Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 975 - 772: Anonymous Forum Upgrade

Chapter 975: Chapter 772: Anonymous Forum Upgrade

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Although Kanako is protected by a powerful figure like Jin Yuxiu at Jialong Slope, she must still be feeling anxious. Xu Yang thought to himself.

He sent someone to pick up Kanako, and then dealt with the disintegration of the Formless System.

The once prosperous Formless System organization is now fragmented, with surviving members blaming one another. The entire forum was filled with smog and chaos, facing the outcome of being shut down and disbanded.

Xu Yang wasn’t able to fully cooperate with them. Although they had tried their best to support Nestor Corporation, they were essentially a group of loners, without a unified command structure or a sense of hierarchy, and their connections with each other were loose.

After the Seven Seals destroyed it, most of the survivors washed their hands of the business, while others took refuge in the anonymous forum "New World Mechanism" opened by Xu Yang, plotting their next big move.

Xu Yang logged on to observe the discussion threads established by the refugees of the Formless System.

"It’s terrifying, when those big corporations really set out to eliminate us, it’s just like squashing a bunch of bugs!"

"We have no power to resist... Hackers are too fragile."

"Many people have been killed or captured... We have no idea where they were taken."

"Now we can only hide alone, it’s just a pity that so much data, so many technical documents, are left without anyone to organize them."

"Let’s set up a project to restore the hacker knowledge base! Although many skills have been outdated with the advent of the Helis Sea System, some knowledge is still critical."

"It’s impossible to rebuild the Formless System, everything is in the past..."

"Who will manage the knowledge base? Who has the authority and prestige?"

Upon such conversation threads, disheartened hackers accumulated a massive number of posts full of venting and complaints.

"But we still have this forum, the New World Mechanism. We can continue to share encrypted communications and other hacking techniques here. We’ll gather everything we can find, and successors will find ways to learn from it." suggested a hacker.

"Every little bit transferred by one person is invaluable treasure. This hacker knowledge is priceless!"

"Come on! Let’s rebuild the hacker’s knowledge base here, cramming it in volume by volume!"

As the Administrator of the New World Mechanism, Xu Yang provided these exiled hackers with an additional server, named "Black Library," which had a large capacity and was dedicated to storing their knowledge.

As they uploaded their documents, this server became one of the few remaining libraries of hacker art in the world!

Xu Yang supported the library with an automatic sorting system and scanning program to ensure the safety of the files uploaded by the hackers and to appropriately categorize them.

Any young person aspiring to be a hacker would quickly come across the Black Library, downloading and eagerly learning the guides within.

"Being able to learn hacking techniques here... This is great!"

"After the collapse of the Formless System, I thought there would be nowhere to learn new skills."

"The anonymous servers here are even a little more advanced than the Formless System, with free bandwidth and encrypted channels!"

"The new library system is so convenient! Anything can be found!"

"Who really is maintaining this anonymous system behind the scenes?"

"If it weren’t for that mysterious administrator constantly maintaining its operation, we wouldn’t have a single safe system in the world to discuss matters." The hackers anonymously discussed and shared knowledge from the Black Library, and were naturally satisfied that such a place existed for refuge.

Xu Yang never expected the forum he created to be so popular today.

Long neglected and in disrepair, the deep web had been eroded by countless native viruses and rogue AIs, becoming a dangerous place where people would run into trouble the moment they entered.

The New World Mechanism that Xu Yang created was originally intended to share traffic load, but now it has essentially replaced the deep anonymous network.

Completely anonymous, untraceable, and with strong encryption, these convenient features have attracted an increasing number of users to the New World Mechanism.

Not just hackers, but also social activists from around the world hoping to resist corporate power actively share and exchange their experiences of struggle within the anonymous system.

Under Xu Yang’s coordination and organization, aside from storing hacker knowledge in the Black Library, there were also contact groups formed for organized progressive movements known as The Rebel Army.

The latter was like sparks spontaneously igniting around the world, wherein the anonymous system, they safely shared progressive books, music, history, and valuable experiences of movements.

Some content that was originally banned and lost was now being collected and shared by dedicated individuals.

Projects like the "Progressive Library," "Immortal’s Monument," and the "Great Stroll Plan" were all made up of enthusiasts from around the world who shared their experiences in their respective groups each day.

People who were long influenced by corporate thinking would occasionally stumble upon these groups and immediately feel startled, shocked, and frightened, because these people aimed at uprooting corporations entirely.

Beyond this, Xu Yang noticed other discussion threads with more significant activity.

The "Digital Ascension Army" was composed of members from all over the world with rather maniacal ideologies, advocating collective digital ascension, uploading to a server with an environment like a utopian paradise, and then launching themselves into the Starry Sea in a spaceship to avoid worldly matters. They are currently fundraising, and Xu Yang estimated that at their rate of raising money, they would have enough in about 500 years; the prospect was still hopeful.

The "Network Society" was a collective organization, very active within the New World Mechanism, with over 250,000 members. This group adhered to the principle of free association, establishing a collective account for internal donations, sharing their skills and resources without compensation. Most members were hackers, social activists, artists, and others pursuing equality and cooperative principles.

Their discussion threads mainly included requests for help, skill sharing, and resource allocation, and due to the large number of members, it was easy to find helpful individuals. Programmers shared simple software, doctors offered free online consultations, and each contributed "one hour of voluntary labor" per day.

As for resource allocation, they planned to use the "funds of Good" to purchase scattered plots of land around the world, to provide power with solar and wind energy, and to produce resources using hydroponics and other advanced agricultural technologies, thereby freeing themselves from corporate bondage.

