Chapter 29: Hurricane in Three Hours

  The last three hours before sunset are the most magnificent three hours in the Northern Hemisphere.

  At the beginning of this day, there are still countless computer geniuses who spend their time writing code, programming, browsing forums, pretending to be elites and recognizing fake beauties, wasting their lives in various ways.

  But when night falls or day breaks, a magnificent picture unfolds. It not only attracts those sharp monsters but also lets ordinary people experience the threat from the internet.

  This is a hurricane originating from Wisconsin, but it doesn't mean it will stop in America at all.

  Chen Rongxi is a talented young girl. Not only does she have an impressive talent, but also has a solid foundation, all of which are hidden under her age, her eccentricity and her family background. Only when Chen Yi fights with twice his ability and three times his speed in Professor Hack's defense system does Chen Rongxi's talent burst forth in a way that even she doesn't know.

  Perhaps, in a normal state, Chen Rongxi was just a computer beauty beyond ordinary people. But when Chen Yi increased all her abilities by 60% in the form of a scroll and added other attributes, those talents and foundations suddenly inflated like bread, giving back multiple times.

  At 15:30 in the Eastern Eighth Zone, 1 hour and 11 minutes after Chen Yi used the scroll, the hurricane began.

  At this moment, under the influence of the copying skill, Chen Yi's entire mind is focused on computer technology. He cannot pay attention to and judge other problems, like a patient with limited thinking. Or, the scroll has improved his ability in one aspect while restricting his abilities in other aspects.

  Including his macro judgment.

  Chen Yi no longer considered the goal of using scrolls, no longer considered the losses suffered by the other party, and no longer considered the future aftermath. He didn't need to consider anything, as long as he kept modifying the code, attacking, and...

  He attacked the supercomputer at the Wisconsin Research Center.

  This act shocked and enraged Professor Hark. In fact, it shocked and enraged the US government.

  Because this multi-billion-dollar supercomputer doesn't belong to the University of Wisconsin, but rather to the state of Wisconsin, placing it at the Madison campus is just for convenience of use and maintenance. Besides them, there are hundreds of other institutions lined up to use it.

  Professor Hake is just about to crack the lost password of the meat chicken through it.

  It did succeed a few times, but then it brought about Chen Yi's inevitable retaliation.

  For any hacker, a supercomputer is a behemoth. It has its own proprietary system, it has its own professional operators, and it's fully equipped with its own defense systems...

  At 15:40 in the Eastern Eighth Zone, Chen Yi began clearing the perimeter of the supercomputer like attacking a fortress.

  At 15:42 in the East Eighth District, Chen Yi tore open the third Agility Scroll and the second Intelligence Scroll, and drank six bottles of Energy Recovery Potion in one breath.

  His brain was in a state of excited dizziness.

  At 15:55 on August 8th, 6 servers changed their administrator passwords, and 3 hosts added new "guests".

  At this time, Chen Yi also discovered a way to invade the supercomputer - by linking its other hosts.

  At this time, Professor Hark, or other network administrators, had no idea that danger was approaching. They took the attack on the supercomputer very seriously, but absolutely not seriously enough.

  At 15:58 in the Eastern Eighth Zone, two new access requests appeared in the massive data chain of the supercomputer. No one thought to take a look at it.

  Chen Yi's hands went crazy. Not that his previous actions weren't crazy enough, it was just that now they were even more thorough in their craziness.

  He infiltrated the supercomputer in the simplest, most stupid and also the most difficult way to deal with - through 6, 8 or even dozens of different hosts, participating in the attack completely manually.

  This is equivalent to more than 10 people with 1.6 times Chen Rongxi's ability, 2.88 times his intelligence (intelligence scroll stacking doubling effect), launching an attack - currently, it is equivalent to more than 10 world-class programming hacker masters.

  Of course, Chen Yi needs to pay out speed and energy that is more than 10 times that of a normal person. He is now relying solely on medicine to hold on.

  The effect is surprisingly good.

