With Johnny's assistance, the WiFi hotspots became Thompson's excellent breakthrough, and there were not just one, but two, giving him more room to maneuver.
Thus, he began frantically writing code on his computer, spending a full 20 minutes to breach the host's firewall.
The reason it took 20 minutes was because 15 of those minutes were spent writing a set of shielding code, ensuring that all abnormal notifications from the host would not be displayed on the screen, but instead would be directly rerouted to Thompson's computer by this program.
Subsequently, Thompson's computer screen displayed one image after another, all of which were real-time transmissions from all surveillance cameras throughout the entire Emerald Hotel.
Watching the surveillance footage appear on his screen, Thompson, instead of the initial excitement, began to calm down, adjusting each frame one by one.
Charlie also went out for a while, purchasing many things and returning two hours later, at 0:22 AM.
Johnny and Gisele left their hotel room, while Thompson, based on the direction the two were heading, froze all the surveillance cameras along their route.
This would prevent the people in the monitoring room from discovering them.
Moreover, this freezing technique was skillful; they couldn't just directly freeze the image, or it would arouse suspicion.
So he chose a very clever method: he wrote a set of code on the spot that could stop the image while keeping the timer completely normal.
The frozen image would also be written into storage, meaning that the original, raw footage would be replaced out of thin air.
At this moment, both Johnny and Gisele had earpieces on, allowing Cameron to communicate with them in real-time.
Johnny and Gisele took the elevator to the 36th floor. These areas were all closed and no longer open to tourists, so it was quiet everywhere, with the occasional hum of emergency lights.
In the empty and quiet exhibition hall, it felt somewhat eerie.
"The first shift of security patrols has gone down, so you have 25 minutes," Cameron's voice came through the earpiece. He had already thoroughly understood the patrol intervals of these security guards through the surveillance footage. After Johnny and Gisele exchanged glances, they directly opened the maintenance access panel in the elevator's ceiling.
Thompson had already controlled this elevator to stop on the 36th floor and changed the digital display to the 27th floor.
At this hour, very few guests were coming and going, so no one noticed anything unusual. As the two reached the top of the elevator, they saw a maintenance door.
This door was directly above the elevator car on the 36th floor, so they both opened it without any hindrance and went in another direction.
Walking straight through this door, there were three forks in the path. They continued straight towards the middle fork and soon arrived at the outermost edge of the 36th floor.
This area was generally only visited by window cleaners and cleaners; no one else would come here.
Further out was a space separated by a layer of tempered glass, and this passage formed a narrow channel between the tempered glass and the tower body. The two climbed the stairs.
Two minutes later, they arrived at the top of the Emerald Hotel. Looking down from there, the view was good, but at this moment, the two were not in a mood for sightseeing. Instead, they continued forward until Cameron said, "You're there!"
The 38th floor of the Emerald Hotel was not constructed from concrete; it was inherently open-air, merely enclosed by special glass.
However, the two had managed to evade thermal camera tracking from the ceiling.
But none of that was the most important thing anymore. Johnny took out a diamond cutting tool and a vacuum suction cup. He first firmly attached the vacuum suction cup to the special glass beneath his feet.
Next, he secured the rope from the suction cup to his waist with a buckle, and only then did he take out the diamond cutting tool and forcefully carve a large circle into the glass.
After cutting three times, Johnny put away the diamond cutting tool, then pulled out a rubber hammer from the toolbox hanging on his back.
He forcefully tapped the glass a few times with the rubber hammer in his hand, but there was no reaction!
"Damn it, this must be made in China. How can it be so hard?"
After a few more taps, Johnny finally saw faint cracks spreading beneath the glass.
It's working!
As Johnny continued to tap, more and more cracks appeared, growing larger and larger, spreading along the circle Johnny had cut, eventually converging. Then, with a crisp sound, the small circular piece dropped straight down. Fortunately, the vacuum suction cup held it, so there was no real danger.
Then Gisele came over from the side. She had just secured the rope from her backpack to the iron railing nearby. After several fastenings, she brought the rope over and tied it around her waist. Johnny slowly pulled the piece of glass up and placed it aside.
Next, he took out a special pulley from his bag.
He clamped it to the edge of the glass, then lowered the rope. Next, he braced his hands on the edge of the glass and slowly extended his feet downwards. Then, controlling his body, he slowly, completely slipped into the circle, appearing on the 38th floor.
Johnny, meanwhile, controlled the rope from the side, ensuring that Gisele could descend slowly.
Thompson, in the room, was operating the computer, freezing all surveillance footage on the 38th floor.
Cameron, meanwhile, was directing the two through the surveillance and the camera on Gisele's body.
Johnny slowly lowered Gisele until she was level with the bulletproof glass enclosure.
She dared not step directly onto the ground, because there were infrared detection devices half a meter from the ground. Once triggered, an alarm would instantly sound, and even Thompson couldn't do anything about it. So Gisele could only operate while suspended in mid-air.
"The temperature sensor is working. To deal with it, we either need to cut off its power or trick it."
For this, Gisele was well-prepared. She took a temperature detection gun from her fanny pack and aimed it at the diamond inside, pressing the switch.
36.5°C
But to be safe, Gisele took temperature readings from multiple angles inside and found that the temperature value was within ±0.2°C.
Then, Gisele retrieved a powerful flashlight strapped to her leg and turned it on to the first setting.
She measured the temperature with the thermometer gun, and it was 32°C. When using the second setting, the temperature immediately shot up to 39°C, and the third setting was even higher.
"A bit troublesome, the temperature doesn't match."
Gisele was a little frustrated, but Johnny was calm, "Just use the first setting. With continuous illumination, it will slowly warm up."
"Exactly, the strong flashlight's light source is continuously outputting. If it shines on the same spot continuously, its temperature will slowly rise."
Cameron also agreed with Johnny's idea. Subsequently, Gisele decided to try shining the Jinjiang flashlight on a corner of the glass enclosure.
After waiting quietly for a minute, Gisele checked with the thermometer gun, and indeed, the temperature had reached 35°C.
Gisele's heart leaped with joy; with this, the first temperature detection could be bypassed.
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Caught a cold, feeling groggy all day.
Thanks to Derekoya for the Great God certification and to 6 Panda 9 for the Update reminder (Update reminder). I haven't been in good shape these past two days, so I'm not confident about reaching 10,000 characters a day. We'll see, I'll try to ensure four updates. A burst feels like my heart is willing but my strength is lacking (though four updates is already considered a burst).
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