The Department of Technology's low-level analysis, factional vulnerabilities in the Multiverse
After Kang's projection disappeared, the light White Bone Hall returned to normal.
That threat about "fiscal reserves" loomed over everyone like an invisible shadow.
The Aura of Death surrounding Hela was almost tangible, and her dark green pupils burned with rage. For her, this non-physical confrontation was more suffocating than a real battlefield.
Gwen Stacy stood to the side, her brow furrowed. She was used to solving problems with Silk and physical skills, but the word "finance" made her feel a different kind of powerlessness for the first time. No matter how powerful an organization is, once its foundation is undermined, internal collapse often comes faster than external blows.
Lynn remained seated on the Throne, his posture unchanged.
His fingers tapped lightly on the armrest, producing a rhythmic, very soft sound.
"Everyone, please share your thoughts," Lynn said, breaking the silence in the hall.
Hela spoke first, her voice icy. "He doesn't dare to descend in his true form, which means he has something to hide. Give me a Undead Fleet, and I can go straight there, find his lair, and twist his head off."
This is the Stability Maintenance Office.
Lynn offered no comment, turning her gaze to Gwen Stacy.
Gwen Stacy pondered for a moment, then said, "Kang's last words before cutting off communications didn't seem like a bluff. Finances are our foundation; the operation of the Negative Zone, the supply of personnel, and the maintenance of various equipment all depend on the energy and material support of the Reality Dimension. If he really has the ability to cut off our 'financial' source, we must prepare Contingency Plan in advance."
She paused, then added, "I suggest that the Liaison Office could try to establish several backup secular supply chains through Nick Fury's channels, just in case."
This is the thinking of the person in charge of the Liaison Office, considering the issue from the perspective of maintaining stability and logistical support.
Lynn's gaze finally settled on Wanda.
Wanda had been silent since the beginning, with countless tiny Data Stream flashing rapidly in her Scarlet eyes.
"Wanda," Lynn called her name.
Wanda looked up at Lynn, her eyes showing neither Hela's anger nor Gwen Stacy's worry, but rather the focused concentration of a technician discovering a difficult problem.
"I think Kang's threat is itself a vulnerability," Wanda said.
Hela and Gwen Stacy both looked at her.
Wanda continued, "His forced access to our conference system exposed his communication path and underlying protocols. It's like a hacker deliberately revealing their IP address to show off their skills."
"During the online conversation just now, I kept the Chaos Furnace's backend recording function running the entire time. The communication band he used had a very high level of encryption, but it wasn't foolproof."
"Give me some time; the Technology Integration Department is confident in its ability to reverse engineer this band."
Lynn looked at her and calmly asked, "What do you want to achieve?"
"Find out his hand." Wanda's answer was straightforward. "Any encryption logic reflects the mindset and technical system of its creator. Through analysis, we might be able to figure out three things."
"First, what is the technological ceiling of the system he belongs to?"
"Second, whether this encryption logic contains backdoors or conflicts could reflect internal disagreements on technical approaches."
"Third, and most importantly, we need to confirm whether this access was an official action from a large organization, or an 'unauthorized overreach' that circumvented regulations."
Wanda's words instantly changed the atmosphere in the hall.
The anger in Hela's eyes gradually faded, replaced by contemplation. Gwen Stacy's furrowed brows also relaxed.
While they were still struggling with "how to deal with the threat," Wanda had already focused on the threat itself, attempting to dissect the enemy from a technical perspective.
This is typical of a technical officer's mindset.
"Very good." Lynn finally nodded. "I'm giving you the authority to allocate all computing power in the Technology Integration Department to you first. I need a detailed technical analysis report."
"Yes." Wanda accepted the order, turned around and walked out of the hall without any hesitation.
Watching her departing figure, Lynn's gaze returned to the Holographic Projection.
On the screen, the Abandoned Subway Station remained calm, while the detained Inspection Group members paced anxiously.
Kang's threat weighed heavily on the hearts of everyone in the Negative Zone, like a boulder.
