Chapter 34

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Chen Mo, after confirming the location of the code segment, immediately attempted to send a request to the website.

His internet speed was already slow, and since this was a foreign website, his access speed became even slower. After a long while of buffering, his request was finally granted, giving Chen Mo the opportunity to exchange data with the website and attempt to infiltrate it.

As Chen Mo sent data streams at a speed slightly faster than a snail, the team managing the website was chatting in a chat box:

"Boss, the Chinese are back again. They really don’t give up, do they?"

"Exactly, they actually want to participate in a competition of this level with their skills. It’s really beyond their capabilities!"

"You two mustn’t be complacent. The two Chinese who appeared yesterday weren’t amateurs. If we hadn’t acted quickly, they would have had a chance."

"Alright, boss, we’ll be careful."

Not long after, the chat box became lively again:

"Did you see that? This guy is really funny! His skills are so poor, and his internet speed is so slow, yet he still wants to participate in a competition of this level. Hahaha! I’m dying of laughter!"

"Indeed, it’s quite funny. This guy is probably just a small fry who heard about this Black Hat Conference from somewhere and decided to come and join in the fun."

"What should we do? Should we launch an attack on him?"

"Doing that might not be a good idea. This is the Black Hat Conference, and the rules state that we can only defend, not use tools to attack, right?"

"You idiot, this rule only applies to countries with official invitations. Hackers from China are not invited, so what’s wrong with us doing this?"

"Since that’s the case, let’s do as you say. Give him a little lesson, scare him half to death, hahaha!"

The two of them then took action. Soon, Chen Mo, who was attempting his first-ever infiltration, realized he was under attack. The attack was very sharp; if Li Ranzhu’s attack was like a drizzle, Chen Mo’s current situation was like a storm.

Chen Mo immediately broke out in a cold sweat. While frantically defending himself, he panicked and said, "What’s going on! Wasn’t it supposed to be just an infiltration test of this website? Why is there such a strong attack? Did Master Beauty make a mistake!"

Fortunately, due to the constraints of China’s internet speed, although the attack was fierce, it wasn’t too overwhelming. Chen Mo gradually regained his composure as he defended.

After stabilizing the situation, Chen Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered to himself, "It seems this is an upgraded test. Since the situation is under control, I’ll focus on the infiltration first."

In a building in Los Angeles, a young man was typing on the keyboard and cursing, "I XXX! China’s internet speed is really frustrating! The attacks I send become as slow as a snail once they enter China. How can I fully unleash my power like this!"

In an office of a software company in New York, a man in his thirties also had the same complaint. China’s internet speed greatly limited his performance, making him so angry that he almost smashed the keyboard.

As the two of them continued to curse and attack Chen Mo, in the faculty apartment of MIT, Professor Jimmy was staring in shock at his computer screen. His screen displayed a programming language he had never seen before, and the code written in this language was modifying the website he was responsible for defending.

Professor Jimmy was one of the organizers of the global Black Hat Conference. He was not only a professor in the Computer Science Department at MIT but also the famous hacker Mr. J. He had noticed Chen Mo as soon as he entered the website and was very cautious about his every move.

In Jimmy’s view, the reason China did not qualify for the competition was not due to their lack of technical skills but because the other organizers disagreed, which involved issues of discrimination. Professor Jimmy couldn’t persuade the others, so he had to exclude Chinese hackers.

However, this Black Hat Conference adopted an open competition format. Even if the Chinese were not invited, they could still show up. To deal with this situation, the organizers set a rule: if someone from an uninvited country caused trouble, the organizers would trace their IP!

This rule was not a joke. The organizers of such a hacker competition were not to be trifled with. In front of these powerful hacker teams, even if you organized a large-scale hacker attack, you wouldn’t stand a chance. The gap in strength was too significant!

Due to this highly deterrent clause, all hacker organizations in China strictly restrained their members, warning them not to act impulsively and put themselves in extreme danger.

Of course, Chinese hackers were not completely inactive. Despite the strong rules set by the organizers, two Chinese hackers still participated in the conference. Their nicknames were very distinctive: one was called "Big Ghost," and the other was called "Little Ghost."

If their nicknames were put more plainly, they would be equivalent to the King and Queen in a deck of cards, and the Red Five belonged to the hacker organization they managed.

The appearance of Big Ghost and Little Ghost made the organizers of the hacker conference realize the strength of Chinese hackers. If the organizers’ defense personnel hadn’t discovered these two in time, they would have had a good chance of breaking into the website.

Later, the organizers organized a team to counter these two. However, these two were quite cunning and quickly retreated when they saw the situation was hopeless.

After this incident, Professor Jimmy became very cautious about Chinese hackers. Chen Mo’s appearance made him immediately put aside all other work and focus on monitoring Chen Mo.

Professor Jimmy, of course, knew that the two defense personnel had already launched an attack on Chen Mo. According to the rules of the hacker conference, this was entirely reasonable, so he did not stop them. In fact, he didn’t have much confidence in their attack, and the actual situation confirmed his prediction.

Professor Jimmy had been to China and was quite familiar with the Chinese character. In his impression, Chinese people were very humble and cautious. If they weren’t extremely confident in their abilities, they wouldn’t be here. Since this guy dared to challenge, it meant he wasn’t an ordinary person—his skills should at least be on par with Big Ghost and Little Ghost from the previous day.