Star Dome Railway, I am surrounded by strange things!

"They are still copying data on a large scale, or rather...provoking." The person in charge responded with a very bad expression.

"Provocation?" Estelle asked in surprise.

Does this intruder know that the Black Tower Space Station is named Black Tower? Does he know the temper of Ms. Black Tower? Is he so brave?

"That's right. With the strength and volume of their attacks, they could have stolen all the information without anyone noticing. Yet, they chose such a blatant method, and even after obtaining everything, they still chose not to leave. I can't think of any other reason."

"Okay, I think I know who it is." Estelle said with a wry smile.

In fact, at the very beginning of the invasion, Ester wondered if the legendary hacker codenamed "Silver Wolf" was unwilling to accept defeat and was making a comeback.

However, according to the other party's information and the process of stealing the Punk Lord Spirit game cartridge from the Black Tower Space Station last time, the other party is more inclined to use technology to crack the defense rather than using simple violence, and after a successful invasion, they always leave behind a signature spray painting. This is why Estelle has been unable to confirm the other party's identity.

But no matter how the style of the painting changes, with such a blatant invasion and the arrogance of fearing that the black tower will not appear, Ester really can't find a second person who is so stubborn.

If it was her, it wouldn't be a big deal. Estelle finally let go of her nervousness and continued to speak to the network security team leader in a relaxed tone:

"Since it's her, please do your best to protect the portraits of Ms. Black Tower on the space station for the next period of time. If nothing unexpected happens, the other party will launch an attack on those portraits next."

"Portrait?" The team leader, who had been repeatedly attacked by the Silver Wolf and was beginning to doubt his life, immediately suspected that his real nerves had also been invaded by the enemy after hearing what Ester said. Otherwise, how could he hear such an outrageous request?

Unable to think of this, he couldn't help shaking his head, trying to restart his thoughts.

However, reality would not change because of his mentality. Ester scratched her cheek embarrassedly and said:

"The specific reason... well, it's hard to explain. Anyway, just do as you're told."

What could she say? Could she honestly say that Ms. Black Tower valued her portrait more than the entire space station?

The space station database was completely deleted, and Ms. Black Tower could only say "Oh, I see."; but if someone dared to tamper with her own portrait, she would probably start her revenge by directly connecting to the server on Azure Star?

Fortunately, the security team leader had been personally instructed by the department head before departure to fully satisfy the young lady's outrageous demands, even a mere portrait was no problem. Furthermore, the server was already completely compromised, and it was likely that all the data had been copied thoroughly by the other party. What was the point of comprehensive protection at this point? The team leader quickly followed the advice and began to implement area-wide encryption according to Ester's instructions.

This behavior certainly could not be hidden from Silver Wolf, who had already obtained almost all the permissions of the space station server. However, in her eyes, this behavior was a complete and silent provocation to her:

"If you have the guts, go find Ms. Black Tower. What's the point of bullying ordinary people like us?"

"That's exactly what I want!" Silver Wolf, who was worrying about how to get the black tower out of her laboratory, chose to fight without hesitation.

In fact, they were all overthinking it. The Black Tower didn't take the space station seriously at all. Silver Wolf had discovered this during the last invasion, so they naturally wouldn't kidnap such a useless hostage who couldn't drop any gold coins.

The reason why she hijacked the space station's server for such a long time was actually very simple. She was just leveling up Prometheus.

Artificial intelligence is not omnipotent. In high-end network attacks and defenses, any fixed "rules" and "logic" are almost equivalent to flaws. Therefore, even Prometheus' four sisters can only carry out various network attacks and defenses according to the command of Silver Wolf, not to mention Prometheus, who is not yet mature and urgently needs a large number of examples to "feed".

Far water cannot quench immediate thirst. Silver Wolf, who is eager to get back at the Black Tower immediately, certainly cannot wait for another three to five years until Prometheus fully masters all his skills. So after careful consideration, Silver Wolf, inspired by the miserable experience of having his uploaded data completely blown up by Xiaomianao's gold coins, designed a powerful attack method specifically for Prometheus - using the channel for "believers" to upload data, and asking them to assist Prometheus in grid distributed cloud computing. As long as the computing power is sufficient, it is enough to easily break through any defense.

