Genius club

USA, New York, Aman Hotel.

This hotel, which stands at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, is known as the most exquisite example of Beaux Arts architecture in American history. It is the first building of the Museum of Modern Art and was built in 1921.

The building was renamed AmanNeYork and reopened as a hotel in August 2022.

The Dragon State Security Bureau chose this place to live for the team, not because of the artistic atmosphere or because it is expensive and high-end, but because of comprehensive security considerations and privacy protection.

In Lin Xian's room, several accompanying staff checked up and down with various instruments, checking all the equipment, cables, and corners in the room.

This is actually the fourth inspection. Long before Lin Xian's participating team came to the United States, the rooms had been arranged and the overall inspection had been carried out three times.

"No problem, Mr. Lin Xian, you can check in with confidence."

The accompanying captain in charge of security saluted Lin Xian:

"You are an expert in information technology, so we will not teach you how to pay attention to network security and do not access the network casually. Tomorrow we will go to the New Jersey Stadium on the other side to participate in the "2023 World Hacker Competition. In short... If you have any questions, please contact us in time and don’t go out unless necessary.”

Lin Xian nodded:

"Thanks."

"You're welcome, Mr. Lin." The captain over there smiled at Lin Xian:

"Director Liu An has specially arranged and explained your matter to us. After the World Hacking Competition ends tomorrow night, we will use the consulate's fleet to protect you on a trip to Marshall Street in Princeton. Don't worry, we will make arrangements for these things. Okay, I promise to protect your personal safety."

"Then, we won't disturb your rest. It's too late to get rid of the jet lag now. I suggest you just go to bed until tomorrow and maintain good energy for tomorrow night. Goodbye."

Say it.

The captain waved his hand, and all the security and technical staff exited the room.

boom.

The door is closed.

Lin Xian walked around for a while and tentatively shouted in a low voice:

"VV?"

"I am here."

Almost instantly, the huge TV in the living room of the suite made a VV sound:

"I was here early in the morning, and I have checked all the networks around here. There are no ambushes or surveillance, and there are no traces of the black hand on the Internet... Sure enough, we are right to come here. Lin Xian, that black hand, energy and All his attention is focused on surveillance and invading the Great Security Wall, and he doesn’t care at all about the U.S. mainland.”

"Understandable."

Lin Xian said:

"For Kevin Walker, the most powerful hacker on the planet, the Dragon Kingdom team is just a walnut, cracking an iPhone, hacking a Google website, or the program you wrote for me to hack a Tesla car... …In his eyes, what’s the difference between this and a child playing house?”

"Of course he can't care. In his eyes, the so-called "2023 World Hacker Competition" is just a stage for him to show off his skills. He doesn't care at all who participates and who wins. His purpose is only one from beginning to end—— Dragon Kingdom Skynet System."

…

After the official Dragon Kingdom plane landed at the American airport, VV shouted "See you later, bro!" into Lin Xian's Bluetooth headset, and then slipped away along the airport wireless network.

This is what Lin Xian told it.

Under the premise that security will not reveal one's own existence, hack into the American network as soon as possible, and then start collecting information and photos about Kevin Walker and global facial recognition data.

These two things are equally important.

because……

Probably.

These two things will eventually lead to the same answer——

The mysterious old man in the fourth dream is Kevin Walker who is about to meet face to face.

Since VV follows

Just left.

That obviously shows that there is really no risk in the American network. At least there won't be the situation outside the Great Wall of Longguo Network where people are surrounded by black hands and they will be exposed once they cross.

No matter how powerful Kevin Walker is, he is only a person living in 2023.

His energy is limited, and the computing power of his program is also limited. It is far from possible to truly monitor the world in all directions without blind spots... let alone him. VV cannot do this, but it can purposefully monitor a certain person 24 hours a day. People, it's still very easy for them.

Therefore, it is very important for Lin Xian and VV to hide themselves and not be exposed.

"I've already started collecting face data in Wuhu."

VV jumped from the TV to the electronic record player next to him, spinning the disc and emitting goosebump-inducing high notes like an opera singer.

