Ash Civilization

Chapter 363 Encryption Technology. (Please subscribe! Please vote!)

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Zhou Zhen was slightly startled and subconsciously looked at the key in his hand.

It is similar to the physical key from a hundred years ago. Visually, the texture is mainly brass, and the shape is very special. It seems that the lock core has a complicated and special structure. The overall color is dull after long-term oxidation, and it feels heavy in the hand.

This looks like the key to an old-fashioned safe.

However, although he has had this key for a long time, all the doors, cabinets, drawers, and even the safe in the master bedroom are all electronic locks that can only be opened by face, sclera, fingerprint or password. There is no keyhole at all.

Zhou Zhen has never found the lock corresponding to this key.

For this reason, he did not take the key with him, but put it in the second bedroom.

When Lu Jun handed these two relics to him, he must have checked the key and made sure there was no problem before handing it over to him...

As he thought about it, Zhou Zhen's eyes moved little by little to the photo that seemed to be a family portrait.

Zhou Zhen suddenly felt a very strange feeling in his heart. The hole in the photo didn't seem to be made with a cigarette butt, but more like a keyhole!
He lowered his head subconsciously and looked at the yellow and black key again.

"Are you tampering with my memory now?"

Seeing that Zhou Zhen seemed to have discovered a problem, Zhou Jianqiang's body immediately changed quietly. The body of a tall and strong man shrank sharply. In the blink of an eye, he turned into an adult woman who was a full head shorter and with a slender figure. The clothes on the other party's body , also changed into an elegant dress.

At this moment, the safe hidden by the photo in front of him also used the same method!

Gentlemen enthusiasts change the JPG format of the image to RAR format by renaming it, and the image becomes a compressed file.

In the blink of an eye, the entire photo was covered with dense numbers.

She stood there quietly. It was obvious that she and Zhou Zhen were the only two people in this house, but for some reason, the dim light emanating from her body always made people subconsciously want to ignore her.

However, as soon as Zhou Zhen inserted the key into the hole, he felt a smooth resistance, as if the key had really been inserted into a perfectly fitting keyhole!
The next moment, the mother in the photo, together with the light purple dress she was wearing and the small white leather bag slung at her side, all turned into a vast number in an instant.

However, the entire body of this adult woman in a dress, including her clothing, is made of pure numbers, merely outlining the outline of an adult human woman.

The skirt is wide and hangs down to the middle of her calf. She looks like a very quiet and ladylike woman.

Photos are equivalent to those normal-looking picture resources from more than 100 years ago!

Zhou Zhen stood motionless, instead of getting the diary, he turned to look at Zhou Jianqiang.

Zhou Zhen took a deep breath, stared at Zhou Jianqiang, and said coldly: "You are not Zhou Jianqiang!"

The special key, which seemed to be made of brass, was also thrown to the ground very carefully.

The key is the decompression password!

The format of the picture is JPG format.

At that time, the "digital rain" had not yet come, and there were often some gentleman enthusiasts on some online forums, asking for resources everywhere.

Gentlemen lovers can then "save" this image directly to the local hard drive of their computer.

According to normal physical phenomena, the key should pass directly through the hole in the photo without any obstruction.

Next, gentleman enthusiasts only need to unzip this compressed file to get the resources they want. 【Note】

The general operation is that the person who publishes the resource uses technical means to hide the resource information in a normal picture, and then posts this normal-looking picture on the forum according to the conventional method of publishing pictures.

Zhou Zhen immediately discovered that the size of the key was exactly the same as the hole in the photo!
By some strange coincidence, Zhou Zhen picked up the key and inserted it into the hole in the photo.

When this image resource technology first came out, it could perfectly circumvent system detection on the forum and prevent it from being blocked.

In order to prevent resource links from being blocked, at that time, I don’t know which brother invented a resource picture.

The safe is a compressed file with a modified format!

In order to hide the safe and successfully put the "resources" into his hands, someone changed the "format" of the safe in the three-dimensional world to the "format" of the photo!
Yes, this is a technology far beyond human civilization!

The box is not big and the space inside is clearly visible. There is only a thick book, which looks like a common diary.

The number covered her entire body, flowing out quickly like overflowing water and spreading around.

"Or did you tamper with my timeline at that time?"

The two relics left by Zhou Jianqiang are not photos and keys, but safes and keys!

