The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

In early June 1988, a dozen cars were slowly driving through the high mountains.

The driver was extremely careful while driving because the road was very difficult to navigate, and there were cliffs with drops of hundreds or thousands of meters on either side. If he wasn't careful, he would be heading to the underworld.

After spending Children's Day with Wang Jun'an and the other kids on June 1st, Wang Duoyu set off for the ALD district.

Because the airport in the ALD area is not yet fully developed, Wang Duoyu cannot take a plane directly there and can only travel slowly along the mountain roads.

The main purpose of this trip to the ALD area was to check on the progress of the telescope construction there, and secondly, to do some hunting and other activities.

After traveling along mountain roads for several days, Wang Duoyu finally arrived at the ALD District Observatory camp.

This time, because it was summer, Professors Li Yuming and Zhu Lishun were also here.

After exchanging pleasantries, Wang Duoyu asked:

"Professor Li, Professor Zhu, how is the construction of our observatory progressing? Is there any delay?"

"No, no, everything is going smoothly."

Li Yuming immediately smiled and said that, and then took Wang Duoyu to visit the camp.

The first place we visited was the large glass processing workshop. The workshop was huge, and the enormous processing machine was only installed last year and started operating in April of this year.

Because this machining center was so large, it consumed a lot of electricity, which led to the need to build several power plants at the camp.

Solar power plants are the main power generation equipment, but the weather here is relatively extreme, so a lot of people are needed to manage them.

Five years ago, Harbin Institute of Technology might have been short of staff, but now it certainly doesn't lack technicians.

Moreover, we no longer lack college students in China; however, there is still a shortage of highly skilled technical personnel.

Secondly, there are equipment such as mirror vacuum aluminizing vacuum units, unique grinding systems in special constant temperature environments, unique grinding tools, and optical glass fine grinding machines. Some of these are still just empty workshops, while others have already transported the equipment over, but construction has not yet started.

Many technologies are still under development and have not yet been developed.

Equipment that can be transported in advance will naturally be transported in advance, and then construction can begin.

As is well known, the manufacturing process of an observatory telescope mainly consists of four steps: design stage, material procurement and manufacturing, assembly and debugging, and observation and testing after installation and debugging.

I won't go into the design phase; the main focus was on site selection and designing the telescope structure.

We are currently in the stage of material procurement and manufacturing.

A telescope mainly consists of components such as the primary mirror, eyepiece, tube, focusing mechanism, support, and finder scope. The most crucial component is the primary mirror, as it directly affects the observation results.

Telescopes have many components and require extremely high precision.

That's not a requirement for a hair's breadth, but a requirement for something tenth thinner than a hair's breadth, or even finer.

Wang Duoyu is currently touring the power plants; there are six power plants scattered around the camp.

"Are six power plants enough?"

Pointing to the airport under construction in the distance, Wang Duoyu asked this question.

The observatory camp is now a huge construction site.

Although there are no tall buildings here, the tallest building does not exceed thirty meters, and most buildings are low-rise bungalows.

Only a small portion of the towers are communication equipment towers, which are more than ten meters high.

However, all of this requires electricity, so to be honest, six power plants may not be enough.

"For now, it's enough," Zhu Lishun explained from the side.

At night, the electrical energy is stored. There are many ways to store electrical energy. For example, in the ALD area, the excess electrical energy generated in the summer is stored by compressing air into underground caves hundreds of meters deep, turning the electrical energy into the internal energy of the air.

This is the energy storage method for compressed air energy independently developed by Harbin Institute of Technology, commonly known as a non-combustion-type 'air power bank'.

In the ALD area, this method is very useful.

Other methods include energy storage for short-term use such as batteries, as well as gravity storage, water electrolysis for hydrogen storage, and hydrogen energy storage.

This camp has also come up with many creative solutions for power supply.

Because it is far from the hustle and bustle of the city and it is not easy for secrets to be leaked, this place is not only an observatory and telescope, but also an experimental site for many high-tech applications.