But for Lynn, when a seemingly superior enemy abandons direct confrontation and chooses to resort to verbal threats and underhanded tactics, it precisely indicates that the opponent's cards are not as numerous as they appear.
The Core Zone of the Technology Integration Department: the Chaos Furnace.
This place doesn't resemble a laboratory; it's more like an abstract painting constructed from Scarlet Energy. Countless Runes and Data Stream intertwine, collide, and Oblivion in the air.
Wanda floated in the center of the furnace, her eyes closed.
Before her, a highly unstable communication band, mixed with purple-green light, was forcibly stripped from the void by Chaos Magic and imprisoned within an energy sphere.
These are the traces Kang left behind.
Wanda mobilized the computing power of the entire Negative Zone to begin the most basic analysis of this waveband.
The process was extremely difficult.
The opponent's encryption logic is like a perfect closed loop. Every attempt to crack it will lead to a non-existent paradox, and then the system will automatically determine it as an invalid attack and erase all traces.
This is a rule-based encryption, far surpassing any technology currently available on Earth.
Wanda was not discouraged.
Instead of a direct assault, she built tens of thousands of sandbox models, constantly simulating the operation of this encryption logic within them. Like the most patient programmer, she observed the jumps in every line of code, searching for even the smallest possible flaws.
Time passed second by second.
After an unknown amount of time, in a sandbox model, when the simulation had run for hundreds of millions of times, a tiny conflict finally occurred.
When parsing a piece of Source Code related to "authorization verification", two seemingly parallel encryption logics experienced a 0.001-second delay in judgment at a certain point.
A set of logic points to an absolute, dictatorial "supreme will."
Another line of reasoning points to a relative "parliamentary consensus" that requires majority arbitration.
Although the system repaired itself instantly, the energy ripples it generated were precisely detected by Wanda.
Found it.
Wanda suddenly opened her eyes, Scarlet light bursting forth from the depths of her pupils.
She immediately retrieved the fragmented data about the "Council of Kangs" that she had previously obtained from the head of the TVA guards' mind and cross-referenced it with the logical conflict of this new discovery.
A bold deduction took shape in her mind.
She reached out her hand, and a report constructed from Chaos Energy began to automatically generate before her.
The report is titled, "Reverse Engineering and Vulnerability Assessment Report on the Underlying Structure of the 'Kang' Communication Band".
The main body of the report, using the most rigorous and objective language, elaborates on the analysis process and arrives at two core conclusions:
First, the encryption system used by the target has serious internal logical conflicts, proving that the "Council of Kangs" is not monolithic and that there are at least two factions with different technical approaches and power structures.
Second, the encrypted nature of the command source for this series of actions targeting the Negative Zone leans more towards the dictatorial logic of the "supreme will," and there is a greater than 95% probability that it is an "unauthorized overreach of authority" by the current Kang without obtaining "parliamentary consensus."
This means that what they are facing may not be a vast and unified Multiverse empire, but just an ambitious individual eager to make a name for himself, even at the cost of violating regulations.
This undoubtedly raised the difficulty of handling the entire incident from Hell to difficult.
Wanda reviewed the report and, after confirming that it was correct, prepared to present it to Lynn immediately.
Just as she was about to put the report away, the Chaos Furnace's monitoring system emitted a faint warning sound.
Within the background noise of the communication band that was just analyzed, the system separated another extremely weak signal, which seemed to be deliberately disguised as Cosmic Background Radiation.
This signal also comes from "Kang's" technology system.
However, its encryption logic is completely different from the previous one, and it follows the arbitration path of "parliamentary consensus" entirely.
Like a ghost, it silently bypassed the "dictator's" blockade and is continuously sending faint, tentative contact signals toward Earth.
Wanda paused for a moment, then added a footnote at the end of the report.
"Additionally: A weak contact signal from another unknown faction was detected in the background noise of the target communication band. Their intentions are unclear, and continued monitoring is recommended."