Chapter 51
Gu Chen walked into the building. At this time, most of the people who were going to work had already returned, and there were only a few scattered employees rushing in.
Uncle Deng may have greeted the front desk. When the front desk saw Gu Chen, his eyes lit up and he said, "You must be Mr. Gu."
Gu Chen nodded.
She came over to help Gu Chen swipe the gate and said, "Mr. Gu, I can't leave here, so I won't accompany you up. You can take the elevator directly to the 26th floor, Secretary Lin Ze's office. Mr. Deng said that the things are on Secretary Lin's desk."
Gu Chen said: "Okay."
He passed the gate and walked towards the elevator slowly. He pressed the elevator button and waited quietly for the elevator to land. The door opened and he walked in. A young man in a gray sweatshirt behind him quickly swiped the gate, rushed over, and rushed into the elevator whose door was about to close.
The man in the hoodie stretched out his hand and pressed the button for the 17th floor. He saw Gu Chen pressed the button for the 26th floor and said breathlessly, "Brother, weren't we asked to gather on the 17th floor?" At this time, everyone in the building who was supposed to be off work had left work, and no outsiders would come in to do business. Now only employees could swipe the gate to come in, so he automatically assumed that Gu Chen was an employee.
Gu Chen replied: "I'm going to the 26th floor to get something."
The man in the hoodie scratched his head and said, "Oh, we are really confused to be notified to work overtime at the headquarters at this time." There are thousands of employees in the entire building, and only network security engineers, server maintenance personnel, and some public relations and administrative personnel were notified to return to work. In addition, employees in charge of network security and network maintenance in several branches were also asked to come and be on standby, so the man in the hoodie felt it was normal that he did not know Gu Chen.
Gu Chen: “Yeah.”
The man in the sweatshirt looked at Gu Chen's temperament and felt that he didn't look like a programmer. He asked again: "Brother, you are not a PR, right? The PR is in a meeting on the 21st floor now."
Gu Chen: “No.”
"Brother, you are so calm." When the elevator reached the 17th floor, the man in the hoodie rushed out again.
Through the open elevator door, Gu Chen could see that there were indeed quite a few people on this floor, and they were all in a hurry.
I took a glance at the sign on this floor: [Cybersecurity Department]. So there was a problem with cybersecurity?
The elevator went up again and reached the 26th floor. Gu Chen looked at the door number and found Secretary Lin's office. He also took the invitation letter on the table. The cover read: [Dear Mr. Li Tingqin].
There was no place to put the invitation letter in Chuxia's clothes, so he took it in his hand and prepared to go downstairs. He glanced at the computers on this floor and found that they were all turned off.
Logically speaking, Li's network security level should be among the best in the country, but now they need to respond to this level, which shows that the problem they are facing is indeed not small. Foreign forces? Then how long do we have to work overtime? Work overtime until Mr. Li can get through?
It’s better to make the call earlier.
Gu Chen walked into the elevator and pressed the button for the 17th floor.
As soon as he entered the 17th floor, walked through the corridor and arrived outside the largest computer room, Gu Chen saw rows of people sitting in front of rows of computers, the keyboards were crackling, and all of them had focused expressions and frowns; in the corridor, everyone was walking hurriedly, constantly connecting with each other and reporting on the ever-changing progress.
This feeling is so familiar yet so different from another world...the high-pressure atmosphere of overtime work suddenly hits me.
Alas, this is really the occasion that retired people dislike the most. It is better to end it early and let everyone go home early.
However, the executives probably found an office as the emergency command center, and Gu Chen did not see Uncle Deng and others at the first time.
It was the man in the hoodie who saw Gu Chen first. He came out and grabbed Gu Chen, saying, "Brother, are you still confused? Which department are you from? Who is your leader? Didn't they tell you where to go?"
Gu Chen's attitude was very gentle, and he asked, "No, could you please tell me about the current situation?"
The man in the hoodie said quickly, "We are now divided into four groups. Group One is responsible for fixing vulnerabilities, and they are over there. Group Two is responsible for tracking attacks, and they are over there. Group Three is responsible for system maintenance... Go to the area you are responsible for, and go quickly."
Gu Chen nodded and said, "Then let's track the attack first."
The man in the sweatshirt didn't understand: "? First? No, which group are you in?"
Gu Chen looked at the area he mentioned and found that there were no seats left. He said, "It's all right. Is there any room left?"
The man in the hoodie finally gave him a suspicious look: "...You are not from another department who came here to work overtime and cheat ten times the overtime pay and bonuses?" The man in front of him, although he was so good-looking, did not look like a programmer at all.
Gu Chen smiled and said casually: "The benefits are not bad."
Looking at the place where the sweatshirt man just came from, there are indeed a few empty computers there. Gu Chen said, "Then those who came late should sit here? What is this area used for?"
The man in the sweatshirt said awkwardly: "...some auxiliary work that is not urgent but important."
Gu Chen walked over slowly and sat down, put the invitation letter on the corner of the table, took a piece of paper to wipe the mouse, and tried the keyboard.
The man in the hoodie looked at his "unprofessional" and somewhat disgusted behavior and said, "...you are so unhurried...by the time you start working, we will all be off work."
Gu Chen did not comment, and said, "Well, let's start."
The man in the hoodie said, "Hurry up." Although his skills were not very good and he was just here to be on standby and do some auxiliary work, he still decided to be worthy of the overtime pay for going to the headquarters today and threw himself into the work.
Although he hadn't touched a keyboard for a long time, as soon as Gu Chen's fingertips touched the keyboard, it seemed as if some muscle memory was awakened. He quickly called up some windows and typed out some codes.
