Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 27 - Whistleblowing

As Qi Sheng focused on the operation of the test tower.

In the real world, at the Human Federation Star Network Security Center.

Beep!

"Verification Passed!"

The electronic prompt sounded, and the metal gates slid into the wall.

Ding Xiu stepped into the office and sat down in front of the computer desk.

Watching the incessantly growing numbers of network complaint reports on the right, he couldn't help but sigh.

At that moment, the projector on the ceiling automatically activated, projecting beams of light that converged in front of the desk, forming a holographic projection of a robot.

"Intelligent Little A at your service. You currently have 328 unprocessed network complaint reports, of which 227 have been marked as AI-handled projects. Little A will handle and resolve these for you. The other 101 complaint reports have been checked and read, but I am unable to make precise judgments on these, so you will need to analyze and resolve them yourself."

Ignoring the intelligent assistant, Ding Xiu pressed the blue button on the desk, and immediately more beams of light shot down from the projector, constructing a virtual workstation around him.

Countless blue and white dots of light slowly rotated around him.

"Let's get to work!"

Ding Xiu quickly immersed himself in his work, invigorated. He clicked on the white dots of light that surrounded him to read the complaint reports.

After AI selection, all the complaint reports presented in front of him required his personal attention to decide whether to transfer the complaints to local law enforcement or to internal regulatory units of other races.

After processing four consecutive reports, Ding Xiu clicked on another white dot.

Suddenly, a virtual screen materialized in front of him with detailed complaint information:

Complainant: Gaming is Art

Certified identity: Wang Xuexi (Identity Code: ...)

Content of the complaint:

There are scammers in the group spreading false phishing links, claiming that the link can download the latest virtual reality game release by the Moon Eclipse Clan, "Dark Land"...

(Attachment: Group chat screenshot)

(Attachment: Network ID information screenshot of the information publisher)

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Seeing this complaint report, Ding Xiu was surprised.

This kind of information is obviously fake at first glance; he didn't need to click on the link to know it was surely false.

Games released by the Moon Eclipse Clan years ago never had cracked versions, let alone "Dark Land" which was only recently released and utilized even more advanced security technology.

It was odd precisely for this reason.

Such information should be entirely manageable by the AI assistant; why did they need to pass it to him for manual verification?

"Little A, why didn't you handle this complaint report?"

In response to the question, the AI assistant Little A, who sat on the table, stood up and pointed to the complaint information in front of him, saying:

"We need to conduct a detailed check of all complaint reports. After verifying the content of the complaint, we can then make a judgment. However, I am unable to find any useful information from the evidence provided in this complaint report, and therefore I cannot process it further."

After hearing Little A's explanation, Ding Xiu became even more puzzled:

"Why can't it be processed further?"

"There are three reasons. First, I searched for the 'Benefit Officer' mentioned in the complaint report and found that although I can locate this person's network information, their account has no authentication information, nor can I trace the IP address ownership information... That is to say, this account was registered without identity verification, and my database has no precedent for unauthenticated registration, which presents a logical error that I cannot understand."

"Secondly, I entered the reported link to search for other clues and found that this link also has issues. I am unexpectedly unable to breach the permissions behind the link... This is the final feedback I received."

As Little A finished speaking, the information on the light screen in front of Ding Xiu changed.

A prompt popped up on the projection screen:

[Download has reached the limit set number, the publisher has not enabled new download permissions, unable to continue downloading.]

A humanized expression of confusion appeared on the face of assistant Little A:

"My authorization is classified as an A-level in the information processing of the Human Federation's network. Only the Intelligent Brains of each city and the Federation Mainbrain's set S-level information are beyond my reading rights; everything else I have the authority to skip verification and access directly. Therefore, I can only determine the check of this link as a failure."

"Lastly, I checked the 'Benefit Officer's' network trail and was unable to find any digital traces that could be read and traced, including in which groups he had posted the download links—I was unable to access specific information."

"In summary, according to the regulation number 238 of the AI Intelligent Brain, AIs must verify all information before they can handle an event autonomously. Since I cannot further verify these three clues, I judged the check as a failure and turned it over for manual processing."

After listening to Little A, Ding Xiu suddenly realized that the complaint report that seemed obviously fake at first glance was not as simple as he thought.

He immediately proceeded to recheck the publisher's authenticated identity, link information, and IP address, following Little A's processing method.

The results were just as Little A had said; he couldn't find any useful information at all.

"Could it be the Moon Eclipse Clan?"

Faced with such a bizarre issue, Ding Xiu's first thought was of the Moon Eclipse Clan.

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The Intelligent Brain cores of the major cities of the Human Federation and the Federation Mainbrain were established with the assistance of the Moon Eclipse Clan from the very beginning.

Including the Star Network that is jointly accessed by the Human Clan and the various forces that sought refuge, it was also completed with the technical support provided by the Moon Eclipse Clan, so only the Moon Eclipse Clan has the highest authority to freely enter the networks of other races.

