The chaos in the U.S. military continued until about noon U.S. time, and the Pentagon staff surrounded the building of force and authority, with fewer than 3,000 of the tens of thousands of people being truly military elites. Most people are still at a loss in the face of this, they don't know how to shoot or how to keep their composure in the chaotic environment. After that plane terror, the Americans who saved the world with missiles and air strikes finally ushered in the first head-on attack in nearly a decade.

No one would have imagined that someone would be so bold as to directly attack the Pentagon, and it would take inexperienced people a long time from the interruption of communications to the resolution of this chaos. For the military, there will probably be no mention of the EMP attack for some years to come.

After the situation finally began to be brought under control, problems with the entire security system were checked. After all, in terms of positive image, the Pentagon is still just an office location, and there is no way to take out the things hidden deep underground.

It was only after the discovery that the underground had been invaded and that part of the Pentagon's backup power had been restored. After discovering that the supercomputer was already under the control of someone else, they had to spend some time searching for the source of the trouble at several of Athena's control terminals.

In this way, Oldman's body was found on the seventeenth floor. During his time manipulating Athena, he did a lot of things - such as adjusting the flow of air, locking most of the exits, and even releasing a large amount of poison gas that caused chaos. When many people realized that these operations could only be done by the supercomputer, Oldman, who had already calculated the time, calmly made a list of several automatic programs, and then threw the neurotoxin he carried directly into his mouth.

Oldman's true identity is no longer available from the computer files, which is the sadness of automated office. In an era when paper products were still mainstream, it would never happen that a person had no social security account number and no fingerprint record.

But that's the way it is, Oldman didn't even have a chance to tell anyone that his name was Oldman, and there was no way to find speculation about his life trajectory. The old man appeared near Washington as if out of thin air, then participated in an attack on the Pentagon, and died.

This is a slap in the face to the military, and the Americans, who boast of their first-class espionage skills, have finally realized that in the corners where they do not know the way, there are still some shadows of the last century.

SP-005's escape was the most important of a big deal, and the Pentagon's senior advisory group immediately called an emergency meeting, this time in response to the report that Athena had automatically generated.

One of the key members of the advisory board, Harrison. Maider did not attend the meeting, and he was found in the confusion with two shots, lying in the middle of the line of those trying to stop the intruders. It is said that at that time Harrison. Maider nearly lost his life trying to protect Athena's key, which silenced the people who were going to laugh at his misjudgment of Athena's report.

With this miraculous invasion, the Pentagon's paper losses are actually not heavy. With the exception of some underground level guards who were killed, basically no classified documents were lost.

Except for that marvelous SP-005.

There was no videoconference on the senior advisory group this time, and they gathered directly in a secret conference room prepared for them by the National Security Agency.

"Ladies and gentlemen, His Excellency the Minister of Defense seems to be angry right now, but the overall situation has not yet been presented to Mr. President. Let's first draw up a process, and find a way to solve it for the Congress, for Mr. President, and for the people and the military. "The presiding officer was the director of the National Security Agency, that is, the famous NSA Case, he was an old man with a serious expression, his white blonde hair was meticulously combed, his eyes were very sharp, but unfortunately his face was a little long, giving people a sense of seriousness and a little funny.

The lowest-ranking directors were also bureau chiefs, but none of them had the same power as the NSA director, who had not attended the last senior advisory group meeting. The NSA is independent of the military and has the power and duty to spy on everyone present, making it a powerful department that has been outstanding since the beginning of the last century. With the continuous advancement of surveillance technology, the tentacles of the NSA are now getting wider and wider, which is simply daunting.

"Let's punish it first." DARPA Director General Smith. Haydn was cautious and said first, "At least punish those guys who are being used first." ”

In fact, everyone has no objection to this, although everyone knows that punishment is meaningless, but this conclusion is the easiest for everyone to accept at the first time.

Several of you here are old foxes who know the other side of this country, and SP knows that -005 is almost twenty years behind the times, and once it is released, it will still be endless troubles for the entire United States and even the world.

The Minister of Defense was furious about this, and roared with several bureau chiefs, reprimanding the search and arrest work for not keeping up immediately, but in exchange for a light answer from the bureau chiefs who were meeting at this time.

"Your Excellency, I haven't caught that bearded man yet."

The death of the Twin Sons is one of the most painful memories in this country, and the fact that the man who created the largest terrorist act in history is still at large is the loudest slap in the face to the entire US military intelligence system.