As a god, he should have the style of a god, integrating countless thoughts into one, and unifying countless calculations into one. This is what a star god looks like!

Of course, even with Silver Wolf's guidance, Prometheus alone could never achieve this level of coordination. However, Punklord's support for this new "god" was simply overwhelming. Even when Silver Wolf explicitly stated his intention to fight the Black Tower, the vast majority of his "believers" who had uploaded their data still contributed their strength without reservation.

We're attacking the Black Tower? Great!

This is not because these lawless hackers have a high level of awareness, but they know very well that a person can betray everything except his own heart and the destiny reflected by his heart.

Information and computing are their flesh and blood, and their souls. Their life forms have determined that except for a few who can choose "joy" and "knowledge", it is difficult for most people to choose other paths. They can only move forward along this new, uninhabited road on the top of the mountain. Prometheus is the pioneer of this road.

So after hearing that Silver Wolf was going to "practice" with the genius Black Tower, the lawless hackers were not afraid. Instead, they were very happy that Silver Wolf had chosen a convincing enough opponent to prove the potential of the "God", so they actively joined the battlefield as human batteries.

What? Being used?

Providing a viable path is already the Star God's greatest gift, not to mention providing each "believer" with a vast cloud space. This is already comparable to that of the "hunter," isn't it? Are these poor souls who self-proclaimedly provided countless Amber Age building materials and logistics, yet the Star God never once glanced at them, treated well?

In this way, under the guidance of Silver Wolf and the help of countless hackers, Prometheus finally mastered this exclusive network attack method that only she could learn and use, and the real battle only officially began at this time.

Heita's personality is quite narcissistic, and her face is everywhere in the space station - portraits, sculptures, dolls, and a lot of projections.

But speaking of portraits alone, there are really not many. At least when Silver Wolf came last time, he only saw one in the elevator and one in her own office.

Naturally, no one was interested in the one in the Black Tower office. Since they had already cracked her office permissions, why bother with all this? Why not just quickly collect all sorts of priceless information?

So the focus of everyone's attack and defense soon shifted to the portrait in the elevator, as if it were a military flag.

If I succeed in planting a flag on the space station, wouldn't that prove that I have achieved a complete victory over the Black Tower Space Station?

Thinking about these things, the Silver Wolf soon came back again and attacked the layers of security measures.

In fact, the last time he came to steal the cassette, Silver Wolf wanted to try to add a mustache to the face of the portrait in the Black Tower. However, he soon discovered that this portrait was not just a simple portrait, but also an extremely long key.

Every stroke on the portrait may be a long string of encrypted 0s or 1s. If you want to modify this portrait, you must completely crack the key, which is astronomically long and cannot be described. After modification, re-encrypt it to overwrite the original key.

Last time, Silver Wolf, who was in a hurry to steal the cassette, had no time to crack such a complicated password, so she had to let them go for the time being and give up her favorite face stamp.

But now this broken key was not even fried, and a plate of cold rice was directly served in front of Silver Wolf, which almost made Silver Wolf laugh out loud.

I didn't have the time and was too lazy to bother. Do these guys really think I'm scared? What good are they thinking?

So it didn't take long before the temporary defense measures were easily broken by Prometheus, and Silver Wolf and Prometheus began to enjoy this real main course, trying to say hello to the Black Tower after a long separation in this way.

But soon, Silver Wolf angrily overturned the coffee table of his heart.

Before cracking the key, Silver Wolf discovered the outrageousness of the portrait. It was not that the key was difficult to crack, but that someone was so clever that he had hard-coded the machine that projected the portrait into a "lock" for the key. Even if he could modify the key more accurately, what was the point if the "lock" didn't match?

Hardware password? This damn thing, was it inspired by the differential instrument on the mechanical planet? It was that bastard Screw Gum! It had to be him, no doubt about it!

For her as a digital life, all kinds of tests conducted entirely by hardware are her nemesis.

