Because even a genius can only learn something once and master it, but it's impossible to master it after just one lesson!
This level of proficiency isn't something you can master casually. There's only one secret... practice!
Practice makes perfect; there is no shortcut to success! Like the oil seller, his secret can be summed up in one sentence: nothing more than practice makes perfect.
Chen Xu is now facing the Earth Dog Star's sleazy husky.
Although Earth Dog Star ranks last among the 72 Earthly Fiends, and is only a useless figure like Duan Jingzhu among the 108 heroes of Liangshan, this seemingly sleazy husky is actually quite strong. The reason he's given this title is simply because of his name… well, he's a husky!
To be honest, the Black Sky Demon God and his men were very frustrated.
Because they didn't believe they could beat Xuan Cao Jiang Li in this match, they adopted a low-profile, defensive approach from the start. But they were quickly attacked by a virus… Little did they know that this virus was harmless. But analyzing the virus's code, wow, the opponent was really ruthless!
So many viruses, and their codes are all famous, like Black Friday, Panda Burning Incense, Robot Dog, etc. But they didn't know. This was actually one of Chen Xu's methods. He directly intercepted virus codes from his own antivirus software and packaged them into a virus generator. The viruses he created were all similar but not identical, each containing a segment of the code from a well-known virus, so the antivirus software would mistakenly identify the fake as the real thing.
This virus attack terrified the five henchmen of the Black Sky Demon God, who wondered how this little Xuan Cao could be so vicious. However, they were unaware that Chen Xu was behind it. So Black Whirlwind guarded the FTP verification port, desperately trying to intercept the virus. Next, Shadow stayed behind to oversee the attack, while the other three Earthly Fiends charged out, determined to stop the virus attack.
Of the three Earthly Fiends, the sly husky was the first to find Chen Xu.
But to his utter surprise, upon encountering the enemy, he was subjected to an almost inhumane gang beating!
In hacker attacks and defenses, unless the other party reveals their identity or their IP address is analyzed, it is impossible to know who the other party is. So after being attacked so fiercely, the husky immediately thought that it had encountered a beautiful woman, and shouted loudly to call the other two evil spirits to join the battle.
In an instant, Chen Xu collided with three Earthly Fiends, and they were all gathered in the narrow passage at Port 40.
Each port is like a channel connecting the computer to the outside world. These channels vary in size and can be configured. This port 40, however, is like a very small water pipe. It's like a chasm, allowing only a maximum of 1MB of data to pass through at any given time.
By choosing this port, Chen Xu was essentially abandoning his army of botnets. However, the other side's botnets couldn't get in either... Even if they did, they could only come in gradually, one by one... And that kind of entry method would be suicidal!
This small water pipe restricted the opponent's performance, forcing them to engage in a duel!
The situation on Chen Xu's side quickly reached Yingnian Zaofei and his group, who were about to come and help when Chen Xu said, "Only Zhan Jing and I are needed here. Feifei, your task now is to take this opportunity to see if you can infiltrate the enemy's server and create an opening!"
Upon hearing Chen Xu's explanation, Yingnian Zaofei understood. Now, with one person on the opposing side handling the virus and three others fighting, only one person remained to guard the server. This was the perfect opportunity! So Yingnian Zaofei began roaming around, searching for an opening.
At this moment, Chen Xu had already engaged in combat with the three opponents.
Although we don't know who these three people are, at least one of them is a master of the Heavenly Gang level. He came up with a sneak attack to cut off Chen Xu's escape route!
The battles of hackers are similar to the duels between masters in martial arts novels. The sneaky husky's moves are sneaky and ruthless, each move aimed at killing. For example, he likes to harass the other party by constantly requesting connections, making the other party feel stuck, and then strike with a knife, directly disconnecting the server connection or using other means to deliver a fatal blow.
In the Red Hacker Alliance, this sleazy husky is a real headache. His overall strength might not be high, but his cunning, unpredictability, and lewdness are legendary. To paraphrase a prematurely fat man: this guy is a bastard with pus dripping from his head and festering sores on his feet!
Chen Xu also suffered a small loss at the beginning due to this guy.
Because he saw the other party use a move called "Old Man Pushing a Cart"... This name is actually a joke, referring to a command in a hacker attack that uses data streams disguised as Java commands to reject server attacks. Because the function of this command is to gently "push" the other party out, it is jokingly called "Old Man Pushing a Cart".
The mechanism for rejecting server attacks is actually filtering data streams, blocking the incoming attacks. Seeing Husky use this command, Chen Xu instinctively tried to disguise his data stream as a normal server connection to deceive the attacker's defenses. However, Husky's move was just a decoy. The moment Chen Xu successfully sent his disguised data stream, Husky launched a surprise attack, catching Chen Xu completely off guard. At the same time, the other two attackers also launched their own attacks on Chen Xu.
Fortunately, Chen Xu's hand speed is now very fast, and he managed to escape this disaster by manually banning the data stream repeatedly.
Chen Xu immediately became cautious.
He was indeed a bit careless just now. He thought his skills had improved by a huge margin, but at this moment he was facing three experts from the Red Hacker Alliance at the same time!
