Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 1479

Chapter 1479: CITADEL SYSTEM: ONLINE.

Meanwhile, somewhere...

[Launching Citadel...]

A man jumped back slightly in his seat, his eyes widening as he gazed at the multiple screens before him. All of them displayed Citadel’s loading screen. Panic quickly swelled in his chest, his breathing growing heavy and fast.

"What—what’s going on?" His lips quivered, his complexion paling. "How—how did she get into my system?"

How?

When?

"No!" he yelled, pulling himself back toward the desk to stop the attack. As a hacker, he knew that once Citadel launched, Penny would have control over his system. He could only imagine what would happen next.

It would be bad.

"Shit, shit, shit! How can she do this?!" The man gritted his teeth, his shoulders tensing as he tried to fight it off. Glancing at the other screen, he saw Penny still working on the computer. "Shit! How—how could she do that?!"

"Why did no one tell me that woman actually knows how to hack?!"

*****

[Back to the Main Hall]

"Hey, am I dreaming?" Someone from the crowd rubbed his eyes. "Am I seeing this correctly?"

A few people in the audience scanned the screens around the event hall, seeing the Citadel logo appear on them. "What in the world is going on?"

"Didn’t you say she doesn’t know anything?" another one breathed out, their mouth falling open. "Is this her work?"

"Impossible!" another one exclaimed in disbelief. "It’s probably an expert from the Prime Group!"

The people who heard this looked at the speaker and nodded. In their minds, it wasn’t like they were hoping the Prime Group would fall, but they just couldn’t believe what they were watching. Looking at Penny working on the computer, they just couldn’t wrap their heads around it.

How could one be so successful? And at the same time, so pretty? Not to mention, know how to code? _{freeweɓnovel.cѳm}

That didn’t make sense to them.

It would, however, if only they knew that Penny had lived two lifetimes.

"No." One of the eliminated players breathed out, his eyes never leaving the stage as he caught some of the code on the other screen while Penny regained control of everything within minutes. "That’s impossible."

"See?" The audience behind them looked at the rest. "I was right."

"That’s not it," said another player, slowly turning to face the audience. "I understand how you came to that conclusion, but moments ago, this place was on lockdown."

"Huh?"

"What does that mean?"

"A lockdown?"

Others, on the other hand, could only stay silent and focused on what was happening. Right now, Penny was protecting Citadel’s launch from the incoming attacks. But instead of just defending, she was also launching attacks at the same time. Above all that, she was keeping control of every electronic device in the venue, not giving X time to open anything.

"She’s caging him," Nathaniel blurted out under his breath. "What in the world is going on?"

Shock was written on everyone’s faces, their eyes fixed on Penny’s back. All their mouths fell open. They knew at this point that they looked ridiculous, but who cared?

Just moments ago, they had been questioning Penny’s skills, and one of them had even tried to offer help. But this woman didn’t need help! Rather, she needed to open classes to teach them a trick or two! All of them felt slapped in the face, realizing just how advanced her skills were compared to theirs.

"At this point, she might be able to take down X," someone murmured, his eyes shifting to the Citadel launch. "It’s complete."

As soon as those words escaped his mouth, the corner of Penny’s mouth curled into a smirk.

"Let’s get him, Cita," she whispered, working faster on the keyboard for the next full minute. After the one-minute mark—after approving all commands to the system—Penny only tapped one button:

[Enter.]

[CITADEL SYSTEM: ONLINE.

SYSTEM INTEGRITY: CONFIRMED.

DIGITAL PERIMETER SECURING...

NEUTRALIZING THREATS...

WELCOME, OPERATOR. YOUR DOMAIN IS NOW SECURE.]