The Athena Code's
76. Who's the thief?

Pacific Ocean

Bikini Atoll

One minute, Chen had kicked off the Astromachine-Gun caliber 30, which can be automatically raised from the blue GOB arm he controlled.

The giant blue robot looks dashing and cool while flocking the red GoB controlled by Arthur. Though Chen actually did it with an erratic heart pound full of worry.

"Hey Mr. G, are you okay?" chen asked as soon as it rained those bullets.

"Yeah, I'm Ok. Zero percent body damage rate, there is only a little scuff material on the surface of the shield. Everything is amazing, Hahahahahaa...Yes, We did it!" Shouted Arthur happily.

"Now it's your turn to resist the attack, be prepared!" Arthur yelled again through the wireless communication device on his pilot's helmet. He then activated the astrojet on both feet of his God of Beasts. The giant robot was moving floating in the air of Bikini Atoll.

"Wait a minute, what attack do you mean? It would be nice if we save ammunition," Chen argued cleverly.He deliberately avoids being targeted.

"Chen, sory's. On three counts I'll target you with my red GOB's cute thermobaric mini missile."

"Wait, Arthur don't be crazy! Dennis, Leslie gave him any moving target. Fly another old drone into the air, "cries Chen in panic.

"Prepare,Immediately!" suhut Dennis and Leslie.

"The thermobaric missile is not for playfulness" Chen grumbled.

"Huhahhahaha.... " Arthur didn't say anything, just laughed at Chen's fear for his prank just now.

An old orange reconnaissance drone flashed around Bikini Atoll. The drone is quite large and heavy-sized motorcycle that uses an astrojet engine to rotate its propeller.

"The target is passing at six o'clock" Leslie reported on a repeat adventure.

Leslie landed the drone about three hundred meters away from the second position of God Of Beast.

Arthur attempts to improvise by performing a thermobaric missile ejection as the God of Beasts soars through the air.

"This is it!" hisses.

Then..

RRRRRDDD!!

An explosion created an angle of one hundred and eighty degrees above the surface of the earth Bikini Atoll, right about the orange drone that was under Leslie's control.

Vacuum bombs, also known as thermobaric weapons or aerosol bombs, contain a fuel container with two separate explosive lighters.

This bomb can be launched as a rocket like the one God of beasts launched. Or it can also be dropped from the plane if the weight is large. When it hits the target, the first detonator opens the container and releases the fuel mixture in the form of a gas fog.

This gas fog can penetrate the cracks of buildings or strongholds that are not tightly closed. The second explosion ignited the fog, causing a large eruption, sucking oxygen from the surrounding area, and creating a shock wave to form an angle of one hundred and eighty degrees or a half circle above the surface of the earth.

"Hasn't you done playing around?" chen panicked. He did not expect the power of the mini explosion of the thermobaric missile could produce a very large shock wave.

"True you say we have to save money, especially for HPM weapons, we directly test mini nuclear missiles only. HPM weapons may be needed later in Palmyra Atoll. Moreover, if the results of Francisco Cardoso's research on the Petagion creature is true. I'm sure only HPM can stop that mythical creature."

"I want to try it this time, give me a turn," Chen asked.

"Enable your Astrojet, we must set the distance to at least seven hundred and fifty meters before firing a mini nuclear missile. "

"Yuhuuuu, I'm already good at accelerating using this iron giant," Chen shouted excitedly after turning on the Astrojet on the Feet of God of beasts.

"Basic Childish!" arthur Oolok.

It was not until two minutes that the Second GOB had reached the minimum distance mentioned by Arthur.

"Let go now, together on three counts!" Arthur gave the command.

"Okay, we count together."

"Three's... Two... One....!"

Arthur and Chen touch the nuclear mini missile launch authorization on the screen of the pilot deck monitor.

WUUUUUUSSSHHHH!

WUUUUUUSSSHHHH!

"Let's fly away, even further...!" arthur's orders again.

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

BLAAAAAWWWR!!!!

BLAAAAAWWWR!!!!

A mushroom explosion created amid the silence of Bikini Atoll makes the twilight color more reddened in the sky Bikini Atoll.

Just two hundred and fifty grams of uranium that Arthur and Chen used to concoct one mini-missile, had already inflicted great damage to the Atoll bikini landmass.

That compares to the 164-kogram plutonium core and uranium core dropped on Nagasaki.

Arthur and Chen were silent for a long time. As if realizing that what they do is not something that must be made to play around or just channel fun and hobbies.

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Space Cyber Security Systems,

Jeffrey Van der Velden squinted his eyes with a frown. He felt he had failed to carry out his duties as Chief (head) of Cyber Security System which Astrogun has been very proud of.

The thirty-five-year-old German-Dutch man was agitated at the thought of what had just happened, so quickly and undetected. Someone or rather a dark program managed to disrupt Astrogun's high-level security system. Jeff calls it an 'entity'.

Once Jeff realizes and attempts to track him down, the entity can quickly control and condition Astrogun's chaotic security system, back to normal. Jeff and his team lost track.

