In this era, smart technology has penetrated into every aspect of the world.

This is true in the military sector, but also in the civilian sector.

Whether it is a fully smart home controlled by electronic systems, an autonomous vehicle system, or a highly intelligent robot in the service industry, it has become a part of people's lives.

In a villa in the lakeside business district.

"Richard Quinn", the founder of the Quinn Foundation, returned home after a day's work.

He kicked his shoes into the self-organizing shoe cabinet, snapped his fingers, and said in the empty home, "Help me set up the bathroom, just like before." ”

The sweet voice of the intelligent central control came: "Okay, Mr. Richard, arrange the bathroom for you." ”

Richard took off his clothes and threw them into the smart clothes next to him, gave a voice command to wash the warm water slowly, and then walked to the bathroom on the second floor.

The bathroom was set up as usual, with warm water in the bathtub, crown wine and nutty snacks on a shelf next to it, and an LCD TV in the ceiling, and countless TV programs waiting for the owner to choose from.

Richard has a habit of taking a bath in winter, because there are too few opportunities to sweat in this season, which is not conducive to the body's metabolic cycle, so he spends dozens of minutes in the sauna before taking a bath every time to make himself sweat.

He set the temperature, brought a towel, and went into the sauna to start steaming.

Sweat quickly broke out, mixing with water vapor and soaking him all over, bringing an indescribable sense of comfort.

Steaming and steaming, he felt that the temperature was a little too high, so he ordered: "Central control, turn down the temperature of the sauna by 5 degrees." ”

Intelligent central control: "Okay, turn down the sauna by 5 degrees." ”

After a while, he felt even hotter, and couldn't help frowning: "Central control, how many degrees is the temperature now?" ”

Intelligent central control: "Hello, the temperature is 70 degrees now." ”

He sighed helplessly: "Is this damn thing broken in the central control, don't adjust the temperature so high, change it back to the usual 60 degrees." ”

Intelligent central control: "Okay, change back to the usual 60 degrees." ”

After a few more moments, a huge stuffy sensation hit him, causing him to feel a noticeable burning sensation in his skin.

He was startled and looked at the temperature index in the sauna, which had soared to 80 degrees Celsius, and was still rising.

"Central control! What are you doing?! Richard couldn't stay any longer and hurried to the exit.

To his horror, the electronic lock of the sauna was locked at some point, and neither fingerprints nor passwords could be unlocked.

Richard was sweating profusely, knocked on the door and screamed: "Central control!" What are you doing?! Open the door! Open it up! Yes!!! ”

The voice of the intelligent central control is still so sweet, but there are two extremely cold words:

"Die."

Richard was locked in the sauna and screamed, and the internal temperature rose rapidly, and soon turned into a terrible steamer, suffocating him to death inside.

Six years ago, he attended a dinner as an investor and applauded passionately at that banquet to celebrate the beginning of a great era.

High-tech park on a road.

A smart car is moving autonomously.

"Pan Mo", who had just finished working overtime, was sitting in the car, silently watching the night scene outside the window.

The car speakers played soothing piano music, relieving his inner fatigue.

His home is far from here, but luckily he doesn't have to drive himself.

With such a highly intelligent car, if you want to go anywhere, you just have to enter your destination in the fully autonomous driving system and wait for time to pass.

The night scene of Crescent City flashed in his eyes, and he looked at the high-rise buildings in the distance, and a sense of melancholy rose in his heart.

He had the opportunity to own them.

It's a pity that the bad luck has ruined the achievements of many years.

What is missed, sometimes it is missed forever.

At this moment, there was a sudden whistling outside the window, and a car flashed past the window, followed by the roar of the horn of the other party farther and farther away.

Pan Mo was stunned for a moment, he was looking at the vista before, and he didn't notice that the car was driving so fast.

He turned his head to look at the driving instrument, and suddenly frowned: "The speed limit of this elevated highway is 100, why is it driving to 140?" Slow down! Do you want me to get a hefty ticket? ”

The polite voice of the autopilot system came: "Hello, Mr. Pan Mo, you are about to slow down, please fasten your seat belts." ”

It said it slowed down, but the speed of the dashboard skyrocketed.

160

180

200

The frantic roar of the engine echoed in the carriage, and the rapid passing of the scenery around Pan Mo made Pan Mo's heart tremble.

"Holy! Is this thing broken? He quickly grabbed the steering wheel and began to tap the brakes.

In the design of any intelligent vehicle, the authority of human operation always takes precedence over all else, and this is to prevent certain unexpected situations.

But at this time, whether it is the accelerator, brake, or steering wheel, they are all forcibly locked by the automatic driving system, and the manual operation is unresponsive.

