Aron and his family finally moved into their new house by the fourth week after their initial discussion that night.
After purchasing the house, Aron bought two cars for his family’s use.
His parents were overjoyed, knowing that they no longer had to worry about rent and other miscellaneous expenses.
Initially, when he showed the house to his parents, they asked him to consider buying a more affordable one, because this one was very expensive. However, Aron managed to convince them by telling them that he had chosen this house since it would provide an easier access for his younger brother to the better schools around here which eventually made them agree to his purchase.
The house was a spacious 6-bedroom property with a ground floor, an upper floor and a basement.
Currently, they were using only 3 rooms, one for his parents, one for him, and one for his younger brother, while the rest were reserved for guests and other purposes.
As for the basement, it became Aron’s personal space where he had planned to set up his home server.
Since normal servers were usually noisy and created too much heat, he needed to soundproof the entire basement. Also because they generated too much heat, he also had to install cooling systems for the entire basement and a vent that could redirect the heat away so that it doesn't make its way towards the living areas of the house.
But all those precautions were overkill since the server he bought was a very quiet one; it features dual Intel Xeon processors, with a terabyte of RAM and ten two-terabyte SAS hard drives in RAID 10 configuration for storage.
For those who aren’t able to understand this jargon, this basically means with this setup, he can run multiple virtual machines, host his own websites, and even set up his own cloud storage system. And with the 10-gigabit Ethernet network card and the Adaptec RAID controller, he was also capable of transferring data at lightning-fast speeds. It was similar to having his own personal data center right in his basement.
However, he will only be using it mainly for running BugZapper on multiple virtual machines simultaneously. He will be accessing all of this from his workroom which was upstairs by using the 10-gigabit ethernet network connection. Furthermore, he also ensured that his house had the fastest cable connection available at the time, which provided a d******d speed of up to 505 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 100 Mbps. ( for 2013 that was really fast.)
This meant that the setup allowed him to perform everything while he was conveniently sitting in his workroom.
….
After Aron and his family finally were done settling into their new house and ensuring that his brother went to the new school, they started to get used to their new life.
Aron decided to gift both his parents a million dollars each since he had asked them to quit their demanding jobs and enjoy their lives.
….
Approximately one month after his deal with F******k, after Aron finally finished handling a few minor issues, he finally had the time to start focusing on making more money using BugZapper. However, all that had to wait, before he finished jogging
DING!!!!
[Quest Complete]
[Rewards 100 SP]
[Total Available 29,600 SP]
Aron stopped running after finishing his quest, though he was tired, it wasn’t like the time when he started doing the quests for the first time, besides, he was now getting fit and had also started getting used to the system.
He was expecting for the system to upgrade the quest very soon.
….
Aron could be seen sitting in his workroom in front of his new computer, which was currently connected to his home server.
He started working for the first time in a while.
Since he upgraded his computer system to the latest specs, Aron could run multiple virtual machines at once, meaning that it enabled him to work on multiple programs at once.
So he started to investigate which social media companies he should check next. And since he had already investigated a few after which he chose F******k, after a thorough research he finally came to a conclusion as to which company he wanted to choose.
It was G****e and their products, this meant that he was going to take a look at its several sites including, YouTube, G****e+ and the G****e site itself. He planned to approach them at once in order to be able to sell his findings collectively for a high price.
After choosing his next victims, he fired up the programs in multiple virtual machines and patiently waited for the machine to do its magic.
And so, the waiting game thus began.
While the machine was doing its work, Aron took a break and went downstairs to play and spend time with his younger brother, Henry, since they were new in the area and he had managed to make a few friends in the neighborhood.
.....
Aron opened his eyes, waking up from his sleep due to the annoying alarm on the side of his bed.
He then felt someone squirm around him and after a short moment of adjustment, he remembered that it was his younger brother who had fallen asleep on his bed after watching a movie together the previous night.
Aron turned off the alarm, being careful so as not to wake his brother up before he headed to the bathroom to wash his face and prepare himself for his usual morning exercise routine.
After ten minutes of preparation, Aron headed out of the house and started his jogging session.
….
After he finished his morning exercise routine, Aron was surprised to find something peculiar than his normal quest notification as it was followed by a new notification.
DING!!!!
