Virus.

In Fang Chi's impression, this seems to be a very old and distant term.

She also lived through the era of the rise of personal computers (PCs), and although she was not very old at that time, she also knew that at that time when the Internet was still like a piece of the western world, all kinds of computer viruses were rampant, and even old-school hackers like Sin were the first to emerge by making Trojan viruses.

At that time, the Internet was a paradise for fraud.

But then, the expansion of network users has brought a lot of dividends, and commercial interests have driven the birth of rules, rules have formed order, and order has built an ecology. A large number of hackers have been co-opted or turned into legitimate businesses. Those who do viruses start to do antivirus software, and those who do underground □□ start to do Internet finance...... Viruses that have no other use than to show off their skills have gradually disappeared.

Even in the current world where virtual reality is popular, singing and dancing everywhere, drunk and drunk, how many people still remember the existence of the word "virus"?

But it never perished.

"This unknown virus was reported by a large number of users 45 minutes ago, and according to Maandala's official analysis and detection, this virus should have broken out 53 minutes ago, and the outbreak points are mainly distributed in urban areas with avatar densities of more than 10,000 in Maandala's continental plates."

Ignoring Hong Jincheng's warning, Fang Chi logged into Maandala, got on the shuttle train, and headed straight to one of the nearest flashpoints: Chiba City.

"Based on current observations, this unknown virus does not act on the Maandala system itself, but only on Avatar. Poisoned users will lose control of their Maandala accounts, and Avatar will develop the ability to act autonomously. It's not known how the virus spreads, but the number of infected users is growing exponentially. ”

The red warning light in the shuttle train kept sounding, and Maandala's official warning began to be played on the horn:

"Dear users, for unknown reasons, an unknown contagious virus has appeared in Maandala. All users are requested to go offline as soon as possible to avoid infection and prevent personal and property damage. ”

Many of the Avatars in the shuttle train were at a loss, looking at each other, looking at each other, and they would be suspicious, but no one really took action off the line.

"Are you kidding?" One red-haired Avatar said, "Is it April Fool's Day? ”

"No, today is Teng Hua's father's birthday." Avatar, who was traveling with him, said seriously.

The Avatars in the same carriage were all laughing.

This day is indeed Teng Hua's birthday as shown on official information. A few years ago, due to a mistake by a Maandala employee, 20% of users received a virtual pet that fell out of thin air - a small devil with a Q version of Teng Hua's portrait. This virtual pet was originally the product of Maandala's internal staff pranks and self-amusement, but unexpectedly, it became a big love of users and competed for it.

Later, Teng Hua did not blame the employee, and the pet became a mascot for Maandala. Later, on this day every year, Maandala officials will create some unexpected surprises for users, which has become a common practice in Maandala.

"Hey." The red-haired Avatar suddenly rested his hand on his companion's neck.

"What?" The companion avoided it uncomfortably, "Weird. ”

"I'm going to break your neck." The red-haired Avatar spoke word for word, incoherently, like a machine's voice.

The companion let out a scream. His head gurgled and rolled down to the floor of the carriage, a column of blood.

All the avatars in the whole carriage were stunned, and after a few seconds of stiffness, they instantly got up and fled! The red-haired Avatar's joints stiffened, but still chased after the other Avatars at breakneck speed.

"A large number of users have reported a sudden change in the temperament of their peers or relatives and friends, and 90% of them have reported being attacked, even including strong*, although in a safe area, but because most of them are driving with high force feedback accuracy, so the real person has been injured to varying degrees. At the same time, there have been a large number of cases of real people dying due to accidental attacks in the arena. The Nineteenth Bureau has reported to the higher-ups and ordered Maandala to close the arena immediately. ”

"Infected Avatars are all low-level artificial intelligence, □□ tendency, and strong * demand. At the same time, the physical function of the Avatar has been enhanced, reaching the level of a top human athlete, and ordinary Avatar is difficult to resist. With these behaviors in mind, we're going to name the virus 'Zombie' for the time being. ”

The red-haired Avatar rushed in front of Lacrimosa, who shouted, "Hey, look left!" ”

The red-haired Avatar mechanically looked back at her to the right.

"Sure enough, there is only a basic stress response, and there is no ability to discriminate." Lacrimosa made up her mind, grabbed the bar on the top of the train with both hands, and kicked him away with a flying kick.

Several more Avatars have been infected, and the train cars have been bogged down in hand-to-hand combat, so nervous that people have even forgotten that they can force themselves off the line. The red-haired Avatar pounced again, and Lacrimosa still kicked him in the jaw, kicking him away. At this time, the train arrived at Chiba Castle Station, and Lacrimosa hurriedly opened the door and fled.

