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Chapter 27: Report

As Qi Sheng was monitoring the operation of the test tower.

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

Beep!

"Verification passed!"

An electronic prompt sounded, and the metal door slid into the wall.

Ding Xiu strode into the office and sat down at the computer desk.

Looking at the number of online reports on the right that kept increasing, he couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, the projector on the ceiling automatically activated, and the beam of light converged in front of the desk, forming a robot projection.

"Intelligent Assistant A is at your service. You currently have 328 unprocessed online reports. Among them, 227 reports are marked as AI processing items and will be handled and resolved by Assistant A. Additionally, after searching and reading the content of the remaining 101 reports, I am unable to make a precise judgment and require you to analyze and resolve them yourself."

Ignoring the intelligent assistant, Ding Xiu pressed the blue button on the desk. Instantly, the projector on the ceiling cast more light, forming a virtual workstation centered around Ding Xiu.

Countless blue and white light spots slowly rotated around him.

"Let's get to work!"

Cheering himself up, Ding Xiu quickly got into his work mode, clicking on the white light spots surrounding him, which represented report information.

After being filtered by AI, the reports presented to him required his personal handling to determine whether to forward them to local law enforcement or transfer them to the internal regulatory units of other races.

After processing four reports in a row, Ding Xiu clicked on another white light spot.

A virtual screen immediately materialized in front of him, displaying the detailed report information:

Reporter: Game is Art

Verified Identity: Wang Xuexi (Identity Code: ...)

Report Content:

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

(Attachment: Group chat screenshot)

(Attachment: Screenshot of the network ID information of the poster)

Seeing this report, Ding Xiu was surprised.

This kind of information was obviously fake at first glance. He didn't even need to click the link to know it was false.

The game released by Moon Eclipse Clan years ago didn't even have a cracked version, let alone <Dark Land, which was released recently and used more advanced security technology.

Precisely because of this, it seemed strange.

Normally, an AI assistant could handle this kind of information on its own, so why did it need to be escalated to him for manual verification?

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

In response to his inquiry, Assistant A, the AI assistant sitting on the desk, stood up and pointed at the report in front of him, saying, "We need to examine all reports in detail and verify the content before making a judgment. However, I could not retrieve any useful information from the evidence provided in this report, so I could not proceed further."

Hearing Assistant A's explanation, Ding Xiu became even more confused: "Why can't you proceed further?"

"There are three reasons. First, I searched for 'Welfare Officer' mentioned in the report. Although I could find online information about this person, their account had no verification information, and I couldn't find any IP location information... In other words, this account was registered without identity verification. There are no precedents of unverified registrations in my database, which is a logical error I cannot comprehend."

"Second, I entered the reported link to search for other clues and found that this link also had problems. I couldn't break through the permissions behind the link... This was the feedback I finally received."

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

A prompt popped up in the projection:

[Download has reached the limit. The publisher has not enabled new download permissions, and further downloading is not possible.]

Assistant A's face showed a human-like expression of confusion: "My permissions in the Human Federation's network information processing are A-level. I only lack the authority to read S-level information set by the intelligent main brains of various cities and the Federal Main Brain. I have the authority to bypass authentication and read all other information, so the inspection of this link can only be determined as failed."

"Finally, I checked the online traces of 'Welfare Officer' and could not find any traceable network clues, including which groups they posted the download links in. I could not view the specific information."

"In summary, according to Article 238 of the AI Intelligence Regulations, AI must authenticate all information before processing events independently. However, I could not further authenticate these three clues, so the inspection was deemed a failure and transferred to manual processing."

After listening to Assistant A's explanation, Ding Xiu suddenly realized that the report, which seemed obviously fake at first glance, was far more complicated than he had imagined.

He immediately followed Assistant A's processing method and re-examined the publisher's verified identity, link information, and IP address.

The results were as Assistant A had stated; no useful information could be found at all.

"Could it be Moon Eclipse Clan?"

Faced with such a bizarre problem, the first thing Ding Xiu thought of was Moon Eclipse Clan.

The intelligent main brains of the major cities of the Human Federation and the Federal Main Brain were established with the help of Moon Eclipse Clan.

Including the star network that the Human Race and various refugee forces jointly connected to, it was also completed with the technical support provided by Moon Eclipse Clan. Therefore, only Moon Eclipse Clan possessed the highest authority to freely enter the networks of other races.

The Human Federation had also harbored concerns about this issue in the past, viewing the connection to the Star Network as a potential risk, fearing that humanity's secrets would be laid bare before the Moon Eclipse Clan.

