Chapter 583: Unstoppable Momentum

At the dinner table, the family listened to Wei Luxue boasting.

Indeed, the whole family thought Wei Luxue was bragging.

In the first half of the year, she was still pitifully reliant on family support to barely avoid ending up on the streets.

Sure, Candy Technology’s benefits are great, but what’s that got to do with a student like you?

A little rich girl.

Just keep on boasting then.

Until Wei Luxue excitedly took out her phone to show the family her bank balance.

Mom felt sour.

This girl’s account had more money than her manager mother.

At lunch, Candy just sat watching her brothers eat.

Candy had no appetite at all, occasionally squirming a bit in her chair.

After eating two big baked sweet potatoes, she really couldn’t eat any rice.

Mo Jingchun didn’t even want to look at Candy while eating.

I told you eating too much would make you fart, but you wouldn’t believe it.

If you’re going to fart, just do it quietly, but you had to prance around, worried others wouldn’t notice you’re going to fart.

Mo Jingchun sighed helplessly.

This puts him, as an older brother, in a tough spot.

Didn’t you see Feiyan and the others trying hard not to laugh?

Seriously, does prancing around make you look elegant and timeless?

"Brother, does the meat taste good?"

Candy kept quiet, but when she opened her mouth, everyone at the table except Mo Jingchun burst into laughter.

It was so exhausting to hold back the laughter.

Mo Jingchun’s face was as black as coal.

"It’s delicious, do you want some?"

Candy squirmed a bit and shook her head.

"I can’t eat anything."

After having those two big roasted sweet potatoes in the morning, it’d be a miracle if she could still eat more.

"Brother, can Guoguo go play with Xiang’Er this afternoon?"

"Okay, but don’t be mischievous."

A few days later, New Year’s Eve.

Every household hung up red lanterns.

Mo Jingchun’s family was no exception.

After having the New Year’s Eve dinner at Uncle’s house, Mo Jingchun immediately headed back with Candy, skipping the Spring Festival Gala with everyone.

And as for Candy, she had no interest in the Spring Festival Gala at all.

During the day, Candy had been thinking about that pile of fireworks.

She checked her pocket money to make sure she hadn’t lost any, then let out a small sigh of relief.

So much lucky money, she felt like hiding it away~

But her brother said that lucky money is meant to be kept until New Year’s Eve, then you can put it somewhere else.

Hmph, no way I’m putting it in a bank.

No way I’m falling for my brother’s tricks.

My brother, that big liar.

In the yard, Mo Jingchun didn’t keep Candy waiting long.

Seeing her brother bring out the fireworks, Candy joyfully ran over to greet him.

"Brother, let’s light a big one first!"

"Alright!"

"Stand back a little."

Mo Jingchun lit the fireworks and quickly carried Candy back.

This little one is truly fearless.

Not afraid that the fireworks might have quality issues and explode.

He must teach Candy to be more precautious next time.

Holding Candy, Mo Jingchun had just reached the porch when they heard a "whoosh" as a white streak shot up into the night sky, spreading out like a fairy scattering petals across the sky. Some fireworks boomed, spreading a giant umbrella of neon lights, brightening up the sky, while others exploded in colors like candy.

As the night sky glimmered with brilliant fireworks competing to blossom, even the moonlight lost its luster. The fireworks were like colorful sky flowers, dressing the night in a ceremonial robe, or colorful butterflies adorning the sky.

The moment Mo Jingchun lit his firework, it seemed to trigger a signal for the neighbors to bring out theirs too.

Suddenly, the whole sky lit up.

Such a beautiful scene, worth watching again and again.

Regarding the behavior of the uncle’s family and neighbors following the trend, Mo Jingchun gave a slight smile.

People from back home are very superstitious.

They probably thought he consulted someone for an auspicious timing or something.

Everyone wants to make a fortune these days.

While the entire Xia Country was happily singing and dancing on New Year’s Eve, a type of network virus was rapidly spreading in the Beautiful Country.

In just two hours, over 60% of electronic devices in the Beautiful Country were infected with what their Cybersecurity Center named the Z Network Virus.

The Z Network Virus has an extreme ability to infect.

Existing antivirus measures are completely ineffective against it.

What terrified the Beautiful Country’s cybersecurity experts more was that the Z Network Virus seemed to have intelligence.

If you attack it, it will hide.

So far, the devices infected by the Z Virus have only had an insignificant amount of computing resources used.

But no one dared to underestimate it.

Once the Z Virus mutates, it could be devastating for the Beautiful Country’s electronic devices.

Three hours after the Z Virus began spreading, the Beautiful Country could no longer conceal it and issued a global Z Network Virus Level 1 alert.

At this moment, the entire Beautiful Country’s network experts and drafted hackers were busily overwhelmed.

Just now, the Z Network Virus had mutated, causing the infected computers’ CPU resources to max out.

A catastrophe had arrived.

The entire network of the Beautiful Country was paralyzed.

At midnight, as families reunited to welcome the new year.

The National Cybersecurity Center in Jing City was brightly lit.

A large number of personnel were converging from all directions.

"Three hours and forty-five minutes ago, the first appearance of the Z Network Virus was in S City of the Beautiful Country, then it spread outward at an astonishing speed."

"The terrifying thing is the Z Network Virus doesn’t spread through any emails, links, or other means. As long as your electronic device is connected to the internet, it will be infected."

In the meeting room, a middle-aged man spoke with a heavy tone under the projector:

"So far, the mutated Z Network Virus has already spread to three countries."

"At the current rate of spread, if not stopped, the Z Network Virus will reach our country tomorrow."

Dong~ Dong~ Dong~

The New Year bell rang.

The middle-aged man glanced at his watch.

"It’s today."

"Currently, all this intelligence is provided by the Beautiful Country."

After a slight pause, the middle-aged man hesitated and said:

"I’ve seen many network viruses, but the Z Network Virus is something I’ve never seen before."

"It’s not like a virus. It’s more like... "

"A weapon!"

The middle-aged man looked at the speaker with respect: "Yes, Academician Wu."

"The Z Network Virus is like a weapon designed for warfare."

"But one thing doesn’t add up, so far, not a single device has been rendered useless by the Z Network Virus."

"It’s only occupied the CPU resources."

"It’s like a net, coordinating all computing resources, calculating some kind of data."

The words of the middle-aged man made Academician Wu pause in thought.

"What you’re suggesting is very possible."

"But who would be so crazy to use the Beautiful Country’s entire computing network as a botnet."

With that, Academician Wu fell into deep thought.