Huo Shaoheng gazed intently at Gu Nianzhi. “Together?”
“Together!”
Gu Nianzhi put on a Bluetooth headset and greeted the personnel in the Central Control Room before taking over the command.
“All parties are to listen to my command. Continue battling against the Blue Party, I will break into the external network and compete with them as a civilian hacker.”
Gu Nianzhi put on a voice-changing Bluetooth headset and quickly entered the network system.
As she keyed a series of commands into the system, Gu Nianzhi gradually saw another world, the internet world of data and logic.
In this world, one could not perceive if their enemy was human or machine.
It no longer mattered if each command was sent out by humans or machines.
The important thing was knowing who the commands serviced, and which direction the commands would take them in.
While the Blue Party furiously attacked the Huaxia Imperial network and captured one node after another, a powerful force discreetly rose from within their conquered areas.
Gu Nianzhi first entered Area Three, which had already been captured by the Blue Party. She accidentally discovered that, in addition to the resistant strength from the Cabinet and Military, there was also a hacker alliance organized by civilians!
These people may have only been normal people in the real world—programmers, students, managers, or entry-level employees—but because of their interest in the internet, their familiarity with computers, and their passion for their nation, they’d created an organization on their own to fight against external attacks when they discovered that their nation’s internet network was being invaded by external forces!
Gu Nianzhi immediately recognized their strength.
Ants may be small, but their advantage was in numbers. Together, they could topple an elephant.
Gu Nianzhi had an idea in her head.
Her hands flew as she hammered on the keyboard to key in a series of commands. She made the network her tool and began by selecting to battle against the Blue Party’s most arrogant Skull and Bones Society!
She needed to claim the first victory and also issue a warning!
The Skull and Bones Society’s attacks weren’t very sophisticated since their method of repeated mass mailing was very primitive.
Gu Nianzhi quickly beat down the attacks from the Skull and Bones Society. She then took advantage of the momentum by also pursuing them back over the enemy’s line of attack. With one motion, she broke through the background processes of the Skull and Bones Society!
Finally, she released her logo target… a round, soft, pink piggy with a tiny curly tail!
“Pink Piggy!”
“It’s the Pink Piggy!”
“The Pink Piggy is here!”
“Heed quickly! The Pink Piggy has arrived! Evil spirits, retreat!”
The laughter and cheers rising online could almost be heard out loud!
The civilian hacker alliance that relentlessly held strong despite being repeatedly defeated by the Blue Party immediately noticed the signal form Gu Nianzhi. They broke into the Skull and Bones Society’s intranet system.
The Skull and Bones Society was one of the code names used by the US military’s Secret Laboratory, akin to Gu Nianzhi’s code name of “Pink Piggy.”
The difference was that while everyone knew that the Skull and Bones Society was one of the code names used by the US Military, there was no conclusive evidence to suggest that Pink Piggy was one of the code names used by the Huaxia military.
It had flicked into the night sky six months ago, then disappeared without a trace.
Although many people suspected that this person was internal personnel from the Huaxia Military, no one possessed conclusive evidence.
Now that the Pink Piggy has resurfaced once again, she was still battling for the Huaxia Empire. However, she was battling alongside the civilian hacker alliance and seemed to have distanced herself from the military personnel. They didn’t seem to be cooperating.
The truth was, Gu Nianzhi’s operation was better paired with the civilian hacker alliance.
When she appeared online, she used a civilian IP. Unless someone was inside the Central Control Room, it would be impossible to check if she was truly using a civilian IP.
At this point, the United States had not yet broken through the Huaxia Empire’s Central Control Room, so they could only wonder.
When Gu Nianzhi revealed her trademark “Pink Piggy” logo, all the hackers in the world were thrilled!
They all rushed to share the news that the Pink Piggy had resurfaced after disappearing for six months!
All eyes were on the smoke-free war taking place on the Huaxia Imperial network.
“Hackers in Area Three, no need to feel defeated, I will give you a set of code and you can initiate attacks on the enemy’s terminal. Send it out every five minutes and forcefully occupy all their bandwidth.”
Gu Nianzhi used her voice changing microphone to begin communication with the hackers in the civilian alliance from Area Three.
Gradually, the number of people fighting on their side increased. It didn’t matter if they were hackers or not, everyone who knew how to use computers and how to send DOS commands joined.
The strength in their numbers was very powerful. At that moment, the power of the group finally materialized!
While a myriad of volunteer hackers helped attack the terminal network of the US Secret Laboratory, Gu Nianzhi hid herself away. She attempted to use Prolog to imitate the enemy’s four-lined commands. She wrote a series of codes and snuck in through the back door of the Skull and Bones Society, then took a look around.
Her program wasn’t mature. The enemy had a better understanding of AI programming.
She was discovered soon afterward.
Before Gu Nianzhi was accosted, she calmly released her “Pink Piggy” logo once again and also took a screenshot as a memento. She posted it on a forum frequented by hackers.