"I've never found anything like this before. Maybe this is some kind of malware or SQL that appears from within Astrogun itself," muttered Jeff confused because he found no trace.

Malware, which stands for malicious software, is one of the most common cyber threats. This software was created to disrupt and even damage the system.

Structured Query Language (SQL) injection is a type of cyber attack that is carried out by inserting malicious code into a server that uses SQL. When infected, the server will release information that can be misused by hackers

Jeff has ordered the entire cyber security system staff to track and check into every program, company network data and all networks connected to Astrogun, but the results are nil.

Jeff looked to ten of his staff who were struggling to track down the perpetrators of the hack on their security systems. Since Astrogun's establishment this is the worst thing that has ever happened and hit Astrogun Corp's cyber security.

"He got in and messed up our security system so easily. Make the system into a total blank for a moment, then normalize it again not until one minute. Even we do not yet know what the purpose of this entity is and what has been taken away from us secretly. On which part we've been infected, we don't know" Jeff raved as he walked back and forth in front of the staff struggling in front of their supercomputer monitors.

It's a serious and very big deal for Jeff like a thief, the thief is still in your house but he's nowhere to be seen. It's hideous!

"I have to call Melinda Grays, she's the highest authority right now" Jeff said.

"Cyber warrior! continue with your work. Larry I give you control, I go out for a minute to talk about this with the highest authority" Jeff said, waving his hand and leaving.

" Okay Chief, we're gonna fight" Larry said with the volume up so that Jeff who stepped out could hear it.

"Thank you, kids!!" jeff shouted from outside the Cyber Security System.

Jeff headed for Melinda Grays room located on the third floor, right side by side with Chen Yuan's study.

Jeff took the phone from the pocket of his right pants, then contacted Melinda to her personal number.

Jeff waited for a while until Melinda picked up his call. Meilinda's voice was always serious.

"Hello Jeff, what's wrong?"

"There's something I have to say about the company's security. Can we talk about this in person?Now I'm in front of your room."

"Okay, come in."

"Biiiip.. Niiip..,"

Smartdoor room Melinda Grays open automatic.

Jeff closed the call line, then stepped into the neat Melinda Grays workspace with a girly feel.

"Good afternoon Mel G."

"Yep, good afternoon Jeff. Tell me your problem."

"Huffhhhh. So far I've never encountered a problem like this. Someone hacked and hacked Astrogun's security system and he did it very easily without being detected, that's the crux of the problem. I felt like an entity that emerged from within Astrogun himself, "Jeff made a point to Melinda Grays because she knew Melinda didn't like pleasantries.

"Jeff, do you suspect me?" melinda asked with a full-rounded netra behind her glasses.

Jeff gasped at Melinda's short, sharp speech. This woman is so hard to face, grunts her heart.

"Ho'ah.., Mel that's not what I meant. I'm sharing this with you because Chen isn't here. I know this is not your field, but as Chen's message goes, you are the ultimate authority as long as he and Mr. G's not here" said Jeff starting to feel bad.

"Hmm, right. Cyber is not my field. So let's be suspicious of people who are struggling with programming, networking and cyber security every day, because only they can easily access ASTROGUN Data System, " explained Melinda.

"Geez Mel G, are you asking me to suspect myself?! You're really outrageous" said Jeff in a high tone as his index finger pointed at Melinda's face with a slight indignation.

"Sssst...., listen to me!" Melinda stuck her pointy index finger to her own lips, "I agree with you that the culprit is our insider, but I'm not saying it's you" Melinda explained, easing the tension between her and Jeff.

"It's clear now, they're moving when Mr. G and Chen aren't in place. Surely they waited for this moment for a long time, "Continue Melinda with a face that stiffened while twirling the ballpoint on her finger.

"You're right Mel, I think so too. But who's this brave? Are those Lab guys, or one of the expert staff from the Secret Division?" jeff half whispered.

Melinda squinted her eyes, trying to think even harder."Haaah.., I can't think about it. I think only Chen can track him, you know he's used to the world of Cyber spy, Cyber threat, Cyber warrior, Cyber Securities. She is indeed amazing," Melinda exclaimed in excitement and despair.

"Mel G, can you talk now about this matter with Chen? Who knows if there's a lead from him for me and my team to solve this problem,"

"Truly can't, except those who contacted me. Oh my God, I just remembered!" screeched Melinda in a half-whispering choking voice.

"What's that?" jeff asked to close his ear to the lips of Melinda Grays who continued to talk half whispering.

"About thirty minutes ago I saw Socrates' smart robot walking down the corridor leading to the bunker, who activated it? I wanted to ask you this but I'm busy. As far as I know only the CEO activated it when he was here.Jeff I was scared," Melinda Grays whispered almost inaudibly.

"Hmm... , is that really it? did you not see wrong? "

"No, I didn't look wrong, I'm sure of it," Melinda insisted.

"Alright, then I should get all the cctv footage today. I hope there is no missing scene. Excuse me, Mel."

"Okay, let me know if there's a finding or something important, "

Jeff looked at Melinda for the last time then gave her thumbs up before exiting Melinda's room.

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