He lacks the hardware, but the butler does! If SMMH truly has something unique in this area, then a collaboration between the two parties would be good news for both SMMH and the butler!
After thinking for a moment, Grandpa Guan said, "Let me think about this matter first... You can go now, but don't tell Chen Xu about this for the time being. I'll talk to him again after I've thought it through."
Chapter 364 GOD Reappears
Guan Yi's eyes lit up. So there was hope?
Although it is still unknown whether SMMH is really going to enter the military industry, judging from Chen Xu's words, it is very likely that SMMH really does have the technology of aircraft engines that are ahead of the times. If the two sides cooperate through this technology, then for the entire housekeeper, the cooperative position of Chen Xu and SMMH will be unshakable, and the obstacles between her and Chen Xu will inevitably be greatly reduced!
Hmm, it seems I need to find an opportunity to test my boyfriend and see if there's any possibility of cooperation in this area.
After leaving the house, Guan Yi asked the butler, "Where is Mr. Chen Xu now?"
The butler said, "Mr. Chen Xu just received a phone call and rushed to the server room. Miss told us not to monitor him in any way, so we don't know what he's doing."
engine room?
Guan Yi arrived at the computer room and saw Chen Xu sitting in front of the computer, typing away furiously. She approached and saw that the computer displayed a chat room. With just a glance, she recognized two familiar names—"Prematurely Fat" and… "Daylily Li"!
Azure Crystal?!
Sensing movement behind him, Chen Xu turned around and saw Guan Yi walking towards him like a cat.
"What happened?"
"Hmm, this is no small matter." Chen Xu took the coffee from Guan Yi, took a sip, and said, "GOD, that is, the clone of Mivad's cyber ghost, has reappeared!"
Guan Yi was shocked. Now they all knew that the culprit behind the last attack on the Chinese network, which even caused a power outage in the entire city of Shanghai, was the clone of Miwad, who had attempted to assassinate Chen Xu. It was a ghost existing on the internet, something whose exact nature was unknown.
If we had to define it in one word, then "artificial intelligence" would probably be the most fitting explanation.
Of course, this artificial intelligence is different from the kind of network life with independent consciousness that is commonly understood. It is a deformed entity that appears after an external life accidentally enters the network—Chen Xu knows in his heart that it is a trap set by fate for him. But he can't tell anyone about such an unfortunate thing.
This guy disappeared after the last cyberattack. He didn't reappear until Huang Anping shot Miwad's main body in the head. At one point, Chen Xu and others even speculated that if Miwad's main body died, then this clone must have died as well. But now it has reappeared!
"How did that guy reappear? What did he do this time?!"
"It released a piece of code and a call to arms, well, you could call it a punitive order against SMMH," Chen Xu said with a disdainful smile.
Here's what happened.
Just now, Chen Xu suddenly received a call from Zhan Jing, telling him to go online immediately. After Chen Xu went online, Zhan Jing pulled him into the core chat room of the Red Hacker Alliance and then sent him several website addresses.
These were all URLs that Chen Xu was very familiar with; they were addresses of several of the world's major portal websites.
These portal websites have been hacked!
On the homepage, there is a passage written in English, which translates to the following:
To internet users worldwide:
The purpose of the internet is to better facilitate connections and interactions among people worldwide. On the internet, all resources should be shared by everyone. This is the true meaning of the internet: to provide people on this planet with a completely free communication platform, making all information freely available to netizens.
Hackers, on the other hand, are a group that maintains network security and spreads the spirit of the internet. MYHK once said: The purpose of hackers is to make the internet increasingly secure and robust.
Hackers pursue sharing and free access, and advocate freedom and equality. Their lifelong pursuit is to improve their computer skills, but they never use it for profit. A hacker corrupted by money is no longer a hacker. A person who has mastered advanced technology but blocks others from learning it in order to maintain their status can no longer be called a hacker!
Such people are obstacles to the development of the internet!
Hacker spirit #1: Sharing.
