Chapter 18

Five minutes later, Yao Liang said in an excited whisper, "Alright, it's done. Xiao Bin, press Enter."

I immediately hit the Enter key on the computer. The screen displayed "Data Connected," which quickly changed to "Data Downloading..."

"So? Did it connect?" Yao Liang asked.

"It's downloading now, it should be fine," I said.

"Good, I'm still not at ease. I'll leave after it's finished. Damn, there are so many security guards around. That bastard Jiang Weixin is watching this place like a hawk," Yao Liang cursed under his breath.

I didn't reply, just staring at the computer screen. The download was already at 80%. I remembered I needed to be the first to copy the data, so I took my own USB drive from my bag, plugged it into the computer, and prepared to intercept the data as soon as it finished.

Unexpectedly, the moment I plugged in the USB drive, the download immediately stopped, and a message appeared: "USB device detected. Security level lowered. Download unavailable."

"Damn it! What the hell!" I cursed.

"What's wrong?" Yao Liang asked in a low voice from his end.

It seemed Yao Liang was also guarding against me, probably afraid I would copy the data, so he had put restrictions on the system. But I couldn't let him know my plan, so I lied, "It says the data download has stopped. I don't know what's wrong."

"That can't be right. Everything looks normal on my end," Yao Liang said hurriedly.

I quickly pulled out the USB drive, thinking the download would resume. To my surprise, the screen flashed a few blue screens, and then the entire computer system crashed.

"Shit!" I yelled. "Yao Liang! Your computer seems to have crashed! The system just blew up! What happened!"

I had a sneaking suspicion that I had been too impatient and had caused the crash by plugging in the USB drive before the download was complete, but I could only curse to save face.
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