Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 427 Collapse! [1 words]

As soon as the data probe indicated its status, Rin completed the lock-on analysis in an instant.

"Multiple disguised complex springboard nodes."

Rin's state when analyzing data was not due to in-depth learning, nor was it a matter of technical proficiency.

It's a way of thinking that's entirely instinctive and spontaneous, based on the fundamental principles of network design...

However, Lin Yue had no idea how he came to have this way of thinking. He simply absorbed knowledge of cyberspace like a sponge over the past two years, which resulted in his data deconstruction and manipulation abilities that were almost miraculous.

If he wanted to, he could never be seen as an "ordinary anonymous user" in the cyber network, but this ordinary user could still analyze and observe what he wanted.

Rin's tone began to show a hint of seriousness.

The Night Clan... had this debt back in NCX, but it wasn't a wise choice to go to war with a company that had been entrenched in Night City for so long. In recent years, Dreamers' cybersecurity department has been monitoring the Night Clan's movements all the time, and surprisingly, the company's network maintenance is extremely poor.

Now everything makes sense.

Based on the data performance, Ye's data operation logic is almost certainly suspected to be that of AI.

Lin Yue didn't believe that the AI ​​responsible for managing the Ye family's corporate system was contacting the Nightingale on its own. Instead, he thought that there must be other secrets hidden in the Ye family's data fortress, which seemed to have no defense against advanced hackers.

Amidst the surge of data, Lin Yue saw it.

That was the location of the Night Corporation's core internal network, and it was disguised extremely well.

If the entire Ye family's data fortress is like a basin constructed of steel, then the "data lake" in the middle, seemingly used to discard messy data and destroy enterprise operational data—

"Lucy."

"The data linked to the Lark doesn't fit the springboard logic; they should be helping the Lark control the AI ​​with its own personality... This company has even been to Washington."

As Lucy looked at the data Lin Yue presented to her, she couldn't keep up with Rin's intellectual dominance.

It's like a high-achieving student and an average student looking at a complex geometry problem together. The average student's thinking determines that they will only be concerned with why they are thinking about the problem in that way.

"Such a stable connection that transcends countless potential data congestion points does not rely on spontaneous online activity."

“If the Lark doesn’t accept the connection, then the Night family will never be able to contact her—unless they connect offline. The Lark’s IP address is in Washington, and even if she disguises it with a firewall, I can still find it.”

When asked how he feels now, Lin Yue feels confident.

Cyberspace, combined with his unparalleled intelligence, brought some clues to the surface. He glanced at the time; there were still more than eight hours until the likely time of change.

Rin completed in one hour the work that would normally require several days of tireless work by the Arasaka counterintelligence department to find, and there was no guarantee that she wouldn't be exposed during the process.

Perhaps they sensed the seriousness in Rin's tone.

"Shall we infiltrate?"

Rin: "Cheer up, be careful and patient."

Lucy nodded emphatically.

……

After Rin transmitted the current data to V, the two found the Night Clan's data fortress in the upper part of the chaotic public network area of ​​Night City.

Unlike the bizarre and flamboyant style of the lower levels, the data fortress of this mysterious company was not as dazzling as it appeared. Instead, the Night Clan was hidden in a deep network, much like a shadow, within the space that was divided from the company's data fortress, which resembled a corporate plaza.

Whatever you see.

The Night Clan's fortress itself is a smooth, massive, and multifaceted structure with a jet-black surface.

To the untrained eye, there are no seams on it; it appears as an absolute darkness that absorbs all network data.

Lucy wanted to investigate further, but Rin, who was hiding somewhere, seemed to be running out of patience and directly pointed out an area for Lucy to infiltrate.

The outer shell doesn't reveal anything; the danger lies around the data lake.

However, hackers who want to find something in Ye's data fortress can usually find it in this layer. No one would be foolish enough to actually go deep inside because the firewall of the inner layer of Ye's data fortress is very strange.

"Mr. Rin, it's...it's a devouring type ICE!"

This type of ICE is inherently flawed in its design, and large companies generally do not use it. Instead, it is used by criminal groups and the dark web.

Lin Yue looked at the dark shell that vaguely covered the data lake, as if its existence could absorb certain parts of the data turbulence, and even distort the surrounding data flow... The key was those turbulent areas with unpredictable changes and patterns.

