Chu Anqing stood on tiptoe, trying to stand a little taller, a little higher, so that Lin Xian could see her.

She shouted as loudly as she could, using all her strength, afraid that Lin Xian wouldn't hear her.

Surrounded by Americans in the audience, she was indeed very scared. She didn't even dare to take out the cheering red flag she had prepared at first, only daring to watch the match quietly.

But…

When she saw Lin Xian appear and the eighty thousand Americans in the audience booing collectively, she couldn't sit still any longer.

She suddenly remembered what Teacher Liu Feng had once said to her:

"In this world, there must be something that is prepared for you, born for you, and only you can do."

"Besides you… no one else can."

If there really was such a moment.

Isn't it now?

Chu Anqing had always known that her mind wasn't particularly bright;

She didn't have any special skills or talents;

She couldn't accomplish anything great in her life, nor could she help Lin Xian much;

She watched her senior get promoted, start a company, build a laboratory, do research, receive commendations, and represent the country in competitions…

She was very happy and often felt very proud, but she didn't know what she, an ordinary person, could do.

And when she saw that all the people of Long Country had no expectations for Lin Xian,

All the Americans were mocking and booing Lin Xian,

When the whole world thought it was a match that was destined to be lost…

So be it!

At this moment, Chu Anqing truly realized that there was something more important in this world than winning or losing.

Even if they lost.

They had to lose while cheering and applauding!

Lose gloriously, lose brilliantly!

Even if only one person cheered him on, at least he wouldn't be alone.

In this world, there was still one person who firmly believed that he could win!

Even if he was facing Kevin Walker, the strongest hacker on earth, the strongest hacker in human history.

She believed in him unreasonably and illogically!

Even if the whole world denies you.

It doesn't matter.

I'll be your world!

She gritted her teeth, endured her trembling body caused by fear, straightened her body, and raised the red flag high!

"F**k!" "Son of a b**ch!!"

Several burly black men in the seats in front of her cursed and stood up, walking angrily towards Chu Anqing.

She took a step back, but tripped and fell backward—

*Pa.*

Behind her.

A pair of gentle, jade-like hands gently supported her shoulders and steadied her.

Then, several plainclothes officers from Long Country, wearing uniforms, neatly trimmed hair, sunglasses, and strong builds, immediately rushed out from behind and surrounded the area.

"Sister… Sister Yingjun?"

Chu Anqing turned her head and looked at the gentle and refined woman behind her.

No.

This wasn't Sister Zhao Yingjun.

The first glance she had, that unique temperament and feeling, made Chu Anqing think that the person who helped her was Zhao Yingjun; but now that she stood firm, she took a closer look and realized… this was an adult woman who was quite a bit older than Zhao Yingjun.

She was probably in her thirties, with a full and shapely figure, a gentle and reassuring face, and the most captivating thing…

Was the woman's pair of azure blue pupils, like glass.

Bright, reflecting the moonlight, reflecting the Milky Way, as if swirling and flowing.

"I… I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone else," Chu Anqing apologized.

The woman reached out her right hand, rubbed her hair, and smiled slightly:

"No matter how many times, you are so brave."

Chu Anqing widened her eyes:

"You… you know me?"

The woman smiled without saying a word, protecting Chu Anqing in front of her:

"Look forward to it. This time… what gift will he give you?"

…

In the middle of the venue stage.

Lin Xian felt relieved when he saw Chu Anqing being rescued by Huang Que.

This woman, Huang Que, was like a Hollywood heroine holding a script, always appearing at the right time.

But for now, Huang Que was still quite reliable. At least she hadn't shown any malicious intentions, and she hadn't held back from giving hints to himself and Liu Feng with riddles. With her protecting Chu Anqing, Lin Xian felt relieved.

He looked at the location where Chu Anqing and Huang Que were standing.

At this time, both women were smiling and looking at him. Chu Anqing was also waving excitedly to him, her mouth shaping the words of encouragement, like a little duck who had found a backer and home field, eager to jump up and shout.

"Lin Xian, it seems that… just hacking a Tesla car won't be enough to end this."

VV's gloating voice came from the Bluetooth headset:

"I have a very good plan to show off, do you want to hear it?"

"Tell me about it."

