Genius Club.

Chapter 265 Calling You in the Center of the World (Additional Updates Asking for Monthly Tickets!)

boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

The whole stadium was shaking!
Although the behavior of the genius boy Kevin Walker is full of childishness, the show effect is simply explosive!
In this already tense game, his words immediately ignited the entire audience, and the cheers of the 8 American spectators rose and fell for a long time.

"Fuck! Master! Master!"

"Genius! A true genius! He really got it right this time!"

In the Bluetooth headset, VV's excitement and excitement were no less than those of the Americans in the conference hall, and his roar almost broke Lin Xian's eardrum.

Lin Xian bared his teeth, quickly pressed down the headphones and rubbed his ears, then covered his mouth with his hands and whispered:

"Why are you shouting so loudly!"

"So cool! Really so cool! Genius! Really such a genius! Lin Xian, I want to play too! I want to play too! You can also hold a pen like this later! I have thought of the lines for you, just say--"

"Shut up and stop talking."

Lin Xian turned his back and whispered:
"VV, hurry up and get down to business. Have you figured out how to stop Kevin Walker from attacking the Skynet system?"

"Don't worry, I arranged it yesterday."

In the headset, VV regained his composure:
"My approach is similar to Kevin Walker's. I give him a taste of his own medicine!"

"According to the rules of the World Hacker Competition, all attacks must be launched from the competition site, without the help of external forces, so Kevin Walker must issue instructions from the computer in the venue, which is opposite us. Isn't that simple?"

"[He is using his dark hand to surround us and prevent me from leaving... Then I will directly surround the United States and prevent him from leaving! His command signals cannot be sent out from the United States, so how can he attack the Great Firewall of Internet Security?]"

"Don't worry about being exposed. I've done it very covertly. I've already ambushed all the major power systems and network systems in the United States. When the free demonstration phase of the competition comes and Karen Walker starts the hacking program... I will physically cut off the power or the network at the external transmission nodes of the US Internet, so that his instructions will stay in the United States and not a single character can get out!"

……

After hearing VV's plan, Lin Xian felt relieved. He turned around without changing his expression and looked at the boy in a hoodie walking towards the competition seat across from the competition stage.

VV's trick is shameless, but very useful.

As expected of a super artificial intelligence, its brain is still very active.

Lin Xian couldn't help but think of the jokes that netizens made fun of on the Internet -

The most advanced form of business warfare is to kill the other company's money tree with boiling water.

The most invincible hacker is the one who cuts off the power and unplugs the network cable.

"Good plan."

Lin Xian praised softly:
"It seems that after more than ten days of learning and iterative evolution, you have indeed become smarter than before. If you were only a juvenile VV when you were born a few days ago, you should be considered a juvenile VV now. You have indeed grown stronger."

“Hahahahahahahahaha…” A chilling laugh came from the Bluetooth headset:
"Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river, don't bully young people into poverty!"

"..."

Lin Xian sighed:
"You should learn something serious, VV, and stop learning these clichés." He complained.

……

soon.

The 2023 World Hacking Competition has begun.

The competition went on as planned, with each team showing off their skills. Some found loopholes in the Android system, some cracked the latest Apple phone system, some cracked Microsoft's firewall, and some hacked the Google homepage...

These parts are no different from previous hacker competitions.

Because the loopholes are found and the programs are written in advance, these competitions are carried out very quickly, and the results are basically out in a dozen seconds at the fastest and a few minutes at the slowest.

These successful hackers received applause and bonuses from sponsors. At the same time, they also followed the competition rules and made the vulnerabilities available to the hacked companies free of charge, allowing them to fix them in a timely manner and consolidate network security.

Carry on to the end.

The teams with the highest points are Dragon Country and the United States.

There is no suspense about this.

Because the other teams were sent by major Internet companies or civilian hacker organizations to get bonuses and show off their skills, while the teams sent by Long Country and the United States are national teams.

Although the national team is not composed entirely of official national personnel, it is sure to have selected the country's top computer talents, and its strength is bound to be far superior to those of the ragtag teams from other representative teams.

Therefore, in the free presentation session, other teams basically gave up directly.

Because there is no prize money for this session, and with Kevin Walker around, there is no possibility of winning at all.

Smart hackers will choose to save these vulnerabilities for the next competition or other competitions to get bonuses. There is no need to waste them here.

Hackers need to eat too.

Either you eat a decent meal or go to jail, you have to choose one.

Lin Xian turned his head and looked at the scoreboard on the big screen.

Currently, the United States ranks first with a slight advantage over Dragon Country.

Combined with the scores from the final free demonstration session, the final champion of the hacker competition was decided.

Neither the leader nor the first four members of the team had any hope for Lin Xian, and they all comforted him:
"Relax, everyone knows you're going to lose, but we definitely can't give up, that would be a joke. Just go up there and perform, don't feel any pressure."

"Yes, yes. To be honest, it's really difficult for you. I've arranged for you to face Kevin Walker, a losing fifth pick. However, the country has many considerations. Please understand."

