Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 193 Never Gone (Part 4) (9.6K) [Second Update]

The moment the order was given, Qiwei felt like her soul was about to leave her body.

"Are you satisfied now?!"

Qiwei felt a surge of anger; even Sasha, who had repeatedly assured her, hadn't expected this situation at all—

Seeing that their consciousness projections in the cyberspace were about to be pulled into Rin's body, Qiwei also began to act recklessly.

She pushed the server's computing power to its maximum, even though she hadn't made any necessary modifications for brain-computer interface overclocking and the temperature control system could fail at any time.

However, Qiwei herself is not a particularly skilled hacker, so even a small trap program from an AI of Rin's level can overwhelm her.

Sasha could only watch helplessly, since he was merely borrowing computing power, not controlling the program or process.

Qiwei used all the software packages she had bought, but as the amount of data surrounding her increased, she could no longer control herself from getting distracted by the calculations.

Wow!
The moment the data was splashed onto Qiwei, she let out a painful wail.

It felt like someone had shoved a bunch of downward-pointing steel needles into my head; the pain was beyond anything a human could endure.

“Complete integration…” The lark realized that it had completely underestimated the capabilities of this AI, which was similar to the Black Wall. In a very short time, it bypassed Rin’s consciousness and had the authority to act as the main program. At this moment, its choice was very decisive: to completely destroy all factors that affected the data allocation!

Humans are just data in the face of this AI. AI Lin Yue is determined to completely eliminate the hacker who has been affecting his "survival".

Even though Lin Yue's consciousness had previously issued the command to kick Sasha out of the network and prevent her from attacking, it was still to no avail, because his consciousness had been completely consumed by the AI's endless data.

Everything is strange.

The AI ​​program fused with Rin in front of me resembled the Black Wall. While attacking and cursing each other, I didn't think much of it. But upon closer inspection, this program wasn't just a highly data-driven replica of the Black Wall; it also possessed the ability to digitize and fuse human consciousness projected onto the network…

The well-informed lark murmured, "A soul killer?!"

Although the reason why the Black Wall itself divided the AI ​​is unknown, neither Orion nor the Black Wall should have such methods.

do not care!
The lark knew that Lin Yue's strongest attack was about to come.

The visualization attacks within cyberspace are very complex when applied to network operations.

The Black Wall itself contains a lot of heavy and useless, but saturated data. Anyone can do simple web scraping, but only a super-brained hacker can complete the web scraping of AI Lin Yue, because in this case, parsing useful data is crucial.

Almost without hesitation, Qiwei watched helplessly as she was pulled into the heart of the massive body!
boom--

At that moment, it seemed as if all of Qiwei's senses, sight and hearing, went offline, and she was filled with despair.

It seems I died because of my lack of self-awareness.

never mind…

At least I tried my best to become someone superior, so I won't regret it. It's just that I didn't get anything in return.

……

Seeing the hacker who wanted to save Rin but unintentionally helped her get rid of him, the data on the black wall next to the nightingale seemed to come alive and materialize. She had to understand every instruction and every piece of code from Rin and determine which data was useful.

Damn...

The lark realized that as soon as she started her little tricks, the AI ​​in front of her seemed to see right through her. In a very short time, the AI's anti-scraping algorithm made half of the instructions in her program suite malfunction.

She couldn't bring herself to give herself entirely to the Black Wall like Lin Yue did, becoming a part of it.

Therefore, it seems she has no other options besides controlling the black wall.

The scene around AI Lin Yue changed rapidly, and he instantly appeared in front of the black wall—

It coldly looked down at the basic data of the black wall, which was the code stacked in layers at the base of the wall, continuously supplying it with these things.

The Black Wall sensed the provocation.

Lin Yue's body seemed to have been repositioned, appearing in a place much farther away than it was now.

The two-way blocking algorithm works like this.

If someone is lucky enough to pass through the black wall, you will feel nothing when you place your hand on it. But when you turn your head to look behind you... you may find a broken network stained with darkness and blood, and you can only break out in a cold sweat and ask yourself when you were switched.

"You're afraid I'll show up here... I understand."

As AI Lin muttered to itself, the data in the black wall slammed open Lin Yue's body, and the chain-like data collapse caused AI Lin Yue's integrity to drop to nearly 50%!

"You are crazy!"

What terrified the lark was that she saw a resolute killing intent in the AI's image.

