Chapter 27: Hacker Showdown

  "In 20 minutes, I'll be done. Can I order a steak? Xiaoyu abruptly picked up the tea and drank half of it before quickly putting it down to operate something."

  Chen Yi didn't like people who were too showy, so he just shrugged and didn't say anything.

  From his direction, it can be seen that the little sister is desperately modifying the program - this is a good habit, which can make more targeted attacks. But in the competition, it doesn't save time at all.

  20 minutes passed quickly.

  However, Xiao Yu was unsuccessful, and the students standing behind him were shocked. One of them even exclaimed, "Can't even get guest privileges?"

  Guest privileges are the lowest in the entire system, cannot upload and download, cannot modify any program software, usually just enter the other's computer - by some vulnerability or other means - can be obtained.

  Not even guest privileges can be obtained, indicating that the other party's defense is far beyond imagination.

  Xiao Yu's cold sweat flowed down instantly.

  Chen Rongxi let out a sigh of relief, and his hands moved even faster.

  She is proficient in using only a few software, to successfully invade, apart from observing and studying the vulnerabilities of others, also need to write a large amount of code, these tasks are not easy. But when facing solid defense, it's better than directly using software.

  Chen Yi sucked on a chicken wing, playing with the drumstick using his iron equipment, while watching Han Jie roast meat. He whispered, "Is that Xiao Yu going to lose? It's already been 20 minutes, right?"

  "It seems something is wrong." Han Jie carefully threaded a large shrimp onto a bamboo skewer and handed it to him, saying: "I've seen Little Sister attack the University of State's college, it shouldn't be that complicated."

  Chen Yi nodded solemnly and took the lobster, starting to eat it.

  Chen Rongxi's keyboard sound paused for a moment.

  Han Jie tapped Chen Yi's arm and whispered: "Rong Xi is ready."

  The latter hastily dropped the food in his hand and walked towards the computer.

  The terminal of that supercomputer can be seen, carrying out crazy calculations, strings of data flashing across the screen like rain.

  "This time it's through a memory overflow vulnerability, entering the other person's computer, but it seems to be difficult to obtain permission." Lin Xiuli came to Chen Yi's left side and whispered to him.

  Chen Yi nodded knowingly. He saw that Xiao Mei had modified the software twice in a row, but neither time was effective. The computer was still refreshing, and there was no sign of hope.

  Lin Xiuli clasped her hands together and jumped up and down, saying "Don't fail now."

  "What's at stake besides losing 100,000 yuan?" With Chen Yi's way of thinking, losing 100,000 yuan seemed far from enough to pray for.

  Lin Xiuli's big eyes sparkled as she said in a low voice, "We agreed that the loser not only has to acknowledge the other person's position as president, but also has to agree to one request."

  As expected, it's not just a bet of 100,000 yuan. Chen Yi glared and said: "What kind of requirements?"

  Lin Xiuli smiled strangely and said: "For example, agreeing to be the other person's girlfriend and so on."

  It's an old trick.

  But very useful.

  Chen Yi's eyes widened again and he said, "Little sister is not even 16 years old yet."

  "It's not as you think..." He Jie pulled him and smiled: "How can such a request be made?"

  Chen Yi shook his head, and indeed, the gambling den was full of risks.

  So give Little Sister an Intelligence Scroll? It should be able to increase her winning percentage and incidentally solve the opponent's troublesome system.

  Chen Yi thought of this and immediately left, taking the 2nd-level Intelligence Scroll that he had brought with him, and returned to the backyard. He didn't use the 3rd-level scroll because he was worried that his sister's body couldn't withstand it, and making another batch of energy recovery potion would be too troublesome.

  Taking advantage of everyone's focused attention on the computer, Chen Yi turned his back and tore open the scroll, then added a releasing gesture. A faint red mark appeared on Xiaomei's tiger mouth, and an invisible "6" symbol appeared that others couldn't see.

  An IQ of 60 is quite low.

  Chen Rongxi buried her head and entered the second round of revisions. This time, she felt extremely good.

  She decided to simultaneously attack two vulnerabilities of the opponent, not only formally borrowing supercomputers for password cracking, but also enabling several meat chickens to continuously penetrate the opponent's host.

  At this time, the University of Wisconsin also had a row of computers doing just the opposite.

  Sitting in the center is Professor Su Hark. As a lifelong professor at one of the world's top 100 universities, he has a very loud reputation in the field of security. In addition to his daily teaching duties, he is also the director of safety at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Today, he happened to lead a team to inspect the mainframes of various colleges and came to the Institute of Business Development.

  It was a coincidence that when he was modifying the mainframe defense mechanism, the server was attacked. He led his team to immediately take over all defenses.

  For Professor Hack, the two waves of seemingly intense attacks, outwardly dangerous but actually safe, presented almost no challenge, and after the initial tension had passed, he even found time to continue improving the overall security of the system.

  The University of Wisconsin is the largest public school in the United States, unlike other top-ranked private Ivy League schools. The government-funded public university has its own advantages, with stable investment allowing it to continuously expand and develop college facilities, including mainframes and ancillary facilities for each college.