Although this problem can be solved by using reality editing, the massive amount of calculation and accurate description of materials are never easy. This is also the main reason why Silver Wolf failed in her last invasion of Mechanical Planet-IX to challenge Screw Gum. This kind of physical network attack and defense method really restrains her.

However, for the current Silver Wolf, he is not afraid of his opponent being too strong, but only afraid that his opponent is not strong enough. Faced with this kind of drama of banding together without saying a word, he is angry, but soon becomes eager to try.

Prefer to outnumber others? Then come on!

Oops, I've Been Caught by a Fool!: Chapter 127: Dark Duel

"Whether or not your world has a concept of day and night, I wish you a good morning, noon, and evening. I'm your good friend, Jimi. I'll be hosting this Ether Front regional tournament, which is even more popular than the finals."

"While there's no shortage of prominent figures like Director Topa among the players on the Ether Front, neither Miss Silver Wolf, with her 51 billion credit bounty, nor Ms. Black Tower, renowned for her beauty and character, are typically invited. Thanks to the powerful Mr. Giovanni, I can assure you that the scene you've witnessed today is unprecedented and likely won't be seen again!"

"Next, let us invite Punk Lord's 'Networker', the greatest rival of the Interstellar Internet, Miss Silver Wolf, to appear!"

As soon as Jimi finished speaking, Silver Wolf's voice suddenly interrupted the live broadcast of the event.

"Ahem—can you hear me? Hello, hey, hey—I'm telling you, you're very sensible. I admire you. Since you're so sensible, I won't make any extra appearances."

As soon as he finished speaking, countless pixel blocks appeared on the originally empty stadium, and they were quickly pieced together like building blocks, and in the blink of an eye, the image of the Silver Wolf was formed.

As the other person opened his eyes, the image quality, which was originally almost the same as a holographic projection, suddenly skyrocketed. No matter how you looked at it, it was no different from a real person.

After completing the reality projection, she stretched with satisfaction, looked at the empty space in front of her, stretched out her right arm and flicked her index finger. The first ether coin in the universe that she had asked from Jiang Yan burst into a brilliant light in the air. Silver Wolf immediately grabbed it in his hand and said with full fighting spirit:

"Come out, Black Tower, let's compete in front of the entire universe!"

Silver Wolf's opening remarks instantly brought the atmosphere of the event to a boiling point right from the start.

A galactic fugitive, a hated enemy of the Interstellar Interconnection, with a bounty of seven portios on his head, actually appeared brazenly on a livestream broadcast to the entire universe? Could anything be more humiliating than this? Just looking at the Interstellar Peace Corporation's grotesque kneeling and their flexible standards, this livestream was worth watching! Jiang Yan silently complained.

At this moment, Jimi recovered from the surprise of the signal being hacked, and with the quick wit of the host, he quickly said:

"Next, let us invite Ms. Black Tower, the once-in-a-millennium genius who has twice paid homage to Master Boshi and the discoverer of countless pioneering theories, to come forward!"

The moment the black tower puppet slowly walked onto the stage, the popularity of this live broadcast completely exploded.

If many people's pursuit of the Silver Wolf is out of bad taste and anti-authority, then people have only pure admiration for the Black Tower.

The name Black Tower has been closely associated with countless miracles, ever since he solved the solitary wave algorithm problem and the Spark model conjecture entered the universe's field of vision when he was young.

When the important theories she discovered alone surpassed those of the entire Society of Knowledge, and she even saved her planet from destruction nineteen times, how else could people express their admiration in the face of such brilliance?

Now we finally have the chance to witness her wisdom with our own eyes. Almost everyone is silently cheering for the challenger Silver Wolf, hoping he can hold on a little longer!

However, in the face of such a passionate atmosphere, Black Tower poured a bucket of cold water on the entire universe with just one weak sentence:

"Alright, alright, little gray-haired dwarf. If you want to win, hurry up and have a duel, right? Or should I just give you the qualification badge? It's your choice."

Amidst the uproar, Black Tower's words did not surprise Silver Wolf, the instigator.

