Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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After receiving the notice, Zhuang Li rushed to the military headquarters quickly.
Le Zhengming went to the door to greet him personally. When he walked forward, he held his lover’s waist unnoticeably and asked in a low voice: “Are you still sore?”
“Just rub it for me tonight and it will be fine.” Zhuang Li bit his ear and chuckled, then continued walking forward.
The battlefield of the electronic information troops was not on the front line, but in a hall filled with high-performance computers. In front of each computer sat a soldier, some working with their fingers as fast as lightning, some staring at the data and analyzing it carefully, and some using satellite signals to track the enemy.
They were all experienced computer experts, but at this moment they all showed expressions of frustration and anxiety.
The huge LED screen hanging in front of the room displayed the distribution and status of the national power system. The coordinates of City B, City T, City L, City S, and City G were all off, and more coordinates were flashing precariously. In just two hours, China’s most important special economic zones, political and cultural centers, and free trade ports were all attacked by hackers.
The power supply was cut off, the water supply was cut off, companies could not work, subways and trains could not operate, hospitals could not treat patients, and people’s lives were greatly affected. What’s worse, those large enterprises with important production tasks were also shut down.
Every minute and every second that the power system was down was causing huge losses to the country.
An investigator came over with a stack of documents and said anxiously, “The data is out. The two-hour power outage has caused 20 billion in losses to our country. If this continues, our entire country will be paralyzed. Our national defense system, economic system, and service system will become vulnerable.”
“This is war! The hackers who initiated it want to destroy China!” A general growled in anger.
“Is it the United States?” someone speculated.
“Find the evidence first.” Le Zhengming was the calmest and most composed one. He pulled out a chair, helped his lover sit down in front of the computer, and whispered softly, “Don’t feel stressed. We will fight with you.”
Zhuang Li made an OK gesture and began to check the operation of the power system.
A lieutenant general from the Electronic Information Corps stood behind him and said quickly, “Hello, Mr. Zhuang, thank you for your support. The situation is this: our country’s power system has been attacked by an unknown virus and is currently paralyzed in one region after another. We are tracking down the hackers and checking for viruses, but two hours have passed and we still have no clue about either task.”
“You can’t find any hackers or viruses?” Zhuang Li quickly downloaded various detection software he developed.
“Yes. We used all the latest anti-virus technologies, but we couldn’t find the virus lurking in the power system. We even suspected that it was a mechanical failure rather than a system failure.”
“It’s impossible for a mechanical failure to infect the whole country. This is a typical virus.”
“Yes, but the problem is that we know the system is infected, but we can’t find it. A system infected by this virus will become very slow and gradually freeze. All internal programs cannot be opened or program errors will occur. System components will also make unpleasant noises, and the spread of the virus will increase exponentially. If a large city is infected, dozens of small areas around it will also be infected within a few minutes. We tried to shut down and restart the computer, but it would not open at all. After dismantling and checking, we found that even the hard drive was damaged.”
“Okay, I got it.” After the anti-virus software was downloaded, Zhuang Li began scanning.
He already understood how serious the accident was.
The principle of virus detection and elimination was actually very simple. First, the technicians needed to identify the virus, and then write the antivirus code according to the virus’s operating mechanism. This process was actually a reverse operation. The technicians followed the path that the virus took to destroy the computer or cut off the spread of the virus.
When IT technology first began to develop, technicians relied entirely on their naked eyes to identify viruses and then manually killed them, which was very inefficient. Later, as technology advanced, various antivirus software and firewalls were invented, greatly improving antivirus efficiency.
Generally speaking, as long as the virus was identified, the problem could be solved quickly. There was no computer virus that could not be killed by existing IT technology. At worst, the virus would disappear after resetting the system.
But the virus that infected the Chinese power system this time was very different. It had three characteristics that ordinary viruses did not have: first, it knew how to hide, and all existing anti-virus software could not identify its type, nor could it find which program it was lurking in; second, it was powerful, and any system it infected would be completely scrapped, and even the hard drive could no longer be used; third, it replicated very quickly, and one could split into ten, spreading at the fastest speed.
If this trend continued, entire China would fall within three hours.
It was no exaggeration to say that the military viewed this hacker attack as a war. Venezuela in South America was once attacked by a similar cyber attack, which led to riots in the country after which it almost collapsed.
If the same situation happened in China, the consequences would be disastrous and many people would lose their lives!
Five minutes passed in a state of anxiety. Zhuang Li’s anti-virus software gave a notification tone indicating that the work was completed, but still could not find the virus. His software could scan the entire power system of City B within five minutes. It was very powerful, but even so, it still could not do anything to the hacker.
The soldiers who were originally full of expectations for Zhuang Li couldn’t help but show expressions of disappointment, and then fall into deeper anxiety.
A suffocating pressure quietly fell on everyone’s heart.
“In this case, I can only rely on my own eyes to find the virus.” Zhuang Li was not panicked at all. He called out all the programs and looked through them one by one.
There were many ways to identify viruses, the most stupid of which was the characteristic code method, which required analysts to use their subjective impression to identify the abnormal code that was different from the normal code among millions or even tens of millions of codes, that was, the virus. Then the virus code had to be tracked and debugged, and finally the most typical and special characteristic code of more than ten bytes had to be extracted from the virus file of several thousand bytes, and then disassembled to completely kill the virus.
