Spark

After communicating with Wang Jiancheng, Chen Nian received the stuxnet virus sample from him—of course, this virus has now been renamed "Jiehook" by him.

This is a kind of strange animal that spreads the plague in the records of Shan Hai Jing. "When you see it, there will be many epidemics in the country." It probably also pinned Wang Jiancheng's good wishes for this virus.

However, Chen Nian always felt that the name he gave revealed an aura of second-degree illness everywhere. If he was asked to name it, he would prefer the Soviet-style nomenclature in the Cold War of the last century.

Add code and number to the location, and finally add the word "project", such as Yekaterin-Red Star-437 Project.

Reading it can not only make people feel serious and cautious order, but also full of romantic feelings that belong to that ice and snow land.

If this nomenclature is followed, what should this "Jiehook" virus be called?

Chang'an-Electronic Plague-0219 project?

Hmm. It sounds like cyberpunk.

Chen Nian couldn't help but smile, he received the virus file, hung up the virtual machine, and ran the virus again by himself.

Although his technique is not very strong, it is more than enough to handle these basic tasks.

After spending most of the day, Chen Nian confirmed that the hook virus was basically available, so he directly dumped it to Li Xiang.

The latter was also amazed at Wang Jiancheng's efficiency. After receiving the documents, he rushed to Chen Nian's office immediately and asked:

"What's going on? It was made so quickly? Is there any problem with the function?"

"Basically no problem, I tested it."

"However, this 0.1 version of the virus is not for direct use, it can only serve as a template, and the follow-up intelligence agencies should customize it according to the target of the attack."

As Chen Nian said at the beginning, Stuxnet, or the current hook virus, can be viewed in two parts.

Infection, spread, and concealment are one part, and attack and destruction are another.

As for the "destruction" part, the solutions applicable to each different goal are also different.

"I understand, I still understand the most basic things."

Li Xiang nodded quickly. Although he has never heard of the legend about Stuxnet and is not a professional practitioner, he is still very clear about the concept of "equipment applicability".

So he went on to ask:

"If it is said that a special version will be developed in the future, does that mean that we will start to choose the target industry from now on?"

"For example, whether it is aimed at a power station or a large machine processing plant, whether it is aimed at the transportation dispatching department, or the communication control department, all of these need to be planned in advance, right?"

"That's right."

Chen Nian replied immediately.

"However, the formulation of this part of the plan is out of our control."

"Actually, your intelligence agencies have no say."

"In the final analysis, what the military needs to destroy, you just create. For this, I guess your authority is not enough. Just hand it over to the higher-level department and let them communicate and make decisions."

"You guys are responsible for doing a good job in the later implementation and landing work."

"clear."

Li Xiang nodded again.

Of course he knew what Chen Nian meant by "executive implementation".

To put it bluntly, it's the jobs that really get your hands dirty.

In the past few years, although Li Xiang was mainly responsible for the work of public opinion, due to the particularity of his affiliation, he also dealt with serious "executive departments".

There was even a time when he wanted to be transferred there for a while, but after listening to the job description, he lost interest in an instant.

Those so-called first-line intelligence officers are actually not very mysterious in terms of identity or job content. Except for the big fish buried deep in the water, most of the intelligence officers are still responsible for relatively simple and relatively routine affairs.

Collect public information from the media and the government on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, chat and eat with informants on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and compile reports on Sundays.

There are those who specialize in the steel supply chain, those who specialize in bulk agricultural products, and those who stare at graphs of flight delay data all day long.

If it weren't for the special place of work, to be honest, their work content is not much different from that of account managers in some companies' overseas offices

Then this time, what will they do during the virus implantation process?

According to Li Xiang's understanding of them, the scenes of sneaking in late at night, bypassing security, staring at the progress bar nervously, and staring at the monitor over and over again that are common in spy movies will never happen.

There is a high probability that through informants and insiders who have established customer relations in advance, they will be asked to bring in virus files for relatively concealed and reasonable reasons.

Such reasons are often so common that you can hardly take him to heart, but when the incident breaks out and you come to your senses, you find that it was actually carefully designed.

The most outrageous case Li Xiang has ever seen actually happened in South Island. At that time, his side wanted to obtain the itinerary information of an important member of South Island, so he prepared the entourage around him in advance--of course, he was playing emotional card.

However, our side did not directly say that the entourage should report the whereabouts, but asked him to help collect refrigerator magnets after work.

The entourage thought it was no big deal, anyway, the trip was over when the gifts were sent out, and he would not be so stupid as to go to buy them in the middle of the trip, no matter what, it was not a leak.

So, he readily agreed.

But after that, it was this little refrigerator magnet, which, after combining the intelligence network data, completely exposed the itinerary of the big man, and finally forced him to suspend the follow-up visit plan for half a year, and honestly returned to Taipei.

Li Xiang estimated that this virus infiltration has a high probability of a similar plot.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look forward to it.

If it is done well, maybe this is another classic case of intelligence warfare. At that time, I can also follow suit.

Thinking of this, he put away the USB flash drive in his hand, and said to Chen Nian:

"Then this matter, we will be responsible for the follow-up. If there are any technical changes or needs, I will come to you again?"

"Look for Wang Jiancheng, I guess I won't have time."

"Another new project?"

Li Xiang asked curiously.

"Well, the missile boat and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft projects are very urgent. I plan to complete all technical document output within two weeks."

"Understood, I'll go find him then."

"Pay attention to rest. Judging from the current intelligence, although they are aggressive, their offensive posture is not aggressive. It is estimated that it will take more than a year before the last moment we estimate."

