Chapter 48: Secret Key Program Segment
[Decryption Progress: 99%]
The fiery red curtains inside the izakaya swayed gently while the clamor from the streets outside continuously drifted in.
Gu He sat on the sofa, sipping his goji berry water. Meanwhile, the Console's decryption progress on the Unknown Encrypted File inched unstoppably toward completion.
Then it stuck at 99%, where it had hovered for quite a while.
It reminded him of surfing the net in the past. Occasionally, his hand would slip and click a random link, downloading a Trojan virus without him even realizing it. This file, this Pandora's box...
Suddenly, the 99% finally ticked over to 100%, and a prompt popped up:
[Decryption complete. Virus within the file cleared.]
Seeing the word "virus," Gu He instantly broke out in a cold sweat. So it really was infected.
If not for the Console, if he had blindly tried to copy and crack the raw data himself, the consequences would have been unimaginable...