Long Live Money in Anime Crossover

Although everyone may have a heart of loyalty to the emperor and love for the country, the degree of this feeling is not enough to make them give up their livelihood.

This should be the normal reaction of the vast majority of Chinese federal citizens.

Just as Cao Yuanming said, national righteousness, loyalty to the emperor and love for the country are often less important than one's wife, husband, son and daughter.

"Alright, alright, that's enough. Let's get to work. We work at Cao's Bank, so who would dare to tamper with us? Even if they had the ability, they'd better have the guts!"

The person who knew about military affairs told a joke, which wasn't very funny, but everyone laughed along, thus easily ending the unpleasant topic.

Then, everyone lost interest in chatting, turned on their computers one by one, prepared to connect to the system and network, and begin their work for the day.

In a place like a bank, where powerful families and warlords can make money, computers, which can greatly improve work efficiency, are definitely a must. The staff here are all veterans, each extremely familiar with their own computers and the bank's systems.

As time went by, the bank doors opened, and people gradually began to come in to conduct business. People no longer had the mind to think about national affairs.

However, at that very moment, in a small town 144 kilometers away from this bank, a small branch of another Cao's bank had a black stick buried in a flower bed not far from its entrance.

Now, a glimmer of light appeared on the stick; it had received a quantum command from Luoyang and had begun to operate.

This device is actually the military quantum communication device that Momo used back then. It not only has the function of a neural connection device, but also combines a lot of powerful features.

Now, the black stick is activated, and it begins searching for nearby wireless networks, quickly finding results.

To make things easier for customers, the bank provides free Wi-Fi to the public, and surprisingly, its internal network is also directly connected to the external network.

Although accessing the bank's internal network requires staff to fill out various forms of information and cross-verify various data security codes, this level of verification is considered an impenetrable defense by the world's technology.

Unfortunately, what Momo and his group possessed was technology from the Accelerated World, technology that had been theoretically developed after countless cyber warfare battles.

After discovering the network, the quantum communication device easily accessed the defense system, which only relied on passwords and data verification, under Luo Yang's orders, and began to infiltrate all systems.

With the support of powerful quantum servers in Luoyang, this most secure defense measure in the world was directly cracked and breached by quantum computers using an exhaustive brute-force method.

Following Luoyang's orders, the quantum communication device began to recklessly copy all the data from this small branch. At the same time, taking advantage of the interconnected networks between banks, it spread from this small branch to all directions of Liaodong.

Soon, the larger branch, located 144 kilometers away from the town, became the second target. Faced with such a powerful intrusion, the bank's virtually defenseless network proved to be flimsy and was compromised once again.

The staff, who were working normally, had a vague feeling that something was wrong, because the system and network seemed to be responding a little slower.

Is it an illusion, or has some kind of fluctuation occurred?

However, when faced with customers who were still conducting business, they continued working despite their questions, without anyone bothering to consider why.

Even if they try to figure out what happened, they probably won't come to an answer.

In this world, the concept of hackers and viruses has only recently come to be understood because of Mo Mo and his group's hijacking of the entire data communication network of the Chinese Empire, and this concept is clearly not something that ordinary staff members would know.

Next, this branch became a network transit point for the nearby Cao's Bank, and the bank's data was directly reported to the head office of Shenzhou Cao's Bank.

This also enabled the continued unbridled data invasion, and the torrent of data invasion moved from here toward distant Shenzhou, toward Cao Yuanming's hometown.

All the data in the bank, regardless of its importance, was frantically copied and transmitted to distant Luoyang, and the entire banking network in Liaodong seemed to slow down at the same time.

However, even at this point, no one realized what had happened.

……

The same thing happened not only in the banking industry, but in any industry that is advanced enough to require the use of computers, all of them were affected.

Workers in all industries, including power, steel, manufacturing, communications, internet, broadcasting, and television, have begun to notice that the internet suddenly seems to have slowed down.

Some busybodies contacted others to inquire about their situation, but when they discovered that many people and industries were facing the same predicament, no one paid any attention anymore.

In their view, this was probably the reason for the network fluctuations, causing problems for everyone's network.

Everyone has questions, so what's the rush?

The company responsible for internet operations stared in astonishment at the network being at full capacity, completely bewildered and unsure of what was happening.

What day is it today? Are we all taking down our movies?

