bayedsolid Chapter 275
Chapter 275
Every day, every hour, every minute, and even down to the exact second since Rong Yu arrived seventy years in the future, she had been absorbing knowledge like a sponge.Previous studies had shown that with the right learning methods, any ordinary person could reach a relatively high level of proficiency in a subject after sixty hours of intense, focused study. Let alone a study god like Rong Yu. As long as she set her mind to learning a subject, she would relentlessly push herself, sleeping only three or four hours a day. Within a week, she could easily reach an average level of proficiency.
If she was particularly interested in a field, she would spend even more time on detailed study and research.
Computer programming, especially the subject of hacking, happened to be one of her interests. During her first month in this era, she had consciously begun to study it.
After less than half a month of learning, she breached the Ji Group's firewall.
Later, after more specialized research, her skills in this area could be considered quite masterful, though she rarely had the opportunity for practical application.
Rong Yu didn't act rashly.
However, the blaring alarms grew increasingly urgent. On the large screen, the rate of data loss was shocking. With every jump of the bright red numbers, the faces of everyone in the room grew a shade paler.
"The second firewall has been breached!"
"The third firewall is collapsing..."
The chief programming engineer was sweating profusely. He spoke rapidly, "We don't have enough people! We're short-handed! Hurry, get support from the military district, fast!"
Cui Xiao wasn't an expert in this field, but he understood enough. His face was pale. "It's too late. It'll be too late even if the people from the military district rush over. Engineer Rong, Engineer Zhao... you guys, use the fastest speed..."
Before he could finish his sentence.
Rong Yu walked up to the main control panel, reached out, and began to operate it.
"What are you doing?!" the chief programming engineer shouted harshly. "This isn't something an amateur like you can handle!"
Cui Xiao pulled him back. "Let Engineer Rong give it a try."
When he was young and full of energy, he had also studied many extra subjects and ranked first in all of them.
Now, in the age of the information explosion, acquiring knowledge was even easier. A genius like Rong Yu couldn't possibly be proficient in only one field.
Rong Yu directly hacked into the core system and began writing defense codes.
The chief programming engineer froze the moment he caught a glimpse of her screen. Her code structure was incredibly exquisite. That line of code was actually self-replicating, automatically patching system vulnerabilities like living vines.
"This..." His pupils shrank slightly. "Dynamic neural topological encryption? This technology only started being put into practical use this year... How can you use it so proficiently?"
"It is that technology, but I improved it a bit." Rong Yu didn't even look up, her fingers flying rapidly across the keyboard.
The main screen suddenly split into twelve sections, each displaying breathtaking operations. The five sections on the left were building virtual honeypots in real-time, the three in the middle were rewriting the system kernel, and the four on the far right were actually reverse-compiling the attacker's hardware characteristics.
The onlookers were all dumbfounded.
Too strong, this was just too strong!
Such a talent should be in their Engineering Data Department!
Rong Yu took a brief moment to say, "I can only block this wave, but the next wave of attacks will require real-time countermeasures. I'm not very familiar with this part of the operation."
The chief programming engineer immediately issued orders. "Engineer Li, lead a team to handle counter-tracking! Engineer Wang, reinforce the secondary firewall! Xiao Zhou, transfer all the computing power from the backup servers over here..."
The entire main control room instantly turned into a boiling battlefield. Twenty-three engineers worked frantically under the defense framework built by Rong Yu.
These codes were like a sharp sword, severing the intruder's data links, while the base's team erected layers of defenses like a sturdy shield. Ten minutes later, when the last firewall node lit up green, someone started it, and the entire main control room erupted into tsunami-like cheers.
Rong Yu, however, was still operating at the main console.
Cui Xiao asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
"There's an abnormal data stream that needs to be tracked." Rong Yu's talking didn't delay her operations; her fingers moved faster and faster.
Suddenly, the data stream on the screen stopped, and a red warning box popped up, occupying the entire display.
"Encrypted signal detected. Danger level: Extremely High."
The chief programming engineer's face changed instantly. "This is the first time in all the years the system has been running that it has automatically determined a danger signal to be extremely high."
Cui Xiao's expression was grave. He took out his communicator and immediately contacted the security department of the troops stationed at the base.
It was more appropriate to hand this kind of thing over to the decryption experts in the security department.
Seventy years ago, Rong Yu had participated in decryption work.
In that unstable era, the country had too few talents, so she was often borrowed for such tasks. All things considered, she had some experience.
She sat there, frowning in deep thought.
But after thinking for more than twenty minutes, she still didn't have a clue.
At this time, the military's decryption experts arrived. In this base, there were a total of two experts and eight related personnel, escorted in by more than twenty soldiers.
As soon as she looked up, she saw Sheng Qingyan.
Sheng Qingyan had just joined the base troops and was at the lowest level. Dressed in a military uniform, his figure was tall and straight as he stood by the main gate, guarding the exit.
Him standing there made Rong Yu feel exceptionally at ease.
She withdrew her gaze, shook hands with the approaching experts, and got straight to the point: "...This isn't a traditional encryption method, but a new type of cipher based on quantum computing principles. It cannot be cracked using conventional algorithms..."
The leading expert looked at her and frowned. "And this is?"
"Let me introduce her," Cui Xiao spoke up. "This is Engineer Rong, the technical consultant sent by the Fourth Aerospace Institute. She is a rare genius in our Hua Xia country..."
At this point, his voice dropped very low. "For that groundbreaking project at the Fourth Institute, she is the chief designer. She's only eighteen, a high school student. Her future is unimaginable..."
The expert understood immediately, his eyes filled with appreciation. "Then please, Engineer Rong, explain it in more detail."
Rong Yu invited the experts to sit down, and both sides began to study it carefully.
However, this cipher had multiple layers of encryption, and the technique used for each layer was different. The entire team stayed up for two days and one night, but they couldn't even decrypt one percent of it.
The higher the level of the cipher, the higher the danger. No one dared to slack off in the slightest.
But, they had to rest eventually.
Rong Yu was ordered by the experts to go back to her dorm and lie down first, and come back to take over the shift tomorrow morning.
She walked out yawning and saw that the guards standing by the door had changed to a new batch. After walking out the main gate, she didn't see Sheng Qingyan either.
"Tsk, looking for my eldest nephew?"
A highly punchable voice came from the side.
Rong Yu turned her head to look and smiled. "Hiding here to smoke while on duty. No wonder Lieutenant Sheng is still in the position of a lieutenant in his thirties."
Sheng Yun: "..."
He shouldn't have provoked her; her mouth was truly toxic.
He snorted, "Seeing as you're my eldest nephew's lifesaver, I won't bother arguing with you."
"Sheng Yun!"
At this moment, a car stopped at the entrance of the office building. A woman in professional attire got out of the car and walked straight up to Sheng Yun.
Sheng Yun frowned. "Why are you here?"
"Base Four overcame a technical difficulty, so the station specially sent me to do a feature report." The woman turned her eyes to look at Rong Yu. "Sheng Yun, who is this?"
Sheng Yun stubbed out his cigarette and shrugged. "There's no need for introductions."
The woman looked rather awkward. "Sheng Yun, I am your girlfriend, after all."
Sheng Yun's attitude grew even more indifferent. "We can just break up, then."
Rong Yu: "..."
She was dead on her feet and had no energy to stick around for the gossip. All she wanted was to hurry back to her dorm and get some sleep.