Battlefield Contractor

In St. Petersburg, there are also various bridges located on the Neva River. At midnight, in order to allow overseas ships to enter, the bridge will be opened to facilitate the passage of ships.

At night, under the bright lights, the bridge slowly opened at 1:30 midnight. At this time, the big ship entered the river, the lights on the ship, the vehicles on both sides of the river, and the lights of the building formed a beautiful picture, which was so beautiful.

Sergey's home is here, and the Russian branch is also located here.

However, due to the integration of the Trident company some time ago, there are not many people in the Russian branch at present, there are probably only more than 200 people, but the normal operation of this place is maintained.

Although some days have not come, but everything here is still well maintained.

After the actuary left, the head of the Russian branch was called Grom. This person is very capable of doing things, and the Russian branch is handled well by him.

Grom respectfully opened the office door of the manor base for Lin Rui.

"Everything remains the same, and everyone's rooms are still there. The large conference room and the tactical room are currently available.

Although we have not many people left behind, there is no problem with all the functional facilities of this base. "Grom nodded.

"Thank you." Lin Rui nodded.

After everyone settled down briefly, they gathered again to discuss countermeasures.

"Coben, how is your friend named Professor?" Lin Rui asked.

"He was willing to help, but I didn't reveal much inside information to him because I plan to tell him after the meeting.

Lest he knows too much, it is against him. "Cobain replied.

"Very smart." Lin Rui nodded.

"We made an appointment on the Neva River, the Winter Palace Bridge." Cobain replied.

St. Petersburg was established at the mouth of the Neva River on the east bank of the Baltic Sea and is known as the Venice of the North.

The hundreds of bridges on the Neva River give St. Petersburg a unique view of the city of water and bridges, and opening the bridge is one of the experiences that St. Petersburg has to miss.

There are more than 300 bridges, large and small, in the city of St. Petersburg. From April to November each year, in order to facilitate the navigation of large ships, the bridges on the Neva River are opened from 1 am to 5 am every day. let

The larger ships going to and from the Neva enter the city at night and let the oncoming merchant ships sail towards the Gulf of Finland.

When night fell, the two sections of the bridge in the middle of the bridge were disconnected, the span was suspended in the air, and the bridge was opened to allow the ocean-going ship to pass. Opening the bridge in the middle of the night is a great sight in St. Petersburg!

Many foreign tourists will gather along the Neva River at this time to watch.

"At that time there will be a lot of people, and there will be many foreigners, we won't get too much attention.

Moreover, it was midnight. This is the best way to be unobtrusive. "Cobain replied.

"Very good at choosing a place. That professor is also from St. Petersburg?" Sergey asked.

"Actually not, he only came to St. Petersburg a few years ago." Cobain replied.

The Neva River is the largest river in St. Petersburg. The river passes through many islands and peninsulas, and connects to the Gulf of Finland.

The gentle sea breeze of the Baltic Sea smeared everything on the Neva River with dazzling sunlight. The azure Neva River, under the unwilling sunlight of the white night, showed a variety of styles and glorious ancient buildings and sculptures on both sides of the bank are unique.

On the dock of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts, there are two bearded Sphinxes curled up on a hard granite base.

This is the meeting place agreed upon by Cobain and the professor. The time is one midnight.

The process went smoothly, and they met the professor mentioned by Cobain on time.

The professor looks in his fifties and is a bit fat. Wearing glasses, and his right eye is always squinted.

It is said that he cheated in the casino and was beaten to damage.

"Kebain, my old friend." The professor hugged each other happily, and then greeted Lin Rui and others.

"Professor, I am here to find you for something." Cobain nodded.

"I heard you say something before. But what is it. Who are you looking for?" The professor smiled, "Let's find a place to talk slowly."

A few of them found a Russian tavern. Moreover, it is a tavern where notorious Russian football hooligans gather.

The professor took them directly to the back of the tavern to find a room.

A few bottles of vodka, some snacks.

Cobain began to tell the professor who he was looking for.

"Have you heard of the dark side? I want to find their person in charge." Cobain whispered.

"The dark side? I've heard of them, but it's difficult. These people hardly have contact with outsiders. They are different from other hacker groups.

It seems purely for money. They rarely take the initiative to speak out, and it is difficult to find them on the dark web.

Of course, it is also possible that they each use other aliases, so no one knows who the Dark Side is made up of. "The professor replied.

"Are they dangerous?" Cobain asked.

"Of course they are very dangerous. They are people who have made tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of money through blackmail.

This group of them has long been different from ordinary technicians. They have money, hire bodyguards, and even buy murderers.

I do know many people in the circle, and even myself is one of the important figures in the hacker circle in St. Petersburg.

But except for the dark side. They hide so well. "The professor shook his head.

"Then, have you ever heard of this person." Lin Rui handed him a photo.

"It's like a screenshot taken from some kind of surveillance video. It may be a few years old.

This resolution is too low, almost barely able to see the contours of a face. Surveillance video now rarely has such a low resolution. "Kebain frowned.

"This person is said to be Gorpov, 32 years old this year. Has the professor heard of this?" Lin Rui asked in a low voice.

"Gorpov? Are you sure it's your real name?" The professor frowned. "You know, very few people in the hacker community use their real names.

This may be a nickname, or a network ID, or even borrowed from somewhere else. "

"Okay, have you heard of this professor, or have you seen this person?" Lin Rui pointed the photo at the professor.

The professor watched for a while, and suddenly said in a low voice, "This photo is not from the surveillance video, but has been processed. I seem to have seen this processing method.

By deliberately lowering the resolution, the face is blurred and even mosaic effects appear.

This should be taken during a real-time video call.

This kind of video communication requires both parties to keep confidential, so although both parties can video, they can conceal their identities. "The professor replied.

"So he was photographed while communicating with the other party?" Lin Rui asked.

"Yes, and it looks like an internal communication video of some kind of forum.

Some dark web forums will provide similar services for peer-to-peer confidential communications.

The video is used to verify whether it is a real person, but by reducing the resolution, the face is blurred and the details cannot be presented, and the identity can be concealed. "The professor replied.