"Hello ladies and gentlemen of America."
"My name is god, the God of the Internet."
From the Walker 5000 speaker connected to Edward's computer, a neutral voice that was completely electronically synthesized suddenly came out. Although the voice could not distinguish between male and female, it had a timbre that people could not forget once they heard it.
He could also see that the screen was constantly flashing a blood-red picture, with drops of 'blood' dripping from the top of the screen from time to time. In the center of the screen, a line of globally accepted numbers were displayed in front of him, written in white fonts. A line of Arabic numerals marked:
24:00.
These Arabic numerals kept flashing without any change, but just this change made Edward open his mouth wide with surprise.
At this moment, the first reaction in his brain was: hacker!
That's right, it's definitely a hacker!
Only hackers can invade other people's computers, use superb technology to change other people's programs, and control others. But now, has your computer been compromised by a hacker
Wait, what he seems to be saying is 'Ladies and gentlemen of the United States,' which means that I am not the only one who was breached
Despite his sloppy appearance, Edward, who has been playing video games all year round, instantly noticed something inappropriate in the text. He turned his head and looked out the window, only to see that the street was still in its original state, and the cars were beeping without listening. to any exclamations next door,
Did you really think too much
Edward frowned and was about to turn off the computer, but a new voice came from the speakers again, "Twenty-four hours from now, thirteen megaton nuclear bombs will be dropped on major cities in the United States. , please U.S. citizens be prepared for protection as much as possible.”
What
Edward shook his right hand, and his body that was about to bend froze in mid-air. What was this guy saying just now? Is he saying that thirteen nuclear bombs will be deployed in the United States in one day
Are you joking
Although Edward is a standard American otaku, he still has some knowledge about nuclear bombs. His knowledge comes from the Internet - as far as he knows, there are only a few countries with nuclear bombs, and the United States itself is among them. The nuclear bombs manufactured by these countries have two states: "preparatory" and "service". In the "preparatory" state, the nuclear bomb warhead is separated from the missile and has no strike capability. In the "service" state, the target has been set in advance and has been deployed. Nuclear warheads installed on missiles can be launched at any time with only a password and a few instructions.
However, these instructions are by no means that simple. One of them is in the hands of the president, one is in the hands of the person in charge of the nuclear bomb base where the nuclear bomb is located, and another one is in the hands of him. In short, the number of nuclear bombs in the world exceeds 20,000, but those Nuclear warheads in "service" status will not move a finger without orders from the President and Congress, and it is conceivable that other countries will do so.
Getting a nuclear bomb is harder than reaching the sky.
What's more, the existence of the nuclear bundling strategy makes no country dare to act rashly. This is a very terrifying national strategy, because when a country is attacked, instead of actively resisting or asking for assistance, it will turn the world around. All nuclear-armed countries in the world have been dragged into the quagmire of war indiscriminately.
The system formed by this nuclear bundling policy is called the "Dead Hand System". It is an automated nuclear counterattack system built by nuclear powers. That is, even if the top command authority is eliminated, it can still automatically attack preset targets. In other words, once the country's top leadership agency and command system are eliminated or paralyzed by a nuclear assault, the "dead hand system" will automatically issue nuclear codes and nuclear strike instructions.
The system is linked to hundreds of intercontinental missiles and can automatically assign targets for attack. This system will not distinguish whether the target is the target of the attack, but will only attack according to the predetermined procedure.
What the U.S. government is most worried about is not the outbreak of a nuclear war, but its inability to ensure that the other side is also finished after a nuclear war breaks out. On the other hand, if the opponent can be convinced that it is still capable of counterattack after withstanding a nuclear saturation attack, a full-scale nuclear war will not break out.
In short, the existence of the dead hand system has put all nuclear powers in a situation where no one dares to start a war and live in peace.
But at this time, the person who broke into his computer said that a nuclear bomb would attack the United States in one day? Edward thought it was too ridiculous, but the voice continued, "The targets of this nuclear bomb attack are: New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francisco..."
As the names were announced one by one on the computer, Edward felt a chill down his back. These cities were either the most developed industrial cities or the most developed commercial cities in the United States. Adding up to each other, the number of people involved in them was Already more than 40 million! This is more than one-tenth of the population of the entire United States. If all this is true, then under a blow, the economic and industrial level of the United States will be set back for at least several decades!
However, after all, this was just a clumsy prank meant to cause panic.
"I, God, will carry out nuclear strikes on these cities. In order to reduce the casualties of innocent people, residents of the above cities please leave the cities named immediately, otherwise you will bear the consequences."
Edward shook his head and pressed the power button decisively, preparing to restart the computer and enter safe mode. However, the moment he pressed the power button, he seemed to see the number '24:00' on the screen suddenly jump and become '23'. :59'…
It's really the same...
Edward shook his head. At this time, the computer had been restarted. He kept pressing F8, preparing to repair his computer from safe mode.
In safe mode, Edward checked his computer, but after ten minutes, he had to admit that this new type of virus did have merits. At least his Kaspersky could not find any that could be killed. of viruses.
As the computer restarted again, the screen at this time had completely restored the appearance of the Windows interface, and the previous virus infection disappeared like an hallucination.
Edward curled his lips and clicked on the LOL icon again in disappointment. Just as he was about to re-rank, a melodious ringtone interrupted him.
When he saw the caller, Edward's eyes suddenly lit up - Jenny, that was the girl of his dreams in his class. He quickly answered the phone with a speed that was not inferior to calling LOL, and coughed twice, trying his best to calm himself down. The sound is more charming.
"Hey, classmate Jenny? Are you okay?"
"Edward," the voice on the phone was thin and sweet, like a pleasant wind chime, "I'm sorry to bother you, but can you come to my apartment? My computer has a virus."
"Caught by a virus?" Edward frowned. What a coincidence, his computer was also infected by a virus just now.
"Yes, a prank suddenly appeared on my computer. Someone said that they would drop nuclear bombs in the United States. Now I am a little scared. Edward, can you come here quickly?"
"Hello... Edward? Edward?"