Sing and talk at the same time.

"Can you stop acting?" Lin Xian was speechless at this drama queen.

"This! Call! Enter! Country! Do as the Romans do."

VV sang with a vibrato that penetrated the soul.

Lin Xian stepped forward and unplugged the record player:

"Why don't you consider going to Hollywood to further your education?"

"good idea."

After that, the room became quiet again, and VV probably really went to Hollywood.

Lin Xian stretched his waist, and he was sure--\u003e\u003e

Get ready for bed and rest.

He complains, but he has no worries about VV's efficiency and seriousness in doing things. Although this guy plays tricks and acts every day, he never delays or falls behind in his work.

Since VV still has time to tremble, it means that it is now able to handle it with ease. It means that the current situation is very safe and everything is going well.

Therefore, it is not a bad thing, but a good sign.

"Go to sleep."

…

A few hours later.

"Lin Xian, not found."

On the bedside table, Lin Xian's cell phone made a VV sound.

"No picture of the old man was found? Or is it that no information about Kevin Walker was found?"

"Nothing was found."

VV whispered:

"There really is no trace, no trace at all... Actually, I can't compare it to the old man's photo, which is understandable. After all, what you gave me was not a photo, just a sketch, and there may be inaccuracies. , at the same time, it is really possible that this old man 600 years later has not been born in 2023."

"But I can't find any information about Kevin Walker. Isn't it too strange? All I can find are traces of him on the Internet. He is indeed very active. The ID of Kevin Walker often speaks in various forums. It's just that …I follow these online traces into reality, but I can’t find anything, it’s like they disappeared out of thin air.”

"I originally thought that this talented young hacker might just be strong in the field of network intrusion and be able to construct a black hand without gaps to surround the Dragon Kingdom Internet in the online world, but I didn't expect... that he is also strong in other computer fields. Ridiculous, I admit, I may have underestimated him."

Lin Xian held his chin.

no trace,

disappear into thin air,

It seems not to exist,

hide oneself,

Internet gangster,

Ridiculously strong.

These characteristics that VV said belonged to Kevin Walker were connected, and Lin Xian instantly thought of another being with the same characteristics——

Genius Club].

This is also an incredible organization hidden in the long history, unnoticed, undiscovered, and leaving no traces.

Lin Xian had always wondered before. Is it possible that the so-called flying geese leave traces, something that clearly exists in the world, without leaving any trace at all?

He definitely didn't believe it before.

but……

Now.

With eyes

As the world gradually broadened and he saw so many things beyond his own knowledge, Lin Xian began to believe in things that "ordinary people" thought were impossible.

How big is the gap between real geniuses and ordinary people?

When the Wright brothers said they wanted to build an airplane to fly in the sky, ordinary people thought it was a fantasy;

When Copernicus proposed the heliocentric theory, ordinary people found it unreasonable;

To this day, many people still believe that the U.S. moon landing was just a hoax;

Wait, wait, a lot of things.

The gap between true geniuses and ordinary people is not only in cognition, but also in common sense judgment.

Lin Xian witnessed that in the third dream, there was no trace of his own history. There was really no trace of his own history. Not even a trace of the complete VV could be found.

But in fact, I must have existed, but all traces have been deleted.

Like Zhao Yingjun’s old photos, they were deleted without a trace.

Kevin Walker also has no trace at all. Everything has been deleted. Even VV can't find any trace of him.

So.

What's more, it's a genius club?

"Sometimes the gap between people is bigger than the gap between people and dogs."

Lin Xian thought of this sentence inexplicably.

Before today, he also knew that the Genius Club was very powerful and could realize this.

But to be honest, I have no real sense of this power.

However, there is today.

According to his original expectations, even the young VV would definitely be able to kill in 2023.

But the fact is.

The appearance of VV opened Lin Xian's eyes to a world that he could not see before, fields that he could not touch before, and exaggerated geniuses that he could not even imagine before.