Rows of dazzling data were reflected in his pupils, and his ears were filled with the voices of his fellow employees who had been working with him, greeting these hackers of unknown origin in a variety of "polite" ways.
The man in the sweatshirt clattered on his keyboard while muttering to himself, "This wave of hackers is too awesome. Up to now, we don't even know who the other party is."
Gu Chen answered his question nonchalantly: "The other party's server is in Southeast Asia."
The man in the hoodie didn't take it seriously. He said, "Ah? You wouldn't guess Southeast Asia just because the servers of those online frauds are always in Southeast Asia?" After all, it is impossible for a talented person to find the other party's server in just a few minutes of sitting down.
Gu Chen smiled and said, "Illegal and criminal activities must be carried out abroad." Then let's take a look at who is behind it.
The man in the hoodie continued to sigh: "Ah, forget about the reverse tracking. We are being beaten back step by step. I think it is only a matter of time before we are breached."
Gu Chen did not respond. He continued to track the other party and quietly hacked into the other party's computer. He thought for a moment and asked, "Who are you?"
In a building controlled by a consortium in Country A somewhere in Southeast Asia, the other party was concentrating on hacking into Li's server. Suddenly, a sentence popped up on all the screens: [Who are you? ].
This made everyone break out in a cold sweat. When did this happen...
"Don't be afraid! This person seems to be a third party. Our goal is to find important information. Continue!"
"We are here, he can't find out our identities..."
Indeed, the other party used a server in Southeast Asia and had no connection with Country A, so it was impossible to see the forces behind it. So, what are the possibilities?
This does not require any technology, just guessing with your hands will do. Gu Chen took out his phone and searched for relevant information about Li Tingqin's market development in Country A, and also looked at some of the local related industries and group forces...
The man in the sweatshirt saw that Gu Chen had been working for a while and was actually playing with his phone. He turned his head and asked, "Brother, what are you doing?"
Gu Chen said calmly, "Greet the other party."
The man in the sweatshirt saw the words "Who are you?" on the screen and said, "You are too polite."
He hadn't thought that Gu Chen had already invaded the other side, so he joked, "That should be the case."
He reached out and tapped Gu Chen's keyboard, repeatedly sending out friendly greetings like "Fuck you!". His hand speed was fast, and he typed it more than twenty times casually, saying, "Okay, I know the enemy is very annoying, so I'll curse them for you. Stop playing and get back to work."
However, because of these twenty times, the message "Fuck you!" kept popping up on the other party's screen, and it popped up more than twenty times.
The other party: “…” This third party who took action was really going too far!
At this time, Gu Chen finally checked the information and started to guess one by one: [Mr. Smith? ]
【Evans? 】
【……】
When the other party saw the "friendly greeting" was over and this guess popped up again, their heartbeats immediately accelerated. This was simply a guess about their boss behind the scenes! They just felt that everything fell into the control of this third party who suddenly intervened, this top hacker.
The strength of this third party was really too terrifying... so terrifying... he seemed to have come so casually, but they didn't understand any of his moves, and didn't even have a clue of how to fight back.
His suppression of them is just like their suppression of these Chinese companies.
Voices from the 17th floor kept coming one after another: "Hurry, hurry, hurry! The enemy's offensive has slowed down, hurry up and fix the loopholes!"
Gu Chen didn't expect the other party to respond. Seeing that the other party's attack slowed down, he felt it was time to counterattack.
Gu Chen moved his wrists, his fingertips dancing on the keyboard, and codes jumped rapidly on the screen.
The man in the hoodie immediately noticed that Gu Chen's speed suddenly increased. If the keyboard was a weapon, this speed and elegance would probably be enough to kill the opponent without leaving a single piece of armor. Unfortunately... this is a test of IQ, not hand speed.
Gu Chen didn't want to stay in this environment full of keyboard sounds for too long, so he chose to end it quickly.
The situation reversed in an instant, the other side was defeated step by step, and it was not even like the Li family who could resist for so long. They were simply unable to resist and had no way to resist.
Everyone on the 17th floor also felt something was wrong: "What's going on? Who is behind this?"
"Which colleague is it? Can you tell me?"
"Hurry, hurry, good opportunity! Hurry up and let everyone help you!"
Everyone was looking around, and the man in the sweatshirt was also curious, looking around as well: "Who is so awesome? Could it be the chief engineers at the headquarters?"
Gu Chen did not say anything. He chose to defeat the opponent completely and took away some of the opponent's cybercrime information. He felt that he could let the Internet police enforce the law across borders. Even if he could not catch the person behind it, he could destroy a cybercrime den.
The man in the sweatshirt looked at it for a while but couldn't figure out what was going on. He turned around and found Gu Chen still typing on the keyboard. He subconsciously said, "Brother, didn't you hear them say there seems to be a great man..."
His eyes fell on the code on Gu Chen's screen and he paused for a moment. He actually couldn't understand it at the moment, but he just felt that it was simple and awesome, and it felt like writing code into art.
He immediately leaned over to take a closer look and said, "What the hell...what are these..."
Gu Chen had already taken a piece of paper and was wiping his hands slowly.
Then, the man in the sweatshirt saw a sentence in English pop up on Gu Chen’s screen: [Cut me some slack! ]
Could this be the hackers saying, "Let me go"?
The man in the sweatshirt finally came to his senses now, and suddenly remembered his heroic act just now. He said in a daze: "Brother, who are you...?"
Gu Chen threw the tissue he used to wipe his hands into the trash can and said calmly, "Don't get me wrong, I'm just a passerby who came in to get something."
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