For Harbin Institute of Technology, it is definitely the most important experimental base besides the main campus.

Companies and departments that heavily rely on batteries, such as Diaopai Company, send professors or students here every summer to conduct research and development.

Of course, the airport is not yet completed, so not many people will come here now.

Once the airport is completed, the ALD area will surely become even more bustling.

That's the significance of building this airport.

After the visit, Wang Duoyu threw himself into his work.

A week passed in the blink of an eye. After finishing his work, Wang Duoyu gathered Yuan Zuliang and the others to prepare for a hunting trip in the nearby wilderness.

Summer is the best time for hunting, as everything comes back to life and the weather here is excellent, with blue skies and white clouds being quite common.

The preparations for this hunting trip were very thorough.

Five communication devices were prepared, including vehicle-mounted equipment and satellite communication phones.

In addition, there are twenty drones and spare batteries for high-altitude operations.

Diaopai Company has been established for nine years, and its battery technology has also been developing for nine years.

As early as when the location of the astronomical telescope was determined to be in the ALD region, Diaopai Company had already launched a technology project for ultra-low temperature resistant batteries a year in advance.

In winter, the outdoor temperature in Harbin is as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius, making it extremely cold.

If the batteries produced by Diaopai Company are substandard, many citizens in Harbin, as well as other organizations, will complain about the problem, and the sales of its batteries will decline.

However, the performance of batteries differs between low-altitude, high-latitude regions and high-altitude, mid-latitude regions.

The general altitude in the ALD area is over 4,000 meters. Once the drone takes off, it can reach an altitude of at least 5,000 meters, where the temperature will be even lower.

Therefore, the relevant batteries need to be prepared properly.

Wang Duoyu naturally saw the equipment, but he didn't say anything.

This wasn't a waste; it was just a test.

It's not a big problem that he can earn so much money, drive Harbin Institute of Technology to develop so many technologies, and spend so few resources.

It's like when he started an observatory telescope project in the ALD area, he invested one billion RMB and twenty million USD in the early stages.

However, with the successful implementation of numerous infrastructure and scientific research projects such as airport projects and battery projects, the investment in the ALD District Observatory telescope project has now far exceeded the previous amount.

The investment in building this airport alone cost Wang Duoyu more than 500 million RMB and more than 100 million USD.

It's supposed to be a very simple airport, but it's located at a high altitude. Just transporting building materials here is a huge hassle, and the transportation costs are substantial.

"set off!"

With Wang Duoyu's command, everyone got into the car and headed straight for their destination.

Just as Wang Duoyu was deep in the ALD area, busy hunting and relaxing, a remarkable technology was born at the old campus of Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, in what was a very ordinary month of June.

Graphene!
Professor Lao Yuanchang, an expert in materials and machinery at Harbin Institute of Technology, and Professor Fan Baojiang of Diaopai Company led their technical team for more than two years and finally found a way to prepare graphene, a new material.

In fact, many years ago, when the Mach 5 fighter jet project was initiated, Wang Duoyu had already mentioned this point: to develop a new material called graphene.

Theoretical research on graphene can be traced back to the 1940s, but it did not attract widespread attention at that time due to limitations in preparation technology.

In 1859, British scientist Brody studied graphite oxide using strong acid and the oxidizing agent potassium chlorate.

Then in 1958, Hemmers et al. improved the preparation method of chlorinated graphite using strong acid and potassium permanganate.

Last year, scientist Muras first used the name 'Grapene' to name graphene.

To date, universities, research institutions, and laboratories around the world have not given up on graphene research, but with little success.

"Congratulations, Professor Lao and Professor Fan! You are both incredibly talented. According to Professor Wang, if you successfully prepare graphene, you have a very good chance of winning the Nobel Prize."

Liu Deben, Lü Gongliang, and others who rushed to the scene upon hearing the news were overjoyed.

But Lao Yuanchang and Fan Baojiang were extremely modest, shaking their heads and saying:

"This wasn't originally the achievement of just the two of us, but rather the achievement of the entire Harbin Institute of Technology. Professor Wang's contribution was the greatest, because without him, we wouldn't have been able to develop graphene."