Are all the people in the entire Chinese Empire with computers stopped working and are downloading movies?

Those who didn't understand the technology took it for granted, while those who did were completely bewildered. Only Cao Yuanming's technical director, who had recently made the world's first epic mention of the concept of computer viruses, seemed to realize what was happening.

Unfortunately, he had been removed from his position as technical director and became one of the scapegoats for the incident during the emperor's speech, relegated to a mere technician.

He had been racking his brains these past few days trying to figure out what had happened, and finally he had some clues. Today, when he saw that the computer was acting strangely again, he instinctively wanted to report it to his superiors.

There's definitely something fishy about this report!

Unfortunately, the report resulted in the military superior, who was completely ignorant of technology and had just been transferred up, believing that he was disrupting morale. He beat and kicked the poor guy out of the technician ranks and sent him home.

And so, everyone noticed the anomaly, and everyone quietly continued working amidst it, until the quantum communication devices that Argo and his group had placed throughout the entire Chinese Empire completed their work, sending all the political, economic, military, industrial, and other data of the entire Chinese Empire back to Luoyang, and no one raised any objections.

Once the data was packaged and sent, the quantum terminal's work came to an end, and the congested data network finally returned to normal. All the staff working in front of their computers beamed with joy, jokingly cursing the internet service provider for finally fixing the problem.

However, the company responsible for the network service was still completely bewildered, watching the network suddenly return to normal, wondering... had all the movies been downloaded?

By this time, it had been ten hours since morning, now it was evening. Even quantum communication took ten hours to complete the transmission, which shows just how enormous the amount of core information for the entire country was.

However, this was not the end. The smiling staff members did not know that the nightmare had only just begun.

Just now, the quantum communication interrupted the transmission of data to Luoyang. Now, Luoyang is sending data to the quantum communication terminal, which is then transmitted through the quantum communication interruption to the Internet of the Chinese Empire, and distributed to all industries and departments.

This time, what was delivered from Luoyang was the most cutting-edge hacking program developed by Fengzi using the technology of the Accelerated World: viruses, Trojans, backdoors, worms... countless types and countless quantities.

Like a thick, dark fog, it traveled along the entire network of the Chinese Empire, reaching every place where computers were used, all the most core and precious places.

Six p.m.

The sun slanted, its rays shining upon the land of China, the dim light seemingly foreshadowing the end of something.

Countless black mists finally arrived at where they were meant to be, arriving at every networked computer in the entire Chinese Empire.

Then, darkness fell.

In an instant, less than a second later, all the computers in the entire Chinese Empire were completely locked down.

It plunged into darkness.

Author's Note:

I'm still owing three chapters today, but I'll try my best to make up for it tomorrow.

099 Chaos begins here.

Back at 5:59, we arrived at the foot of Mount Tai in the Qilu Military Region, where the Yingshi Power Plant, the largest in the entire Qilu Military Region, is located. It is responsible for supplying electricity to Kongjia in Jinan and the surrounding counties and cities of Mount Tai, bearing a heavy responsibility and being the most advanced.

In this world, although there are Sakura Stones that can generate electricity, and the amount of electricity generated by Sakura Stones is quite large, it is much better than the various methods of generating electricity in Mo Mo's previous life. Not only is it pollution-free, but in terms of the energy level of electricity generated, it is only slightly lower than nuclear fission power generation.

Therefore, in theory, as long as more Sakura Stone power plants are built and more Sakura Stones are consumed, electricity can be supplied to all the people of the Chinese Empire and even to everyone in the world.

Unfortunately, while the reserves of cherry blossom stone seem plentiful, the amount of cherry blossom stone native to the Chinese Empire is extremely scarce. Japan holds over 70% of the world's cherry blossom stone reserves, meaning that almost every country, including the Chinese Empire, has to import cherry blossom stone from Japan.

Before Britannia attacked Japan, the reason why Japan was able to survive for so long between the two great powers of the Chinese Empire and Britannia, becoming the last country with autonomy besides the Chinese Empire, the EU, and Britannia, was because the former Japanese prime minister and all previous leaders had been conducting Sakuragi politics, using export quotas for Sakuragi to keep the great powers in check and balance each other.

However, in the end, this kind of balance can only be applied to countries that are reasonable. When Britannia arrived in Japan in a Knightmare and did not reason with Japan, Japan became Area 11, and Sakuraishi in Japan became a piece of fat meat in Britannia's mouth.