If the data throughput of a devouring AI is too large, it may get out of control and even strip away the things and permissions that Ye Shi himself is trying to protect.

"Has the Ye family gone mad?"

Lucy murmured to herself.

Lin Yue watched all this. It seemed that Ye's research on software was beyond his imagination. This ICE was out of control, but it just wouldn't touch the data lake in the center, which was like a garbage dump.

"Honestly, it felt like a scene from a nightmare."

Lucy felt the howling of cyberspace. Although this feeling of isolation and loneliness was common for cyber hackers, she still felt somewhat powerless standing here.

"Without any access ports, there are absolutely no data gaps; it's a skirt-like encrypted cloud wrapped in a data isolation layer..."

“Using conventional methods will only strengthen him.”

Unconsciously, Lucy entered a learning state, just like when she followed Qiwei in Night City to learn how to adapt to the rules of street hacking. It was obvious that Rin's instructions to her belonged to the "playing" of a higher-level hacker.

For hackers seeking thrills in the cyber world, leaving messages on website portals is often a source of excitement.

This thrill stems from humanity's innate desire for challenge. Lucy simply wanted to see how this mysterious Mr. Rin would handle such a thing. Besides, his explanations were concise and to the point, much more straightforward than sharing experiences with peers in some encrypted IBS.

"The logic that runs internally in this ICE is data cyclic calibration."

“If you get confused by the complex appearances, this ICE can’t break through.”

Lucy's expression hardened.

"How could that be? Aren't cycling and devouring two extremes?"

Rin continued, "Every attempt to connect will be analyzed, learned, and imitated by ICE in real time until new targeted countermeasures are formed. This manifests as being devoured. You may think that the data has only become part of it, but you have overlooked the process of data annihilation and reorganization."

Lucy then realized what was happening.

"AI?!"

This is the only program capable of learning this skill.

"But isn't this inside the Great Firewall...? If this kind of aggressive AI gets out of control, what about internet surveillance—?"

Rin chuckled softly.

“Lucy, abandon your fearful mindset; the cyber surveillance lost its management authority over the company more than a decade ago, and everyone… is just maintaining appearances. Night City’s cyber surveillance lost this power during the previous Pacification Operation.”

"Since Night's AI is responsible for communicating with the Lark, why can't ICE be an AI?"

Lucy suddenly discovers the terrifying aspects of the online world.

She has always carefully distinguished between inside and outside the Great Firewall, but now it seems that the internet is just another form of outside the Great Firewall.

The company never cares about people's lives or deaths.

Lin Yue still didn't tell Lucy that the Night Clan might be controlled by AI.

Some psychological shocks only need to be experienced once.

While Lucy was still immersed in these fearful thoughts…

“Use yourself as a ‘probe,’ and I will use the data left behind by the lark as a key to simulate the waveform data of her thoughts to touch the surface of the fortress ICE.”

"During this process, it will identify you as a 'visitor' or a 'potential anomaly,' and you will be temporarily promoted (referring to an increase in network user privileges) to open an observation point. Your goal is simple: use the detailed nature of your data to penetrate the entry point."

“I will mark the area in the first buffer layer. I guess from the outside it looks like a live access scanner, and there may be a consciousness trap layer, because I can’t fabricate a real Night Clan employee to enter the data server center.”

Lucy gasped sharply.

The plan was far too crazy; few hackers would throw themselves into such a terrifying ICE system as a program. However, what left her no room for argument was that the plan was indeed feasible and technically sound.

But it must be said that this was a suicidal mission.

Using the signal of a simulated lark to lure someone, but this could be detected by the highest-level user of the data fortress.

In the end how to do?
At this moment, Lucy can only trust Rin—

Perhaps she had no other choice.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. If you accept the protection of the Dreamers and the Night City Arasaka branch, you'll have to pay the price.

As if not wanting to give herself time to hesitate, Lucy immediately launched herself like a probe towards the terrifying ICE. Data particles, seemingly from nowhere, began to gather around the girl, who was surrounded by silvery-white threads and looked like a dancing sprite, like fireflies in the sky.

Rin began adjusting the data; he wanted to use these tools to simulate a state remarkably similar to the residual data of the lark…

As the data began to solidify, the light emanating from Lucy turned crimson, sharp and cold; the trails of red and black data blocks scattering behind Lucy resembled a moth drawn to a flame, rushing headlong into the data black hole that existed everywhere in the data vortex.

