70: Chapter 70 The First Cry of "Fuxi": Deciphering a Century in a Second
West Xinjiang, the top-secret laboratory "Tian Suan Center".
In the center of the massive circular hall, the "Fuxi" prototype, wrapped in layers of liquid helium cooling systems and complex cables, resembled an ancient deity slumbering in an ice coffin. After months of tireless work, this quantum computer—which condensed the countless top wisdom of Dragon Country and the advanced blueprints of "Patriot X"—finally arrived at the critical moment of its first full-system integration test.
Project Chief Engineer Academician Zhao stood before the main console, his gray hair trembling slightly in the cold air emitted by the low-temperature equipment. His finger hovered over the red start button, and he could clearly hear his heart beating like a drum. Not just him, but everyone in the control center involved in the "Fuxi" project held their breath, their eyes fixed on the parameters about to jump on the screen.
"Final self-check of all systems complete!"
"Qubit initialization ready!"
"Error-correcting code loaded!"
"Environmental parameters stable!"
A series of preparatory reports came in, and Academician Zhao took a deep breath, pressing the start button with all his might!
"Hum..."
A low hum came from deep within the cooling system; the "Fuxi" prototype was officially powered on! On the main screen, the complex waveform diagram representing the state of 72 qubits began to fluctuate violently before gradually stabilizing, presenting a peculiar entanglement pattern consistent with quantum superposition.
"system operation is stable! Coherence time has reached design expectations!" The monitoring technician's voice carried an irrepressible excitement.
This initial success invigorated everyone, but the real test was still to come. Academician Zhao said in a deep voice, "Begin the first combat test mission—Target: Crack Pretty Country's current highest-level asymmetric encryption algorithm, RSA-4096!"
RSA-4096 is currently recognized in the field of classical computing as an encryption barrier that is almost impossible to brute-force. Based on the difficulty of large prime factorization, even using the world's fastest supercomputer, "Summit," it would take hundreds of years or even longer to exhaustively search for the key.
The command was given, and inside the "Fuxi" prototype, 72 qubits began complex logic gate operations and Quantum Fourier Transforms according to the preset Shor's algorithm. Calculations that would take a classical computer years of massive trial and error were compressed to the extreme under the characteristics of quantum superposition and parallel computing.
Inside the control center, time seemed to freeze. Everyone stared at the progress bar on the screen representing the calculation progress.
One second...
Two seconds...
Three seconds...
Just as the progress bar passed the third second, the originally complex waveform on the main screen suddenly collapsed, and a clear sequence of numbers several hundred digits long appeared—as if pulled out of chaos by an invisible hand!
"Report! RSA-4096 key... cracked!" The technician's voice was sharply distorted by extreme shock. "Verification passed! Confirmed as the correct private key! Total time taken... 3.27 seconds!"
"Boom—!"
The control center erupted! Cheers, applause, and even the sound of sobbing from joy intertwined! Many people embraced each other, pounding one another on the back!
3.27 seconds! It cracked an encryption algorithm that would take traditional supercomputers hundreds of years!
This wasn't a quantitative change; it was a qualitative one! It was a total crushing in the dimension of computing power!
Academician Zhao staggered back a step, bracing himself against the console to keep from falling. Tears of joy streamed down his face as he looked at the simple string of numbers on the screen, as if witnessing the end of an old era and the dawn of a new one.
"We... we did it..." he choked out as he reported to Old Chen on the other end of the encrypted communication. "'system'... succeeded! From today on, in the field of cryptography, we possess... absolute dominance!"
The news was instantly transmitted back to Supreme Command Headquarters via the "Mozi Network." Inside the headquarters, several elders looked at the report of "Fuxi"'s successful cracking and the time data, remaining silent for a long time.
An elder in charge of security slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, his eyes flashing with brilliance: "This means that all military command systems, diplomatic cables, and financial transactions of Pretty Country and its allies based on existing cryptographic systems... will be as transparent as glass before us!"
Another person added: "It's not just about cracking; our own encryption system will also be rebuilt based on quantum technology, creating a 'Black Domain' that they can never peer into!"
Dragon Country, in another supreme field of information warfare, has established an unshakable hegemon status thanks to the first cry of "Fuxi"!
Meanwhile, in the CIA safehouse, Craig, who had just experienced the collapse of his intelligence network, did not yet know that even more desperate news was coming. He was still futilely trying to restore contact, fantasizing about a comeback. He would never know that the foundation of information security upon which he and the forces he represented relied had already been smashed to dust in 3.27 seconds by a machine named "Fuxi" in that laboratory in West Xinjiang.
In the "Torch Dragon" safehouse, Lin Mo received the good news of "Fuxi"'s success through his personal quantum terminal. A smile of expected indifference appeared on his face.
The shield is indestructible, and the spear is unstoppable.
He whispered to himself, with a hint of coldness:
"Now, it's time for those noisy insects still in the dark to feel the... silence from the quantum dimension."