"No need to thank me. After all, Miss Skye has helped me a lot, hasn't she?"
Colin smiled and watched Skye sit down again. After a brief thought, he took out a hard drive from his backpack and said to Skye, "Since Miss Skye is willing to go with me and continue to help me, then I won't bother you twice."
"This is a hard drive that was obtained from the enemy with the help of Miss Skye. I think Miss Skye knows the reason without me having to explain it. What I want to ask is, if Miss Skye were to do it, how long would it take to get the information out?"
Skye took a look and said confidently, "Three days, at most three days!"
As he spoke, Colin, who gave her the greatest hope of finding her relatives, didn't believe him, so he explained: "Although the files in the hard drive are encrypted, the encryption direction is that they will be discovered as long as they are touched. They don't pay too much attention to the files themselves, just like..."
Skye frowned, unable to think of a good description. Colin listened, thought for a moment and smiled, "I think I roughly understand what you mean, Miss Skye."
"This hard drive is equivalent to a locked safe. The owner of the safe spent a lot of money and energy to buy the most advanced detection devices such as infrared rays, but only used an ordinary lock to lock the safe. Am I wrong in understanding this?"
"That's right!" Skye's eyes lit up when he heard Colin's vivid description, but soon, under Colin's gaze, he said a little embarrassedly: "But the lock that locks the safe is not that bad. It is difficult to crack it if you don't have enough skills. Of course, I have absolutely no problem!"
Skye puffed out his chest and said something that showed off his skill level.
Colin looked at it, smiled and said, "Of course I believe in Miss Skye's skills, but... three days is still a little too long for me. I wonder if the three days Miss Skye mentioned has hardware limitations, or if other people can help shorten the time?"
Once you get the information, you can't start it right away. It takes a certain amount of time to prepare.
Although he is not in a hurry now, the longer he delays, the more variables there will be, the more prepared the other party will be, and the danger to other people on his side will increase.
Therefore, he still hopes to end this incident as soon as possible.
Skye was stunned for a moment, then looked at the hard drive, thought for a moment and said, "Using my computer and the computing power of the zombies I control, three days is enough to parse the lock on the hard drive. If there is a better computer, it will be no problem to speed up the process. However, if I ask other people to help, unless their technical level is higher than mine, even if they can help, it will be of limited help."
"What if we have a supercomputer? How long can it take to be shortened?" Colin asked.
"Supercomputer? Twenty-four hours! If we have a supercomputer, we will be able to take out the contents of the hard drive within twenty-four hours!" Skye said with confidence.
No matter how many broiler chickens you have, they are not as useful as a supercomputer.
Colin listened and nodded, "That's it. I'll take care of the supercomputer problem, and I'll ask you to help me get the contents of the hard drive out, Miss Skye."
As he spoke, he waved his hand to open a portal to Dubai, and asked Skye, who was a little dazed, "Is there anything I need to bring?"
Skye pointed blankly at the computer behind him and said, "There is some software I made myself there that I will need to use when cracking."
Colin listened, took two steps forward, put the entire computer into his backpack, turned to Skye and asked, "Anything else?"
"Gone."
Skye murmured as he looked at the computer that disappeared all of a sudden.
Colin listened, not caring whether Skye was talking about whether she had nothing to take or that her computer was gone, he walked up to her, grabbed Skye's wrist, and passed through the empty portal.
The living room of Joseph's villa in Dubai.
The deep portal suddenly opened, and the next second, a man and a woman appeared through the portal.
"here it is… "
Sky, who was crossing space for the first time, looked around as if he had not recovered from his shock.
After closing the portal, Colin looked at the sky which was turning slightly white and whispered, "This is the residence of a friend of mine in Dubai. You will also need to get your supercomputer from here."
"Also, please speak softly so no one can find out. We are here to act in secret this time."
Colin turned around and gave instructions, and Skye listened and nodded vigorously.
"follow me!"
Seeing that Sky understood, Colin walked towards the stairs. Sky followed closely behind him with excitement in his eyes.
“It’s so big here!”
After walking for more than a minute, Skye sighed softly as he saw that the road was not over yet.
"After all, it is the palace of the Prince of Dubai." Colin, who was walking in front, replied casually.
"I see." Skye understood immediately.
