The probing attacks from outside lasted about half an hour.
There should originally have been several more rounds of probing, but the probing side suddenly discovered that Luo Hua was outputting a large volume of data streams, which continued to grow over time. They knew they had been detected.
It was like a clash between masters... Well, compared to Er Qi, the probing side could hardly be called masters. Still, they sensed that the suddenly increased data flow was clearly aimed at the attack. In other words: Luo Hua intended to keep the enemy outside its gates.
In most cases, attacked servers rarely took the initiative to strike back, but... Luo Hua was clearly different.
This reaction was unexpected, but the attackers did not care in the slightest—come on, could someone who had frustrated Internet companies across the globe possibly be the sort to follow the beaten path?
All they could do was halt the subsequent probing attacks and then launch a fierce all-out assault six hours later!
The attacks came from all over the world. This was a planet with twenty-four time zones, after all. The synchronized timing of the attacks alone showed that this was definitely not the work of a "private organization."
But that was no longer important. What mattered was that they had launched their attack, and Luo Hua's data flow had decreased somewhat—there was no helping it. Maintaining that level for too long placed enormous demands on data-processing capacity, and besides... it consumed electricity!
But Er Qi's response was also first-rate. The overwhelming attack instantly triggered its response mechanism, and within five seconds, it increased its data flow tenfold—not because it could not raise it further, but because the chips would overload!
The attack timing was highly synchronized, but Er Qi's response was no slouch