On the edge of the fourth ring road in the northwest of Yan City, there is a skyscraper with a strange style - the bottom 36 floors are regular and square buildings, and then the top suddenly begins to twist, and the whole building seems to be held by a giant hand The roof of the building begins to rotate, and the square turns to the top and becomes round. This building stands on the edge of the four rings, like a torch facing the sky, and like a magic wand piercing the starry sky.

In recent years, the skyscraper has become a tourist attraction. People who come to Yan City for tourism basically have to come here to take a photo with this building. Even on the Fourth Ring Viaduct, the traffic management bureau had to erect a striking warning sign:

"Please don't stick your head and hands out of the window to take pictures!"

It's such an exaggeration.

Who made Maandala live in this building?

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is our Maandala Building, which was built in 18 years and currently has 10,000 employees in the company, all working in this building. As far as our in-house staff are concerned, we prefer to call it 'AdventureLand' and the kids call it Maandala Theme Park. ”

A chubby Maandala employee is giving an explanation to a group of people in suits and leather shoes. "Ma-an-da-la, doesn't that sound like a spell? Here, the children who recite the mantra to the staff will receive a piece of candy from the Maandala mascot. He blinked and handed a chocolate to the child who pounced on him and said "Maandala."

A low-altitude roller coaster sped past them, whistling through the trees and whistling to the other side of the building. Screams of excitement kept coming from the roller coaster.

Fang Chi stood silently next to the merry-go-round, as quiet as a butterfly with its wings folded. That group of people were securities analysts who came from overseas to do company research, apparently to understand the company's situation in advance before the annual report came out. When the annual financial report is issued, their securities analysis report can be released and sent to investors, which will play a role in turning the clouds in the capital market.

But this year, Maandala's IR (Investor Relations) department went on leave exceptionally early, so such an unprofessional fat man was arranged to receive securities analysts.

"Little sister!"

The childish voice, Fang Chi was stunned for a while before he realized that this was calling her. She subconsciously touched her face, and she couldn't accept the unfamiliar and peculiar title of "little sister" to her.

It's a cute little boy, Fang Chi has a slight impression. The kid was still scratching the crane machine, tiptoeing hard and carefully shaking the rocker. Downstairs in the Maandala Mansion is a small playground, which is actually a place for Maandala's product experience, where each player wears a small and thin virtual reality helmet on their heads, and wearing them, it is like Alice in Wonderland, and they will enter a completely different magical world.

The little boy was sweating profusely, and his round little face was flushed. His hands were tightly behind his back, looking up at Fang Chi with a small face, too shy to speak.

Fang Chi looked at him for a while, and finally asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Ding Ai!"

As if he had made up his mind, the little boy quickly reached out and shoved a little blue devil doll into the palm of her hand, and then ran away.

The corners of Fang Chi's mouth curled slightly. The doll has the Maandala logo on it, a pointed nose, and a small tail that curls in the end of an arrow. It's so cute. It dawned on her that this seemed to be her first visceral pleasure in six months.

An innocent child is really like a little angel.

She looked up and saw that this little kid named Ding Ai was running too fast, and he actually knocked on the edge of the flower bed, and his leg was broken. She wanted to go over, but saw the child's mother running over in a hurry, a woman in her thirties, dressed plainly, and looking at the family was not very good. Maandala's game facilities are free and open outside of the fixed exhibition hours, so many children from poor families come here to play.

Fortunately, the injury was not serious.

But the child was bleeding profusely. No matter how much the mother pressed and bandaged, she was so anxious that she scolded him: "Don't let you run!" You have to run! Now it's okay, I'm going to the hospital again! The boy didn't cry, but hung his head and let his mother scold. The mother picked him up and hurriedly got into a taxi.

It's hemophilia, right? Fang Chi frowned slightly, and his eyes followed the taxi away.

"Hello, Mr. Reboot, I heard that the office of the Cyber Security Bureau is not far from Maandala, can you give us the specific address so that we can pay a visit?"

An Asian beauty analyst asked coquettishly, such a sweet voice drew Fang Chi's attention back. The analyst wears a nameplate that shows her as an employee of a well-known Wall Street investment bank.

"This ...... Hahaha...... "The fat man known as Reboot kept wiping her sweat with tissues and playing Tai Chi to deal with her.

"Mr. Reboot, Maandala is currently the most successful virtual reality system in the world, with 70% of the world's connected users. This penetration rate, even higher than that of Apple's mobile phones back then, is a miracle. Mr. Reboot, with such a large user base and countless transactions and processes happening in Maandala every day, how can your company guarantee that this qiē is absolutely secure? Presumably, your company has in-depth cooperation with your country's cyber security bureau, right? Otherwise, how to explain the failure of the Cyber Security Bureau's 'Fox Hunt' last year, and the stock of Maandala, which led the company, plummeted? ”

What a sharp analyst. Sure enough, the seemingly stupid question before was just a hook, and a slight hook made the unprofessional Reboot leak out. Fang Chi glanced at the analyst, she was really very complacent.

