346 Cyber Battle (2/2)

Both sides were locked in a fierce battle, and the strain showed on their grim faces. Xiao Luo was much worse for wear, as he was one man facing the entire department of the nation's elite computing engineers. But Xiao Luo was resolved to not just win, but also defeat these engineers in a resounding victory.

”Old Li, what's wrong with you, why are you going against me?”

”What, weren't you the one who attacked me first? I thought it was a virus.”

”What are you attacking my computer for, Brother Song?”

”That's impossible, I'm attacking Mie's computer.”

Suddenly, the entire hall was in an uproar, as the IT engineers found themselves actually being attacked by one of their own.

Something is not right… what's going on?

Zhou Yuhang was suddenly alarmed and convinced that a counter-attack was being launched, he immediately checked his status.

He then realized what was happening—an active defense program installed in Xiao Luo's port was rewriting their intrusive malware and diverting all their attacks to the computer ports of their own colleagues—it was an immediate counter-offensive launched by Xiao Luo's program!

”Stop the attack!”

Zhou Yuhang immediately gave out the order to desist and consolidate.

Their indiscriminate attack would not achieve the desired outcome if allowed to continue, but instead, it would cause disarray among his own teammates.

Xiao Luo was calm as he continued refining his active defense program. He got the opening he had been waiting for, as the previous virus attack was just to buy him time to complete his application. Now that his active defense program had its full range of capabilities, it was time to deploy.

Ji Siying looked at Xiao Luo in awe, and as he sat in front of the computer fully engrossed in the battle, she found that he exuded a unique charm—he was mysterious, confident, and calm in times of crisis. She had already taken a liking for Xiao Luo since her mission in Luo Village, and at this moment, she just couldn't stop staring at him.

The chaos of the battle seemed to have died down, and some normalcy had returned. Only a few remaining viruses scoured the networks, like patrol ships, and no one cared to pay much attention to them.

Zhou Yuhang coordinated with the other three team leaders, and began a probing attack on Xiao Luo again, but gained no ground. The program protecting Xiao Luo's computer was impenetrable, as immovable as a mountain. In its current form, the program was only defending against unauthorized access, keeping the engineers' attack at bay.

”Fight it out with him!”

One of the team leaders lost his head and ordered a full assault, refusing to allow the status quo to persist and knowing that they would lose when the time was up.

Zhou Yuhang gritted his teeth and was the first to launch his attack.

The hundred or so engineers became boisterous as they concentrated their collective firepower on their target. They attacked with everything they had, continually typing out strings of codes, and launched a mad attack on Xiao Luo's program. It could be likened to a siege, with battering rams trying to breach gates, scaling ladders to go over the top of walls, and even artillery attacks... nothing was spared, and the enemy was intent on storming Xiao Luo's domain.

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