"This story started 27 years ago. At that time, QY Island was much less developed than it is today, but the environment was somewhat 'warm' back then. The beginning of this story harks back to that time.
My elder brother had grown up as a star in our community. He was handsome, smart, and hell, he was even very lucky, as if he was really God's favored one. He was a child that every parent and every teacher wanted, and every peer admired or envied him. Inevitably, every child around him was compared to him, especially me. I lived under his shadow, and by no means did I like it. Whenever I met people, they would always identify me as his younger brother. Because of that, I gradually became afraid of living, of life.
When I was younger, I was active in my life. But after everything that I had experienced, I became shy and quiet, as if I was trying to make myself invisible. Nobody else knew why I changed. It was only me who knew that he was the one who pushed me over the edge. "
"What's this?" a passer-by asked while looking at the big screen on the wall of a shopping mall with his wide open eyes. Gradually, more and more people stopped by the big screen and gathered around the man as their attention was grabbed as well. One man looked at his cellphone and all of a sudden, he screamed, "This appeared on the screen of my cellphone..."
"Oh my God! This happened to my tablet too!"
"Have a look! Hurry! A mobile advertisement for a car changes into this too..."
"..."
It was an unprecedentedly chaotic morning in QY Island. In addition, it was also foggy and hazy—mainly the result of the heavy rain that had poured all throughout the night prior. As people breathed the cold and moist air, they became even more uneasy.
The government, with the cooperation of the Security Bureau, began investigating the incident, trying to figure out the source of the hack. Unfortunately, the suspect was a master hacker and was able to clean all his traces, and was even naughty enough to put useless information in the places he knew would be investigated, just to throw the authorities off-track.
"Since I stayed at home most of the time, the computer was my only company. At first, I was only using it to kill time, but gradually I found that using it alleviated my loneliness. A computer could transform my life from being a boring one to an interesting one! You know why? Because with it, I was able to discover the secrets people wanted to conceal from everybody else, including my elder brother.
My elder brother, who had been excellent in both character and studies, fell in love with a murderer and even had a child with her... "
In the beginning, the public had been restless and confused at the sudden appearance of the report, but gradually, they were roped in by its content. People began to be curious about the story, wondering what the person was going to say at the end. This, however, left the staff of the Security Bureau deeply troubled. The sound of fingers typing on the keyboard was heard everywhere in the whole bureau, and it made everyone anxious.
"What's going on?" the bureau director asked, quickly fixing his eyes on the LED screen in front of him.
His subordinate, a section chief, sighed and answered in a defeated tone, "We still haven't found anything of importance yet, Director." In a heavy voice, he continued, "I have arranged somebody to contact civil master hackers. Maybe they have some other means."
Hearing that, the bureau director nodded. Looking at the long letter that occupied the screen, his eyes absorbed everything, quickly thinking of plans and ways to deal with the crime.
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