Chapter 4 The Shield of God

Inside Lan Ning's studio on the 4th floor of the Research Building.

Lan Ning's eyes were bloodshot, his face was sickly pale, and the dark circles under his eyes were heavy, like those of a patient recovering from a long illness. He looked extremely haggard.

During this period, he had been working overtime day and night, sleeping only four hours a day, relying on Gu Yao (ancient medicine) grade fruit to forcibly prolong his life, hiding in the studio for all his time except for eating, drinking, and bathroom breaks.

In less than a month, he had lost more than twenty pounds and looked listless.

At this moment, on the computer screen in front of Lan Ning, was the interface of a shield, which was the nuclear bomb encryption program he had written specifically for Kuangxi Island.

"shieldofgod!" Lan Ning's voice was a little weak as he said to Li Tianran and Qin Yiming, who were standing behind him, "Shield of God, that's the name I gave it."

"Before the nuclear bomb is launched, it has a total of one hundred and twenty-eight layers of protection, and it can be recycled and regenerated. Even if the previous layer of protection is cracked, it will regenerate a new firewall in 0.03 seconds! And it has a smart memory module, which can judge whether it is operated by someone other than the 'authorized person' through command operating habits. If it judges that it is operated by a non-authorized person, it will lock all functions and modify the launch password and instructions in 0.0001 seconds!"

"After launching, it has a calculation speed of more than 8 billion trillion times per second, which can identify the source and frequency band of interference signals, so as to shield and counterattack. Moreover, for large-scale coverage of electromagnetic interference, it will start high-intensity protection authority. Of course, this requires the installation of a magnetic shielding layer inside the missile installed in the nuclear warhead. Hardware and software must be matched to achieve this..."

"There are also some additional control functions..."

"The strike location can be modified at any time within ten minutes after launch."

"The anti-missile weapons can be avoided at any time within twenty minutes after launch."

"Within thirty minutes after launch, it can be..."

Lan Ning introduced the functions of this program to Li Tianran. In fact, this software doesn't have many functions. It is just the simplest type of firewall software, but its strength lies in the fact that its firewall is very powerful, giving no chance to be destroyed.

Li Tianran listened quietly for a long time. He didn't ask too deeply about some of the more in-depth and professional knowledge, but directly asked: "I only ask you one sentence, if you yourself are my enemy, with your own team! How likely is it to crack this software, and how long will it take?"

Lan Ning's face showed an angry expression when he heard the words: "I am a hacker, and my life has been devoted to cracking other people's network protection, but 'Shield of God' is the first and most valued protection software I wrote myself. It has consumed most of my energy and talent!"

"Because I am a hacker, I know where the weak points in most protection programs are. In my works, I have perfected them all..."

"This is a nearly perfect protection software! It can definitely reach national security level!"

Li Tianran interrupted Lan Ning's bragging and asked calmly again: "How long will it take?"

Lan Ning paused for a moment, and said with a face full of pride, "I can't crack it now, and it's impossible no matter how long it takes! Because when I wrote it, I turned all my attack techniques into corresponding protection methods. This is a software that specifically restrains me, and it can also restrain 99.999% of the hackers in the world."

"The reason why I don't say 100% is because you can't say anything is absolute... because any small probability event can happen. The probability of a lion being killed by a rabbit is very small, but it is not absolutely impossible."

Li Tianran understood what Lan Ning meant, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"If someone can crack this software in the future, unless network technology breaks out again and rises to a new level, using higher-level equipment to crush it, otherwise using all the technical equipment so far, I don't think anyone can do it!" Lan Ning patted his chest and assured him confidently.

Li Tianran was silent for a moment, patted Lan Ning on the shoulder, and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

In fact, the time it took for Lan Ning to write this program was much longer than the "15 days" agreed upon in the previous bet, but Li Tianran did not take the opportunity to ridicule or give him too much external pressure. This kind of program is not like moving bricks, it cannot be accelerated by urging. It requires very rigorous technology and inspiration.

If he kept putting pressure on him and caused Lan Ning's spirit to have problems, resulting in loopholes in the program, then Li Tianran himself would be the one who would suffer the loss in the end.

The nuclear bomb factory on Kuangsha Islands had already manufactured the nuclear warhead. It only needed to be loaded with nuclear medicine, installed on the missile and matched with the control system, then it would be completely completed.

The excitement in Li Tianran's heart was hard to suppress. He waved to Qin Yiming and Lan Ning and said, "Let's go, let's witness history."

...

A black warhead, about three meters long, was slowly lifted up by a bracket, with the blood-colored flag of Kuangxi Island printed on its surface.

As the pre-divided nuclear medicine uranium was loaded into the designated position, everyone present couldn't help but lower their breathing.

Li Tianran looked at the black warhead in front of him. This was the most powerful force that humans could master so far. One such weapon could easily destroy a city.

The deterrent power of all the tanks, fighter planes, and legions that Li Tianran had established on Kuangxi Island for so long was not as strong as this inconspicuous iron lump in front of him.

"Nuclear charge has been loaded!"

"Start installing the carrier missile!"

A ten-meter-long cyan missile was lifted up. In Li Tianran's sight, the black warhead and the cyan missile slowly docked. With the assistance of a large number of robotic arms, their docking was not obstructed in the slightest and successfully connected!

"Carrier missile docking complete!"

"Start installing the control system and docking the encryption device!"

The cold mechanical sound rang out. Lan Ning entered the "Shield of God" program and installed corresponding hardware on the missile body. This process took a long time, but Li Tianran was not annoyed at all. He stood there, quietly watching everything, his eyes never leaving the missile for a moment.

"Boss, the power of our nuclear bomb is roughly equivalent to 150,000 tons of TNT equivalent. After calculation, its explosion range..." Qin Yiming stood next to him, chattering to Li Tianran about the various indicators of the nuclear bomb.

Li Tianran waved his hand to stop Qin Yiming and interrupted, "It's too confusing, just tell me... how many Hiroshima nuclear bombs is it equivalent to!"