As a veteran victim of "I don't want to bother with you", Silver Wolf didn't think that even if the Masked Fool miraculously brought the Black Tower to his side, it would give the other party much motivation. Simply giving up was the most likely option.

But whether it's the spectators or the Silver Wolf himself, they've been looking forward to this matchup for a long time. You want to give up? Dream on!

Silver Wolf just snapped his fingers lightly, and the live broadcast screen was split into three parts. The center part was still the duel, while the other two parts were projected onto the portrait of the Black Tower in the elevator and the simulated universe terminal in the Black Tower office.

This blatant hijacking of the live broadcast is like a mockery of Star Peace Entertainment. It is rare to encounter such a major live broadcast accident when going out on field work. Jimi is almost turning green.

If it were an ordinary game, he could just cut out a snowflake in the name of signal interruption. However, in this game that the whole universe is watching, if he dares to cut out a snowflake, 80% of his hair will fall to the ground like snowflakes tomorrow. He will have to choose between the oven and the fryer.

However, even if Jimi used his eyes to signal the technicians to quickly repair the signal, the technicians could only respond with sweat on their foreheads and "I'm working on it."

Sure enough, before the repairs were complete, Silver Wolf's public challenge was heard on the live broadcast:

"This is a rare opportunity to pull you out of the lab for a duel, so I certainly won't be done with just one match. Look at the big screen. I'm currently modifying your portrait and invading your simulated universe. I wonder if you're willing to concede so readily in the other two rounds on your Genius Club's turf?"

Faced with Silver Wolf's repeated provocations, Black Tower, who was forced to come out for business due to some secret transactions, could not help but pick up the ether coin prepared by Giovanni in annoyance and looked at the hacker in front of him with a dangerous look:

"I don't care about the space station, but I will repay anyone who dares to provoke me a hundredfold. Are you ready, little dwarf?"

"I can't ask for it!"

The next moment, the two silver wolves busy painting, as well as the silver wolf in front of the black tower, vanished as if the power had gone out. A few seconds later, three brand-new silver wolves appeared a full ten meters away from their previous positions, patting their chests in shock.

Sigma Baryon Transformation? What an overkill move.

In terms of military force, the most famous feat of the Black Tower is naturally to use the power of Sigma baryon transformation to completely confine the huge imaginary overflow effect brought by the star core, thereby successfully capturing the alien star core safely and sealing it.

This sealing method, which brought almost no sequelae and hidden dangers, was considered a miracle even in the entire universe. Silver Wolf, who did not believe that his ability to escape and his strength were stronger than the star core, had of course been prepared for it, and had prepared Prometheus to forcibly pull back his consciousness in a manner almost like a slingshot.

Yet, even so, at that moment, Silver Wolf felt as if the surrounding space had suddenly been filled with amber, with almost all of the imaginary energy stagnating in the air, completely unable to circulate or change. If it weren't for his sensitivity to the shifts in imaginary energy and the Prometheus's high "internet speed," Silver Wolf felt a strong possibility that he would be transformed into three materialized digital artifacts by this move.

However, after calming down, Silver Wolf felt a strong sense of dissatisfaction.

How can you play a game like this? You're just going to ruthlessly attack players without a second thought? Can't you just play by the normal rules of attack, defense, and computing power?

You don't want to play? I force you to play!

So Silver Wolf manipulated her etheric spirit to attack the etheric spirit of the Black Tower, while using reality editing to try to break through the confinement of the Black Tower.

This guy can't be so shameless as to imprison all his etheric spirits in public and start hitting wooden stakes!

However, even if it was just as Silver Wolf imagined, at least on the ether front, the Black Tower hadn't cheated. But the capture of her continued, keeping Silver Wolf constantly on the run, fearing that if she reacted too slowly, she would instantly become a tiny insect sealed in imaginary amber, and be used by the Black Tower as an exhibit on the space station.

Well, considering the other party's pettiness, this is absolutely certain!

How could she possibly have the energy to calculate tactics in this situation? How was this any different from running a marathon and taking a math test at the same time?

