Chapter 166 Lark

V tried his best to control his body from falling down, but the pain in his brain, like needles piercing his brain, still made him fall to the ground with a thud.

'Fuck... I feel like my brain is going to explode!'

Looking at the painful expression with facial features almost twisted into a wrinkled V, Johnny Silverhand immediately realized that they were most likely hacked by someone.

[V, either someone hacked us, or the AI ​​White Queen went on strike, causing the Relic chip in your brain to be activated again and continue the process of downloading the consciousness data.]

As a string of consciousness codes, Johnny would not feel the splitting pain like V did.

But when he opened his mouth to communicate with V, he found that his voice became intermittent.

It was as if he was blocked by some kind of signal blocker. At this moment, Johnny suddenly had a bad feeling that they were being targeted!
Because even if the AI ​​White Queen went on strike and malfunctioned, it would not cause any problems with his consciousness data, but this happened, which can only mean one thing:
Someone hacked into V's system!
[V, get up quickly, send a message to Mr. Li Ang, whether it's a phone call or a voice message, let the LA company know your current situation as soon as possible! ]

Johnny shouted loudly to V who was lying on the ground. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw V trying hard to overcome the pain and standing up shakily.

It looks like V can still hold on.

[Damn... the only technology that can ignore the AI ​​White Queen's defense system and directly invade yours is probably the Black Wall Protocol! ]

Johnny was very surprised by this unexplained intrusion method. Apart from the mysterious Black Wall Protocol, the only hacking technology that could render the AI ​​White Queen ineffective was the internal technology of the LA company.

But V is a member of LA company, and there is no blind colleague who would hurt V secretly.

After thinking it over and over again, Johnny could only assume that it was a hacker group that controlled the Blackwall intrusion protocol, or an individual, who hacked into V's system using Blackwall.

'Johnny, I can't seem to call Mr. Li Ang or send him a text message. All my signals are blocked!'

V said this with gritted teeth. Just as he was thinking about whether to find a taxi and ask the driver to take him away from Dog Town and out of the hacker's range, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

That figure was exactly the holographic image that Song Zhaomei projected into V's mind.

"Don't be nervous V, I won't hurt you."

Song Zhaomei spoke to V in a gentle and friendly tone, as if she was chatting with an old friend.

"Relax, this uncomfortable symptom will soon disappear. I have built a communication program based on the black wall in the Relic chip, which will facilitate our communication."

When V saw the outgoing Song Zhaomei, he was on guard as if facing a formidable enemy. He stared at Song Zhaomei and said nervously:

"Who are you? I don't know you. Please get out of my body right now!"

Looking at the nervous V, Song Zhaomei just said in a friendly tone:

"My name is Song Zhaomei, and I'm a hacker agent of the United Intelligence Bureau, codenamed Lark. I'm here to help you, and I'm the only one who can help you."

When Johnny Silverhand learned that Song Zhaomei was an agent of the CIA working for Miles, he immediately realized that something was wrong. He couldn't just stand by and watch V being deceived.

How many of the agents who follow that bitch Miles Rosalind are good enough?

[Fuck! Get the hell out of here! You're not welcome here. If you don't leave, I'll have the hackers from LA burn your brains to bits!]

Johnny guessed that Song Zhaomei was planning to use V to do things, or even work for her, so he started to curse and verbally attack Song Zhaomei.

After all, V is doing well in his LA company now, so there is no need for him to follow an inexplicable female hacker and cause trouble.

If any trouble really happens, V will never be able to remove the Relic chip in his brain.

[Did you hear what I said? Get out of here now! ! ]

Facing Johnny Silverhand's angry insults, Song Zhaomei simply placed her hand gently on his shoulder and said calmly:
"Johnny, you are tired, go down and rest."

[Fuck you...]

Before Johnny could finish his words, the mandatory shielding of the Blackwall Protocol had completely shut down Johnny's consciousness into the Relic chip.

Johnny can only come back after Song Zhaomei's projection leaves V's body and the black wall's invasion protocol is lifted.

"If you let Johnny stay here, your brain won't be able to handle it. I think you should feel relieved now."

