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iShayina; Ukuziphindiselela kwe-Yellow Dragon: WWIII Climate Wars P3

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ULwesithathu, 09/16/2020 - 06:07

2046 - Beijing, China

“I-Yellow Dragon isigadle futhi,” kusho uMphathi u-Chow, ngenkathi engena ehhovisi lethu elimnyama, elikhanyiswe yikhompyutha. "Imibhikisho yekilasi lesibili manje isilandelwa emadolobheni angamashumi amabili nantathu." Wacofa ithebhulethi yakhe, ephoqa izikrini kumakhompuyutha ethu ukuthi zishintshele kumavidiyo e-CCTV emibhikisho kazwelonke. “Lapho, uyabona. Bheka bonke labo abahluphayo.”

Njengenjwayelo, isimemezelo sikaMenenja Chow kwakuyizindaba ezindala eqenjini lami. Kodwa, uma kubhekwa ukuxhumana komndeni wakhe epolitburo, kubalulekile ukwenza uMphathi uChow azizwe ebalulekile. “Ungathanda siqhubeke kanjani?” Ngibuzile. "Selokhu ukusakazwa kwezigebengu zaba bukhoma, sesivele senyusile ukucindezelwa kwethu ukuphawula kwezokuxhumana okuhlobene nemibhikisho endaweni yethu esabelwe yona."

“Liling, kubucayi kulokhu. Umongameli uzikhathaze ngemisebenzi yobushokobezi ye-Yellow Dragon. Ushayele yena ihhovisi lethu emahoreni amabili adlule.” Umphathi uChow wagqolozela ehhovisi, ebheka ukuthi ngabe ochwepheshe bokuhlolwa kwezincwadi esikanye nabo—uWeimin, uXin, uPing, uDelun, noShaiming—babelalele yini. “Ngisanda kushiya umhlangano noNgqongqoshe u-Ch'ien. Ukhipha iqembu lakho emsebenzini wokuqapha izinkundla zokuxhumana. Izokwabelwa kabusha iyunithi encane. Ngomyalo woMnyango Wezokuphepha Komphakathi, manje unikezwe umsebenzi wokuveza ubunikazi be-Yellow Dragon.”

Ngangizwa ukuvungama kwenjabulo kumalungu eqembu lami ngemva kwami. “Kodwa kuthiwani ngeqembu lika-Huang e-Guangdong, neqembu lika-Shau? Abazange yini bamlandele ngempumelelo?”

“Bobabili behlulekile. Womabili amaqembu manje asehlakaziwe.” Amehlo kaMenenja Chow agxile kwelami. “Iqembu lakho lihamba phambili esifundeni. Ungimele. Futhi manje umongameli uyabukela. Usiyale ukuba sibambe le nyoka ngaphambi kokhetho lukazwelonke ngoNovemba. … Amasonto amabili, Liling. Kungaba ubuwula ukwehluleka.”

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Ngiphume sekwephuzile ehhovisi lami, ngilibangise entshonalanga kuGuanghua Road, ngidlule ekomkhulu leCCTV. Kwakungathatha cishe ihora ukuya ekhaya futhi kusihlwa kwakubanda kakhulu kunobusika engangibujwayele ngiseyingane. Ngacabanga ukugibela itekisi, kodwa ngangidinga ukulahlekelwa ngihambe, ngiphumule ingqondo yami.

Ithimba lami beliphezu kwesexwayiso sikaMenenja Chow. Ukunciphisa ukukhathazeka kwabo, ngangilethe izitsha ze-pho esitolo sethu esiyintandokazi sase-Vietnamese futhi sahlala ehhovisi kwaze kwaba yilapho sivumelana ngesu lokuzingela kwethu kwedijithali. I-Yellow Dragon yayiyisishoshovu esiyingozi, kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu, i-Dragon yayiyisigebengu esihlakaniphile esikwazi ukufinyelela ikhompuyutha ye-quantum ekhawulelwe. I-Dragon yayiyisipoki esasikwazi ukungena kunoma iyiphi i-firewall.