The discovery of graphene has overturned the scientific community's understanding of the stability of two-dimensional materials.

In previous theoretical understanding, due to thermodynamic instability, it was generally believed that a perfect two-dimensional crystal could not exist stably at absolute zero.

However, graphene has proven that two-dimensional materials can exist stably at room temperature and pressure.

"Professor Wang had previously told us that graphene has outstanding properties and is extremely lightweight. Now we have discovered that this material is probably the lightest material to date."

Lao Yuanchang explained.

He was filled with emotion, truly wondering how Wang Duoyu could have judged that this new material, graphene, would be extremely lightweight based solely on theoretical research and previous related studies.

"However, its hardness can reach two hundred times that of steel, and we have tested it; graphene's zero bandgap structure gives it excellent conductivity, which is 1.6 times higher than that of silver."

"At the same time, it also has excellent thermal conductivity. This revolutionary material can be applied in aerospace, electronics, batteries and other fields. Compared to the Nobel Prize, Lao Fan and I both think that our country's first prize in natural sciences is more tempting."

"However, Professor Wang said a long time ago that our project is highly confidential. The development of this new material is only the first step in a long journey, and there is still a very long way to go."

Upon hearing this, Liu Deben and the others nodded repeatedly and led the applause.

After his initial excitement, Lü Gongliang inquired: Can graphene be applied now? What products can it be made into? And how much longer will it take?
Neither Lao Yuanchang nor Fan Baojiang had a definitive answer to this question.

"Principal, Professor Wang mentioned before that besides mechanical exfoliation, there are other methods for preparing graphene, including redox methods, chemical vapor deposition, solvent exfoliation, electrochemical deposition, laser etching, and biosynthesis."

Lao Yuanchang shook his head and said:

"There are many methods, but we have only mastered one of them so far. We are still researching other methods."

Actually, Harbin Institute of Technology is not lacking in talent, but because there are too many projects, there is often no one to lead the research and development of a particular project.

For example, the Dawning supercomputing project has more than a thousand people, but even so, the project is often borrowed by other projects or other urgent projects.

Harbin Institute of Technology is a global leader in the field of computer science, and the adoption rate of computer-based office work is already very high.

Therefore, many projects require computers, and the demand for supercomputing is growing stronger.

After all, many projects that require a lot of computing power naturally rely more heavily on supercomputers.

Unfortunately, the Dawning supercomputing team has the largest talent pool among all the project groups, which means that many teams and laboratories like to borrow people from here.

In addition to the Dawning supercomputing project, there are also lithography machine projects, Mach 5 fighter jet projects, and high-voltage power transmission equipment projects. These are all research projects that have been ongoing for many years and involve a large number of researchers.

This is why Harbin Institute of Technology, despite seemingly having no shortage of talent, is unable to quickly develop relevant materials.

Is graphene important?

It's important, of course, but not that important.

This thing is also of great help nowadays. For example, in the Mach 5 fighter jet project, a lot of composite materials need to be developed.

The addition of graphene can significantly enhance the mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of materials.

For example, adding graphene to lithium-ion batteries can significantly shorten charging time and increase battery range.

However, in practical applications, breaking through these technologies is very difficult, as Lao Yuanchang and others have said.

Wang Duoyu was naturally aware of these things, so he couldn't rush things and didn't make too many demands on Lao Yuanchang and the others.

The emergence of graphene is of great significance to Harbin Institute of Technology, but it has not been made public.

Even the news wasn't leaked.

In London, a bustling metropolis in the British Isles, on the Eurasian continent, there is an inconspicuous internet cafe tucked away in a street corner. A tired-looking young man is staring at the computer in front of him.

He was Martin Crowder, who had been on the run for several months and had a nickname on the internet: Ghost.

In other words, he was one of the three hackers who broke into Facebook a few months ago.

After being physically disconnected from the internet, Martin Crowder fled from the United States to London, where he didn't even dare to go online for fear of being targeted by Facebook.

