NO.009f: Broken City

Style: Science Author: sevenfold bodyWords: 2764Update Time: 24/01/11 22:33:41
"Deep dive interface? What on earth are you talking about?"

The leader of the hacker group was the first to express doubts.

In response, Liao Qi took a long breath and said:

"Their deaths prove something...the multi-purpose printer in Theseus Freight Company, in addition to being a multi-purpose printer, it is also a deep-diving interface."

The so-called deep dive interface is a special kind of universal printer.

This is the conclusion he came to.

Liao Qi turned around as he spoke, his eyes scanning everyone present.

"In other words, the Icarus Liberation Front will soon get our own deep-diving interface!"

He raised his voice, trying to sound as encouraging as the news itself.

In this era of intertwined advancement and barbarism, if we only start from the perspective of potential, we can roughly divide the forces other than super corporations into three levels.

Without a multi-purpose printer and deep dive interface, they are only third-rate thugs.

A second-rate force with a multi-purpose printer and certain hematopoiesis capabilities.

And, a first-class force with both a multi-purpose printer and a deep-diving interface.

Now, the Icarus Liberation Front is about to get its own deep-diving interface - capable of deep-diving salvage and printing on its own. This will not only increase the height that they can theoretically achieve in the future by ten times?

Even so... they died because of my command.

After saying these words, Liao Qi thought to himself.

He forced himself to maintain a morale-boosting appearance, but at this moment, the emotions belonging to Liao Qi were gnawing at his emotions.

He knew every person who died. They were the same as those who died in the organization in the past. They were all his unrelated family members and close friends; they had all been happy and sad together.

Memories of the past emerged in his mind uncontrollably, and his mood did not become better at the moment.

It's just that at the moment, the situation doesn't leave him much time to be sentimental.

Now, he must immediately remind Booker that he cannot continue to let the universal printer/deep dive interface continue to open the way to the abyssal dark web.

But, what method can I use to inform Booker now?

At this moment, Booker is in the "Theseus Warehouse", and the signal is still silent.

Now that I can't even use the "Mandala" password, is there any way to notify Booker who I don't even know where he is?

The answer is yes.

Liao Qi, who was in the basic reality, couldn't notice, but Jiang Zhou, who was in the abyss and dark web, could think of a way.

At this moment, Jiang Zhou, who was traveling with Christie and was about to leave the Narcissus Plain, saw Booker Erwin's name light up on his interface.

This means that he is now connected to the Abyss Dark Web.

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This is impossible!

Faced with the sudden information he received, Booker froze on the spot for a moment.

Have you been discovered?

But how is this possible?

While sneaking, he had completely entered a state of information silence. In theory, he shouldn't receive any messages.

Not only that, as an adjustment and transformation of Depth 4, is the light quantum invisibility effect of "Hyena's Arms" so easy to see through?

Booker did not act rashly, but stopped and observed carefully.

The celestial globe floating at the same height as himself seemed to be in confrontation with himself, hovering motionless. The five blue rings made of crystal-like material are slowly rotating like the rings of Saturn. That unhurried look released invisible pressure.

On the other hand, what makes Booker very strange is that the drone array of Theseus Cargo Company is still trying in vain to intercept the multi-purpose printer module that is flying away - whether it is for this "celestial globe" , or for the fact that he was in a stealth state, the drone array all turned a blind eye.

The external loops that assist tactical analysis are spinning wildly at this moment. They constantly propose new tactical plans based on existing information, but then reject them immediately.

There is just too much unknown information.

The "celestial globe" that suddenly appeared in front of me was too mysterious no matter how you looked at it.

Able to send warnings to oneself when the signal is silent, able to instantly see through one's disguise, instantly scan one's upgrade path and adjust depth...

Moreover, before the magician took action, they visited the location many times to investigate. I haven't even found out that such a thing exists...

Even though he has now taken back the depth 4 weapons, Booker still feels a little unsure when facing such a mysterious existence whose strength is completely unknown.

He couldn't even see what kind of weapons this "celestial globe" would carry - a structure composed of five blue concentric crystal rings, like a celestial globe. Can such an abstract shape really exist in basic reality?

This shape is more suitable for appearing in a fantasy-themed game. Compared with an autonomous machine, it looks more like a malicious program in the abyss and dark web... right?

In a flash of lightning, Booker thought of a possibility.

If that's the case, then it all makes sense...

The thing that appeared in front of him was not an entity, but had hacked into his own defense program.

The time to hack him was...when he was connected to the multi-purpose printer.

And this is why, right now, the signal is clearly in a silent state, and the other party can still send information to itself without being physically invaded.

Because it had implanted a malicious program into its brain-computer interface when it was printing - it was "local".

And this can also explain why it can instantly know its upgrade path and adjustment depth.

Thinking of this, Booker carefully recalled the message sent by the other party:

[Ascended person who detected Perseus' path, non-accessible object, threat level 4, non-accessible object]

[Warning, it has been detected that you have activated Coffin, please stop Coffin running immediately and hand over the startup permission]

[Otherwise, the defense system will be activated and the clearance authority will be obtained]

The other party didn't mention anything about "Theseus Freight", but only asked him to stop starting the multi-purpose printer and hand over the printer's startup permission.

In other words... this "Celestial Globe" is not the security procedure of "Theseus Freight Company".

It's this multi-purpose printer that comes with its own defense program.

It's just...what's the use of figuring it out?

Booker thought helplessly as he looked at the "planetarium" that was gradually approaching him.

He is not a hacker, and his ability in information warfare offense and defense relies entirely on the performance of the pre-installed firewall to protect himself.

But now, because the firewall needs to be "manually" turned off when starting the multi-purpose printer to prevent errors, the other party should have taken advantage of that opportunity to easily hack into his own prosthetic body.

Facing this kind of non-physical enemy, what can you do? Is it possible that I can still use the performance of my biological brain to fight against those hacked plug-ins in my body?

It was completely unexpected that "Operation Magician" would fail for such unexpected reasons.

Booker lamented.

Not only is one gram of antimatter wasted. Maybe he will be exposed because of this, and even his own life will be involved - after all, his life is completely in the hands of the other party at the moment.

Just when he hesitated desperately and was about to hand over the printing permission he had just obtained not long ago, a vision suddenly happened.

In almost the blink of an eye, the surrounding scene had undergone earth-shaking changes.

He and the "Celestial Globe" went from the well-organized warehouse of "Theseus Freight" to a dilapidated city in the blink of an eye.

The buildings here seem to be being eroded by something, constantly peeling off fragments and disappearing into data streams.

At this moment, they were in a square, and around them were scattered countless howling men and women.

Those people seemed to be experiencing the most painful torture in the world. They fell to their knees, wailing, mutilating themselves, screaming, and crying.

Then... kill yourself.

"There is some garbage around that has not been disposed of, so don't pay too much attention."

At this time, a voice echoed over the city.

That's the sound of "paradox." (End of chapter)