Wu Hao listened to the explanation from the AI with some confusion, but quickly returned to his original perspective. He decided not to hesitate or draw too much attention by taking action himself.

“Since that’s the case, leave this matter to you!” Wu Hao instructed Zero directly.

“Got it, BOSS!” The AI Zero responded, immediately beginning to take action without delay.

In fact, the AI Zero’s plan was quite simple. It involved manipulating large amounts of funds and disseminating negative information about the Zhou Group, along with releasing past illegal transactions and various pieces of evidence of misconduct to the relevant government inspection agencies.

For a conglomerate like the Zhou family, which had a background in organized crime, it was impossible to say they had never engaged in any illegal activities. Their continued existence and growth were due to the involvement of many people’s interests and the lack of evidence or incriminating details being leaked.

Unfortunately, every illegal record involving the Zhou family, including serious crimes, was subject to the AI’s all-encompassing investigation, regardless of the security level of the computers where they were stored.

Even documents stored in safes were ineffective, as any records from when the events occurred could not be completely erased, such as various phone records, which were the biggest risk.

The AI’s actions were swift. A series of maneuvers began almost instantaneously. Within just ten minutes, the AI had channeled funds from dead accounts across global banks into these companies’ accounts and began attacking Zhou Group’s stock. The dramatic fluctuations in the stock market perfectly showcased the AI’s plan in action.

“Master, there’s trouble,” said a middle-aged man, who was both a trusted aide and butler, to Zhou Shixiong, after receiving a phone call less than ten minutes after Zhou Shixiong had issued orders to target Wu Hao’s family.

“What trouble now?” Zhou Shixiong, still reeling from the loss of his son and the anger and pain that followed, was immediately hit with another report of a problem, making it clear that this was not a good day for him or the entire Zhou family—if it could even be called a day at all.

“Master, it’s a matter with the group. There has been a large-scale malicious attack on our company’s stock, and the amount involved is huge.” The butler hurriedly said.

“Malicious attack on the company’s stock? Could it be those guys teaming up?” Zhou Shixiong’s brow furrowed, and he asked, “How large is the amount?”

The butler swallowed and said, “Master, the amount we know of is at least one hundred billion USD or more.”

In fact, the AI had gathered a total of one hundred billion USD from dead accounts in global banks, which was almost double the Zhou Group’s total assets.

At this point, only one hundred billion USD had been used, meaning that this stock attack had just begun. According to the AI’s plan, using a full one hundred billion USD aimed to swiftly collapse the Zhou Group from the ground up, and ultimately, turn the Zhou Group’s stock market funds into Wu Hao’s property.

This approach was undoubtedly a desperate move. Although the AI’s actions would expose some connection to Wu Hao, it was far preferable to having Wu Hao personally deal with the trouble.

Such an approach would only make those suspicious of Wu Hao believe he had a vast financial consortium behind him. If Wu Hao personally destroyed it, it would seem beyond human capability, well outside the realm of normal human power.

Upon hearing the butler’s report, Zhou Shixiong’s face immediately changed. The fact that over a hundred billion USD had been used already implied that the subsequent amount would be at least several hundred billion USD. Despite still being enraged by the loss of his son, the threat to the Zhou Group’s survival made him anxious.

Just as Zhou Shixiong was about to arrange some actions, the butler received another phone call and hurriedly reported, “Master, there’s a major issue. The Prosecutor’s Office and the Police Department just reported that someone has reported our group’s criminal records.”

“What?” Zhou Shixiong, already unable to sit still, knew immediately that someone was targeting the Zhou Group, and it was a major effort to completely eradicate his family.

In an instant, Zhou Shixiong’s mind raced through countless possibilities, including competitors and enemies. However, his previous enemies were either dead or no longer in Hong Kong. As for business competitors, he couldn’t think of any company with the capability to launch such a large-scale attack against the Zhou family and the Zhou Group.

“Who is it? Who wants to deal with the Zhou family?” Zhou Shixiong’s mind raced, and suddenly an idea popped into his head. “Could it be that newly wealthy person from the mainland? How could that be? How could someone who recently started from a small place in the mainland have such power?”

Zhou Shixiong had thoroughly investigated Wu Hao’s background. Wu Hao’s apparent assets and rise to wealth were very straightforward, taking less than a year in total. While the specifics were not entirely clear, every bit of funding was legitimate and traceable.

Therefore, those who knew of Wu Hao understood him to be a newly wealthy individual who had gained significant wealth in the stock market through connections with an international financial consortium.

A mere tens of billions of USD in personal assets didn’t rank highly among the world’s wealthy. After all, many well-known Asian tycoons had personal fortunes in the hundreds of billions of USD, though most of that value was in stock, with liquid cash amounts to just a few tens of billions USD.

After all, the stocks of all their companies fluctuated daily, and it was possible for them to gain or lose tens of billions of USD overnight.