Chapter 28: Taking Personal Action

  Chen Yi sat down in the seat next to Little Sister, which was given up by another girl.

  His mind was even more confused, the skill duplication scroll brought too much information, making him feel as if he was in a fantasy, but on the other hand, it felt like his feet were stepping on clouds, soft and without any sense of grounding.

  Chen Rongxi glanced at Chen Yi, continuing to busy himself on the keyboard, not bothering to speak. The boy called Xiao Yu was also like this, several boys participated in the competition, they wanted to rush ahead of each other and wipe their footprints clean.

  If no one had messed it up, this would have been a simple task that could be done in one or two minutes. However, the competition on the last jump server was so fierce that the boys with administrator privileges couldn't clear all the information, and the other side couldn't take over the server for the time being.

  Chen Yi placed his palm on the keyboard, first opening a scanning software, then unfolding its source code as Chen Rongxi often did, and began to modify the front end.

  His speed started slowly, the mechanical keyboard made intermittent "click" sounds, after a while, it became continuous "da da" sound, and then turned into "ka ka" sound...

  At this point, his speed was already close to the highest speed of an ordinary person. However, Chen Yi had a feeling of being intentionally reserved, and with the 3rd level agility scroll, his speed increased by 90%. If he were playing games at this moment, his hand speed would be at least around 300.

  Apart from this, the skill duplication scroll brought an increase equivalent to 160% of Chen Rongxi's original speed, which was already very fast. The two stacked together, resulting in a total increase of three times, and it was three times Chen Rongxi's speed.

  So when Chen Yi slowly got into the state, the only keyboard sound in the entire room had already merged into a piece, just like in the most densely packed cybercafe.

  Lin Xiuli stared at Chen Yi in shock, only to find that he was not just randomly hitting the air. The surprise on his face was as if a monkey had met a gorilla for the first time in history, like Mai Zhe's monkey.

  Chen Yi's speed accelerated again. His mind was a blank, moving too fast to the point of dizziness.

  The fact is also true, copying Chen Rongxi's 160% skill is not as simple as it sounds. It's equivalent to continuing to improve in someone's most skilled field. No wonder Timothy and others didn't dare to use the scroll casually. Even on the entire continent, there are only a few mages who can make skill copy scrolls, otherwise how can they be called precious.

  At this moment, Chen Yi's keystroke frequency was between three to five times per second. In the eyes of the crowd, that abused keyboard seemed as if it could disintegrate at any time, and smoke could emerge from the intense friction at any moment.

  Chen Yi ignored those strange and weird gazes. Once he used the skill duplication scroll, his entire spirit was focused on that skill, basically unable to pay attention to other things.

  Moreover, apart from the moment he releases his skills, there is no need for him to hide anything.

  Under the gaze of four or five students, Chen Yi instantly invaded Chen Rongxi's last meat chicken. His movements were swift and almost without hesitation, targeting its vulnerabilities, changing software strategies, and getting a guest account.

  At this time, Han Jie just had time to say: "If you need it, I can let Chen Rongxi open an account for you."

  Chen Yi continued to make targeted improvements.

  His speed was getting faster and faster, the sound of the mechanical keyboard was hard and crisp, and the interval could not be heard at all, like a sewing machine working.

  "I'll attack their server, you defend." At some point, Chen Yi started dominating the battle.

  Chen Rongxi and Xiao Yu suddenly woke up like a dream, and hastily began operating their computers.

  Chen Yi slightly observed the surrounding meaninglessness, while scanning the opponent's server, leaving a small window to pay attention to the last meat chicken's status at all times.

  Chen Rongxi tilted his head and couldn't help but say: "Second brother, when did you learn computer?"

  "Just now." Chen Yi shrugged his shoulders and told the truth.

  Seeing him easily typing out line after line of code, who would have thought it was just learned. Several boys just took it as a self-deprecation, their faces red and dared not look at his screen, everyone had the feeling of "Guangongmenqianxuedadao".

  Chen Yi's target was the University of Wisconsin–Madison's multiple mainframes, which included not only the business development institute but also their most important research department supercomputer. He was playing a trick of surrounding Wei to rescue Zhao and did not really intend to attack again.

