Behind the global firewall that radiates from the Beluga aircraft carrier, several Arasaka hackers who have connected their brains to the Internet are wandering in the data fortress they have built, patiently sifting through the dazzling data streams in front of them, trying to get rid of them. Find out the clues about the Star Group.
Thanks to the network visualization technology developed early in the Cyberpunk 2077 world, the workload of hackers is not heavy.
Compared with the crisis-ridden cyberspace, the underdeveloped Internet in the world of District 9 is like a gentle stream, and hackers are fishermen standing in the middle of the stream. With enough patience, even the worst fisherman can catch something.
Unlike most Arasaka agents who are performing tasks around the world, the hackers have a very relaxed mentality and can always complete the tasks assigned by their superiors with ease, without having to bleed and sweat like their colleagues.
There is no other reason. This is a field that ordinary people cannot set foot in. The operating rules of the entire information world are hidden behind this weird and bizarre thing. In the absence of professional equipment and technical support, no one can confront Arasaka's elite hackers in the data world, not even the Star Group.
As the "lucky guy" selected by Tomohiko Kuroiwa to join the cross-border corps, the hackers on the Beluga aircraft carrier obviously don't really just have luck.
They have the most advanced brain network access warehouse in the cyberpunk world, a special version developed by Arasaka Company. It not only has powerful basic functions, but the extra storage space can also greatly reduce the energy expended by hackers during operations. It's a feature tailor-made for covert infiltration work.
However, since connecting the brain to the Internet for a long time will overheat the nervous system and networked prosthetics in the body, the heat that is difficult to dissipate can sometimes make the blood of an amateur hacker boil in a few minutes. Arasaka hackers in the real world also need some hardware support.
For example, the top-notch life support system includes a complete set of torso freezing and blood cooling circulation equipment, and a complete health monitoring device will actively cut off the user's connection to the online world when their body is overwhelmed, ensuring that some addicted Internet users cannot Self-destructive hackers don't die in the refrigerator from surfing too much.
With powerful software and hardware support, there is no doubt about the strength of Arasaka hackers. Therefore, Black Rock also appropriately extended their shift time from the original eight hours to twelve hours, allowing dozens of elite hackers to work day and night in two groups. Constantly search for information in the online world and build a fortress.
However, none of them noticed that deep in the foundation used to house the data fortress, a seed that had been buried for some time was slowly sprouting and growing quietly.
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"Captain Sisson, do you want to go to the bar for a drink after get off work? I'll treat you!"
In the endless world of data, the young hacker fiddled with the nutritious Internet garbage around him, and his tone was full of eagerness to get off work. It was not that he lacked enthusiasm from the beginning, he was just rummaging through this vast garbage pile. For too long, no matter how much energy you have, it will have been worn away long ago.
Nishimori Taiji, who was transferred from the Ninja Force and temporarily served as the network security advisor of the Beluga aircraft carrier, nodded slightly when he heard this, and he accepted the invitation from his junior.
Since the Beluga single-handedly extinguished the endless war in New America, this powerful aircraft carrier has never performed a single combat mission, and has instead become a symbol of Arasaka Company's advanced technology and powerful force.
Although the company has made many enemies in the cyberpunk world, most senior executives still believe that they do not need to risk their lives on a mascot ship whose symbolic value is higher than its actual combat value.
Therefore, they spent money to install many unnecessary leisure facilities on the Beluga, such as bars, heated baths and other places for grassroots crew members to have fun and relax. Unless there is a combat mission assigned, all types of drinks in the bar are available in unlimited quantities.
The core area of the aircraft carrier is filled with high-end restaurants and dance halls specially designed to serve senior officers. The enchanting and gentle paradise of geishas is enough to trap the most dedicated captains and officers in it, singing and dancing every night.
As the cyber security consultant of the Beluga, Nissen is certainly qualified to enjoy all the above services, but considering that Tomohiko Kuroiwa will reorganize him into the ninja force at any time, his most luxurious enjoyment these days is to go to the open-air bar and indulge a few times. .
I have to say that the feeling of drinking cold beer while enjoying the sea breeze is indeed unforgettable. Besides, it was a junior's treat, so he had no reason not to go. As for the young hacker's little thoughts, he could clearly see them.
As the saying goes, "There is no such thing as a free lunch. If you take someone with short hands, you will eat someone with a short mouth." If you accept this person's invitation, you should support him or her more in future interactions. However, because of his good talent, Sisen was willing to give him this favor.
"Yoshii, come here."
Glancing at the young hacker who was fishing, Sisen coughed lightly and called the hacker to his side. After confirming that Yoshii was listening to him carefully, he deliberately teased: "You're drinking more and more, kid. I just don’t know if hacking skills have improved along with drinking.”
After backing up and disrupting the MNU confidential data that he had just sorted out, Nissen threw the messed up data to Yoshii and ordered slowly: "I planted a virus program in this data. You The mission is to find and destroy it before the end of the day."
