Overturned Tower

Not to bribe individual traitors with money, but to bribe everyone—to benefit everyone.If they give up the "unclear how long it will last" game rules of the relief society, they can immediately obtain stable benefits from the existing social rules.

Therefore, those who fell into the prisoner's dilemma became the members of the relief society themselves.Even if they don't sell points, but use them normally, they can't restrain other people who get points to sell them.And when everyone is doing this kind of thing, the environment is destroyed.A person's persistence becomes meaningless, and they can only choose to obey the environment helplessly.

Everyone who is active does not follow the rules, and can make a steady profit from it, and will never be held accountable.Then, those idealists with dreams and original aspirations become a minority instead—because they prevent others from gaining benefits.

Even honest people who are not tempted by this interest will feel that their behavior is not good.If they continue to obstruct, it will lead to internal divisions and struggles among the "idealists"; but if they give up their obstruction, it will be impossible to prevent the continuous loss of a large number of bottom-level organizations.

It only needs a continuous injection of funds to completely destroy the vitality of this organization-and the only one that can pay this price regardless of profit is the head office that regards the Fuji Society as an enemy.

Since they all did this kind of thing, how could they let Russell go?

Therefore, Mark realized from the very beginning... Maybe they are not missing, but dead.It's just that he still has luck in his heart, so he wants to hear what Miss Dai Lan has to say.

But now, Mark finally gave up.

Looking at Mark with a livid face and falling into silence, the roommate sighed helplessly: "Miss Dai Lan can't help it. She is the chief reporter, so what can you say without looking at the company's face?"

"……I know."

Mark was silent for a long time before he said in a low voice: "My anger is not directed at her. I also know that she can't do anything... Rather, she is brave enough. She has done what an ordinary person can do." The limit of reaching - the awareness of exchanging life for the truth.

"I'm angry about the three bullets that came in from outside the studio...they shattered my last luck.

"—I am angry about the fact that some people don't want to give us a way out, and don't want to give us a glimmer of hope."

Chapter 4 The time has come, it's time to turn the tables

Under the emperor's protection, Dai Lan's "bodyguards" sniped her without hurting her at all.When the bodyguards realized that they could not stop Dai Lan, they gave up decisively and left.There was no further attack or further stop Dailan.

Not even the show The Emperor's Talk Show itself ended with it.

Although the audience at the scene were a little panicked and confused when the bullets were fired... the shouts and screams of people's anxiety and worry were endless.But after the situation stabilized, not many people left because of this.

This is not because they are brave and fearless enough, but because they are used to it—if they want to be active in the front line of eating melons, they must pay some risks.Besides, isn't Miss Dai Lan all right?

——Since it’s fine, let’s quickly talk about how you feel after being assassinated!

In fact, after Miss Dai Lan said those words, the emperor's attitude towards her became different.

Under the condition that the emperor didn't make trouble, didn't raise an argument, and even helped her secretly, Dai Lan felt that her pressure suddenly eased a lot. It was like chatting with a friend, and she could express her heart smoothly without any pressure. With the help of the emperor, a person who "has a heart for justice but is powerless due to lack of ability" was easily created.

With this protection, even if she doesn't work as the chief reporter in the future, at least she won't lose her job because of her lack of talent.People will be more forgiving of her...it's all about being generous.

Only then did Dai Lan deeply realize how high the professional level of the "emperor" was - or in other words, how much higher than herself.When he was helping her or attacking her, Dai Lan directly felt two completely different conversation atmospheres.And before the emperor decided to help her now, Dai Lan didn't even notice that the emperor was attacking her.

——However, Dailan's business level is still not strong enough.

Otherwise, she would never fail to realize what she said under the guidance of the emperor.

That was almost a direct attack on the "board of directors" - her unconscious complaints exposed the plight of the "chief reporter".