What's even more tragic is that even after desperately trying to seize the opportunity, the Silver Wolf still has no way to deal with this method of confinement that converts leptons into baryons on a large scale. Even after trying for a long time, he still cannot drill any hole in the large-scale imaginary number confinement.

After all, although the skill of reality editing seems to be extremely magical, it is ultimately just the disassembly and fine-tuning of the reality structure. Although the principle of the Black Tower's skill is clearly written in a paper, apart from the members of the Genius Club, the number of people in the entire universe who can understand it may not exceed two hands. How can Silver Wolf disassemble it?

If you can’t disassemble it, then don’t disassemble it!

Silver Wolf had already made countless contingency plans for this long-awaited challenge. When he was sure that breaking the space stagnation was not feasible, he immediately controlled the two projections and took out two tubes of beacon colorants from the folding space that had been secretly placed in the space station. He unscrewed the lids and violently squeezed out the black and gold colloid filled in the tin tubes. These pigments that looked like ordinary oil paints were magically fixed on the surface of the space stagnated by the black tower, and the color gradually turned into a bright color.

This special colorant, made from scraps of white dwarf star fragments, is hailed as one of the greatest inventions of the Nameless Guest. Whether in the void or on the sea surface, it can ensure that these distress beacons are stably attached and will not fade or disappear due to changes in the environment.

Well, precisely because of this, these beacon colorants are used far more frequently for obscene graffiti than actual distress beacons. For example, right now, Silver Wolf is frantically spray-painting all sorts of elegant and easygoing slogans and patterns with these extremely expensive adventure props. While Black Tower can erase them in large chunks, it's clearly no match for their speed.

Of course, Silver Wolf didn't expect to defeat this genius by relying on this small advantage. From the outset, she focused her main attack on the only target where the opponent couldn't use spatial stasis: the Black Tower puppet itself.

Even if there are at least hundreds of these puppet space stations, as long as they are destroyed in front of the entire universe, in the eyes of the audience, isn't this a victory for oneself?

While the other two Silver Wolf projections were hacking the system and battling the deadly air, the battle on the main etheric front raged fiercely. Silver Wolf directed the movements of the etheric spirits, constantly materializing a variety of pixelated laser cannons, floating cannons, laser swords, lightning staffs, and other weapons. Wielding these cute little Silver Wolf figures, they launched a frenzied assault on the Black Tower from all angles.

However, Black Tower didn't care about this fierce attack at all, and even the arrogant expression that was usually on his face was gone. He just launched a steady but pressing attack on the three silver wolves and the ether front, as if he was just scalding an ant with boiling water and didn't need to care about the ant's reaction at all.

At this time, the ratings of this game had already broken through the sky:

"So this is the Dark Duel! Only the living have the right to command the Ether Spirits!"

"This is so exciting! What was that Aether Front we played before?"

"Come on, don't give the opponent a chance to use their skills!"

Ordinary players, well, how could ordinary people have ever seen such a scene?

That Punklord hacker could actually split into three, launching cyber attacks while engaging in fierce battles with Ms. Black Tower on three battlefields, and at the same time fighting on the ether front!

Ms. Black Tower was even more powerful. With just the control of a puppet, she was able to resist the opponent's network attacks, physical attacks, spray attacks, and offensives on the ether front at the same time, and even defeated the opponent in return.

Is this the legendary Dark Duel? Is the barrier to entry so high? How can one learn this?

However, compared to the audience who enjoyed the show so much and felt that other matches were shit, Silver Wolf was not in such a good mood.

The greatest power of the Punklord hackers, who are composed of information and algorithms, comes from the "unknown". No matter how powerful the information flow or how strong the algorithm is, when it is put under a magnifying glass, it will be cracked sooner or later, especially when the person holding the magnifying glass is one of the smartest minds in the entire universe. This protracted war is tantamount to chronic suicide.

Even when facing Black Tower, Silver Wolf still has enough confidence in his own safety, but his strange daughter who likes to stay in other people's arms does not have such ability. Once found by Black Tower, a guy with a notoriously narrow mind and bad temper, Silver Wolf dare not imagine what her fate will be.