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Chapter 319 The Money Group is too strong, too strong to understand! (5K votes requested)
The lobby on the 41st floor was in complete chaos.

Almost everyone stared wide-eyed at the screen in front of them, bewildered and panicked.

People who had just gone to sleep or rest were also woken up. Their eyes were still full of sleep, and they didn't even have time to wipe them before being thrown into the tense confrontation.

However, numbers are basically useless in this level of confrontation.

No matter how many people come, they're just "filling in the blanks".

The team leader, whose main tasks were network monitoring, threat awareness, and data analysis, was pale-faced and his hands were trembling with nervousness.

If he had known it would attract such a high level of attack, he probably wouldn't have chosen to track and analyze that abnormal data.

Who would have thought the other party was so perceptive? With just the slightest clue, they immediately came after us.

The feeling was like touching the backside of an enraged tiger, or provoking a rabid dog that was chasing and biting you the whole way.

Then... came the almost ubiquitous, storm-like infiltration attack.

No way, really no way! We just did a quick, discreet analysis...

In just a few seconds, the other party had completed the source tracing and countermeasures, reverse-hacking into the coordination office's network, and then wandering around inside as if it were an empty place.

In the eyes of the other party, the coordination office's network seems to be a supermarket with its doors wide open, allowing them to take whatever they want.

And, so strong!
Why is it so strong?

They had fought against the other side before, but they had never seen such a powerful infiltration attack before!
Who exactly is the person on the other side?

who is it?

Even though the technical staff in the coordination office had tried their best, they couldn't catch up at all. They could only follow behind the other party... no, they couldn't even keep up. They could only watch helplessly as the other party wandered around their home at will.

At that moment, they felt as if they had been "forcibly inserted".

The 5090 expert felt the same way back then, and directly chose to physically disconnect from the internet.

The problem is, their servers aren't here either...

If there's absolutely no other way, we'll have to notify the people on the other side to physically disconnect the line.

"Don't panic."

"Hold on!"

"Don't panic, don't panic, the other party can't be that powerful..."

The group leader tried his best to encourage himself and his group members, but... to be honest, he didn't even believe what he was saying.

Just then, the large screen suddenly switched.

Then, a data visualization dashboard appeared on the big screen.

At the very top of the dashboard, a red warning line is displayed:

"Warning: Network intrusion (fatal)!"

The red warning, followed by a huge red warning icon, looks alarming.

However, below the red warning, another line of small green text is displayed:
"Security kernel ON; Global baffle ON; Sandbox running (2/2)"

Besides that, there's a dashboard filled with all sorts of parts.

The event log scrolled like a torrential downpour on the left:

"[22:14:07] Protocol bypass attack detected"

"[22:14:07] An abnormal data packet signature was detected."

"[22:14:07] CPU utilization 100%, unknown query storm"

The messages were being refreshed at a rate of more than ten per second, all of them a shocking red.

The visualization on the right side shows the parts of the framework that have been aggregated and the parts that are under attack. These parts are highlighted in a visual way. As they are attacked almost simultaneously, the dynamic animation makes them look like countless tracer bullets with long tails oscillating back and forth.

Amidst the screen filled with red, only the line of green text at the top remained stable and unmoved.

"Security kernel ON; Global baffle ON; Sandbox running (2/2)"

At that moment, almost everyone subconsciously looked up.

Their first thought was: What is this?
My second thought is...

very scary!
This was like a flood of attacks!

How can he be so strong?
Qian Haoran was a little confused at this moment.

He felt he had no other choice, so he decided to try out the framework he had just written to see what use it would be, and thus started the "limited extension framework" he had just written.

On the internal network backbone that has been disrupted and is currently in disarray, a channel has been opened that is temporarily stable and usable.

In the midst of his frantic operations, he didn't even notice that when he took over the internal network backbone, he also took over the previous data dashboard, projecting his newly created framework onto the big screen.