  However, most things in the world do not change with human will. Sometimes they stick to a bad direction of development, and sometimes they stick to a good direction of development.

  At this time, things were going in a good direction for Chen Yi. But for Professor Hack, it was just the opposite.

  Because the professor trusted his new defense system too much, he didn't notify the mainframes of other colleges to enter a state of tension. Chen Yi copied Xiao Mei's skills, but had very strong software analysis capabilities.

  Professor Ha's system, tested with the latest hacking software, is indeed very powerful. However, no matter how good a system is, it cannot withstand careful analysis and scrutiny, especially when faced with 160% of Chen Rongxi's strength, which far surpasses that of ten ordinary Chen Rongxis.

  Three minutes later, the mainframe of the College of Engineering was breached.

  Still taking the same route of memory overflow, Chen Yi somehow managed to take advantage of his superhuman speed to seize the highest authority before the administrator took measures and modified the administrator password.

  Now this large computer will be under his control, at least until the other party disconnects.

  The students who saw Chen Yi's transformation couldn't help but exclaim "ah ya ei wo ka".

  Indeed, for them, the current situation is a bit too sudden, like a hungry diner trying to sweep away the remaining clouds before realizing that the dishes on the table have been eaten clean by another master.

  Those who were originally standing beside Xiao Yu and Chen Rongxi are now surrounding Chen Yi. Just watching his typing speed is enough to make people feel that it's worth coming here.

  On the other side of the globe, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, it was very quiet.

  Professor Ha Ke stared incredulously as his carefully researched mainframe defense was rendered useless, his chest aching with each passing moment.

  His deputy couldn't help but persuade: "Professor, we didn't notify the network administrators of each college in advance. Now as long as they are well-prepared, they won't be able to succeed again. Moreover, the mainframe of the Engineering College did not adopt the best defensive measures..."

  The sound is getting smaller and smaller, and the best defense measures are often not implemented, which can make one's computer useless.

  Hake said in a low voice: "Has it been notified yet?"

  "Yes."

  The professor grunted. He didn't blame him for only notifying other colleges now. The University of Wisconsin was a massive entity, unlike the isolated universities in China. Its subordinate colleges were themselves huge branch campuses, and the University of Wisconsin system consisted of many public universities with their own names and organizational structures. That's why it would take several hours to prepare just the Madison campus, which had over 40,000 people and more than a hundred majors, not to mention the departments that shared servers with other campuses.

  In a hacker battle, several hours seemed as long as centuries. Confident Hack didn't want to bother with this.

  "First notify the relevant departments. You take over the defense of 'Sea Witch'." Hack patted his forehead and sat down in front of a computer. His reputation, to a large extent, came from this supercomputer Sea Witch, whose security system configuration was designed by Hack himself several years ago.

  At this moment, the large screen in front of everyone lit up with a red flashing light again.

  "The Astronomical Academy was breached, their reflecting telescope lost control."

  "Damn it." Hack stood up, his cheeks puffed out, and he swallowed the "how could you" that was on the tip of his tongue. The room was full of his students and subordinates, how could he say anything?

  However, he was also thinking in his heart. The main host defense of the new equipment, although not perfect, had just been installed for a short time and this was the first attack, without experience, unless the opponent could write hundreds of lines of code per minute and modify a software within minutes, how could they win at once?

  So, it's likely there is a traitor among us? Professor Hark's gaze slowly swept from left to right.

  He would never have thought that there really are people who can write hundreds of lines of code per minute.

  This miracle is now unfolding before the eyes of 5 boys and 5 girls.

  More than 5,000 keystrokes per minute, without a single mistake...

  Attacking every two minutes, each arrow hits its mark...

  Every three minutes, conquer one host, invincible in battle...

  Gradually, Chen Rongxi and Xiao Yu both stood up, they didn't have much to operate on anymore.

  Professor Harker and his team were already overwhelmed, watching helplessly as the red flashing lights on the big screen lit up one by one, each light representing a server that had fallen, every flash causing the professor pain.

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