He had been on the run for several months, and only now did he dare to go online and try to contact the church and Guang.

However, after the message was sent, it disappeared without a trace, and there was no reply for half an hour.

"Maybe they're all like me, on the run?"

Martin, who had not received a reply, could only console himself with this thought.

As hackers, whether it's him, or Light, Church, or the others, they all rarely leave their computer screens.

The last mission he took on almost got him arrested, and he hasn't touched a computer in a long time.

So this time, it's possible that they've already been arrested.

"Just to be on the safe side, I'd better leave here for now and contact them again next time..."

Martin didn't stay at the internet cafe any longer and left first.

Because he didn't know what technology Facebook would use to pinpoint his location, being cautious was the best option.

However, he didn't know that just as he got up to leave the internet cafe, two staff members rushed over.

Seeing this, Martin immediately felt guilty and pulled his sun hat down lower as he passed by the two people, his heart beating much faster than usual.

However, just as he arrived at the entrance of the internet cafe, someone suddenly shouted for him to stop.

Startled, he immediately rushed out the door and ran away as fast as he could.

"Chase!"

Martin Crowder is, after all, a young man, although his physical condition has deteriorated significantly due to spending so much time in front of the computer.

But in the last few months, he's been traveling around a lot, which has improved his physical fitness, and he has a lot of stamina when he runs.

Most importantly, he had already made relevant plans before entering the internet cafe.

He was very familiar with the area, so he made several turns and quickly shook off the people chasing him.

After escaping, Martin found a random place to hide nearby and dared not go anywhere else.

As for the rental apartment he had previously found, he didn't dare go back there either.

Fortunately, he always carried his ID, wallet, and other valuables with him. He could only buy a change of clothes after he moved to another city.

London is no longer safe; he must leave immediately and go to Paris or another city.

However, if you're traveling from the British Isles to Paris, you'll definitely need to take a plane.

But nowadays, the airport might be full of people chasing after him.

Martin was terrified.

How to do?
His mind raced, and he now only regretted not having read more books on how to escape.

After hiding for a while, Martin finally dared to walk along the crowded streets and prepare to find a place to buy clothes so he could change out of the outfit he was wearing.

However, he was very unlucky. He had only walked two streets, less than two hundred meters, when he was caught.

The method of waiting patiently for a rabbit to run into a tree stump is still very useful.

Moreover, Martin is such a fool; he didn't even change his clothes, and he couldn't bear to throw away his backpack.

With such obvious characteristics, it's no wonder they were caught.

At Facebook's Los Angeles headquarters, Tong Zhigang quickly received the message from London.

He was overjoyed to learn that Martin, the hacker, had also been caught.

“Very good, very good. Then invite him back to Los Angeles. I will personally have a good talk with them.”

Both hackers, Light and Church, have been caught, and the Last Ghost has also been captured.

With this, all three hackers who recently hacked Facebook's website have been brought back. After hanging up the phone, Ghost's name disappeared from the hacker leaderboard.

Queens, New York, is a slum, and it's hell.

There's a saying that describes New York like this: If you like someone, send them to New York, because it's heaven; if you hate someone, send them to New York, because it's hell.

In other words, New York is a city where heaven and hell coexist.

This is a city with an extremely strong sense of division; although it is contradictory, its existence is justified.

In a gang-ridden neighborhood in Queens, robberies, shootings, rapes, and brawls occur daily.

However, a dark-skinned young man named Bertowerson was perfectly content staying there because he loved everything about it.

At that moment, Bertowerson was staring at the computer monitor in front of him, which displayed the hacker leaderboard.

"Fuck, who edited this hacker list? Who betrayed us?"

Bertowerson was secretly furious, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

A few months ago, this hacker list suddenly appeared, and most of the hackers in the United States are on this list.

There are also a considerable number of hackers who are not on the list because these hackers are more skilled and have not been discovered.

Of course, another reason might be that their technology was too low-end, or perhaps they didn't hack into any government websites and didn't have any outstanding "achievements," which led to them not being taken seriously.