Uma uhamba uya ekhaya, ngisho nasezifundeni zamabhizinisi, ubungabona imidwebo esekela i-Yellow Dragon kuwo wonke amakhona. Abakaze abantu babe nesibindi esingaka. ISilo sivuse okuthile kubo.

Ngafika esakhiweni sami esifundeni saseDongcheng ngehora leshumi. Kwase kwephuze kakhulu. Umama ubengeke avume. Lapho ngivula umnyango wendlu engangihlala kuyo esitezi sesishiyagalombili, ngathola umama elele esofeni evule ithelevishini, njengoba ngangimshiyile. Uphuzile, wakhuza, ngikhanyisa izibani.

“Yebo, Mama. Awuzibonanga yini izindaba? Lesi yisikhathi esimatasa sethu nemibhikisho.”

Anginendaba, kusho yena. Ngiyisalukazi. Ingane kumele ibheke umzali wayo uma igula. Ukhathalela kakhulu iQembu kunami.

Ngahlala kusofa ngasezinyaweni zakhe ezimboze. Wayenuka kodwa hhayi ngaphezu kokujwayelekile. “Akulona iqiniso lelo, Mama. Uyikho konke kimi. Ubani owakukhokhela ukuthi uphume emijondolo? Ubani owakhokha izikweletu zakho lapho ubaba eshona? Ucabanga ukuthi kungani ngikulethe lapha ngenkathi ukuphefumula kwakho kuba nzima?"

Ngikhumbula ikhaya lethu, kusho yena. Ngikhumbula ukusebenza emasimini. Ngikhumbula ukuzwa inhlabathi phakathi kwezinzwane zami. Singabuyela emuva?

“Cha, Mama. Indlu yethu ayisekho manje." Ezinye izinsuku zazingcono kunezinye. Kwadingeka ngizikhumbuze ukuthi ngingathukutheli. Bekungeyena umama wami wangempela lona. Isipoki kuphela sowesifazane engangimazi.

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“Angikaliboni iqhinga,” kusho u-Weimin, eswayipha ezindabeni eziboniswe esibukweni esihlanganisa ubude betafula lasehhovisi lethu.

"Yebo, kusobala ukuthi uzama ukuphoxa izikhulu zeQembu," wanezela u-Delun, phakathi kwe-slurps ye-pho, "kodwa isikhathi sokukhishwa, imidiya ekhethiwe, izinhloso zendawo, zonke zibonakala zingahleliwe. Ukube bekungengenxa yesignesha ye-quantum ye-IP yakhe, besingeke siqiniseke nokuthi uyena okhiphe ukukhishwa. ”

“Delun, uma uchitha elinye ithonsi etafuleni lethu, ngizocela ukuthi uhlanze ihhovisi lonke. Uyazi ukuthi kwangithatha isikhathi esingakanani ukulungisa lesi sikrini?”

“Uxolo, Li.” U-Delun wakhuhla amaconsi ngomkhono wakhe, kuyilapho iqembu lahosha.

“Ucabangani, Li?” kubuza uPing. “Ingabe kukhona esikushoyo?”

“Ngicabanga ukuthi nobabili niqinisile. I-Dragon ifuna ukubukela phansi iQembu kodwa ukungahleleki kokukhishwa kwayo futhi kuyindlela yayo yokuhlala ingabonwa. Ngeke sikwazi ukubikezela inhloso yakhe elandelayo noma izindlela zokukhishwa kwabezindaba, yingakho kufanele sigxile kwenye indawo. Uthini umlayezo wakhe owumongo? Umgomo wakhe wokugcina? Konke lokhu kukhishwa, bazizwa bebancane kakhulu ukuthi bangakufanelekela imizamo ye-Dragon. "

"Ingabe umgomo wakhe awukona ukubhubhisa isimo sethu esikhazimulayo ngalezi zithombe nama-imeyili anobuthi?" Kusho uXin. “Iyahlanya le nyoka. Konke akukhathazayo wukucekela phansi ubumbano lwethu lobuzwe. Kungani sifuna ukuhleleka ezinxushunxushwini zakhe?”

