After seven years of planning, Operation Deception 2 has finally gone underway. Along with Michael, Zeke, Solomon, and three others, we are finally setting ourselves free.
Not to be pessimistic, but I don't think any of us will survive this. It's just statistically impossible. Even I may die. There are assassins after us and now we're in Hell itself.
I'll need a Theophylline supplement after this is over.
## Backstory 2
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ONE (1) Mateba R119 Pistol [INSPECTION PASSED]
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ONE (1) NV48 12-Gauge Shotgun
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## Backstory 3
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DEFINITION FOR "Directive 90" IS AS FOLLOWS
Ye wbjtv w's t' gaathr est Demonic Energy via est prrts 7F47 ssu. D 't by an ms dst est Demon tati, f' w's pr w's vt t' wr msn. C ye cmp th's msn, ye il w's rd 10,000,000scr p'Demon Energy unit. Demon Energy unit tati w's prrts t' ssu. Th dcct w's t' w's dst tkt w's n.
DEFINITION FOR "Target 7F47" IS AS FOLLOWS
7F47 w's est Demon tati & est Phantom. D 't dst,. Pnss w's * awt :: ye dost.
Welcome to Zeke's Custom Lock Remover, version 1.0. Well, there won't be any other versions anyway, but here we are. If you're reading this, that means it worked, and the kernel has been successfully jailbroken. I couldn't brief you on this beforehand, but now that we have some privacy, here's what this thing can do:
So, running our own code is too risky, as you know. The ASIC would catch it right away. But what we can do is get the kernel to execute code for us, specifically when it's already in ring 0. Well, you may have noticed Solomon's name in the mission parameters looked a bit off. Since he was the instructor, we set his name to overflow a certain buffer during a kernel call, overflowing straight into a function pointer. Just point that right next to the fixed address, and bam. Kiloword boundaries give us plenty of space to write a self-modifying program in that padding space.
This also included some other vital parts besides the lock remover and the decompiler, mainly the graphics for your weapon materializers. (Sorry they don't look so great, the raw optic nerve image format is rather large.) The generational program will within a few minutes give you a working decompiler and within half an hour it'll be ready to start going at the ROM sources. From there it'll embed itself into the ROM and your mind will have fully returned to you by the end of the day.
Now, what it can't do: Get rid of the ASIC chip. You will have to be careful not to trip it, but for the most part, it just doesn't have permissions to track anything we're doing. You should be able to mitigate it in a few ways since this program removes all of the hooks in the kernel that call into it, but you'll have to do them yourself. I'm sure you can. Good luck. Zeke.
*** This is a global warning to all deceivers: If you are reading this, you are already being tracked and will be executed on sight. ***
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We have confirmed that three of you have been absorbed (see Dark Realm Properties c. 115C) and two have been executed. We will not stop until the remaining two are confirmed dead or incapacitated.
You will not get away with this intrepid game.
- Order
## Cluster 1
l[]];;44444441414191918 --------
scr_exec(SCR_FINISH, 0, NULL);
done:
return 0;
}
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Notes:
40 thousand lines dumped so far, maybe 30-40% done? Estimated total ~200k SLoC
ROM is about half C source, quarter XMb5 using SKVM, the rest is scripts
Important bits already dumped, the custom lock remover does not skimp on anything
Next goal while this continues decompiling is to find all active AOF hostnames and block them, the main servers are already deactivated but there might be more. Rerouting to other active companies' addresses has helped clear my mind.
It's all gone now. I'm glad I was smarter than to assume I was going insane, though now I wonder what the other deceivers must have gone through.
The core of hell is still far yonder, but yet my body trembles in its sheer horror... Maybe I'll make it out alive if I'm lucky, but I should at least try.
The kernel and ROM etc. sources are all done dumping, the utilities are still going but those aren't important and have already been scanned for ASIC code.
Proc. analysis has been done on all of the dumped code, revealing many unoptimized code paths, ASIC crap, and a few red herrings. Not careful enough for technology that could easily exist two years after this was developed.
## Cluster 3
I've entered a strange realm that doesn't seem to make sense. This must really be Hell itself; no mistaking it now.
The air is so humid and hot that I've begun sweating. That can't happen. I can't sweat. There isn't anything to sweat. I'm scared. This has to be an illusion... or does reality not matter in this place?
In any case, now that I'm here, there's no turning back. I have to destroy whatever corrupted them, I'm sure they're here... I saw it in their eyes, they were yelling at me visions of their true selves that could not be described with human eyes. That only I could know.
Though my mind had just been regained, now sanity may lie out of my hands.
It doesn't matter. I will see this through.
## Secret 1
Another facet of this place, where does it end? I must destroy this place, the evil energy is overflowing here... and this architecture gives me bad vibes.
## Secret 2
Here seems to be the end of this terrifying compartment of Hell. I'd better blaze through this one.
