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Ping Pong

A sound came from room 212 of the startup base.

It was the sound of Shen Kang falling off the table—when he slipped and fell, he instinctively grabbed at things on the table and around him, and they all fell to the ground with him.

He Qiuzhu, who had been sitting obediently in front of the computer, was startled and quickly left her seat, squatting down next to Shen Kang and looking at him worriedly.

"Shen Kang, are you alright?"

"It's nothing, I was just careless for a moment."

Shen Kang lay on the ground, saying that he originally wanted to simply stand up, but when he saw He Qiuzhu squatting next to him staring at him, his childishness kicked in, and he did a somersault on the spot, "flying" up and standing still.

"So cool!"

He Qiuzhu squatted on the ground, raised her head, stared wide-eyed, and looked on with envy.

Shen Kang felt better.

He knew that as long as he did this, she would definitely admire him that much.

"One more, please."

Shen Kang stumbled, thinking, "Where did you learn this from?" Then he coughed, "Let's not fight for now, let's talk about business first."

"oh."

He Qiuzhu was somewhat disappointed, but she didn't force herself and stood up from the ground.

Shen Kang grabbed her shoulders, pressed her back down in front of the computer, and then pointed at the screen, asking, "You're saying this is the test server of the Yangke University Network Center?"

He Qiuzhu nodded, "Hmm." But she immediately shook her head, "This is my computer. I'm just logging into a test server at the Yang University of Science and Technology's network center."

Shen Kang asked again, "What do you mean? You mean you can actually find the poster's real address and dorm number on this thing?"

He Qiuzhu shook her head. "No, Shen Kang. It's just a stepping stone that allows me to obtain access port information, but I can't see the specific mapping table..."

Just as Shen Kang, this half-baked vagrant, was being bombarded with knowledge by the most beautiful freshman in the Computer Science Department, hurried footsteps echoed in the corridor outside.

The next moment, we arrived at the door of room 212.

A knock sounded on the door, and Ma Liang's voice came from outside: "Boss, it's me, open the door."

Shen Kang was so dizzy from being force-fed a drug by the school beauty that he took the opportunity to slip away. When he got to the door, he saw Ma Liang standing outside.

"Come in."

Shen Kang stepped aside to let Ma Liang in, then closed the door, saying with a hint of surprise, "Where did you go all day today? I couldn't get through to you on the phone."

He wasn't lying to Lu Tinglan; he really hadn't been able to find Ma Liang all day, so he just brought over his "Chief Technology Officer" to give him a perfunctory response.

Unexpectedly, his chief technology officer seemed to have given him a pleasant surprise...

"Something came up."

Ma Liang's eyes flickered slightly, and before Shen Kang could say anything more, he immediately changed the subject: "Boss, what do you want with me?"

"Oh, it's nothing really."

As Shen Kang spoke, he led Ma Liang to He Qiuzhu's side, saying, "I just want you to find out the real address of someone on the Beiming Community."

"Who is it?" Ma Liang asked casually.

Shen Kang also gave the person's online name: "Happy Pluto".

"?"

Ma Liang paused, looked at Shen Kang, and wondered: Isn't this the alternate account that the boss asked him to create for him this morning?

He investigated himself?

What kind of play?

However, Ma Liang immediately received a subtle glance from Shen Kang.

Although he still didn't know what his boss was thinking, Ma Liang understood and blurted out, "This is difficult, boss. This kind of information is stored in the school's network center, and the specific mapping table may even be physically isolated. No matter how skilled I am, there's nothing I can do."

Shen Kang couldn't help but ask, "You can't get into the school's network center? I saw in the movies that you can do everything by just typing a few keys, right?"

"You said it yourself, that's just what happens in a movie, boss."

After Ma Liang finished speaking, he saw Shen Kang's expression that said, "So that's all you're capable of?" Ma Liang's technical confidence was immediately boosted, and he began to express himself with a touch of arrogance.

"However, it's not that it's impossible to get in, it's just quite complicated and can't be done in a short time. Take our school for example, the network segment used by students cannot directly connect to the network center; it can only go through a 'bridge' between the two, such as the school's official website. First, we need to hack the school's official website and gain access. Then, we need to find a host with multiple network cards, eavesdrop on the in-band management traffic, impersonate the gateway, intercept the administrator's account password, and then use the database as a relay..."

Shen Kang has a big head.

Good heavens, one just finished pouring in the energy, and now another one's like Tang Sanzang chanting sutras.

The way these computer science students talk is really a headache.

"No, Lao Ma, why does it sound so complicated?"

Ma Liang nodded. "It is quite troublesome. Didn't I just say so, boss?"

Shen Kang then asked, "Does it take a lot of time?"

Ma Liang nodded again, "It's not just a matter of time anymore; it also requires a lot of knowledge and technical skills."

Shen Kang then asked, "Can the freshmen who just enrolled this year do that?"

Ma Liang replied firmly, "I can't do it."

Shen Kang nodded, then pulled Ma Liang's arm and made him stand next to He Qiuzhu. He then pointed to the computer screen in front of He Qiuzhu.

He Qiuzhu said, "This is an LNU test server in our school's network center."

He then said, "The hostname is completely unidentifiable, and the prompt doesn't reveal anything. Hey, could I do something about it?"

"OK."

He Qiuzhu obediently got up and stood next to Shen Kang, giving up her seat.

Ma Liang sat down and began to play the piano rapidly on the keyboard.

Less than 30 seconds later, Ma Liang spoke, his tone utterly shocked: "It really is a test server from our school's network center!"

As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at He Qiuzhu.

"...He, I remember you. You're a freshman, just like the boss, right?"

He Qiuzhu nodded obediently, "Mm."

Shen Kang added from the side, "It's absolutely true. Back in September, she was still learning how to boot up, restart, and shut down the N system."

He once went to pick up He Qiuzhu after class and heard Fu Rong and the others talk about what happened in class that day, so he still has a deep impression of it.

Upon hearing this, Ma Liang stared at He Qiuzhu as if she were a monster, which frightened He Qiuzhu, causing her to hide behind Shen Kang.

Shen Kang was unhappy about this. She coughed and gave Ma Liang a look, reminding him not to scare her.

Ma Liang then looked away from Shen Kang and said with great emotion, "I just find it a bit too unbelievable... He, can I ask you how exactly you gained control of this server? Don't worry, it's just a technical discussion."

He Qiuzhu was tugging at Shen Kang's sleeve.

Shen Kang squeezed her hand, indicating that he was there for her.

In addition, Ma Liang was an old acquaintance of theirs, so He Qiuzhu spoke up: "The senior assistant in the network center once treated us to dinner and told me about the management p segment of the core switch, as well as an expired piece of information—the p address and low-privilege login account of an old LNU test server that had long been forgotten in the network center."

"..."

Shen Kang couldn't hold back any longer.

Fake hackers are constantly typing on their keyboards. Real hackers, on the other hand, can be dealt with in a single meal?