"Let's set off a firework display surrounding the earth for that little girl! You only need to say the spell 'show me the loser,' and I will blow up all 20,000 Starlink satellites of the world's richest man, Musk! Blow them up for Chu Anqing to see!"

"SpaceX company operates 20,000 Internet communication satellites in near-Earth orbit. Just now, Kevin Walker hacked into the Starlink satellite system and used these satellites to bypass the ground network and directly attacked the Beidou satellites from outer space."

"Since the vulnerabilities of the Starlink system have been discovered by Kevin Walker, why can't we use them? Come on, quick! Say the devil's spell and exchange power with me! I will help you light up the sky over New York and New Jersey!"

Lin Xian sighed lightly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry:

"Why are you still playing with 'Dragon Raja' memes? Why are you always thinking about fireworks like Ji Lin?"

"Because girls just like to watch fireworks!"

VV urged excitedly:

"Fireworks are really romantic! Who can refuse a sky full of fireworks for a teenage girl like Chu Anqing? If you give me some time to adjust the orbit of the Starlink satellites… I can even spell out a few words in the sky for you!"

"Fireworks are out of the question."

Lin Xian shook his head:

"I've already given one to a little girl. But you're right, Chu Anqing came all the way to America by herself just for me, cheering for me all by herself. If I lose the game again, I'll be really sorry for her kindness."

"It's not good to make too much noise. First, causing damage doesn't comply with the rules of the competition, and the results will be invalidated directly; second, being too excessive also has the risk of exposure. I have to think of a win-win solution that won't expose your existence and win the game…"

"I think the best plan is, as you said, to use the vulnerabilities of the Starlink satellites, control a few more satellites, and put up a pattern. As long as the score exceeds 80 points, the Long Country team will win."

VV had a flash of inspiration and immediately shouted:

"I got it! Then let's give Chu Anqing a star!"

"The kind that Yun Tianming gave to Cheng Xin in 'The Three-Body Problem'?" Lin Xian thought VV was playing with memes again.

"No, no, no, it has to be bigger." The sound of flies rubbing their hands came from the headset, VV was excited and eager to try:

"We have to let the whole world know… who this star is for!"

…

SpaceX company, Starlink project, headquarters.

"It's been found."

A technician turned his chair and looked at the supervisor behind him:

"The hacker attack came from the New Jersey stadium, but it didn't cause any damage to our Starlink satellite system. It just used the satellite as a channel to transmit data."

The supervisor's face was stern, and he nodded:

"That's just because we were lucky enough to encounter a hacker participating in the World Hacking Competition. The competition rules restrict them and they can't cause damage. But next time we may not be so lucky! Hurry up and fix these vulnerabilities!"

"Ref… Refused access?!" A female staff member next to him, who was tapping at the console, turned pale:

"Why? Why have all the Starlink satellites suddenly refused access? All permissions have been taken away!"

*Doo doo doo doo…*

Various alarm sounds rang in the control room, and bad news came from various staff members one after another:

"Starlink satellite AA113AA435 has started the reverse thrust program!"

"Z007, 009… it's over, all the way to satellite number 1095! All have started the reverse thrust program! The altitude is decreasing!"

"The Starlink satellites in the entire northern hemisphere on the back side of the sun, more than 4,000 satellites are all decelerating in reverse thrust! The orbit is decreasing! The average altitude is 550 kilometers… 520 kilometers… 470 kilometers… still decreasing!!"

"Who is controlling our Starlink satellites? Where exactly is he going to take our 4,000 satellites? If the speed continues to decrease and is not enough to provide centrifugal force… all these satellites will be pulled into the atmosphere by the Earth's gravity and burn up!"

"It's been detected! The source of the attack is still from the World Hacking Competition in the New Jersey stadium, but the attacker is not Kevin Walker, but Lin Xian, the fifth player from Long Country! He used the exact same vulnerability as Kevin Walker to invade, and it was too fast! We were deprived of control before we could react!"

The supervisor's forehead was covered with cold sweat after hearing this.

This…

This does not comply with the rules of the Hacking Competition!

If you use vulnerabilities to cause damage in the competition, you will not only be disqualified from the competition, but also receive legal sanctions; this is not a joke, you have already signed an agreement before the competition, and it is absolutely forbidden to cause substantive damage in the Hacking Competition.

