Huo Shaoheng thought of Gu Nianzhi and lowered his head slightly. His lips curved into a smile, and his mood actually improved.
To be honest, the matter was still unresolved. But he was no longer depressed.
“It should be fine.” Huo Shaoheng withdrew his hand and stood up from the windowsill. He tossed his cigarette into the trash can. “It was just a few lines of code. It should have been an accident.”
“What code?” Gu Nianzhi wanted to talk more with him, so she asked.
Huo Shaoheng thought for a moment and told her about the fact that the missiles at the Rihe City military base had identified his private plane as an enemy plane. He added, “I’d like to help them improve the code, but it’s not something that can be done in a short period of time. I can only report it after the military parade.”
Gu Nianzhi listened to his explanation. The situation felt vaguely familiar to her.
She frowned and muttered, “… are you sure it’s because the strong magnetic field erased the code of your private plane? And not… not… the possibility of an intelligent programming language mixed in with the code of your air defense system?”
Huo Shaoheng’s explanation made sense everywhere else. However, the only thing that didn’t make sense was that the people in the base’s air defense command room had already discovered the error, but yet, they couldn’t cancel the operation.
This was also something that Huo Shaoheng had always felt was wrong. However, he still couldn’t find anything wrong with the code.
That was until Gu Nianzhi broke the secret with a single sentence.
Huo Shaoheng was suddenly enlightened. He threw the beer bottle in his hand into the trash can. “I understand!”
He hung up the phone and ran quickly to the air defense command room.
Gu Nianzhi’s words reminded him of Hong Kangquan.
At that time, the head of the Secret Service, Hong Kangquan, had taken advantage of Huo Shaoheng’s absence in the country to mix the four lines of Prolog into the central control room code of the special operations forces to conceal Hong Kangquan’s whereabouts. That was why he had repeatedly evaded the special operations forces’ search. He had taken the risk and committed murder under the directive of Tan Dongbang’s wife, Cai Songyin. This was the only reason why he had gotten himself exposed.
That time, it was also Gu Nianzhi who had helped them find the four ‘culprit’ lines.
Huo Shaoheng’s mind was filled with countless thoughts.
Could it be that the matter with Hong Kangquan was not over?
He had originally thought that Hong Kangquan had been instructed by the Americans and that the four lines of intelligent programming code had come from the American military. But now it seemed that they were not necessarily Americans.
Because the Americans did not have such powerful methods.
Who was it?
Huo Shaoheng went to the computer in the air defense command room and called Zhao Liangze over.
“I’ve found a lead.” Huo Shaoheng pulled up the software that Gu Nianzhi had used to look for the intelligent programming code at that time and inserted it into the computer’s mainframe. “Now, use this program to search the entire code system. Immediately use our special channel to establish contact with the central control system in the imperial capital. I want to use the central control system to take over all the automatic control systems here and conduct a search.”
They only had a limited amount of time. There were only 12 hours between now and the end of the military parade the next day.
Therefore, they had to borrow the powerful processing power of the central control system processor to conduct a search.
Zhao Liangze came over to take a few glances. He was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
“… It’s was an intelligent programming language again?! How can such a broken intelligent system in this base have such an advanced intelligent programming language?!”
“This is due to the cunning schemes of the enemy. The lower the level of our intelligent system, the more they can hide and stir up trouble.” Huo Shaoheng replied calmly, “This is the only possibility I can think of. If we still can’t find the problem, then I’m overthinking things.”
Zhao Liangze had brought a lot of electronic equipment with him this time, enough to support a server group in the field during wartime.
He called Yin Shixiong over. The two of them set up the system in a flurry and began to establish a connection with the central control room.
This base not only had a local area network, but it also had the ability to communicate with the outside world.
Huo Shaoheng’s side had already begun to use software to conduct a check.
Not long after, the central control room in the imperial capital had established a connection with their side. They took over the system and began to operate and investigate at the same time.
Zhao Liangze and Huo Shaoheng each carried out their respective duties as they stared unblinkingly at the computer screen.
