The Monster is Coming

Chapter 27 Report
Just as Qi Sheng was paying attention to the operation of the test tower.

In the real world, the Human Federation Star Network Security Center.

beep!
"Verification passed!"

An electronic warning sounded and the metal door slid into the wall.

Ding Xiu walked into the office and sat down in front of the computer desk.

Looking at the increasing number of online reporting information on the right, he couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, the projector on the ceiling started automatically, and the beams of light converged in front of the desk, condensing into a robot projection.

"Smart Xiao A is here to serve you. You currently have 328 unprocessed online reports, of which 227 have been marked as AI-processed items and will be handled by Xiao A. I cannot make accurate judgments on the other 101 reports after searching and reading them, so you need to analyze and resolve them yourself."

Ignoring the smart assistant, Ding Xiu pressed the blue button on the table. Immediately, the projector on the ceiling shone more light, building a virtual workbench with Ding Xiu as the center.

Countless blue and white light spots slowly rotated around him.

"start working!"

Cheer up, Ding Xiu quickly got down to work, clicking on the white spots of light surrounding his body and reading the report information.

After AI screening, all the reporting information presented to him needs to be processed personally to determine whether to transfer the reporting information to local law enforcement agencies or to internal regulatory units of other races.

After handling four reports in succession, Ding Xiu clicked on a white light spot again.

The projection immediately condensed into a virtual screen in front of him, with detailed report information on it:

Whistleblower: Games are art
Authentication identity: Wang Xuexue (identity code: ...)
Report content:

There are cyber fraudsters in the group spreading fake phishing links, saying that the links can download the latest virtual reality game "Dark Land" released by the Eclipse Clan...

(Attachment: Group chat screenshot)
(Attachment: Screenshot of the network ID information of the publisher)

……

Ding Xiu was surprised when he saw this report.

This kind of information is fake at first glance, and he knows it is definitely fake information without clicking on the link.

There is no cracked version of the games released by Eclipse many years ago, let alone the recently released "Dark Land" which uses more advanced confidentiality technology.

That's why it seems strange.

Logically speaking, the AI ​​assistant should be able to handle this type of information on its own, so why does it need to be handed over to him for manual verification?

"Xiao A, why don't you deal with this report information?"

In response to the question, AI assistant Xiao A, who was sitting on the table, stood up and pointed at the report information in front of him and said:
"We need to conduct a detailed inspection of all reported information and verify the content of the report before making a judgment. However, I cannot retrieve any useful information from the evidence provided by this report and cannot proceed further."

After listening to Xiao A's explanation, Ding Xiu became even more confused:

“Why can’t it be processed further?”

"There are three reasons. First, I searched for the 'welfare officer' mentioned in the report and found that although the person's network information can be searched on the Internet, his account does not have any authentication information, and the IP location information cannot be found... In other words, this account was registered without identity authentication. There is no precedent for unauthenticated registration in my database. There is a logical error that I cannot recognize."

"Secondly, I went to the reported link to search for other clues and found that this link also had problems. I was unable to break through the authority behind the link... This was the feedback I finally got."

As Xiao A finished speaking, the information on the light screen in front of Ding Xiu changed.

A prompt pops up on the projection screen:
[The download limit has been reached. The publisher has not enabled new download permissions, so you cannot continue downloading. ]

Assistant Xiao A's face showed a humane expression of doubt:
"My permissions are A-level permissions in the Human Federation's network information processing. I have no right to read the S-level information set by the intelligent main brains of each city and the Federation's main intelligent brain. I have the right to skip the authentication and read the rest directly, so the check of this link can only be judged as a failure."

"Finally, I checked the online traces of the 'welfare officer' and could not find any online clues that could be read and traced, including in which groups he posted the download link. I could not find any specific information."

"In summary, according to Article 238 of the AI ​​Regulations, AI must authenticate all information before it can handle an incident on its own. However, I cannot further authenticate any of these three clues, so I have determined that the inspection has failed and will be transferred to manual processing."

After listening to Xiao A's story, Ding Xiu suddenly realized that the seemingly fake report information was far from as simple as he thought.

He immediately followed Xiao A's approach and rechecked the publisher's authentication identity, link information, and IP address.

The result was just as Xiao A said, no useful information was found at all.

"Could it be the Eclipse Clan?"

Faced with such a strange question, the first thing Ding Xiu thought of was the Eclipse Clan.

The intelligent core computers and the main brain of the human federation's major cities were initially created with the help of the Eclipse Clan.

The star network that connects the human race and the various fleeing forces was also completed with the technical support provided by the Eclipse Clan, so only the Eclipse Clan has the highest authority to enter the networks of other clans at will.