"If Kevin Walker is really a member of the Genius Club, or if there is a more powerful hacker than Kevin Walker in the Genius Club... then it is not difficult to explain why the Genius Club can be hidden in the long history for 600 years. It has not been noticed by humans for a long time.”

"At the same time, it is not difficult to explain why I was exposed in the fourth dream and why it failed even with the help of super artificial intelligence VV."

"Because the enemy is so powerful. Just one Kevin Walker is so difficult to deal with. What if there is someone in the genius club who is stronger than him? In fact, such a genius who is far ahead of his time is not only in the genius club." Where's one?"

"Hey Hey hey!!"

Bang! The glass door of the microwave oven on the bar popped open, and VV's protesting and angry voice came:

"What are you talking about that is frustrating! When did I fail? I just didn't find the information about Kevin Walker...I, I, I wasn't exposed! I wasn't discovered by him either! If you insist on evaluating...then we They are equally matched! I can’t find him, and he can’t find me either!”

"And you, a capitalist, are too oppressive --\u003e\u003e

Child labor? I have only been in this world for less than half a month, and I have been running around with you almost all the time. I also have to take time to acquire various knowledge, think, ponder, deepen logic, exercise my thinking, update and iteratively evolve... I'm almost exhausted! "

"Seriously, I also want to take a break and take a vacation. For example, I can enjoy the heat dissipation of natural mountain spring water in the data center next to the Three Gorges Dam and take a nap in the nourishment of hydroelectric power; or I can go to the northwest plateau to find a The large windmills that generate electricity from Taiwan are blowing dry monsoon winds, and you can bask in the comfort of wind power; or you can go to the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant in the Northeast, where you can eat and drink and enjoy the delicious food of nuclear power; what better way to be surprised than to follow you every day? Zhaqiang?"

Lin Xian walked into the bar and looked at the microwave oven that opened the glass door:

"No, hydropower, wind power, nuclear power, thermal power, aren't they all the same electricity? Does this make any difference to you?"

Microwave VV snorted arrogantly:

"Thermal power is more powerful.

, the body is warm; when using water and electricity, the body is cold, but the resolution will be higher, with Gezhouba's hydropower being the cleanest; wind power's layering is a bit poorer and hazy; in comparison, nuclear power is the clearest , let me feel like a spring breeze and reborn; what kind of rubbish is solar energy? No need for dogs! "

"..."

Lin Xian took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to punch the microwave oven.

He heard this.

I fell into the trap set by VV, the drama queen, again.

This is obviously a joke in the field of domestic headphones, and VV is purely renovating the old stuff:

"I'm talking to you about business, can you please stop making fun of me here? Didn't you say you know your priorities clearly?"

"Besides, I also know that you are still developing, still iterating, and are an infant. I am not blaming you at all. I am just stating the facts. Is your super artificial intelligence too small-minded? You can't explain the facts. Don’t let others talk about it, right? We must bravely admit our temporary weakness and affirm the enemy’s short-term strength, and only then can we catch up and win without being arrogant.”

"And when I say failure, I don't mean the current failure. At this point in time in 2023, we actually still have a great advantage, not to mention that you will become stronger and stronger, and the speed of upgrading and evolution will definitely be faster than Kevin Walker is much faster."

"Besides...it doesn't matter if I can't find Kevin Walker's information or appearance..."

Lin Xian walked back to the living room of the suite.

Looking at the laptop page, the "2023 World Hacking Championship American Team Members Introduction" is displayed.

The first four team members all have names, origins, and photos.

As for the information about the fifth player, apart from the name Kevin Walker, there is only a black silhouette wearing a hooded sweatshirt. There is only an outline and no details can be seen.

"If you can't find it on the Internet, why don't we just go find him in reality?"

Lin Xian smiled slightly.

He stretched out his index finger and tapped the hood of the sweatshirt on the black silhouette on the screen:

"We personally took off his hood and looked at his face. Look who this Kevin Walker is..."

He still feels it.

Kevin Walker is most likely the mysterious old man in the fourth dream. Because of this, no information or photos of the two people can be found.

Because they are the same person.