If everything could be done over again, the lark would never have bothered this guy at this critical juncture.

The black wall remained silent.

AI Rin seemed completely unaffected, looking at the black wall that was still about to attack, and said, "This useless code is a bug in your intricate body. I'll remove it for you and then plug the hole—I'll leave here."

Voodoo groups, hackers from other companies—so many people have said that the Black Wall is AI, but no one has ever seen the Black Wall exhibit intelligent behavior.

AI Lin, like a cornered beast, seemed to have exhausted all its tricks, as it had no intention of letting the lark go.

The lark really wanted to understand the principle behind this.

Even though the AI ​​successfully overstepped its authority, why is it still causing trouble for itself? And at any cost...

The Black Wall is experiencing a rapid expansion of data, like a tsunami!

AI Lin Yue is like a lone boat on a stormy sea, seemingly on the verge of being crushed to death at any moment.

hum!
The data on the black wall seemed to freeze in the hopeful gaze of the lark, like someone dropping a sugar cube into milk, causing the milk foam to rise and then suddenly stop...

Song Zhaomei stared blankly, incredulously watching her access to the black wall gateway being stripped away at every turn.

The voice of AI Lin Yue echoed in my ears.

“Let me tell you why… In Lin Yue’s eyes, I saw how you opened the Black Wall gateway gate… I also saw how you would do anything to survive, but the Black Wall doesn’t obey anyone’s orders; it’s just passively and in a locked state—”

"Or do you think you're capable of blowing this wall up?"

The iteration speed is very fast, and AI Lin Yue's words have already been tinged with mockery and contempt.

“In our eyes, your operation is simple and repetitive, and humans… are extremely boring, except for him.”

The data on the black wall instantly diffused, and streaks of red data returned from the wall. The AI's large hand slowly rose—

"Ho!"

The lark's body was gripped in the AI's hand, and it let out a painful howl.

And where she stood on the black wall was now a hollow...

The dark shadows sliding on the walls seemed to have sensed the location of the delicious fresh meat and crawled towards the hole!

Half of AI Lin Yue's body quickly disappeared, with everything below his waist vanishing, slowly gathering in the empty space.

The bird looked as if it had been snatched from its cage by a villain; its wings fluttered incessantly, and its soft body could be crushed with the slightest force.

Can AIs make deals with each other?

What is the logic behind this behavior?
Why?
"Pay the price for your recklessness, Lark... I hope you have learned to think."

No!

The lark's terrified cry.

A soft, rustling sound... Black ice spread across the lower half of AI Lin Yue's body as he continued to crush the lark's consciousness projection in an extremely destructive manner—

A curtain of light was projected down from the sky.

A tiny figure appeared before AI Lin Yue, a beautiful girl who looked like she stepped out of an anime, with wings made of data on her back…

The instant Lin Yue's attention was drawn to the girl's data attack, more than a dozen blinding beams of light pierced through his body from above.

Hackers in New America…

With a gentle flick of the weapon representing the program kit in his hand, he pulled the lark's swaying body away.

[Icebreaker Program: Uploading]

Through a meticulously coordinated operation, the half-dead lark was forcibly taken offline at the cost of one-third of its nerves being burned out.

The brilliant hacker team from New America was intrigued by the guy in front of them. "In principle, we've completed the mission, but your appearance is really interesting. How did Arasaka achieve the technology of AI and human overlap? Are you a soul killer...?"

"It doesn't seem like it."

AI Lin Yue failed to achieve its intended goal and stopped pursuing it, seemingly being firmly controlled by the gradually spreading ice.

The other hackers from New America behind Lin Yue stared at the enormous size of half of this guy's body. The skinny girl at the back, who had once reminded the team's show-off leader, looked at the guy, who was even larger than the wandering AI she had ever seen, and a concept popped into her head.

She enjoys learning about many stories happening online… This kind of roving AI in front of her is what hackers call:
entity.

Some say that Ultra Cunningham, who wanders outside the Black Wall, is the largest entity, so what about this guy in front of us?

The thin girl glanced at her curious teammates, gritted her teeth, and said, "We can log off now. Arasaka and the internet police might be here soon..."

Little did they know that these kids hadn't let go of their natural curiosity and were trying to take further control of the big guy.