MILESTONE ACHIEVED !!!!
REWARD 10,000 SP
QUEST UPDATE
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DING !!!!!
NEW QUEST
[
{Daily quest: Ways to get stronger}
250 Push-ups (0/250)
250 Crunches (0/250)
250 Squat (0/250)
10 Kilometers Running (0/10)
(Rewards: 500 SP)
]
It was an upgrade of his daily quest, this time it also came with a significant increase in rewards, with a magnitude of 5 times greater than before.
This made Aron thrilled because it meant that the stronger he gets, the more substantial his rewards would become. Meaning that there might even come a time when he can earn 100,000 SPs each day with this daily quest, although he acknowledged that might even be challenging enough that he would need to run to the moon and back for that but who was to say that we can't have hope? Right?
So, at least there was a hope for greater rewards in the future.
....
After he returned home, Arone cleaned himself before having some breakfast and then heading back to his work room.
When he entered and started to check his computer to review how the process went, Aron realized that the process had been completed 3 hours ago, along with the completion of the writing of reports for the three apps as well.
Thus, he started to look through the three documents, however, this time, it took him a little longer since they were extremely lengthy. After approximately five hours, he finally managed to finish reading through all the files.
After his inspection, Aron discovered that although many of the critical security breaches of the G****e apps were nearly the same as F******k, in G****e there were some that were far more harmful if exploited negatively.
For example, there was a critical security breach that rendered any account’s security on G****e products almost obsolete.
Another critical breach granted him access to any person's Android device. So essentially, this meant that currently, he was no different than an admin of G****e, actually, maybe it was the opposite since he had more access than any administrators of G****e.
Aron continued to uncover more and more vulnerabilities which only kept getting worse, meaning that right now he could easily make G****e lose half of its market shares if he wanted to.
With such a leverage, Aron knew that he could demand a substantial sum from G****e, and also ensure that they would never consider causing harm to him or his family.
And since he had managed to find such a good exploit, it was time for him to put it to good use.
Thus, he started by accessing G****e's servers to gain get access to their email depository.
Once he managed to get access to them, he searched his professor's email and after he found it, he proceeded to initiate downloading all of his emails to his home server.
Given that his d******d speed was fast (500 mbps), it would take about 20 hours for him to complete the d******d and because he needed to make sure that no one was suspicious of what he was doing, he needed to make it appear that the emails he was d******ding acted just like normal emails being sent, so he set a limit on how many emails can be d******ded at once.
Although he was confident that won't be leaving behind any traces, downloading such a massive amount of data from a server meant that anyone looking at the server’s memory usage while this was happening could discover that a massive amount of data was being downloaded to somewhere they weren’t able to traceback.
However, after he completed downloading what he wanted, he planned to delete its history from the server’s memory, making sure that it seemed like he was never there.
And that is the reason why he had to limit the d******d amount at once.
And with that began the game of waiting, the anticipation of getting more information about how his professor planned for his fall also began rising in his mind.
But while the d******d was going on in the background, he started using this waiting time to do something that had the same importance or more.
So, he started using the breach he found in the Android to access the professor’s phone. Fortunately, he had the professor’s phone number with which he managed to find the phone in no time, the number was given to everyone in his class in order to contact him in case it was needed. Yet, no one ever contacted him using the number since he seldom responded to it, so it was useless to Aron until now.
After he gained access to the phone, he started d******ding everything he could from the phone as well, but this will have to take longer because he needed to make sure the d******d speed was slow enough so that the phone doesn't overheat or make the professor’s internet too slow, which would make the professor suspicious of his device.
He teaches computer engineering, so if he were to get suspicious, it was game over, he would just factory reset the phone completely just to free himself from doubts.