Although I am not very talented, I am willing to share my research findings to inspire others, hoping that all hackers who still uphold the professional ethics of hackers will contribute their efforts to promote the progress of the computer industry.
Hacker Spirit II:
Hackers are guardians of the computer world, not destroyers, and certainly not attackers who exploit computer vulnerabilities for illegal attacks and profit.
Therefore, I propose that hackers who exploit network vulnerabilities for illegal activities be severely punished! Let us work together to make the internet more secure and more beneficial to humanity!
That was the end of the conversation. Guan Yi was somewhat confused and asked, "What does this guy mean?"
"He's just not convinced." Chen Xu curled his lip. "He's challenging me again... well, my teacher. Doesn't he even know what kind of person he is?! Who does he think he is? The god of the internet or the king of hackers?! Does he even have the right to say that?!"
The chat rooms of the Red Hacker Alliance are now filled with insults.
What the hell is this?!
Everyone here understands; this is clearly a challenge to SMMH. What talk of technology blockade? Ridiculous! Western countries have imposed technology blockades on China countless times! They haven't proactively shared their best technologies with us! Now that we have good technology, they're all making a fuss.
That's infuriating!
This is absolutely infuriating!
As everyone knows, this guy has the right to make such boasts. Based on the code he just released and his explanation, many high-level hackers have already seen that this is indeed a new and concise programming paradigm. It can more effectively utilize computer performance, and from this code, many have already discerned the rudiments of a "three-dimensional structure" programming language.
This code is very similar to the code provided by the mysterious hacker who launched the attack on Chinese networks before; you could even say it was written by the same person! Or written in the same way… This infuriated Chinese hackers—damn it, you keep saying you want to resist illegal hacking, but then you attacked and paralyzed our networks, causing a power outage in Shanghai! Such a two-faced act, with such hypocrisy, and yet you dare to speak so righteously and self-righteously?!
What's even more infuriating is that within an hour of this post being published, the China Red Hacker Alliance received news that at least seventeen internationally renowned "hunters" had their eyes on the Red Hacker Alliance forum! Hunting is a profession in the hacker community. If many hackers are thieves, then hunters are soldiers, or some hunters are mercenaries.
Kevin Mitnick was captured by the notorious Japanese hunter Itsuki Shimomura, who is now long past his prime, but many of the new hunters are far more formidable. Of these thirteen men, at least half work for the U.S. Department of Defense… What are they doing here?!
Undoubtedly, it's all about that last sentence: give them severe punishment!
Those bastards!
To be precise, Blue Baby, hailed as a "professional sniper," is also a hunter, and she is considered one of the "cleanest" hackers in China—after returning to China, she served the government and was among the earliest and youngest computer security experts in the country, having apprehended many cybercriminals. However, the others in the Red Hacker Alliance may not be so.
Hacking is inherently a free profession! Freedom is the first element of the hacker spirit!
For many hackers, who doesn't have a few turds under their butt?! Because of freedom, their online behavior is often unrestrained. Because relevant national laws are not perfect, they don't know how to define many things. But if we really want to define it, in the 2001 Sino-US hacker war, Chinese red hackers successfully breached the White House website... Well, from an international legal perspective, this was definitely an "illegal event," and the Red Hacker Alliance faced great pressure and had to disband as a result.
But now these international hunters have set their sights on Chinese red-hackers?!
And when Big Sister Blue Baby tried to mediate, these guys completely ignored her...
This is absolutely outrageous!
Guan Yi saw the word "intrusion" appear on Chen Xu's screen. Although she didn't know much about computers, she had seen Chen Xu use some software before and knew that he was currently hacking. So she frowned and said, "Xu, what are you doing?!"
"Let's teach those bastards a lesson!" Chen Xu typed rapidly on the keyboard, a cold smile playing on his lips. "You bastards, do you really think we're easy to bully?!"