Back then, the Human Federation also had concerns about this issue, fearing that the connection to the Star Network was a vulnerability, with Human Clan secrets being utterly exposed to the Moon Eclipse Clan.

But this concern was suppressed during the discussion in the Federation Supreme Council.

The reason was quite simple, someone asked a question during the meeting:

"I would like to ask all the major city managers present, as well as the federal congressmen, if the Moon Eclipse Clan really wanted to harm humanity with their level of technology, what are our chances of successful resistance?"

This statement silenced the objectors at the meeting.

In fact, if the Moon Eclipse Clan wanted to invade Earth, the Human Clan would be powerless to resist.

Over the years of contact with the Moon Eclipse Clan, they have never shown any hostility towards the Human Clan and have even actively provided various technical supports.

If able to connect to the Star Network created by the Moon Eclipse Clan, the Human Federation would gain access to a vast amount of technology stored on the Star Network by the Moon Eclipse Clan, which would greatly boost development.

Ultimately, the vote was cast at the meeting: the Human Federation would connect to the Star Network, requesting assistance from the Moon Eclipse Clan to establish city Intelligent Brains and a Mainbrain specific to the Human Federation.

Therefore, the Moon Eclipse Clan's supreme mainbrain has the highest network authority that is above those of all other races.

Only the Moon Eclipse Clan's super mainbrain has the authority to set absolute secret data on the Star Network, and it can also bypass the Intelligent Brains of other races to complete registration information through unauthenticated registration applications.

Thinking of this, Ding Xiu's expression became strange.

The highest echelons of the Moon Eclipse Clan with the power to control super Intelligent Brains are registering unauthenticated network identities, just to post a prank link on the network of the Human Federation?

This speculation was indeed too far-fetched.

But apart from the Moon Eclipse Clan's involvement, he could not think of any other possibility.

To clarify the identity of the Benefit Officer, Ding Xiu submitted the report content to the head of the network security team.

After detailing the reasons on the phone, he no longer paid attention and continued to handle other report information.

Ten minutes later, the team leader "Yue Dong" appeared beside him as a three-dimensional projection.

"Ding Xiu, I have already reported your filed content to the Federation Mainbrain, and the conclusion is that it has never approved any unauthenticated identity registration, so the Benefit Officer is very likely a high-level member of the Moon Eclipse Clan."

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"Is it really the Moon Eclipse Clan?" Ding Xiu frowned slightly.

"Only the Moon Eclipse Clan has the ultimate Star Network authority that can bypass the Federation Mainbrain. Based on a series of bizarre actions of the Benefit Officer, the Federation Mainbrain analyzed and came up with 12 possible scenarios."

"The first possibility is that some internal issues arose within the Moon Eclipse Clan's upper echelons, leading to a member stealing the 'Dark Land' database and spreading a cracked version on our Human Federation's network."

"The second possibility is that this could just be some high-level prank by the Moon Eclipse Clan, with no actual cracked game behind the link."

"The third possibility..."

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At this point, Yue Dong paused for a moment before continuing:

"However, none of these 12 speculations can perfectly explain the series of puzzling actions of the Benefit Officer."

"The biggest problem now is that the Federation Intelligent Brain is unable to track the network path of the Benefit Officer, including which chat groups have spread the link, and it can't download the content via the link, so it's impossible to determine whether there is a game behind it."

"Ding Xiu, I'm now giving you a task, to monitor this link information in real-time, waiting for the possibility of the download authority being activated again."

After listening to the team leader's briefing, Ding Xiu immediately nodded:

"Understood, I will keep an eye on any changes in the authority status of this download link that has been closed."

The team leader's figure faded away at that moment, and Ding Xiu turned to look at Little A, who was sitting blankly on the desk:

"Little A, help me keep an eye on the link activity in real-time and report any situations to me."

At this time, Assistant Little A raised its head, showing a bewildered humanoid expression:

"I have no access to the link, unable to perform deep monitoring."

"You don't need to check whether the download authority behind the link has been activated. I want you to click on the download at a frequency of one hundred thousand times per second, continuously for 24 hours. Since we don't have the authority, we'll wait for the possible moment of authority activation by using high-frequency connection."

"Understood!" Little A nodded at this time.

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At the same time, Little A started the high-frequency connection.

Qi Sheng, who was in Imperial Tomb Village, received feedback from the Guidance that an intelligent AI was making high-frequency access requests to the Challenger System.

This made Qi Sheng realize that his way of recruiting players might have already drawn the attention of the Human Federation Star Network Security Agency, and possibly the attention of the upper echelons of the Human Federation.

Regarding this, Qi Sheng had no thoughts on how to respond.

As the number of Monster World players continued to grow, there would eventually come a day when it would be completely exposed.

He was not worried about exposure, but only wished to delay the time of exposure.

And Earth's various forces could not prevent the increase in Monster World players.

Because the highest authority of the Star Network built by the Moon Eclipse Clan had long been easily infiltrated and taken over by the Guidance.

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