The boss of a foreign organization called the police, claiming that he was defrauded by me

If they can't find the real reason, then the United States is completely finished.

Back then, the United States was the world's hegemon, ranking first in politics, economy, military and many other fields. Now that there is no network signal, it is simply a joke. At that time, it will be difficult for them to go out, not to mention meddling in other countries' affairs, and they will be in trouble themselves.

Team One was in charge of investigating the line. They couldn't go out to research, so they could only dismantle a small signal tower at the headquarters to conduct research.

Since there was no signal anyway, they simply cut off the power supply nearby, found all the hidden line connections, and exposed their connection methods.

If there is a problem with some connections, the signal at the headquarters will naturally be affected, but it is worth noting that this will only cause signal loss within a specific range of the headquarters and will not affect the outside world.

However, they now have no choice but to start from this point, and they cannot communicate with the outside world. First, they need to find out the reason why the headquarters has no network signal. By then, even if the reason is not the same as the cause of the loss of signal in the entire United States, they cannot draw a general conclusion based on a single case, but it is definitely of certain reference significance.

Removing the wiring is not difficult, it just takes a little time.

In order to speed up the process, they simply called in a few soldiers from the armed forces to help. In the beginning, part of the line was hidden underground for aesthetic reasons, and the soldiers now needed to use brute force to remove the bricks and stones on the protective cover.

This is difficult for researchers because the lines were buried at the very beginning, and now the building has been built for many years, so it is not easy to expose them again.

At least with their strength, even if they have tools in hand, it would be difficult to break through if they can't find the point of force, and they can't find specialized personnel to come and dismantle it in a short time.

Fortunately, the soldiers can do everything. Which one of them doesn't have strong hands-on ability?
It took a little bit of familiarity to get the hang of it, and in less than ten minutes I successfully exposed the original protective cover.

The wiring is hidden under a protective cover, which is made of a special insulating material.

At this point, the soldiers' task is basically completed, and the experts need to take action next.

The protective cover is not directly on top. It involves various tiny parts connected in the middle, and each part needs to be manually unfastened. It is definitely not a problem that can be solved by brute force.

In the next ten minutes or so, everyone squatted down and carefully disassembled the connecting parts one by one.

This task is not only highly technical, but also extremely boring.

During the disassembly process, everyone must be very careful to ensure that every detail of the parts is intact.

After all, these parts will need to be put back together later, and you can't just throw them away like that.

"Oh my god, why were these things designed so complicated?" someone couldn't help but complain. "I thought I would never have to see them again, so I added all the possible connection methods at once. Now I have to restore them one by one. It's so annoying!"

"Oh, stop complaining. We're already unlucky enough." Another person sighed and said, "No one knew something like this would happen. How could the network signal suddenly disappear?"

While everyone was complaining, they kept working.

At this moment, they had no time to rest at all. Even if they hated this job, they had to grit their teeth and complete it.

Finally, the connection of the last part was successfully released.

Everyone carefully removed the protective cover, revealing the multiplexed circuit underneath - this was the core area of ​​the entire headquarters signal.

"It looks like there's nothing wrong with this line," someone said after a careful observation. "It's the same as it was before. It's almost the same as before!"

"Of course," a senior technician said proudly, "We used the most advanced materials at the time, and even now, these lines seem to be as good as new. When we first designed it, we took into account the problems that might be encountered later, so we invested a lot of money in this module."

"But what does this have to do with our lines?" someone asked doubtfully, "It seems that the loss of network signals has nothing to do with the lines..."

Before everyone had time to be happy, their mood fell into depression again.

To outsiders, the densely packed wires at the bottom are intertwined, making it difficult to tell whether there is a problem.

But for these professionals, some of whom had even participated in the original design, they could tell at a glance whether there was a problem with the line, without the need for any instrument to measure. Their eyes and judgment were more accurate than any instrument.

To be on the safe side and to facilitate the subsequent report writing, everyone used instruments to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the lines. The results did not surprise them, all the line connections were intact and there were no problems.

In other words, it can be basically concluded that the loss of the headquarters network signal has nothing to do with the line connection.

Next, Team 2 was responsible for checking whether the network system had any problems due to the attack. They did not need to find any lines, but sat in front of the computer and wrote a series of codes.

Although the loss of network signal has caused many software to be unable to be used normally, not all software has failed completely, and some can still be barely run.

They first checked various network parameters of the device to determine if it had been maliciously modified or attacked, resulting in data loss.

However, they tried everything but could not find any problem.

Various test results showed that everything was normal and there were no abnormalities.

Such a conclusion obviously lacks reference value, which makes everyone feel a little confused.

They really couldn't figure out what caused the loss of network signal.

The headquarters' network addresses were not attacked in any way and all firewalls were intact.

This is definitely not the work of hackers or crackers, and there is no virus infection.

You know, this is a national-level network center, and the staff here are all top talents in the field. Their technical strength is not inferior to those of international hackers and crackers, and is even stronger.

"We can't find any problems here," the leader of Team 2 said helplessly, "If it was really man-made, then the other party was too smart to leave any clues. No matter how we check, it shows nothing wrong."