However, this concern was quashed during discussions in the Federation's Supreme Council.

The reason was simple. Someone at the meeting posed a question:

"I'd like to ask all the city administrators and Federation councilors present, given the Moon Eclipse Clan's technological prowess, if they truly harbored any ill intentions towards humanity, what would be our chances of successful resistance?"

This question plunged the protestors at the meeting into silence.

In reality, if the Moon Eclipse Clan wished to invade Earth, humanity would be utterly defenseless.

Over the years of contact with the Moon Eclipse Clan, they had never shown any hostility towards humanity, even actively providing various forms of technological support.

If they could connect to the Star Network established by the Moon Eclipse Clan, the Human Federation would gain access to a vast amount of technology stored on the network, greatly aiding their development.

Ultimately, the council voted to connect the Human Federation to the Star Network and requested assistance from the Moon Eclipse Clan to establish their own city-level intelligent brains and mainframes.

Therefore, the Moon Eclipse Clan's intelligent mainframes possessed supreme network authority, surpassing those of other races.

Only the Moon Eclipse Clan's super mainframes had the privilege to set absolutely confidential data on the Star Network and could bypass the intelligent brains of other races to complete registration information through unverified applications.

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

The highest echelons of the Moon Eclipse Clan, who controlled the super intelligent brains, registered an unverified online identity just to post a prank link on the Human Federation's network?

This conjecture was truly far-fetched.

But besides the Moon Eclipse Clan's involvement, he couldn't think of any other possibility.

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

After explaining the reasons in detail over the phone, he stopped paying attention and continued processing other reports.

Ten minutes later, the team leader, "Yue Dong," appeared beside him in a 3D projection.

"Ding Xiu, I've reported your findings to the Federation's main brain. The conclusion is that it has never approved unverified identity registration information, so 'Welfare Officer' is likely a high-ranking member of the Moon Eclipse Clan."

"Really the Moon Eclipse Clan?" Ding Xiu frowned slightly.

"Only the Moon Eclipse Clan possesses the supreme authority on the Star Network that bypasses the Federation's main brain. After analyzing 'Welfare Officer's' series of peculiar actions, the Federation's main brain has proposed 12 possibilities."

"The first possibility is that there's some internal issue within the Moon Eclipse Clan's high command, leading a member to steal the Dark Land database and spread a cracked version on our Human Federation's network."

"The second possibility is that this is just a prank by the Moon Eclipse Clan's high command, and there's no cracked game behind the link at all."

"The third possibility..."

After saying this, Yue Dong paused briefly before continuing:

"However, none of these 12 conjectures can perfectly explain 'Welfare Officer's' series of perplexing actions."

"The biggest problem now is that the Federation's intelligent brain cannot track 'Welfare Officer's' network traces, including which chat groups they spread the link in, nor can they download the content through the link. Therefore, it's impossible to determine if a game truly exists behind the link."

"Ding Xiu, I'm assigning you a task now: monitor this link information in real-time and wait for any possibility of the download permission being reactivated."

After listening to the team leader's explanation, Ding Xiu immediately nodded.

"Understood. I will monitor whether the permission for this closed download link changes."

The team leader's figure faded at this point. Ding Xiu turned to look at the small A sitting blankly on the desk.

"Small A, help me monitor the link's movements in real-time. Report any developments to me."

Assistant Small A looked up, a look of human-like confusion on its face.

"I do not have the authority to access the link and cannot perform deep monitoring."

"You don't need to check if the download permission behind the link is active. I want you to click download at a frequency of 100,000 times per second, 24 hours a day, non-stop. Since you don't have permission, we'll use high-frequency connections to wait for the moment when permission might be granted."

"Understood!" Small A nodded at this.

Just as Small A began its high-frequency connection.

In Emperor's Tomb Village, Qi Sheng received feedback from Guider, stating that an intelligent AI was making high-frequency access requests to the challenger system.

This made Qi Sheng realize that the method he used to recruit players had likely attracted the attention of the Human Federation's network security agencies, and possibly even the attention of the Human Federation's higher-ups.

In response, Qi Sheng had no intention of dealing with it.

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

He wasn't worried about exposure, only wished to delay it.

Furthermore, the various powers on Earth could not prevent the growth of players in Monster World.

This was because the supreme authority of the Star Network, built by the Moon Eclipse Clan, had long been easily infiltrated and seized by Guider.

(End of this chapter)