While communicating with V, Song Zhaomei used a scanner to detect the specific information of V's prosthetic devices and the status of the Relic chip in his brain.

When she saw the neural matrix built by the AI ​​White Queen terminating the Relic program for V, she finally understood why the process of hacking into V's system was so troublesome.

It turns out that V has a talisman in his head!

V shook his head left and right as the pain subsided, then took a deep breath. He looked at the strange female hacker Song Zhaomei in front of him and asked with a puzzled look:
"Lark... I've heard of you. You're an agent working for Miles. Why did you come to me instead of following your master and working hard?"

"besides……"

"How the hell did you know my identity information!?"

In response to V's questions, Song Zhaomei did not hide anything from him and directly told him all the information about him that the Intelligence Bureau had found out.

"Your identity information has long been obtained by our CIA agents, and most of the information comes from Solomon Reed."

"Li De is not only working for LA Company, but also continues to collect intelligence for the United Intelligence Bureau. Your information was obtained by him through contacting LA Company."

When V learned that Li De had secretly collected his information without the knowledge of LA company, he was so angry that he wanted to kill the traitor named Li De immediately according to the address Li Ang gave him.

No wonder Bryce, the former cyber surveillance company agent, said that the CIA was investigating his identity and had a lot of information.

It turned out that there was a company insider named Li De who leaked the information.

As an internal member of the Joint Intelligence Bureau, it is natural for Song Zhaomei to want to find V's identity information.

"Okay Song Zhaomei, the President Miles you serve is also somewhat related to my boss Li Ang, so we can be considered half colleagues."

"You specifically hacked into me this time. Are you planning on having me do something for you?"

V tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart and not let himself curse at Song Zhaomei like Johnny did.

A hacker who can easily bypass the AI ​​White Queen's defense and enter his brain is not someone that an ordinary hacker can possess.

The important thing is to calm the other party down first. If you accidentally make Song Zhaomei angry, your brain might be burned to ashes.

"V, I need your help now. In exchange for your help, I can help you remove the Relic chip in your brain."

"Restore your health and never suffer the death threat of the Relic chip again."

Song Zhaomei could see that V's expression was still full of fear, and he was obviously unwilling to believe her words, so she tried to keep a low profile as much as possible and pleaded with V in the tone of a weak person.

"Please, V, I really need your help!" When V heard that Song Zhaomei was willing to cure her illness in exchange for help, he didn't feel touched at all.

Because from the past few months, V found that the negative impact of the Relic chip on him was almost zero. If Song Zhaomei hadn't mentioned it, V might have forgotten the existence of the chip.

Thanks to the neural matrix established by AI White Queen, V felt no pain at all except for the day he first arrived at the LA company.

It's just that there's this guy named Johnny Silverhand who likes to nag in my mind and pops up from time to time to say something, but there are no other side effects.

Therefore, the current Relic chip does not pose a big threat to V's death. Sometimes V even thinks that it is okay, since he will not die anyway, and he can remove the chip if he wants.

When V saw Song Zhaomei's pitiful eyes that were almost pleading, he remained calm and cautious:
"Why should I believe you? Do you have any concrete evidence that can make me believe that you can help me remove the Relic chip and save my life?"

"Also, you said you wanted me to help you, but what exactly do you want me to do for you?"

Noticing that V seemed to be somewhat interested in the conditions she proposed, Song Zhaomei quickly responded to him and patiently explained:

"I can get an AI neural matrix device from a European company. This thing can help you get rid of Arasaka's Relic chip once and for all."

"But I can't show you the device yet, because you have to help me first before I can get it."

"so……"

Before Song Zhaomei could finish her words, V couldn't help but interrupt her: "Uh! Wait...!"

When V heard Song Zhaomei talk about the AI ​​neural matrix device, he was somewhat shocked, because he didn't expect that there were other companies that could manufacture such equipment like LA Company.

He always thought that this thing was a patented technology of an LA company, but he never thought that a European company could also create an AI neural matrix!

But why the AI ​​neural matrix device belonging to a European company was traded to CIA agent Song Zhaomei is quite intriguing.