Bertowerson's code name is Helios, which is the name of the sun god in ancient Greek mythology.

The codename Helios is ranked fifth on the hacker leaderboard.

Bertowerson was not proud of this ranking; instead, he was terrified.

Unfortunately, he had no idea who betrayed him, or even who was behind the website.

Anyway, his address was exposed; it was in Queens, New York.

Although the details were not fully revealed, he was still quite terrified.

He tried changing to other addresses, but as soon as he logged into the computer again, no matter which computer he used, as long as he was online, he couldn't escape.

The addresses on the hacker leaderboard will still be updated.

How could he not be terrified by this situation?

In the end, he chose to return to Queens because he was more familiar with the area and it was very chaotic, making it very difficult for outsiders to get in.

Fortunately, as long as he doesn't do anything reckless, this list is of no use.

Gradually, Bertowerson stopped being afraid, or rather, he stopped taking it seriously.

Until today, on a whim, he went back to the hacker list, only to discover something amiss.

"The ghost has disappeared?"

Bertowerson naturally knew the hacker Ghost; Ghost had joined others in attacking Facebook in March of this year.

However, Facebook is not an easy target; its firewall is very strong and can withstand the attacks from Ghost and his group.

Bertowerson admired the powerful Ghost, but the fact that Ghost's name was not on the hacker list today made him somewhat suspicious.

"Could the ghost be one of the masterminds behind this?"

Because Ghost was captured quickly after arriving in London, his address change was not updated on the hacker list.

Otherwise, Bertowerson should have been able to deduce some information from this.

After all, Ghost had been gone for a long time, but now it has suddenly disappeared from the list completely.

They either leave the industry, are recruited, or their skills suddenly improve.

However, the third possibility, namely a sudden surge in hacking skills, seems unlikely to Bertowerson.

Several years ago, Kevin, a veteran hacker, hacked into the North American Air Defense System in an attempt to show off, and was subsequently imprisoned.

After his release, Kevin did not retire from the industry; instead, he became even more vengeful and retaliatory.

They're already on the run around the world.

Of course, Kevin's name is also at the top of the hacker list, and his position changes frequently, which Bertowerson is used to.

There are many reasons why the name "Ghost" disappeared, but it's unlikely that hacking skills became too advanced.

Even Kevin is frequently caught by the people behind the hacker list, who know where he goes.

Ghost's hacking skills are definitely not as good as Kevin's.

Therefore, the possibility of them leaving the industry or being recruited is higher.

Unfortunately, he lacked the skills to find out the specific details; otherwise, he wouldn't be making such wild guesses now.

Meanwhile, inside the security bureau, his superior, Lane Taylor, hurriedly entered the office where the computer team was located and looked at the head, William Bob:

"William, how's it going? Have you found out who created this hacker list?"

Since the hacker list was published, not only have hackers been on edge, but the security bureau has also been very surprised and furious.

The hacker list is likely a grassroots, self-organized group, but no one knows exactly who it is.

William Bob is the head of the Security Bureau's computer group, which possesses considerable strength.

In terms of hardware, their superiors purchased five Nebula supercomputers and two Dawning supercomputers for them, as well as a lot of hardware parts they needed to modify their respective computers.

It's safe to say that in terms of hardware, they are absolutely superior to Kevin and other hackers.

On the software side, the security bureau even enlisted the help of technicians from Microsoft and Apple to upgrade the relevant system software.

In terms of personnel, the entire computer team consists of computer engineers who graduated from Ivy League schools, and their technical skills are beyond question.

Even with all the features maxed out, and after spending so much time, they still couldn't figure out who was behind the hacker rankings.

Simply terrible!
If the hacker list is just a list and isn't updated frequently, it means the people behind the list don't go online very often.

Finding someone when physically disconnected from the internet is indeed very difficult, almost impossible.

However, hacker lists are updated frequently, and even the addresses of many hackers are updated regularly.

This left those hackers nowhere to hide and filled them with terror.

