Li Ang nodded, there is nothing to hide, there are very few top wizards, basically all in one circle, "You want me to be the internal cause and help you find out the true identity of other wizards?"

That's impossible.

The Wizards of the Coast Association has existed for so many years, and there are very few members, and the members who can stay in it, everyone has done their best in private, using various means, to find out the identities of others.

As long as you have the real name of someone else, you can completely threaten and control this person—both a temptation and a need for self-preservation.

Especially like Nicholas..."

"Not Nicholas."

The female investigator said in a deep voice, "It's the mailer." ”

"Oh."

Leon closed his mouth, the fragmented memories that surged up,

It shows that Brown Murphy himself is disgusted by the term "mail man".

Curiosity, wariness, and a hint of inexplicable fear, to be precise.

The female investigator asked, "What do you know about him?" ”

"I don't know much."

Leon made a thoughtful expression, "A year after me, he joined the Wizards of the Coast Association.

He never showed his true face, and only used an antique typewriter to communicate with us - we typed what we were going to tell him on the typewriter,

As short as an hour, as long as a week or two,

He would reply—the typewriter spat out a large piece of paper with the words written on it.

People in the circle of top wizards often think very highly of themselves and are unruly, and no one likes to deal with this kind of tricky and bells and whistles at first.

Until recently...

He began, uh, to perform miracles? ”

According to the emotions in his memory, Leon squinted his eyes and said with some uncertainty: "He has done some kind of great feats that surpass Nicholas, and he has succeeded in getting some people to bow down to him.

Not only the mid-range wizards, but even the top wizards in the wizarding association have become his loyal followers,

Whenever the typewriter spits out the paper, it pounces on it like an oracle and snatches the note from anyone else's peeping. ”

Leon turned his gaze to the female investigator, who pursed his lips and said softly, "The mailman's energy is much greater than you think.

Unlike wizards who make a profit, show themselves, and are self-satisfied, he... There are ideological motives. ”

Li Angyi raised his eyebrows and did not speak, and the female investigator continued: "Since the birth of photonic chips and the rapid development of processor computing power, a large number of departments within the government have begun to use automated programs to assist in work.

At the beginning, let the program help deal with the mechanical cumbersome reports and data.

As programs get bigger and smarter,

These departments began to let the procedures propose future assessments, formulate plans, compare the implementation efficiency of different plans, and allocate the required human, material and financial resources.

Or even enactment and revision of laws? Provide military strategic advice,...

Today, the orderly operation of the entire official system is completely inseparable from this unimaginably large automated system? Even the most senior managers are not able to observe and monitor every part of the system. ”

Leon nodded? "The bigger the system? The higher the cost of learning? The fewer people who can understand the system. Understandable. ”

The female investigator continued, noncommittally: "Generally speaking, most departments have gone paperless? All the work is done on the computer host,

Only some departments that are backward and sluggish and have a weak sense of presence still have the habit of keeping paper documents.

One of the departments accidentally found a work status report submitted by a subordinate unit? does not meet the requirements of the original paper document,

After investigation and monitoring, it was found that

A computer program module that was originally used to assist humans in making decisions?

There is a difference between a hardcopy backup and a hard copy backup stored on a USB stick that is not connected to the Internet—someone, or someone, has surreptitiously tampered with the computer program module responsible for making decisions. ”

The female investigator's expression is particularly gloomy? There's a hint of fear in it? "The more you investigate, the worse it gets.

Military, education, transportation, energy, finance, water conservancy, health, propaganda...

Almost every department you can imagine,

its computer program module for making and implementing decisions,

They have been invaded and tampered with to varying degrees, dating back to four years ago - because paperless office is advancing rapidly, only backward departments can see the difference by comparing hard copies.

The more advanced the department, the more difficult it is to investigate.

Therefore, the real time node of the outside invasion of the decision-making center must be earlier than four years ago. ”

“... In other words, paperless will not work. ”

Leon thought for a moment, "So, the military system..."

"It's also been invaded."

The female investigator said: "But the military system is more conservative...

Or that it is obsolete and backward, and there is a considerable difference from other departments,

Moreover, some institutional facilities are not physically connected to the outside world, and a limited number of 'windows' must be used to infiltrate them, such as the personal computers of high-level people with operating privileges.

That's why we follow the vine,

According to the intruder's style and habits during the invasion process with data waves (traces left by tampering with data),

The true identity of the other party was discovered, the email person.

The defense line of the various systems within the military was temporarily strengthened, and the networking between the various institutions was closed. ”

The female investigator's voice trembled slightly, and it was not difficult to understand,

The United States of this world also has an aircraft carrier fleet, a nuclear submarine fleet and missile launch systems all over the world.

It is only one step away for the mailman to steal the authority of the supreme force,

With more than 6,000 nuclear warheads and countless missiles in hand,

and the "Zeus" system, which consists of 221 low-earth orbit military satellites, which was launched just two years ago - space-based laser weapons, which can use small nuclear reactors,

Shoot lasers from low Earth orbit to destroy any missiles and rockets that attempt to take to the air.

It was probably the day when all of humanity succumbed to the will of the individual and came closest to extinction.

"Military institutions cannot never be networked,

Even if we could, military systems in other regions might not be able to remain unbreached under the conspiracies of the mailers.

And the degree of development of modern weapons determines that even a missile can cause huge destructive power.

Destroy a city of 100,000, millions, or even tens of millions of people. ”

The female investigator looked directly into Leon's eyes, as if to project her determination into Leon's sanity, "We need you to return to the Coast Wizards Guild,

Gather as much information as you can about the emailer, and do everything you can to get his real name, lock down his address in the real world, and help us arrest him.

For the peace of the world, and for yourself. ”