Bit Mania [Hacking]

Apart from the alienation at the beginning, Octo did not insist on rejecting Qi Xingchu for a long time as expected. On the contrary, after the two got acquainted, they often discussed with him about network attack and defense.In fact, as an information security expert, it is taboo to talk about such topics with notorious big hackers. However, after worrying at the beginning, he found that he benefited much more from the conversation between the two than Octo .

For attacking and sabotaging, Octo is easy to use. It was a headache at the beginning of this trip, and he always intentionally or unintentionally turned the topic to the good side in the chat, such as improving the active defense of the firewall, port security, system process monitoring, etc. Wait, at first Octo always kept attacking in three sentences, but as time passed, he began to pause in the conversation, and sometimes he would think about it and say "If we improve here, we can prevent..." or simply stop, silently using a Staring at Xingchu with a clear and funny expression, he said for a long time: "Yes..."

The person in front of him is obviously younger than him, but when he shows such an expression, it always makes Xing Chu's face slightly hot, as if he can't hide his thoughts from him.

Sometimes I doubt or even deny myself for a while, whether I have stretched my hand too far, and maintained an inappropriate relationship with a character who is an enemy in every sense.The other party seems to know his purpose clearly, which brings him a feeling of being at a loss for singing a one-man show; but sometimes, looking at the deep eyes of that person, it seems to contain a little helplessness and pampering. If it makes him disgusted, he may not pay attention to himself at all, and thus he will have confidence in the behavior he chooses.

In such a contradictory psychology, he worked hard day by day, trying to find a smile and sunshine on Octo's face.

Days passed, and when everything started to develop in a good direction, at the end of March 99, NATO led by the United States launched a bombing operation against Yugoslavia.

It was the end of June three months later when I came to visit Octo in the federal prison again.

Because the two had gotten to know each other quite well before, and the content of their conversations was classified. At the beginning of the trip, I got a special pass from the air force general who knew the inside story, which allowed me to freely enter and leave the prison, so I often met without prior notice. This time So he went directly to Octo, but he never imagined that the person who once covered the sky with his hands on the Internet was being punched and kicked by two prisoners on the ground, with no power to resist.

It was hard for him to forget the feeling of bitterness at that time, a surge of sadness and anger that even he did not expect, he rushed up to subdue the two criminals under the surprised eyes of the prison guards, picked Octo up in his arms Go to the infirmary.

Octo is thinner than he was three months ago.Sitting on the white hospital bed with legs curled up, as quiet as I remembered, watching the doctor apply medicine to the bruise on his arm.

He sat aside and asked the prison guards about the situation.

"He's so skinny, but he can still live in a super cell. Of course, those muscular guys won't let him go..." The prison guards who accompanied him seemed to be familiar with the violence among prisoners, and scratched their heads as usual: "This This kind of thing is very common here...especially..." Looking at Qi Xingchu, he hesitated.

"Especially what?" Xing Chu frowned.

"Especially in the past, there was a person with a strong backstage who kept coming to see him," the prison guard pouted at Xingchu: "so no one dared to move, and then you didn't come for a long time... that's it."

Hearing this, he was a little stunned, and then warned the prison guards to strengthen their supervision, and don't let this kind of thing happen to Octo again.

He turned his gaze back to Octo, the atmosphere between the two was unusually silent, the prison guard and the doctor finished a series of things, explained a few words, got up and left.

The door was closed, and Xingchu started to talk, but was interrupted directly by Octo.

"Isn't it..."

"Here we come? Our 'war hero'." Octo kept his eyes on the distance, not looking at Qi Xingchu.

"what?……"

"Congratulations, you have won a complete victory in the war against the Southern Alliance. It is really a model of bullying the weak, bullying the weak, and invincible."

"I……"

Octo was weak, and a series of robbing made him short of breath: "More than 1 depleted uranium bombs and cluster bombs, this is the just assistance of you hypocrites? Heh..."

"Don't be in a hurry..."

"Your Air Force's information warfare is really beautiful...Qi Xingchu, I misunderstood you, did you tell me a lot of lies to children before, are you embarrassed to talk about peace all day long, the genius of the United States What are the engineers doing here..."

"Stop!" Xingchu covered Octo's mouth, and the other party protested, staring at him angrily.

"Oh, I didn't want to mention it to you," Xingchu sighed helplessly, and slowly let go: "It's true that I haven't come to see you for the past three months because of this matter, I'm sorry..."

"Don't bother you to condescend yourself." Octo stopped talking.

"... Rhonda Stern's several companies are in the operation group, including the Information Operations Department. You can't hide this matter from you, so you think it's understandable that I participated in the war," Xingchu said with a wry smile, "But I... that kind of I have 1 people against the inhumane war, and I had a very unpleasant fight with the admiral because of going to war, and then..."