As Lucy got closer, she realized with a panic that her program panel had frozen.

In other words, any cyberattack could take a heavy toll on her brain-computer interface—

She turned around instinctively.

Just as she was about to ask if this was normal, the Black Domain opened wide like a giant, awakened maw, and ICE began to operate.

Lucy was like a tiny, insignificant boat swaying precariously on a dark, turbulent sea…

Just as the instinctive cry was about to escape her throat, the data on Lucy's body responsible for camouflage came into play. ICE became calm almost instantly, and the data created ripples on the surface of still water like pebbles thrown into calm water.

"Huff, huff..."

Lucy breathed heavily atop the data fortress, her eyes fixed on the camouflage being deployed, a sense of peace washing over her as she regained control of her programmed weapon.

On the dark shell, a small, diamond-shaped hole suddenly lit up with a blue grid. These grids were the final, aggressive program that cut through consciousness; they appeared briefly and then disappeared...

port?!
"Got it! The port is here."

Rin didn't answer, and Lucy's cybernetic image was instantly pulled in by a suction force that appeared out of nowhere!
"Lucy, now show me your true skills."

When Rin said those words, Lucy had already appeared on the data buffer.

Lin Yue was certain that Lucy could handle the trap program on the consciousness buffer zone because he knew from his past life that Lucy could infiltrate Arasaka's ICE on her own in order to erase the prosthetic data of David's test subject, Anwestein.

In cybernetic networks, what are called trap programs can be referred to as consciousness prism corridors.

Lucy was standing in a circular room surrounded by corridors on all sides. All the corridors were furnished identically, and the place was filled with distorted mirrors; the geometric passages that defied the laws of physics formed a large, three-dimensional maze.

In addition, such trap programs sometimes include data retrieval traps, so that hackers can unknowingly fall into fabricated memory fragments.

Lucy could no longer hear Rin's voice.

Because she was standing inside, if Rin were to speak to let her know, the Ye family would also notice. She remained still on the ground for several tens of minutes without making any move. If a high-level hacker from the Ye family noticed this phenomenon, their primary task would be to escape.

Fortunately, the owner of this data fortress, Mr. Ye, was very confident, because no one would be foolish enough to cross the devouring ICE just to get closer to the data lake inside, where the probability of finding usable information or money extraction interfaces was extremely low.

If they're short on cash, hackers would rather tap into physical nodes left over from network surveillance to extract euros or cybernetic program components than seek thrills in a data fortress like Nightclub.

The memory fragments cannot trap Lucy, because the ICE in front of her cannot simulate the points that Lucy can sink into. Lucy's available data and high privileges are not something it can stop. What needs to be done now is to find and destroy the core of the consciousness corridor and find the data marked by Rin in a specific area.

There was no sound. Lucy stared at the distorted memories as the program suites surrounding her danced like monomolecules, then sliced ​​the mirror in two. Almost without stopping, Lucy would turn the next corner and lean against the wall to observe the situation in the corridor ahead.

Whether there are hackers patrolling inside the firewall is unknown. In addition, the subnet administrator will often be online for maintenance, and Lucy will be exposed no matter who she encounters.

Although Rin didn't say it, Lucy understood this principle on her own, so she took every step very carefully...

"Luckily, I made the right bet."

Lucy was relieved by her caution; there really was a monitor on that floor, and one who hadn't noticed the other users' intrusion…

Looking at the subnet hacker with his back to her, he seemed to be online, multitasking, because Lucy saw him browsing gossip in the side mirror. Slacking off at work is the dream of every office worker, and a company like Ye's with high welfare is no exception.

The unsuspecting hacker displayed a confused gesture, glancing down at his online avatar.

In the cyber network, every action is actually an instruction; it is the machine examining itself.

But by the time he saw the silver threads wrapped around his body, it was too late…

The data-constructed body was neatly cut into several large pieces, like a mango pudding, with various parts eerily suspended in the corridor, and then—

Bang.

A barely perceptible sound.

now.

In a hacker room of a certain facility, a man dressed in light blue customer service suddenly raised his chest as if something was about to burst out from behind several connected hacker chairs. Then, a puff of white smoke came from his head, and without any shouting, his body appeared in a strange posture like a withered tree... and then he died.