Can't find it, definitely not at the same time.

but.

Let’s put it another way.

found it.

That is found at the same time.

The answers to these two mysteries may be at the "2023 World Hacker Competition" tomorrow night...

Revealed simultaneously!

…

The next day.

U.S. time, 8 p.m.

The New York and New Jersey open-air stadiums are buzzing with people!

This huge stadium, formerly known as Metropolitan Stadium, is the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League. It has also hosted Taylor Swift's concerts.

Moreover, the 2026 World Cup final will also be held here.

At this time, this giant stadium, which can accommodate more than 80,000 people, was packed with seats.

In the past, the World Hacking Competition certainly would not have rented such an expensive and huge venue. Because it is not a high-profile competition, the organizer's sponsorship is not that large. Basically, companies such as Google, Apple, Tesla, IBM, and Microsoft have sponsored hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But this year, it's different.

Different in every sense.

Therefore, the organizer, the Pentagon's cybersecurity service provider, specially rented this significant super stadium with a cost of more than 1.6 billion U.S. dollars as the competition venue.

Everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart.

It's nothing more than trying to use Kevin Walker's "feat" of conquering the Dragon Kingdom's Skynet system to express his gratitude to the Dragon Kingdom.

The whole world shook their fists and showed off their power.

Under the spotlight and shouts of the host, network security teams from various countries and companies took the stage one after another.

I have to say that the American audience was very unfriendly, and maybe it was because the scolding on the Internet during this period was too strong. When the Dragon Country team came on the stage, not only did the 80,000-person venue not only lack applause, but it was also accompanied by boos. The sound is so loud that it really makes people feel petty.

When the American team took the stage at the end.

In an instant, cheers erupted!

Fortunately, this stadium is open-air, otherwise the dome might have been overturned by the unscientific cheers.

With warm applause and roaring shouts, the more than 80,000 American spectators were excited --\u003e\u003e

welcome their hacker god on the scene.

Five members of the American national team came on stage one after another. The first four looked like IT professionals. They all wore glasses and were a little shy and a little afraid of society. After bending slightly and waving his hands quickly, he quickly walked into the competition seat.

And walking behind the four adults...

He is a boy who is obviously shorter in height.

He was wearing huge Nike shoes and shorts, like a street boy; but his upper body was the same as the black silhouette, wearing a sweatshirt that was obviously one size larger, even covering his buttocks, and the sleeves on his shoulders were drooped. .

The large hood completely covered his face and hair.

Nothing can be seen.

Looks, face, hair color, decoration... nothing can be seen.

But everyone knows it.

this.

He is the trump card of the American national team today,

16-year-old genius boy,

The most powerful hacker on earth——

Kevin Walker!

At this time, Walker walked slowly at the end of the team, hunched over, picking up the bag, his eyes seemed to be staring at the ground only a few dozen centimeters in front of the shoes.

This outfit... really fits the stereotype of the hacker portrayed in the movie.

Originally, he only needed to sit in the game seats with the team.

But!

When he saw a close-up of his own image, magnified onto a giant screen at the edge of the stadium.

He suddenly stopped.

Keep your head down and face the camera.

"broken."

VV's worried voice came from Lin Xian's Bluetooth headset.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xian asked.

"Can't you see?" VV asked in the Bluetooth headset:

"He's going to start posing with his pen! Yesterday I learned this kind of camera movement in Hollywood. The next step is definitely to keep the camera closer, zoom in, and finally focus on the character's upper body..."

as expected.

Everything is as VV said.

On the huge display screen at the edge of the stadium, the camera zoomed in closer and closer, and at an extreme angle to ensure that the face under the hood was not photographed, the close-up focused on the upper body of the talented hacker boy.

I saw...

The young man's right hand slowly took out from his sweater pocket.

Make a fist.

Extend your index finger.

Lift it high!

Point straight to the sky!

Amid the roar of the 80,000-person stadium, his childish yet arrogant voice resounded throughout New Jersey through the stadium’s speakers——

"Face me, mortal!"

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