[59,600sp] That was the amount of SP that Aron had right now, and this was gained after the computer had completed checking for weaknesses in the 3 apps. ... 'I hope I can get all the answers when I'm done with this,' thought Aron while he was waiting for the emails and phone information to finish downloading. Thus, while he was still waiting for the d******d to complete, Aron decided to move to Apple's iOS. Opening one of his virtual machines, he started the app after selecting Apple’s iOS to be his next system to search. As the program started doing its things, he opened the system’s shop in order to prepare for his plan, so that he would know how much he needed to collect for his next project. When he went to the technology section, an endlessly long list appeared before his eyes. [SHOP] Quantum Computing Artificial General Intelligence Fusion Energy Nanotechnology Universal Printer Space Elevators Anti-Aging Technology Bioprinting Terraforming Force Fields Quantu
Have you ever been in a situation where you got so angry that you strangely became calm, that was the situation Aron found himself in. And this peculiarity was caused by what was before his eyes and he was currently reading. Secretary: Are you okay? Professor: No, I'm not. That kid destroyed my shining moment. Secretary: So, are you not going to solve it and present it again? Professor: No, I can't do it now because my wife will need to invite those people again in a short time and this will make them annoyed by me. Secretary: So what's your plan next? Professor:..... ….. …. …. Secretary: You said that was the only way for you to be accepted into her family. Professor: I will need to find another way for that. Secretary: Which is? Professor: It’s not important right now. But first, I need to deal with that student who fucked my great moment. Secretary: Oooh... So what are going to do with him Professor: I looked at his university information and it seems that he is graduati
A week after the deal with F******k. In Bluffdale, Utah. The NSA's Data Center is located here, which was also one of the agency's newest and largest data centres. In the Meeting room. "So, what is the meeting about? It better be important, because I was preparing for another meeting with Mr. President to explain in more detail about what sort of harm that traitor Snowden did. This better be important, or else I'm sending you to the Office of the Inspector General," said the head of the Special Source Operations Directorate Teresa H. Shea in frustration. She was still stressed regarding the betrayal of the former government contractor, Edward Snowden. She had to visit the White House for like three times in this week just to explain the FUCKING SAME THING, AGAIN AND AGAIN, for fucksake. "Ma’am, there seems to be a great decrease in the amount of data that is being received from the social media site," replied the presenter hastily, not to make her angrier. "What? Explain in det
Although the Golden liquid wasn't active, it slowly continued to strengthen every single part it passed through. This meant that every part of his body was being strengthened since the golden vessels ran parallel to all the blood vessels when they were being created. The first changes were being carried on in the brain, as the first stream of golden liquid started arriving. Subsequently, this was followed by every other organ, every time the liquid circulated through the body, these organs underwent some changes. Although the changes were minuscule, they would be accumulating over time until his body was strong enough to be able to handle it when it was time for the activation of the golden liquid. But that was a matter for later. ..... Next morning. By the time Aron woke up, it was already morning. This meant that he had been asleep for more than 15 hours. But surprisingly, he didn't feel the heaviness one would be feeling after sleeping for such a long time. Contrary to that,
After Aron finished making the program for subscription, he was reminded that this new version of BugZapper would also need someone to oversee it. This realisation led him to think that he needed to establish a company if he wanted to manage the software in his place. This would also help him generate SPs, still, it will not be a very good amount. Aron had learned it the hard way after he tried to earn enough SPs to buy the programming language. As the app count increased, the SP he was earning continued to diminish. After he had scanned through the tenth app for vulnerabilities, the number of SPs gained dropped by half and after the twentieth, it continued dropping by half of the SPs he had got from the eleventh to nineteenth scan. From this, he hypothesized that this would continue until he would only be earning 1 SP with every scan. Although it may seem modest, how many websites do you think exist in the current world? This means that although the amount of SP earned will be smal
A week before Aron received his payments.While the payments will arrive a week later the negotiations were completed two weeks ago, so almost all the companies spent a week at maximum to patch their weaknesses in their programs.This means that it has been a week since someone's normal day to day life has been messed up.…..Bluffdale, UtahThe NSA's Utah Data CenterThis week has been like hell to those who are working here, because one after another almost 17 data collection points have been blocked. This meant that they completely lost access to almost all social media sites.This wasn't good, because some departments are sorely there to collect and analyze data from these sites. This meant that they lost almost their whole functionality in a span of a month.This all started by the loss of access to Facebook's data, and while they were trying to solve one, another seventeen rose beside it....NSA Conference RoomEveryone in the department of Special Source Operations Directorate