The enemy's brain has long since turned into a lump of charcoal.

Lucy repeated the process, eliminating the monitors near the core of the corridor one by one with remarkable speed.

When Lucy touched the core, she herself couldn't believe that she had executed the most beautiful hacking operation of her career under such a high-stress state.

For almost six months, Lucy, who had joined Arasaka, mostly assisted the department's hackers in carrying out cyberattacks or information gathering tasks. She was also responsible for writing documents to connect Dreamers with intelligence information. This was the first time she had single-handedly eliminated the hackers guarding the data fortress of another well-known company in Night City.

At the same time, all defenses within the Night Clan's data fortress have vanished. All Lucy needs to do now is follow Lin Yue's directions and immerse herself in the data lake. The scanned and questionable information will then be accurately retrieved.

only…

In contrast to Lucy's excited expression, Lin Yue remained very calm throughout, as if he were observing something.

It's somewhat illogical that a group whose most senior members are likely AI infiltrating humanity would only have a few ordinary subnet hackers as its internal measures. Judging from the data collected by Lucy, the blue AI data type seems somewhat similar to Ultraman, which Lin Yue is familiar with.

This is weird.

Could it be that the Night Clan's AIs are victims of the Soul Killer?
Lin Yue had never heard Ultraman mention this before.

However, AI's way of thinking must be very comprehensive, and Lin Yue knew that the Ye family definitely had their own plans.

After bypassing the necessary steps of the liveness detection scan for Lucy, Lin Yue watched her move to the target fan-shaped area and then looked around—

"Are you looking for me?"

It must be said that Lin Yue's understanding of AI's cunning is quite accurate.

Outside the black wall, some AIs even exhibit laziness in their aggressiveness, but their logic is extremely rigorous. Sometimes, an AI can perfectly package its own logical traps, requiring more than a month to slowly maneuver around it...

Lin Yue has experienced this scenario too many times, so much so that he now becomes extremely cautious whenever he senses that the enemy might be an AI.

But the most pressing thing right now is time, and Lin Yue has run out of patience.

"I'm sorry, Lucy, I'll have to make do with this."

Lucy didn't hear that.

Lin Yue began to try to get Lucy to react more actively to the deeper layers. Lucy, wrapped in a program suite in the ocean of data, immediately headed towards the designated point.

In a data fortress, the data of the lark is not necessarily the most sensitive.

The foundation of the Ye family's survival lies in its corporate management and financial data. Lin Yue was able to find these well-preserved data hidden beneath the surface of messy data. The reason he had Lucy touch them was to force her to reveal herself.

In some ways, this is an open conspiracy.

As Lucy's activities within the data lake grew increasingly large, as she extracted data and moved closer to the data lake's core, the situation Lin Yue had anticipated finally occurred.

Just as Lucy was feeling overly confident and even starting to relax because of Lin Yue's performance.

Lucy had just touched the edge of the core area of ​​the data lake when Night's Devouring ICE began to emit loud, high-frequency alarms.

Looking up in a panic, Lucy saw through the sea of ​​data and the countless stars that the dark light shield above was beginning to deform...

"Hold still."

As soon as Rin's voice came out, Lucy immediately abandoned the idea of ​​activating the program to locate and teleport, and instead stood still to observe the changes in ICE's status.

The other party didn't seem to be planning to let Lucy continue. Soon, Lucy saw the surrounding data begin to be sucked upwards by an uncontrollable force. The light shell, like paper being ignited, began to condense and became two long, worm-like giant objects formed from data.

Lucy was startled.

The previously stable disguise key was now exposed by ICE's self-calculation, which had been identified as an AI. The entire data fortress was like a kettle about to boil over, and the chaotic state of the data was out of control.

"boom!"

Lucy was startled by a voice and turned her head sharply.

The pitch-black polyhedral structure surrounding the entire data fortress began to crack with countless scarlet lines, and Lucy immediately thought of a very terrifying cyber network term.

[Deconstruction].

When a program fails to execute its intended goal smoothly, it usually freezes. However, if the program is a data fortress, it will face dismantling. In this state, hackers can be washed away by the data deluge at any time.

Lucy's face darkened, and all the threads on her body tightly wrapped around the massive data aggregate that had not yet been absorbed by the strange devouring program above.