U-Xin akakaze agqame kakhulu phakathi kwethu. “Kungakhathaliseki isimo sakhe somqondo. Wonke amadoda anezizathu zezenzo zawo. 'Yisizathu' okufanele sigxile kuso.”

“Mhlawumbe kungcono ukuqala phansi,” kusho uShaiming.

Ngavuma. Ngaphakamisa isandla sami phezu kwetafula, ngisusa isibonisi salo sokucosha izindaba namanothi awo wonke umuntu. Ngabe sengincinza ifolda kuthebhulethi yami ngase ngithinta isibonisi sethebula ukuze ngidlulise okuqukethwe kwayo. Isikrini sibe sesibonisa umugqa wesikhathi wezenzo ze-Dragon ngobude obugcwele bethebula.

“I-Yellow Dragon yaqala ukubonakala ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule ngoJulayi 1, 2046, Usuku Lokusungulwa kwe-CPC”, ngachaza. “Ngesikhathi sendlala enkulu, waphazamisa ukusakazwa kwezindaba kuthelevishini kahulumeni ukuze kubonakale izithombe namavidiyo ongqongqoshe beKhabhinethi bephana izipho futhi bezitika ngedili lokugubha. Ongqongqoshe bashenxe ezikhundleni zabo kwadlula amasonto amabili kungakabi bikho nenye imiyalezo.

“Wabe esekhipha iphakethe le-imeyili kusevisi yemiyalezo ye-WeChat. Imiyalezo yeminyaka emibili evela kuNgqongqoshe uGamzen, wesifundazwe saseFujian, echaza ngokufumbathisa kanye neminye imisebenzi yokuketula umbuso. Wehla ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho.”

“Njalo ezinsukwini ezintathu kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, okunamathiselwe kwe-imeyili kukhishwa ngokungahleliwe noma ngabephephandaba, inkundla yezokuxhumana, izinhlelo zokusebenza zemiyalezo, noma imibuthano yamaqiniso angokoqobo, ebeka abaholi bezinga lesifundazwe ngamaphutha afanayo. Iningi lehle esikhundleni kanti abanye bazibulala ngaphambi kokuthi kukhishwe ama-imeyili abo.

“Manje, i-Dragon ibhekise kungqongqoshe ngamunye weKhabhinethi. Esokugcina sonakalise isithunzi sikaNgqongqoshe uBoon. Bekunamahlebezi okuthi nguyena ozolandela esikhundleni sobumengameli.”

“Njengoba ongqongqoshe abaningi bengahlonishwa,” kusho u-Weimin, “ingabe iQembu lingakwazi ukukhetha umongameli omusha, ongqongqoshe abasha?”

Enikine ikhanda uShaiming. “Ababhikishi babiza lokhu nge-Great Purge ngesizathu. Njengoba izikhulu eziqeqesheke kakhulu zingakwazi ukukhuphukela ezikhundleni eziphezulu, kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi isizukulwane esilandelayo sikahulumeni singasebenza kanjani.”

“Sibe sesiba nomdlalo wethu wokugcina,” kusho mina. “Phakathi kokungaphumeleli kwemifula nokulahlekelwa amapulazi, iChina ayikutholi ukudla okwanele sekuphele iminyaka eyishumi. Awukwazi ukubonisana nabagulayo nabalambile. Ngeza kulokho izinga lokuntuleka kwemisebenzi ngamadijithi amabili futhi abantu bazobambelela kunoma yini ukuze bakhiphe ukukhungatheka kwabo.

“Ngesenzo ngasinye, iSilo sitshela abantu ukuthi iQembu alisafanele ukubusa. Ususa imingcele ebekwe isakhamuzi sansuku zonke, ekhulula ulwazi ukuze abanike amandla phezu kweQembu.”

