It's obvious that Organization S possesses exceptional computer skills, cracking their own Firefly virus with ease, while Organization X took a full five months to breach their firewall. Moreover, it's clear this technology isn't just their best...because they wouldn't willingly hand over their painstakingly developed, top-tier technology to others for free.
If they have anything else they're hiding, then X has already lost this match without even having to compete.
After a brief discussion, the X team replied, "We are completely outmatched by your computer technology. Just look at the firewall you provided to the military; we know you are far ahead of us in fourth-generation computer technology. Therefore, we request that you join our organization for mutual progress. Of course, given our capabilities in developing the Beacon virus, we certainly wouldn't back down so easily."
Chen Xu thought about it and realized it was understandable. His two previous attempts in the computer field—first cracking a virus, then breaking a firewall—had already demonstrated his capabilities. It wasn't surprising that they admitted defeat. Moreover, looking through the chat logs, it was clear they only stated they were qualified to cooperate, not that they were guaranteed to surpass him.
However, Chen Xu would never let go of such a good opportunity to strike back. He typed on the keyboard: "I'm sorry, but judging from the fact that it took you five months to break through the outdated firewall I gave to the military, the computer technology of Organization X is not qualified to cooperate with us."
Chapter 132 Double-chain helical structure
These words... really infuriated everyone in the X organization!
That's outrageous! That's absolutely outrageous!
Drunkard was the most computer-savvy Chinese member of Organization X, responsible for relaying information between X and S. But upon seeing this sentence, he couldn't help but slam his fist on the table and curse in English, "This S is too arrogant!"
How powerful is Organization X? That it would be so utterly despised!
The Manhattan Project, the Apollo Program, the Star Wars Program... X was involved in all of these 20th-century projects that influenced the history of all mankind. Yet today, it has been despised by an unknown small organization, which has made all members of the X organization, and all members who are proud to join the X organization, feel extremely indignant.
A Black man shouted loudly, meaning that the organization should no longer show any leniency towards this S and should simply annihilate them completely.
But everyone knows that's what he calls himself.
Because their understanding of this "S" was no greater than that of the media reporters. While the X organization was incredibly powerful, in terms of cyber warfare, though they didn't want to admit it, they had to acknowledge that "S" was indeed stronger than them… but not to the point that, as "S" claimed, they weren't even qualified to cooperate!
Moreover, this "S" is a Chinese organization, and it is very likely located within China.
Joining Organization X requires obtaining U.S. citizenship, as its headquarters are located in the United States. For non-U.S. technical personnel, joining X means betraying their country. However, fortunately, X never participates in wars against other nations; their mission is to consistently avoid irreversible conflicts.
Drunkard is no longer a Chinese citizen, but he still considers himself Chinese; nationality is irrelevant. He knows the powerful control of the Chinese government. Even an organization as powerful as Organization X wouldn't dare operate so brazenly within China. Of course, X could use the countries it controls to exert diplomatic pressure on the Chinese government, but to do that for the sake of an organization is simply...unbelievable.
Because if organization S isn't powerful enough, their approach is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
But if organization S is truly more powerful than X, no one in power would let such a force slip by and allow them to join an overseas force.
Regarding major events in China, Organization X still lacks the ability to influence them.
While the members of Organization X were shouting and making a ruckus, a file was suddenly sent over, and a line of text appeared on the communicator: "This virus is a fun, half-finished product that we created. Of course, the finished product is already available, but if you can understand this half-finished virus, then you win."
These words were so infuriating... even a drunkard felt the urge to smash his computer!
The file was only 30KB, so the transfer was almost instantaneous. Drunk Cat replied, "Please wait a moment." He then carefully compressed the virus sample and transferred it to the adjacent lab computer.
Soon, hundreds of technicians simultaneously went into battle mode. They sat in front of their computers and placed the virus into a virtual system—a completely independent experimental hard drive…a so-called independent hard drive, similar to an external portable hard drive. However, this hard drive could only receive data, not send it. In other words, once the port was closed, this hard drive could not transmit data to the outside world in any way.
Therefore, if you conduct experiments on this hard drive, you don't need to worry about the virus spreading to other host hard drives, so it can be said to be quite safe.
The technicians from Organization X finally ran this very ordinary EXE file. As soon as the virus ran, an image appeared on every single computer that was being tested: a character resembling Shin-chan, wildly wiggling its butt on the screen!
"Depend on!"
"day!"
National profanities from all over the world were hurled, countless middle fingers were drawn, and several Italian experts even made the classic "umbrella" gesture... that's Italy's national profanity. Everyone was thinking how utterly ridiculous this "S" was! To create such a virus! A group of technicians sprang into action, analyzing the virus's infection process, unpacking it, and searching for its unique coding.
Organization X was indeed very efficient; it produced a hundred statistical records in just three minutes. However, when Drunk Cat and the others took a look, their expressions changed drastically.
One hundred statistical records on the mechanism of viral outbreaks, and not a single one is the same?!