The data was changing, sometimes like liquid, sometimes tearing at the points of light into a bizarre, spiked mass, like a two-dimensional diagram or a solid geometry. And... the changes were spreading, soon to affect Lucy as well.

"Rin... the protocol has started to be reverse-engineered! Someone... is trying to steal my privileges and treat me like data!"

Lucy's low growl was tinged with panic. The prism corridor above, which should have disappeared, began to sag downwards, its reflection appearing in countless virtual mirrors, showing Lucy's slightly pale face.

Wow!
Chains emerged from those things, and Lucy, unable to dodge in time, was soon bound tightly by these chains of unpredictable length, like a rice dumpling.

Precise positioning allowed ICE to complete its swallowing operation.

The other party's reaction may seem excessive, since there's no need to run over ants with a car, but such behavior is perfectly acceptable in the hacker world.

Regardless of the opponent's apparent strength, if they manage to access a hacker's private information, they will inevitably face a full-scale attack.

No one is foolish enough to hold back when core data is about to be accessed.

"Rumble!"

Above, the devouring ICE was perched in the data fortress that was about to collapse. Only then did Lucy realize that they were not two giant worms, but monsters that could devour each other from both ends!

Combat in cyberspace is tangible, but the larger the program's appearance, the higher its perceived danger...

For example, famous AI hunters have very large hunting programs, featuring various images such as starships and dragons.

When that thing raised its head, the worm's mouth, which had been transformed into substantial spikes by the data turbulence, contained something like fangs stacked in layers, capable of tearing any combination of data into fragments... At that moment, Lucy looked up at that thing, her pupils almost shrinking to their limit.

With each rise and fall of its head, a large amount of data residue would roll out from its bottomless mouth, much like a mutated monster in a movie, its mouth dripping with saliva as it stared menacingly at the tiny humans below.

"Got you."

At this moment, a cybernetic image appeared in the center of the worm's giant maw, like a ghost.

With his eyes lowered, only a blue light shimmered beneath his eyelids.

"And who is the one who simply guided you to the right path?"

"What a hassle..."

The worm's seemingly enormous body mysteriously teleported directly in front of Lucy the moment the mysterious cyber network figure finished speaking.

Lucy opened her mouth slightly, looking at the dense array of data fangs in front of her, her heart felt as if it were being squeezed tightly.

"You are the bait."

"Lucy."

"You should have left with the person who brought you here when you were in NCX."

Lucy's face began to contort in a grimace.

She knew who these people were; they were the ones who wanted to kill her and take the key.

"You will live forever in the cyber network, shedding your physical body and becoming an eternal existence."

His eerie blue eyes stared at Lucy.

"Physical survival is the lowest form of pleasure; the future of the world lies here, in our hands."

What a bright future!
Lucy didn't know why her fear was suddenly replaced by anger.

Suzuki nearly died after giving it his all, and he was drifting further and further away from his beautiful dream. Was all of this just because of the key to the Black Wall?

"That's a shame."

"Thanks to you, you bunch of inhuman, incompetent creatures, hiding in the gutter like rats."

Lucy laughed so hard she nearly fell over, her tone almost teasing, "You jerk..."

A slight sigh came from the man's electronic throat.

"Then why are the company's top executives, the company you now serve—Arasaka Saburo—so focused on pursuing procedural immortality? The world's largest entity created the Soul Killer, and the Black Wall is the divine power we can access. You are all subjects who have mastered divine power. We should be the changemakers of the world, turning the world into the Night City we envisioned."

"Lucy, but you're no use now."

At the same moment, the giant worm suddenly flashed forward, and Lucy, who was bound by chains, fell out from the gap in the chains with only half of her body remaining.

A horrifying chewing sound accompanied the squeezing of data particles from the worm's mouth; the aggressive AI seemed to be enjoying the most succulent data.

"So you guys kept your real core operations within Night City's public network..."

Looking down at the scene below, the hacker Ye slowly turned around, only to find an empty network void behind him.

At that moment, the Night Clan hacker, who had sensed a glimmer of information, witnessed a terrifying phenomenon.

The IP address of a certain "ordinary user" outside this group within the Ye Clan subnet was changing so rapidly that it was impossible to detect, let alone deduce any pattern...

"You finally showed up."