Dai Lan had already prepared to be killed in front of the camera immediately after saying that sentence, and even if she was saved by the emperor, her mentality did not immediately adjust back.The fear of facing death made her even pee... But fortunately, she was wearing a sanitary napkin, so no one noticed.

So when she vented her pressure and fear, she subconsciously exposed the truth about what kind of pressure the "chief reporter" was facing on a daily basis.Dai Lan even forgot that this was a secret she only knew after she became the chief reporter.

Moreover, even if she was aware of it, she might still decide to speak out.Because when hope is extinguished, when vision is tainted, when fear is overcome, all that remains is anger and hatred.

The emperor's talk show went on normally like this, vomiting out many "industry inside stories", "big people's scandals" and even some "secrets that must not be told" that Dai Lan kept spit out... And her very real feeling of lingering fear and a little bit of anger and hatred can make people immediately believe that she is telling the truth.

For example, "Heavenly Sending Misfortune" once attacked Miss Bingshui and kidnapped two blocks with bombs; Before giving new life to those without a code, Senior Xiao Liuli was kidnapped by an illegal organization in the lower urban area, and used methods such as selling hues and prosthetic eyes to take sneak shots in exchange for black materials that threatened important figures; Elf directors...

In addition, demons are not possessed by psykers, but will become demons after the psykers lose control; a large part of the front-line members of the executive department are actually felons who have been controlled; the executive department will use " "Consensus", by replacing the firearms of some members, so that they can exchange one with criminals; those captured demons were arrested to produce psionic chips, and the death row prisoners who were banished to the ground were not gambling their lives, but After being transformed, he worked as a laborer in a mine full of radiation and curses...

There are also a group of assassins in the hands of elf directors, who are used to eradicate dissidents and kill human directors who are unwilling to give up power; there are some "illegal transcendence chips" circulating in the black market; Among them, weapons, and psionic chips, a large part is smuggled by the equipment department; uncoded people in the lower city will sell some corpses or living resources to ampoules for biomedical treatment, and some missing persons are actually made by having their internal organs stolen. sausage……

And the most crucial secret——

——That is, things like "the resources of this world are about to run out" and "there is a reason why dragons restrict flying machines".

When Miss Dai Lan spoke halfway, the audience already understood why someone wanted to assassinate her; but when she finished speaking, people began to doubt the authenticity of her words—why the head office didn’t broadcast the live broadcast signal Pinched?

Then, another message came out.

At this moment, a group of extremely powerful psychic hackers are attacking Tianen Group in the matrix world!

There is no doubt that they are aware of this opportunity.When Miss Dai Lan exposed the scandal, they began to simultaneously attack the Tianen Group's firewall.

The "black ice" firewall covering the outermost layer of Tianen Group's matrix projection, which can defend against most ice-breaking procedures, was shattered by an ice-breaking cone that did not leave any traces.Its fluency even makes people wonder if the other party has found the back door of "Black Ice".

Immediately afterwards, an extremely powerful virus was released.

It seems to have its own mind, bypassing countless traps, quickly eroding the two defenses of "honeypot" and "deep sea"... and completely shutting them down.

The whole process took only one minute and 40 seconds.

Those cybersecurity engineers with the best equipment and the best education.I have never seen such a powerful enemy.They urgently recalled all their colleagues and raced against the opponent's attack.Many people were unable to return to the company after receiving the notice, and could only open their personal terminals on the spot.

The extremely tense offensive and defensive battle paralyzed the Tianen Group's monitoring of Sky Island's network.

They don't even know who the enemy is, what organization they belong to, and what their intentions are... they only know that the opponent's target is the personal identification code database.

By invading this database, they can instantly turn citizens into uncoded people, and they can also implant the identity information of uncoded people out of thin air to make them normal people.It is also possible to steal their personal passwords and information, and to inquire about all the secrets that have been written since their birth, and to modify any part of them to any degree.

Of course someone reported Dai Lan's incident - but compared with the incident of the Tianen Group being attacked this time, this is a trivial matter.

