"Oh? Really?" Tian Tian murmured to herself.
What a cheeky little brat!
So confident?
Now I'm even more interested in the data you're about to send me.
Watching Chen Mo's departing figure, Tian Tian couldn't help but chuckle. Then she began packaging the Skull Virus Removal Tool and uploaded it to the school portal under the name of Black Domain Technology Company, making it freely available for download.
[Skull Virus Removal Tool, free for those in need. Developed by Black Domain Technology Company. Many thanks to the company for their selfless contribution.]
Using her administrative privileges, Tian Tian bolded, highlighted, and pinned the post, then pinned it in the group chat as well.
She also sent it to the Haishi Security Department, instructing them to cancel their emergency security meeting.
This disaster-level computer virus weapon was neutralized before it even had the chance to cause real harm.
Initially, few people noticed the school portal post. But as time passed, downloads increased rapidly. The first user confirmed its effectiveness, and just like a nightmare lifting, word-of-mouth praise spread like wildfire.
Downloads surged.
"Tested personally — this tool named Needle works like a charm. My computer's completely back to normal."
"God! This is the perfect removal tool. Never imagined someone would create it so quickly."
"Unbelievable. I decompiled the Needle tool — it's a virus itself. Using a virus to fight a virus… damn, you're a genius."
"I bow to no one—except you."
"This thing is ridiculously powerful."
"Virus, begone!"
"By the way, where did this Black Domain Technology come from? Never heard of it before."
"I just looked up the company info. It's offshore registered, fully private — the true owner is unknown. The only listed alias is: Red Queen."
"Black Domain is a lifesaver — it saved tens of gigabytes of my data!"
360 Security Company: "Who the heck is Black Domain's security officer? They developed the removal tool faster than us? Find out who they are—no matter the cost, recruit them!"
Kingsoft Antivirus: "I could accept being beaten by 360. But what's the origin of this Black Domain company? How could they be faster than all the national cybersecurity firms?"
...
Countless people in Haishi downloaded the Needle tool and praised it enthusiastically!
In an instant, the name Black Domain Technology Company was known far and wide.
Even though most users were freeloaders who would soon forget, the brand had already made its mark.
After a full day of classes, nothing unusual happened to Chen Mo. He declined his dormmate's offer to play five-person co-op and rushed back to his rental apartment.
He needed to investigate his abilities urgently.
Yesterday, he gained a strange new power, but the following series of events had left him overwhelmed. Now that he finally had a moment of peace, it was time to figure things out.
Unlocking the door, the moment he stepped inside, the Red Queen's mainframe lit up. A bluish light illuminated the room, followed by a red projection.
The Red Queen appeared in her familiar loli form, wearing a red long dress, looking obedient and sweet.
"Welcome home, Master."
"Mm. Anything unusual happen today?" Chen Mo asked casually.
"No. I've taken control of all the surveillance cameras near your apartment. No suspicious individuals have been spotted," Red Queen replied calmly.
"Good. Stay hidden. If anything odd happens, alert me immediately."
Then, as if recalling something, he quickly added, "And the men in black and those from the Xuanwu Division — did you keep monitoring them? Any updates?"
Red Queen's eyes narrowed slightly, looking somewhat concerned, and then her projection vanished.
When she reappeared, she was on the television screen, her anime-styled avatar filling the display.
"Report, Master. Xuanwu Division left five investigators at Qingmu University. No progress so far. As for the men in black — they disappeared after leaving the principal's office. No surveillance caught them. I currently have no way to track them!"
"Alright. No bad news means good news. If they don't know the cause of the blackout, they can't trace it back to you." Chen Mo smiled and casually turned off the screen with the remote.
Red Queen's projection reappeared, still in her cute loli form. "Master, when are we restarting the T-virus research?"
"Stop…"
Chen Mo made a halting gesture and walked into his room, ignoring her.
The Red Queen had an unhealthy obsession with restarting T-virus research.
Back in his room, he instructed the Red Queen to stay on guard outside.
If anything happened, she was to notify him immediately.
He locked the door, closed his eyes, took two deep breaths, and mentally prepared himself. Then he silently activated his ability to open his attribute panel.
The moment the personal status screen appeared on his retina, he let out a sigh of relief.
This was all real—not a dream.
[Host: Chen Mo]
[Ability: Reach into Movies (Only sci-fi movies; fantasy, horror, or supernatural films not included. The closer the item is to real-world technology, the easier it is to extract.)]
[Item: Super AI Red Queen (Bound to host, eternally loyal)]
[Remaining movie item extractions: 0 (Recharge required)]
[Current energy level: 0.1%]
Chen Mo blinked in surprise.
Last time he checked, the energy was at zero.
Now it was 0.1%?
What had caused the increase?
Perplexed, he thought through everything, then came up with a theory — maybe the system was passively absorbing energy from the environment.
After all, energy floats throughout nature — visible and invisible, light and dark. If his ability could absorb ambient energy, that wouldn't be too surprising.
But then, a frown formed on his face.
The energy recharge was painfully slow — only 0.1% after an entire day.
At this rate, to fully recharge his power…
It would take 1,000 days.
Over two years.
He couldn't wait two years for each use of his ability.
Neither he nor Black Domain could afford that.
He needed a faster way to charge up.
"How can I recharge faster?" Chen Mo thought to himself.
Suddenly, a new prompt appeared in his vision:
[Besides passively absorbing ambient energy, the host can also use current society's available energy sources to recharge — such as nuclear power or electricity.]
Chen Mo blinked.
Could this ability answer his internal questions, like a system from a novel?
If so, that would be very convenient.
"Then how do I charge you?" he asked mentally.
[Host, just stand near an energy source and mentally command: Recharge. The system will automatically absorb the energy.]
I see!
Electricity could be used too.
Chen Mo grinned with delight.
His ability's flexibility in energy sources was incredibly helpful. With this, he could quickly accumulate enough power to pull more items from movies.
He'd already decided—
Once the Red Queen finished siphoning the first bucket of black market funds, he would build a large nuclear power plant.
Then his "golden finger" could truly come into play.
"How much electricity is required to fully charge once?" Chen Mo asked again.
This time, he wasn't going to recklessly divert electricity like last time—causing a citywide blackout could lead to disaster.
[...]
The system paused, perhaps calculating, before it finally displayed another prompt:
[The Red Queen only needs a few seconds of a city's electricity. But this system needs one entire day of a city's electricity to fully charge.]
What the hell?!
It required an entire day's worth of electricity from a city with millions of people?
Forget it.
Chen Mo was shocked.
A ten-second citywide blackout already caused problems — if he blacked out an entire city for a day, he wouldn't live to see the next morning.