While Aron was waiting for his lawyer to finish the process of founding the company he had already convinced Sarah to be his companies CEO. She agreed immediately after Aron showed an example by using the app to vulnerability check Fanbase.com website, after the results came he hacked the site and managed to get admin access by following all the steps that were showed by the app's subscription version. .... When Sarah saw what the app can do the gear's in her head were turning like jet engines, Although she was not an engineer, she knew the importance of cyber security better than anyone because in the past she suffered hell when she messed with Aron and he decided to mess with her, that became a good lesson to her and she started taking Aron's advice seriously when it came to cyber security. "How will you verify if the user is the owner of the site or just malicious user" She asked after spending about 30 seconds of thinking. "Yeah you are right, if anyone can use it they can us
Bluffdale, UtahAlthough the new NSA data center her was online but not all servers where used for the same purpose. Nearly half the data center was being used to test new program before they are approved for the NSA use.Today the all the servers that where usually being used for testing new programs was fully booked for the whole of the next month.The reason they booked it for the whole month is because they needed to fully make sure the program the will be testing be safe and harmless to their overall system.Noah entered a room full of people in front of computers waiting for him with a hard drive on his hand. This room was directly connected to the servers that is used for testing. The hard drive had the program that is to be tested.After he sat on his chair he took the hard drive and inserted it to the port and transferred the program to the server.The moment it finished copying he removed it and put it aside to make if a problem happened to their servers they had something t
“Seraphina,” Aron began, his voice steady but carrying an undercurrent of authority, “I’m not your enemy—unless you choose to make me one. I understand your anger, your frustration. You’ve lost control of a situation you believed was firmly under your command. But this predicament wasn’t my doing—you’re here because your leader chose to sacrifice you. What I’m offering you isn’t a chain—it’s an opportunity.”Her sharp eyes narrowed, the intensity of her gaze unwavering, but she held her silence. Aron leaned forward, his own gaze unrelenting as it met hers.“You can continue resisting, pushing the boundaries of the mana oath, and enduring needless pain. Or…” He paused, letting the words linger like a challenge. “You can choose to turn this situation into one that serves us both. Your strength, your insight—these are not things I wish to suppress. Quite the opposite. I want them refined, amplified, and put to meaningful use.”He motioned toward the table, where Nova was still doing fina
[Colosseum]Aron and Seraphina stood motionless, maintaining the same distance as at the start of their faceoff. Neither had moved, even during the spectacular fireworks show that followed Aron’s acceptance of her surrender. The only exception was Aron briefly waving to the citizens of his empire watching the broadcast, many of whom were overcome with emotion, crying in celebration of their historic victory. This event marked the first-ever interstellar combat they had participated in, and despite their lack of experience, they emerged as the sole victors.As cheers of triumph reverberated among his people and the disbelief of others lingered, the broadcast concluded. The moment Aron secured his final victory, the Arena itself was officially handed over to him as part of his reward, along with control of the AI referee. Without hesitation, the AI complied with her new owner’s first command: to end the broadcast. Aron had more pressing matters to attend to—a private conversation with a
[Meeting Room]Inside the Zelvora mental network, an oppressive silence hung over the gathered representatives around the meeting table. The events of the day had left them all stunned, their minds racing with the implications of what had transpired. These were not just any representatives—they were the ones who had signed off on the agreements, the architects of their civilizations’ participation in this contest.Now, they were confronted with the brutal outcome of their decisions.Many representatives sat deep in thought, their faces betraying various degrees of fear, frustration, and resignation. Those who hailed from civilizations steeped in selfish political traditions knew all too well the grim truth: scapegoats would be needed. Someone would have to bear the brunt of the blame for the humiliation, anger, and setbacks their civilizations had suffered.For many of them, the path forward seemed bleak. In the best-case scenario, they might lose their positions, exiled from the corr