Right now, this framework is still very basic.

Like OIFU, it only includes the basic framework and two sample plugins.

The framework itself consists of only three parts: a secure kernel, a unified data bus, and a sandbox manager for managing and loading plugins.

The two plugins are actually the most basic functions.

One can be seen as a "system and data monitoring integration system", which integrates some current system monitoring functions and aggregates them into a dashboard.

This is what's currently displayed on the big screen.

Another is a completely redesigned "database interaction plugin," which uses a data bus based on a "limited extension framework" to interact with various messy databases maintained by different eras, technologies, and departments within the coordination office.

Well, looking at it now, Qian Haoran thinks this framework is practically a one-to-one replica of Tang Yiping's OIFU...

The replica's proportions made him want to cover his face.

But just now, he couldn't care less about anything else; this was the only thing he could do.

But... after he actually managed to establish a small "safe zone" within his own system, he was terrified.

Without that kind of intuitive visualization, they probably wouldn't be able to imagine how stormy and devastating the attacks are now.

This feeling is like one side only having a small pistol, while the other side has a Gatling gun...

"Disconnect the internet! Disconnect the internet! Notify the server room to disconnect the internet!" the group leader of Group Three shouted.

The only thing we can do now is to physically disconnect all connections.

Just then, the attack, which had been sweeping back and forth throughout the system like tracer bullets, suddenly stopped.

"what?"

gone?

No, the goal has changed.

If it weren't for the logs scrolling like a waterfall on the left, people would probably really think the attack had stopped.

The moment the "Limited Extension Framework" went live, all attacks shifted their focus to this newly launched, or rather, newly exposed, framework.

"How is this going?"

But no matter what, hang in there! Hang in there!
Otherwise, I'd really have to chop the network cable with an axe!!!

At the same time, in the opposite world, in the Qihang Building, in Young Master Tang's office, Young Master Tang looked at the screen with amusement.

"Ha, I knew it... that previous broken system was just a honeypot, now the real system has finally been revealed..."

After spending ages trying to fix the GIF, Tang Shao Ye was filled with anger and frustration.

At this critical moment, OIFU suddenly appeared again, which was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.

Young Master Tang originally intended to check out what was going on with OIFU and how it had resurfaced, but he discovered that his network traffic was abnormal, and someone was trying to analyze and monitor his network behavior.

Isn't this courting death?

This is a provocation!

Enraged, Young Master Tang felt offended and turned around to directly invade the area.

Young Master Tang himself not only possesses so much talent, making him a powerful programmer with virtually no weaknesses, but he also has access to almost endless tools and server resources.

Then, with almost no obstacles, he successfully countered and entered the other party's network.

To be honest, he was a little confused.

Compared to the size of the opponent, the opponent is far too weak.

Moreover, many technologies are already two or three years behind the times, and the internal system is riddled with holes. It seems that many things are not online, and it is leaking like a sieve.

Moreover, based on the information we have obtained so far, this server belongs to the "Coordination Office"?
The Coordination Office—Young Master Tang hadn't thought about this organization for a long time.

Isn't this the official organization from the other world that was easily wiped out before?
Moreover, it was Dad who used up one of the "Negative Entropy Sources" to kill it directly. The "Negative Entropy Source" is an almost invincible rule-based weapon. Dad wouldn't even give one to himself. Otherwise, he would have used it to wipe out that annoying version of himself on the other side long ago.

How can an organization that was wiped out by the "source of negative entropy" reappear?
Something is wrong, something is really wrong...

He had no idea that he had hacked into the "Coordination Office," which had just been brought back to normal.

The Coordination Office had been gone for several years, and its return was indeed riddled with problems.

After running some of the tools at hand and easily crippling the other party, Young Master Tang felt that he might have entered a "honey pot".

This is a trap disguised as a coordination office server. The other side wants to use it to lure me in, analyze my actions and available cyber weapons and tools. But... this honeypot is way too obvious!

