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Chapter 78: Is Someone Blocking Access to the Dark Web? Give Me the Computer, I’ll Be the Hacker!

Dark web address of the organization?

The words spoken by Qu Wenbiao were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, creating a huge splash that drew everyone’s attention.

Xu Changsheng did not hesitate at all and quickly pressed for more details.

“Dark web address?”

“Principal Qu, do you know the dark web address of this drug trafficking organization?”

It was clear.

This information was simply too shocking.

Xu Changsheng found it hard to believe, afraid that he might miss this crucial lead.

Because.

According to Qu Wenbiao’s earlier confession during the interrogation, this dark web was most likely used by the members of the drug trafficking organization to communicate and share various murder techniques or counter-surveillance tactics.

If they could access this dark web.

Then, all the details of the unsolved murders related to the members of this drug trafficking organization over the years would be clearly revealed.

In other words.

As long as they could view the posts and understand the murder methods and details shared, they could identify the true culprits behind those unsolved cases.

Qu Wenbiao did not immediately respond. Instead, he kept staring at the cold corpse bag in front of him, his voice hoarse as he spoke.

“The website address… is the one that Xiao Peng specifically told me to remember. It’s an internal dark web.”

“I remember, he told me back then…”

“If I fail this evaluation, and something happens to him, and I get caught by the police…”

“Then I should use this dark web address to try to earn a chance for redemption, hoping to reduce my prison sentence.”

“After all, in that drug trafficking organization, everyone is a murderer with blood on their hands. If I were to provide clues and get them all arrested, the merit for doing so would probably exceed my expectations.”

“But I would rather… not need that chance.”

As he spoke.

Qu Wenbiao seemed to choke up, his face contorted with grief, shaking his head and sobbing.

“But I would rather… not have this chance…”

At that moment.

Qu Wenbiao crouched down in pain, one hand still gripping his son’s cold, pale hand, while the other fist pounded the ground.

It seemed like he wanted to curse, to roar, to vent his anger, but in the end, he did nothing.

After several seconds.

Qu Wenbiao seemed to have calmed down and stood up with a neutral expression. He stretched out his hand to Xu Changsheng.

“Officer Xu.”

“Give me a piece of paper and a pen. I’ll write the dark web address down for you.”

Without hesitation.

Xu Changsheng immediately grabbed a pen from the desk and tore off a piece of white paper, handing it to Qu Wenbiao.

Taking the paper and pen.

Qu Wenbiao placed his left hand under the paper, and with his right hand, he gently wrote down a string of English web addresses, then handed it to Xu Changsheng.

“This is the dark web address.”

“By the way, Xiao Peng told me back then that there seemed to be some restrictions on accessing this dark web, but he wasn’t very clear about it. He said only a laptop provided by the organization could be used to access this site.”

“Other computers or phones can’t access this dark web.”

“I don’t know if you have a way to get in, but I hope you can find a way.”

“Because.”

“I can’t accept that they killed Xiao Peng and are still wandering around freely without consequences.”

Though Xu Changsheng’s words might have sparked some thoughts of sarcastic remarks from Su Ming, who was standing nearby, due to Qu Wenbiao’s contradictory actions, he chose to remain silent out of respect for the grief he was clearly experiencing.

Xu Changsheng took the white paper, first snapping a picture with his phone, then handing it to Su Ming.

“Xiao Ming.”

“I’ll stay here with Principal Qu.”

“You head over to the tech department now and see if they can help us access the dark web.”

“I’m worried that if we delay any further, this lead might be cut off by the drug trafficking organization, and the case might become even more complicated.”

Xu Changsheng’s concerns and arrangements were quite reasonable.

Su Ming took the paper with the web address and nodded.

“Got it.”

“I’ll head to the tech department now.”

After speaking, Su Ming didn’t hesitate and left the temporary storage area, heading straight to the criminal technology department, which was not far away.

Seeing Wang Hu, who was busy with a Sky Eye surveillance system, Su Ming didn’t waste time and immediately called out.

“Huzi.”

“I’ve got the dark web of a criminal organization. Can you try to log in?”

“According to Qu Wenbiao’s statement, there are probably details of several unsolved murders in the dark web, as well as information related to this massive drug trafficking organization.”

“Damn! Ming Ge, is this for real?” Wang Hu exclaimed, quickly adding.

“So, this is the dark web the drug trafficking organization uses to share murder techniques?”

Wang Hu’s shocked exclamation immediately drew the attention of other busy technicians from the department, who gathered around.

Knowing that Su Ming wasn’t joking, Wang Hu quickly handed the paper to a nearby officer with black-framed glasses, who didn’t look much older than him.

“Quan Ge.”

“Take a seat and see if you can break through the dark web’s firewall.”

“If we can log in to this dark web, it won’t take long before this massive drug trafficking organization is completely exposed.”

The officer known as Quan Ge adjusted his glasses habitually before sitting down and starting to enter the web address into the police department’s laptop.

But the next second.

A red “access denied” warning box appeared right in the center of the screen.

It was clear.

This dark web did have some kind of restriction, and it wasn’t the kind that could be easily accessed just by typing in the web address.

This effective form of restriction had, in a way, prevented the dark web from being accidentally exposed.

Seeing the red warning box, Wang Hu remained calm, smiling and explaining.

“Don’t worry, Ming Ge.”

“Quan Ge used to be specially recruited from the cyber police department into the Huaihai Criminal Investigation Team. He’s my mentor here in the tech department, and breaking into a criminal organization’s dark web should be no problem for him.”

“He helped unlock that female streamer’s water-damaged phone, and he’s skilled in phone repair, mechanical repairs, file recovery, and all sorts of tech stuff. He even used to be a hacker when he was younger.”

“Now, of course, he’s been recruited, because the state’s food is more delicious.”

Su Ming nodded lightly in acknowledgment.

Wang Hu’s Quan Ge, whose full name was An Quan, was indeed very proficient in various hacking techniques.

In recent years, other districts of Magic City’s criminal investigation teams and even the municipal police headquarters had sought his help many times.

…

At this moment.

An Quan’s long, slender fingers were tapping away at the keyboard, command boxes popping up one after another.

But each time a box appeared, it was followed by a prompt saying “Unauthorized Access.”

Five minutes.

Ten minutes.

Fifteen minutes.

…

After nearly half an hour.

An Quan finally pulled his hands away from the keyboard, adjusted his glasses, and stared at the dark web address in disbelief.

“Impossible.”

“How can a criminal organization design a dark web with such high security?”

“This dark web requires both a machine code and an internal password to be verified. Even if you have the login credentials, it won’t let you access the site if the machine code doesn’t match.”

“Such dual protection with a machine code, I can hardly imagine a criminal organization capable of designing something like this.”

“But what it does show is…”

“The severity of the content on this dark web is definitely beyond our imagination.”

At this point.

An Quan paused for a moment, then looked at Su Ming standing behind him, his voice tinged with helplessness.

“At the moment, I can’t access this dark web. I’ve already used several breach tactics, but none of them have worked.”

“If you give me about a week to develop specialized software and scripts to repeatedly test passwords and break through, maybe I can get in.”

“It’s very difficult in the next few days…”

A week?

Hearing that it would take such a long time, everyone in the room fell silent.

Because.

This drug trafficking organization was intricate, with far-reaching influence, and its members possessed anti-surveillance abilities and a dangerous level of skill that exceeded ordinary criminals.

Each one had at least one murder on their record!

A week.

That was simply too long.

Looking at the dark web address on the screen, Su Ming narrowed his eyes slightly before pointing to the screen.

“Can’t break in?”

“Let me try!”