Furthermore!

If you want to show off your skills, isn't it enough to hack the satellite to gain control? Why do you have to start the satellite's reverse thrust engine and cause the satellite to lose speed?

"The altitude is still decreasing! 4,000 satellites are gradually connected into five straight lines… the density is very high! And the altitude has dropped to 370 kilometers! Still decelerating, still decreasing! No way… is he going to drag the satellite into the atmosphere??"

*Bang!*

The supervisor rushed forward, looking at the Starlink satellite's on-orbit indicator map on the huge screen.

More than 20,000 high-speed moving white dots, like a fishing net surrounding the Earth, densely packed, like a tireless swarm of bees.

The Starlink system has been operating like this for so many years, without any errors.

But!

Now it can be clearly seen that in the northern hemisphere of North America, the western Pacific Ocean, and the eastern Atlantic Ocean… there are probably more than 4,000 white dots, and the altitude indicator is approaching 300 kilometers!

Is it going to crash directly?

The end of America??

"No…"

The supervisor wiped his sweat and suddenly realized that if it was just for crashing, then why would he need to precisely control the direction of these 4,000 satellites and make them form five straight lines in different directions?

Lowering the on-orbit altitude and arranging them in a straight line…

What exactly is the Long Country team going to do in the free demonstration session?

…

New Jersey Stadium, the 80,000-seat grandstand was full of discussions, and no one understood what this young man from Long Country was doing.

Because it was a free demonstration session, the performance projects did not need to be reported in advance, and the projects could be changed at any time, purely for the sake of performing skills.

No one knew what the young man from Long Country on the stage was doing.

But…

Now that things have come to this, what else can he do?

Facing Kevin Walker, who has already cracked Long Country's Beidou satellite, with a score difference of more than 80 points, he is powerless to recover.

Suddenly!

A scream came from the grandstand:

"The sky… the sky! Look at the sky!!"

One stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The 80,000-person stadium, which was packed to capacity, raised their heads in shock and looked at the dark night sky.

Exclamations rose and fell for a while.

The night sky, which was still dark and starless just now, and even the moon had been covered by dark clouds all night without showing its face…

At this moment!

There was a bright spot that was flying quickly!

Like a silver snake.

Penetrating the entire sky.

But, not just this one!

"Look at the south! There is another spot of light! What is this?"

"There are also two spots of light flying over in the east! Is it a UFO?"

The entire venue was in chaos! Shouts of shock rose and fell.

Everyone stared blankly at the two bright straight lines that were about to collide in the sky… like a miracle.

At the highest point of the grandstand.

Chu Anqing's mouth was slightly open, looking up at the bright straight lines constantly flying in the sky, and two more appeared in the western sky! There were a total of five straight lines flying across the night sky and flying to the same gathering point.

They were so straight and so bright.

What exactly was this?

Why was it glowing?

How was it done?

"Those are Starlink satellites."

Looking at the dumbfounded Chu Anqing, Huang Que, who was holding her shoulders behind her, explained to her:

"The Starlink satellites usually operate at an altitude of more than 550 kilometers away from the Earth's surface in space. Because the altitude is too high, they are usually not visible at all. Satellites that can be seen with the naked eye like now… I think the altitude should have dropped to about 300 kilometers, or even lower."

"Of course, under normal circumstances, you definitely can't see it at this altitude, after all, how big is a satellite, and you can't see it clearly at a distance of 300 kilometers… but the night is different, in the dark night sky, even any tiny spot of light is as dazzling as a star."

She smiled and hooked a strand of Chu Anqing's hair, smoothed it behind her head, and pinned it to the hairpin:

"Just like you."

"If the whole world is silent or booing, your cheering sound is so deafening."

Chu Anqing's eyes widened.

Reluctant to even blink, she stared blankly at the lines of light streaking across the sky.

Now, two bright straight lines had intersected, forming a "ten" shape in the sky.

"But…"

Chu Anqing asked like a problem baby:

"Why do satellites glow?"

"That's reflected sunlight."