At this moment, Guan Yi saw a "picture-in-picture" effect appear on Chen Xu's screen, indicating that he had successfully hacked into one of the other party's computers. Then, Guan Yi saw Chen Xu type a line of text on the other party's screen:
"I don't care who you are, or what benefits you received. In short, daring to attack the Red Hacker Alliance, are you tired of living?! I am ICE, a disciple of SMMH. Tell your master to come to me with whatever means he has. I can kill him twice, and I don't mind killing him a third time, which will be the last time!"
"Why bother with those ridiculous and illogical reasons? In the name of my teacher, if you want to fight, then fight in a magnificent way!"
Chapter 365: A Break, an Unprecedented Crisis!
Chen Xu is now absolutely furious.
The emergence of the Hunter indicates that foreign forces have set their sights on Chinese hackers, hoping to create trouble for the Chinese Red Hacker Alliance. They may even be trying to use official means to arrest several high-ranking Red Hackers in order to crack down on Chinese hackers.
That was a really vicious move!
If they don't dare to cause trouble for SMMH, they'll go after other people. When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer. And GOD, or Miwad, can hide behind the scenes and watch the show unfold—regardless of how many Chinese hackers end up in jail, or whether SMMH, in a fit of rage, swiftly eliminates a few hunters… the end result will always benefit him. Because if SMMH intervenes, using swift and decisive methods like last time, or even methods that hackers can't currently achieve, like instantly increasing line voltage to cause a computer explosion, resulting in injury or even death to several hunters, then GOD will gain significant international support!
These hunters are internationally renowned security experts, unlike those few hackers who attacked the Chinese mainland network last time and hid themselves away, so that no one would care even if they died.
Moreover, this time, the X organization was also playing dumb with Chen Xu, clearly indicating that they would not participate in this incident. Considering that two high-ranking members of the X organization had died in a plane crash, Chen Xu sensed something unusual.
"This trouble was caused by me and my teacher. Please rest assured, my teacher and I will not stand idly by!" Chen Xu publicly stated his position in the Red Hacker Alliance chat room: "My teacher already knows about this matter and will definitely protect the Red Hacker Alliance. Any behavior that threatens Chinese Red Hackers will be regarded as a provocation by my teacher!"
This message was not only posted on the Red Hacker Alliance forum, but also on several major hacker forums around the world. Of course, the signature on these forums was not Chen Xu's ICE, but SMMH's own message!
Under normal circumstances, given SMMH's status as a cyber god, few would dare to challenge him after he made such a statement. However, this time was different. After he made those remarks, more overseas IPs appeared on the Red Hacker Alliance's backlinks. Chen Xu traced them one by one and discovered that these were all well-known security experts, the Hunters!
These guys really teamed up and showed no respect for SMMH!
Something's definitely not right now!
Not only foreign hunters, but also many hidden hackers have been mobilized, launching a frenzied attack on China's networks and gateway servers.
As if it were pre-planned, these people launched attacks simultaneously. In an instant, all the major portal websites in China crashed, and the entire Chinese network collapsed. Websites could not be opened, QQ could not be logged in, network connections were intermittent, and almost all online games were stuck and unplayable!
The only positive aspect is that the education network has been temporarily spared. The forums of various universities are now in an uproar because GOD's post has appeared on the homepage of each university's forum, and a group of unknown accounts are shouting: "Reject cyberbullying! Demand SMMH to show up and give an explanation!"
Furthermore, they pinned the blame for this nationwide network congestion on the Red Hacker Alliance!
A consistent post appeared on various forums, claiming that Chinese hackers are a group of cyber mobs who lack technical skills and only know how to attack. The post claimed that the network outage was caused by Chinese hackers relying on SMMH's backing to avenge their masters when world opinion was pointing the finger at SMMH. They claimed that they took the initiative to attack foreign websites, which triggered a counterattack from foreign hackers, resulting in the nationwide network outage!