In contrast, the fact that an SP-005 was taken out of the Pentagon was less shocking - the Pentagon had been bombed once before, and now it may have been an attempt to find SP-005.

"All evidence suggests that Zhao Xuan should have been the last person to come into contact with SP-005, and it was she who took extraordinary measures to attack the Pentagon, which ultimately led to SP-005's escape." NSA Director Case concluded, "So everyone who comes into contact with Zhao Xuan has to be interrogated, right?" ”

Of course, there will be no objections, the few people present do not have the right to decide on foreign affairs, and it is not they who have made the decision to welcome Zhao Xuan and David back to China.

"Can David be counted as treason now?" Carter, director of the Strategic Information Bureau, asked, "Qualitative, right?" ”

Several people nodded one after another, David followed Zhao Xuan, and did not stop Zhao Xuan when he finally left. From this point of view, he can already be considered a traitor.

Although they were curious about how Zhao Xuan did it, the attention of these people was finally focused on SP-005.

"Wanted?" This time the interviewer was the deputy director of the C.I.A., who is now in the White House with the president.

Keith was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Make playing cards and send them to the action team." ”

"There are only three of them." Carthus reminded Keith, "How? ”

Keith said expressionlessly, "Commemorative plaque." ”

At such a time, no one will say anything discouraged, but everyone knows in their hearts that the actual meaning of doing so is not very big.

Although it was kept secretly. After nearly 20 years of detachment, he is still too familiar with the national intelligence system. When DARPA first proposed the concept of the Internet, SP-005 was one of the main leaders. Coupled with that huge talent training program, it's hard to say whether there are secrets for SP-005 in the United States. Don't look at the satellites all over the country now, there are surveillance cameras everywhere in the country. Just looking at the fact that Athena made a little use of the supercomputer when he fled, it is not difficult to see that it is not easy to find him by conventional means.

What's more, SP-005 is shut down though. After nearly twenty years of detaining, the powerful methods that suddenly erupted made people wonder how much else he was ambushing in the dark. Will these forces make bigger waves?

Thinking of this, the big people here have a headache.

The scene was awkward for a moment, and the deputy director of the CIA spoke first: "Then let's go and arrange the operation first." ”

The CIA has the strongest operational capability of all departments, and this is widely recognized. Now that he has been slapped in the face, it is naturally the standard process to let the CIA people do it first.

Keith looked around at the familiar faces around him again and asked, "Anything else to add?" ”

DARPA Director General Smith. Haydn thought for a moment and said, "I suggest starting the next level of cyber defense engineering, you know, our encryption protocols so far have been researched on his basis, and I can't guarantee which step he can take." ”

Keith nodded: "For the sake of national security, let's start." ”

The next level of cyber defense engineering is a new defense system that DARPA has invested in research, contracted to several top technology companies in the United States, and is expected to start officially operating around 2015. Cyber warfare against the next generation of targets. Now for SP-005 to start, it's just too much to give the escape face.

"This time the elder Harrison is also injured, and the Department of Defense should organize a visit." "On the SIS side, Carter, how long will it take to rewrite Athena's Supreme Privilege program?" ”

Someone robbed the key to control Athena's permissions, which is tantamount to proving that supercomputers, despite their excellent performance, are still part of an insecure system. This must be reviewed by the Bureau of Strategic Information, and Carter is also disgraced by this.

"It's going to take two to three weeks."

Keith shook his head and didn't say anything, according to the normal level, the Strategic Information Agency is directly under the Department of Defense, and the National Security Agency is one level higher. But at this kind of senior advisory meeting, Keys could not speak to Carter with a high-pressure face, so he could only say in a calm tone: "I hope it can be faster." ”

Carter also knew that he had a heavy responsibility in this matter, and he might have to be questioned by the investigation later, and he also lowered his posture to Keith as much as possible, saying: "The core secret can't involve too many people, we will do our best." ”

Case's didn't say much when they gave each other enough face, and said to himself: "We will follow up on the monitoring part and cooperate with the CIA, I hope you understand." ”

What this means is that all of you here will also be closely monitored, and everyone is an old fellow who has served the country for many years, although they will still feel uncomfortable, and no one will raise objections.

The meeting proceeded very slowly, mainly because the problem was so serious that no one was willing to offer more responsibility. After that, there are headaches such as congressional questioning, and everyone is thinking about how to get through this difficult time.

As for the capture of SP-005, no one has really considered it yet.

For such a room of people who claim to protect national security, this is the biggest mockery.

The political system is always the best way to destroy a belief, and there is no one.