After divorcing my celebrity wife, I became the world's richest person

"Hacks Group?"

Chen Yu couldn't help but frown, he had never heard of this company.

"What did you say? Hacks Group?" Jin Lingsu suddenly became tense, "They are a local power entrenched here, often living off robbing passing ships."

Chen Yu immediately understood what was happening and quickly pulled Jin Lingsu to the side and ran.

Before long, they saw a middle-aged man leaning against a column, scrutinizing a photo, and fiddling with a knife in his hand.

"It's him!"

Chen Yu charged straight at him, and before the man could react, he had grabbed him by the neck and lifted him high.

"Are you from the Hacks Group?"

The man was instantly confounded, having quietly lurked here early in the morning, carefully observing the passing pedestrians.

Yet, before he could complete his mission, he had been discovered and controlled by his target.

"So what if I am? You foreigners have offended people you shouldn't have and even dreamed of negotiating, so we can only teach you a lesson," he said.

Chen Yu couldn't help but widen his eyes; typically, assassins caught would be frightened, showing at least some panic.

But this guy was completely different, not only extremely composed but also with an undiminished murderous look in his eyes.

He seemed to be a professional killer trained from a young age.

Just as he was preparing to continue the interrogation, the sound of clapping hands came from the side.

"Quite impressive, it's the first time one of our Hacks Group's assassins has been caught."

Chen Yu abruptly turned his head to see a dozen people slowly approaching.

However, the man leading them was somewhat strange, his entire body exuding an odd metallic quality, and his hands seemed to be entirely made of mechanical frames.

[Detecting electromagnetic device, decoding in progress...]

[Decoding failed!]

Chen Yu's pupils dilated suddenly, this was the first time he saw something the system couldn't hack.

"Are you also from the Hacks Group?"

He cautiously asked, then tossed the man in his hands aside.

The leading man let out a loud laugh.

"Whether I am or not is irrelevant, you're talented, and I think you should have greater opportunities for development! Why not join the Hacks Group? I can guarantee you the highest salary."

Chen Yu couldn't help but frown, had this guy not investigated his background properly?

"I'm not interested! Since you've come to the airport to block me, that means our ship must have fallen into your hands, so let's talk terms."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The man didn't beat around the bush, "Direct, let's find a place to talk."

Although Kraggley was not a major international city, it was still a fairly decent medium-sized city.

Many of its landmarks were quite distinctive, also making it a tourist destination.

The two parties sat down in a mixed-style restaurant.

"Mr. Chen, now that we understand each other, let's get straight to the point! I want twenty billion, once the money is transferred, I will immediately release the people and the ship."

Chen Yu sneered; the ship's principal amount was sixty billion, and after one deal, the most it could double.

According to the contract, the Tong Family and the Childe Family each would get thirty billion.

Now these people were demanding twenty billion right off the bat, likely testing his bottom line.

"What if I don't want to give you a single penny?"

Chen Yu's eyes were filled with contempt, signaling his readiness to confront them head-on.

The man slammed the table hard, "Since that's the case, I can no longer guarantee the safety of young master Russell!"

Chen Yu was somewhat surprised; after all this commotion, it turned out that Russell was in the hands of these people, no wonder they were so brazen.

In principle, the ransom should be paid by the Childe Family, but since both parties are currently partners, the top priority is to rescue the person first.

Just as Chen Yu was preparing to have the system analyze Russell's location, a strange sizzling sound arose in his mind.

[Unknown interference source detected]

[Anti-jamming program initiated, cracking, entering]

A series of voices left Chen Yu puzzled, and before he could react, a flood of information had already appeared in his mind.

[Hewick, forty-two years old, the number two person at Hacks Group]

[Suffered a car accident in his early years, replaced the damaged parts with mechanical devices, which are equipped with weapons]

At the same time, an action plan also took shape.

Chen Yu instantly felt much more at ease, leaned back in his chair, and stared at Hewick coldly.

"Mr. Hewick, since you've kidnapped young master Russell, I'm going to use you to exchange him."

Hewick laughed hysterically as if he had heard a huge joke.

"Kid, do you know what all this equipment on me is for? You want to use me to exchange for Russell, just like that? You must be very naive."

No sooner had his voice faded when his devices suddenly made a series of squeaking noises and then stopped completely.

Before he could react, Chen Yu's figure was already beside him, gripping his neck tightly.

"To some extent, killing you would be easier than crushing a disgusting bug!"

After humiliating Hewick harshly, Chen Yu turned to a nearby underling.

"Go back and tell your boss right now, say that Hewick is in my hands, and they should use Russell for the exchange, and I also want twenty billion as compensation."

The crowd was instantly dumbfounded; these sorts of plots usually happened to them, so how had it now turned around?

But with Hewick now captured, they didn't dare delay and hurriedly left the place.

Chen Yu, on the other hand, controlled all the devices on Hewick's body through the system's adjustments.

"This is impossible, how did you do it? My systems were designed by top hackers."

Hewick was petrified with terror; now, if Chen Yu wanted him dead, he had no way to resist.

Chen Yu did not answer, his expression turning grave.

He didn't know what exactly had happened to the system; it hadn't made any sound since the crack of Hewick's system.

Was it because the system had crashed due to a forced crack after a decoding failure?

As he was lost in thought, a surge of data information suddenly appeared in his mind.

[System cracked, merging new codes, autonomous upgrade]

The functions that newly appeared amazed Chen Yu.

One of them could even directly scan brain information.

Just as he was about to understand more about the system's new functions, Jin Lingsu got anxious.

"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you just standing there with a silly grin? What's our next move? Give me an answer."

Chen Yu then came to his senses.

"Find a safe and secluded place to hide this guy, and then let's have a good fight with the Hacks Group!"

"I want to see what kind of skills these guys have that enable them to rule over the Zheren Strait."