Chapter 730: Chapter 727: The Digital Virus Reappears!
As the investigation deepened, more and more inconsistencies erged.
People did not find the wreckage of Tos Civilization’s enemy forces.
With each investigation going deeper, astronomical observation equipnt at full power, most of the spaceship wreckage and robot wreckage found on the bases belonged to Tos Civilization itself.
“Either Tos Civilization was overwhelmingly crushed, with no power to fight back… or there really was a civil war.”
Without clarity on the situation, that unknown risk always lood, even possibly descending on The Kyushu at any second, making it impossible for everyone not to be cautious.
Fortunately, for now, “The Kyushu” was quite distant from that region, a full 10 hours away at the speed of light, so if any risk did arise, there should be ti to respond. It’s not like they could just run away without investigating anything…
But that heart-pounding feeling was always there, as if with the passing of ti, the risk kept growing larger and larger…
During this discussion, suddenly, a flash of insight struck Zhang Yuan, feeling as if they had overlooked sothing extrely important and dangerous. He imdiately began to contemplate this glimr of thought intently.
“What exactly caused the chaos in Tos Civilization? Was our exploration plan too simplistic?”
“Let’s consider a simple scenario: a peculiar phenonon suddenly appears on the surface of a colonized planet and is discovered by Tos Civilization. They start investigating very cautiously, possibly even more so than us!”
“But eventually, it still led to widespread chaos… enough to trigger a civil war?!”
“Sothing’s not right, this is definitely not right!”
Once he grasped the key point, he was so frightened that he shivered and imdiately stood up, shouting loudly, “Wait, everyone, aren’t we overestimating ourselves, thinking that just because we’ve taken sufficient precautions, we’re safe enough? Isn’t that the ntality that led to the downfall of Tos Civilization?”
“Could there be an unknown enemy that has already launched an attack on us? What exactly are the unknown attack thods of a Level 5 Civilization… The only thing I can think of is a digital virus!”
Yes, digital viruses, widely used in past wars between high-level civilizations, were sothing people had heard about on the interstellar trading market.
At the ti, it was taken as an interesting piece of gossip, but now, they might truly be facing it!
Everyone in the conference room was stunned.
Zhang Yuan cald his emotions slightly and continued, “If a digital virus infects a computer and then hides itself, without destroying the original functions and even eluding our security inspectors, I’m not doubting the security personnel’s skills… but in the face of the unknown, we must be cautious, thinking that we can identify other digital viruses using the characteristics of the Millennium Bug Virus is inaccurate!!”
Once infected with the Millennium Bug Virus, a computer will be paralyzed and then infect others through communication waves in all directions.
This trait is very obvious and easy to detect, and humans have taken a series of protective asures against it.
But not all digital viruses are like this.
Zhang Yuan spoke loudly, “In summary, the longer ti passes, the more machines will be infected by a lurking virus. Now is not the ti for exploration, but the ti for a final thorough check!”
He almost yelled out the last few words, “Power down, investigate!”
Powering down and investigating was on a whole different level compared to starting up and investigating!
Zhang Yuan’s words imdiately silenced the bustling conference room. The cost of a total power outage was undoubtedly very high. Which of the current safety facilities didn’t use electricity? Cutting off power was no different from being blind and deaf.
Despite seeming a bit like flailing against the air, when faced with the possibility of an unknown digital virus, one couldn’t be too careful.
“I agree!” one of the Half-sphere Civilization leaders imdiately nodded, “We know nothing about digital viruses… This is indeed a unique attack thod of a Level 5 Civilization and its efficiency is extrely high, far surpassing other conventional weapons.”
“Exactly, let’s do that, no need for further discussion, and let’s hurry,” Captain Feng emphatically banged on the table upon hearing the term ‘digital virus’.
Instantly, all external electromagnetic communications were cut off, and people began to arrange manpower to inspect all communication devices.
As for the Half-sphere people, they also started organizing experts urgently, as the digital virus might have spread through electromagnetic communications. However, humans didn’t have enough experts to support them at the mont.
This was part of the trouble with alliances between the two; due to unequal strengths, after identifying a problem, things beca unwieldy and could not be handled as a single civilization might; issuing a direct order for imdiate action. Humans had Virtual World Technology and had researched digital viruses for a ti, which was sothing the Half-sphere Civilization lacked.
Fortunately, the Half-sphere Civilization was very cooperative this ti. Facing the unknown mystery product and with the living example of a Fourth-level Civilization reduced to ruins right before their eyes, no amount of caution was considered excessive. They quickly organized a large number of experts and began a thorough regional investigation.
This massive mobilization was truly massive, involving thousands of people from all sorts of unrelated professions who ca running!
The Half-sphere people didn’t want to invite such a troubleso thing just because of carelessness.
In the end, after a discussion with the Half-sphere Leader, Professor Yamamoto Ichiro, who was specifically responsible for this area, deliberated over the inspection process and allocated a few expert-level staff, which gave them so peace of mind.
The “Millennium Bug Virus” that humanity had encountered in the past was a byproduct of wars between high-level civilizations millions of years ago. It was just the simplest form of digital virus; theoretically, there were more complex and comprehensive types. No matter how many War Stars a Fourth-level Civilization possessed, they were no match for this thing—if their defensive asures were even slightly inadequate, it would only take a minute to paralyze them.
Thirty minutes passed like this, and all electromagnetic wave receivers were cut off. People could only use telescopic astronomy to remotely observe those relics, while using the simplest light signals to communicate with each other.
“Let’s go, we’re setting off!”
Zhang Yuan took a deep breath, boarded a Transport Ship, accompanied by Professor Yamamoto Ichiro, a dozen scientists, and seven or eight soldiers. The Transport Ship switched from automatic to manual driving mode, and all ground liaison rooms were also closed. It was evident that the driver ahead was a bit tense.
With a “hum,” the deck made a light sound, and the ship’s tail spurted fierce blue plasma, successfully taking off.
Ahead, the large communication base station, about 5 light-seconds from the Kyushu War Star, was the signal reception center for the entire investigation brigade. If there truly was a viral infection, this space station was likely the first to be infected.
The Half-sphere Civilization’s communication station was also nearby. Due to different communication technologies and programming languages between them, they could only check their own systems separately.
In his heart, Zhang Yuan was recalling the various asures that New Human Civilization had against digital viruses…
There weren’t many ways to deal with digital viruses. The simplest and most effective thod was to shut off power. Hence, Professor Yamamoto suggested that if the Half-sphere Civilization couldn’t detect anything, they should just power down.
But if the power was off for too long, the Alliance itself would be in danger. Perhaps an enemy was lying in wait, eyeing them covetously, waiting for them to shut off their power.
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