Wu Yuan had already been eliminated at this point. He was right next to him recording the data stream of Chen Xu's battle against Ying.
Just watching it made Wu Yuan break out in a cold sweat.
The shadow is too powerful!
As expected of the Heavenly Swift Star among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals of the Red Hacker Alliance! Once Shadow unleashed his speed, the barrage of commands was dazzling! Even Chen Xu, in his current state, was gradually falling into a disadvantageous position and could only struggle to cope.
The string "2-1" was exposed; it was the software Chen Xu used to scan for system vulnerabilities, and now it's no longer effective.
The string for FF392GA has been leaked again!
Shadow's fighting style was deadly, and Chen Xu entered several commands to break the opponent's data, but they were all blocked by Shadow.
"Shadow's actions were that fast?!" Zhan Jing immediately understood. This was definitely not Shadow's doing... it was the three Earthly Fiends beside him!
Those three Earthly Fiends have now withdrawn from the competition. However, their withdrawal doesn't mean they can't provide guidance to Ying from the sidelines!
Although Shadow's strength surpassed that of the three of them, three heads are better than one. The other three observed from the sidelines. As the saying goes, the bystander sees more of the game, and they could immediately see Chen Xu's intentions, allowing Shadow to make corresponding judgments, discover Chen Xu's weaknesses, and then use appropriate strategies! At this moment, Shadow's effective output had exceeded twenty messages per minute!
This wasn't Shadow's achievement, but rather the combined strength of four top-tier hackers!
But Chen Xu was all alone.
As Chen Xu watched his data stream being overwhelmed one by one, he felt incredibly conflicted. He knew that if things continued this way, there would only be failure.
When the firewall's data flow filter was overwhelmed by the opponent, Chen Xu truly believed he was going to lose. Wu Yuan, who had been watching the game the whole time, couldn't help but let out a sigh.
Although Wu Yuan's technical skills couldn't match Chen Xu's, he knew that firewall data stream filters were a crucial asset in hacker battles. The filter's function was to block data streams containing specific keywords. If the filter were compromised, and the attacker launched a DDoS flood attack, Chen Xu would be doomed.
At this moment, Chen Xu couldn't help but sigh and push away the keyboard to admit defeat.
He sensed that the opponent's strength was indeed formidable.
At this moment, Chen Xu did not expect that the opponent was a group of four working together, and that they only managed to fight this way because of Ying's crazy hand speed. But it was clear that the situation was now hopeless.
Chen Xu couldn't help but turn around and look at Zhan Jing.
The girl looked at him at that moment.
Chen Xu saw a hint of disappointment in Zhan Jing's eyes.
It's a sense of loss. Not disappointment.
Chen Xu's performance was beyond everyone's expectations. There was so much surprise, how could anyone be disappointed?
But even with Chen Xu in such a state, the match was still going to be lost. If Chen Xu fell and Zhan Jing didn't unleash her full power, then the match would be over. Therefore, there was a hint of disappointment... and struggle in Zhan Jing's eyes.
What she struggled with was whether she should go all out to turn the tide of the match. But what would be the point of her winning if Chen Xu lost?
Chen Xu understood what she was thinking.
Strangely enough, Chen Xu immediately understood what she was thinking just by looking into her eyes.
He remembered what he had said to Zhan Jing last night: "I will win!"
Since you've said it, you must do it!
In that instant, Chen Xu's momentum surged from rock bottom, and he typed a line on the keyboard: "Open all ports."
In some ways, Chinese is more direct than English, a computer language. Even someone who has never studied Chinese can understand what this sentence means... He actually opened all the external ports on his machine.
For a moment, Wu Yuan even thought Chen Xu had gone mad.
By doing this, he essentially removed all of the computer's defenses, exposing it completely to his opponent!
Chen Xu smiled at Zhan Jing. He quickly clicked on a folder containing many applications, selected them all, and opened them simultaneously!
Upon seeing Chen Xu's action, Zhan Jing exclaimed in surprise, because she saw that the folder was full of virus samples!
This is not a targeted virus written by Chen Xu himself, but rather a collection of well-known or unknown virus samples from the internet, which he collected as a hacker!
There are several hundred in total!
Almost all well-known viruses are here!
What is he trying to do?!
Zhan Jing quickly understood Chen Xu's meaning; he was going all in!
