In the special zone, where the sky is covered with radar waves, many bureaucratic vehicles pass through the roads.

In the city of millions of people, many government workers are hurrying with their pride and pride, as if their every move can change the world.

But in fact, everyone knows very well in their hearts that even if it changes the world, this honor will still be left to His Excellency the President. The man who lives here is the most powerful man in the United States, and he often draws a tsunami of cheers just by standing in front of the public and smiling.

If it weren't for the heart-wrenching air attack a few years ago, many people's impression of Washington would have become weaker and weaker. It wasn't until three terrorist attacks followed that it dawned on many people that the heart of the country was here, not the bustling city full of money and desire.

The Department of Defense, located in the D.C. suburb of Washington, D.C., continues to stand out for its unique architectural style. Viewed from the air, the pentagonal shape of the building is the largest in the world.

The Pentagon was built in the forties of the last century and has been renovated several times. Every renovation adds some new features, and every renovation adds some new departments.

Today, it has become an institution where even the secretary of state may not be aware of all of its functions.

Huge and bloated...... That's probably the first assessment of the Pentagon by most people familiar with the Pentagon, but they don't know that the department, which has replaced its original name with a building, can actually be shocking at a moment when a quick response is needed.

It's 8:27 a.m., and the day at the Ministry of Defense has just begun. The aroma of coffee permeated the office area, and clerks ran back and forth in the aisles. Occasionally, gray-haired old men can be seen wearing military uniforms and dazzling medals on their chests as they brisk through the crowd. The entire Pentagon staff is no longer surprised by this kind of scene, and they still don't squint at me and do their part.

A long-legged blonde woman screwed her steps to the door of an office emblazoned with the globe logo and the word DARPA, and knocked lightly.

"Please come in."

A low and hoarse voice came from the room, and the blonde beauty immediately changed her expression, put away the relaxed and happy smile just now, and carefully pushed the door open with the papers.

Clean and tidy office, the overall color palette is dominated by black and dark brown. There were no frills, just a computer, a desk and a pot of orchids.

A white man in his mid-fifties sits at a computer, wearing a pair of reading glasses and at least half of his curly hair is gray. The white man was dressed in a clean suit and looked like he had been bought at a ready-to-wear store.

Even through reading glasses, the white man's gaze fell on the blonde female secretary, which still made her shudder.

"Director...... Here's a report for you. ”

In the era of insisting on internal LAN work, as long as you are a little older, you still feel that traditional printing documents is the most effective and safe. The current director of DARPA is obviously this kind of person, and after he got the report, he glanced at it and said in a voice that did not have a grateful tone at all: "Xie Lu Xie." ”

"No, you're welcome......" The blonde retreated in a panic, fearing that she would show her most panicked side in the eyes of His Excellency the Director.

The current director of DARPA was parachuted into the department and was previously responsible for the development of new network data analysis, which is the most important link in the information war of the new era, and is now highly valued. The blonde didn't want to make a bad impression on the new director, so she hid in the public office area and pretended to be nothing.

Taking off his reading glasses, DARPA Director Smith. Haydn picked up the report, his gaze a little more solemn than before.

As one of the most important departments of the entire Department of Defense, DARPA, or the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Program Agency, is located in the C2 area of the Pentagon's third basement floor, with a huge office area, and almost all of the entire C2 area belongs to DARPA. Founded in the late fifties, the department was initially involved in the development of many new technologies that changed the world, including most of today's networking and communication technologies.

In its external role, DARPA has a "headquarters" in Virginia, where most of its executive decisions are made. The Pentagon's office area for DRAPA is dedicated to the evaluation of some of the latest technologies.

After the world was changed by nuclear weapons, the confrontation between countries was concentrated in the field of economics and microtechnology. As a result, DARPA's importance has come to the fore, and after a long Cold War era, the department has developed many astonishing results.

For example, the research and development of flight suits and other products used in actual combat by the US military are also attributed to DARPA.

Even in the face of the investment in science and technology of all countries in the world, DARPA still has an advantage in the competition because of its long historical accumulation. The Athena Scheme, also developed by DARPA, includes the most popular techniques such as big data analytics and security strategy algorithms. After DARPA completed the entire plan, the Athena super system began to be taken over by the Bureau of Strategic Information.

