Siva (Volume 1) The Legend Of The Destroyer

Chapter 09: Updating Position

Chapter 9

Updating Position

The warning lights blinked red and yellow inside the control center and that made everyone not only tensed but also panicky. It was the sign of hacking procedure, a signal that something was trying to enter the main game server of Terroa.

"What's happening?! What's going on?" 

Chief Operations Officer Carl Hanes shouted from his office on the third floor of the computer filled room.

"Someone is trying to hack inside the system!" A lab personnel shouted.

"He's so freaking fast!"

"I can't track him!"

"He's using multiple attack patterns, this is freaking insane! He's like a robot!"

The computer maintenance personnel was typing in their panels as fast and as precise as they could. Twenty high grade computer geniuses hired from all over the world couldn't do a thing on the person hacking the main server of Terroa.

At that, Carl moved his own hands and a panel emerged right in front of him.

He typed at the same pace as the technicians, entered codes and commands, then finally, in their main panel right at the front of their office, the system map had displayed itself. In there, clearly shown in blue lines, is the normal operating system of Terroa. Surrounding it, was the green colored liquid flowing nonstop towards the center of the map.

"This is..." Carl couldn't believe his eyes. "This is not hacking. It's an update."

"Boss..." Carl turned around and saw his assistant in his office holding a hand held phone. "It's President Ethan. He wants to talk to you."

Everyone inside the room froze as they saw what was happening inside the server. It was not a hacking, though the red lights are still blinking. What was seen in the monitor was the live actual status of the game's main server, the AI [Janus], that regulated the functions and status of Planet Terroa 24/7 live.

And in there, with multiple command lines coming out one after another, the system map was slowly being dyed in green. In short, the whole game itself was in the process of being updated live.

Usually, it would be done in maintenance but right now, the system itself is being updated live, with the users still online. 

God knows just what was happening inside.

"Hello?" Carl summoned a hologram panel in front of him and he spoke in a harsh, trembling tone.

[Carl. What's the meaning of this?]

"Excuse me sir?"

[Why am I receiving this report of a hacking?]

"No sir...I mean, this is not a hacking."

[Then what is it? Why is the system module showing me this red blinking light?]

"Well, it's because the system is having an update."

[Update?! What are you talking about? I never got any request or any kind of paper in my desk regarding an update!]

"That's what I was talking about sir."

[Explain.]

"Well, just a few moments ago, we thought we were being attacked by a hacker but it turns out that it was a false alarm. The system itself was being updated and Janus did not so much as attempted to defend itself."

[Meaning, the update came from within us.]

"Yes sir."

[Find it.]