Chapter 3104: Confrontation of Consciousness within the Computing Power Pool Network

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"Charles!"

"Lord Consultant!"

Hearing Xia Duo's voice, Charles, who was in the middle of persuading the Researchers of the Operations and Maintenance Group, immediately turned his head. With a hint of surprise, he reported the latest progress to Xia Duo once again—

"The Operations and Maintenance Group just received data transmitted back from the Special Gateway; someone is actually attacking the Computing Power Pool!"

"Is it a massive, highly fragmented information stream?"

"Yes. Currently, what the Special Gateway is monitoring is basically Meta-Thinking Level Information Stream, and it has already lasted for nearly six minutes as of now."

"Mm, let me look at the transmitted statistical data first."

Saying this, Xia Duo sat down in an empty seat, then pulled up the visualization interface used in the hall to monitor the status of the Computing Pool Gateway, while simultaneously putting on his own Computing Pool Connector.

That also meant that in order to increase the number of domestic users, countries would almost never place any substantive restrictions on the flow within the Connectors; they were likely eager for domestic Connector suppliers to desperately expand into overseas markets.

The suppliers were all determined by Xia Duo. Although agreements had already been signed and could not be changed at will, the Computing Power Pool's profits were so high that even if they were forced to change, they could afford the breach of contract penalties.

That was impossible to achieve; supplier subsidies were directly related to the actual access of the Connectors. Even if they reported false numbers, the access data on Xia Duo's side would not be faked.

At the same time, Xia Duo also noticed that the Gateway Magic Tool where the incident occurred was located within the territory of Keman. Although this did not mean the attacker was also located within Keman, the Computing Pool Connector used by the other party must have been obtained from within Keman through some means.

In this way, the domestic user base increased, and the share obtained from the Psionic Network Research Center also increased. As for how other countries fared, that was none of their business.

Only when Xia Duo colluded with the various countries controlling the Gateway entities could detailed usage records of Computing Power Pool users be left behind.

Therefore, it was impossible to locate the attacker's whereabouts based solely on the Sub-network to which the Connector belonged. The Computing Power Pool had a huge difference from the telecommunications networks on Earth, and the most critical point was that the essence of the Computing Power Pool was a Mind Link network.

Of course, this was not because it was technically impossible to record, but because the various countries did not allow information in this regard to be recorded.

If it could be said that the relationship between the various countries and the Computing Power Pool Connector suppliers was one of needing the other party, then the relationship between the Connector suppliers and the Psionic Network Research Center was even more dominant.

The only regret was that there was no way to promote a real-name system in the current era; otherwise, it would be much more convenient to investigate. It wouldn't even be necessary to go to the suppliers to get any shipping records; one could just directly look up the corresponding identity information on the backend at Xia Duo's side.

Which is to say—

Perhaps there might be some underground Computing Power Pools, but without the endorsement of the Alliance, who would dare to use items of unknown origin in key objects involving the mind domain.

Therefore, there would also be some private agreements between the various countries' Connector suppliers and the countries they were in, for example, the countries giving up a portion of their interests to drive the suppliers to expand into overseas markets.

But now, this convenient way of obtaining Connectors had facilitated the attacker. Let alone within Charles's country, even Ilfaran, which was at odds with Charles, could easily obtain Connectors for Charles's Sub-network.

The three-way checks and balances had brought about the current situation of the rapid development of the Computing Power Pool. Overall, as the actual operator and subsequent developer of the Computing Power Pool, the Psionic Network Research Center had a slightly heavier say.

The "online" control of the Gateway Magic Tool was with Xia Duo, while the physical entity was under the control of various countries. Only through the checks and balances of both sides could the privacy and safety of users when using the Computing Power Pool be guaranteed.

This was also the main reason why the Researchers of the Operations and Maintenance Group wanted to attempt tracking just now; after all, if they didn't track it now, they might not even be able to catch the other party's little tail in a moment.

Of course, Xia Duo's relationship with the various countries was also relatively weak. First, it was because the various countries had formed an Alliance and were Xia Duo's direct superiors; in reality, if the various countries truly wanted to ban the Computing Power Pool, the Computing Power Pool could not continue to operate.

A major reason why the Gateway Magic Tool had to be controlled in the hands of the various countries was that the Gateway Magic Tool could actually be treated as a recorder, and the Spirit Material used within it was a natural storage medium for conscious information.

Xia Duo understood Keman's behavior and let him leave, while he himself began to try to parse the Meta-Thinking Level Information Stream injected by the attacker within the Computing Power Pool network.

Xia Duo would rather the Computing Power Pool be breached by a Psionic Mage than open such a precedent.

According to the Computing Power Pool profit distribution agreement signed between the Psionic Network Research Center and the various countries, as long as one accessed the Computing Power Pool through a Connector obtained from a domestic supplier, they were considered a domestic user.

The reason Xia Duo established such rules initially was mainly to prevent various countries from restricting their own citizens from obtaining Connectors. According to the rules, if they restricted them, other countries would come to seize the users.

Therefore, Xia Duo immediately gave the order, "Keman, you go immediately to contact the Connector supplier in Charles's territory and ask them for all past shipping records, accurate to every single piece!"

The Collaborative Computing of the Computing Power Pool was all carried out in real-time. Correspondingly, the Meta-Thinking Level Information Stream used by the attacker when attacking could also only be parsed while the other party was attacking.

Missing this point in time meant one could only obtain traffic records, but could not record the specific information.

It is evident how tempting the interests within this were.

In a telecommunications network, any information would leave a trace, but in a Mind Network, information would only leave instantaneous information and could not be saved, or rather, could not be saved for the time being.

No matter which country's Computing Power Pool Sub-network the attacker accessed, the person's own location could be anywhere in the Main Plane, the South Pole, the Arctic, or at extreme high altitudes.

And for the suppliers, the breach of contract penalty was only a fixed income for a moment, but becoming a supplier could allow them to receive long-term subsidies from the Psionic Network Research Center.

Of course, it was also possible that they were right in the southern Zhamu Dasi, or hiding right next to the Psionic Network Research Center, or even at the Alliance Headquarters.

Records in the Gateway control hall showed that the abnormal information stream indeed started six minutes ago and still existed now, only the traffic was decreasing.

But the current situation had not yet deteriorated to that point. Once this precedent was opened, it might slide toward an even more unbearable Abyss in the future.

If one were to be bossy toward the suppliers first and then adopt a subservient attitude toward Xia Duo, then no matter who it was, they would feel awkward. The actual situation might not be so extreme, but differences would ultimately exist.

And the distance of a Mind Link was unlimited; of course, the prerequisite was that it was not cross-Plane.

This was also one of the fundamental differences between a Mind Network and a telecommunications network—

These were all solid, tangible interests, and this was also an important reason why the number of Computing Power Pool users could grow rapidly outside of this.

While Xia Duo sighed, Keman had already received the order and left. There was no need for him to personally make a trip to Charles, but his attitude when contacting the supplier was ultimately different from when facing Xia Duo; avoiding Xia Duo to make contact was an assistant's instinct.