A white towel was handed over, and Reboot took it, wiping his forehead vigorously. He seems to be honest, but there is a bit of cunning in his eyes.

"In fact, we cooperate not only with the Cyber Security Agency, but also with your country's National Security Agency. Maandala is an independent, free and equal virtual reality, regardless of nationality, class, or color, in which all people have the same rights and all criminal acts are punished accordingly. ”

"Haha! Mr. Reboot, the question is just a joke, but the volatility in the stock market does reflect investors' concerns about cybersecurity and crime in Maandala. Hopefully, Mr. Reboot will tell us what Maandala is doing in this regard. ”

"Yes, yes. Please enter the building first. Reboot directed the group of analysts through the security checks at the entrance of the building. The instrument scans each person's pupil and emits a prompt sound that is smooth to release. Fang Chi hesitated for a moment and walked over as well. A soft green light swept across her eyes, and the glass door in front of her opened.

Fang Chi followed. Reboot had apparently noticed her, and his quizzing gaze kept on her.

She wore a camel-colored dress today, with a white puff-sleeved vintage shirt on the upper body, tucked at the wrists, and cuffs like blooming flowers. Her long black hair was neatly draped and looked like a delicate doll. She deliberately put on brightly colored lipstick and a light blush to hide her somewhat gloomy complexion.

This kind of dress is indeed different from that group of securities analysts, but she can pass the pupil scan identity verification, and Reboot didn't say anything, hiding the strangeness of her stomach.

"Ahem, look, everybody." Reboot pointed to the mirror-smooth building with a laser pointer, "This building was designed from the ground up with safety in mind. For example, the most advanced intelligent security system to date, high-strength explosion-proof and impact-resistant materials, anti-information monitoring stealth coatings, self-energy circulation supply system...... Even if 911 were to happen again, there would be a 90% chance that there would be zero casualties and all servers would be up and running. ”

He directed the analyst's gaze to the other side, where the transparent sightseeing elevator gave a clear view of the busy employees working on each floor of the Maandala building, and proudly said:

"Maandala was born 14 years ago, and it has been seven years since then, and there has not been a single security incident due to a system vulnerability, making it the safest system in the world. This must be attributed to our company's Documentary of Light yàn room, which has gathered a group of top domestic cybersecurity experts such as SG Master, coldfire, Luo Xuan, fever, etc......"

A Taiwanese analyst whispered to a colleague next to him: "I heard that the most powerful hackers and white hats in the mainland were either recruited by the Cyber Security Bureau or went to Maandala." Maandala is almost paid a sky-high salary, and it's no wonder that so many top hackers can be entrapped......"

The colleague next to him said disapprerovingly: "The most powerful? Isn't the most powerful hacker in the mainland the 'Three Musketeers'? Guest, T.N.T, and Creeper, who won the first place in the world's top hacker contest Pwn2Own just three years after their debut, have set a record of points that no one has been able to break so far. No one has heard that these three people have been recruited, right? ”

Another Asian analyst next to him said in broken Chinese: "Hasn't the 'Three Musketeers' been disbanded for many years?" T.N.T. and Creeper's Avatar never appeared in Maandala again, and it is impossible to register a new Avatar for official service. The only one who is still active is the Guest. ”

Speaking of Guest, the group of analysts were visibly excited and whispered. "Guest is really not ordinary. Tian Xingjian of the Red Guest Alliance, the bun of the Cambrian Studio eat me, these top hackers who have not been recruited have their own alliances, they are team battles, and only Guest is alone. ”

"Guest is a legend! Kevin Mitnick, who was considered the blackest hacker in his early years, once hacked into the system of the North American Air Defense Command, but who have you ever seen in the mainland who dares to challenge the national security information system? After Guest flew solo, he invaded the system of the Supreme Court of the mainland! ”

"Oops! If the Guest is also in the Age of Light...... I can guarantee that Maandala's stock price will rise by one percentage point after this report is issued, hedging the impact of the previous fox hunt! ……”

"Mr. Reboot, is the Guest also a member of your company's Documentary of Light yàn room?" An analyst asked, holding back his hand.

Reboot haha, "yes, yes, we have a partnership with Guest!" ”

The analysts rejoiced and made another note in the small notebook.

After arranging a meeting with the CFO in the conference room, Reboot went to the bathroom to wash his face, wipe his body, and change into a dry cultural shirt. I asked a colleague for a cigarette and a lighter, and went to the corridor to smoke and relax.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the security door was opened, there was a girl standing in the dark corridor, holding a blue-faced little devil doll in both hands, looking unusually slender and well-behaved.

However, when she opened her mouth, her voice was cold, so cold that Reboot shivered.

"When did Guest work with you? How did I not know? ”