无敌智能

第一卷 成长之路 第007章 青刀

In the headquarters of the Geek Alliance China division, located in a building in Beijing, Qingdao, wearing deep glasses, was enthusiastically examining a set of backend data.

Qingdao appeared to be in his thirties, with a slightly thin body, giving off a scholarly vibe.

However, Qingdao was not his real name; "Qingdao" was just a code name. Basically, anyone who could access the internal forum of the Geek Alliance knew that Qingdao was not only one of the three major moderators of the forum but also one of the only two nine-star hackers in the forum.

"This XXM is somewhat strange. He completed nearly twenty reward tasks in just one hour, and each task took less than three minutes. How did he do it?"

Qingdao's eyes showed a hint of surprise. These reward tasks were completely trivial to him, but even for him, it would be impossible to complete nearly twenty tasks in just an hour. Being able to complete about ten tasks would already be considered terrifying.

"It seems that this XXM may be a hidden expert. Hmm, I'll test him out."

A hint of interest appeared on Qingdao's face, and he replied to the three-star hacker assessment given to XXM by the backend.

"This is an advanced hacker task. If he is really a hidden expert, there should be no problem."

After replying, Qingdao felt a bit more anticipation in his heart.

In the Geek Alliance, there were plenty of low-level and intermediate-level hackers, but once you reached the level of advanced hackers, there was a clear gap. There were only thirty-six members in the entire Geek Alliance who had reached the advanced level, which was quite a disparity compared to the thousands of intermediate-level hackers.

So, discovering an advanced hacker was something Qingdao was very happy and excited about.

XXM was the code name for Du Cheng within the Geek Alliance. Du Cheng had no idea that his exceptional performance had caught Qingdao's attention, let alone that his upgrade assessment had silently been elevated to a higher level.

In the hospital room, Du Cheng had been waiting for less than ten minutes before receiving a reply from the backend of the Geek Alliance. His face showed signs of excitement.

However, when Du Cheng opened the message from the backend, he was immediately stunned.

"So difficult..."

Just by glancing at the assessment task Qingdao had given him, Du Cheng already knew that this task was completely different from the reward tasks he usually received. Moreover, it was much more difficult.

Gray Lion was a recent rampant virus on the internet. It could infect executable files of any operating system, reside in computer memory, and continue infecting other executable files based on it. The most dangerous aspect of Gray Lion was that once activated, it could overwrite the data on the host's hard drive and cause the hard drive to fail. It also had the ability to overwrite the BIOS chip of the host computer, causing the computer to fail to boot.

And the task was for Du Cheng to crack the Gray Lion virus without causing damage to the system or loss of files.

For a powerful hacker or geek, this Gray Lion virus was not a difficult task. However, for Du Cheng, it was not simple. The most important thing was to protect the system and files of the client, which made the task even more difficult.

"What's wrong, dear master? Is this virus very difficult?"

On the other hand, Xin'er was completely different. For her, this virus was very simple. With her powerful functions and super-time technology, this small Gray Lion virus was nothing to worry about.

"Well, it's a bit difficult for me. Even if I try to crack it seriously, I'm afraid the success rate won't exceed thirty percent." Du Cheng spoke honestly. This was indeed a very difficult task.

"Do you want me to help you?" If the master was in trouble, Xin'er would naturally not stand idly by.

"Not for now. I'll try to crack it myself first. If I can't do it, then you can take over." Du Cheng didn't want to rely entirely on Xin'er because he knew that such reliance was not a good thing for him.

"Alright. I'll simulate a virtual system for you to try." Since Xin'er's main program basically had no viruses that could invade it, she had to simulate a system of this era for Du Cheng to try.

Du Cheng nodded. After Xin'er simulated the virtual system, Du Cheng let the Gray Lion virus infect the virtual system and then fully immersed himself in cracking the virus.

Du Cheng was quite skilled at cracking viruses. Although viruses were diverse, there were generally only a few methods to deal with them. However, it would take much more time than dealing with simple viruses.

Time passed quickly. Finally, around one o'clock in the afternoon, Du Cheng finally managed to crack the Gray Lion virus. However, Du Cheng knew that he had actually failed this task considering his current level.

The reason was simple: although Du Cheng cracked the Gray Lion virus, he couldn't completely protect all the infected files. Therefore, Du Cheng's task could be considered a failure.

"Xin'er, it's your turn. It seems that I still need your help."

Despite two hours of effort and eventual failure, Du Cheng knew he had learned a lot. Most importantly, he knew that if he tried a few more times, he could definitely complete this task. However, due to time constraints, Du Cheng had to hand over this task to Xin'er.

Moreover, Du Cheng needed money now. Although Xin'er's powerful functions could allow Du Cheng to illegally acquire wealth without leaving any traces, Du Cheng didn't want to do that.

Fortunately, the Geek Alliance could temporarily meet Du Cheng's needs. Du Cheng knew that from the intermediate reward task onwards, the reward amounts would gradually increase significantly.

"He actually cracked it. It seems that this XXM really has the strength of an advanced hacker. It just took a little longer than expected. It seems that I should let him spend some time in the intermediate reward task area first."

Inside the headquarters of the Geek Alliance China division, Qingdao, who had just finished eating, sat down shortly afterward and saw the information that XXM had completed the reward task.

This made Qingdao even more sure of XXM's strength. Being able to add another advanced hacker to the Geek Alliance China division was an extremely exciting thing for Qingdao. Therefore, Qingdao kept an eye on XXM.