Don't talk nonsense," Mr. Qin glared at him.
Qin Hao was puzzled. He had never visited his grandmother's house from childhood and had always thought he didn't have one. How come he suddenly had one today?
About five or six minutes later, Mrs. Qin came out of the kitchen with red eyes.
Seeing this, Qin Hao curiously asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing."
He didn't like Federation names, so he used a tool he developed to scan the site.
After finding a vulnerability, he directly accessed the website's backend and gained administrator privileges.
He then created an Xuan Country name for himself: Hei Ye, and then entered the forum.
Qin Hao posted a thread titled: "Selling PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Anti-Cheat Software Package."
Then, the content of the post described the function of the anti-cheat software package, and he even included a bit of the software code in the package to help verify its authenticity.
He did not list a price, knowing that if someone from Green Hole Company saw it and was genuinely interested, they would definitely contact him.
To make it noticeable, he directly set the post as sticky, highlighted, and featured!
After doing all this, he logged out of Black Blade Network.
...
Little did he know, as soon as he logged out, many people saw his post.
"How come this person's name is in Xuan Country script? Isn't it impossible to register Xuan Country names?" a hacker from Xuan Country saw the name Hei Ye and looked puzzled.
Had they now opened up Xuan Country names for registration?
He tried registering a new account and found that Xuan Country names were still unavailable.
At this point, his expression grew serious. Had this Hei Ye person infiltrated Black Blade Network?
If that were true, how skilled must this person be?
He also noticed that the post had been made sticky, highlighted, and featured—a privilege only administrators had.
Usually, administrators at Black Blade Network wouldn't sticky or feature any posts. What was going on?
It wasn't just him; within just a few minutes, dozens of people noticed this issue, including the administrators of Black Blade Network.
"What?" the administrator was stunned when he saw the sticky, featured post.
When had I ever made this post sticky?
He tried to use his administrator account to remove the sticky status, but after he clicked, the system told him he had no authority to do so.
He was flabbergasted and quickly reported the situation to his superiors.
Without a doubt, someone had infiltrated Black Blade Network's backend, not only had they created an Xuan Country name, but they had also obtained total administrator privileges.
This level of skill was terrifying. Considering the site was created by several top-tier hackers and had never been infiltrated before, how could he not be shocked?
Almost simultaneously, many hackers received notifications from their friends and logged onto Black Blade Network.
This was the first time Black Blade Network had been infiltrated, and they wanted to see who was behind it.