63: Chapter 63 System Warning: Difference in Dimensions
Inside the safe house, Lin Mo's consciousness was analyzing the complex structure of the "Shadow Demon" virus at a speed surpassing ordinary humans, attempting to find a breakthrough for a counterattack. Just as his fingertips were about to touch the virtual keyboard to forcibly inject a piece of counter-code—
[Warning! High-intensity, low-dimensional information warfare conflict detected within the host's civilization.]
[Assessment: The current civilization's information security system has fundamental flaws. Defensive measures based on classical computing and encryption have theoretical limits and cannot cope with more complex future information threats (including but not limited to potential alien civilization information detection and interference).]
[Recommendation: Immediately unlock and prioritize the development of the "Quantum Information Technology Tree" to build an absolute information security barrier based on the laws of quantum physics.]
[Related task updated!]
[Emergency Task: Forging the "Shield of Inscrutability".]
[Task Requirements: Based on quantum information theory, design a practical ultra-secure communication protocol prototype based on the quantum entanglement effect and complete preliminary theoretical verification.]
[Task Rewards: 3,000 Points, unlock [Quantum Information Technology Tree (Elementary)], [Detailed Explanation of Quantum Communication Principles].]
[Time Limit: 24 hours.]
A series of cold and clear prompts acted like a sudden enlightenment, instantly quenching Lin Mo's thought of engaging in traditional code-based confrontation.
"Low-dimensional information warfare... quantum information..." he murmured to himself, a flash of realization crossing his eyes.
The system's prompt hit the nail on the head. This seemingly massive cyberattack launched by the Pretty Country was, in the system's eyes, nothing more than a low-dimensional struggle based on traditional binary logic. No matter how the "Shadow Demon" virus mutated, its foundation remained built upon classical cryptography that could be cracked and imitated. Dragon Country's existing defenses were similarly confined within this dimension.
It was like two ancient armies; one used sharper bronze swords while the other used sturdier shields, locked in an inseparable struggle. But in the eyes of a modern soldier holding a rifle, such a fight was not only primitive but also meaningless.
The "Quantum Information Technology" the system referred to was that "rifle"! Communication and encryption technologies based on quantum mechanics characteristics like quantum entanglement and the uncertainty principle were determined at the physical level to be un-eavesdroppable and un-crackable! Any attempt to intercept or measure quantum information would inevitably destroy its state, thus being immediately noticed by both communicating parties.
This was a gap in dimensions—a dimensional strike!
"Engineer Su," Lin Mo immediately contacted Su Xiaowan, his tone more steady than ever before, "stop all conventional code-level confrontations. Immediately execute the highest level of physical isolation and cut off all non-essential external data connections, even if it means temporarily sacrificing part of the power grid's smart management! Buy us at least twelve hours!"
Although Su Xiaowan didn't understand why, out of absolute trust in Lin Mo, she immediately issued the order: "All units listen up! Execute the 'Network Disconnect' emergency plan! I repeat, execute 'Network Disconnect'!"
With the order issued, the Dragon Country power grid's "Weaving Net" AI core actively cut off most data interactions with the outside world, like a giant tortoise retracting into its hard shell. This caused the power grid to temporarily lose some of its "intelligence," returning to a relatively basic but stable manual and regional autonomous mode. Although efficiency decreased, it successfully isolated the "Shadow Demon" virus from the core system, winning precious breathing room.
Outside, although the city lights were no longer intelligently regulated as before and some areas even experienced brief voltage instability, the crisis of a large-scale collapse was temporarily suppressed.
Inside the Pretty Country's Cyber Warfare Command, the attackers suddenly found that the Dragon Country's power grid core had "disappeared." Their attacks were like heavy punches hitting empty air, and they couldn't help but become exasperated.
Meanwhile, inside the "Torch Dragon" safe house, Lin Mo had already closed his eyes, concentrating all his mental energy. With enough system points, he didn't hesitate to pay the points required to unlock the [Quantum Information Technology Tree (Elementary)] and exchange for the [Detailed Explanation of Quantum Communication Principles].
A vast sea of brand-new knowledge flooded into his mind—a wonderful world completely different from classical information theory, filled with probability and uncertainty. Qubits, Entangled States, Superdense Coding, the BB84 Protocol... countless complex concepts collided and merged in his brain.
He didn't have time to digest it slowly; he had to produce a quantum communication protocol prototype that scientists of this era could understand and preliminarily verify within twenty-four hours!
When he opened his eyes again, stars seemed to be born and extinguished in his gaze. Ignoring all external interference, his hands turned into afterimages on the virtual keyboard as he began to construct a blueprint that would change the future landscape of information security.
This was a race against time, and even more, a leap to raise the level of civilization's information security by a dimension! The attackers in the dark did not yet know what kind of monster they were forcing to reveal its fangs, fangs capable of crushing an entire era prematurely.