…
Time ticked by. By eight o’clock the next morning, and by the time the military parade began, Huo Shaoheng still hadn’t found any suspicious code.
There wasn’t even a trace of the ‘Smart programming language’ that Gu Nianzhi had reminded him of.
Were they really overthinking things?
Because of his doubts, he did not go to the rostrum to parade with General Ji and the others. Instead, he stayed in front of the computer system in the air defense command room with Zhao Liangze and Yin Shixiong, racking his brains to search for the system code.
He searched through the lines and was almost at the last area. Just then, the software’s alarm program was finally activated.
The sound of beeping filled the small air defense command room.
Huo Shaoheng took a closer look and found a few lines of intelligent programming language!
He quickly copied the few lines of programs and stored them on flash memory. He used another laptop to open it for a closer look.
He couldn’t help breaking out in cold sweat as he continued to check.
The intelligent programming language he found this time was much more advanced than the four lines of intelligent programming language Hong Kangquan had used the last time!
If the four-line intelligent programming language he had found the last time was still in the ‘Second grade’ level, then this time, the intelligent programming language was already in the ‘Fourth grade’ level.
Artificial intelligence that was almost completely mature. It made one shudder at the thought of it…
Huo Shaoheng’s palms were sweating.
He quickly typed in lines of instructions on his laptop and finally isolated the few lines of intelligent programming language.
An hour had passed. The parade was about to end, and then there was the exercise.
This time, the exercise would involve the coordination between the land and air, and the missiles would use real bullets.
Huo Shaoheng hurriedly connected to the system control of the exercise troops and looked directly into the air defense system.
An hour had passed. When the troops were in position, the guns were loaded, and the shells were aimed at the target.
Wait!
How could the coordinates here be the rostrum?!
Huo Shaoheng rubbed his eyes and looked over again. The coordinates set by the surface-to-air missiles were indeed the rostrum!
He quickly pressed the button to cancel the coordinates.
As expected, the system was in an ‘out of control’ state again. Just like the staff in the Air Defense Command Room who wanted to cancel the automatic targeting of the missiles aimed at his private plane, but were unable to do so no matter what.
The intelligent programming language was causing trouble again!
Huo Shaoheng now knew the reason and understood how to deal with it.
He calmly typed in a few lines of instructions, specifically targeting the keywords of the intelligent programming language. Lock, block and then delete.
The lines of code were checked. Just as the air defense unit was about to move, Huo Shaoheng finally cleared all the intelligent programming languages!
Boom!
A cannon shot rang out from outside the window. The light missile that looked like a flying shuttle had accurately hit the target it was supposed to hit!
On the rostrum, General Ji, Speaker Long, and Prime Minister White smiled happily and applauded.
The rostrum was safe now. They were safe…
Huo Shaoheng’s heart, which had been in his throat all this time, was finally at ease.
“All of you! Continue to monitor the entire exercise. If there’s anything abnormal, immediately run the program in the system.”
Huo Shaoheng embedded Gu Nianzhi’s little program into the central control system’s detection template. The codes could be checked and killed at any time.
If the other party had added any other intelligent programming language inside, as soon as they were uncovered, they would be mercilessly deleted by this little program.
On the drill ground, there were crackling gunshots, the rumbling of cannons, and the billowing smoke of gunpowder. The cheers were like the endless waves of the sea.
Huo Shaoheng’s entire attention was drawn to the drill.
He looked down from the high tower in the air defense command room. The corners of his lips curled up slightly as if he had been relieved of a heavy burden.
At the same time, the entire nation was watching the military parade and the drill on television.
This fully-enclosed drill was an eye-opener for everyone.
On the day of the military parade, almost everyone was watching television or watching videos on their phones.
Gu Nianzhi did not go to work that day.
They had worked overtime for so long. They had a day off today and would go to work the next day for the final round of interviews at the Senate.
She and Xiao Ye had prepared a lot of snacks. They sat on the sofa next to each other, beaming as they watched the grand parade on the 60-inch TV in front of them. There were also drills that were popularly depicted in war movies. They would discuss it from time to time. It was fun.