Interestingly, Kevin, one of the original top hackers, has still not been caught.

This clearly reflects the fact that the National Security Bureau's arrest techniques are quite mediocre.

In fact, the addresses updated on the hacker list are not very detailed addresses; they are just some cities.

Even if you pinpoint a city, finding a hacker in a city with tens, hundreds, or even tens of millions of people is like finding a needle in a haystack.

"Ryan, I'm sorry, we tried our best, but they were always so quick to dodge. Before we could even react, they had already escaped."

Upon hearing William Bob's words, Lane Taylor's face turned cold, and he said in a chilling voice:
“William, listen carefully. We have given you so many resources and more than three months, but you have not produced even the slightest result. Is that acceptable?”

"Is this how you trample on taxpayers' money?"

William Bob simply shrugged and said:
"Why don't you take over? I'm tired anyway. Whoever is willing can take over the position of head of the computer group. I'll resign."

Ryan Taylor: "."

With her constant threats of resignation, Ryan Taylor was momentarily speechless.

Skilled people are always in demand, no matter where they go.

Although William Bob could resign at any time, he wouldn't starve because he could always find a job at companies like Apple, Microsoft, or IBM.

So if Ryan Taylor pushes too hard, the other party might actually make up their mind and leave immediately.

After a moment of silence, Lane Taylor had to soften her stance and persuade William to prioritize the bigger picture.

After a long while, William Bob finally spoke:

"We have indeed done our best. The other side's technology is more powerful. We suspect that their supercomputers may far surpass our Nebula and Dawn supercomputers. Their technical team is also stronger and larger than ours."

"That's why their firewall is so impenetrable. Our continuous attacks over such a long period of time were not only useless, but we were even counterattacked several times."

Their security bureau's computer team has been warned several times.

Because they were routed and their armor was discarded, they were no match for the enemy.

William Bob didn't dare report such an embarrassing incident.

He just kept demanding that Lane Taylor continue to purchase supercomputers, update the software, and hire more people.

The best approach would be to partner with large corporations like Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM; they certainly have the capability to do so.

Unfortunately, those companies are all profit-driven; it's better to purchase hardware and hire people than to cooperate with them.

Improving our technology is the best opportunity to fight back.

"So it's not that we're incapable, it's that the enemy is too strong," William Bob continued, trying to mislead people.

Ryan Taylor: "."

Although he didn't understand technology, he wasn't stupid; the security agency couldn't keep investing money in the computer team.

The Nebula supercomputer was a few years ago and wasn't expensive, but the current Dawning supercomputer costs two hundred million US dollars per unit.

If we continue to invest in this, the leaders of the security bureau will absolutely go crazy.

In fact, if there hadn't been no other way, the procurement plan to purchase two Dawning supercomputers would not have been approved in the first place.

That's four hundred million US dollars, not four dollars.

"I don't care. Kevin is still roaming the world, getting away with it, and he keeps attacking our websites. Many of our systems have been forced to shut down, resulting in huge losses."

After a pause, Ryan Taylor continued:

"Do you see if there's any way to find Kevin's exact address first?"

William Bob was equally troubled upon hearing this.

Because Kevin's skills are truly amazing.

The other party was able to use many supercomputers as botnets, making it extremely difficult for William and his team to locate their addresses.

Over time, many research institutions, companies, and governments around the world have acquired supercomputers.

Harbin Institute of Technology contributed a great deal of effort to this.

Due to the chain reaction brought about by Wang Duoyu, the Nebula supercomputer, when it appeared a few years ago, overwhelmed supercomputing companies such as Clay Corporation.

After the Dawning supercomputer was unveiled, no company in the global supercomputing industry was able to compete with it.

If it weren't for the word "national security," Cray and many other supercomputing companies would not just be barely surviving, but would be bankrupt.

After all, the reason why companies like Clay can continue to exist is entirely due to subsidies from their own countries.

For example, before last year's stock market crash, Clay received $200 million in R&D funding and $300 million in ultra-low-interest unsecured loans approved by Reagan.