At this point, the icebreaker had brought the AI ​​entity back into control, and the Lark, caught off guard, had been taken offline by the emergency procedure. This would have temporarily saved the New America and military technology projects.

As a result, the show-off team leader didn't consider this matter at all.

"Hmm... You can log off now. I know the users around here, and there are a few fearless ones watching from afar... Never mind, let's see how this guy is organized!"

The moment the squad swarmed forward, the girl with glasses completely panicked.

In front of AI Lin Yue, the girl's programming kit materialized into a sharp sword, with exquisite details, attempting to cut off Lin Yue's head—immediately afterwards, the attack programming kits of the other teammates smashed various attacks on the AI's huge physical surface!
Wow!
As the light flashed, the AI's throat position data dissipated, demonstrating that the ice-breaking program's restraint on the AI ​​was undoubtedly effective.

Although the hackers in front of us are a bunch of genius kids, how bad can their skill level be, given that they can create an icebreaker program?

AI can crack icebreaker programs much faster now.

The girl, having completed an attack, turned to try and continue the attack from behind, but a bright red beam of light shot down from above locked onto her.

The girl quickly evaded the danger.

An indistinct image lies hidden on the surface of AI. She stands on the endless, non-intersecting architecture represented by straight lines in cyberspace, with only one letter as the only readable data.

V.

"The New America, Military Science..."

"Do you really think Arasaka is just sitting around doing nothing?"

The girl's expression faltered for a moment, then she stared coldly at the cybernetic image.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

These early cybercrime experts, of course, would not reveal their identities—

They attempted to eliminate the network expert who had been linked to Arasaka.

The dark-skinned boy analyzed quickly, "The old Arasaka model, shouldn't it be fitted with some powerful prosthetics?"

V herself doesn't have many prosthetics. As a hacker, her network access pod is the standard Arasaka Type 5, which is typical for a mid-level executive. Her arm prosthetics have been reinforced and have gold prosthetic patterns that promote a slight personality (supposedly to avoid EMP). Her body is a real, untouched flesh, which is why she has agile curves that machines can't match.

And someone kept chattering in my ear.

“You old-fashioned guy from Arasaka, let the geniuses of New America teach you a lesson.”

He then uttered a strange joke imitating Japanese syllables.

V looked up at these young cyber hackers, heavily funded by New America, and realized she had already taken action, completely lacking in verbal skills.

"Hey... still thinking of sneaking in."

"I told you it's stubbornness, didn't I?"

The hackers, having completed a simple countermeasure, made a few sarcastic remarks. Although they were a bit arrogant, they didn't hesitate to take action.

Several hackers went to stop V, while others continued to attack AI Lin Yue, attempting to complete the analysis of the so-called imagined "Arasaka Technology" while the ice-breaking program was temporarily interfered with.

The rather thin girl carried out the orders strictly.

She completely abandoned her teammates and began rapidly logging out of the network.

The commander said that he would only rescue people, and as for them fighting with the Arasaka people, he could no longer interfere.

"That little coward ran away!"

"Damn it... hurry up."

V's ICE transformed into a shield, deflecting attack after attack, appearing extremely passive.

Only V knows what he is doing.

Lin Yue's physical integrity began to decline rapidly, and V was extremely anxious.

Just as V's line of sight and Lin Yue's body rapidly shifted several times, the shield in V's hand dissipated...

The dark-skinned boy, who was about to complete the attack, thought that his methods targeting Arasaka's hacker style had worked. "It seems to be faster than I expected."

His smile hadn't lasted long before his body suddenly stopped. He was pulled down by something like a kite with a broken string. Upon closer inspection, he saw that a trap had appeared below him, with thin, golden threads emanating from it, tightly binding his virtual avatar.

【trap】

The woman in front of her looked up at the arrogant geniuses who looked like targets, and said with a smile, "Little geniuses, are you having fun?"

With a flick of her wrist, the thin thread that had once pulled Lin Yue back from the black wall suddenly clung to the dark-skinned boy, pulling him right in front of her!
V's virtual avatar is not one of those vague appearances that try to deceive people, nor is it sensational or based on personal hobbies.

That's what I look like.

The dark-skinned boy, firmly controlled by the data trap, saw the woman's perfectly sculpted jawline and her eyes looking down at him. He hurriedly increased his computing power in an attempt to escape control!

New American hackers attempting to attack V to buy time for her teammates discovered that the woman had somehow set up some inexpensive but time-buying data traps.