“Umsangano!” Kusho uXin. “Umsangano wonke lo. Ngabe abantu ababoni yini ukuthi isimo sezulu akulona iphutha likahulumeni? YiNtshonalanga engcolise umhlaba wethu. Ukube bekungewona oweQembu, iChina ngabe kade yabhidlika. Isu Elihle Leqembu Lokuvuselela Seliqalile kakade ukudambisa lezi zinkinga.”

“Akusheshi ngokwanele,” kusho uDelun. “Okwamanje, i-firewall kuphela egcine imibhikisho isendaweni. Inqobo nje uma abantu abavela ezingxenyeni ezihlukene zaseChina bengafundi ukuthi lokhu kukhishwa kwanda kangakanani, iQembu lingakwazi ukuqukatha imibhikisho, libavimbele ekubeni baphenduke umbhikisho wesizwe. ”

“Yima, mhlawumbe kunjalo!” Kusho uPing. "Inhloso elandelayo."

Amehlo ami avuleka. “Iphrojekthi ye-Golden Shield? I-firewall? Akunakwenzeka.”

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Ngobunye ubusuku kusihlwa ngihamba ngibuya ehhovisi. Umama wayengeke avume.

Abafana bazizwa beyitholile inhloso ye-Dragon yangempela. Kodwa uluvikela kanjani uhlelo olungaxhumeki? I-Dragon ingangena kanjani ku-firewall eyakhiwe inethiwekhi yama-supercomputers anezendlalelo zokuzivikela ezisekelwe ku-quantum ezingenasiphelo? Bekungeke kwenzeke. Noma yimuphi umzamo ovela ngaphandle nesicupho sethu singamfica oqotsheni. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho singaqala khona ukulandelela ukuthi ukuphi. Kodwa sizodinga imvume yezinga eliphezulu ukuze sifake indlela enjalo ngaphakathi kwe-firewall. Umphathi uChow akazange ajabule lapho ngimtshela.

Lapho ngisondela ethuba lami e-Chaoyangmen S Alley, ngaqala ukuzwa ukucula kwesixuku esikhulu buqamama. Kungakabiphi, ngabheka ngemuva kwami ngabona ujenga lwezimoto ezihlomile zivela eButhweni Lamaphoyisa Elikhethekile laseBeijing zigijima zibheke ngasentshonalanga emgwaqweni uJinbao zibheke kulesi siphithiphithi. Ngisheshise ijubane ngibalandele.

Lapho ngifika e-Chaoyangmen S Alley, ngalunguza ikhanda lami ekhoneni ngabona udrako. Emayadi ambalwa nje ngaphambili, ulwandle oluyaluza lwababhikishi lwagcwala izinhlangothi zombili zomgwaqo amamayela amaningi. Bonke babegqoke okuphuzi, bephakamisele phezulu izimpawu, futhi bephephezelisa amafulegi e-Yellow Dragon. Inani labo lalingenakubalwa.

Izimoto eziningi zamaphoyisa ezihlomile zadlula ukuze zisekele amaphoyisa asebevele afolile. Kwalandela inqwaba yama-drones amaphoyisa, ezulazula phezu kwesixuku, ekhanyisa izibani, futhi ethatha izithombe. Amaphoyisa abengengaphezu kwamakhulu amabili abambe izintambo ngokumelene nesixuku esasisondela.

Njengoba amaphoyisa abelokhu etheleka egcwele, elinye lamaphoyisa eduze kwasemuva liyalele isixuku ngombhobho walo ukuba lihlakazeke liye ekhaya. Isixuku saphendula ngokumemeza kakhulu, sifuna kuqedwe ukhetho oluzayo lweqembu lamaKhomanisi, sifuna ivoti elikhululekile. Leli phoyisa lawuphinda umyalo walo, lenezela usongo lokuboshwa noma ubani ozohlala. Isixuku sasabela kakhulu futhi saqala ukumasha siya phambili. Iphoyisa liphinde futhi ukusabisa kwalo, lanezela ngokuthi ligunyazwe ukusebenzisa amandla uma izikhulu zalo zisongelwa. Isixuku sasingathukile.

