Chapter 450: This Dude's a Walking Disaster

With just one post, Olivia set the entire forum ablaze. Before tonight, nobody had even heard of “Taylor.” But after this? This ID had already overshadowed ToxiQ’s infamy. ToxiQ alone had already been a problem. But this? Not in their wildest nightmares had they expected someone like Taylor. Someone who had “I run this place” coded into their DNA.

“Well, well, look who we have here! Who gave you the audacity? You think dropping a fancy defense system makes you untouchable?”

“Who even is this guy? Why is he jumping in like this? Us roasting ToxiQ ain’t got anything to do with him.”

“Taylor, right? Be honest—are you and ToxiQ in on this together? Because I refuse to believe someone whipped up both a supervirus and a defense system in just one day. Feels like you two staged this whole thing—first, you launch the Grim Reaper Knocking on Doors Virus, then you ‘conveniently’ drop the Wendigo system to gain clout.”

“Damn, that actually makes sense—why didn’t I think of that?”

“No wonder the moment we started dragging ToxiQ, this Taylor dude came flying in like a watchdog.”

“And didn’t ToxiQ introduce Taylor immediately? Yeah, no way that wasn’t planned in advance.”

“Hold up—what if these two are actually from Eldoria? What if this ‘Taylor’ guy is a plant meant to infiltrate us, gain our trust, and then leak our intel when the next cyberwar breaks out?”

“Dude, don’t say that—I was joking at first, but now I’m actually nervous.”

“Let’s be real, knowing how shady Eldoria is, would you really put it past them?”

As Olivia scrolled through the growing pile of conspiracy theories, her screen flooded with intrusion alerts. Someone was trying to break past her firewall. Some hackers in the forum had already decided to take action. But Olivia wasn’t the least bit worried. If these rookies could actually crack her Little Wendigo, then fine—maybe she’d take them seriously.

She casually posted another message.

“Alright, hotshots, show me what you’ve got. If you can break into my system, I’ll admit defeat. If not… guess you’re just not on my level.”

That sent the forum into a frenzy. Within five minutes, Olivia’s system was hit with over 1,300 attacks. The hacker war had officially begun.

Cipher wasn’t jumping into the hacker war, but he was dying of curiosity about this Taylor person. So, he took a screenshot of the chaos and sent it to Zero, who was currently chilling on a beach, enjoying his hard-earned vacation.

Zero, stretched out on a lounge chair, sipping something expensive, clicked the link. And was immediately greeted with pure forum carnage. Raising a brow, he texted CipherC.

“I leave for two seconds, and you guys burn the place down? Where’d this Taylor guy come from, and why’s he so cocky?”

CipherC replied, “Man, you have no idea how much you missed.”

Zero laughed, “What, you miss me already?”

CipherC responded, “This guy’s got serious skill. Want to come back and test him?”

Zero replied, “Why would I waste my time stomping a rookie? Cyperia needs new blood anyway. What’s Taylor actually done?”

CipherC sent back, “He wrote that Wendigo Super Defense System.”

Zero paused. He stared at the name, then at Taylor’s forum posts. Something about it felt way too familiar. His gut told him to double-check. So, he clicked into the forum history. The moment he saw the full picture… Oh. Hell. No. This was the same psycho who nuked my entire system last time!

CipherC texted, “Maybe you’re right. Cyperia does need new blood.”

Zero, now fully awake, immediately replied, “Dude, I’m telling you, stay away! Do not mess with! Do not engage! Do not poke the bear! You think I’m on vacation because I wanted to relax? That is not fresh blood, that’s a walking disaster!”