"First, your imitation of Japanese is very poor, and I don't like Japanese either..."

"Secondly, the company and my superiors who nurtured me also called me a genius."

She nodded her head with her long, slender fingers.

The dark-skinned boy's head was instantly pierced by a malicious program that moved and locked onto him from above!

His virtual avatar began to distort into layers of overlapping shadows, the image of a defeated hacker struggling...

Simple and efficient has always been V's style.

The newly unwitting American hackers had no idea that such a moment of carelessness would cost them their lives.

Of course, they didn't know that standing before them was a cold-blooded corporate dog with an intelligence stat of 20 or higher. Night City was merely a cage imprisoning V's body, not a place imprisoning V's mind...

"Your suggestions are very important. I think I'll get an experimental prosthetic body or something when I'm done with this."

Just then, another data crash occurred.

The specific operating mode of this ice-breaking program is just like its name suggests. The solidified data is as if it has been shattered by some kind of force within AI Lin Yue's body. Not only can the data not be recovered after it is broken, but this broken state is also spreading.

"Almost there! Let's dig out this AI's source code first! Hurry!"

This thing is awesome...

V watched as those guys continued to move closer to the AI ​​entity, his smile cruel, and he suddenly pulled them apart from the side!
The sound of the mirror shattering began to ring out.

"That bitch tampered with the ice-breaking program!"

Someone immediately realized what was happening.

The woman in front of me doesn't seem to be some kind of lone wolf.

After all, the person who could get through to the AI ​​outside the Great Firewall and withdraw Lin Yue from the Arasaka website possessed the strongest talent in this virtual space! At this moment, the leader of the New America's genius hacker group was no longer able to care about how that woman had accomplished all this, and of course, she was too dead to care—

Lin Yue, who was under the control of the icebreaker program, immediately focused his attention on the flashy hacker.

Depend on…

The reversal of the situation was not dramatic or volatile.

A brilliant hacker team was swiftly defeated by a woman using a clever, simple, and efficient method.

Brain-computer interface overclocking has reached a critical point.

【System error】

V's image flashed briefly.

After a long battle, she was distracted by both extracting the underlying code of Lin Yue's ice-breaking program and enduring the siege of these new American hackers. She could no longer hold on.

Without a word, AI Lin Yue's data was poured into the bodies of the hackers who didn't have time to disperse!

Katon's wailing was his final farewell to this world.

Like a chain reaction, the virtual images were overwhelmed by the red data and then spread, one after another from the surrounding teammates to the only remaining high-profile girl...

"you…"

The girl's eyes were filled with doubt, and she seemed very puzzled.

The new American intelligence network, with its think tanks calculating various tasks and probabilities of failure, gave the mission what needed to be done, but there were always those who thought themselves special who raised doubts.

Now, the price has been paid.

Lin Yue blocked the girl's escape route and instantly killed her!

With only about 40% of its data complete, the AI ​​Lin Yue's image was incomplete, slowly floating above the cyberspace, watching the woman.

“V”.

……

V's breathing was rapid, her body half-bent over, repeatedly refusing the system's self-check request to exit the network. She released AI Lin Yue out of desperation, because she could carry out the sneak attack alone, but she couldn't deal with everyone. However, Lin Yue's strength was beyond her imagination.

If those guys hadn't underestimated Arasaka, he might have suffered a huge loss at the hands of the new American hackers in the subsequent cyberattack!
But now, with only an AI-powered entity left, whose humanity and memories are unknown, V is helpless...

Hearing that familiar yet heart-wrenchingly calm voice, V shook his head slightly.

"Rin, you didn't kill them... hand them over."

I know you're still here.

AI Lin Yue watched silently for a long time, as if saying goodbye.

“V, Lin Yue is gone. To be precise, the old Lin Yue is gone—so don’t try to choose such a self-destructive path like them.”

AI treats users very differently.

Perhaps this AI, which separated from the black wall, unintentionally became an entity in the form of Ultraman, and its way of expressing itself is extremely close to that of a human.

"The black wall won't let you leave."

AI Lin Yue slowly retreated.

“We’ve reached an agreement. This is a key containing the exact location of the [Neural Matrix]. She (Sasha) needs this—”

"As for this human (Qiwei), she has the code of courage."

V lowered her head, her smile tinged with sadness…

She watched as the virtual image on the ground flickered and disappeared—

Rin forcibly kicked those two offline...