But Chen Xu's actions just now also gave the other party a fright.
The huskies had teamed up many times before, using this method to trick countless people. But their plan was thwarted at the last moment, which dealt a significant blow to their confidence.
Moreover, the exchange just now revealed that the person they were fighting now had very strong micro-management skills. It was almost a head-on collision, and their commands were completely neutralized by the opponent's counter-attacks! This greatly shocked them.
Daylily!
The huskies believed that the person they were fighting now must be Xuan Cao Jiang Li!
Because Yingnianzaofei (a nickname for a young, overweight person) doesn't yet possess that level of skill, and the other members of the opposing team are practically negligible compared to the three celestial beings, the Huskies.
However, what they didn't expect was that the person they were now fighting against was Chen Xu.
Zhan Jing was also surprised by Chen Xu's actions just now.
Although there is no software to test Chen Xu's hand speed, it is obvious that although Chen Xu was flustered just now, he still managed to block the opponent's attack while fighting against three opponents... This would have been absolutely impossible in the past.
What's his hand speed now? Fifty? Sixty? Zhan Jing estimated in her mind that it was at least fifty-five, and the speed of effective operation was even more than fifteen!
When did he reach this level?!
But Chen Xu's surprises didn't stop there. He then launched simultaneous attacks on both opponents, harassing one while simultaneously sending a "request handshake" message to the other.
Handshake is the most basic but also the most commonly used attack method by hackers, but what is surprising is that Chen Xu actually manipulated two commands at the same time to attack two opponents!
This is a two-pronged approach!
It's impossible for a hacker without a certain level of skill to do this!
The difficulty of dual-line operation lies in dealing with two enemies at the same time. The two enemies have different attack methods, and dealing with two different attacks naturally requires inputting two commands. In other words, Chen Xu has to do two things at the same time!
How difficult is it to multitask? You'll know once you try, but this is not the limit for hackers.
The legendary Mitnick could operate five, or even six, lines of data simultaneously! This requires not only extremely sharp reflexes and judgment from the hacker, but also extensive knowledge and lightning-fast execution.
The primary requirement for multi-line operation is... an absolutely high effective output!
Multi-tasking is difficult to sustain; if the opponent cannot be eliminated quickly, only oneself will suffer. Therefore, ordinary hackers don't use multi-tasking and dare not use it lightly. But now Chen Xu is dealing with three people at the same time, so he has no choice but to use dual-tasking.
But there is one enemy he cannot control!
At this point, Zhan Jing finally realized what was happening and moved into port 40.
The enemy that Chen Xu failed to stop was the Great Dragon God of the End of the Century. While his two teammates were holding off Chen Xu, the Great Dragon God sneaked through Chen Xu's link and is now dismantling the firewall on Chen Xu's computer.
If the firewall is uninstalled, Chen Xu's computer will become a lamb to the slaughter.
The Great Dragon God of the End of the Century was now very puzzled. Why was Xuan Cao's system so easily hacked? Compared to her fierce attack just now, this defense was truly pathetic.
But just then, the computer suddenly displayed a PING command. The PING command is used to find the IP addresses connected to the local machine. This is something that cannot be faked, so the IP address of the "Great Dragon God of the End of the Century" was immediately exposed.
Is someone still guarding this computer?!
The exposure of his IP address did not alarm the End of the Century Dragon God, because the computer he was using was a botnet, and it was obvious that the other party was also using a botnet.
It's normal for botnets to be exposed in hacker battles, but then the firewall that was being uninstalled suddenly stopped uninstalling and started repairing instead!
The repair function essentially reinstalls the uninstalled software, clearly indicating that someone is repairing this compromised machine. But who is it?!
At the end of the century, the Great Dragon God dared not delay; at this point, it was a contest of speed between the two sides. Whether he would destroy the botnet first or the other side would kick him out first depended on their skill.
At this point, the End-of-the-Century Dragon God had a misunderstanding. He mistakenly believed that the previous attacker with such sharp power was Zhan Jing, while the next one on the server should be Ying Nian Zao Fei. As for Ying Nian Zao Fei, although they had never fought before, he felt their strength was roughly equal. Therefore, with the intention of competing, the End-of-the-Century Dragon God did not back down but gave it his all in the final battle.
But what he never expected was that the chicken in this broiler was not the young and fat, but Zhan Jing, the daylily they feared the most!
At the end of the century, the Great Dragon God quickly realized something was wrong, because as soon as he enabled computer sharing, he found that his subsequent operations had no effect at all!
This truly surprised him, because the other party reacted incredibly quickly. They blocked his escape route almost instantly!
It's definitely not premature obesity!
However, the opponent did not launch an attack. The Great Dragon God of the End of the Century was certain that if the opponent wanted to, given his previous actions, he could easily have instantly counter-invaded his own botnet and then traced the clues back to him.
This puzzled him. He wondered if the other party had used some kind of defense software to execute a specific program, rather than relying on his own abilities.
So at the end of the century, the Great Dragon God began to adjust again, changing his attack method.