V couldn't help but wonder if Song Zhaomei was betraying her own company and making some shady deals with European companies behind President Miles' back.

"Can you please tell me first who is going to trade that AI neural matrix device to you?" V asked relentlessly.

"Also, if you don't intend to tell me what your deal is, then don't even think about asking me for help."

V's attitude is very firm.

Seeing that V was not easy to fool, Song Zhaomei was silent for a moment, then quickly made up a lie and explained to V the origin of the device and the deal she had reached with the European company.

Of course, this information is not true, but it is enough to deceive V temporarily.

Seeing V lowering his head in silence, as if analyzing the authenticity of this information, Song Zhaomei quickly spoke to divert V's attention and said:

"I need your help right now, but I can't confirm it yet. I have to continue to see the situation."

"Because the situation may change at any time, you and I must make choices based on the actual situation, but V, please believe me, I am on your side!"

V was not excited by Song Zhaomei's promise. At this moment, V was only thinking about how to get out of this situation, so he immediately reported the situation here to Li Ang truthfully.

If V knew nothing about the current situation and felt very confused, he might really follow Song Zhaomei's wishes and complete the task she assigned to him.

But now V is working for LA company, and the intelligence information he gets from Li Ang is not much worse than that of Song Zhaomei.

Therefore, facing the hacker Song Zhaomei who suddenly came to his door, V certainly couldn't act like a fool and be easily controlled by the other party.

Seeing that V seemed indifferent and still maintained a high level of vigilance, Song Zhaomei had no choice but to retreat and sighed: "V, I know you don't believe me now, but what I said is true."

"If you have thought it through, go to the open pit. I will keep in touch with you when you get there."

When Song Zhaomei said this, she was also suffering from the huge backlash from the black wall, because it was not so easy to bypass the AI ​​White Queen.

She can hack into V's Relic chip through Blackwall's ICE protocol, but she can't keep up the conversation and has to interrupt for a few minutes before she can continue the connection.

So she couldn't continue chatting with V here. If she couldn't reach an agreement on cooperation with V, then she could only act according to the original plan.

"An open pit? Were you there yourself?"

V was a little surprised because the open-pit mine was quite a distance away from here. He originally thought that Song Zhaomei hacked into his Relic chip nearby.

But I didn't expect that she could hack into my system from such a long distance. A hacker with this ability is indeed not simple!
"No, I am not in Night City right now. I am on the Sky One airship several thousand meters above Dogtown."

"V, I don't have much time..."

The corrosive effect of the black wall caused Song Zhaomei's voice to become intermittent, just like Johnny was blocked before.

"Remember, open-pit mine, I'll be waiting for you there!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Song Zhaomei's projection and voice suddenly disappeared, as if the signal had been forcibly cut off.

The disappeared Johnny Silverhand also reappeared after the shielding state was lifted.

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　　My eyes were inflamed today and I had to lie down for most of the day before I felt better. So I only wrote one chapter and then couldn't continue. I will try to write more tomorrow.

　　Dividing Line

　　I'd better just briefly talk to you about the subsequent plot here. Originally, I planned to finish writing the plot of the cyberpunk world and then move on to other worlds. The total will be about 50 words.

　　But now it has been advanced by 10 words, and the cyberpunk world will end in almost 40 words, which is equivalent to wasting some of the prepared outline content and speeding up the progress of the plot.

　　So I have to spend more time writing a new outline. Some of the items in the universe have been modified on the one hand to serve the plot, and on the other hand because I really don’t have time to understand them in detail.

　　If there are things that are different from the original settings, you are welcome to post the original setting information, but the items in the article should still be based on the modified settings.

　　When it comes to the plot of the beginning of interstellar colonization, it probably won't be as comprehensive as the Cyberworld. It will probably take only tens of thousands of words to complete one copy.

　　Unless you are writing about a world with a lot of background stories like The Three-Body Problem, Warhammer, or Halo, the story will unfold more slowly.

　　But the overall tone is still the same crushing as the Cyberworld.

　　I’ll stop here. I’ll go to bed early today. Good night, everyone.

　　
　
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