Pluto Diving Headquarters, Tartarus.
Offensive security defense coordination center, Cerberus.
The blood-red warning light was still flashing, and the piercing whistle sounded in everyone's ears.
Countless chaos filled the entire control room. Cerberus, which was usually as dead as a graveyard, was now like a noisy vegetable market.
The expensive fourth-generation collaborative neural work terminal is enough for the electronic warfare masters present to share real-time combat intelligence in units of G per second, but currently they are still using it at a speed of about 5 bits per second, under the interference of piercing sirens. The vocal cords communicate with the eardrum.
It's not entirely their fault.
thought the director of Cerberus.
No matter how many adjustments and transformations it has undergone, as long as it is still human in nature, the priority of emotional catharsis is higher than work efficiency. At this point, the collaborative neural work terminal will always convey emotions through data.
However, those sporadic words reached his ears, constantly reminding him of his own incompetence and making his emotions urgently need to be vented.
"The offensive protective walls from 2 to 17 have failed, what the hell is that..."
"27% of the equipment in the intelligent control factory in the Luxor resettlement area reported operating errors..."
"The return visit reception center received 1919 complaints about auxiliary anti-gravity engine failures."
"The three tactical teams lurking in Zero Sum City were exposed due to the loss of information protection, and are discussing evacuation matters with the Intelligence Department..."
"Public opinion control is about to expire. Apply for three base puppets to strengthen public opinion control..."
"Juno Financial has sent a red letter asking whether to activate the Golden Apple Agreement and temporarily freeze the stampede escape of stock market funds?"
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Because of the inexplicable rise and departure of an unknown entity deep in the Abyss Dark Web, the entire Pluto Deep Diving Company is now in chaos like hot pot soup before leaving a party.
The company's firewall, which has been reinforced for decades, is impregnable. If it is attacked from the outside, even a dozen "wizard" level hackers cannot shake it.
However, for the unknown existence from the super abyssal zone, it was broken by simply swimming by. If it weren't for the fact that the other party had no interest in the company's internal affairs, he had no doubt that he could completely destroy the company's intranet by himself.
All damage to corporate intranets today is caused by firewall holes opened by other hostile companies or individuals along the way.
But the question is, what is that thing?
An unknown existence that usually lives in the abyss, dark web, and super-abyss zone, what kind of madness caused it to surface?
Taking a deep breath, Cerberus' supervisor suppressed his anger and said to the busy subordinates in the audience:
"Have you found the reason for the unknown existence's rise?"
His voice silenced everyone in the audience at the same time, leaving only the sound of the siren echoing in the control room.
No one spoke.
This means that no one knows, and perhaps no one even tries to figure it out.
What kind of idiots are these?
he thought.
"Then stop all the trivial things you are doing and go find out for me the reason why the unknown existence suddenly surfaced!"
he snapped.
These short-sighted idiots...
Business, stock market, industry, public opinion...these are just minute details of company operations. At most, they are related to the future development of the company. But as long as the company itself survives, no matter how much is lost in these areas, it is ultimately just something that can be gained by spending time and energy.
But the unknown entity from the super abyss surfaced near the α-level deep submersible interface held by Pluto, and destroyed the company's firewall like a toy. For the company, this is a matter of life and death.
This time the other party only missed them when they surfaced, opening a loophole in the firewall. What about next time? What about next time?
If you can't find out the reason for the other party's rise and find out the other party's purpose, then you can't formulate corresponding countermeasures and you can't think of ways to avoid it.
Leaving aside other losses, the company's board of directors will definitely take action on this matter.
he thought.
And when he thought of those inhuman monsters on the company's board of directors, he felt as if his heart was being grasped tightly by a cold hand.
"Director, I found a clue."
A young man who had no impression of himself strode forward.
There were a lot of data cables tied around the back of his head like dreadlocks.
"explain."
"1.3 seconds before the unknown being visited, that is, at exactly 19:40, the company's No. 3 deep-diving warehouse No. 6 to No. 10 carried out deep-diving salvage of the KZ quadrant. This has nothing to do with the unknown. There is a consistent rise in the area, which has actually led to the current disconnection of all subnets No. 6 to No. 10."
The young man said calmly.
"Do you suspect that this deep dive salvage alerted the unknown being from the super abyssal layer?"
Cerberus' supervisor asked.
There was no answer.
He continued to ask:
"What is the depth of the deep dive salvage?"
"Photosynthetic Zone, Depth 2."
The other party replied.
"Are you fucking kidding me?"
For the first time tonight, he couldn't hold back and cursed loudly.
"You want to say that a deep dive salvage involving only depth 2 can alarm monsters from the super abyssal layer?"
If the abyss dark web is compared to the ocean, salvage in the depth 2 area is equivalent to happily fishing in a shallow sea on a sampan boat.
This person seemed to be saying that after they dropped the hook, a Godzilla came up with the bait in his mouth.
"I didn't make any conclusions, I just sorted out the clues that I found that were suspected to be related."
In the face of his own angry expression, the man still remained calm and answered very logically.
"With a time difference of 1.3 seconds and the fact that they are both in the KZ quadrant, I found these two clues that are suspected to be connected. Whether it is rational inference or personal intuition, I don't think it is because of this reason, but I think it is necessary to report to you ,above."
After the man finished speaking, he bowed slightly and then backed away.
"Just give me a moment."
He looked at the young man and scanned his badge.
Lu Yuan, an intern employee from the Talent Incubation Center of the Nord Resettlement Area, is a standout in the tenth phase of the talent training program.
"Who is the director of Deep Diving Chamber No. 3?"
"Ye Qian."
Lu Yuan replied immediately.
"Ye Qian?"
He frowned and recalled.
Is that the loser who previously carried out a development project in the Nord resettlement area, but was disgraced by the local civil armed organization?
"Go and call him over."
he said.
"Yes."
Lu Yuan took the order and disappeared out of the porch at a trot.
"I hope this can be regarded as a clue..."
thought the director of Cerberus.