At this moment, the key turned spontaneously and the door of the safe opened immediately.

"Eat it." Zhou Jianqiang's cold voice came from the side again.

Hearing this, Zhou Jianqiang did not answer the question, but repeated: "Eat it!"

"Who are you?" Zhou Zhen suddenly asked coldly.

As he spoke, Zhou Zhen began to retreat slowly.

In just an instant, what was just an ordinary damaged photo turned into an exquisite little safe!

Looking at this strange scene, Zhou Zhen was startled. He immediately thought of a technology from more than 100 years ago...

It is impossible for Zhou Jianqiang to possess such technology!
Even he who is currently on the "Eighth Step" cannot do it!
However, for some reason, Zhou Zhen has checked his memory several times, but has been unable to find out what went wrong.

These figures squirmed, quickly reorganized, and soon turned into a radiant cube.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhen immediately understood that this was done by "Digital Rain"!
There is no such technology on earth now!
Click.

He looked at his mother in the photo. To be precise, it was the hole in his mother's head that was burned by a cigarette butt!

Zhou Zhen stared intently at the silhouette of this adult woman in a dress. She was one of the four [Pioneers] who were chasing him just now!

Although he was mentally prepared, Zhou Zhen's expression changed after seeing the true identity of "Zhou Jianqiang"!
At the same time, his memory of Zhou Jianqiang quickly returned to normal.

In an instant, Zhou Zhen understood the problem.

He looked at the silhouette of an adult woman in a dress [Pioneer] in front of him, and suddenly asked in a cold voice: "Are you the murderer of Zhou Jianqiang?"

As he spoke, Zhou Zhen was ready to enter the "digital forest" at any time. Zhou Jianqiang would never be able to do this technique of hiding a safe in a photo!

Therefore, the photos and keys were not the relics left by Zhou Jianqiang to him at all!
This is what the murderer left behind!
The murderer calculated and handed the photo and key into his hands through official hands!

In this way, neither the Public Security Bureau nor Zhou Zhen would have any doubts about the origin of the photos and keys.

Zhou Zhen didn’t know what was recorded in that diary, but he was certain that it was inedible!
If you really eat that diary, you will definitely have big problems!
Now, he didn't run away immediately because only one [Pioneer] came this time.

He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to collect as much information as possible.

What's more, he wants to hear the outline of the adult woman in a dress in front of him, the [Pioneer], who can personally testify to the truth that he has always wanted to know!

At this time, the [Pioneer], who had the outline of an adult woman in a dress, nodded slightly, and made an undulating sound wave from his head: "When I left, I once told him that if one day, you are infected." Digital virus' will send you to a special place..."

"But it turns out, he sent you to the wrong place!"

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have forgotten your plan now!"

Before he finished speaking, the [Pioneer] with the outline of an adult woman stretched out her arm and grabbed Zhou Zhen.

Seeing the [Pioneer] in front of him suddenly take action, Zhou Zhen had no time to think about the meaning of the other party's words. Numbers surged all over his body. A dark and spacious corridor suddenly appeared around him, with signs of various classes hanging on both sides, and at the end was the blue sky reflected. White cloud lighting window.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Zhen immediately turned around and rushed into the corridor and into the school's "digital forest"!
However, he had just entered this "digital forest" and before he had time to do anything, he saw three figures made purely of numbers, standing in front of him and on his left and right.

Standing directly in front of him was a silhouette of a woman with shawl hair. On the left was a white man in his prime, and on the right was a young black man.

These are the other three of the four [Pioneers] just now!
Zhou Zhen suddenly frowned and was about to retreat when another figure, Shi Shiran, walked into the school corridor from behind him.

It was the silhouette of an adult woman in a dress. She was still holding the diary hidden in the safe, and she slowly blocked Zhou Zhen's way.

Four [Pioneers] just happened to surround him in the middle!

There seems to be no escape!

Zhou Zhen's heart sank, but at this moment, the familiar bell suddenly rang.

The next moment, all the classroom doors in the corridor opened simultaneously.

The first drop of "digital rain", the second drop of "digital rain" and the third drop of "digital rain" walked quickly out of three classrooms not far away.

Behind these three "digital rain", there were a large number of students of different heights, short, fat and thin.

They lined up neatly, as if they were going to do radio gymnastics on the playground, and walked out of the classroom without hesitation.