  When administrators at the University of Wisconsin discovered that the two access requests were not friendly, they had no choice but to disconnect the supercomputer link and deny all access links.

  The problem is that a supercomputer linking hundreds of institutions in North America cannot be physically disconnected so easily.

  At 16:21 on August 8th, a supercomputer from Jiangning began to attack the University of Wisconsin–Madison's supercomputer "Sea Witch" via a springboard.

  Although its password was touted as being able to withstand a brute-force attack for 10,000 years, out of caution, at 4:25 PM in the Eastern Time Zone, "Hai Yao" finally announced that it would sever all physical connections.

  Up until now, Professor Hark had lost his most powerful assistant and at the same time lost the only chance to retrieve the passwords of all the servers in the college.

  The University of Wisconsin began slowly, hesitantly and reluctantly severing the physical connections to departmental servers.

  Next, some servers connected to it continued to be subjected to frenzied attacks. Some of them lost control, while others were suspected of being invaded and subsequently announced that they would cut off their connections.

  In fact, over time Americans have reason to believe they were under organized massive hacker attacks, more and more servers disconnected in panic.

  At 16:30 in the Eastern Eighth District, two hours and eleven minutes after using the scroll, Chen Yi had already completed his expected goal and attracted the attention of the whole world.

  Those hundreds of servers represent millions of network services. When they are suspended, not only government and corporate institutions suffer losses, but also ordinary people's online applications are affected.

  Whether it's forum heat or Google keywords, there was a significant surge in an instant. The US government, like a hornet that had just woken up from sleep, rushed up chaotically with different departments.

  At 16:40 on August 8, hackers who acted on rumors hung a statue of Jesus on the external website of the White House. Poor White House website, it's like braised pork belly, ready to be devoured at any time.

  In the backyard of the villa, a low exclamation was heard.

  "This host is really hard to deal with." Xiaoyu spoke up first. They didn't know yet that Chen Yi had just obtained administrator privileges on a world-class supercomputer, not only stronger than the supercomputer where their terminals were located, but also with complete permissions.

  Chen Rongxi stared blankly, his mind a mess, unable to understand why his second brother, who usually only liked playing games, was so fierce in the hacker battle.

  When did he learn programming? Chen Rongxi was completely baffled.

  If she knew that Chen Yi, who was now massacring all over the world, was the result of amplifying herself as a basis, Chen Rongxi would have jumped up excitedly long ago.

  So-called genius girls are actually just girls who lack experience and accumulation. The skill duplication scroll, while copying her abilities, also made up for some of the deficiencies.

  It was Chen Yi, who didn't think of anything else, with a mind full of aggressive hacker thoughts, everything prioritized victory, the thrill of writing programs far exceeded the pain of intense typing.

  He was like a mad pianist, single-mindedly thinking of how to press faster, the mysterious and endless numbers and letters in other people's eyes couldn't slow him down.

  In the backyard, apart from the clacking of keyboards, there is also the sizzling sound of barbecue.

  At 16:55 on August 8th, the 100th server was invaded.

  This is a wonderful moment.

  North America's internet came to a grinding halt.

  The domino effect has been maximized.

  This glory lasted for 3 minutes before being taken back by the Americans who were suddenly awakened, with various means to take back three servers. But the impact caused can never be restored.

  The morning sunlight in Wisconsin is particularly dazzling. The defense system, which was modified overnight, has completely collapsed, and even the principal who doesn't understand computers has rushed back to his office to announce that all colleges will revert to their original software systems.

  Professor Hark, already sitting in a chair with a blank expression, muttered to himself: "Absolutely impossible to make adjustments so quickly, who can adjust the attack based on the defense system within two minutes? Impossible..."

  He was completely overwhelmed by speed.

  Perhaps it is because he has studied too many things that makes him over-trust universal data and neglects the abnormal problems.

  Chen Yi continued to lower his head and write programs, like a silly bookworm. Only when using the scroll and drinking water did he show a bit of spirit.

  He wants to complete the production of a new software in the remaining time.

  ……