The Prince of Dubai must be a super rich man, so it is normal for him to have a house like this.
Without paying attention to what Skye was thinking behind him, Colin stopped in front of the door of a room.
"Is this the place?" Skye asked Colin who had stopped.
I don’t know what kind of person lives in there.
"Yes! A very good friend of mine lives in here. I have to discuss this with him before letting you use the supercomputer."
Colin replied in a low voice, turned the doorknob to open the door, walked in, looked at Joseph who was sleeping soundly on the bed, put his hand on his shoulder to wake him up.
What he didn't expect was that as soon as his hand touched Joseph's shoulder, Joseph suddenly jumped up from the bed like a spring, and put his hand on the life-threatening ring he had given him, ready to attack.
Colin watched, hurriedly grabbed Joseph's wrist, and growled, "Calm down! Calm down! Man! Look carefully, it's me! Colin!"
“… Colin?”
With the help of the faint white light in the sky, after seeing the face of the person who grabbed his wrist, Joseph stopped trying to activate several other props that could be activated even when his movements were restricted, relaxed, put his hand on his forehead and rubbed it, saying: "Oh! Damn it, why didn't you notify me in advance when you came here!"
"Of course it's for secrecy. After all, I don't know whether your phone calls are being monitored by the CIA or not."
Colin stepped back, spreading his hands, feeling somewhat helpless.
He had taken away the hard drive that contained their vital evidence from the Blackwatch base. Even with a little thought, he could guess that the gang would search the entire world for them in an attempt to take the hard drive back or destroy it before he could unlock the seal on the hard drive itself.
And Dubai is definitely a top priority for their surveillance, otherwise he wouldn't be so sneaky.
But wasn’t Joseph’s reaction a bit over the top
"Why are you so nervous? Do you sense danger?" Colin asked with a frown.
"Dangerous? Not really, but I'm sure I won't be able to sleep well because of you, a bastard."
He put his hand down, ignoring Colin's embarrassed smile, and turned to look at the bewildered Asian girl standing in the room and asked, "Who is she?"
"Her name is Skye, and that's why I came here this time."
Colin came to Skye and introduced himself to her. Skye smiled, waved his hand and said hello.
After introducing the two to each other, Colin told Joseph the purpose of this trip.
"… Borrowing a supercomputer and trying not to be discovered? Damn it, you shouldn't come to me for this kind of thing, you should go to Vahar!"
After listening to Colin, Joseph frowned.
He has only been in Dubai for a few days. Although his status is not low, that is because Colin and Vahar support him behind the scenes. It's all fake. Where does he get the connections to do such a thing
"I came to you because I can't contact him directly. I think you should have a way to contact him without being monitored." Colin sighed.
He did have a phone number to contact Vahar, but because he had leaked the information before, the number he used to contact him alone must have been monitored. If he called again, he would basically be delivering the information to his door, which was a bit like reaping what he sowed.
"You guy..." Josel glared.
After hearing what Colin said, he knew that this guy must have done something again.
He bent down and took out a satellite phone from the space belt that Colin had given him. He looked at Colin and asked, "Contact him now?"
"Of course, the sooner the better." Colin nodded with a smile.
Joseph rolled his eyes, pressed two buttons on the phone, dialed Vahar's number, and threw it at Colin.
Colin smiled, thanked him, and put the satellite phone to his ear.
"Josel? You called me so early in the morning... Yawn... Is there something wrong?" Vahar's sleepy voice could be heard over the phone.
Colin listened and said, "It's me, Vahar."
"... Colin?" After a few seconds of silence, Vahar suddenly became alert and asked, "What do you need me to do?"
Colin listened and smiled. It was convenient to talk to smart people, so he told the whole story immediately.
"... I have a general understanding of the situation... Wait for me for a moment."
The sound of him and others talking could be vaguely heard on the phone. After a while, Vahar's voice sounded again, "I called some people and asked them. It's no problem to simply borrow the supercomputing power. I will have someone open a channel specifically for you and ensure that no outsiders will know about this. But if you need to go to the supercomputing center, you can't rule out the possibility of being discovered by those people."
Simply borrowing computing power is very simple. Since it does not take long, as long as the person in charge keeps his mouth shut, no one will know.