At this moment, these "digital rain" and students all headed towards Zhou Zhen with clear goals.

The corridor, which had just been dark but spacious, was suddenly crowded, and it seemed particularly lively amidst the noisy footsteps.

As a result, a scene like this appeared in the corridor: Zhou Zhen was surrounded by four [Pioneers] in the center, and the four [Pioneers] were surrounded by a flood of students and "digital rain".

Looking at this scene, Zhou Zhen was suddenly a little surprised.

Have the rules of the school’s “digital forest” changed?
At this moment, the head of the first drop of "Digital Rain" suddenly sent out a sound wave: "People outside the school, please leave the school immediately!"

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Tongfu City.

"Order of Ashes" sub-base.

Room QN5106.

A small theater dedicated to "Jiyu" during his lifetime.

The lights in the room have turned brighter, and spotlights hang from the dome. The yellow and white light is like a sharp sword, cutting through the darkness and illuminating the empty auditorium.

The "nine-tailed fox" is full of energy and ready to go. He is on high alert and stays on the stage conscientiously. His big and bright eyes are constantly scanning the surroundings, always ready to take action.

Dark red velvet curtains are tied to both sides of the stage. The main spotlight used to emphasize the protagonist is like a whale, swimming freely throughout the theater. The bright light circle cuts across the ground and floats up the wall, seeming to trace the outline of everything here. .

The accompaniment area next to the stage was also empty, with only a variety of musical instruments scattered in front of the empty seats, as if waiting for someone to return and play again.

The room was eerily quiet, and the "nine-tailed fox" had a sharp gaze, looking around from time to time for fear of missing the enemy's attack.

Suddenly, the door of the small theater seemed to be hit by some huge force. It flew out without warning and hit the wall next to it. The solid rock was smashed into smoke and dust, and a huge crater appeared on the spot.

boom!
Loud noises echoed back and forth in the theater, and a large amount of dust fell from the walls and ceiling, turning into a dark veil, instantly reducing visibility.

The Nine-Tailed Fox immediately looked towards the gate, and the energy in its body rose steadily. A pair of furry fox ears appeared on its head, and nine fluffy fox tails spread out behind it like a bird's screen. At this moment, the normal human eyes turned into the vertical pupils of an animal...

She had just prepared for the battle when she seemed to have forgotten something and hurriedly lowered her head to look at the small piece of paper in her hand.

Soon, the "nine-tailed fox" remembered her mission and was about to continue taking action when an overwhelming number of numbers, formulas, symbols, theorems... appeared around her like smoke and clouds.

These numbers, formulas, theorems, symbols... rolled and filled the air, and instantly reorganized into a pair of chains and shackles that shone with cold light. When there was no time to escape, the "nine-tailed fox" was firmly locked!
The whole process was like lightning, extremely fast. The "nine-tailed fox" just lowered his head and glanced at the flaw in the note, and suddenly lost all opportunities to struggle. In an instant, he was locked in layers and couldn't even use his energy.

Boom!
The "nine-tailed fox" suddenly knelt on the ground and could not even stand up for a while.

She forced her head up and looked sharply at the door of the small theater.

A man wearing a white Chinese tunic suit strode in first. Behind him, there were four figures, including No. 001, who was hidden in armor; a thin black man in dark blue clothes; and an old man in ordinary clothes...

The five people's eyes only glanced at the "Nine-tailed Fox", and they immediately ignored the experimental subject of the "Ash Order" and began to cover each other and carefully check the situation of the entire room.

"The experimental subjects here are not strong, but be careful of the four [Pioneers]."

"The energy of [Pioneer] is obvious, but it's a bit strange. There are no traces of Zhou Zhen's energy here..."

"Wait a minute! There seems to be no road ahead. We may be looking in the wrong place!"

"Impossible. I have searched all other places. All traces of energy point to here in the end."

"There is another possibility that Zhou Zhen has moved his location. He was from Binhai City and suddenly appeared in Tongfu City."

"There happens to be a famous experimental subject here. She may know something. Ask her!"

[Note] The "picture resource" technology in this chapter is to compare the technology of alien civilizations to facilitate everyone's understanding. One is at the two-dimensional level and the other is at the three-dimensional level. There is no bad guidance. Please do not imitate!
(End of this chapter)