Seeing Yoshii's body glowing slightly in the data world, Nissen almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he knew that the other party had started searching for viruses, because he didn't stuff the virus into the data packet at all, he just wanted to see how patient the newcomer was. .
In order to prevent the other party from noticing his true purpose, he immediately said: "As we all know, the Arasaka Type 4 access warehouse is better at lurking, and its offensive capabilities are slightly inferior to products of the same level. Therefore, we need to develop the functions of this generation of access warehouse To the extreme, in this way, even if you encounter network surveillance in the future, you will not lose to them."
"Come on Yoshii! Come find me at the bar after you complete the mission."
As he spoke, Sisen disconnected him from the data world, and after letting his somewhat hot body soak in the ice water stored in the cooling equipment for a while, he sat up in the hacker tights and pulled out the ice water. Cables at the back of the head that connect to the frontal lobes of the brain.
With the stimulation of the artificial organs in his body and the secretion of hormones, he quickly recovered from the massive energy consumed by high-intensity Internet surfing for a long time, and the dizzying fatigue dissipated.
Soon the remaining dozen hackers in the room woke up from the same cooling equipment, eager to participate in the entertainment they had already thought of while working in the data world. After they have spent up to twelve hours resting in the sensual environment, the hackers will return to this room again and repeat their same work.
Glancing at Yoshii, who still showed no signs of waking up, Nissen gave a bad smile and walked out of the room arm-in-arm with the other hackers. However, no one noticed that the young hacker's brows in the freezer had wrinkled up. He was obviously in trouble. difficult problem.
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In the data world that was as empty as a wilderness plain, Yoshii sat cross-legged alone, fiddling with the data packet left by Nissen in his hand, puzzled.
Since all the companions had left, the originally lively environment suddenly became peaceful. Another wave of "accounted" hackers will not appear next to him because their locations in reality are different.
However, even if there are other hackers around, Yoshii, who has a strong self-esteem, cannot take the initiative to ask for help from others, because this means failure for him and means that he is not qualified to go further and become the pillar of the company like Captain Nishimori.
But no matter how much he searched, the virus in the captain's mouth just refused to appear. This made Yoshii begin to wonder whether Sissen had not placed the virus, or whether he was really incapable of completing a simple virus destruction task even with the most advanced equipment and technology.
"Isn't it possible? If there is a virus implanted, even if I can't directly determine the location, there shouldn't be any traces at all..."
Yoshii, who seemed to have thought of some countermeasures, suddenly raised his head and said to himself: "Unless the captain made a slip of the tongue, what he implanted was not a virus program, but a program that should not exist in the MNU database. That makes sense. pass."
Yoshii immediately changed his mind and used the search function of the Arasaka Type 4 network access warehouse to quickly search through the database with a huge amount of information, trying to find clues to the mission.
"Well, it's done."
When he opened his eyes again, all the data was arranged according to specific rules. If there really is a ghost in the packet, it would be clear what went wrong in this case.
"Load the time and location of each data upload, and exclude the areas with the highest upload frequency. That is MNU's experimental base and has no reference value."
Yoshii quickly manipulated everything he saw. Even though Sisen was still here, he had to admire that this young man indeed had a talent far beyond that of ordinary hackers. His ability to adapt to changes was far beyond comparison.
If given time, the opponent may have a chance to become the second Lucky Buttermoss, a legend among legends.
But when Yoshii's mind gradually reached the bottom of the database, a subroutine emitting a pale golden light in the corner came into his field of vision.
"Found it! It is indeed hidden here! Captain Sisen is indeed the company's ace hacker. You must ask for advice when drinking!"
Not bothering to set off virtual fireworks to celebrate the achievement he had just achieved, an ethereal and gentle female voice flowed out from the pale golden light. Also appearing in front of Yoshii was an illusory figure whose face could not be seen clearly, but whose body shape resembled that of a woman.
Before Yoshii could ask, the tall figure suddenly laughed like a silver bell.
Although he knew that real emotions could not exist in the data world, and that the joys, sorrows, and joys of the real world would all be converted into visible data streams here, for some reason, he still firmly believed that he heard something called something from the figure’s laughter. The emotion of "satisfaction".
Yoshii, who thought he had accidentally discovered Captain Nissen's little secret, grinned, but what the figure said the next second made him horrified, and he almost wanted to leave first.
"Haha, I've found you too, everyone who tried their best to hide themselves. Destroying your will to resist the stars is the purpose of my trip."
As the figures in the data world grew taller and taller, in the end they were almost standing tall against the sky. A stream of light golden data rushing from the sky wrapped around the figures, as if they were weaving a gorgeous long skirt from scratch. , used to wrap her proud figure.
When the last stream of data containing thousands of things turned into silk threads and was embedded in the woman's body, there was nothing in Yoshii's limited field of vision except the pale golden light that was as bright as stars, and there was no room for anything else.
And in the center of the radiant light, a noble and holy goddess slowly raised her slender jade arms, causing Yoshii to burst into tears as he knelt on the ground. The last thought of running away disappeared in the gentle chanting of the divine voice.
"Mr. Hideyuki Yoshii, welcome to my world."
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