Chapter 30: Only I Use My Law Chapter 30 World Challenge Time

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

Clinham of Stanford University clutched his hair hard. Beside him stood two FBI agents, straight-backed in black suits, red striped ties tight enough to strangle, bulging holstered guns at their waists, both standing with eyes sharp.

Both were staring desperately at the screen, though they could make nothing out.

Clinham often worked for the US government, handling events government civil servants could not handle, such as now. He needed to capture the "culprit" who had thrown North America into chaos. This should originally have been a simple job; he did not need to truly defeat that hacker, only to find its approximate location, the IP segments it used, and all such information, and naturally federal agents with search warrants would handle the rest domestically or abroad.

But today, things were somewhat different.

East Eight Zone time, 17:00 sharp.

Clinham said, drenched in sweat, "I lost him. He's not moving anymore."

"Where will he attack? Still North America?" The FBI agent was more sensitive to location.

Clinham wiped his forehead with his clean shirt and sighed, "All we know right now is that he's in Asia. As for his attack direction, you know, this is the network world, the real network, it could be anywhere."

"I can't tell BOSS he's attacking anywhere." The agent angrily loosened his tie around his neck; he hated babysitting technical personnel.

After a brief pause, the agent continued, "You say he hasn't appeared—did he stop, or was he taken out by someone else?"

Although the US suffered the heaviest blow, it was still possible that other countries or individuals had discovered this "culprit" first and eliminated it.

Clinham continued wiping sweat, continued shaking his head.

"I have a bad feeling." The other agent placed his hand on his gun, just as he did whenever he encountered danger.

Clinham shrugged.

"I want to shut down the servers he's using, every one he's ever used." The other agent suddenly spoke decisively.

"He has at least 20 zombie computers, all abroad, plus several dozen successfully invaded servers..." Clinham said helplessly, "You can't get foreign governments to shut down their servers, and by the time orders are issued, he'll have seized more servers. He's like a virus; he can't be eradicated by hand."

"I can't let him continue. He even tried to gain access to our supercomputer. Do you know what's in there?" The agent nearly roared.

Clinham stood up at once and said in a smaller but firm tone, "Sir, I know what I'm doing, and I know what's in the supercomputer. I guarantee you, even the world's best hacker wanting to gain the supercomputer would need several years to prepare, and by then the technology would have been renewed... so the supercomputer cannot be invaded."

Saying the last sentence, he felt a little guilty, but he forcibly raised his head and put on a determined stance.

The agent said nothing for a long time.

Clinham sat back down, composed himself, and continued working hard.

His scope of observation was broader, the resources he borrowed more, the content he analyzed more complex...

But to no avail.

East Eight Zone time 17:15, a power station server in Wisconsin, United States, was attacked; it was the 40th server attacked within three minutes. At this moment, besides the stranger hacker Americans hated, many famous hackers had also joined the chaotic battle. Therefore, except for a few people, no one cared about it.

Clinham of Stanford University saw the real-time report, merely muttered "unlucky ones," and tossed the report aside. Today had truly been terrible; what did one measly power station server matter? Let's look at the collapsed servers of University of Wisconsin—perhaps there would be the joy of surviving a disaster.

At least 40 security experts nationwide saw it, but not one thought it worthy of attention.

Until, one minute later.

Clinham suddenly thought of something and was rushing to pull up data when the warning light on the right side of the screen began to flash.

The federal agent immediately asked, "What's going on?"

"Siren has been invaded."

"Wasn't Siren physically disconnected?"

"It wasn't disconnected from the power station server. To be precise, the power station server is in a separate local area network, paired with the supercomputer, and Siren's own power supply system is only used in emergencies..." Clinham hurriedly tried to remedy something but found he could do nothing.

That FBI agent nearly shouted madly, "Isn't this an emergency now?"

"Emergency status has strict regulations: war, natural disasters..." Clinham couldn't explain in one sentence, and even he found it absurd; he shook his head, not knowing what to say.

The warning light flashed continuously without pause.

Countless security experts began throwing themselves into this battle, perhaps the last battle.

Countless computer geniuses began following this battle and spontaneously named it "World Challenge Time."

By finding Siren's weakest link and striking targeted blows, Chen Yi finally invaded a supercomputer.

A strange virus never before seen, specifically targeting supercomputers, began ravaging inside "Siren."

Two minutes later, Siren's administrator password was automatically changed.

East Eight Zone 17:15, Agility Scroll effect ended.

East Eight Zone 17:17, Intelligence Scroll effect ended.

East Eight Zone 17:19, Copy Scroll effect ended.