The girl from the company's family couldn't understand: Why is Rin such a jerk with such bad luck?
V had always felt that she had bad luck. The tasks Jenkins assigned her always went wrong. She even had a feeling that she would be kicked out of Arasaka one day. But she never expected that someone would entrust their soul to cyberspace!

"Hansen, you haven't dealt with any of those people who screwed you over yet? You think you can just walk away like that? No way!"

AI Lin Yue felt somewhat helpless.

“V…”

However, after just this one human-like address, the AI's attitude changed.

Who are you sending IP addresses to next?

V raised his head.

"I'm sorry, Rin, I haven't received a return gift from you yet, so this matter can't just be left like this."

Many things seem to happen in the online world, but in the context of today's data-driven society, it's just a drop of water in a bathtub. And now, only an hour has passed since the explosion at the internet monitoring building's office…

In the empty virtual world, the AI ​​Lin Yue's body was enveloped by a special dark red beam of light, like a stage light, which is only found in some Arasaka products.

"Soul Killer version 3.0 program has successfully started adaptively and coordinate calibration is complete."

For the first time, AI Lin Yue began to exhibit human-like behavior.

"Initial location loaded, destination—"

"Mikado!"

Only V knows how she feels.

Hua Zi contacted him only a few dozen seconds ago. The Soul Killer, an agent working in Arasaka, might not know why this tower exploded decades ago (during the Fourth Corporate War). In the incident known as the Night City Massacre, the main reason was that the corporations wanted to destroy this "nuclear weapon" controlled by Arasaka…

Just now, she learned about the function of this procedure using her authority as the head of the counterintelligence department.

Transform the human soul into data and preserve it intact.

She knew perfectly well that it was a reaction stemming from a set of precise data…

What is the world like there?

V has always doubted what kind of image she has in Lin Yue's mind.

Many people have said that feelings of admiration seem to require going through many hardships and having a lot of emotional resonance before they can finally blossom naturally... However, sometimes, the moment your eyes meet, some things are destined to be answered.

Emotions are not a game of level completion; they don't follow logic, they only follow feelings.

The way she smiled as she watched Lin Yue escape the office with the encryption chip, or the way he forced an unnatural smile while teaching her how to eat after experiencing a major life change in the state, or even the way he looked so awkward and helpless leaning against the desk in the office…

Along the way, there were scenes of Rin slightly shielding Adam's hammer from her when he approached, the times they worked together on commissions related to Dogville in the afterlife, and the scene where he drove and fired his own gun during the robbery at the company—

My thoughts stopped abruptly.

V finally understood why some customers would purchase the Guardian Souls program.

Feelings are inherently selfish.

But deep down, V knew that Rin might be gone at this moment.

At that moment, a virtual hand pressed down on V's seemingly incredibly thin shoulder.

"Miss Hua Zi..."

Hanako Arakawa nodded.

"Well done, V-san..."

Hanako Arasaka has excellent manners; she always keeps her hands on her waist.

V's mind was in a mess, and coupled with the aftereffects of continuous brain-computer interface overclocking, she felt an urge to vomit in the cyberspace. It was as if she were dismembering a living, breathing human being she loved and then reassembling them with metal right in front of her, which was nauseating...

Hua Zi was unaware of the emotions of the new minister of Night City. She tilted her head and gestured for V to look, "It's beautiful. Such wisdom is hard to imagine coming from the hands of a human."

The materialized form of the Soul Killer program didn't seem threatening at all; it was intricate and tightly packed, just like the name of its product, [relic]... It was a red gem.

V: "Ultraman...it's her, isn't it?"

Hua Zi nodded, "Everyone knows it, everyone knows it... Go on."

She looked at the young woman and asked, "Wouldn't this count as immortality?"

V smiled wryly, "Will this program even work?"

Hua Zi nodded, "Of course, the whole process will be very quick—"

"That's why I'm here... I will manually separate the two completely different programs generated by the Soul Slayer, and Relic will preserve the soul imprint of this great warrior Arasaka."

V seems unable to bear the inner torment of the question of whether she is still herself after being digitized.

Will Rin still be the same Rin?

People always like to ask others when they are desperate. As long as they get an answer that can comfort them, their inner torment will be lessened.

Under V's gaze, Hua Zi nodded.