"Impossible," someone shook his head firmly. "This technology does not exist in the world. Even if it exists in the future, it will most likely be in the hands of the United States. You know, our scientific research team is one of the best in the world. If we can't figure it out, how can other countries do it?"

"There's nothing we can do," another technician sighed. "We checked all the connection methods, and no matter how many times we checked, the results were the same. We can basically rule out this possibility."

Everyone fell silent, and Team 2's research ended in failure.

They ruled out one hypothesis, but still couldn't find the root cause of the problem.

At the same time, Team 3, under the protection of an armed team, quietly slipped out from a remote exit of the headquarters.

They went to various nearby locations to check the signal conditions at each location, but the conclusion they came to was disappointing.

The signals randomly measured at each point are in a no-signal state.

The detection instruments are all intact, but no matter how they are tested, there is only one conclusion - no signal.

No matter how close or far the distance is, the result is the same!
They even went to further places to try, but the needle of the instrument remained motionless and remained on the horizontal line.

Even a slight shake can give people a glimmer of hope.

However, reality is so stingy that it is unwilling to give even a hint of fantasy.

The pointer stayed firmly at its original position, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not move it at all.

……

The director of the technical department asked each group about their research conclusions, however, no one could give a definite answer.

Each group simply ruled out one possibility, but this only made everyone more confused.

What is going on? I can't find anything!

Although eliminating some possibilities can be considered a new discovery, the problem is that after doing this, everyone doesn’t know how to proceed. Even the head of the technical department feels helpless.

He really didn't expect that he had tried all the methods possible but still couldn't find the crux of the problem.

It couldn't be further from the truth.

"No," the technical director said after thinking for a moment, "These are not the final reasons. There must be something we overlooked. Let's think carefully about what caused the loss of network signal!"

"What could be the reason?" someone said in frustration. "We have ruled out all possibilities that may affect the signal. Is there any other possibility?"

"We have used all the equipment that can be used," another technician said helplessly. "The headquarters can be said to have gathered all the most advanced equipment. If we can't even investigate this, then the experts from the research institutes in other states will not be able to find out!"

"This is trouble," someone said worriedly, "We've tried every method, but haven't come to any useful conclusions. We're just wasting time now! If we don't solve the signal problem, the chaos in the United States will become irreversible and completely out of control!"

Everyone felt frustrated, depressed, desperate, uncomfortable, guilty and self-blaming.

They couldn't figure out why the network signal was lost, and they were top experts in this field!
It was so embarrassing that no one could come up with a solution to the problem! It could even be considered a disgrace to one’s career!

This was the biggest problem they had encountered since they started working. Even if they put all their efforts and wisdom together, they still could not find a solution to the problem.

"Could it be that this is really caused by the kind of black technology that appears in the movie, which is far beyond the current level?" Someone couldn't help but start to doubt, "But will the plot in the movie really happen in reality?"

"It's not like we've tried everything,"

At this moment, the director of the technical department suddenly had an idea and thought of an aspect that everyone had overlooked. "Since the problem cannot be solved on the ground, why not start from the sky!"

The minister's words cheered everyone up.

After trying everything, they found that they had been neglecting one important area - the sky.

So far, all their efforts have been based on the ground level. No one has yet conceived and explored going further into space.

After ruling out ground-based factors, they began to suspect that there might be a problem with the space station or the operating satellite.

Although this idea sounds a bit exaggerated, it is indeed a point that no one has considered before.

Under normal circumstances, there would be no problem. But now that something so outrageous has happened, they can no longer look at the problem with a normal perspective.

All the conventional methods available are no longer able to solve the current problem, so they naturally have to consider more fundamental factors.

As soon as the director of the technical department finished speaking, he received puzzled looks from other technicians.

This indirectly proves the absurdity of this idea. Others have never considered this aspect.

I have to say that the minister himself felt a little surprised and absurd after he said it.

How could a good satellite have problems? The United States is one of the countries with the most satellites in the world!

And their relevant technical level is also ahead of all countries.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if other countries’ satellites have problems, the United States’ satellites may not necessarily have problems.

After all, they have launched more satellites than most countries combined.

Even if problems occur one after another, the United States will still have the most satellites in the end.

This is inevitable both in terms of quality and quantity.

"Heaven? What does that mean?" Baipu happened to hear this sentence.

He and some other cadres all looked up at the top of their heads. This was a subconscious action, which looked a little funny.

But there was nothing on it except some lighting fixtures.

Baipu soon realized that his behavior was a little funny, so he quickly put his fist to his mouth, coughed unnaturally and asked: "What does the sky mean? What did you find? Don't keep me in suspense, tell me quickly! There is no time to show off mysteries now!"

Seeing this, the other ministers also nodded, tacitly skipping over the slightly funny scene just now, and naturally continuing the topic. After all, they were not experts in the technical field, and their thinking was not so divergent. When they heard the word "sky", the first thing they thought of was the vast sky.

"Minister, you mean there is something wrong with the space station or the satellite, so the network signal is..." someone asked tentatively. (End of this chapter)