Chapter 8: The Hacker.
It was no more than an ordinary day . Sinuo said goodbye and left the house . Dugu Hong watched her leaving, stood up from the long chair and connected himself to the network .
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Network security, from day one, had been an area of the society’s attention .
However, more than 100 years had passed . This problem had not been resolved .
To enjoy more convenient and efficient services, it was necessary to agree to different levels of protocol protections . This naturally caused inevitable loopholes .
This was like different new weird diseases that developed with the society’s progress . Obviously, these were results of increasing electromagnetic radiation, urban noises or life pressure .
However, people cannot resist the temptation of advanced technology . This, caused the spread of diseases .
Thus, a profession was born - hacker, to attack the network loopholes to pursue personal benefits .
Or on the contrary, new professions were developed to fix the loopholes and protect network security in exchange for money .
What business generated quick money?
This autistic teenager who had to earn a living used to be considering this question .
The answer is: drug trafficking, prostitution and robbery .
Drug trafficking? He did not have the team . He had no connections or manpower, let alone sales channels .
Prostitution? He was not qualified . He knew himself well . He was just an ordinary person, who would be ignored anywhere . This was not a profession for him .
Robbery? This was more like a joke . He didn’t have physical strength or tools . Maybe he only had a scare less heart .
So, the boy came up with another form of robbery . It didn’t need guns or ammunitions . It didn’t require him to be physically strong . It didn’t kill…
All he needed was a terminal to connect to the network and a calm and keen brain to carry out this type of robbery .
He had accumulated quite good skills in this area during the times when he was autism . The many languages he learnt before also seemed to serve this purpose .
So, there was one more new hacker on the network after he made up his mind .
He enjoyed hacking illegal adult websites, transferring a large portion of the website’s earnings to his own account . At the same time, he also deleted some involuntary videos from the website or fix some loopholes for the website secretly for it to escape the radar of Network Supervisory Authority .
This was a forced robbery .
Many websites turned bankrupt due to illiquid cash flows . There were also websites that survived, having escaped from the radar of the Network Supervisory Authority . In short, either problem was a headache to the website operators .
Many websites turned bankrupt due to illiquid cash flows . There were also websites that survived, having escaped from the radar of the Network Supervisory Authority . In short, either problem was a headache to the website operators .
It was not something he did randomly . In fact, in the 22nd century, almost all countries had allowed adult websites, except for China .
It had been long debated whether China should legalize adult websites . In fact, there was only one focus: how to make sure that adult websites could not be accessed by teenagers .
It was not difficult to do so . With a uniformly managed network ID and strictly issued access permissions, which was the common practice in many countries, this problem had been solved decades ago .
However, it was not possible in China . After batches of network access certificates being issued . The authority still couldn’t control access . The only ones benefited from this was the producers of such access cards . Citizens did not benefit at all .
According to incomplete statistics, citizens had wasted over trillions of dollars on purchasing such access cards .
This was the status quo of China . Dugu Hong’s parents also died in vein on bureaucracy .
Therefore, in Dugu Hong’s mind, there was no laws or illegality, there was no government or criminals . He had his own rules in his mind .
He was a hacker . He stood in between justice and evil . So he only acted to his own rule .
Since he started one year ago, he had never failed .
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The Dugu Hong in the novel “Jianghu” finally had his big day .
Values of free internal strength, number of channel points, total internal force: 145900, 158950, 304850 .
Values of free internal strength, number of channel points, total internal force: 145900, 158950, 304850 .
His free internal strength was about to break through 150,000 .
If this data was released on the forum, it would definitely shock a great number of people . Because the total internal force of the current No . 1 in the world couldn’t be even a fraction of that of Dugu Hong .
150000, this should be a special number . . .
With free internal strength of 5000, Dugu Hong enabled additional damage through attachment . He started to using the attachment in his internal force to increase damage .
Free internal force of 15000, damage added to the second level .
Free internal force of 50000, damage was upgraded again . At the same time, I learned internal perfusion, which was different from damage attachment . By filling the internal force into weapons or limbs, one could temporarily improve the destructive power .
In this situation, even flowers and leaves could hurt people .
Free internal force of 150,000 . Obviously, this was another level . . .
After the routine operation on Sunday, Dugu Hong got the long-awaited system prompt:
"The player Dugu Hong had achieved outstanding internal force, damage comprehension of level four, internal perfusion comprehension of level two, bursting of new skill comprehension . ”
This was it! Dugu Hong was delighted .
Internal force bursting: When one’s internal force achieved a certain level, one could temporarily obtain a big increase in one of his attributes, such as courage, agility, through a special meridian .
It is obviously it would require this skill to break the rope .
But when Dugu Hong launched this skill in a rush, he felt his excitement had distinguished . All the icons were muted in gray under the internal force burst box .
This meant that he only satisfied the conditions for acquiring this kill . But he hadn’t got all the conditions to apply this skill .
Was it because he had insufficient basic attributes?
This didn’t look like a skill that had restrictions on basic attributes .
Was it because of insufficient internal force?
He still remembered, it was called insignificant with lower than 5000 free internal force; entry level with less than 15000 free internal force; intermediate level with less than 50000 free internal force; capable level with less than 150000 free internal force and now the outstanding level Dugu Hong had .
With fewer than 19,000 channel points, it was called weak; with below 57,000 channel points, it was entry level and then it was the slight achievement level .