How could a honeypot be so weak?!
Weak chicken!

Watch me find your real server!

Things suddenly became a bit challenging. Young Master Tang's eyes lit up, and his hands flew across the keyboard.

Sure enough, he noticed something a few minutes later.

Within this seemingly chaotic, inferior, and dilapidated system, there is a data flow that is entirely different.

It is precise, modern, and possesses a strangely familiar paradigm.

"See? It's been exposed!" Young Master Tang muttered to himself. "Still trying to hide? Break through!"

He mobilized all available resources and reset the target of the attack.

Come on, let's go all out!
Break it for me!
Ok……

Not broken?
what happened?

Young Master Tang frowned.

Then he discovered that this strange creature was very difficult to deal with.

None of the tools he had were effective.

The opponent's "attack surface" is extremely small, and almost no usable ports or vulnerabilities are exposed.

The attack surface is essentially the "surface" of a system that is exposed and can be attacked.

To draw an analogy, it's like a "radar surface." For example, stealth aircraft are invisible to radar; their radar reflection signal might not even be as large as the radar cross-section of a bird.

It would be extremely difficult to lock onto and identify the other party, let alone have it shot down by missiles or something similar.

The opponent's exposed attack surface is very small, which means that the weapons and tools in Young Master Tang's hands will be difficult to use effectively.

"Strange, how can the attack surface be so small?"

Young Master Tang couldn't have imagined that the reason the opponent's attack surface was so small was because... it was just a small, broken tool that had only been written a few hours ago.

It's so tiny.

However, compared to its size, its strength is far too high.

Like a pillar in the middle of a river, it stood firm and unmoved amidst the torrent of data.

No matter how hard Young Master Tang searched, he couldn't find a way to get to the bottom of it.

Young Master Tang had no idea that he had chosen the wrong person.

The one outside, riddled with holes, is the real system; on the contrary, this awesome thing is the honeypot.

At this moment, all his attacks were revealed, turning into a dense log.

Now, all his attacks are drawn to this honeypot that doesn't resemble a honeypot at all.

This is no longer a cybersecurity issue, but a social engineering issue.

This is called the "empty city ploy," which is specifically designed to deceive clever people. If Young Master Tang were even a little bit weaker or a little bit dumber, he wouldn't have fallen for it.

For the next half hour, Young Master Tang took turns using his tools.

But half an hour later, he finally left.

Why? This doesn't feel right.

This interruption actually calmed Young Master Tang down from his previous rage.

"They're really tough to deal with... Who are they? Are they the official organization that just appeared on the other side?" Young Master Tang felt like he had discovered something very important. "They seem to have evolved from the previous resistance organizations."

No, I must report this to Dad immediately.

"These people are really tough to deal with... Can't they be killed? Why don't they just lie down and let us harvest them? Why do they resist?!" Young Master Tang was a little annoyed.

This system is so difficult to deal with, and they're the ones who destroyed GIFT, right? There are some capable people among these guys!
Ah, I really want to find this person and devour his talent!

Forget it, that OIFU... let that guy be arrogant for a while longer.

Thinking this, Young Master Tang stood up and said, "Prepare the car, I'm going to see my dad!"

On his screen, the windows of various tools disappeared, leaving only the OIFU page.

If he simply forks the code, pulls it to his local machine, and studies it, he will discover where the familiarity of the thing that remained unmoved during his attack comes from.

But with a "bang," the door slammed shut.

……

The storm of attacks on the 41st floor of Qihang Building finally ceased.

As the blood-red warning disappeared and the green text remained steadily displayed, everyone felt a sense of unreality, as if they had survived a catastrophe.

"Security kernel ON; Global baffle ON; Sandbox running (2/2)"

A simple line of green text, like a rock in the wind and rain, stands firm and unmoving.

"This...this...is blocking it?"

"The money group!"

"Long live the Money Group!"

