Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Gong Xuanqi, who always plotted against others and succeeded repeatedly, never thought that he would encounter the same situation. He was plotted against, and on such an important occasion!
He tried his best to show a relaxed and kind smile and waved to the busy staff: “Don’t be anxious, take your time, it’s just a temporary equipment failure, it will be repaired soon. How about we change to a different live broadcast room??”
The staff member was sweating coldly and said: “All live broadcast rooms cannot be accessed. The server of the live broadcast platform is not responding.”
Gong Xuanqi’s smile was slightly stiff, but he still maintained his approachable demeanor: “Then change the live broadcast platform.”
The staff quickly contacted another live broadcast platform.
For these official people, the boss of the live broadcast platform naturally did not dare to refuse. One second he agreed sincerely, and the next second he apologized in a panic: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, our live broadcast room here can’t be logged in either!”
Gong Xuanqi waved his hand decisively: “Change again!”
The staff expressed their gratitude and apology to the boss and regretfully canceled the cooperation. However, before they hung up the phone, the boss said in surprise: “It seems that I can log in normally now.”
“Then let’s start straight away…”
Before the staff member finished speaking, the boss said again: “It’s offline, it’s offline, and now I can’t log in again! What happened to the server today? It’s really strange.”
The staff realized what was happening, thanked him again, and insisted on canceling the cooperation. They dared not use such an unstable platform.
Soon, they found another live broadcast platform. As soon as they reached a cooperation agreement, the server there was also paralyzed. After canceling the cooperation, it immediately returned to normal. This happened several times in a row, as if an invisible ghost was paying close attention to Gong Xuanqi’s team, and then sabotaging their plans first.
Wherever they went, the ghost would close the door and cut off the road, leaving them with no way to advance and no way to retreat.
Such ruthless means and such precise retaliation were just like a repeat of the MIK incident.
“It is a DDoS attack launched by Zhuang Li. I called Jiang Yi and asked him to help me turn off the monitoring chip. I will try to see if I can hack Zhuang Li’s computer.” Zhu Jianrui said through gritted teeth.
Gong Xuanqi was not surprised by this conclusion and just nodded solemnly.
Zhu Jianrui struggled for a long time before continuing: “Our team is being monitored by him. He must know immediately what we are doing and saying, otherwise he would not be able to carry out such a precise attack on us.”
Gong Xuanqi’s pupils trembled, and he showed a horrified expression for the first time. He knew that Zhuang Li’s skills were superior to Zhu Jianrui’s, and he also knew that he was probably the most powerful hacker in the world. However, knowing and experiencing it personally was another matter.
It was a completely different feeling when the hacker was thousands of miles away but could still understand all his movements, thwart every one of his campaigns, and even cut off all his escape routes.
Gong Xuanqi, who had always liked to play with people, got to know for the first time that being played with someone’s hands was so torturous, painful, anxious, and confusing.
He could no longer maintain the fake smile on his face and said coldly: “What did you do? We were being monitored, why didn’t you notice at all? Find out his surveillance methods and destroy them! Quick!”
Zhu Jianrui did not dare to refute a word and sped up the negotiations with Jiang Yi. However, only he himself knew how strong a frustration and humiliation he felt in his heart at this moment.
Gong Xuanqi also became anxious. Before that, he didn’t even take Zhuang Li seriously.
Zhu Jianrui’s monitoring chip was remotely shut down by Jiang Yi. He immediately took the puppy at his feet into his arms to prevent it from moving around, then turned on his computer and plunged into this war without smoke.
He had an urgent desire for revenge and destruction in his heart, but he had no ability to control such ambitions.
He launched an attack on the layers of firewalls. Ten minutes passed, but he couldn’t even break through the first layer, and a lot of cold sweat couldn’t help but fall on his forehead.
Gong Xuanqi leaned over to look at his computer, only to see a line of bright red text pop up on the screen – [Hello, kid.]
There was no doubt that this was a greeting from Zhuang Li. While Zhu Jianrui was gritting his teeth and fighting hard here, trying his best, he was saying hello easily over there. This showed what kind of gap there was in the level of the two people.
In Zhuang Li’s eyes, the highly skilled Zhu Jianrui was just a “kid”.
Zhu Jianrui’s hands that were typing frantically on the keyboard couldn’t stop shaking, so he wrote a few lines of code incorrectly, causing a complete collapse of his own system.
Gong Xuanqi looked at the computer screen with the word “warning” flashing constantly, and finally cursed out the words he had been holding in his heart for a long time, “Useless trash!”
He straightened up, never looked at Zhu Jianrui again, and quickly ordered his team: “You immediately post a message on my personal website, saying that I was unwell and had to cancel this speech. Xiao Tan, take me to the hospital, the news team follow to take pictures.”
Zhu Jianrui, who realized that he had been rejected, froze completely on the spot. The extreme pain and panic prevented him from typing even a single letter.