Kwase kwenzeka. Ngesikhathi iphoyisa liyala amaphoyisa odweshu ukuthi aphakamise izinduku, isixuku saphuthuma phambili. Ulayini wamaphoyisa odweshu ukhungathekile ngemizuzwana ngenxa yokuphithizela kwabantu. Ababehamba phambili banyathelwa yisixuku, kanti amaphoyisa angemuva ahlehla ngemuva kwezimoto ezihlomile. Kodwa isixuku salandela. Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani amaphoyisa ehlezi phezu kwezimoto nama-drones ngenhla aqala ukudubula. Yingaleso sikhathi engagijima ngaso.

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Ngangingakwazi ukuphefumula ngesikhathi ngifika ekhaya. Izandla zami zazijuluke kangangokuba kwadingeka ngizesule ejazini lami izikhathi ezine ngaphambi kokuba isithwebuli sentende somnyango sikwazi ukubona izigxivizo zeminwe yami.

Uphuzile, wakhuza umama ngikhanyisa izibani. Walala esofeni nomabonakude, njengoba ngangimshiyile.

Ngancika ngodonga ngashelela phansi. Angibanga nawo umoya wokulwa naye. Iphunga belibi kakhulu kulobubusuku.

Awunandaba na? uthe. Ngiyisalukazi. Ingane kumele ibheke umzali wayo uma igula. Ukhathalela kakhulu iQembu kunami.

“Cha, Mama. Ngikukhathalela ngaphezu kwanoma yini.”

Izindaba zalokho okwenzekile zazizosakazeka ngokushesha. Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani iSilo saqala ukudlala kulo mcimbi. Lesi yisikhathi akade esilindile. Uma amaphoyisa engakwazi ukukuqukatha lokhu, idolobha lizowa, kanye nalo, iQembu.

Njengoba injabulo yayinanela emigwaqweni engezansi, ngathumelela ithimba lami umlayezo ukuthi lingihlangabeze ehhovisi ngokushesha nje lapho sekuphephile. Ngabe sengishayela uMphathi uChow kodwa ngaphoqeleka ukuthi ngishiye umlayezo. Uma engasinikezanga ukufinyelela maduze, iSilo singase sishaye inxeba lokufa.

Ngiyalikhumbula ikhaya lethu, kusho umama. Ngikhumbula ukusebenza emasimini. Ngikhumbula ukuzwa inhlabathi phakathi kwezinzwane zami. Singabuyela emuva?

“Cha, Mama. Indlu yethu ayisekho manje."

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Bonke ozakwethu beqembu baphindela ehhovisi ebusuku ngehora lesithathu ekuseni. Ngaxhumana noManeja Chow ngemva kwehora. Ubelokhu ekhuluma noCentral Command kusukela lapho.

Isixuku sase sihlukene saba ngamaqembu amancane ahambahamba kulo lonke idolobha, inani laso landa njengoba abantu bemasha beba nesibindi. Okwasala emaphoyiseni edolobha—lawo ahlala ethembekile, okungukuthi—abuthana eduze nesakhiwo se-CCTV, esiqhele ngesakhiwo sethu. Babengeke bahlanganyele kwaze kwafika amasosha azosekela amabutho awo.

Ngaleso sikhathi, mina nethimba lami sayiphinda kabili imizamo yethu yokuqedela umbhalo wethu wokubamba i-Dragon. Uma isifakwe endaweni yokusebenza ye-firewall, izoqala emzamweni we-Dragon wokungena ohlelweni bese ifaka i-Trojan umbhalo wokulandela kunethiwekhi yakhe. Bekuwuhlelo olulula, olufana nolusetshenziselwe ukulandelela izigebengu eziningi ebesisebenze ngokumelene nazo esikhathini esidlule. Kodwa lokhu kwakungeyona nje i-hacker.

Kwadlula elinye ihora ngaphambi kokuthi kungene uMphathi uChow ehhovisi. “Uhlelo lokulandelela, ingabe selulungile?”

