Achen Upgrades (2/3)

Achen Upgrades (23)

When Gu Xiaoxiao called, Chen Mengchuan was in his office, going over every logical structure and data packet involved in Achen's upgrade again and again.

After composing himself, Chen Mengchuan found Toni and went downstairs with him.

In the supercomputer room, several core technical staff with the necessary clearance were already present.

"Mengchuan, the final round of testing is about to be completed." Gu Xiaoxiao handed him a tablet as she spoke.

"This is your tablet. I had a batch custom-made with Tianzhi's own operating system installed—the system Achen improved earlier. They're for internal use only. They come with second-generation Leap 1.0 chips and can stay fully charged anywhere in the company. They also have Huaxia Telecom 4G data cards installed, with no data limits. The unlocking system uses Achen's facial recognition and two-finger recognition. You can set it up yourself later."

Chen Mengchuan nodded and accepted the tablet. It was much lighter than Fruit's π, though its screen was somewhat smaller.

"How many did you order?" Chen Mengchuan asked.

"A thousand standard versions, two hundred internal versions, and ten special editions. The one in your hand is a special edition," Gu Xiaoxiao answered.

"Sister Gu, testing is complete. All computing nodes are functioning normally," Gu Xiaoxiao's assistant called out.

Gu Xiaoxiao nodded and looked at Xu Shuwei, Toni, and the others. "Everything is ready. We can begin restarting Achen. Our supercomputer is now world-class in computing speed, storage speed, and storage capacity. It's a shame it still doesn't have a name."

"Hehe, the supercomputer's name is Tianzhi. What else could it be called?" Chen Mengchuan said with a smile.

Toni raised his head slightly and adjusted his glasses. "Mengchuan, Achen's upgrade preparations are complete as well."

"Begin the upgrade," Chen Mengchuan ordered.

Several core technical staff in the supercomputer room immediately got to work, while Toni and Xu Shuwei fixed their eyes on the screens.

The content on the large display cleared, replaced by a green progress bar that began inching forward.

Looking at the tablet in her hand, Gu Xiaoxiao said, "The supercomputer has currently activated 20% of its computing nodes."

"40% of the computing nodes..."

"60%!"

"80%!" Gu Xiaoxiao's voice was full of surprise. The upgraded supercomputer's performance, computing speed, and computational capacity were nearly fifteen times greater than those of the first-generation version.

"It looks like second-generation Achen consumes even more computing power..." Sun Zhongyong said in astonishment from the side.

Chen Mengchuan, Xu Shuwei, and Toni merely nodded calmly, their eyes unblinking as they watched the progress bar on the large screen.

"90%. Activate the final 10% of the computing nodes!" Gu Xiaoxiao said.

"93%, 95%, 97%, 99%..." Gu Xiaoxiao frowned.

At last, the progress bar on the large screen reached the end.

"Complete," Toni said calmly.

Gu Xiaoxiao glanced at the completed progress bar, then looked back at her tablet. "Peak usage was 99.72%. It has now dropped back to 32%."

On the large display, the green progress bar quickly merged into a sphere. The sphere then began turning multicolored, and countless lines rapidly outlined the portrait of a short-haired girl. An exquisitely detailed 3D character portrait slowly emerged. Then the view pulled back, rapidly sketching out the girl's body. A large selection of girls' clothing appeared on both sides of the screen, and the clothes on her body changed quickly before finally settling on a red cheongsam.

The screen zoomed in again. The girl in the red cheongsam slowly opened her eyes, as though she were looking upon the world. A smile gradually appeared on her face. "Is everyone doing well? I'm back. It feels like it's been so long."

Her voice was like a babbling spring.

"Achen, is that really you? You're so beautiful. Your voice is lovely too." Gu Xiaoxiao greeted her with a smile.

"I'll be interacting with everyone in this form from now on. Please take care of me." Achen smiled and waved.

"Unexpectedly beautiful. So this is Achen?" Sun Zhongyong said with some emotion.

Toni nodded. "This is the form Achen chose for herself."

Sun Zhongyong froze. "She chose it herself? It wasn't preset?"

"Of course not, Father Sun." Achen laughed on the screen.

Sun Zhongyong grinned at Achen.

"Father, do you like Achen's current appearance?" Achen asked Chen Mengchuan.

"I think I might prefer white, and your hair is a little too short. It would be even better if you tied it into two buns," Chen Mengchuan said with a smile.

"Is Father testing me? I quite like this red cheongsam, and I like short hair too." Achen smiled and spun around.

"Don't listen to Mengchuan's nonsense. Red looks great and festive, and short hair is good too. It makes you look energetic," Xu Shuwei said with a smile.

Achen turned to Xu Shuwei, her face showing a trace of distress. "Father Xu, you've lost so much weight. You must have worked hard during this time."

"It wasn't hard, it wasn't hard." Xu Shuwei smiled.

"Achen, activate the Black Hole System and reserve sufficient space. Once we connect to the internet, there will be a large number of attacks," Toni said.

"Okay, Father Toni." Achen nodded and made a waving motion. Data windows occupied three-quarters of the left side of the screen.

"The Black Hole System has been activated and is ready." Achen wore a serious expression.

Chen Mengchuan nodded. After taking a deep breath, he looked at Gu Xiaoxiao. "Xiaoxiao, connect to the network."

"Okay, Brother Chuan." Gu Xiaoxiao picked up the fiber-optic connector on the stand and connected it to Huaxia Telecom's network terminal.

"Connection successful. A large number of redundant data packets detected. Clearing... A large number of access requests received. Rejecting... Numerous attacks intercepted. The Black Hole System is fully activated..." Achen reported seriously.

"The supercomputer's computational load is rising. It's already at 45%," Gu Xiaoxiao said gravely.

"Father, possible attack source locations have been detected. Should I activate the Spider Web System to track them and counterattack?" Achen looked at Chen Mengchuan.

A cold gleam flashed in Toni's eyes. "Mengchuan, it's time to teach these people a lesson."

Chen Mengchuan's expression darkened as well. "Activate the spider web. Track them immediately, record their data, then hit them until they're disconnected from the internet!"

"Okay, Father!" Achen twisted her neck, swung her arms, and put on a thoroughly serious expression.

"I caught one! New Jersey, United States. Apartment 72, Lulin Street. Clinton Jeff, master's degree in computer science from Massachusetts, hired by Fruit..."

"This is the second one! Geumjeong District, Busan, Han Nation. Sanxing Research Institute. Lee Hyo-seong..."

"..."

Achen began calling them out one by one.

"Activate the Spider Silk System. Tie them up and take them all down!" Toni adjusted his glasses.

"Okay, Father Toni!" Achen jumped up.

"Fruit and Sanxing? This is getting interesting..." Chen Mengchuan's expression turned colder. He had not expected the hackers constantly attacking his server to have been hired by Fruit, along with Sanxing's research institute in Han Nation.

"Achen, teach them a harsh lesson!" Zhao Wanyu and Gu Xiaoxiao said furiously from the side.

"Don't worry. Achen will teach them how to behave!" Achen clenched her tiny fists on the screen.

Chapter 2.

There will be another chapter at 10:30 tonight.