“Fellow hackers, do you want to take a look around the American Skull and Bones Society?” Gu Nianzhi posted the enemy’s backdoor terminal and cracked code on the forum.
This news caused huge waves on the international hacking forums.
The backdoor terminal and cracked code of the American Skull and Bones Society!
Countless people were willing to pay big money to obtain those!
Now, it was being offered up freely by “Pink Piggy!”
This opportunity was too rare!
Everyone knew that since the backdoor terminal and cracked code had been published, the Skull and Bones Society would immediately change the password as soon as they found out.
They only had a very short time frame to take advantage of it.
As a result, no one hesitated to begin a concentrated attack against the end terminal of the US military’s Skull and Bones Society!
The size and quality of this attack could not compare against the civilian hacker’s alliance in Area Three.
The United States was constantly attacking other countries’ internet networks and searching for loopholes. By the same token, other countries also had a great interest in the United States’ internet network and its loopholes.
This battle never ceased.
When the personnel from the US military’s Secret Laboratory discovered that their internet network was suddenly so congested that even a simple command could not be easily sent off, they finally realized what the problem was.
“The Pink Piggy appeared again?!”
“So he’s actually in the Huaxia Empire?!”
“Last time, I said that the Pink Piggy is probably internal personnel from the Huaxia Empire. You guys still don’t believe me?! Did you see who reaped the biggest benefits?”
“There’s no doubt this Pink Piggy is internal Huaxia Imperial personnel, but the question is whether he’s a government official, military personnel member, or civilian. That’s the key.”
“So what? You want to recruit him if he’s a civilian?”
“Of course.” The head of the US military’s Secret Laboratory looked very proud. “I’m not targeting anyone, but everyone here is trash compared to Pink Piggy!”
Everyone was openly shocked as they looked at their boss.
How could he say that about his subordinates?!
“F**k! I can’t take it!”
“I’ll kill him!”
The aggrieved military laboratory staff once again engaged in a crazy attack against the Huaxia Empire.
But this time, Gu Nianzhi had already earned precious time for Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng finally cut off the logic link within the four-lined command. He switched it from an AI program capable of automatically performing logic analysis and performing secondary programming into common source code.
Stripping the AI system from the program, he could see what actions the source code behind it was performing.
Huo Shaoheng anxiously browsed through the source code. At the same time, he began searching for what the four-lined command had done before, data that it had hidden, as well as the direction it was going according to the source code.
At that moment, Gu Nianzhi returned after looping around all 27 areas of the Huaxia Empire.
After understanding the Blue Party’s attacks on each area, as well as the logistics of the attacks, Gu Nianzhi had an idea.
Her slender fingers danced like butterfly wings as she quickly typed out a series of commands. From Area One, she began setting up obstacles for the invading blue dots.
Wiping them off one by one and not hesitating to erase all traces they left behind, this program felt just like Gu Nianzhi’s Devourer.exe. Each invader would only become the fuel that increased her power!
What doesn’t kill me can only make me stronger!
….
The secret laboratory on the other side of the world changed the Bone and Skull Society’s terminal and reset the password before fighting off the first wave of cyberattacks.
But soon afterward, they discovered that after the first wave, there were even heavier blows from the second wave of attacks to deal with!
“Reporting! We have a serious loss of data!”
“Reporting! A devouring program has appeared in Area One of the Huaxia Empire!”
“Reporting! Requesting evacuation!”
“Reporting! Requesting evacuation!”
“We won’t be able to take the data on hand if we don’t evacuate right now!”
The head of the US Military Secret Laboratory kicked the desk hard. “F**k! Pull back! Pull back!”
Just as the US military was evacuating, Gu Nianzhi bundled up a Troy.exe she’d disguised using an AI program. She placed it in the data amassed by the Blue Party’s retreating personnel.
The little program called the Trojan horse program. It was merely a small virus program that Gu Nianzhi randomly pulled from the internet.
It wasn’t very useful, but it would wipe out all the information the US military had captured from the Huaxia Imperial network. It would also wipe away all the data on the enemy’s hard drives as well!
One hour later, the crazed cyberattacks finally stopped.
Inside the Central Control Room of the Special Operations Forces headquarters base, the personnel did not dare to let their guards down. They continued to eye their territories anxiously, continuously using software to scan the network. They were worried that the enemy had left behind some ticking time bombs.
Gu Nianzhi believed that the best defense was to attack, so her strategy had perfectly implemented this principle.
When one raised a butchering knife at another person, they would also reveal the vulnerable position of their own heart.
Inside the US military’s Secret Laboratory, the personnel wearing white lab coats over their military uniforms used tissues to wipe their sweat off. Their hearts still pounded as they remarked, “Luckily, we retreated quickly enough. We have quite a bounty this time. Here, let’s enjoy the Huaxia Empire’s most mysterious intranet system!”