Chen Yi almost slumped in his chair; in just three hours, he had not only used a Level 4 Scroll but also continuously used several Agility Scrolls and Intelligence Scrolls. Even drinking Energy Recovery Potions like mineral water, he had absolutely exceeded his limit.

He barely raised his head, just in time to see Chen Rongxi staring with moon-like eyes widened as big as suns.

Chen Yi couldn't help but smile and say, "What's wrong? Didn't realize Second Brother is a martial arts expert, huh."

His teasing tone could not ease the atmosphere. For Chen Rongxi, who was deeply versed in programming, completing thousands of lines of code without pause—thousands, tens of thousands of lines—was absolutely unimaginable, let alone the short but extremely complex program he wrote at the end.

Even now, she was still savoring it.

As for Xiao Yu, whose foundation was weaker, he had long been muddled and became one of the bystanders watching the excitement.

Only Lin Xiuli, fearing the world was not chaotic enough, called out, "The internet is in chaos. Whether portal websites or online communities or such things, now it's all a tangled mess; videos won't play, images show crosses. Too bad we can't tell others it was us."

Xiao Yu heard and hurriedly said, "Today's matter, no one is allowed to speak of it."

Everyone nodded. Those who could gather like this—even if their family backgrounds couldn't compare to the Chen Family, they weren't far behind. There were too many things to show off; to drag oneself into this for that would be too foolish. On the other hand, fellow members of the Computer Society being able to personally witness a world-class hacker attack-defense battle was truly far more thrilling than movies.

Everyone's faces were flushed red, and their gazes at Chen Yi were different.

Han Jie then brought up a plate of barbecue platter and smiled, "Seeing you worn out from typing just now. What drink have you been having all along?"

"Uh... carrot-flavored mineral water, Tanggula Mountain." Chen Yi's mind was unclear, nearly incoherent.

"Unique taste." Han Jie laughed, poured some more juice, and placed it on the table in front of him, saying: "I saw you drinking that... mineral water all the time, try a different flavor."

His older brother didn't know much about computers, couldn't see the trick, and still thought it was lively, laughing: "You drank so much water, and now juice, won't your belly swell?"

His military identity made his sense of international mission very low; he actually didn't know how chaotic the outside world really was.

Chen Yi drank his juice with his head down, laughing without speaking.

What had just happened felt like a dream to him. Now recalling it, he only felt his heart pounding with fear.

Invading a supercomputer—what kind of concept is that?

Put it in the crudest terms: this is at least a resource worth 1 billion dollars. Even with American wealth, their few supercomputers are all used in a small number of fields like defense, finance, and research; the total annual security spending on supercomputers alone exceeds 1 billion.

Chen Yi's right hand unconsciously began tracing on his thigh, repeating the modified password of the "Siren."

The little sister looked at Second Brother with the eyes of a Magellan Monkey, worshipfully, then for half a day fiercely said to Xiao Yu: "I won this round, right?"

The boy named Xiao Yu looked like an abandoned monkey, gazing tearfully at Chen Yi, then at the little sister, and after half a day said: "You didn't successfully invade it yourself; the last condition doesn't count."

The last condition was the "make the loser do something" condition. No one knows from when such a broad wager began appearing on land; it swept across half the world in an instant like a cold.

The little sister was as firm as a Bolshevik, raising one finger and saying: "Not a man."

Saying this, she curled her finger.

The boy's face turned green.

"From today on, I am the Executive Vice President of Jiangning University's Computer Society. The next invasion of Duifu Mountain Platform will also be handled by me. Xiao Yu, you are the Second Vice President." The little sister, having absorbed things by ear and eye, even came up with the term Executive Vice President.

The president of Jiangning University's clubs needs to be appointed by the school; up to now it's all in name only, so the so-called Vice President is actually the president.

Xiao Yu put on a bitter face, turning his head left and right, trying to find an ally, while saying: "You're not even a student of Jiangning University..."

"Never mind what I said before, I'll just go get a fake ID." Chen Rongxi laughed, tiptoed, patted the boy's head, and said: "A bet is a bet, be a man and be decisive. It's settled; everyone start the barbecue."

Under her lead, the girls all ran to the barbecue stalls, and some went to get iced beer.

Under the girls' lead, the boys all ran to the barbecue stalls, and some went to help carry iced beer.

Only the Chen brothers and Xiao Yu were left at the scene; Chen Heng sympathetically patted his shoulder and said: "You'll get used to it."

Chen Yi kept tracing circles on his thigh, constantly repeating the backdoor he had left for himself in his mind. After losing the power of the Skill Copy Scroll, he could no longer determine success or failure; he could only wait for the future to prove it.

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