He tried to do something to show his importance and ensure that he was still valuable to the Gong family, but his blank brain seemed to have completely lost the ability to think. Recalling the life where Zhuang Li took care of like an ordinary child and comparing it with the false family love that could only be exchanged for interests now, he suddenly realized that the road under his feet did not seem to be filled with flowers but was instead full of thorns.
He sat blankly in front of the computer, looking at the sarcastic message – [Hello, kid.]
I’m not good! It drives me crazy! Zhuang Li, is this what you want?
Zhu Jianrui slowly hugged his head, lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and screamed like a trapped animal. The puppy lying in his arms also started to growl.
At this moment, the press officer who followed Gong Xuanqi to the door of the studio suddenly exclaimed: “Mr. Gong it’s not good, even your personal website can no longer be accessed!”
“What did you say?” Gong Xuanqi stopped suddenly and shouted hastily: “Change an account or to a new phone, quickly!”
All of them knew that every minute and second now was more precious than gold. The absence of a speech had become an established fact. If the campaign team could not even provide a reasonable explanation to the people as soon as possible, this matter would become a thorn in the heart of every voter who supported Gong Xuanqi.
Their dissatisfaction and distrust would slowly ferment in their hearts and become an internal driving force to give up voting for him in the future. No one knew when this driving force would occur, but as long as it existed, it would be dangerous for Gong Xuanqi.
The presidential campaign was like a life and death battle, and any small link could determine success or failure.
“Have you accessed it?” Gong Xuanqi asked with a livid face.
“Log in, I can’t log in. Our website server is down. All of our mobile phones can’t be used, and the same goes for computers.” The press officer said with a cold sweat.
Everyone’s mobile phones and computers could not be used, which meant that they had become an isolated island, completely isolated from the prosperity outside. What they wanted to say could not be transmitted to the outside world, and the information fed back to them by the outside world was also blocked. They were now in a desperate situation with no recourse.
Information technology had brought many conveniences to mankind, but it had also caused mankind to fall into a difficult situation without them. At this moment, Gong Xuanqi wanted to live broadcast, but the footage could not be transmitted; he wanted to apologize, but the message could not be sent; he wanted to put on a show, but there was no platform for him to display it.
He took out a handkerchief from the inner pocket of his suit and wiped his forehead calmly, barely keeping his voice steady: “Contact the radio station and see if we can make a broadcast apology.”
However, radio stations had been gradually replaced by more advanced information technology. Its audience was very small. Except for drivers driving on the road, probably no one would be idle to listen to the babbling sound coming from a black box. This meant that the vast majority of the public would not be able to learn about Gong Xuanqi’s apology in time.
But this was no longer possible.
The press officer said tremblingly: “Mr. Gong, all of our mobile phones cannot be used. I can only borrow other people’s mobile phones to call the radio station. This will lead to security loopholes. Do you agree?”
“Don’t we already have security loopholes when using our own mobile phones?” Gong Xuanqi asked with red eyes. At the same time, his cold eyes glanced at Zhu Jianrui who was still sitting in front of the computer.
Everyone also looked at Zhu Jianrui, with doubts and even complaints in their eyes.
There was no doubt that their internal network was built by this genius boy himself, and he once boasted that it would never be breached.
The words still rang in their ears, but the reality had completely turned around. The so-called genius boy was nothing more than that.
The press officer hurried outside and asked the staff of the live broadcast platform to borrow his mobile phone. But she apparently forgot that today’s broadcast stations also had a lot of computer equipment, which meant that they would also be crippled by the data tsunami.
Ten minutes later, the press officer came back, the expression on her face having changed from anxiety to despair. She bit her lower lip and shook her head at Gong Xuanqi, not daring to say a word.
Gong Xuanqi tried to comfort the employee with a gentle and loving smile, but he couldn’t even lift the corners of his mouth. His elegant and handsome face was as stiff as a stone at the moment, and the heavy feeling of being unable to struggle weighed on his heart, making him almost suffocate.
He slowly sat on the chair, pressing the soles of his feet hard against the ground to prevent his legs from shaking uncontrollably. Then he waved his hands and wanted to say something, but his throat that kept tightening seemed to have lost the ability to speak. He had a distinguished family background and outstanding abilities. He could succeed in whatever he wanted to do. He had reached the pinnacle of his life almost step by step.
However, when he stretched out his hand to grab the final fruit of victory, he was tripped by an ant under his feet. This scene was simply ridiculous!
He never imagined that provoking this ant would cause so much trouble. But he could have avoided all of this. As long as his younger brother was not allowed to destroy Zhuang Li’s family, as long as Zhu Jianrui was not brought back…
Thinking like this, Gong Xuanqi looked at Zhu Jianrui sitting in front of the computer, his eyes cold to the bone.
Zhu Jianrui was horrified and immediately begged: “Uncle, I will help you think of a solution. Please be patient and wait for a while. Don’t be anxious.”
He must not be given up by the Gong family! Otherwise, why would he have done so much?
Was it just to make Zhuang Li watch a joke?
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