Chapter Four: When the Hunters Came, I Put the Whole City Online

The hunters cut the building's power. Hundreds of courier headlights came on, and the students broadcast the offline ledger to nearby terminals. Trading never stopped. Su Wan streamed the attack publicly. The Zero Council feared exposure more than resistance. Ordered to retreat, the masked man left Lin Mo a warning: “Gu Chengyue will not let you spread twice.” DISTRIBUTED WITNESSING COMPLETE. HUNTER LOCATION FAILED. CONSENSUS: 1,000. ACCESS UPGRADED: REGIONAL CLEARING. WARNING: ORIGIN RESERVES ARE FINITE. EACH TENFOLD RETURN CONSUMES PLEDGED ASSETS. Lin Mo's smile vanished. His rising balance had never come from nowhere. Tang Li identified the attackers as the Zero Council, a secret group formed by twelve global financial institutions, with