Chapter 007: Development

After a while, Kai's voice was heard.

"Boss, we have successfully entered the private server of this corporate consulting firm and we are erasing all our data!"

Nikolai nodded and continued eating his chocolate without any worries.

"It's done, boss, all our data has been erased and the hard drive has been overwritten with junk files, no one can restore this data!" After a while, Kai's voice sounded again.

"Good job, then continue learning and practicing attacks on those small websites."

"I'll give you three days, I need you to be able to access the servers of those big websites!" a cold light flashed in Nikolai's eyes, all the traces he left on those websites must be eliminated!

Also, online shopping records must be erased and disappear into oblivion, it's the only way to protect and survive.

...

X – Mansion.

"Sigh... god! I'm exhausted, the day I find that mutant I'll turn him into pork pulp!" said the wonder girl Katty.

"Mm... at least we know he doesn't have a dangerous ability, probably just a slight increase in intelligence or a small physical enhancement." Jean nodded, thinking about the situation of that unfortunate mutant who will have to suffer for controlling his ability.

"..."

"Ororo?" Kitty asked with her head tilted.

"I wouldn't be so sure, if he was just a weak mutant, he shouldn't escape the professor's search, not even Magneto can do it without that horrible helmet," she said, pointing to her head.

"Mm... now that you mention it..."

"Cough."

"Professor, is there any progress?" Storm asked.

Everyone looked up, they had been searching all over New York for weeks, and now they just wanted to finish this and get a good night's sleep.

Unfortunately, the professor shook his head. "No, it's as if an unknown force is protecting him, making him escape my search."

"Tch..." Scott.

"At first, it was just a small annoyance, but as time goes by, it becomes increasingly difficult to even get a trace of him, the only thing I can say is... that he's still in the country," he said resignedly.

"So, does that mean we won't be able to rescue him and bring him back?" Ororo asked sadly.

"That's right, Professor Munroe, but there's no need to worry, if he can escape the pursuit of all the X-Men, including myself, he's not in any danger at all," said the professor with a smile.

"Professor, does that mean we no longer have to keep wasting our time?" Scott asked visibly upset.

"...You could say that."

'Sigh... I just hope he's not a new Magneto...'

...

When Nikolai returned to the factory building three days later, the ten clones were already exhausted and about to faint.

They had visited too many websites while studying, and it was extremely exhausting for them to clean all the traces one by one.

Fortunately, as the number of hacked websites increased, they became more and more efficient and now had a large number of digital minions on the Internet.

Not only that, but three computers were placed in front of each one, which increased efficiency.

"Creator... Boss, we did it!" Kai shouted weakly and fainted.

During these three days, they only slept two hours a day and reduced grooming time to ten minutes, eating only chocolate bars in front of the computer.

They could only relax a bit after creating software capable of launching Spam attacks to break the Firewall of various websites at once.

"Very well, rest for now!" Nikolai nodded and allowed them to rest.

More than thirty days had passed since he awakened his ability, in these thirty days he not only learned everything he needed to learn in four years of high school, but also allowed him to learn many computer skills.

The only thing to regret is that he only has 100 thousand dollars left in his pocket.

After 4 hours, all the clones woke up again feeling clear and completely refreshed.

Nikolai had no mercy on them, he divided them into two groups and ordered them to start creating the virus and developing Blockchain technology.

...

Two days later ~

"Boss, we have a virus scheme, it will be distributed and hidden using advanced steganography and code obfuscation techniques, making it difficult to detect and track." Abel, responsible for the development of the computer virus, reported on the project's progress.

Nikolai nodded, satisfied. "Perfect, what else do we have?"

"In addition, the virus will use distribution methods such as phishing and spear phishing to maximize the infection rate."

"To stay under the radar, we have implemented payload encryption and polymorphism, each copy of the virus will have slightly different code, making it difficult to detect by antivirus signatures." Abel continued.

"We have ensured the virus's persistence through self-updating and redundancy. Even if some infection points are eliminated, others will remain operational, plus the command and control layer will use distributed servers with encrypted communications."

With a smile, Nikolai said. "This is excellent, what specific functions have been implemented?"

"The virus has data exfiltration capabilities, stealing credentials, financial information, and confidential documents.

It can also disable security software and firewalls."

"And lastly, the virus can turn infected systems into part of a botnet, allowing us to remotely control them and launch distributed attacks."

"Okay, it's only necessary to take control for a digital 'hijack,' as for the rest, don't worry too much, I just need it to be invulnerable." Nikolai said seriously.

"Yes, I'll also leave a backdoor for future uses." Abel added.

"That's a good idea, you can coordinate with Kai, it would be better if it could be strengthened with the antivirus."

"Boss, we have some complications with the current method in using blockchain technology." And speaking of the devil, Kai, who is responsible for actively following all projects, approached.

"Hm, what's the problem? Isn't it feasible to use blockchain technology?" Nikolai asked confused, this will be problematic.

Both walked towards the development team led by his third clone, Leo, meanwhile Kai explained the situation.

In summary, although the use of blockchain can effectively prevent tracking, if he decides to use cryptocurrencies, he will not be able to exchange to Fiat, or regular currency.

This is because no bank will be willing to exchange a cryptocurrency whose only value was given by a scam, not to mention that he would be directly linked to said scam.

Therefore, the use of cryptocurrencies is unfeasible.

"Hm..."

"Boss, don't worry too much, I already have a solution!" Suddenly, Leo, who is particularly lively and intelligent, spoke.

"Oh, what's the solution you found?"

"Hehe, well, if we can't use cryptocurrencies, then we can use the Blockchain directly," Leo began enthusiastically.

"We can make users send money directly and encrypt it using blocks like ghost ships."

"Ghost ships?" Nikolai raised an eyebrow, curious.

"Yes, exactly. Look, each transaction is divided into multiple blocks and distributed in the blockchain."

"Each block is like a ghost ship: it carries part of the treasure but is hidden among thousands of other blocks, each encrypted so it's impossible to track the origin or final destination of the transaction."

"Nikolai nodded slowly, starting to understand.

"So, instead of a cryptocurrency, we're just using the blockchain to hide and secure the transactions themselves."

"Exactly." Leo continued.

"We use advanced encryption techniques to ensure that only we can assemble the correct blocks and access the money."

"Additionally, we could use smart contracts to automate parts of the process, ensuring that transactions are executed only under specific conditions we set."

Kai: That could work, that way we avoid the problem of converting cryptocurrencies and minimize the risk of tracking."

"So, what do we need to implement this?" Nikolai asked, more confident.

Leo smiled. "We need to develop specific software to handle the creation and management of these ghost blocks.

Additionally, we need to establish a network of reliable nodes to help distribute and secure the blocks and thousands of bank accounts worldwide."

"Abel, can you take care of that?" Nikolai asked, addressing the clone in charge of the virus development.

"Of course, boss," Abel replied. "I'll coordinate with Leo to integrate this functionality into our system."

Nikolai felt relieved. "Very well, then let's get to work, fight for everyone's future!"