He was unable to operate earlier because the other party shut down the service he used for intrusion, but no matter what methods he used afterward, the other party seemed to be able to easily resolve the issue.
How is that possible?
A thought suddenly popped into the mind of the Great Dragon God at the end of the century, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He thought: Could it be that the one responsible for defense in this botnet right now is Xuan Cao Jiang Li?!
If this place is filled with daylilies and reeds, then who is outside?!
Suddenly, the lewd husky and the wiggling silver pig both yelled at the same time, "Damn it!"
At the end of the century, the Great Dragon God subconsciously turned his head. He saw that the screens of the two of them were completely black.
They were dealt with?!
The Great Dragon God instinctively asked, "Who is your opponent?!"
"Nonsense, it's definitely Xuancao MM!" the husky barked frantically. "One against two, a perfect two-on-one operation! Do you think Yingnianzaofei has that kind of skill?!"
"But..." The Great Dragon God of the End of the Century wanted to say that if it really was her, then it might not be a two-line operation but a three-line operation, a perfect three-line operation!
At the same time, she's dealing with two people outside while also dealing with herself internally—a perfect three-pronged operation?! Given Xuan Cao Jiang Li's strength and reputation, it's indeed very possible for her to pull it off.
At that moment, the End-of-the-Century Dragon God let out a scream, and his computer screen went black. While he was still stunned, Chen Xu, having dealt with two opponents, swiftly returned and hacked down the motionless man. Even the End-of-the-Century Dragon God didn't know how he had lost.
The three Earthly Fiends had all been dealt with. The Black Heaven Demon God wasn't particularly surprised. However, Zhan Jing was extremely astonished.
It's clear that aside from Chen Xu's final counterattack that finished off his opponent because the opponent was caught off guard and he killed them with a single strike, Chen Xu single-handedly defeated the other two opponents!
Moreover, it's a dual-task operation. Simultaneously taking on two Earthly Fiends!
Chen Xu's effective output definitely exceeded 25 messages per minute!
Otherwise, he couldn't have dealt with two Earthly Fiends at the same time!
What happened to him? How did he suddenly improve so much?!
It's actually quite simple. For all Earthlings, only a dozen or so hours have passed. But for Chen Xu... although Chen Xu is also an Earthling... a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Chen Xu once again used the mental time function of the virtual illusion. The function's effect is that time in the mental world can be slowed down. A month inside is only a moment to the outside world.
During that month, Chen Xu worked day and night to train on new input methods and attack techniques.
Although Xiaomin couldn't teach Chen Xu hacking techniques, she could simulate many attack methods to compete and spar with him. While the NPC game characters weren't very intelligent, many of their attack patterns were still very sharp and powerful. Over the past month, Chen Xu had learned a great deal, and his offensive skills had improved significantly!
Dual-line operation? Chen Xu can now operate on three lines! It's just that his three-line operation isn't perfect yet. He often gets flustered, but dual-line operation is already a piece of cake for him.
It can be said that Chen Xu's current attack level is already enough to compete with ordinary Heavenly Gang level experts, but his overall level is still inferior to that of an Earthly Fiend.
It's very simple. Chen Xu's defensive capabilities are practically zero, and he doesn't practice defense at all!
A rookie with incredibly sharp offense but virtually zero defense needs a dedicated defender during combat. The problem is, a hacker with strong defense is unlikely to be weak offensively. Someone at least a Heavenly General is needed to match Chen Xu's offensive prowess, but there are only thirty-six Heavenly Generals in total. How can they possibly have time to specifically protect Chen Xu?
But Chen Xu wasn't afraid; he had Xiao Min.
Xiao Min's defense is unparalleled; Chen Xu doesn't need to practice defense at all.
Some might argue that this doesn't reflect Chen Xu's true abilities. It's like how many people criticize some 90s kids for flaunting their wealth, saying they're spending their parents' money while they themselves don't earn any.
But the reality of this society is that no one is born on a level playing field. It's foolish to have resources and not utilize them. It's not about someone born into wealth needing to start from scratch and work hard. External factors are part of success, like in the novel *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber*, where the old nun Miejue wields the Heaven Sword and flaunts it, but the point is, she has the means to do so. As for people like Zhou Dian, clamoring for Miejue to put down the Heaven Sword and take up an ordinary weapon, that's just sour grapes… If Miejue were truly provoked like that, she wouldn't be the leader of the Emei Sect!
Of course, this isn't to say that it's honorable for children from wealthy families to flaunt their wealth. After all, the Heaven Sword is meant to kill, and being invincible with it is a testament to one's skill. But to wander around with the Heaven Sword claiming it's one's own, without actually accomplishing anything, is simply being a complete idiot.
Chen Xu was certainly not that kind of fool. He wouldn't let such good resources go to waste. Moreover, now that Chen Xu's strength was gradually increasing, he no longer needed to hide his relationship with SMMH. This time, the Chinese language incident had given many people a signal: Chen Xu was SMMH's apprentice... So, wouldn't it be suspicious for a master to give his apprentice some good things?
All SMMH needs to do is frequently do things outside; the apprentice identity is actually a good cover.