“Yebo,” ngathi, “Sizovunyelwa yini ohlelweni lokusebenza lwe-firewall?”

“Ngami, yebo. Ungqongqoshe ukugunyazile.”

“Mphathi Chow, ngibona kungcono ukuthi sizifakele thina. Kungaba okuphephile.”

“Awunayo imvume. Mina ngedwa. Nginike iphakethe futhi ngizolidlulisela ku-Firewall's Chief Operating Controller. Uyilindile e-server building njengoba sikhuluma.”

" … Njengokuthanda kwakho." Ngabheka ku-Weimin futhi wanginika ithebhulethi enombhalo ophelele. Ngenze izengezo ezimbalwa, ngafingqa amafayela kufolda eyodwa, ngabe sengiwadlulisela kuthebhulethi kaManager Chow. “Unayo? Kufanele kube ifolda ephuzi.”

“Yebo, ngiyabonga, ngiyawudlulisela manje.” Wenza amaswidi ambalwa kuthebhulethi yakhe, wabe esephefumulela phezulu. “Kumele ngiyohlangana noNgqongqoshe u-Ch'ien ebhilidini le-CCTV. Ngithinte ngokushesha lapho Dragon ethatha isinyathelo sakhe. Umlawuli uzoxhumana nawe uqobo uma uhlelo lwakho selufakiwe."

“Yebo, ngiqinisekile ukuthi uzoyenza.”

Ngemva kokuba uMphathi uChow ephumile ehhovisi, sonke sabamba umoya silindele ucingo loMlawuli. Umzuzu nomzuzu wawuzwakala umude kunowokugcina. Bekungokokuqala ukuthi noma ngubani phakathi kwethu anikezwe leli zinga lokungena ezicimeni zomlilo, ingasaphathwa eyaleli zinga lokuchayeka ezikhundleni eziphezulu kangaka. Ngicabanga ukuthi yimi ngedwa owayezizwa ezolile ngokuphelele. Umsebenzi wami wenziwa.

Cishe kwadlula imizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu ngaphambi kokuba izikrini ezisezindaweni zethu zokusebenza zasehhovisi ziqale ukucwayiza.

“Kukhona okwenzekayo,” kusho uXin.

"Ingabe isikripthi sethu?" Kusho uShaiming. "Bengicabanga ukuthi uMlawuli uzosibiza."

"Umoya ongcwele!" UDelun wagingqa isihlalo sakhe wasisusa kule ndawo yokusebenza. “Bafo, i-firewall. Lokhu akukwazi. ”…

Ideshibhodi ye-firewall eboniswe kuziqaphi zethu yathathelwa indawo uphawu oluphuzi olukhanyayo lwe-Yellow Dragon.

Ngiphenduke ngibheke abangani bami. Kungaba okokugcina ngibabona. “Bafana, nibambe iSilo esiphuzi.” Lwaqala ukukhala ucingo. “Amaphoyisa azobe elapha maduze. Ngizobe ngihlala. Kungaba ukuhlakanipha uma bengakutholanga lapha kimi. Ngiyaxolisa."

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Ushone ngoLwesine. Cishe iminyaka emibili kuya ngosuku. Ngisakhumbula ukuthi umzimba wakho wawuntekenteke kangakanani, wawubanda kangakanani. Ngikusonge ngezingubo zokulala eziningi kangaka awukakayitholi imfudumalo obuyicela.

Odokotela bathi unomdlavuza wamaphaphu. Kuyafana noBaba. Bathi umoya owawuphefumula ezimbonini zokuphehla amandla amalahle uhulumeni owawakha eduze kwepulazi lakho yiwo obangele lokho. Kwaze kwaba kubi nakakhulu lapho uhogela intuthu yedolobha ngemva kokuba bethathe ipulazi lethu kithi.

Bathathe konke, Mama. Bathathe okuningi kakhulu kwabaningi egameni lenqubekelaphambili. Ngeke ngiphinde. Ekufeni ngiyethemba ngikunike ubulungiswa obebiwe kuwe empilweni.

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