Chapter 49: Ten Bottles of Gilgamesh
[Decryption Progress: 99%]
The izakaya's fiery red cloth curtains swayed gently, and the constant clamor of the streets drifted in from outside.
Gu He sat on the sofa, sipping his goji berry water. In his mind, the Console's decryption progress for this Unknown Encrypted File inched inevitably closer to completion.
Then it stuck at 99%, where it had hovered for quite a while.
He remembered how, when browsing the web in the past, he would sometimes accidentally click a sketchy link and get a Trojan horse virus without even knowing it. This file, this Pandora's box...
Suddenly, the 99% ticked over to 100%, and a notification popped up:
[Decryption Complete. Viruses within the file have been cleared.]
Seeing the word "viruses," Gu He broke out in a cold sweat. So it really had been infected.
If he hadn't had the Console and had recklessly tried to copy and crack the raw data himself, the consequences would have been unimaginable...