There was also the "Torch Pioneer," an explosive newcomer with great momentum. This group of demolition geniuses advocated self-destruction to take the world down with them, incidentally taking corporate buildings, innocent civilians, and corporate property along with them.

Still, many others used the New World Mechanism for anonymous interactions, posting content inconvenient to share on public media platforms, uploading and storing various movies, animations, and similar resources.

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So most users are here for the benefits.

Since the New World Mechanism has no advertisements, has fast access and large capacity, Xu Yang found out that its user base has already exceeded 650 million people.

Whoever understands the preferences of the masses can attract a huge flow.

Many companies want to shut down or eliminate the New World Mechanism, but after all, the main server is in Xu Yang’s office. As long as it doesn’t come to the point of complete defeat and death, the New World Mechanism will continue to exist, providing a space for free and anonymous discussions to everyone in the world.

Xu Yang also posted a recruitment notice in the Black Library, indicating that Nestor Corporation is offering amnesty to experienced hackers.

For some hackers, this proposal is tempting.

They are tired of living in the shadows, and just by going to Nestor Corporation, they can return to a life under the sun.

However, Xu Yang knows that many more people will still wait and see.

Hackers are, after all, a group that values their freedom and autonomy, and they feel that providing services to a company is equivalent to betraying their long-held values.

It’s enough if some hackers are willing to join. Xu Yang thought to himself.

They can enhance Nestor Corporation’s network defenses, support our management and adjustment work in the digital world, and expand the urgently needed cybersecurity talent pool for Nestor Corporation.

Currently, Nestor Corporation’s frontline cybersecurity personnel are mostly formally educated. These hackers, with rich experience from long exposure to society and a habit of crime, will provide valuable intrusion expertise with their support.

Soon, people signed up, and Xu Yang found that not only were there many applicants, but the ranks also included real technical elites.

He immediately ordered his staff to arrange contact work, ensuring they could be smoothly recruited.

In the afternoon, Kanako and Chishiki both arrived.

Xu Yang went to the mid-level hangar corridor of Nestor Headquarters to meet them.

Kanako was dressed in a black uniform, wearing sunglasses, and her hair tied into a ponytail at the back of her head; two female attendants held Chishiki, standing by and waiting. Chishiki seemed quiet and calm, neither crying nor fussing.

"Xu Yang!" She came over and kissed Xu Yang, "Finally, we’re here."

"It’s too cold here, let’s get to the room quickly." Xu Yang led them away from the severe cold of January.

The city was wrapped in silver, few pedestrians in sight, with only the white Shuttle Machines moving through the snowflakes.

After the terror of the first year’s snow disaster, people became much more adept in dealing with it the second year. Many cities in the north were evacuated, and Shangjing also installed more heating pipes and cold protection measures.

Because he often held Little Fool before, Xu Yang was adept at holding Chishiki, who lazily lay in her father’s arms, blinking quietly at him.

"She is nothing like Xu Cheng," said Xu Yang, "Xu Cheng would often squirm or murmur in my arms."

"Let that silly child prattle on; Chishiki should be quiet like this." Kanako never liked Xu Cheng.

They dined in a private dining room.

Synthetic Humans dressed in traditional attire clicked their wooden clogs softly on the floor as they brought the meals between Xu Yang and Kanako. After serving with perfect manners, they took their leave.

"I realized it was a Synthetic Human only when I saw the reflective fingers. Nestor Corporation’s standard for making and designing Synthetic Humans is getting higher and higher," Kanako nodded.

"On one hand, we encourage Mr. Taro Tanaka to transfer his ’talent’ from making combat robots to domestic robots, and on the other, we’ve intercepted a massive amount of Xisheng’s R&D data from the terminals in this place. It’s equivalent to designing on the shoulders of your family," Xu Yang said.

"Yes... ’Xisheng Research and Development Center’..." Kanako thought of the once most capable scientific research institute in the Eastern Hemisphere, most of whose members have now joined Nestor Corporation and completely changed their affiliations.

"Your researchers had related designs many years ago, it’s just until we had the determination and strength to formally put them into production," Xu Yang spoke while picking up food with chopsticks.

The meal included lobster, tempura, and salmon sashimi on a maglev plate garnished with asparagus and cherry tomatoes. Another bowl contained broccoli, mushrooms, and perfectly cleaned crabmeat, plus a 250g high-quality steak, its fat melted.

"Xisheng was already showing a clear conservative stance before it was defeated, especially during the years when ’mom was about to die’. Everyone was only thinking about fighting over mom’s inheritance, neglecting the company’s management, you could clearly feel Xisheng had become a rigid shell at that time..." Kanako sighed.

Nestor Corporation inherited the industries of the Northern Archipelago with an absolute cutting-edge attitude, devoured the nourishment of Xisheng, and thus became today’s hegemon of the Eastern Hemisphere.

Kanako and Xu Yang have their own sentiments when they think of the journey they’ve been through.

To stand on Xisheng’s shoulders, and then take it a step further, to project Power into space.

After the meal, Kanako took Chishiki out for a walk, continuing to observe the changes happening inside Nestor Headquarters.

Many corridors and rooms that were originally the private quarters of "nobles" are now turned into playrooms and offices for employees, bursting with a hundred times more vitality than before.

It was on one of these corridors that she encountered Farosa.

Farosa’s gaze was indifferent, her demeanor flawless.

Even though she had anticipated this many times, Kanako still found herself unable to speak when facing Farosa.

She managed to say with pure instinct, "...Excuse me."

Their eyes met, and Kanako almost dropped Chishiki to the ground in her tremble.

"?" Farosa glanced over Kanako and Chishiki, "Who are you?"