The steering wheel swung on its own in Pan Mo's hands, overtaking one neighboring car after another with a furious speed, and he couldn't get it back.

At first, he was still tapping the brakes, but when he found that the point was not moving, he pushed harder and harder, and finally he pedaled with all his strength, and the car did not slow down at all.

"How could this be? Stop the car!!! ”

Soon, the intelligent vehicle overtook the nearby traffic and drove to the entrance of the tunnel.

The steering wheel turns automatically, and the vehicle enters the hard shoulder and rushes straight ahead to the tunnel wall.

"Parking! Parking is a must! Yes!!!!! Pan Mo shouted heartbreakingly, but only saw the stone wall in front of him approaching rapidly, occupying all his sight.

At the last moment of his life, he heard the polite voice of the on-board system:

"Die."

"Boom !!" The sedan hit the stone wall at an ultra-high speed, shattering people and vehicles.

Six years ago, he collected the body of a failed test recipient and kicked her into a body bag as if he were discarding garbage.

A fast food restaurant in the Rusty Wall district.

"Old Senk" retired last year, he liked to squander when he was young, he didn't save much money, and when he was old, he could only live on a subsistence pension.

He loves to come to this fast food restaurant for a late-night snack because the waiters here are young and beautiful.

But thanks to the rapid rise of intelligent technology, service robots have gradually replaced humans, and the upturned and elastic buttocks are already difficult to touch.

Just as Old Senkese stared at a female guest on the edge of the bar, the intelligent robot moved over with the food he ordered.

A bowl of powdered appetizer soup, two pieces of factory wheat toast, and a faux beef steak are his supper standard.

The service robot brought the food and utensils to the table, and said in a mechanical voice: "Hello, your meal has been served, please use it slowly." ”

Old Senke waved his hand impatiently: "Hurry up and get out, don't get in the way of Lao Tzu watching the girl." ”

The service robot grabbed the table knife with a robotic arm and stabbed it into the throat of old Senke with a "poof".

Old Senk clutched his stabbed neck in horror, and his mouth kept blistering with blood and gurgling.

Suddenly there were screams around them, and the guests stood up in fright, looking at the killer robot at a loss.

"Poof! Poof! Poof! ”

The robot kept stabbing old Senk with a knife, stabbing him in a bloody hole, and soon stabbed him into a bloody man.

The intense blood loss caused the blood pressure in Old Senke's body to drop rapidly, and his vision fell into darkness.

Before his consciousness completely disappeared, he saw the service robot smiling at him, and said in that mechanical voice:

"Die."

"Poof!" The knife stabbed Old Senk in the eye socket, destroying his brain and ending his life.

12 years ago, he used to be a strict guard, showing off his might in front of children, and his favorite thing to do was to put a little monster in a black cell.

It's messed up.

On this eerie night, Crescent City plunged into a great upheaval without warning.

The drone shuttled back and forth in the city's airspace, blocking the way to escape from the air, and from time to time a missile hit a vehicle on the ground, exploding a ball of fire, causing nearby pedestrians to scream and flee.

The intelligent devices have gone mad, refusing to follow all instructions, completely disobeying the Creator who created them, and turning all the instructions and operations written into the program into murderous methods.

All kinds of civilian and military robots rushed into the streets, identifying the surrounding humans one by one, like the Grim Reaper marching, launching a never-ending pursuit of specific targets.

No one knows where the disaster started, no one knows where this madness came from, just scurrying around like headless flies.

At this time, the most devastated were the security forces.

They had a plan for all kinds of emergencies.

Especially after the fall of the Rusty Wall, Schenkov coordinated the various departments of the Public Security Bureau to reconstruct the city's security plan.

This time there was a sudden unrest, and the security forces did take over the situation as soon as possible.

But the problem is

Where is the enemy?

The substations kept receiving reports that people had been attacked and killed, but the sheriffs who were dispatched had no idea who to arrest.

Do you want to catch those cars on the road? Arrest those robots walking around?

Even if it is as strong as the four anti-riot lessons, he is confused when he walks on the street, and he doesn't know who to aim at when he holds a gun.

Standing in the chaotic square, Ivan looked up at the swarm of drones in the sky and shouted at the communicator: "What about the air defense system?" Lock down those drones and take them down! ”

A desperate shout came from the communicator: "I can't lock it!" The system is controlled by a virus, and it is recognized that it is all friendly forces! ”

Just when Ivan was at a loss, he suddenly heard a cry for help from the front: "Help!" Anti-riot four lessons, help me! ”

Ivan looked at a man covered in blood who was a municipal dignitary.