Huang Que also raised her head and looked at the five bright straight lines gradually intersecting in the sky:

"The solar panels and reflective materials on the satellite will reflect sunlight, but generally it won't be so strong and uniform. When the satellite climbs from a low orbit to a high orbit, and when it falls from a high orbit to a low orbit, it will rotate itself to stabilize its attitude… Therefore, precisely because it is rotating, the reflected sunlight is uniform and bright enough."

"As for why the satellite reflects sunlight… Little Princess, I don't need to explain this junior high school knowledge to you, right?"

Chu Anqing scratched her head embarrassedly and chuckled twice.

Seemed to understand.

Sort of understood.

"So, these satellites are Senior Lin Xian's project in the free performance session? It's really amazing!"

"Hehe, it's you who's amazing."

Huang Que smiled and poked Chu Anqing's nose:

"If it wasn't for you, he definitely wouldn't have shown this hand. This is the gift he gave you."

"Ah…" Chu Anqing was a little flustered for a moment, but she was still reluctant to lower her head, her pupils reflected five bright straight lines, converging towards a center:

"It's so beautiful."

Huang Que also raised her head again and looked at the five bright straight lines that were all intersecting:

"Yes, it's so beautiful… I'm a little envious."

…

Finally.

Amidst the stunned and praying cheers of 80,000 people in the audience, the five bright straight lines composed of 4,000 Starlink satellites in the sky finally converged and intersected.

The angle at which each straight line intersected was about 30 degrees.

Everyone could see the shape formed by the five bright lines clearly—

A star.

A huge, five-pointed star occupying the entire sky.

And at the same time…

A video was displayed on the big screen of the competition venue. It was Chu Anqing raising the red flag of Long Country high.

In the upper left corner of the red flag, a yellow five-pointed star fluttered impressively.

At this point…

The 80,000-person venue was silent.

Dead silence.

Two lines of score subtitles floated under the big screen:

[Starlink satellite zAz sequence, a total of 4217 satellites cracked!]

[The Long Country team scored - 337360 points!]

…

Boca Chica, Texas, USA, SpaceX Starship launch site.

The world's richest man, Musk, leaned against the towering launch tower, looking up at the five-pointed star fluttering in the American sky, and smiled:

"Kids… my satellites have become your toys?"

*Thump thump thump thump!*

The sound of hurried footsteps climbing the stairs, the female secretary wearing red-rimmed glasses ran up from below in a hurry:

"Mr. Musk! Why did you come up without your phone? Something big happened on the Starlink project… the satellites—"

"Do I still need you to report this?"

Musk interrupted the secretary with a wave of his hand, looking at the gradually dissipating trajectory of the five-pointed star in the sky:

"Just look up and you'll see it."

"But… why aren't you panicking at all?"

The secretary pushed her red-rimmed glasses, not understanding the calmness of the world's richest man. The fact that the Starlink system was hacked, let alone the amount of stock losses, user losses, and reputation losses it would cause…

This was one of the most well-known projects of the SpaceX company and one of Musk's proudest projects. Now that it was being treated as a toy by those hackers, why wasn't he angry at all?

"What's there to panic about?"

Musk didn't care:

"Where there is a program, there must be a vulnerability, and where there is a vulnerability, there must be an intrusion. It's all a matter of time. Besides, the experience we can get from failure is far more than what we get from success."

"Seriously, the Starlink system has been running for so long, and this is the first time it has been invaded. I'm very disappointed… I hope Starlink can be invaded a few more times. If the hackers can't invade Starlink, how can I discover vulnerabilities? How can I improve the technology? How can my security technology improve? How can I talk about a further journey?"

"But, we lost!"

The female secretary walked up to the platform and looked directly at Musk:

"In the territory of the United States, a Long Country person used American satellites to draw a five-pointed star in the American sky… it's not just Kevin Walker who lost, it's the United States that lost, we lost!"

"Hehehehehe…"

As if he had heard a joke, Musk was amused, laughing for a long time, and shaking his head gently:

"It is possible that the United States lost, it is also possible that we lost, but how could Kevin Walker lose?"

Musk got up from the steel frame he was leaning on, leaned on the railing in front, and looked up at the bright moon that had just emerged from the clouds:

"Although Kevin Walker is a coward, how could he lose?"

"After all… he is Turing."