Chapter 294 Bluffing

Qin Fen paled at Jiang Yue's words. The one that they had stolen was indeed an encrypted file. In fact, it took them a lot of time to open it. "I... I was assuming that you lost an encrypted file just like what we have lost," she answered before composing herself as she sighed inwardly. That's right, it was not wrong for her to assume that Jiang Yue also had her files encrypted.

"I see," Jiang Yue smiled. "Losing that malware was not really a problem in any way..."

"I'm sorry... did you say 'malware'?" Qin Fen asked. What malware? The one that they had stolen was a series of codes for a drone, not some malware. Could it be that Jiang Yue was lying? Where did this stolen malware come from? She should be lying. Jiang Yue could be creating lies to avoid meeting with Quan Lei. Not that Qin Fen had a problem with it.

"Yes, a malware. Something that could seriously damage a system once used." Jiang Yue answered nonchalantly.

Qin Fen only nodded at her words. They had already tested the code over and over again, and it did not show anything malicious nor showed any signs it could damage once used. "Anyway, I want to invite you to see our CEO to talk about this lawsuit. It would be better if you talk it out with him."

"No time." Jiang Yue said. "Tell your CEO to send his best lawyers. Tell him I will be waiting."

"You can go now," she added, leaving Qin Fen in a daze. She was supposed to boast in front of Jiang Yue. Why did it seem like the latter was just playing with her? Why does she feel like Jiang Yue was not even interested in Angler Tech at all?

With these in mind, Qin Fen stood up in front of Jiang Yue. "You... did you hear what I said? I said..."

"I did ... and I'm not interested," Jiang Yue interrupted her words. "You were supposed to be smart, yet you don't seem to understand a simple 'no'. It makes me wonder if something is wrong in your head."

"You..." Qin Fen widened her eyes, unable to utter another word. "Just you wait for our lawyers! Do you think you can submit a proposal to the M country? Dream on," she blurted out before stomping her way out of Jiang Yue's office.

After seeing Qin Fen leave, Jiang Yue instantly called Shen Rong and instructed her to release news of a malware being stolen and especially include a warning, saying that the malware was boosted with an AI, which could attack vulnerable system once used.

An hour later, the news was released, which immediately caused an uproar. Did this mean that Jiang Yue was able to create a malware that was laced with AI technology? It had been known that AI could be used for cyber defense, but not for attacking a system. If Jiang Yue had really created something like that, then it meant that her projects were showing some signs of success.

Now, the question was. who in their right mind would steal from Wang Empire and risk being targeted by both Wang Empire and Fu Conglomerate at the same time.

It should have been someone influential enough, right?

The most shocking thing about the incident was that Jiang Yue gave the culprit a time limit of 48 hours, or she would remotely make the malware work and destroy the system which was using it.

So, was there a possibility that Jiang Yue knew who had stolen it? Was it some corporate spy? Lots of people instantly noted that many of Wang Empire's engineers had resigned, to work with Angler Tech instead. Was it be possible that one of those engineers had stolen the file? Did that mean that the malware was in Angler Tech system?

That move instantly made Qin Fen furious. Who would have thought that Jiang Yue would not reveal that her drone technology had been stolen? Instead, she said it was a 'malware'?

Qin Fen was actually very calculative in her movements and plans. First, she asked someone to stole the file, so she could use it on her drones. Next, she announced to the world that they would build a drone with AI functions. Something that was obviously similar to Jiang Yue's plans. Because of that, Qin Fen assumed that Jiang Yue would realize that her files were stolen and would tell everyone that Angler Tech was the culprit.

Qin Fen was planning to use it to bring Jiang Yue down with lawsuits. After all, Angler Tech was the first to announce that project. Jiang Yue had only announced that they would dabble into AI and use it in their offices. She did not announce that she was going to make a sophisticated project like that.

As Angler Tech was the first to announce this project, she could have easily used that to tell everyone that it was Jiang Yue, who had stolen their trade secrets and was planning to compromise their projects. She was sure that it would have angered the people, who had sponsored their projects and would have pressured them to make a move against Wang Empire.

If that happened, she was sure that Wang Empire would fall from its grace. So, who would have thought that Jiang Yue would announce something else? The scariest part of everything was that Jiang Yue seemed to have evidence that she could show if the culprit did not return her malware technology.

However, Qin Fen was not scared of anything. Why would she? They had already added the code to their module, and it worked perfectly fine. She also knew that it was not a destructive malware, but just a bunch of codes and formulas. So, why would she fear Jiang Yue?

Qin Fen was sure that Jiang Yue was just bluffing.

EDITED BY: Yui

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