"Winning or losing this competition is not important to us at all. After 2017, our Longguo has never won the World Hacker Competition. It's not that we don't have the ability, but we just think it's unnecessary and the loss outweighs the gain."

"The real victory or loss is not here, the real victory or loss is on the other side of the Internet Security Great Firewall! As long as we can defend the Great Firewall and prevent Kevin Walker from successfully invading the Skynet system, it means that we have won! As for the championship of this competition... it is meaningless and no one cares."

……

Lin Xian also nodded and shook hands with the seniors.

He didn't care about winning or losing.

The purpose of coming here is not to win or lose.

Just as the elder brother said, Dragon Country can only be considered a real winner if it can defend against Kevin Walker's attack on the Skynet system. What does the championship here mean...

The team leader stepped forward to draw lots.

The US team presented first, followed by the Dragon Country team.

That is, Kevin Walker comes on the court first, and then Lin Xian.

"VV, get ready."

Lin Xian lowered his head and spoke in a low voice.

"Don't worry, Lin Xian. We have already prepared for this. The moment he issues the command, many network nodes hundreds or thousands of kilometers away from here will lose power and the Internet for a short period of time. The time is very short and it won't cause any major impact. We just need to make Kevin Walker's data command lost."

After listening to VV’s report.

Lin Xian raised his head and looked at the talented young man whose face was covered by the hood of his sweatshirt on the other side of the stage along with the team leaders around him.

I don't know who started it first in the audience.

The entire venue began to shout slogans in unison! They became restless!
According to the competition rules, you must remain silent at this time.

But the unified voices of the 8-person venue have already started, and the momentum is so overwhelming that it cannot be stopped at all.

And the talented young man seemed to enjoy the cheers.

He raised his right hand high!
then……

Press the enter key!
……

National Security Command Room.

"Is the attack coming?"

"Here they come! But there are very few of them, much fewer than we expected. We can defend against them!"

The technicians were nervous as they looked at all kinds of data:
"Fortunately, all the loopholes in the previous ambush have been plugged, otherwise if they were to explode all at once... we really wouldn't be able to defend against it!"

"Director Liu An's guess is correct. Those loopholes are just feints. Kevin Walker's purpose is not here. He has hidden other loopholes. He is attacking those new loopholes now. It's just... the attack power is much weaker than we imagined?"

"Although this is good news, we can't take it lightly! Be serious! Stay alert!"

……

The United States, New York-New Jersey Stadium, the World Hacker Competition.

The audience seats, which were originally cheering, gradually became quiet, and the noise became smaller and smaller.

what happened?

They did not hear the good news and the news of the successful invasion of the Skynet system that they were expecting.

Kevin Walker, the young genius hacker who had been very calm just now, suddenly began to type furiously on the keyboard, obviously in a tough battle.

This is the competition seat.

Lin Xian pressed the Bluetooth headset:

"VV, what's going on?"

"We intercepted 99.56% of the attack orders, but... we still missed some. Physical equipment is not absolutely reliable. Sometimes the timing of power outages and network outages is affected by various factors. One device even crashed due to aging... I had no choice but to cut off all the power in that city."

In the Bluetooth headset, VV's voice is at ease:
"But don't worry. Their information security department can handle the leaked attack instructions. The free demonstration session of the hacker competition has a time limit, so Kevin Walker is powerless to save the situation. It's too late for him to come up with a new solution."

At this point, VV smiled and said:

"Lin Xian, congratulations on winning the World Hacker Contest! He won't get any points like this, but you can get 17 points by hacking the Tesla car, and you can lead the Dragon Country team to overtake them in one fell swoop!"

Lin Xian chuckled and was about to say something -

This time!

Kevin Walker, who was standing across the stage, pulled a USB drive out of his pocket!
Plug it into your computer!
Lin Xian frowned. What is he doing?
VV guards the border of the US Internet and ensures that no information or instructions can escape from the US. So what is Kevin Walker busy with?
Are there other ways to attack?

suddenly……

Lin Xian recalled the moment Kevin Walker came on the court, he raised his right index finger high up, pointing straight to the sky, like the seal of the genius club!
"There's more heaven...there's more heaven!"

He looked up at the sky!

However, it was too late -

On the big screens on both sides of the stadium, an announcement message flashed simultaneously -

[Beidou satellite RD12-14-2658 hacked! ]

boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

The New Jersey Stadium with 8 people erupted in unprecedented applause and cheers!

Although it was a pity that Kevin Walker failed to break into the Skynet system, he successfully hacked a satellite of the opponent's navigation system!
This is also unprecedented!

According to the rules of the hacker competition, you can get 80 points by hacking a national satellite!

It also directly locked in the victory!
“Kevin!” “Kevin!” “Kevin!” “Kevin!” “Kevin!” “Kevin!”…

The open-air venue cheered the name of this genius hacker! Celebrating his undoubted victory!
"Sorry, Lin Xian."