But if you need to go to a supercomputing center, where there are so many people and eyes, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be discovered.
At present, although time is important, safety is equally important.
"Is there any impact?" Colin turned and asked Skye who was listening nearby.
He himself doesn't know much about computer technology.
"There are some, but not much," Skye replied.
The performance of the hardware itself has a certain impact on the analysis of the hard disk, but the more important thing is the computing power. When Skye roughly explained the reason, Colin understood it and said to Vahar on the other end of the phone: "Just open a channel, no one needs to go through."
"I understand. Wait a moment." After Vahar replied, the voices of Vahar and others talking could be faintly heard from the other end of the line.
After a while, Vahar's voice sounded again. After reciting a complex address and password, he asked, "Do you need me to read it again, or send someone to deliver..."
"No, that's fine. I've already remembered it." After thinking about it for a while, Colin smiled and said, "Just make sure this matter doesn't get leaked out."
"Don't worry, it's hard to say how long it will last, but it should be fine within a few days."
"Anything else?" Vahar's voice sounded a little tired.
Ke Lin smiled and said, "That's all. Just go to sleep. I won't disturb your rest."
"You've disturbed me!" Vahar complained.
Colin listened, smiled and didn't reply. He hung up the phone and threw it to Joseph.
"What are you going to do next? Let Miss Skye live here?" Josel asked after taking the phone and putting it back into the belt space.
"No, there are too many eyes here. I'm going to take her somewhere else."
Colin shook his head, stood up straight and said, "That's it, buddy, you continue to sleep, and I will do my thing."
"By the way, remember not to tell anyone that I was here tonight." Pulling Skye's wrist and coming to the door again, Colin waved his hand without turning his head.
"You don't need to remind me!"
After responding forcefully and watching Colin close the door and leave, Joseph looked at the sky, cursed inwardly, returned to bed and covered himself with the quilt.
"Mr. Colin, where are we going next?"
In the silent corridor, Skye asked uneasily.
"Of course, I will find you a place where you can work and rest. Well, what do you think of the Sailboat Hotel?" Colin asked, tilting his head.
"That seven-star hotel?!" Skye asked with some excitement in his tone.
"Yes, I lived in a presidential suite there for a while. I remember that Wahal was open for a year, so it shouldn't have expired yet."
After saying this, he opened a portal leading to the interior of the presidential suite and said, "Go and take a look first. If it doesn't work, I'll think of a way."
Skye didn't quite understand what Colin meant, but he quickly followed.
The portal opens briefly, inside the presidential suite of the Burj Al Arab.
Skye walked out and looked at the extremely luxurious decoration in front of him, where the furniture was painted with gold. He looked around the empty room with admiration.
Colin ignored all that, wiped it gently with his fingers on the balcony, looked at the dust on it, and let out a light breath.
Before that, he had given the order that no one could enter the house to clean unless he took the initiative to look for it.
Judging from the dust situation now, the hotel is still following his previous orders.
No need to bother looking for other places.
"Skye." Colin greeted the girl who was walking around the room curiously.
Skye heard it and turned to look over.
"I'll trouble you to stay here for the next two days. The computers here are of the highest quality and will surely be able to help you. Also, this is your home computer and some food."
As he spoke, Colin took out Skye's computer and a bag of snacks from his backpack and continued, "It's still unclear how the enemy will track you down, but as long as you don't show up, I don't think they will be able to find you for a while."
"When this is over, I will invite you to play here for a while. I will have to inconvenience you for the next two days."
"What about you?" Skye asked, looking at the things he took out.
"I have to go back to Washington. I have some preparations to take care of there."
As he spoke, Colin found a piece of paper nearby, wrote down what Vahar had told him before and his phone number, then took out the hard drive and the two items from his backpack and handed them over.
"This is a way to connect to the supercomputer and my phone number. The ring can guarantee your safety, and this box, as long as it is crushed, can notify me and let me know that something happened to you."
"Although I don't think anyone will be able to find this place in these two days, it's better to be safe."
Skye took it blankly. Colin looked at it and after he felt that there was nothing missing, he opened the portal and said, "That's it. If you have any news, remember to inform me at any time!"
After saying that, and seeing that Sky didn't have anything to say, he stepped into the portal.
(End of this chapter)