However, the moment she saw Chiba Castle clearly, she froze.

What a Chiba Castle this is!

It's like a ruin after the looting of war!

The streets were all destroyed, dense billboards, neon signs were smashed to pieces, shops were smashed, vehicles crashed into walls, the remains of Avatars were lying on the ground, there were still many infected Avatars smashing glass, gates, and even fighting each other, and several girls from Amethyst Spring were struggling in pain.

An uninfected Avatar girl stumbles towards Lacrimosa, and a swarm of infected Avatars swoops towards her like locusts.

Lacrimosa yelled, "Offline! Hurry up and go offline! ”

Rushing towards the girl, she saw that the girl had hit something hard and fell to the ground, and the infected Avatar quickly overwhelmed her......

Lacrimosa was just one step away from the Avatars. She reached out and touched an invisible barrier in the air.

Fang Chi's taxi was speeding on the fourth ring road. The building, with its torch and wand spurting into the sky, still stood on the edge of the wide viaduct.

"Master, drive slowly." Fang Chi noticed that there were dense crowds of people under the Maandala Building, and the "Adventure Land" downstairs had been suspended, and even the merry-go-round was crowded with people.

Fang Chi rolled down the window and could hear the sound of the crowd. Although I couldn't hear what was being shouted, it was clear that the crowd was angry. Eggs, stones, milk packets, one after another, smashed against the glass of the building.

She remembers the first time she went to the Maandala Building after her injury, and Reboot explained to a group of securities analysts how Maandala kept her absolutely safe, and in retrospect, she suddenly felt very ironic: "Maandala was born 14 years ago, and it has been seven years since there has not been a single security incident due to a system vulnerability, which is the safest system in the world." ”

However, the only thing that really protects Maandala is the building with high-strength explosion-proof and impact-resistant materials. Eggs and stones hit it, and the building was unscathed.

But why? Why has Maandala been prone to vulnerabilities since the glabellar ruler appeared? When the eyebrow ruler forced Maandala users to watch the video, Maandala was faintly in a state of storm?

Wait a minute –

Although no one has claimed responsibility for this virus until now, could it be that it is the glabellar ruler that can cause such a wide spread in Maandala?

The "protective color" program that had been lurking in Maandala's user system now looks like a massive test before the virus hits.

Fang Chi rushed into the nineteenth bureau, and a colleague saw her and guided: "The History Bureau and the Hong Division, there are ...... are waiting for you in Conference Room 1. ”

She walked into the first conference room quickly, only to see that the senior management of the 19th Bureau, as well as several heads of national security, were there, and the remote conference system connected the high-level of Maandala, the security department, and the people of the Light Age Laboratory, and naturally Teng Hua was also there. As soon as she entered, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were directed at her.

She looked around and said, "Is it the ruler between the eyebrows that wrote 'Zombie'?" ”

Hong Jincheng and Shi Zhengrong glanced at each other, and Hong Jincheng asked, "Sect Master, what is the matching result?" ”

In the video conference system, the SG Sect Leader stared at the computer in front of him: "It's out...... Depend on! This scolding made everyone's hearts sink.

"Fifteen minutes after the outbreak of the virus, and 15 minutes after the 'protective color' program is triggered, the matching degree of infected avatar is as high as 96%, and then decreases, mainly because zombies are self-infectious, and the spread range is much larger than that of the 'protective color' program." The SG Sect Master slowly raised his head from behind the computer. "At that time, the glabellar ruler refused to eliminate the effects of the 'protective color' program, and we at the Light finally banned the program. But now it seems that the 'protective color' is just an experiment for us to test the eyebrow ruler, and the really powerful 'Zombie' has not been discovered by us. ”

"The worst part is that until now, we haven't been able to tell which part of the program is a virus."

"Why? Don't you save them regularly? Doesn't it come out as soon as it is compared? ”

The SG Sect Leader frowned and said, "Maandala has developed very rapidly in the past three years, and its volume has become extremely large, and it is constantly updated almost every day. For the sake of storage efficiency, we set the automatic retention period of files to one year, and files that exceed one year will be automatically deleted. However, we have compared it with the file from a year ago, and there is no difference. ”

Hong Jincheng muttered: "You mean, this 'Zombie' virus was lurking in the Maandala system a year ago?" ”

The SG Sect Master gritted his teeth and nodded.

There was a dead silence in the room. All the men kept their heads down and smoked desperately.