The system files infected by this virus are incredibly strange! In this lab's computers, there are operating systems from all over the world, both well-known and unknown, including many domestically developed ones—without exception. All of these systems are infected! The uniform symptom of the infection is the appearance of a Crayon Shin-chan character wildly wiggling his butt, followed by an instantaneous spike in CPU usage to 100%!
"This is a virus that targets hardware." The members of X remained calm, as they had seen many hardware-resident viruses before, so there was nothing to say. Many viruses compiled using assembly language target computer hardware.
A deafening clatter of keyboards filled the computer room, but three minutes later, a line of text suddenly appeared on the first person's screen: "You guys are so boring!" Then, on all the computer screens, a Crayon Shin-chan carrying a sign that read "You guys are so boring" appeared, freely wandering back and forth on the screen.
This is absolutely infuriating!
This virus is harmless and doesn't damage any data in the system. However, it does create a Crayon Shin-chan character that keeps bouncing around the screen, which is incredibly annoying! But actually, just pressing ESC will make Shin-chan disappear from the screen, so it won't affect anyone's work.
This virus was created by a group of students in 2058. While the technology was advanced at the time, it wasn't as outlandish as some other viruses. This "Xiao Xin virus" was released as an April Fool's Day gift and was automatically deleted afterward. As a result, the students who created it were nominated by media outlets in multiple countries for "most humorous hackers," marking the first time a widely spread virus received praise from netizens and the media.
Because this virus is just a prank, meant to cause a little trouble for everyone on April Fool's Day, but it won't cause any loss to users.
Finally, twenty minutes later, the experts from Organization X cracked the virus's outer shell. Furthermore, with the help of a supercomputer, they simulated the virus's activation mechanism based on its countless possible patterns… but this was only a simulation; the full extent of the virus's infection was still unknown. Analysis revealed that the virus had hundreds of millions of possible variations, and even a supercomputer would need six months to find and reconstruct them all!
Upon seeing the simulated virus structure on the screen, everyone in X gasped in shock…
The image in the picture is familiar to anyone with even a basic understanding of biology... a double-chain helical structure!
Oh my god!
This is a virus created by mimicking the human genome!
Not only humans, but the genes of all living organisms have this helical structure. And this structure is hailed as the most mysterious and information-rich structure!
The molecular formulas constructed using this structure will contain almost infinite possibilities. However, even for X, research on this structure is currently only at the very beginning.
But the S organization, to which SMMH belongs, has already produced a finished product?
No, this thing is only a half-finished product?! My God! How far ahead of this era is his technology? Just in this aspect alone, you can see that. Compared to S, the members of the X organization feel like elementary school students!
No wonder they were so arrogant!
A glimpse of the leopard through a tube reveals only a part of its brilliance.
Organization X consists entirely of the elite of the elite; the higher you climb, the harder you fall. When they discover that their supposedly superior skills are nothing but trash in the eyes of others, the blow is immense.
It's like a table tennis master of Deng Yaping being defeated by an elementary school student. If he considers himself to be at the level of an elementary school student, then what's wrong with playing against Deng Yaping? At worst, he'll lose 0-3... You try beating me 0-4!
Unfortunately, the members of Organization X lacked the fearless spirit of those with nothing to lose, so they suffered a devastating blow. Some were already muttering in disbelief, their eyes glazed over. A chained data structure—that means its computational power would be at least a thousand times greater than current programs! The processor requirements would only be one-thousandth of those for ordinary programs? And besides computational power, the stability and security of the structure go without saying; a firewall programmed with this structure would be virtually impenetrable!
The members of X fell silent, their expressions one of utter disorientation at the stark contrast. The strong deserve respect; this one move alone was enough to make all the top computer scientists in the X organization willingly worship SMMH as a god!
At this moment, a line of text appeared on the communicator: "You've pretty much figured it out by now, haven't you? Share your thoughts, the famous X, standing at the pinnacle of the world?"
Chapter 133 Deterrence
Still standing at the pinnacle of the world?
All the technical staff in the organization felt as if they had been slapped a dozen times across the face and then spat on. It was like Einstein patting an overconfident elementary school student on the shoulder and saying, "Little boy, you're much better than me." That wasn't a compliment; it was clearly an insult!
The drunkard typed with difficulty on the keyboard: "We... lost."
When this line was typed, everyone in X looked ashen-faced.
Powerful technology, this is truly powerful technology!
The double-chain helical structure is called God's masterpiece because it has so many applications!
Ordinary software, operating systems, firewalls, viruses and Trojans, and even military fire control systems, missile flight trajectory control, launch vehicle launches, and satellite operating principles...
This thing is a major innovation in the computer industry!
People are only now realizing what it truly means to be narrow-minded and ignorant. They thought they were incredibly knowledgeable just because they had developed a basic model of a fifth-generation computer. But everyone knows that the fifth-generation computer is merely a transition, an enhancement of existing microprocessor chips, much like how single-core computers evolved into dual-core or quad-core processors. X's fifth-generation computer utilizes multi-core, high-efficiency chips to achieve this technological revolution… In essence, using a multi-core chip architecture doesn't necessarily constitute a generational upgrade, even though this multi-core architecture can significantly optimize computer performance.