No matter what the opponent's purpose is, the database must never be lost.

But the opponent's aggressiveness is too strong.

After resisting for four to ten minutes, the 800 people from the Cyber ​​Security Department were still able to break through the last line of defense.

So they had no choice but to choose the last resort.

— Pull up the brakes.

This also means that they will also lose control of the database and can no longer track anyone.Until the background and firewall are overwritten with new security programs, and the intranet is re-opened, Tianen Group will lose the ability to monitor all citizens in real time.

At this moment, the residents of the entire Happy Island discovered that they suddenly could no longer add new friends... Even if they directly swiped other people's business cards or wired connections, they could only see a mess of characters.All the devices that need to call the identity and authority in the entire sky island all display errors, all the identity verification doors cannot be opened, and all transfer behaviors all display errors.

Happy Island fell directly into chaos.

As the power supply of the network security department was physically cut off, the faces of the network security engineers plunged into darkness showed pain, fatigue and disbelief.

The meaning of their existence so far seems to have been denied, and the wall of common sense they have cultivated so far has been shattered.

"...I can only invite the chairman."

The head of the network security department sighed deeply.

He knew that his job was basically over...

No matter how powerful the opponent is or what incomprehensible methods they use, the board of directors only looks at the result.As a result, the network security department he led was like a baby under the opponent's attack-it seemed that there was a whole generation difference in technology, and they were powerless to resist.He must be held accountable for this.

It can be said that they can resist for four to ten minutes... purely by people.

The remote operation can't keep up with the data rewriting speed of the other party.And those engineers who sneaked into the matrix space lost consciousness one after another, and fell into a coma after being forced to log out.And this is because the other party is merciful-they can forcefully kick people out, which means that they can more easily turn them into vegetative people who cannot wake up.

It is more difficult to kick people out.

And their monitoring program did not capture the slightest trace of the other party.

To use an analogy, it is like the lock on the gate of the palace suddenly turning by itself, and then the gate is opened wide open.

As a gust of wind came out, all the guards who rushed past fell limply to the ground and fainted without seeing anyone; all doors and windows were opened, and all lights and candles were extinguished.It is not so much that they blocked for 10 minutes, it is better to say that the speed of the opponent itself takes 10 minutes to reach the destination.

——And they blocked the loneliness.

After the four or ten minutes of purgatory ended, someone in the office, which was as quiet as a sea of ​​corpses, suddenly remembered the matter of Dai Lan.He didn't participate in the front-line confrontation, so he was still conscious...but perhaps it would be better to just pass out.

With a tired spirit, he checked the Internet, only to find that the Emperor's talk show had just ended.

"……Wait a moment!"

His eyes widened.

His sensitivity to time made it easy for him to notice... the time when the Emperor's talk show ended coincided with the time when the hackers stopped attacking.

Just as he exclaimed, the few network security engineers in the room who did not pass out exclaimed one after another.

Because in the company where the power supply was physically cut off, the lights gradually turned on.

Slice after slice.

Slice after slice.

During the monitoring, many switches were opened one by one.No one approaches them.

All the lights turn on by themselves, and the machine restarts by itself.

In a company where few conscious living people are working, all the screens are running quietly.The "authentication error event" that covered the entire sky island lasted only 42 seconds, as if there was only a slight error in the background program.

It's as if everything has returned to normal.It was only a fantasy that they were invaded by an unspeakable enemy before.

The few sober people froze in place like stone statues.

With extremely fearful eyes, they looked at the company in front of them, which was as usual and without any abnormalities——

The other party has obviously invaded and even exited, but they have not tampered with any of their programs and permissions.

However, they received a message that they shouldn't have received... It was a message released to them in the background with the authority of the "chairman":

"I pledge myself. To light the way for those who wish, and for those who don't. I vow to guide the way. I vow to drive out the light."

Obviously, this cannot be what Chairman Sai Lun will say to them at this time.