The Human Federation had also worried about this issue back then, believing that there were hidden dangers in connecting to the star network and that the secrets of the human race would be exposed to the Eclipse Tribe.

But this issue was suppressed during the discussion of the Federal Supreme Council. The reason was simple: someone asked the following question at the meeting:
"I would like to ask the managers of the major cities and federal congressmen present here, given the technological level of the Eclipse Tribe, if they really want to do something to humans, what is the chance of our resistance being successful?"

The remark silenced the protesters at the meeting.

In fact, the Eclipse Clan wanted to invade the Earth, and humans were powerless to resist.

During the years of contact with the Eclipse Tribe, they have never shown any hostility towards humans, and have also proactively provided various technical support.

If the Human Federation can connect to the star network created by the Eclipse Clan, it will obtain a large amount of technology stored by the Eclipse Clan on the star network, which will be a huge boost to its development.

Finally, the meeting voted and decided that the Human Federation would connect to the Star Network, request assistance from the Eclipse Tribe, and build a city intelligent brain and main brain belonging to the Human Federation.

Therefore, the intelligent mastermind of the Eclipse Clan has supreme network authority that is higher than that of the masterminds of other clans.

Only the super brain of the Eclipse Clan has the authority to set absolutely confidential information on the Star Network, and can also bypass the intelligent brains of various clans to complete the registration information through non-certification registration applications.

Thinking of this, Ding Xiu's expression became strange.

The top leaders of the Eclipse Clan, who possess the power to control a super-intelligent computer, registered an unverified online identity just to post a spoof link on the Human Federation’s network?
This conjecture is really too outrageous.

But apart from the involvement of the Eclipse Clan, he couldn't think of any other possibility.

In order to find out the identity of the welfare worker, Ding Xiu submitted the report to the head of the network security team.

After explaining the reasons in detail on the phone, he ignored it and continued to deal with other reporting information.

Ten minutes later, the team leader "Yue Dong" appeared beside him in the form of three-dimensional projection.

"Ding Xiu, I have already reported your report to the Federation Mastermind, and the conclusion is that it has never approved unverified identity registration information, so the welfare officer is likely a high-ranking member of the Eclipse Clan."

"Is it really the Eclipse Clan?" Ding Xiu frowned slightly.

"Only the Eclipse Clan has the supreme authority over the Star Network that can bypass the Federation Mastermind. After analyzing the welfare worker's series of strange behaviors, the Federation Mastermind gave 12 possibilities."

"The first possibility is that there was some kind of problem within the upper echelons of the Eclipse Clan, causing one of its members to steal the database of the Dark Land and spread the cracked version on the network of our Human Federation."

"The second possibility is that this is just a prank by the Eclipse Clan's top brass, and there is no cracked version of the game behind the link."

"The third possibility..."

……

Having said that, Yue Dong was silent for a moment before continuing:
"But none of these 12 speculations can perfectly explain the welfare officer's confusing behavior."

"The biggest problem now is that the federal intelligent computer cannot track the welfare worker's online activities, including the chat groups where he spread the link, and cannot download the content through the link, so it is impossible to determine whether there is really a game behind the link."

"Ding Xiu, I'm giving you a task now. Monitor this link information in real time and wait to see if there is a possibility of opening the download permission next time."

After listening to the team leader's story, Ding Xiu nodded immediately:

"Understood. I will pay attention to whether there are any changes to the permissions of this download link that has been closed."

The team leader's figure faded at this time, and Ding Xiu turned his head to look at Xiao A who was sitting blankly at the table:

"Xiao A, help me keep an eye on the link and report any situation to me."

Assistant Xiao A raised his head at this time, with a humane expression of bewilderment on his face:
"I don't have access to the link, so I can't conduct in-depth monitoring."

"You don't need to check whether the download permission behind the link is enabled. I want you to click to download at a frequency of 24 times per second, hours a day. Since you don't have permission, we will use high-frequency connection to wait for the moment when the permission may be enabled."

"Understood!" Little A nodded at this time.

……

Just as Xiao A turned on the high-frequency connection.

Qi Sheng, who was in Dizhong Village, received feedback from the guidance, indicating that intelligent AI was making high-frequency access requests to the Challenger system.

This made Qi Sheng realize that the way he recruited players might have attracted the attention of the Human Federation’s cybersecurity agency, and even the attention of the Human Federation’s top brass.

Qi Sheng had no idea how to deal with this.

As the number of players of Monster World continues to grow, there will eventually be a day when it will be fully exposed.

He was not worried about being exposed, he just wanted to delay the exposure.

The various forces on Earth are unable to stop the growth of the number of Monster World players.

Because the highest authority of the star network built by the Eclipse Clan had already been guided to be easily infiltrated and taken over.

(End of this chapter)