"We would get lost before, probably because we happened to encounter fluctuations in the dark web."
In the car, idle and bored, 136 they talked about the accident they encountered during this dive.
Their statement is similar to what Booker said before - the scenery at the depth 2 location should not be much different from the base reality.
Generally speaking, the physical laws simulated by the base construction will gradually fail until the depth is below 4, that is, entering the weak light zone or twilight zone.
Strictly speaking, the weapons and equipment they brought in were useful because they first pulled those malicious programs into the "base construction" operating environment, and then defeated them under their own rules.
But the deeper you dive, the worse the base construction will be. At that time, the only thing that can be relied on is the amount of data of the deep diver itself - that is, the degree of its digital transformation.
Except for those who reached an agreement with the AIs and were able to summon the AIs to fight for them at the cost of becoming their "steeds". Most of the abyss wanderers who can go to a certain depth to salvage technology are the adjusters of that depth.
Therefore, it is said that during the corporate war, the real war that destroyed 70% of the earth into "bad soil" in the basic reality was just the tip of the iceberg of the real cyber war.
The battle in the cyber domain is more than ten times more grand and tragic than the battle in reality.
Surrounding a limited port, spanning more than a dozen depths, and spanning countless quadrants, it is like an ancient mythical war.
The aftermath of its leakage was transmitted to the basic reality, causing the world to become what it is today.
"... I'm going too far. In short, look at the physics-defying shapes of the buildings around you. You must know that this is a company-level base construction program, and even this is not completely generated. Do you know what this means?"
Chinatsu Sakura asked, pointing to the building outside the window, and then pointing to the scar-like star marks in the sky.
Everyone shook their heads. Seeing this, Qianxia Ying sighed helplessly, and then patiently explained:
"The first deep diver, Jiang Zhou, was a fool. After uploading Janus to the old network, the first thing he perfected was to build a nearly indestructible base construction program - today's programmers only have some Exhaust gas has built today's World Wide Web...and today's companies use original products from that year when conducting deep-diving salvage operations. Do you understand the value of being able to destroy the substrate construction program?"
Jiang Zhou, who was driving the car, suddenly heard his name and couldn't help shaking his hands, causing the car to jolt.
Feeling the doubtful eyes behind him, he coughed lightly:
"Ahem... maybe you don't have to scold me as harshly as my mother."
"Then let's just fuck it. Anyway, it's definitely gone now..."
Chinatsu Sakura answered casually.
Okay, you can do whatever you want...
With a wry smile, Jiang Zhou didn't say anything more and focused on driving again.
"In other words, there must be some existence that has risen to this level, and then its data volume directly overflowed the data of the base construction program, so it finally appeared what it is today."
While speaking, the fluorescent butterfly tattoo happened to fly onto Qianxia Ying's cheek.
Several people in the carriage looked at each other in confusion. After a long while, Black Falcon-136 asked:
"So, does this have anything to do with us now?"
Chinatsu Sakura had a "defeated" expression on her face and couldn't help covering her face with one hand. And the butterfly tattoo was transferred from her face to her hands, waving its dim wings listlessly.
At this time, Jiang Zhou, who was holding the steering wheel tightly, spoke:
"What she means is that there may be more than just Deep 2 malicious programs wandering around in Depth 2. The thing that destroyed the company's base construction environment before, that is, knocked a hole in the sky, might still be there. It's hanging around. And if we come across it, we're dead."
Having said that, Jiang Zhou felt that he had no ill intentions towards him when he recalled the huge creature with countless tentacles that he had seen.
It's just that the difference in scale and level between the two sides is too huge, which causes the other party's mere existence to put itself into an extremely dangerous situation.
What he said before when he pretended to be a master in front of Booker was actually his true thoughts about that huge existence.
The stronger your own strength, the more fragile everything around you becomes.
No one can count how many fragile lives they inadvertently kill every day.
"Yes, that's what it means! Look at you, you are usually asked to study a lot but don't listen. You only know how to fight and kill. What's the use? In terms of understanding, you are not even as good as a caveman."
After listening to Jiang Zhou's speech, Qianxia Ying said this as she snapped her fingers.
"Chinatsu Sakura."
Regarding this, 136 blamed him seriously.
The latter made a "cut" sound, and then said angrily:
"Okay, okay, you are the only one here who knows how to be polite. Native, native, okay."
After finishing speaking, she was still mumbling complaints such as "Why haven't I seen you join the Low-tech People's Protection Association?"
Another Icarus member next to him couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and then he concluded:
"In other words, we should leave here as quickly as possible and float to the base reality... Well, it feels like we will all do this unless we come to this conclusion."
"more than."
Chinatsu Sakura said.
"The key is, if we see any abnormal phenomenon that does not meet the requirements of depth 2 on the way back, we must hide as far away as possible. There is a high probability that we will not be able to solve it - holy shit ?”
The sudden and violent braking interrupted Qianxia Ying's words. Since the adjustment was a specialization of intelligence and electronic warfare, and there was no enhancement of physical fitness, she almost lost her balance and was thrown out.
Fortunately, 136 on the side rushed over in time and grabbed her.
"Can you fucking drive?!"
Qianxia Ying, who almost lost her brains due to the drastic change in speed, angrily shook off the hand held by 136, and walked directly to the cab in three steps and two steps.
At this moment, Jiang Zhou looked at the scene in front of him and was so shocked that he didn't say a word for a long time.
"I'm asking you, if you can't drive, then...fuck you!"
Chinatsu Sakura, who originally planned to continue to get angry, was also shocked by the scene in front of her.
After a long while, Jiang Zhou finally asked:
"Does this count as what you just said, an abnormal phenomenon that does not meet the requirements of Depth 2?"
It was a rift.
A huge crack spanning an unknown distance lay in front of their destination.
You can't see the end when you look to the left, and you can't see the end when you look to the right.
Looking forward... it's like looking towards the distant horizon.
This crack complements the star mark in the sky.
It was as if the sky and the earth were split open together.
At the fracture end of the crack, there are countless fine green modeling grids, extending all the way to places beyond the reach of the eye.
And looking down, it was an abyss that looked like if you jumped, you would die on the way down.
This is probably the path that was opened when the previously unknown existence surfaced from a lower level?
Jiang Zhou thought.
Immediately, he glanced at the location of the next "breadcrumb" on the on-board computer.
Well, on the other side of this chasm.
"Then the question comes..."
After turning off the engine, Jiang Zhou put his hands on the steering wheel and turned around and asked:
"How should we get there?"