  Hacker was confident that once he had installed all the defensive software, even if he wasn't around, the host itself would be able to defend against this kind of attack. This was his newly designed equipment.

  Xiao Yu and the others would never have thought that a simple invasion would coincidentally encounter a world-class security expert. In fact, they had not even made a move yet, it was just a few team members at work.

  On the other hand, hacking activities are often not something that can be done in the sunlight. Being discovered means 50% failure, and it's indeed difficult to achieve anything on the opponent's home turf.

  The two of them were able to continue because Professor Hark wanted to know who was attacking.

  Chen Rongxi and Xiao Yu were even unaware that their own chicken coop had been raided.

  After a brief intense period, comes a long wait.

  Chen Yi sat there waiting for the match to end. Since Chen Rongxi had already been given the Intelligence Scroll, there was no other way out anyway.

  "I'm going to get a glass of water." He gradually felt bored.

  Ladies and gentlemen in front of the computer, like beasts that have just awakened, came to forage one after another. The things on the grill were swept away instantly.

  Just then, Chen Rongxi's computer suddenly beeped with an alarm.

  "What's going on?" The gentlemen holding sausages became excited all at once.

  "Somebody attacked my meat chicken in Korea, luckily I left a backdoor." Chen Rongxi was shocked. As a jump server, the meat chicken is the key to hiding the hacker's identity, tracing it step by step, and immediately finding oneself.

  Compared to her, Xiao Yu was even more nervous. He didn't care about his own affairs and suddenly jumped up, shouting: "Quickly unplug the line! If they find out we're using a supercomputer for hacking, we'll be in big trouble!"

  Chen Rongxi shouted in a flurry: "No way. I haven't even cleared the logs yet, and they've already found the last meat chicken."

  Through logs, you can also find out the actions of the operator.

  "Hurry up and clean it."

  The log on the meat chicken will record any operation by anyone there.

  "I'm being cleaned up and locked out." Chen Rongxi anxiously pounded on the keyboard.

  Xiao Yu's computer also suddenly sounded an alarm. He was similarly accustomed to leaving a backdoor on the second-to-last meat chicken.

  "Is it a lot of trouble?" Chen Yi rarely saw Xiao Mei's nervous look, her cleverness and wit had deeply impressed people.

  Han Jie pursed her lips and said, "If the logs are not cleaned up properly, they will be pursued step by step, and finally tracked down to every computer and IP address used. It's a big deal or a small one, the use of supercomputers is limited, and maybe it will be investigated by the police."

  Chen Yi's face suddenly didn't look good.

  If it were several months ago, the so-called investigation in front of Chen's family would have been just a formality. But judging from the current situation, other children may not be thoroughly investigated, while Chen Rongxi will be in big trouble instead.

  If someone takes advantage of this, it will be a disaster.

  "How much longer can they hold on?" Chen Yi's mind was surprisingly clear, he was considering how to deal with the aftermath while also wanting to solve the problem at hand.

  The latter obviously determines the former.

  "Maybe 10 minutes, if we're lucky, a minute." The kids in the room had already pulled out their phones, ready to find help at any moment. They were all smart people who knew which problems could be solved on their own and which ones required family intervention.

  The alarm sounded with a series of beeps, one after another. Suddenly someone shouted "Watch out for the port! They've opened up port 400."

  The cry interrupted Chen Yi's contemplation, he no longer hesitated, dropped the quilt in his hand, turned around and ran back to the room.

  "First drink five bottles of energy recovery potion, then apply the scroll, and then drink five more bottles of energy recovery potion." Chen Yi muttered to himself as he took out the potions and the newly purchased skill duplication scroll.

  Separated by floor-to-ceiling glass, the tense shouts outside still seemed audible.

  Chen Yi didn't care about the rare scroll's name, and poured in the energy recovery potion like drinking a beverage. Then he went to tear that fourth-grade scroll.

  With a rip, the skill duplication scroll unfolded, but it didn't take effect.

  "It must be through touch and incantation!" Chen Yi slapped his forehead. The incantation was the language of the Seaborga Grand Duchy, Timothy had taught him to pronounce it, while touching referred to the ability to choose to copy a person, and also required that the other party had no opposing thoughts.

  He put the remaining potion and scroll in a small package, thinking that he would stick a agility scroll first, as speed might be more important at critical moments.

  Chen Rongxi was tense and uncomfortable all over, she didn't even notice her second brother turning around and putting his hand on her shoulder. Maybe she noticed it too, but there was no time to speak, just taking it as a comfort.

  Chen Yi softly read the incantation, including the skill limit and replication range. His voice was gurgling, like some kind of strange... spell.

  He inserted his left hand into the small pouch at his waist, and the skill duplication scroll scattered into shallow green light dots in his pants pocket, which flowed into his wrist.

  In an instant, Chen Yi felt a bit dizzy and his mind seemed to be filled with many things. He hastily retreated, took out 5 bottles of energy recovery potion from the small bag, and poured them all into his stomach like drinking water.

  Others focused on the front, only when he was drinking a special kind of mineral water, did Chen Yi say: "I'll give it a try."

  As they spoke, Chen Yi couldn't help but let out a loud belch.

  A full stomach that all mages would envy.

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