Then it can also be said that the other party has mastered the personal information and identification codes of all of them in the few seconds of intrusion-they can now use the name of any "user" to publish any message to anyone, which means Then they can also intercept or delete messages at will.And no one else mentioned it on the Internet, so this is accurate information.

The personal identification codes of these "network security engineers" have been completely mastered by the other party.

— There is no doubt that this is a threat.

If the other party can accurately send out such unclear messages, they can naturally send out other messages as well.If they want, they can even kill them all, and then reply to their relatives, friends, superiors and subordinates instead of them.From this moment on, they have been "kidnapped" by this unknown enemy.

Many hidden secrets were leaked, countless big figures were ruined, Tianen Group's deceit was exposed, the Network Security Department was paralyzed, and the felons in the execution department also hammered out the truth that they had vaguely noticed a long time ago...

The truth about idols, reporters, and heroes has been exposed, and the "consensus" has been reduced to waste paper.The elf directors must start to move, and even the dragon must be alarmed.This is by no means an accident, but a premeditated plan - the "emperor" is an important participant in it!

Adding the missing Ultramarine, Barber, Delphinium, and Bingshui, the Fuji Society, which is about to go into turmoil...and the powerful unknown enemy in the matrix world.

Now the entire Happy Island has fallen into an uncontrollable and uncontainable chaos-and there is nothing they can do.

In other words, everyone is powerless at this time.

Chapter 5 Photos of the Emperor

"...Is this really okay?"

Standing in front of the emperor's house, Dai Lan was still a little cautious: "I remember...your wife doesn't want to have any contact with your work, so I take the liberty to come here, it's too disturbing..."

After Dai Lan said those words openly on the show, she knew that she had "no home" from now on.

Whether it was the Tianen Daily, the house she rented, or the place where her parents lived, she could no longer go back.Those "psychic assassins" who were used as consumables by the elf directors must have been eyeing her.

At this time, the emperor invited her.

After all, Dailan is also Bingshui's friend - because Dailan is relatively young, she has not noticed Bingshui's special attitude towards her at all.Unlike Xia, who has fully understood Bingshui's special preferences in emotion and aesthetics, and accepted some of them with some hesitation.

But the emperor is Bing Shui's father after all.Now that Dai Lan is about to die, he still has to save her.

——Especially, he actually knew that ice water was fine.But if left alone, Dai Lan would really have an accident.

If he really left it alone, she would really beat herself up when her daughter came back.

So even though it would attract people's attention, he still took Dai Lan home directly.

What Dailan said could of course cause a great deal of discussion, and might even directly shake the position of Tianen Group.

But public opinion is wine.

No matter how fierce the public opinion is, it needs enough time to fully ferment.But now Happy Island has fallen into chaos... At this moment, no one can care about the life and death of such a small person as Dailan.People themselves are already overwhelmed.

Thus, Dai Lan was ready to die for the third time——

The first time was when she decided to speak, the second time was when she decided to reveal all her secrets... and the third time she had become calm.When it is clear that death is approaching, all she can feel is the calmness after facing the great terror between life and death and fighting it.For Dai Lan at this moment, the threat of death can no longer shake her in the slightest.

To put it simply - even if she died immediately, Dai Lan felt that her ordinary life was worth it.

Only one hour has passed since the talk show started.However, she felt that the current self was completely different from the self an hour ago.

If she is asked to make this kind of decision now, then she will not be shaken in the slightest... let alone be scared to pee out.

But from Dai Lan's point of view, the emperor has already exposed his position just by saving her once - when the revenge of the board of directors comes later, he will also be unlucky because of his own reasons, and now he still needs the emperor to continue to protect her Own……

And when she considers this matter from the perspective of a wife, although she may not say anything... After all, the emperor is indeed such an upright and tough hero, so she must have expected it rationally.But from an emotional point of view, she would probably blame herself for causing trouble to the emperor.