These viruses on the internet are definitely not like the fake virus Chen Xu created before, which only had a piece of code to deceive the target's firewall. They are real, malicious viruses capable of damaging systems and spreading!
Chen Xu opened all the ports, and these viruses automatically started uploading and spreading along the network. In other words, these viruses would also attack Shadow simultaneously!
This is the Seven Injury Fist!
Hurt yourself first, then hurt others!
It's like a person guarding a group of unruly monsters, who, when faced with danger, can't think straight and releases the monsters. The monsters surge towards his opponent, and of course, some rush towards himself.
Chen Xu's system was instantly infected with thousands of viruses. Once these viruses ran, they downloaded even more viruses and Trojans from the internet. But none of that mattered; Chen Xu had kept only his F drive virus-free, and all his software was located there.
The time for a decisive battle has come!
Chapter 248 Sudden Change!
What happens when a computer is full of viruses?
The virus will spread wildly through the network, infecting any EXE file it can.
For Shadow, it was as if the opponent suddenly unleashed a barrage of viruses and data streams at him, which immediately threw Shadow into a frenzy!
This means that, besides Chen Xu, countless data streams were helping him intercept the attack through the port, buying him some time. Although this time was short, it was enough for Chen Xu, because although the virus attacked indiscriminately, the initiative was in his hands.
Chen Xu's fingers flew across the keyboard, typing out over a dozen lines of commands. Clearly, Ying's rhythm was now disrupted; he didn't know whether to defend against the virus or deal with Chen Xu's commands. Or rather, caught in a hail of bullets, he couldn't distinguish which bullet was fired by Chen Xu anymore.
And so, Ying was brutally killed by Chen Xu's Seven Injury Fist.
Although the loss was somewhat inexplicable, Ying Xin was convinced of his defeat once the screen went black.
After all, he was only able to fight Chen Xu just now because the three huskies were guiding him. If he were on his own, he probably wouldn't have been able to stop them.
After Shadow was sniped, the remaining Black Whirlwind was no longer a threat, because if Chen Xu, Yingnian Zaofei, and Zhong Ziyu joined forces, Black Whirlwind would indeed be no match for them.
This quarterfinal match was truly incredibly fierce.
Even Chen Xu and his victorious team couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Chen Xu, in particular, felt a pang of disappointment. He had thought his strength had improved by leaps and bounds, but there were always higher mountains and greater heights to be reached. If Shadow and Black Whirlwind were already this strong, what would it be like when Zhan Jing and the others, at an even higher level, unleashed their full power?
But Chen Xu didn't have time to think too much about it now; he went down to repair the system.
After all, the Seven Injury Fist had inflicted immense damage on him. With so many well-known viruses running simultaneously, Chen Xu's computer was now ravaged by viruses.
Zhan Jing didn't log off, because at that moment Blue Baby contacted her, asking her very strangely, "Weren't you the one who defeated Shadow and Black Whirlwind today?"
Because the referee for their match today was LION.
LION's eyesight was incredibly sharp. After watching for a while, he sensed something was amiss. And when Chen Xu finally used a mutually destructive method to defeat Dao Ying, LION became even more certain of his thoughts... The main attacker of the Dogtail Grass team was definitely not Xuan Cao Jiang Li.
Because Chen Xu's style is just too obvious.
Undeterred and bold, forging ahead with great determination.
Most girls couldn't possibly play in this style.
Who could it be? A newly emerged master? Because in Lion's memory, no one has had this style of play in recent years. The characteristics are simply too obvious, especially in a group fight. All that's needed is to arrange a defense for him, and his offensive power will tear apart any enemy.
However, Chen Xu doesn't have that level of skill yet, but he still has a lot of room for improvement.
So Lion was eager to know who this hacker was.
For many hackers, the saying "style determines success or failure" truly applies.
In LION's eyes, Chen Xu's style truly shows immense potential. If his technical knowledge improves and his typing speed increases, he will undoubtedly become a shining new star in the future hacker world!
As for his poor defense, Lion and the others didn't seem to mind.
Everyone has their own style, and you can't expect everyone to be cut from the same mold, capable of both offense and defense. Especially now, many hacking operations are no longer about individual heroism. It's all about teamwork. Just like in football, you can't expect Ronaldo to run back and defend desperately, nor can you expect goalkeepers like Buffon and Cech to score several goals in a single match.
A good division of labor is a very important characteristic of a hacker team.
