Chapter 62 Hacker Attack

The live broadcast started once again without any prior warning.

However, having experienced this once before, the netizens did not feel overly surprised this time. Instead, they flooded into the live stream room at the very first moment.

Seeing Zhao Zizhen hosting the broadcast with a cheerful smile, the netizens immediately knew that there must be something new to announce this time.

Yet, rather than making the announcement directly, Zhao Zizhen decided to play an interactive game with the netizens first.

"My dear netizens, I am about to announce a new product. We are now starting a lucky draw quiz—feel free to guess what I am about to announce!"

Following Zhao Zizhen's words, a three-minute countdown for the quiz was activated in the live stream room.

This took the netizens by surprise for a moment, and the comment section instantly erupted with a flurry of messages.

"Even the official account is getting playful now?"

"Oh, wow! The official commemorative merchandise of the Academy of Sciences—I want it!"

"Director Zhao, looking at how radiant you are, you look almost the same as when you announced the mobile operating system last time. Could it be that the computer operating system has been developed too?"

Some netizens practically guessed the correct answer right off the bat!

This left Zhao Zizhen slightly startled, and then he laughed helplessly and said, "It seems our netizens are truly on par with master detectives. That's right! Since everyone has guessed it, I won't beat around the bush!"

"I am now officially announcing to everyone that, with the help of that fellow student, we have successfully acquired our very own independent computer operating system—and it is a computer operating system written entirely in our native language!"

"From now on, we will never be at the mercy of others again!"

Zhao Zizhen made the official announcement with great excitement!

As he made the announcement, the large screen behind him immediately began displaying the brand-new native-language computer operating system!

It left the netizens dumbfounded in an instant!

"Oh my sweet goodness, they actually made a computer operating system too? And it's in our native language?!"

"Oh my mom, the student genius is truly this terrifying?!"

"Sob, sob, sob... We only suggested online last time whether we could make a native-language operating system, and in the blink of an eye, the student genius actually made it for us! He is truly amazing, I could cry to death. He is just too good to us!"

"Oh my god, does this mean we won't have to learn those damn foreign languages anymore in the future?"

"The student genius is simply my god!"

"...Uhm, while I'm very happy too, I, a programming student, am about to cry my eyes out in the restroom. Am I going to lose my job before even graduating?"

"...Moment of silence for the person above for two seconds!"

"Haha, there's really no need to be so pessimistic. Since the operating system has been converted to our native language, I suppose programming-related majors will also be updated accordingly. It shouldn't come to losing a job before graduation!"

"Hehe, a native-language operating system, hehe!"

I really want to see the expressions of utter frustration on those foreigners' faces right now!

They couldn't put a chokehold on us with the mobile system, and now they can't do it with the computer system either. Those tech giant companies might as well announce their dissolution on the spot!

The netizens grew excited all at once.

The emergence of the native-language operating system filled everyone with a profound sense of pride!

While the domestic internet was swept in a wave of joyous celebration, the foreign internet fell into another silence.

Last time, the creation of the mobile system had already made things extremely uncomfortable for the Western crowd. Never had they expected that a computer system would now be developed as well, and it was even in the Shangxia language.

This caused any foreigner with even a slight understanding of the relevant knowledge to feel extreme agony in their hearts.

Because this meant they might truly never be able to put a chokehold on Shangxia through operating systems ever again.

The major tech giant companies remained completely silent.

...

Inside the live stream room.

As soon as Zhao Zizhen finished announcing the operating system, he had Wang Guang take over the rest of the broadcast to explain some related technical issues to the netizens.

After all, this was not just an independent computer system; it also altered text-based code, which would involve changes to many related majors and required proper arrangements and countermeasures.

Just as Wang Guang was interacting happily with the netizens, a sudden piece of news abruptly surged to the top headlines of major news media outlets.

"Breaking news from our station: X, the world's largest hacker group, has issued a warning that in ten minutes, they will launch a comprehensive cyberattack simultaneously on our country's Pangu mobile operating system and computer operating system!"

Boom!

This news instantly detonated the entire internet!

"Damn it, are they provoking us?"

"Damn it! If you want to attack, just attack, but why issue an advance notice? If this isn't provocation, what is?"

The netizens were instantly enraged.

This was a provocation! This was a targeted attack!

Meanwhile, the folks on the foreign internet seized the opportunity to mock them once again.

"Hehe, Shangxia folks, so what if you've created an independent operating system? A system that cannot withstand attacks is just trash. Don't think that just because you've cobbled together a system, you can rest easy!"

“That's right. You'll soon find out that our Western operating systems are the truly indestructible existence!”

The foreigners kept provoking and mocking.

And these remarks made the domestic netizens realize that this attack was premeditated.

"Damn it, these foreigners are truly insidious. In the past, they had us by the throat and we were forced to use their systems. Now that we have our own system and they can no longer hold us back, they're resorting to such dirty tricks to target us!"

"They're simply inhuman!"

"What should we do now? It's impossible not to connect our phones and computers to the internet, but once connected, they'll be subjected to attacks. Interrupting work is one thing, but what if all our privacy leaks out?"

After the wave of anger passed, many netizens began to worry about realistic problems.

The very word "hacker" naturally instilled a sense of awe from the bottom of an ordinary person's heart.

Not to mention that this was the most powerful hacker group in the world!

Especially since some well-informed netizens leaked news stating that, to put it without exaggeration, there was not a single country in the world that dared to guarantee a 100% ability to withstand a cyberattack from the X hacker group!

This was an annoying hacker group, yet one could do nothing about it!

This made everyone even more worried.

Inside the Academy of Sciences.

Zhao Zizhen, who had just stepped down from the live stream, looked at the news with eyes full of fury. Ye Guohong also logged back on, called for an emergency meeting, and summoned Liao Hongtao over.

Ye Guohong's expression was extremely ugly: "It seems we still underestimated the shamelessness of those Western fellows. Since they can't hold us by the throat, they want to use cyberattacks to ensure we have no peace either."

Saying this, he looked at Liao Hongtao: "Chief Engineer Liao, now this aspect relies entirely on you. Do you have what it takes?"

Liao Hongtao nodded directly: "Elder Ye, rest assured. Those damned fellows from the X group never do anything decent. It's not once or twice that our people have clashed with them in cyberspace. It won't be that easy for them to destroy our system!"

On this point, Liao Hongtao still held a considerable degree of confidence.

Because the various cyberattacks they faced on a daily basis were already numerous, and many of them originated from this X hacker syndicate.

The hacking skills of this syndicate were indeed powerful enough, but Liao Hongtao and his team were no pushovers either!

"Good, then I'll leave this to you and your team, Chief Engineer Liao. This is the first battle for our system; we cannot afford to lose easily!" Ye Guohong said slowly.

"Lose? No! We will not lose!"

Liao Hongtao's gaze was firm: "We now have a super firewall system. If they truly dare to launch a cyberattack, I will make them never dare to easily hack into Shangxia's internet ever again!"

Thank you to the big brothers who have accompanied us all the way to this point. I wish all the big brothers immense wealth.

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(End of this chapter)