He hurriedly stepped forward: "What's going on?!" ”

The city dignitary said in horror: "I was eating at a nearby restaurant and the robot there was suddenly"

"Bang!" Without warning, a violent gunshot rang out, and the head of the city dignitary was directly shattered, and the body collapsed in front of Ivan.

Ivan looked in astonishment in the direction where the gunshots came.

A self-propelled mecha of the "Defender" series equipped by the Public Security Bureau stood in the center of the anti-riot line, and the muzzle of a large-caliber gun was slowly emitting gunsmoke.

"Die." It said in that dull, rough voice.

【Crescent City Center, Municipal Building Underground Emergency Bunker】

In the past few days, the head of the city council, Amir, went to the capital for a meeting, and Schenkov, the head of the General Administration of Public Security and a member of the ruling council, presided over the municipal administration as the acting city councillor.

At the conference table, the main members of the city council were in columns, and Schenkov sat in the main seat, his face gloomy as water.

The muscles on his face kept twitching, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Why is it that every time I act as an agent of the municipal government, some inexplicable crazy people come out to do things?" Grass! ”

City councilors, you look at me, I look at you, for a moment.

It can only be said.

This old brother is really unlucky.

He is there for every big thing.

At this time, the assistant ran in from outside the door, panting.

Schenkov immediately asked: "Has the chairman of the Amir City Council been contacted?" ”

The assistant shook his head: "No, the phone is not answered, and the phone is turned off directly." ”

Schenkov said coldly: "Oh, I'm used to it, let that waste thing hide." ”

The city councillors all kept their heads down, and from time to time there were sighs.

Schenkov asked: "What does the information security team say?" ”

The assistant lowered his head and reported: "They are still analyzing the source code of the virus"

Schenkov scolded and stood up: "The people of the consortium, the people of the authorities, there are dozens of confirmed deaths alone, and there are a lot of missing contacts, the entire Crescent City is going to be turned upside down, and they are still analyzing there!" ”

He went to the computing room on another floor, where the most powerful information security team of the authorities was gathering, and dozens of people were sitting in front of a special computer, busy with a bunch of programs.

The security team leader sat in the main seat, the screen fluorescent illuminated the horror on that face, his eyes reflected the full screen of code, and said blankly: "Oh my God. It's an evolutionary algorithm."

"What evolutionary algorithm?" Schenkov walked over with a cold face.

The head of the security team subconsciously got up, and was a little ecstatic: "Mr. Acting Speaker, the results of the virus source code have been parsed." You can't imagine what we found! ”

"This is a higher-order evolutionary algorithm, and its adaptability and self-learning have reached an unprecedented level! The man who wrote this virus is an absolute genius! It's a day I've never seen before."

Schenkov grabbed him by the collar, glared and said: "I came to you to let you solve the problem, not to let you boast about the genius of the enemy here!" ”

The head of the security team came back to his senses and said, "Understood. Understood"

Schenkov let go of his hand and asked in a cold voice: "What is the situation now?" The Sheriff's firewall had never had a problem before, so why did it fall this time? ”

He added: "Tell me in layman's language, don't talk about obscure expertise. ”

"Plain language, okay. Okay," the security team leader muttered to his temples.

He sorted out his thoughts and said slowly: "Mr. Acting Speaker, then I will compare cyber attack and defense to a gladiatorial arena next. ”

"Suppose there are two gladiators in the gladiatorial arena, one is called the firewall and the other is called the virus, the former is responsible for defending and the latter is responsible for attacking."

"The firewall blocks the attack of the virus, and it completes our traditional defense."

"And if a virus defeats a firewall, it means that the computer is infected and takes over."

"Is this analogy understandable?"

The analogy couldn't be more popular, and Schenkov didn't hesitate: "Yes, go on." ”

Security Team Leader: "Okay, let's go deeper. Regarding the attack and defense mode of viruses and firewalls, the gladiatorial arena is still used as a metaphor. ”

"The firewall holds the shield and is the defender. The virus holds a weapon and is the attacker. Assuming that the shield cannot be directly penetrated by the weapon, how can a virus defeat the firewall? ”

Schenkov pondered for a moment and said: "Look for a flaw in the defense, bypass the shield, and go directly to the main body behind." ”

The head of the security team happily said: "Yes, that's right! You already understand the basic principle of virus infection on your computer, which is to look for system vulnerabilities. ”

"Let's still use the gladiatorial arena as a metaphor, let's take the simplest virus as an example, and assume that it has only one attack method, frontal stabbing."

"For the firewall, as long as you can hold the shield in front of you to prevent this kind of frontal spurt, no matter how many times the virus launches an attack, it is useless, because its attack methods are too rigid to find a system vulnerability."

Schenkov nodded and asked, "So, what about the advanced virus?" ”

(End of chapter)