Chapter 64
Serena didn’t spare him a glance, her expression serene. “Last night’s data crash was a trap set by the attacker. The goal was to create chaos and conceal the real path of data theft p>
As she spoke, her fingers never stopped typing. “Their true objective is to steal the primary core of the Project Aegis algorithm p>
A series of sharp intakes of breath echoed through the control room.
The old researcher, Mr. Davenport, frowned. “The core of the Project Aegis algorithm is its heart. It’s central to our national defense, aerospace, and energy sectors… If it’s stolen, the consequences would be unimaginable p>
Serena hummed in agreement, a detached smile on her red lips. “Indeed, very dangerous. The attacker is also very cunning. The moment we detect the embedded crash program, it’s designed to self-destruct, consuming all surrounding data streams and erasing all traces of itself p>
Mr. Davenport’s face went pale. “Then… then Project Aegis p>
If it self-destructed, Project Aegis would suffer catastrophic damage.
“What? You knew that program would self-destruct and you still tried to access it?! Why can’t you just wait and let the professionals handle professional matters?” Tyler yelled, as if he’d finally found a legitimate reason to blame Serena. “I told you, you don’t know what you’re doing! You’re just being reckless p>
“You’re the professional, yet you couldn’t even see that it was a trap,” Serena said, her fingers hammering the keyboard with a series of sharp clicks.
Being dressed down by a young girl in front of all his colleagues, Tyler’s face turned black. “So what if you found the trap? A program like that is impossible for you to break! You’re more likely to destroy Project Aegis p>
“Just because you can’t, doesn’t mean I can’t.” Serena lifted her gaze, her eyes cold. “If you can’t help, then get out. Stop wasting time p>
“You!” Tyler gritted his teeth, a furious smile spreading across his face. “Fine! I’d like to see just how capable you are! I’m not going to be a part of this mess. If anything happens to Project Aegis, it’s all on you people p>
With that, Tyler ripped off his white lab coat, threw it on the floor, and swiped his access card to leave the control room.
“The annoying fly is gone. Let’s continue,” Serena said, her expression unchanging as she looked back at her screen.
Mr. Davenport was worried. “This… this program, can it really be broken p>
“Don’t worry.” Serena’s smile grew deeper, and colder. “Coincidentally, what I do best… is catching little rats p>
A spark of interest lit up her cool eyes.
As her fingers danced, she issued a command. “Teams one, three, and
five, I’
opening a path. Your job is
to cut off all external connections to the core phase
Her fingers tapped, and a vast network of data spread across the main screen.
“Teams two, six, and ten, initiate the cleaning program immediately.” She had already laid the framework the night before; they could handle the rest.
After giving her instructions, Serena’s fingers moved, pulling up another interface. Her cool eyes sharpened.
She smirked, her gaze laser-focused. “Tracking team, with me p>
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Some of the researchers still didn’t know that Serena was the one who had performed the emergency repairs last night. They just saw a girl who was too young… so young it was impossible to trust her O expertise.
But, mindful of what Mr. Davenport had just said, one of them couldn’t help but ask, “How do we track them p>
Their entire team of professionals had been struggling with this for fourteen hours with no success.
Serena’s fingers didn’t stop. She answered the reasonable question with patience. “As long as it travels through the network leaves a trace. We can track them using the residual path markers they left
behind p>
“It can’t be that easy to track. They would have erased all their traces The
attacker wasn’t stupid.
“It’s simple,” Serena said.