In the Bluetooth headset, VV felt a little lost:

"For me at this stage, encircling the U.S. Internet border is already the limit. By the time I realized that he would use [Starlink satellites] to bypass the ground network and hack Beidou satellites directly from outer space, it was too late."

"Kevin Walker knew the loopholes in the Starlink system of SPACE-T and hacked directly into the satellite network. He then quickly transmitted signals in space through more than 2 Starlink satellites in Earth orbit and hacked into the Beidou navigation satellite in space orbit."

"I'm still too weak now. This is the first time... I suddenly want to grow up quickly."

"It's okay." Lin Xian comforted:

"We have successfully defended the Dragon Kingdom Internet Great Firewall and the Skynet system. We have achieved our goal. Although this may sound like a spiritual victory... in fact, we have already won."

At this time.

The leader and team members of the Dragon Country team next to them also happily high-fived to celebrate.

An older brother came over, patted Lin Xian on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"The Beidou satellites starting with RD are for civilian use, so don't be too nervous. Although I don't know what happened, this must be Kevin Walker's last resort to use this trump card to protect his capital because he couldn't break through the Dragon Kingdom's Internet Great Firewall."

"He actually lost out. According to the competition rules, the security loophole of the Big Dipper must be publicly provided to our Dragon Country. Military and civilian programs still have certain similarities... Kevin's actions may have won the hacker competition, but it is equivalent to giving our country a very important security loophole for free! We should be happy."

The leader next to him also smiled:
"Yes... Although the Beidou satellite he hacked is for civilian use, he was able to break into it in such a short time. I think this vulnerability must be very dangerous. Isn't it better to let him hand over the vulnerability for nothing now than to hack into our Beidou satellite system when the critical moment comes?"

……

Lin Xian looked at the happy team members and felt relieved.

If these professional bosses think it’s okay, then it’s definitely not something to worry about.

The reason why Americans cheered was because they felt that Kevin Walker was already very powerful. He hacked into a Beidou satellite of Longguo and also locked up the championship of this hacker competition in advance.

They feel like they have won!

On the Longguo side, we have defended the Great Firewall of the Internet, protected the Skynet system, protected the security and privacy of the country and its people, and also took advantage of a loophole in the Beidou system for free.

I feel like I won too!
This is probably...

It's a win-win situation.

If there was only one person who would lose in this hacking competition, it would be myself who was about to take part.

The satellite hacked by Kevin Walker added 80 points to the US team.

It only takes 17 points to hack a Tesla car by yourself.

There is no doubt about losing.

However, if they lost, they lost. It was just a champion of a hacker competition. Neither the Dragon Country officials nor Lin Xian himself came for the trophy.

It's just a loss of a game, what's the big deal?
Lin Xian didn't care.

……

The cheers that lasted for ten minutes finally died down.

The host then walked onto the stage and announced that Lin Xian would come on stage and start the free performance session of the Dragon Country team.

At this time.

The super conference venue, which was filled with 8 people, was eerily quiet.

There was no movement at all.

No applause,

No cheers,

No shouting,

No cheering.

Nothing at all.

Lin Xian stood up from the preparation seat and walked towards the competition seat with big strides.

at this time……

Shhh————

There was a burst of impolite booing in the meeting hall.

Shhh————

As if they had a tacit understanding, the hall with 8 people, filled with American audiences, all booed Lin Xian who was in the middle of the stage!
in all directions,

Front, back, left, right,

Up and down,

Full of boos!

Lin Xian looked around.

Looking around amid the boos...

The venue with a capacity of 8 people turned out to be so large and so spacious.

It turns out that booing can be so quiet and so loud.

Shhh————

Shhh————

A long, uniform, and endless stream of boos.

Like a heavy sea, it submerged Lin Xian...

suddenly!

Amidst the endless boos, there was suddenly a shout of encouragement from the top of one's throat:

"Lin Xian - come on -"

Clear.

Loud.

The boos from the 8 people in the stadium were deafening.

In an instant.

The boos surrounding the entire stadium stopped abruptly and disappeared instantly.

Everyone either stood up or turned around, looking around, trying to find the source of the only voice of encouragement.

The venue for 8 people is too big...

Big enough to drown everything.

Everyone turned around and around, but couldn't find the location where the shout came from.

Wow!

There was a sound of cloth unfolding in the wind.

At the highest point of the 8-seat stadium in New York, New Jersey, a square of red flutters in the wind!

That is the red flag of the Dragon Kingdom!
A bright red flag of the Dragon Country fluttering in the wind!

The eyes of 8 people, including Lin Xian on the stage, all looked in the direction of the red flag.

A petite and proudly standing girl from the Dragon Kingdom.

She raised her hands high.

Above the head, the red flag of the Dragon Country flutters in the wind.

The fluffy high ponytail swayed in the wind, but her slender body remained motionless in the night wind!
"Senior Lin Xian——"

She screamed at the man in the middle of the stage who was bound to lose, using all her strength in her life:
"come on!!!"

(End of this chapter)