To say Aron was surprised would be the understatement of the gigaannum. The announcement had obliterated every scenario he had meticulously crafted in his mind. In all his time spent in simulations, preparing for countless contingencies, not once had he considered the possibility of the Xor’Vaks surrendering—least of all without a fight.Their pride in their strength was legendary, surpassing even the vaunted arrogance of the Valthorins. For a race that reveled in their dominance, surrendering, especially on such a grand stage, was unthinkable. This sudden reversal of expectations hit him with such force that he could practically feel the metaphorical veins in his temple throbbing from the sheer shock of it all.The audience’s collective astonishment mirrored his own, but none felt it as acutely as Aron, whose carefully laid strategies now seemed almost laughably over-prepared in the face of this unanticipated twist.The largest part of Aron's shock wasn’t just the surrender itself bu
The minutes passed quickly for the viewers, their eyes glued to Aron as he sat unmoving in the same meditative position for over fifteen minutes. Speculation ran rampant on both sides, fueled by curiosity and tension.For those in the Empire, the consensus was that Aron was in VR, likely meeting with family or key figures. Many debated who he might be speaking with, guessing that he was either calming worried loved ones or strategizing for the next fight.On the other hand, viewers from the Astral Conclave harbored a mix of anxiety and intrigue. They questioned whether Aron was recuperating in preparation for the upcoming battle, enhancing his focus and mental clarity, or if his recovery from the previous fight was incomplete and he was still in the process of healing.But their speculations ceased to matter as Aron opened his eyes with five minutes remaining in the waiting period. Calm and deliberate, he removed the glasses from his head, placing them back into their container. His n
The moment the fight was officially declared over, Nova acted without hesitation. She immediately dispatched the collector ship, equipped with a medipod, to retrieve the Trinarian fighter's body. Simultaneously, she ensured Aron could rearm himself with a fresh set of nanomachines. For the first time, this process was being done openly, marking a significant shift.Previously, nanomachines had been classified technology, their existence kept strictly under wraps. However, that secrecy had been unintentionally broken when Nova used them to cover Aron’s exposed body during a critical moment, prioritizing his dignity over confidentiality. As a result, while the technology remained shrouded in mystery, its existence was now officially acknowledged, albeit without disclosing any further details.Aron retrieved a small canister from the ship and opened it, revealing a liquid-like substance inside. Pouring it onto his hand, the substance behaved unnaturally, defying gravity as it began to sp
"Him alive is better than dead, right? I can use his live brain data to study how they use their spatial abilities—it might even help accelerate my plans if things go as intended," Aron said as he stood over the fainting Trinarian fighter.{True, having him alive presents opportunities. But dead men cause no problems, while the living carry infinite potential for chaos—especially one like him. If our spatial lockdown isn’t enough to fully contain his abilities, he could use them long enough to cause catastrophic damage, even if it means enduring the backlash,} Nova replied, her tone laced with caution. She wanted to ensure Aron was fully aware of the risks he was inviting by sparing the fighter's life.Usually, Nova would have been in favor of keeping him alive—it meant more data for her to process, analyze, and extrapolate from. But spatial ability users were in a league of their own when it came to danger. Even a dead one would yield enough data to at least satisfy her curiosity for
“Nova,” Aron called out in his mind the moment his eyes snapped open, rapidly collecting information and orienting himself, realizing he had finally left the enigmatic place the system had sent him.“Nova,” he called again, this time aloud, his voice carrying a commanding weight as it echoed faintly in the arena. Receiving no response to his first call, his sharp gaze shifted to his surroundings. It didn’t take long for him to notice his current state—nearly naked, save for the swarm of nanomachines that had begun assembling around him.{The system had ejected me, sir,} Nova’s voice finally came through, calm but slightly delayed as the nanomachines completed their task. They prioritized covering his lower body, forming a sleek pair of trousers, as there weren’t enough surviving nanomachines to reconstruct full armor. His chiseled upper body remained exposed, glistening under the lights of the Colosseum, much to the awe and unease of the spectators.Nova’s pragmatic choice left Aron l
Following Nova's orders and the AI referee's approval, the mana stone carriers swiftly began moving toward the Colosseum. As the first ship arrived and entered, it wasted no time, promptly unloading its entire cargo of mana stones before departing to make way for the next carrier to do the same. The process was conducted with remarkable efficiency, ensuring a steady flow of mana stones into the Colosseum without any unnecessary delays.The process continued as over fifty ships unloaded their cargo of mana stones, an act many from the Conclave viewed as both excessive and wasteful. With each successive ship, the pain of the Conclave's viewers grew, particularly when the fifth ship alone had already matched the quantity of mana stones used during the Colosseum's initial construction. Yet, they didn’t stop there; instead, they went on to unload ten times that amount, as if mana stones were an endless resource, leaving the Conclave citizens bewildered and horrified by such apparent extra