“Who are you? Rin… He’s not a hacking expert. He’s more like a game character who’s only gained experience points. We admire his strength, but not his intelligence.”

"Isn't cooperation good? Partners outside the wall."

Obviously.

Ye deduced from his hacking skills that the other party was not Rin, but rather mistook him for some AI program outside the black wall...

"Your use of this girl as bait is very clever, because we are indeed very interested in her, but it seems she doesn't have the key to the Black Wall, does she?"

The chains we just saw were actually a trap program that reads private information.

The key to the Black Wall on Lucy's body was not read, and she was "killed" immediately.

"I told you you guys are a bunch of stupid AIs."

Rin's voice, though calm, caused the Night Clan's fortress to tremble once more, even making the underlying agreements somewhat unstable...

"Ok?"

The Night Hackers realized something was wrong.

The so-called hacker consciousness in front of me—

He looked down at the chaotic data below. The shattered image was nowhere to be found, but the attack program verified a completely different person: a network administrator from the Night Clan of Night City.

The substitution of the prince by a cat demonstrates Lin Yue's terrifying level of control over information.

"When?"

The guy from the Night Clan isn't the type to lose his composure. Perhaps it's because he's an AI, but he rarely experiences emotional fluctuations.

Rin had no patience to explain the technical principles to the enemy.

"Buzz!"

The image of Lin Yue, appearing out of nowhere in cyberspace, was as tall as a data fortress…

Is this human?

Night Hacker's face began to darken.

"cold?"

He wanted to say it was impossible, but the Rin in front of him was not something that could be created by some sophisticated disguise program.

"A mere facade. Do you really think you can bury the Ye family's misdeeds and evidence by fracturing data?"

The appearance of this god-like cybernetic figure signifies that Rin does not intend for anything that sees or records this to exist.

The surrounding network area was already locked down, and many astute corporate hackers wanted to get closer. However, a vicious, wolf-like dog guarded the data boundary, no smaller than the programs in the cyber network that hunted AI…

With a single bite, he could tear a hole in the company's data fortress; many hackers who rushed forward and barely realized what was happening were swallowed whole by his gaping maw before they could even pull away…

Just as the Night hacker was trying to use ICE to attack the guy who was clearly capable of completely crushing him.

The entire public network of the lower Night City was instantly paralyzed!
The data dump suddenly collapsed, exposing a series of data chains linking to other locations…

"Washington, Europe..."

Lin Yue chuckled softly, "It seems you've made quite thorough preparations, haven't you?"

"What exactly are you?"

Rin, the hacker from the Night Clan, was naturally very familiar with him and could be called Mr. Blue Eyes, but he was also considered one of Mr. Blue Eyes.

How was the protocol rewritten?

The Night Clan's devouring ICE was now going out of control; its massive head, filled with fangs, was shaking violently, as if it were being manipulated...

Blue eyes saw the data being read below, but in the instant his consciousness shifted, Rin's hand suddenly pulled Lucy, who was covering her mouth and daring not to make a sound, out of the chaotic lake of data behind him.

"Well…"

To be honest, Lin Yue found the Ye family very interesting.

These AIs probably really think they're human; the moment his face darkened, it was clear he was about to curse, but he just held it in.

Lin Yue easily outmaneuvered this guy with his simple methods.

Lucy watched all this, but dared not utter a sound.

Before she was pulled out of the data lake, she was still thinking about how Rin would save her. As a result, this simple diversion of attention completely deprived the Night Clan of any cards in their hand.

What happened just now was a virtual brain-computer interface created by Lin Yue, a very simple method. The Ye family was driven to desperation by the step-by-step probing of the data core and never expected that someone would play such a game of network attack and defense.

"I'm sorry, Rin, I'm afraid I can't let you continue reading like this."

For some unknown reason, the data fortress began to rapidly disintegrate, with debris falling downwards, smashing the already dilapidated Night City public network to pieces, and even... causing many users who were still performing ordinary network activities inside to be burned alive before they could get out.

"I have mastered everything about your logic gates."

Lin Yue slowly looked down at his hands, and with a thud, his two pupils blazed with two completely different colors!

Blood red and deep blue.

Caught off guard, Ye Shilan stiffly turned his head, only to find a long-haired, enormous woman's body above him, her head raised as if by a deity…

"Otto Cunningham!"