"Then what?"

"Then, I mobilized the experts from the Ministry of Information to fight against the war," Xing Chu touched his nose, "It's a matter of course, I was grounded."

"..."

"...In fact, more than half of the experts at that time were persuaded, and some from other bases, the anti-war operation almost succeeded..."

Octo turned around at some point, staring fixedly at Xingchu. After a long time, his brows and eyes could not help but frown.

"Hey...you're an idiot..."

Xing Chu also laughed: "Yeah, a fool like me always has more than enough energy."

"Are there a lot of people like you in places I don't know, idiot?"

"Ah, yes," Xingchu said, "Then are you willing to become stupid with me?"

"No," Octo said, seeing the obviously disappointed expression of the person in front of him, he changed the subject again: "Is it okay to be stupid?"

The early summer light poured down through the window, leaving a faint warm imprint on the white hospital bed. A few skylarks perched on the branches of the yellow pine, chirping from time to time.The warm wind blows in, condensing the silhouette of the last summer at the end of the century.

At that time, Qi Xingchu sincerely looked forward to the arrival of the next century.He believes that this era will unveil a completely new situation because of the changes of some people.

Seven years is too long, and he can't wait.He and Octo made a high-five alliance in prison, and made a gentleman's agreement, and they will change their minds after they are released from prison.In the days that followed, he ran around for him, trying to get a chance to commute his sentence. Octo was also very cooperative and had a good attitude towards serving his sentence. Being a guarantee caused a great commotion at the time, and after busy work, he finally took him out of the iron gate of the prison in the winter of the fifth year.

The mountains are covered by heavy snow, and the prison in the suburbs is covered in silver. Octo's health has always been poor. He likes to hide any ailments in the prison. Coupled with the bad weather in the northwest of the United States, after entering the new century, every winter, An old ankle injury would kick in, preventing him from walking easily and requiring the assistance of a wheelchair.

Xingchu wrapped a thick blanket on Octo's knees, and smoothed them carefully to prevent the biting cold wind from getting in. After a while, heavy snow piled up a thin layer on Octo's knees.

"Qi." Octo called softly.

"Huh?" He squatted down to be level with Octo, listening.

"You cunning guy..." Octo bit his lip and said, "Knowing that I'm a weak-willed person, you tempted me with such beautiful things...'Peace, Health, Order'...Oh, actually, I I always feel that those words are far away from me..."

"You will have them," Xing Chu smiled: "I will help you get rid of the military's surveillance, escape to a brand new place, say goodbye to everything in the past, and welcome a rebirth that belongs to you."

After a long time, Octo nodded and said word by word: "Qi Xingchu, don't forget our agreement."

Xingchu lightly brushed the snow off his knees for him, and fixedly looked at the person in front of him, as if he wanted to engrave his appearance deeply in his memory: "You too, Zixin, draw a line with the past, Use your talent to add color to the world."

At this moment, a figure suddenly swept out from the back of a car, bringing a cold wind blowing towards his face. The man was so fast that he only had time to block in front of Octo's wheelchair at the first time. Pointing to his brow.

The gunman had a handsome face, brown hair, and cold gray eyes staring at him with murderous intent.

At the beginning of the trip, he was slightly stunned. He thought Octo was being attacked, but now it seems that the target of the other party is himself?But who is the person in front of him?Faintly felt some distant impressions, but couldn't recall them.

"Xiu, get back!" Octo shouted suddenly behind him, but the slightly increased volume made the person in the wheelchair cough intermittently.

Xingchu hurriedly turned around to give him comfort, and the gunman's eyes full of hatred changed suddenly. With the gun in his hand, he stepped forward nervously, pushed Xingchu away with one hand, and carefully comforted Octo.

Soon Octo calmed down, turned his head and said to Xingchu, "Let's send it here." Hearing this, the young man who broke in suddenly gave Xingchu another look, with hatred, confusion and forbearance in his eyes, Finally, without saying a word, he pushed Octo's wheelchair and walked away.

The moment they passed each other, Octo said softly, "It's a deal."

Xingchu quietly watched the two of them get into the car and go away, closed his eyes, let out a long breath, and slowly loosened his clenched fingers.He doesn't know whether his choice is right or wrong. To help Octo get out of prison early, is it the salvation of a genius who has gone astray, or the foolish indulgence of the devil?

And the one who did all this, used himself as a guarantee in exchange for the freedom of Octo, who was not eligible for a commutation of sentence, and what's more, he helped him completely get rid of all surveillance by the US military after he was released from prison... In the dead of night for several years , often amazed by his own impulsiveness and boldness, this desperate gamble, the pressure he endured is unimaginable to others.

"Don't blame me, Octo, definitely don't blame me..." he murmured.