Chapter 23: Reporting

Just as Qi Sheng was paying attention to the operation of the Test Tower.

Real world, Human Federation Star Network Security Center.

Beep!

"Verification passed!"

The electronic prompt sounded, and the metal door moved into the wall.

Ding Xiu stepped into the office and sat down at the computer desk.

Looking at the increasing number of network report information on the right, he couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, the projector on the ceiling started automatically, and the light beam shot down converged in front of the desk, condensing into a robot projection.

"Smart Little A is at your service. You currently have 328 unprocessed network report information, of which 227 reports are marked as AI processing items, which will be processed and solved by Little A for you. In addition, after retrieving and reading the content of 101 reports, I cannot make an accurate judgment and need you to analyze and solve them yourself."

Ignoring the smart assistant, Ding Xiu pressed the blue button on the table, and immediately the projector on the ceiling shot down more light, building a virtual workbench centered on Ding Xiu.

Countless blue and white light spots rotated slowly around him.

"Start working!"

Refreshing his spirit, Ding Xiu quickly entered the working state, clicking on the white light spots surrounding his body to read the report information.

After AI screening, the report information presented before his eyes all required him to handle it personally, judging whether to transfer the report information to local law enforcement departments or hand it over to internal regulatory units of other races.

After handling four reports in succession, Ding Xiu clicked on a white light spot again.

Immediately, it condensed into a virtual screen in front of him, with detailed report information on it:

Reporter: Game is Art

Certified Identity: Wang Xuexi (Identity Code: ……)

Report Content:

There are cyber scammers in the group spreading false phishing links and stating that the link can download the latest virtual reality game *Dark Land* released by the Moon Eclipse Clan...

(Attached: Group chat screenshot)

(Attached: Screenshot of the network ID information of the publisher)

……

Seeing this report information, Ding Xiu felt surprised.

This kind of information was fake at a glance; he didn't need to click the link to understand that it must be false information.

The games released by the Moon Eclipse Clan many years ago didn't have cracked versions, let alone *Dark Land*, which was released recently and used more advanced confidentiality technology.

Precisely because of this, it seemed strange.

This kind of information should logically be handled by the AI assistant itself. How could it still need to be transferred to him for manual certification?

"Little A, why didn't you handle this report information?"

Facing the inquiry, the AI assistant Little A, who was sitting on the table, stood up and pointed to the report information in front of him:

"We need to check all report information in detail and verify the report content before we can make a judgment, but I cannot retrieve any useful information from the evidence provided by this report information, and I cannot process it further."

Hearing Little A's explanation, Ding Xiu was even more confused:

"Why can't it be processed further?"

"There are three reasons. First, I searched for the 'welfare worker' mentioned in the report information and found that although I can search for this person's network information on the internet, his account does not have any certification information, and I cannot find the IP attribution information... In other words, this account completed registration without identity certification. There is no precedent for uncertified registration in my database, and there is an error in logic that I cannot recognize."

"Secondly, I entered the reported link to search for other clues and found that this link also has problems. I actually cannot break through the permissions behind the link... This is the final feedback I obtained."

As soon as Little A finished speaking, the information on the light curtain in front of Ding Xiu changed.

A line of prompts popped up in the projection screen:

【Download limit reached, the publisher has not opened new download permissions, unable to continue downloading.】

The assistant Little A's face showed a humanized expression of confusion:

"My permissions belong to A-level permissions in the Human Federation's network information processing. Only the smart main brains of various cities and the S-level information set by the Federation's total main brain are beyond my reading, and I have the right to skip certification and read the rest directly. Therefore, the inspection of this link can only be judged as a failure."

"Finally, I checked the network traces of the 'welfare worker' and could not find any network clues that could be read and traced, including which groups he released the download link in. I cannot read specific information."

"In summary, according to Article 238 of the AI Main Brain Regulations, AI self-processing events must certify all information before they can be processed by themselves, but I cannot further certify these three clues, so the inspection is judged as a failure and turned into manual processing."

After listening to Little A's account, Ding Xiu immediately realized that the report information, which seemed fake at a glance, was far from as simple as he thought.

He immediately re-checked the publisher's certified identity, link information, and IP address according to Little A's processing method.

The results obtained were exactly as Little A said; no useful information could be found at all.

"Could it be the Moon Eclipse Clan?"

Facing such a weird problem, the first thing Ding Xiu thought of was the Moon Eclipse Clan.

The main brain cores of major cities in the Human Federation and the Federation main brain were completed with the help of the Moon Eclipse Clan at the beginning of their establishment.

Including the Star Network that the Human Federation and various forces that fled here connected to, it was also completed with the technical support provided by the Moon Eclipse Clan, so only the Moon Eclipse Clan had the highest permissions to enter the networks of other races at will.

