Sikinkov said coldly, "Oh, I’m used to it, let that useless thing hide away."

The city council members all kept their heads down, with occasional sighs heard.

Sikinkov pressed on, "What does the information security team say?"

The assistant reported with his head lowered, "They’re still analyzing the virus source code..."

Sikinkov cursed and stood up, "Dozens of people from the consortium, from the authorities, confirmed dead, and many missing, the entire New Moon City is being turned upside down, and they’re still analyzing!"

He went to another level of the computing room, where the best information security team of the authorities was gathered, dozens of people were busy and frantic in front of dedicated computers facing a heap of programs.

The security team leader sat at the helm, his face illuminated by the screen’s glow, reflected full of lines of code in his eyes, he muttered blankly, "My God... this is an evolutionary algorithm..."

"What evolutionary algorithm?" Sikinkov came over with a cold face.

The security team leader subconsciously stood up, surprisingly excited and somewhat ecstatic, "Mr. Acting Chairman, the virus source code results have been analyzed. You absolutely cannot imagine what we found!"

"This is a high-level evolutionary algorithm, its adaptability, self-learning capability has reached an unprecedented height! The person who wrote this virus is definitely a genius! Beyond anything I’ve ever seen..."

Sikinkov grabbed him by the collar, glaring, "I brought you here to solve problems, not to praise how genius the enemy is!"

The security team leader then came to his senses, trembling slightly, "Understood... understood..."

Sikinkov released his grip and asked coldly, "What’s the situation now? The Public Security Bureau firewall has never had problems before, why was it breached this time?"

He added, "Explain it in layman’s terms, don’t go on with those complicated professional terms."

"Layman’s terms, okay... okay..." The security team leader rubbed his temples, muttering for a while.

He organized his thoughts and slowly said, "Mr. Acting Chairman, let me use the analogy of an arena for network defense and attack."

"Assume there are two gladiators in the arena, one named Firewall and the other Virus, the former is responsible for defense, the latter for attack."

"When the Firewall blocks the Virus’s attack, that’s our traditional concept of defense accomplished."

"And if the Virus defeats the Firewall, it means the computer is infected and taken over."

"Is this analogy understandable?"

This analogy was simple enough, Sikinkov didn’t hesitate, "Yes, continue."

Security Team Leader, "Okay, let’s go deeper. Regarding the attack and defense mode between the Virus and the Firewall, still using the arena as a metaphor."

"The Firewall holds a shield, it’s on defense. The Virus wields a weapon, it’s on attack. Suppose the shield cannot be directly pierced by the weapon, then how does the Virus defeat the Firewall?"

Sikinkov thought for a moment and said, "Find a defensive flaw, bypass the shield, and directly attack the body behind it."

The security team leader said pleased, "Yes, exactly! You already understand the basic principle of the virus infecting the computer, which is finding system vulnerabilities."

"Still using the arena as a metaphor, let’s take the simplest virus as an example, suppose its only attack method is a frontal thrust."

"To the Firewall, as long as it can position the shield at the front, it can block this frontal thrust, no matter how many times the Virus attacks, it’s useless because its attack method is too rigid, it can’t find any system vulnerabilities."

Sikinkov nodded, asking, "Then, what about advanced viruses?"