"Awooooo! Team Leader Qian, you're amazing! You're amazing!!!"

"What kind of tool is that? Did you write it, Qian? That's amazing!"

Before Qian Haoran could react, he was surrounded by Group 3. The Group 3 leader even hugged him tightly. Judging from the looks of it, if he hadn't dodged quickly, the other party would have given him a passionate kiss.

"Qian, how did you do that?" the group leader asked eagerly.

Hmm, good question.

How would I know how I did it?!

I just copied OIFU's framework!

Qian Haoran just wanted to swear right now.

Suddenly, someone clapped softly, "Clap, clap, clap."

The applause came from the direction of the mezzanine level.

Qian Haoran looked up and saw Lin Poxiao standing at the door of his office, looking down at the hall below, and it was Lin Poxiao who was clapping.

With Lin Po-xiao leading the way, the others joined in, and in an instant, applause filled the entire hall.

Amidst the applause, Qian Haoran felt his face turn red instantly—no, not just his face.

It turned red all the way down to its toes.

He wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground.

Hey, don't clap!

I didn't do anything!

I'm just a clumsy imitator...

But no one could hear his heartfelt words. Waves of applause followed, and some young people cheered loudly, shouting his name.

Lin Po-xiao watched this scene with a smile, and when he felt it was about time, he pressed his hands down. Once the applause subsided, he couldn't suppress the smile on his usually serious face and said:
"Well done, Xiao Qian." Lin Po-xiao nodded. "At this critical moment, to be able to pull out such a powerful weapon and turn the tide, what do you call that? That's called being a pillar of strength, facing all kinds of storms; being prepared for a rainy day, fighting a well-prepared battle. You've already paid a lot and prepared a lot for this moment, haven't you..."

Qian Haoran: No, no, I didn't!

I only spent a few hours copying it...

Lin Po-xiao praised it, then turned to look at the large screen displaying data and asked, "What's the name of the software you developed?"

"Reporting to Commander Lin, this is a framework, just written, which I've tentatively named 'Limited Extension Framework'."

"Hmm... so it doesn't have a real name yet?" Lin Po-xiao thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it Sky Dome! I saw the attack and defense just now. Even when facing the enemy's attack, which was like a meteor falling to earth, it was like the sky, using softness to overcome hardness and unchanging to resolve the enemy's attack and protect our system's security. The enemy's arsenal contains too many weapons that we cannot understand or crack yet. This is the first time we have achieved such a victory in the face of the enemy's attack. With it, the situation between the enemy and us has finally reversed. Our Coordination Office can finally protect our world and our people like the sky dome!"

"Clap clap clap clap clap clap!" Applause erupted again. Everyone was inspired by Lin Po-xiao's speech and felt excited.

"Commander Lin... this framework is still very basic..." Qian Haoran felt as if his face had been hit by an armor-piercing bullet. It looked intact on the surface, but inside it was almost being ripped apart.

Please stop praising me, okay? I'm begging you on my knees!

“Yes, humility is good, but excessive humility is unnecessary,” Lin Po-xiao said. “However, you’re right. Our top priority right now is to build this ‘Sky Dome’ into a true Sky Dome that can withstand all attacks. Next, Xiao Qian, you will take the lead in fully improving and expanding this Sky Dome, making it our most powerful cyber weapon! Everyone else must cooperate fully. If there are any problems that cannot be solved, come directly to me!”

In an instant, many burning gazes turned towards them.

Lin Po-xiao rarely praises others, let alone now it's not even praise but "commendation," which everyone envies.

However, no one could deny it.

That's incredible! So incredible it's beyond comprehension!
However, all Qian Haoran wants now is to die.

How can he tell Lin Po-xiao that his so-called framework is actually just a copy of Tang Yiping's OIFU framework and concepts? Tang, the college student he himself reported was just an average coder?
It would be simpler to invent a time machine, go back to daytime, and slit the throat of your past self, right?

(End of this chapter)