The goal is singular: to develop the world's most powerful supercomputer, which must surpass Harbin Institute of Technology's Dawning supercomputer.

Based on the current situation, Dawning Supercomputer should be developing a supercomputer with a speed of 500 billion floating-point operations per second.

Therefore, Cray Corporation must join forces with several other companies to develop a supercomputer with a floating-point operation speed of 800 billion or even 1 trillion operations per second.

We must outperform Harbin Institute of Technology; only then will we have a chance of winning.

The increasingly fierce competition in the supercomputing industry is naturally forcing the entire computer industry to develop rapidly.

This has led to the existence of many supercomputers around the world today, with the Nebula supercomputer from a few years ago already considered outdated.

However, even the outdated Nebula supercomputer was considered an incredibly powerful botnet by Kevin and his hackers.

This is the guarantee that these hackers can compromise many of the systems and websites they want to hack.

With superb technology and a large number of supercomputer botnets, and Kevin being extremely cautious, the kind of person who would disappear at any moment, William Bob and his group had no way of finding him.

Unable to pinpoint the other party's exact address.

"We can't find it, the workload is too heavy, our computer group has too many tasks."

William Bob immediately complained, then thought for a moment and suggested:

"Or, how about we contact the people behind the hacker list and ask them to provide Kevin's detailed address?"

"Are you crazy?"

Ryan Taylor was speechless, but William simply shrugged and said:

"This is the only solution I can think of; otherwise, we'll just have to wait."

The people behind the hacker rankings possess absolute power, almost like gods.

In short, it was impossible for William Bob's computer team to catch Kevin.

In the field of hacking, hard work and diligence are important, but talent is even more crucial.

Some talents are strange, they just don't make sense, and no matter how hard you try, you can never catch up.

After a long while, Ryan Taylor neither agreed nor refused, but turned and left.

I guess he went to report this to his superiors.

Meanwhile, inside a luxury villa at Exa Farm in Montana, a group of young people had gathered in a room that had been converted into an office.

Among them, the three hackers, Ghost, Light, and Church, are also here.

"Martin, welcome to our family. Once you come here, you'll know what paradise on earth is."

Light, also known as Leighton Lambert, greeted Martin Claude as he entered.

A few months ago, Leiden Lambert and the church, namely Quint Van Buren, were both caught red-handed by Facebook.

Then they were brought to the Exa Farm and became part of the team behind the hacker leaderboard.

Here, they finally understood why they were so easily defeated when they attacked Facebook.

Good heavens, this farm itself actually has five Dawning supercomputers.

Each Dawning supercomputer has a floating-point operation speed of 200 billion operations per second, making it the latest supercomputer currently available, bar none.

In fact, Harbin Institute of Technology has already developed a supercomputer with a speed of 500 billion floating-point operations per second, but it has not yet reached the mass production stage.

Otherwise, this type of supercomputer would not have been able to be transported to the Exa farm in Montana.

Near this farm, there are five power plants, and the power transmission lines are buried deep underground, unknown to the outside world.

Whenever the supercomputer is activated, the five power plants take turns providing it with a sufficient power supply.

In addition, there should be other supercomputers elsewhere available for Leiden Lambert and his hackers to use.

In just a few months, even 18-year-old Layton Lambert's hacking skills improved rapidly, far surpassing those of Kevin, the original top hacker.

Just because Layton Lambert learned more top-notch hacking techniques and also had access to a powerful supercomputer, what can someone like Kevin do to compare with him?

Martin Claude greeted Layton and the others in a manner that was neither overly enthusiastic nor cold.

Deep down, Martin felt a pang of sorrow.

As hackers, what good will come of them once they are caught?
After all, what they like most is to be free and unrestrained, to come and go as they please in the virtual world.

But now, all of that is gone.

Just as Layton Lambert and his team were introducing Martin, the 'newcomer,' Wang Lichuan, who was in charge, received a message.

"What did you say? Someone contacted us wanting Kevin's detailed address?" (End of Chapter)