Years ago, the Human Federation also had concerns about this issue, believing that connecting to the Star Network contained hidden dangers, and human secrets would be reserved in front of the Moon Eclipse Clan.

But this issue was suppressed in the discussion of the Federation's highest parliament.

The reason was simple. Someone asked such a question at the meeting:

"I ask the management of major cities and Federation councilors present, if the Moon Eclipse Clan really has any ideas about humans with their technological level, what is the possibility of our successful resistance?"

This sentence made the protesters at the meeting fall into silence.

In fact, if the Moon Eclipse Clan wanted to invade Earth, humans would have no power to resist.

In the years of contact with the Moon Eclipse Clan, they had never had any hostility toward humans and had taken the initiative to provide various technical support.

If they could connect to the Star Network created by the Moon Eclipse Clan, the Human Federation would get a large amount of technology stored by the Moon Eclipse Clan on the Star Network, which would be a huge help to development.

Finally, the meeting voted to connect the Human Federation to the Star Network and request the Moon Eclipse Clan to assist in establishing the city main brain and main brain belonging to the Human Federation.

Therefore, the Moon Eclipse Clan's smart main brain had higher network permissions than the main brains of various races.

Only the Moon Eclipse Clan's super main brain had the permission to set absolutely confidential data on the Star Network, and could bypass the main brains of various races to complete registration information through uncertified registration applications.

Thinking of this, Ding Xiu's expression became strange.

The top level of the Moon Eclipse Clan, who possessed the super main brain, registered an uncertified network identity just to release a prank link on the Human Federation's network?

This conjecture was too outrageous.

But besides the Moon Eclipse Clan's participation, he couldn't think of any other possibility.

In order to figure out the identity of the welfare worker, Ding Xiu submitted the report content to the team leader of the Network Security Group.

After explaining the reason in detail on the phone, he ignored it and continued to handle other report information.

Ten minutes later, the team leader "Yue Dong" appeared beside him in the form of a 3D projection.

"Ding Xiu, I have already fed back the content you reported to the Federation main brain. The conclusion reached is that it has never approved uncertified identity registration information, so the welfare worker is likely a high-level member of the Moon Eclipse Clan."

"Is it really the Moon Eclipse Clan?" Ding Xiu frowned slightly.

"Only the Moon Eclipse Clan possesses the highest Star Network permissions to skip the Federation main brain. Regarding the series of weird behaviors of the welfare worker, the Federation main brain gave 12 possibilities after analysis."

"The first possibility is that some kind of problem occurred within the high level of the Moon Eclipse Clan, leading to a member stealing the *Dark Land* database and spreading the cracked version on our Human Federation's network."

"The second possibility is that this is just a prank by the high level of the Moon Eclipse Clan, and there is no cracked version of the game behind the link at all."

"The third possibility..."

……

Speaking of this, Yue Dong was silent for a moment before continuing:

"But these 12 guesses cannot perfectly explain the series of confusing behaviors of the welfare worker."

"The biggest problem now is that the Federation main brain cannot track the welfare worker's network traces, including which chat groups he spread the link in, and it cannot download the content through the link, so it cannot judge whether there is really a game behind the link."

"Ding Xiu, I now give you a task: monitor this link information in real time and wait to see if there is a possibility of opening download permissions next time."

After listening to the team leader's account, Ding Xiu nodded immediately:

"Understood, I will pay attention to whether the permissions of this download link that has been closed will change."

The team leader's figure faded at this time, and Ding Xiu turned to look at Little A sitting on the table:

"Little A, help me pay attention to the link trend in real time and report any situation to me."

The assistant Little A looked up at this time, and a humanized confused expression appeared on his face:

"I don't have the permission to visit the link and cannot expand deep monitoring."

"You don't need to check whether the download permissions behind the link are opened. I want you to click to download at a frequency of 100,000 times per second, 24 hours without interruption. Since there are no permissions, we will use the high-frequency connection method to wait for the moment when permissions might be opened."

"Understood!" Little A nodded at this time.

……

Just as Little A turned on the high-frequency connection.

Qi Sheng, who was in Di Zong Village, received feedback from the guide, saying that a smart AI was performing high-frequency access requests to the Challenger System.

This made Qi Sheng realize that his way of recruiting players was likely already attracting the attention of the Human Federation's network security agency, or even the attention of the Human Federation's high level.

Regarding this, Qi Sheng had no intention of responding or dealing with it.

With the continuous growth of the number of players in *Monster World*, there would eventually be a day when it was completely exposed.

He was not worried about exposure, he just wanted to delay the time of exposure.

And the various forces on Earth could not prohibit the growth of the number of players in *Monster World*.

Because the highest permissions of the Star Network built by the Moon Eclipse Clan had long been easily infiltrated and taken down by the guide.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 28 =====