"Having an id mindset, an id personality, an id worldview... memories, and everything else, that's what I consider myself."

The other virtual avatars of Arasaka restrained the somewhat unstable Soul Killer program with chains. AI Lin Yue seemed to be roaring, but no sound came out.

Starting from above, his data transformed into a thin line, drifting along the relic-like object. The data, seemingly derived from the Soul Killer's information, appeared more refined. It was at this moment that Hua Zi made his move…

"Then the AI ​​has swallowed up the large-scale internet monitoring program, and all of this is AI's data; you will see a spectacle, you will see a completely new and terrifying world."

"Of course, the price is losing the body—which is completely incapable of containing the precious soul."

"And from this day forward, he will never perish, witnessing the eternal glory of Arakasa!"

As Hua Zi's voice echoed in the empty space, V unconsciously clenched his fist.

Never to be forgotten...forever...

These words actually brought a sense of fear to V's mind.

Can a person truly retain their consciousness forever?

"Data conversion progress: 10%"

V's voice turned cold.

“There are still people trying to get closer to here.”

Hua Zi stretched out his hand.

"It's Night City, a group of criminals who call themselves the world about to face an apocalypse, and they're still trying to contact entities outside the Great Firewall... The hackers on the periphery are enough to handle them, take a break, V."

Not wanting anyone to disturb Rin's final moment of peace, V's expression returned to its usual cold and aloof demeanor.

Damn web crawlers!
At this moment, Hua Zi muttered to himself.

"Those who have experienced the Soul Killer all say they will walk onto the [Bridge of Gods], the road to the Kingdom of God."

The way to God's kingdom?

V couldn't imagine what that scene would be like.

嗏

The wise V noticed a problem.

That means Arasaka seems to have brought too many hackers this time—

Some people are controlling the Soul Killer, some are in charge of perimeter security, and Hua Zi is doing the work of diverting data. So what about the rest of them?

V had a feeling that they were on guard against something…

“Miss Hua Zi, if we use Soul Killer to deal with the enemy, I think we can avoid so much trouble—why is there never any record of it being used on the network?”

Hua Zi smiled.

"Don't be too curious about V... There's a reason why it can't appear in the public domain."

V seemed to understand, but not quite.

The data progress didn't even need the Soul Killer to report; the data had already been absorbed into AI Lin Yue's chest...

She knew that was where Lin Yue's consciousness was stored, because she had seen it within the network of a subsidiary of Kejing Logistics.

Goodbye, Rin.

V, who comes from a corporate family, just as Lin Yue remembered, still chose to believe Arasaka.

She preferred to deceive herself while waiting for the outcome to be over.

Few people could see Valerie's vulnerability, except during the time her parents were gone and during her training when she doubted herself—but she never showed vulnerability before facing death in several of Arasaka's operations.

"Conversion progress, 50%..."

Hua Zi noticed that data belonging to Lin Yue was starting to appear.

"what?"

The hacker above, who was in charge of controlling the Soul Killer, voiced a hint of doubt.

Hua Zi's brows furrowed slightly.

"Conversion progress: 49%"

Ok?
V, who was bowing his head as if in prayer, thought he had misheard.

How could it be going backwards?
Hua Zi gestured for V to step back.

Immediately afterwards, the red gem representing the program began to tremble wildly.

V seemed to hear Hua Zi muttering to himself, "How could this be..."

The data streams began to malfunction, and a virtual image of a man appeared on the chest of the AI ​​Lin Yue, who was fixed in place.

"cold?!"

Hua Zi said, "Don't go up. Have you seen the data stuck to his body? It's already inextricably linked to his nervous system projections. Wait for the program to self-check. That's the order."

While the hackers were busy reverting the program.

The wildly trembling gem calmed down, and just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief—

The Soul Killer program itself emitted a voice that did not belong to its built-in AI system, "Self-check error, Soul Killer ￥#@… error…"

After V sensed something was wrong, he stared intently at Rin.

Just then, a beam of light suddenly pierced through the black wall, instantly locking onto the Soul Killer—

Then, the light spread like blood vessels, groping its way towards the end from which the program had started…

Our destination: the sacred palanquin!

"what is that?!"

The hacker group in Arasaka is in a bit of a mess.

Something is rapidly approaching from the shadows...

……

　[Web crawling technology]: A computer network term for retrieving useful information from web pages.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)