Because of the more cooperative relationship, the relationship between the Strategic Information Bureau and DARPA is relatively harmonious. Haydn was actually more supportive of Carter's opinion, and he felt that there was nothing wrong with the report from Athena.

As a normal principle, DRAPA doesn't need to ask how Athena is running now, so the last time the Pentagon met with secret senior advisers, Smith. Haydn didn't say anything.

To this day, Smith. An internal email appeared on Haydn's computer.

All departments under the Ministry of National Defense have internal networks, and the communication networks are built separately using the best encryption protocols at present, and the operating systems used by computers are also independent. For this independent security operating system, the Department of Defense has paid hundreds of millions of dollars. As a direct result, so far no one has been able to get much leaked information from the Pentagon system.

If you can send an email to the personal internal email address of the DARPA director through this system, then the sender should also be within the Department of Defense.

The subject of the email is a string of ellipses. Haydn thought for a moment, first confirmed that the blocking software and security software were all turned on, and then clicked on the email.

The moment the mouse pointer clicks on it, the entire OS page begins to turn into a small mosaic piece by piece, like those erased layers in Tetris, and then completely blacks out.

Smith. Haydn was startled and was about to press the alarm bell when a sentence appeared on the page, which was actually pieced together in pixel style.

That feeling...... It's like a line of text that appeared in the screen of a game console in the eighties of the last century.

"Take it easy, Haydn."

Haydn's hand stopped in mid-air, his face was not very good-looking, but he could still see that after the OS, which was claimed to be the strongest defense in the world, was hacked, the system was connected to a closed communication channel.

As director of DARPA, Smith. Haydn had too many secrets in his heart, he knew most of the techniques in the world that had not yet been used for civilian use, and he also knew the upper limit of the military skills of the Dao. Smith. Haydn met many people, including several Nobel laureates, and he knew a lot about the horrific side of the world.

But at this moment, seeing that someone hacked their own computer just through the internal network of the Department of Defense, Smith. Haydn still felt a chill seep into his heart.

Raise your hand and type a response on the keyboard.

"Who are you?"

Smith. Haydn wasn't worried about the secrets of his computer being spied on, and there were no secrets worth digging into on the computer connected to the internal network. Haydn has become accustomed to working without a network.

"You'll find out soon." The line replied, "I'm just telling you that someone will contact you again in the near future." ”

Haydn still wanted to type, and the black interface on the screen quickly collapsed, returning to the interface of the mod custom OS.

It's all changing so quickly that it's almost like you've just added a layer of special effects to your computer. Smith. Haydn froze a little, and was about to call someone from the computer technology department to come and investigate, when the interface quickly switched back.

"For the sake of the secrets of your heart, please be careful in your words and deeds."

This line of words really pierced Smith deeply. Haydn's heart made the high-spirited DARAP director sit still for at least a few minutes.

Looking at the computer screen that he was once most familiar with, Smith. Haydn felt the hairs on his body stand on end.

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At the same time, the elderly Defense Department adviser Harrison. Maed was getting out of his bulletproof car, smiling at the young girl in front of the Department of Defense before entering the iris scanning room.

The halls of the Pentagon are almost the busiest at this time, and everyone is in a hurry with the crowds. Harrison. Mader still walked to his office at a familiar pace and sat down in his place.

The smashed report was still on the table, Harrison. Maider glanced again, and suddenly saw what appeared to be something in the report.

Flipping through the report, the old man saw a card between pages 12 and 13.

The cards are small and delicate.

Only one line of small print was written on the card, as small as Harrison. Med needs glasses to see clearly.

"Well done."

Harrison wasn't surprised at all when he saw the small print, but smiled with some relief and swept the report into the trash.

Turning on his work computer, Harrison watched as the Department of Defense's custom OS slowly lit up, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

There was a new email prompt in the mailbox, and Harrison opened it unsurprisingly.

Just like the previous situation with the DARPA director, the screen cuts to an all-black interface.

Here Harrison is not like Smith. Haydn chatted like he saw a time countdown and wrote down the set of numbers.

When the interface was re-switched to the mod custom OS, Harrison. The smile on Mader's face had also faded.

He just reached for his desk drawer, took out a USB stick inside, looked at it, and put it back.

"Athena is really the crystallization of human technology, it's amazing......"

With such a sigh in my heart, Harrison. Maider started his day, which was not a busy day.