CH 190 Global Hijack
Translated by The BL Muse (ko-fi)
"Save...me..." He Qianjian's voice sounded as if it was squeezed out of his chest and veins popped up on his neck. He held his head with both hands but tried to stretch his neck in the direction of Jiang Chen. Clearly in pain, he begged: "Please..." His voice was broken and it was difficult to even form a sentence.
Jiang Chen sat where he was, his expression calm.
Changjiang's voice sounded: "Dylan, DTW has hijacked the signal."
As soon as this was uttered, G's excited voice came from the earphones: "Boss, just as you predicted, DTW has hijacked the global signal. Now wherever there is electricity, internet and screens, all the places in the world have static screens. Say, what message do you think it will send!”
A guessed: "It wants to buy time, so it must be something big."
Some people were worried: “Will the DTW system target our country? It must know that countries led by country A want to seize control of this operation, and it may take this opportunity to retaliate against us."
Shi Fengyue spoke: "No matter how smart DTW is, it is not a human being and cannot act on impulse. Its purpose at this time is to disrupt the positions of all countries. Only in the most chaotic situation can it achieve its goal.”
Jiang Chen agreed with Shi Fengyue’s view: “When Changjiang tracked DTW, it found that it had browsed almost every country’s important information systems. In addition to navy and army networks, strategic deployment information, etc., there were also the private computers of some major politicians..."
"Here it comes!" C's voice couldn't hide his excitement, immediately transforming into an on-site commentator: "It's a video. In it is the Minister of Finance of country A. He is talking about the last election..."
A interrupted in a rare moment of irritation: "We can all see it, shut up."
C felt a little aggrieved: "Isn't Boss not able to see it?"
Jiang Chen chuckled. The voices of the members of the project team discussing in hushed voices sounded in his earphones, always alert to emergencies. He Qianjian was curled up on the ground weakly, as if the struggle just now had exhausted all his energy. Sweat soaked his clothes causing it to stick to his body, which was also stained with blood from his fingernails where he scratched, looking very down on his luck indeed.
"You..." Seeing Jiang Chen's smile, He Qianjian's eyes glared: "Did you already know our plan?!"
……
It was chaos outside.
Three minutes ago, all the electronic screens around the world became static. Before anyone could react and take emergency measures, the snow screens flashed twice and returned back to normal. The time was too short, so except for some groups of individuals using computers together and the people of various countries supervising network security, very few people have discovered that except for themselves, everyone’s electronic devices were hacked.
The screen returned to normal, and when everyone thought they could use the computer again, a video shot in a private house appeared on all open screens. A blond-haired, blue-eyed man was sitting on a brown leather couch, smoking a cigar with his legs crossed, and his arm around an internationally renowned Hollywood actress.
Most people thought that this kind of video was the promotion of the actress's new movie. Fans of the actress were very surprised and others didn't think much about it either. They just thought it was a pop-up advertisement and simply looked for a way to exit. This was also the time most people discovered that other people's electronic devices, whether it was mobile phones, desktops or laptops, were playing this video, and some people recognized the man's identity, the Minister of the Political Affairs of country A.
Just as some people became doubtful and curious, what the man said next to the woman revealed shocking news.
——He and members of congress directly or indirectly stole no less than 1 billion dollars from the national treasury! In addition, he also leaked and used inside information to make investments and profits, and even made profits by allocating public positions and manipulating votes!
One by one, all the evidence was recorded on video, causing an uproar.
However, although the Minister of Political Affairs of country A was a high level politician, he was very unfamiliar to people from other countries, especially those who do not understand the language. These people only looked even more confused and could only try their best to restore their electronic device back to normal.
Just when the phone numbers of the maintenance departments of each country was about to be blown up, the screen flickered and another video appeared. Judging from the decoration, this seemed to be an office. The people speaking in the video also spoke another language, but the various firearms on the table were very eye-catching, especially for military/weapons enthusiasts. Even if they did not understand the language, just looking at these weapons that they have never seen before was enough to arouse their interest.
Just when people who didn't understand the language thought it was simply a display of firearms, the scene changed and the person who had just been standing in the office was walking on a busy street. Someone was speaking in a square, saying hello to the public with a confident smile. Suddenly there was a gunshot, and a bloody hole appeared in the forehead of the man standing tallest. He fell with a bang, and most of the back of his head was gone.
Everyone in front of the screen, regardless of their skin color and nationality, was shocked by this scene. One might not know the vice presidents and other public officials of other countries, but as long as one paid a little attention to current affairs, one would basically have an impression of the appearance of their presidents or leaders, and the man who fell in the video turned out to be the presidential assassination case that shocked the world a few years ago.
"Is this real?"
"I have no idea…"
"Is this video real or fake? If it is real, does it mean that the previous video is also real?"
"Here comes another one, this time speaking Y language."
"What country?"
"Country E."
"Are we going to go through every country? Will there be our country, cause I'm actually looking forward to it?"
Similar conversations took place all over the world, and the video lived up to expectations. In the following hour, secret information about various countries was revealed, including wars, spies, agents, secret research institutes, and even the shady erotic and financial transactions of senior politicians in some countries. In order to ensure authenticity, almost all information had video evidence, and the degree of authenticity was as if it were directly accessed from surveillance.
While people around the world were shocked, the United Nations headquarters also exploded in chaos.
At first, when only politicians from country A showed up, everyone thought it was an act of suppression by political opponents. Some representatives from other countries could still even laugh in amusement, joking that the political scandal in country A had spread all over the world. However, not long after, representatives from another country showed up. They saw the face of a leader of their country who had retired, and then another country saw the naval base of their country...
The longer the video played, the more panicked everyone present became. Countless mobile phones rang, and the world meeting was interrupted. Senior officials from various countries were urging the network maintenance and supervision workers below to solve the problem immediately.
China once again became the focus of the conference. Everyone knew that other than DTW, only the developer of the Changjiang system could've pulled this off.
The representative of China was also anxious, but at least the people from the Changjiang project team had given a warning in advance, and he seemed to be at least somewhat composed among the anxious representatives: "The top-secret information of our National Aviation Research Institute is now being broadcast on public screens around the world."
One sentence cleared the suspicion.
In fact, the representatives from other countries did not feel that it was only China who could've done this. The reason was very simple. If one thought about it from another country's perspective, no country would do such a thing that would offend all countries and make itself isolated and helpless.
But the situation was urgent now. Each country did not just have two or three unseemly incidents they wanted kept secret. If they really were counted one by one and broadcast one by one, the video might not even be finished in half a month. The current situation was that part of the top secret information of each country had already been leaked. As a result, they could only rescue the hijacked network as quickly as possible and keep the loss to a minimum.
"We agree that Changjiang's developers will be the leaders of this operation."
The representative of country A spoke first, and then the representatives of other countries seconded their opinions. The recorder next to them took down the conversation while the reporter excitedly pressed the shutter to record this scene that would surely go down in history.