However, the third and fourth generation computers only added a microprocessor chip, still primarily limited to integrated circuits. Yet, this allowed for faster computer speeds and smaller sizes, making it a significant innovation. Therefore, the information X possesses should also be considered an innovation.
Calling it the fifth generation is not an exaggeration.
But seeing this spiral structure of the software X, I realized that the other party had already reached this level in software. So, one can only imagine what they are like in terms of hardware.
Software still needs hardware support to reach its full potential. Using a spiral structure on a current fourth-generation computer is a complete waste, because the best software aims to fully utilize the hardware's limits. The hardware capabilities that a spiral structure can unleash are definitely not limited to current hardware systems, meaning… organization S must possess hardware at a level far more advanced than X…
Fifth generation?
It's probably definitely not a product that has already been superseded; it might even be something that only exists in science fiction—nanocomputer technology, biocomputer technology, or quantum computer technology…
This is technology from a completely different era! All the technical staff of Organization X were thrown heavily into hell... whereas they all thought they were standing in heaven.
"We must take control of this S organization!" an American suddenly shouted. Drunk Cat and the others looked at him with some disdain. This American was named Peter. He only had a superficial understanding of technology, but he was in charge of the organization's administration. The organization was so powerful and had extraordinary political influence in various countries that it would naturally have people specializing in this area.
However, people like this are despised by all the technicians within Organization X. This is because Organization X's current strength comes from their technology, not from those boring and hypocritical politicians.
Sure enough, someone sneered, "Control? Let's be honest, I don't think our organization has the power to control them. We don't even know where they are. We have no leads to find them, so how can we control them? Rely on those idiots in the CIA?!"
Those in technical fields and those in politics belong to completely opposite extremes. Politicians think these techies are all blockheads, unable to enjoy life. Techies, on the other hand, think these politicians grew up eating shit. Otherwise, how could their brains be like those of a red swamp crayfish, full of excrement?!
So once the two sides started arguing, it never ended. Tech people are generally not good with words, but they have the advantage in numbers. The technicians of Organization X were like that; they always thought they were the best in the world, but they never expected a group of people to suddenly appear and completely shatter their confidence. But once their confidence was lost, it quickly turned into admiration for Organization S… After all, technology is a very real thing; if you can't beat them, you can't beat them. It's a simple matter of 2 being greater than 1, unlike those damn politicians who can make 1+1 equal to X with a single word. 2 being less than one isn't surprising either.
Peter gradually succumbed to the accusations from the group of technicians. He just couldn't understand—were these technicians all blockheads? Didn't they realize the immense impact the emergence of an organization surpassing X would have on X?
Such an uncontrollable entity should be annihilated; all of X's power should be used to annihilate it!
However, what Peter and the others didn't know was that their argument had been completely overheard by Xiaomin.
Chen Xu wasn't stupid; naturally, he wanted to learn more about this X organization. Therefore, the virus he gave X wasn't a simple "Xiao Xin virus." Xiao Min added a function to the virus: automatically detecting and opening the computer's microphone and other audio input devices. However, it didn't open them immediately; it only opened them after Chen Xu typed the keyword "World's Pinnacle."
At this point, even someone as powerful as X wouldn't be paying attention to whether the audio was on or off. Therefore, Xiaomin heard their argument clearly, translated it, and gave it to Chen Xu, who then knew what they were discussing. Someone in the organization wanted to find and eliminate him?
As Chen Xu had predicted, this confirmed his earlier assumptions. His initial assessment was that once the Spiral Chain virus was delivered to Organization X, they would only have two options: either back down or fight to the death.
Of course, Chen Xu's goal was merely to get them to back down. He didn't want to completely break ties with X, nor did he have the resources to do so.
So Chen Xu typed on the keyboard: "You just said that the losing side has to fulfill the bet?"
The person who saw this sentence felt very depressed, thinking that everyone has this skill, so why bother with a bet? Money and power are no longer issues for them.
So Drunk Cat replied on the keyboard, "Then tell me what you want," his words revealing a return to his previous politeness, perhaps even more so.
"It's nothing. What I meant was, the competition isn't over yet. How about another round?"
Upon hearing this, everyone at X was devastated. Good heavens, do you even want us to live? Another round?
Then another voice came through the communicator: "Well, it's definitely not related to computers. This is just too unfair. How about this, I have a blueprint here. You can take it to be appraised?"
drawing?
What could this be?
Looking at the 7MB file, everyone in Organization X felt that time was passing incredibly slowly!
7MB, transferred in just half a minute. Upon opening it, everyone in the X organization gasped in shock!
A 3D model appeared before everyone's eyes, with several shocking words on the screen: "Second-generation helium-energy satellite particle weapon!"
Below is a 3D model of a satellite and the names of its key components!
Was this invented by the S organization? And it's already in its second generation?