In the post, the attacker also cited several previous cases of Chinese hacker attacks, such as the Indonesian massacre of Chinese, the bombing of the Yugoslavian embassy, and the South China Sea incident. Chinese hackers launched attacks on foreign servers under the guise of patriotism, which also caused the paralysis of the domestic network. This time is no different. These hackers are nothing more than a group of cyber terrorists. For the sake of a sense of revenge, they often plunge the rest of the country into disaster and cause extremely heavy damage to their country's network!
Three men can make a tiger!
Before the Red Hacker Alliance could react, such arguments had already spread across the entire Chinese internet. In an instant, countless uninformed netizens launched a verbal attack on the Chinese Red Hackers, and many brainless kids who couldn't live without playing games all day long cursed the Red Hackers with extremely offensive language!
At that very moment, even worse news came from the Red Hacker Alliance chat room—the websites of Red Hacker Alliance elite members in several cities, including Beijing, Nanjing, Xi'an, and Wuhan, were shut down, and the members were detained on the grounds of disrupting network security.
Even Huang Anping called Chen Xu, saying that the Shanghai cyber police were also going to be mobilized, but he had suppressed them. However, he didn't know how long they could be suppressed, and asked Chen Xu to find a solution immediately!
Moreover, Huang Anping subtly pointed out that this matter clearly involves high-level politics. In fact, the rumor that the network was paralyzed because of hackers may fool children who don't know anything, but it is completely nonsense to experts who are in charge of computer security!
This nationwide network outage was entirely caused by an attack from overseas. The hackers didn't even have time to attack foreign servers. It's a complete frame-up. However, it seems that some people at the top are very dissatisfied with this incident, believing that the attack was also caused by the hackers' usual rampant behavior. In short, these hackers are a group of cyber mobs, and arresting them would be the right thing to do!
But this sudden grab...it chilled people's hearts!
Guan Pingchao was the first to voice the opinions of several Chinese hackers working at security companies: "Given the current situation, the network cannot be restored unless foreign elements stop attacking. But how do we stop them? Our usual approach is to fight back against whatever attacks we face! Until they can't afford it anymore! But now, who among us dares to act? The company has received documents that we can only defend and repair the servers; we cannot launch any external attacks, 'to avoid escalating the situation.' Damn it, this is like tying the hands of all Chinese hackers, allowing others to attack us but forbidding us from retaliating! What are we supposed to do?!"
"Now, we can only wait for the SMMH boss to make a move. We just don't know if he will also be under pressure. After all, in this incident, our Red Hacker Alliance is just a scapegoat. The real target is him."
How could Chen Xu not be under pressure right now?!
He was now lashing out at Hao Aiguo: "You mean you want me to give up some of my technology as compensation? What compensation? Compensation for defeat?! The problem is, have we been defeated?! You want me to give you compensation just because we're under pressure? What a joke!"
He Aiguo was also very frustrated!
In fact, everyone who knew about this matter felt aggrieved!
The Chinese internet was suddenly attacked, and the attackers were indeed very powerful. Apart from the education network, only the military network and the Red Hacker Alliance forum were spared because they had previously received firewall support from the SMMH. Judging from the attack methods, it is clear that this attack was more powerful than any previous hacker war! The military received information that GOD had previously provided a certain level of technical support to foreign hacker groups, which almost immediately elevated their attacks to a higher level. This is why the Chinese internet was completely powerless to retaliate in this attack.
However, this was originally a problem of the computer department, but before the computer department could come up with a solution, they received a message from above, requiring them to quickly suppress the matter and restore the national network to normal as soon as possible!
Simply put, it means admitting defeat!
We're not going to fight you head-on anymore; we'll just admit defeat and make them give up their attack.
Moreover, the special envoy in charge gave a very compelling reason: if China retaliates, it will inevitably anger the other side. What we need now is peace, not to prolong this cyber war! Consider the immense losses incurred if the entire nation's network is paralyzed for even an hour! If it's all about saving face, who will bear these losses?!
Moreover, in this incident, the EU, the US, and other countries are all putting pressure on China, demanding that it not provide shelter to SMMH and that SMMH open up some of its computer technology.