In the early years of the development of computer technology, technicians relied on this inefficient method to detect and eliminate viruses, and only later did they gradually develop corresponding anti-virus software.
Now, since all antivirus software was useless, Zhuang Li could only return to the basics and use manual screening methods. This showed to what extent the hacker hiding behind the scenes had pushed him.
Who had this ability?
He narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked, “Where is Zhu Jianrui?”
“Huh?” The lieutenant general standing behind him did not know Zhu Jianrui.
Le Zhengming immediately waved his hand and said, “Call Jiang Yi over.”
Jiang Yi came quickly, took out a tracker, and said unhappily, “Zhu Jianrui is at the Gong family’s old house. Here are his coordinates. General Le Zhengming, are you doubting me?”
“Yes, I suspect you.” Le Zhengming nodded bluntly.
Jiang Yi: “….”
Zhuang Li said coldly: “As long as the tracking chip is copied into a mother-and-child card, and the mother card is turned off when he touches the electronic device, while the child card continues sending a signal, General Jiang Yi can help Zhu Jianrui hide the truth. This operation is not difficult for you, you have the convenience of your position.”
“Mr. Zhuang, you have to have evidence when you speak! If you don’t believe me, you can go to Gong’s house and ask Zhu Jianrui.” Jiang Yi shouted without any guilt.
“Go to Gong’s house and arrest people!” Le Zhengming waved his hand and a row of soldiers holding submachine guns rushed to Gong’s old house.
Jiang Yi stood aside with his arms folded across his chest and his chin slightly raised, with a sarcastic expression on his face, seemingly fearless.
Not long after, Zhu Jianrui was taken to the military headquarters, along with an angry Gong Xuanlin.
After inspection, the tracking chip behind Zhu Jianrui’s neck was found to be normal. When he was caught, he was playing football in the yard. There were no signs of abnormal operation on any of the computers in the Gong family.
All evidence showed that he was innocent and had nothing to do with the hacking incident.
“Why did you arrest my son? Le Zhengming, just because my eldest brother sent a few emoticons to mock you, you want to take revenge? If you can’t give me a reasonable explanation, I will hold a press conference later to demand an explanation from you reformists! You want to eradicate dissidents, this is political persecution!” Gong Xuanlin seized the opportunity to exaggerate.
He wanted to discredit Le Zhengming and then whitewash his elder brother.
Jiang Yi also sneered and said, “General Le Zhengming, you want to cover the sky with one hand before you become president? Do the prime ministers know that you are so frivolous?”
Only Zhu Jianrui didn’t say a word, he sat obediently on a chair beside him, his hands on his knees, like a timid child. But his bloodshot eyes would glance at Zhuang Li from time to time, and when he lowered his head, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and he smiled sinisterly like a devil.
Le Zhengming raised his hand and pressed it down, saying coldly: “Be quiet! It’s too early to ask for an explanation. Perhaps it won’t be long before you will be imprisoned.”
Jiang Yi laughed sarcastically.
Gong Xuanlin pointed at Le Zhengming with his finger, then sat down next to his son, suppressing his anger.
Zhuang Li was still working hard.
A group of soldiers surrounded him, their expressions changing from disappointment and anxiety to horror. Zhuang Li checked the code so quickly that lines of text appeared in an instant but disappeared from the computer screen a few seconds later. Zhuang Li’s eyes could keep up with the lightning speed.
He had finished reading before the code disappeared. He let go of the parts that had no problems, but pressed the pause button for the parts that had problems and took a closer look.
His speed of detecting and killing viruses was no slower than that of software, which showed that his mental arithmetic, logical and reading abilities were comparable to those of computers. In other words, he was a walking computer, no wonder he could become the chief network security officer of General Le Zhengming at such a young age.
Seeing his super high efficiency at work, everyone couldn’t help but feel a little more expectant.
Zhu Jianrui finally saw the true strength of his adoptive father. He could detect and kill viruses with his naked eyes faster than professional software. He was indeed an expert.
Somehow, Zhu Jianrui remembered what his adoptive father said when he was five years old – Son, Daddy will teach you how to use computers, okay? Daddy is a super, super awesome hacker!
Am I also not a super-super-powerful hacker? What does it have to do with you, Zhuang Li? How dare you say that! ——At that time, when he was young, he already had such arrogant thoughts, but later, when he was repeatedly abused by Zhuang Li on the Internet, he finally understood how powerful “super-super-powerful” was.
But he won’t let Zhuang Li get away with it this time. No one in the world could solve the virus he had just developed!
Thinking of this, Zhu Jianrui clenched his fists and curled the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.
7480: “Host, you must face your failure this time. The child of destiny who is chosen by the Lord God naturally have his own strengths. You are a genius, and Zhu Jianrui is also a genius, but he is still young and has greater potential for development than you!”
Zhuang Li suddenly pressed the pause button, stared at a line of code on the computer screen, and said sarcastically, “Are you sure he is a genius and not a liar who got a cheat device by chance?”
“You mean he also has a system? Impossible, I didn’t scan it.” 7480 immediately denied it.
“No, what your Lord God stuffed into his brain was not a system, but some technologies that did not belong to this era.” Zhuang Li copied the line of code and listed it aside separately.
Seeing that he had accurately picked this one from tens of millions of codes, Zhu Jianrui showed no emotion on his face, but his clenched fists made a crackling sound like broken bones.
How could it be discovered? This was a hacking technique that was beyond this entire era!
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