This is also how LION sees things from his perspective. Over the past decade, LION has been a leading figure among Chinese red hackers, so his thinking is naturally not limited to personal strength like that of ordinary hackers... At least Chen Xu is currently focused on pursuing personal strength, which is also his current goal.
Seeing Blue Baby's question, Zhan Jing didn't hide anything. She said that ICE had been the one to fight in these matches, and it had nothing to do with her. Moreover, in this battle, ICE used Chinese to communicate, which was quite unexpected.
Blue Baby was familiar with the name ICE, but she was quite surprised that he used Chinese as his output.
Because I only had about half a month to get the Chinese language course from that young, overweight person. Half a month is enough to read it through once, but to use it fluently is a long shot. How could this ICE...?
“He obtained the Chinese language certificate more than six months ago and started learning it… He is SMMH’s apprentice whom he took on privately.”
"SMMH's apprentice?!"
"Ha, my senior brother who's gotten fat before he was born."
Blue Baby was shocked; this was someone important. And quite different from Young Fat. To this day, they still couldn't understand why SMMH would take Young Fat, this seemingly hopeless case, as their apprentice. Was it a mistake by the Red Hacker Alliance? Didn't they realize that Young Fat was actually a peerless genius with exceptional talent?
However, ICE became SMMH's apprentice so early on. His talent must be extraordinary. Half a year has passed, which is the time when SMMH first appeared. His relationship with SMMH is far more than just a case of someone getting fat young... Just look at how he learned Chinese so much earlier than the average person, and you can tell that SMMH values him highly.
So Blue Baby immediately asked, "Is ICE with you now? What do you think of his skill level and qualifications?"
As for Chen Xu's skill level, ignoring his defense, if we only talk about offense, he's basically already among the top 36 in the Red Hacker League. Even those who are young and overweight pale in comparison. It's hard to imagine that this is someone who has only formally studied computer science for less than a year. From this perspective, his talent is not only exceptional but also extremely rare!
But what Zhan Jing couldn't understand the most was that Chen Xu's skill level was still increasing by leaps and bounds... Because even disregarding overall strength, just looking at the sharpness of his attacks, yesterday Chen Xu would have lost nine out of ten times in a one-on-one fight against Ying Nian Zao Fei! But now, Chen Xu could win at least nine times!
In other words, Chen Xu's offensive strength was ranked as low as the Earthly Fiends yesterday, but today it has jumped to the Heavenly Fiends!
This is way too exaggerated!
Is SMMH some kind of god? How could it enable Chen Xu to make such tremendous progress overnight?
However, Zhan Jing didn't tell Blue Baby about this. Presumably, in SMMH's eyes, an opponent of this caliber is not worth mentioning, so helping Chen Xu improve his strength to this level might be an easy matter.
Frankly, this reason is completely untenable. Zhan Jing saw it. Chen Xu didn't use any incredibly powerful software; his improvement was due to a significant increase in his operational skills. With SMMH's capabilities, providing Chen Xu with a few god-tier hacking tools would be very easy, but to make him so skilled overnight is truly terrifying.
However, these must be some kind of secret or private matter. Zhan Jing wasn't tactless, so as long as Chen Xu didn't bring it up, she wouldn't press him for details.
Blue Baby suddenly remembered something and asked, "Is this ICE the classmate you told me about last time? You joined their hacker group because you agreed to his offer?"
Zhan Jing thought for a moment and answered yes.
Blue Baby breathed a sigh of relief. If ICE was indeed Xuan Cao's classmate, then she wouldn't be on the opposite side of the Red Hacker Alliance. Although SMMH had always maintained a very good relationship with the Red Hacker Alliance and the military, that "God of the Internet" was truly elusive and had a very strange temper. But since he had taken Ying Nianzaofei as his apprentice and produced that Chinese language book, and another apprentice was Xuan Cao's classmate, then they could be of great help to the Red Hacker Alliance and the entire Chinese hacker community in the future.
After all, being in this position, Blue Baby has to consider the future of the Red Hacker Alliance in everything she does.
Furthermore, Blue Baby vaguely knew that when she invited her precious apprentice to join their team before, Zhan Jing politely declined. Now, her team with several classmates and friends has made it to the semi-finals. But it can be said that she contributed almost nothing. Especially in the match just now, Lion had been watching the whole time. With Lion's eyes, he could naturally analyze that even in the most critical moment, Xuan Cao did not participate in the attack, but instead stayed behind ICE to defend.