Ye Shi had never been certain that the largest entity in the cyberspace had a close relationship with Rin. At this moment, Rin also made the choice of a predator, using all her strength against her prey.

"you want…?"

Ultraman's ethereal voice echoed all around.

"Then of course we should make them disappear."

"After all, I'm very afraid you'll report me..."

"And you seem to have almost caused the deaths of our people at NCX."

Suddenly, countless cracks began to appear on Rin's body. The pillars of light slowly supported the falling database, preventing more innocent people from dying in Night City.

The data lake behind the blue-eyed man began to rise rapidly, and Lin Yue's giant hand suddenly blocked it, as if a whole lake had been smashed down on him!
Behind him, Ultraman's hands were in a strange gesture, his fingers pointing upwards like a newly opened lotus flower.

"Like the twilight of the gods, evildoers proliferate, and deception and falsehood abound."

Otto seems to frequently recite poems in a style similar to that of ancient Greece.

Lin Yue was already used to Otto's way of doing things.

Lucy was stunned...

She had never seen anything so terrifying in the cyber world, this level of AI, network surveillance…

She then realized that the entire network area was as if it had been paralyzed, turning into the Ye family's "execution platform"!
"What exactly are you...?"

Lucy also had the same question, but she only dared to ask it in her mind.

The entire data fortress of the Night Clan roared, and ICE, whose permissions had just been tampered with by Lin Yue, seemed to be activated and began to counterattack against an enemy.

It seems the Ye family does have some talent.

Countless chains wrapped around the worm's body, and Lin Yue began to forcibly alter it, causing it to attack him.

At the same time, beams of light shooting down from above Ultraman relentlessly pursued the constantly flashing blue-eyed man.

Lin Yue's attention never left the blue-eyed man.

He wanted to know where the rest of the Ye family were...

[WARNING! An unknown error has occurred during program execution! The core of the main data fortress has collapsed!]

[Cause: Unknown. Detected...//Structural logic collapse]

[Status: Core data completely lost! Duplicate, core data... completely lost!!!]

The blue eyes were obscured by the high-speed dodges, and Lin Yue had no idea what the guy was up to next. The Devouring ICE in his hand was on the verge of collapse, its dark outer shell curling and vaporizing as if corroded by acid…

at the same time!

Rin began to forcibly decompress the data below that was disguised as a data dump.

The blue-eyed man, who was frantically dodging Ultraman's attacks, suddenly charged towards Lin Yue as if he didn't care about his life!

boom!
Suddenly, a blue storm cloud-like image appeared out of nowhere and pressed down on Lin Yue's online profile.

Meanwhile, in stark contrast, the projection of human state consciousness continues to move.

"Rin, don't let him get close to the core."

The moment Lin Yue decompressed the file, a massive amount of encrypted files exploded like a volcanic eruption, instantly throwing Mr. Blue Eyes away.

Lin Yue grabbed the interstate link in his hand. At the same time, the chaotic blue data (the blue-eyed AI itself) collided violently with Lin Yue. A large amount of data began to collapse, and countless data spores fell from the sky!

"You're not AI! What are you?!"

In the instant of the collision, the blue-eyed man finally understood what despair was.

Is that how humans should behave in cyberspace?

With the node exposed, Lin Yue discovered the secrets of Ye Shi, an extremely low-profile company, and its main subnet nodes.

With almost no warning, the vicious dogs behind Lin Yue charged straight toward the indicated location as if they had lost their minds!

"Damn it!"

Mr. Blue Eyes immediately got ready.

[Initiating data transfer//...]

Almost instantly, Lin Yue also realized it. Although he knew what the Ye family and the Lark had discussed, the other intelligence and data should also be very useful…

Pity.

Lin Yue slowly opened his hand.

His smile was like that of a demon, and the roaming AI saw what the real malicious program on the network was.

"If you want it, I won't keep it for you."

"I will find you, even in the deepest recesses of the internet."

Blue Eyes watched helplessly as this guy severed their connection with the lark.

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Lin Yue held the authority to self-destruct the Night Clan's fortress in his hands, and activated it under the hateful gaze of Mr. Blue Eyes...

Silence fell between the opening and closing of his palms.

The data fortress, like dust in cyberspace, began to tear apart under Lucy's gaze, as if some black hole-like substance was drawing in and destroying everything...

Collapse!

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(End of this chapter)