The total internal force is less than 24,000 was called insignificant; 72,000 or less was called entry level; and 240,000 or below was call roughly skilled and then master level .
This seemed to indicate that his disposable internal force was level five, total internal force was level four and channel points were only level three…
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It was no more than an ordinary day . Sinuo said goodbye and left the house . Dugu Hong watched her leaving, stood up from the long chair and connected himself to the network . **** Network security, from day one, had been an area of the society’s attention . However, more than 100 years had passed . This problem had not been resolved . To enjoy more convenient and efficient services, it was necessary to agree to different levels of protocol protections . This naturally caused inevitable loopholes . This was like different new weird diseases that developed with the society’s progress . Obviously, these were results of increasing electromagnetic radiation, urban noises or life pressure . However, people cannot resist the temptation of advanced technology . This, caused the spread of diseases . Thus, a profession was born - hacker, to attack the network loopholes to pursue personal benefits . Or on the contrary, new professions were developed to fix the loopholes and protect network security in exchange for money . What business generated quick money? This autistic teenager who had to earn a living used to be considering this question . The answer is: drug trafficking, prostitution and robbery . Drug trafficking? He did not have the team . He had no connections or manpower, let alone sales channels . Prostitution? He was not qualified . He knew himself well . He was just an ordinary person, who would be ignored anywhere . This was not a profession for him . Robbery? This was more like a joke . He didn’t have physical strength or tools . Maybe he only had a scare less heart . So, the boy came up with another form of robbery . It didn’t need guns or ammunitions . It didn’t require him to be physically strong . It didn’t kill… All he needed was a terminal to connect to the network and a calm and keen brain to carry out this type of robbery . He had accumulated quite good skills in this area during the times when he was autism . The many languages he learnt before also seemed to serve this purpose . So, there was one more new hacker on the network after he made up his mind . He enjoyed hacking illegal adult websites, transferring a large portion of the website’s earnings to his own account . At the same time, he also deleted some involuntary videos from the website or fix some loopholes for the website secretly for it to escape the radar of Network Supervisory Authority . This was a forced robbery . Many websites turned bankrupt due to illiquid cash flows . There were also websites that survived, having escaped from the radar of the Network Supervisory Authority . In short, either problem was a headache to the website operators . It was not something he did randomly . In fact, in the 22nd century, almost all countries had allowed adult websites, except for China . It had been long debated whether China should legalize adult websites . In fact, there was only one focus: how to make sure that adult websites could not be accessed by teenagers . It was not difficult to do so . With a uniformly managed network ID and strictly issued access permissions, which was the common practice in many countries, this problem had been solved decades ago . However, it was not possible in China . After batches of network access certificates being issued . The authority still couldn’t control access . The only ones benefited from this was the producers of such access cards . Citizens did not benefit at all . According to incomplete statistics, citizens had wasted over trillions of dollars on purchasing such access cards . This was the status quo of China . Dugu Hong’s parents also died in vein on bureaucracy . Therefore, in Dugu Hong’s mind, there was no laws or illegality, there was no government or criminals . He had his own rules in his mind . He was a hacker . He stood in between justice and evil . So he only acted to his own rule . Since he started one year ago, he had never failed . **** The Dugu Hong in the novel “Jianghu” finally had his big day . Values of free internal strength, number of channel points, total internal force: 145900, 158950, 304850 . His free internal strength was about to break through 150,000 . If this data was released on the forum, it would definitely shock a great number of people . Because the total internal force of the current No . 1 in the world couldn’t be even a fraction of that of Dugu Hong . 150000, this should be a special number . With free internal strength of 5000, Dugu Hong enabled additional damage through attachment . He started to using the attachment in his internal force to increase damage . Free internal force of 15000, damage added to the second level . Free internal force of 50000, damage was upgraded again . At the same time, I learned internal perfusion, which was different from damage attachment . By filling the internal force into weapons or limbs, one could temporarily improve the destructive power . In this situation, even flowers and leaves could hurt people . Free internal force of 150,000 . Obviously, this was another level . After the routine operation on Sunday, Dugu Hong got the long-awaited system prompt: "The player Dugu Hong had achieved outstanding internal force, damage comprehension of level four, internal perfusion comprehension of level two, bursting of new skill comprehension . ” This was it! Dugu Hong was delighted Internal force bursting: When one’s internal force achieved a certain level, one could temporarily obtain a big increase in one of his attributes, such as courage, agility, through a special meridian . It is obviously it would require this skill to break the rope . But when Dugu Hong launched this skill in a rush, he felt his excitement had distinguished . All the icons were muted in gray under the internal force burst box . This meant that he only satisfied the conditions for acquiring this kill . But he hadn’t got all the conditions to apply this skill . Was it because he had insufficient basic attributes? This didn’t look like a skill that had restrictions on basic attributes . Was it because of insufficient internal force? He still remembered, it was called insignificant with lower than 5000 free internal force; entry level with less than 15000 free internal force; intermediate level with less than 50000 free internal force; capable level with less than 150000 free internal force and now the outstanding level Dugu Hong had . With fewer than 19,000 channel points, it was called weak; with below 57,000 channel points, it was entry level and then it was the slight achievement level . The total internal force is less than 24,000 was called insignificant; 72,000 or less was called entry level; and 240,000 or below was call roughly skilled and then master level . This seemed to indicate that his disposable internal force was level five, total internal force was level four and channel points were only level three… .