"So, you don't have to be too nervous. After a year, our equipment situation will probably be completely different."

"At least, 055 can reach 4 ships. This is our biggest reliance."

Hearing Li Xiang's comfort, Chen just smiled and didn't speak.

One year later?

We are improving, and the other side is also improving.

Will they give us time to breathe, knowing all about our rate of development?

Very unlikely.

In this situation, fast is the best, there is no reason to back down

Meanwhile, the other side.

Qiu Zhengyi sat in the office with a flattering smile on his face.

He personally poured a cup of tea for the white man on the opposite side, watched the other party pick up the cup, then sat down respectfully, and said:

"Mr. Mason, I think we have reached a preliminary consensus on the issue of our new batch of arms sales contracts."

"We have no objections to the three sub-contracts of the Patriot missile system, the new F-16 fighter jet, and the M1A2 main battle tank, and we greatly appreciate the sincerity of your offer."

"However, after discussions, we would like to further propose new purchase intentions."

"That is what I have communicated with you before, about the deployment intention of the missile system."

"We believe that our concerns have disappeared or are no longer relevant after the situation has developed to where it is today."

"This time point is the most suitable time point."

"Once an agreement is reached, it will be a huge step forward for all parties."

"So, here, I want to make a sincere suggestion to you."

"We hope to deploy it in the shortest possible time to deal with subsequent attacks that we may face."

Hearing Qiu Zhengyi's words, Mei Sen frowned slightly on the opposite side.

In fact, this request is not once or twice.

But whether it is Congress or the turret, they have always adopted a negative attitude towards their proposals.

After all, this system is different from other conventional weapon systems. Once it lands, the entire Asia-Pacific situation will undergo earth-shaking changes.

The United States at that time could not afford the risk of such a change.

——

But now, as Qiu Zhengyi said, after taking this step, many concerns are no longer concerns.

Anyway, I have already torn my face, do you still care how much it is torn?

If Mason is allowed to make the decision, of course there is no problem.

But the problem is that his ideas do not represent the ideas of the entire decision-making layer.

Inside the turret, it is still more cautious.

Thinking of this, Mason said:

"Mr. Qiu, I can't give you an accurate answer to this matter."

"What I can tell you is that the above does not agree with your proposal, because in their view, the situation has not yet reached the 'final step'."

"I think you should be able to understand what I mean by the last step."

"Understood, of course I understand."

Qiu Zhengyi sighed and continued:

"But that's a paradox, isn't it?"

"If it is not deployed, the level of nuclear threat we both face will greatly increase. It is actually a dilemma whether to choose to 'reduce the expectation of damage' or to choose to 'reduce the probability of occurrence'."

"Our point of view is very clear. We believe that it is absolutely impossible for the other side to activate nuclear deterrence for this purpose. They are not gamblers in essence."

"But don't forget, we were beaten out of South Korea by them."

Mei Sen interrupted Qiu Zhengyi's words mercilessly. The latter was taken aback for a moment, and then said:

"That's not a failure"

"No, that's a failure. We can only admit this no matter what."

Seeing Mei Sen's expression, Qiu Zhengyi couldn't say anything more, so he had no choice but to skip this topic and continue:

"This matter is actually not without room for trial and error."

"I think we can release the news first to test the other party's bottom line."

"There are two consequences of doing this."

"First, they did act tough and started the war directly in advance."

"Second, they protested verbally and let the system go."

"No matter what the result is, for us, it's a surefire profit, isn't it?"

Mei Sen remained silent. He knew that Qiu Zhengyi's views actually represented the views of many people on the current situation—including himself.

These people generally believe that the nature of the opponent is weak, and it is impossible to respond to extreme provocations other than direct declarations of war.

Or in other words, the opponent's bottom line is that there is no bottom line.

This point seems to have been confirmed in many incidents in the past.

——

But why, Congress and the corner tower, do not accept such a statement?

Mason has always been puzzled by this.

But he has an advantage that ordinary people do not have, that is, he does not directly regard other people as fools for things he does not understand, but will reflect on whether it is possible that his own understanding has gone wrong.

This is a kind of "humility".

It's like on the issue of South Korea, even though Qiu Zhengyi has put his hot face on his ass, he will never be complacent about it.

So in the same way, he will not go against the wishes of the turret and make any promises to Qiu Zhengyi.

After thinking for a moment, he replied:

"I can report this to the corner tower."

"Of course, what I mean is that we can use this information as a bargaining chip to promote the development of the overall situation."

"But there's absolutely no way things will get off the ground until there's a permit."

"Can you understand this?"

"clear!"

Qiu Zhengyi was overjoyed.

In fact, he didn't expect the other party to really agree to it.

As long as one's own side is allowed to release the news, it is already a major achievement.

Once this news is heated up, as the situation develops further, the most likely result is not that the US retreats in spite of difficulties, but that the fake show is real.

At that time, this will become my biggest "achievement", and it will not be so difficult to take another step forward.

So, after finishing the meeting with Mei Sen, Qiu Zhengyi made arrangements without stopping.

At this moment, the focus of everyone's attention is still on the fishermen detained in the South Island, but when the popularity of public opinion gradually declined, another explosive news was thrown out:

The two sides have launched discussions on the issue of deployment, and it is possible to reach a consensus in the near future.

As soon as the news came out, the whole world was in an uproar.

No one will not understand the meaning of it.

In an instant, the eyes of the whole world converged on Huaxia.

Some people are nervously preparing to deal with possible shocks, while others are waiting to see a joke.

But whose joke was the last to see, no one knows