Therefore, although there is no immediate crisis of Sakura Stone being completely depleted, the Chinese Empire still faces a shortage of Sakura Stone. After all, Sakura Stone is used in almost every industry of modern technology, and although electricity is an essential energy source, Sakura Stone can only be used in a portion of its applications in electricity.

Therefore, the electricity provided by the Sakurashi Power Plant was naturally prioritized for the most important and critical uses, with the remainder reserved for the nobility and the wealthy. This allocation left very little electricity for ordinary people, who mostly relied on intermittent power supply, and some remote areas still lacked electricity altogether.

Without electricity or roads, it's easy to imagine that in remote parts of the Chinese Empire, the people there were living lives decades, or even centuries, behind the times.

Getting back to the main point, it's almost six o'clock, and the Sakurashi Power Plant here is about to hand over its work tasks.

However, thanks to the development of technology, and as the largest and most important Yingshi Power Plant in the Qilu Military Region, this place is naturally a gathering place of first-class technology in the Chinese Empire and even the world.

Almost all the personnel are technicians or even engineers, and the entire power generation process does not require human intervention. The only human responsibility is to place the assembled Sakurastone power generation base at the feeding port and hand it over to the waiting machinery. The entire process is then completed by the mechanical assembly line.

The technicians and engineers are responsible for operating computers in their offices and adjusting minor details. These include fine-tuning the reactor temperature, adjusting the amount of cherry blossom gas supplied, and adjusting power generation based on grid load.

The computer will react immediately to even the smallest problem. At this point, you only need to make minor adjustments according to the manual to restore the Sakurashi Power Plant to normal operation without any major errors.

Compared to the arduous physical labor and various work risks that used to be in the power plant, this power plant is now a comfortable haven that many people dream of entering.

"Shift change, shift change, Brother Liu, you've worked hard today."

In the office responsible for temperature monitoring, several technicians subconsciously glanced at their watches. At that moment, another group of people pushed open the door and entered, instantly enlivening the atmosphere in the office.

The middle-aged man, addressed as Brother Liu, grinned, pinched the bridge of his nose, and said, "What's so hard about it, Xiao Wu? Isn't this the kind of work we do here? Come on, everything's normal today except for a slight fluctuation in the network."

As he spoke, Brother Liu opened the system's handover interface. Next, Xiao Wu needed to input his data, and then the work for the next eight hours would be handed over to Xiao Wu.

"Network fluctuations?"

Xiao Wu took out his employee card, swiped it in front of the device, then skillfully entered his relevant information, clicked the mouse, and the handover was completed instantly.

"Ah, yes, the network has been fluctuating all day. I don't know what happened, but even our internal network was affected. This is really strange. In the past, even if there was a problem with the external network, our internal network would at most be unable to access the external network. This time, even our internal network was affected."

"Yes, that was really strange, but it seems to be normal now?"

"Ah, that's right, it's back to normal. That's good, now I can go online and play for a while when I get home. The rest is up to you!"

"Don't worry, Brother Liu, leave the rest to me. I guarantee everything will be perfect."

Xiao Wu revealed a confident smile. He had been in this line of work for two years. He might not be able to make big decisions, but he knew the system in front of him like the back of his hand.

As long as this system is still in place, there's nothing to fear, and nothing it can't solve!

"Clap."

With a soft click, the computer screen went black after the system handover was completed, and then the computer seemed to lose power and stop working.

Not only the computer in front of the two of them, but all the computers in their office and the entire Sakuraishi Power Plant went black in an instant.

what happened?

At that moment, it seemed that no one reacted; everyone stared blankly at the computer in front of them.

Is there a power outage?

So they looked at the lights above their heads, which were working normally, and listened to the rhythmic mechanical sounds coming from the Sakura Stone Reactor in the distance.

The reactor is still operating normally, and the power supply is normal, so why did the computer suddenly stop working at this time?

it's wired.

"What's going on here?"

Xiao Wu was puzzled. He scratched his head, sat down, and restarted the system. Everyone in the entire Sakura Power Plant was doing the same thing. Liu, who was about to leave, also frowned and stopped, saying, "This has never happened before. Could there be something wrong with the system?"

"But shouldn't there be a collective problem?"

The computer started up, the familiar startup screen appeared, and it was about to enter the operating system. Everything seemed to be normal.