Bang!
The small server unit behind Lille’s wheelchair suddenly exploded!
In cyberspace, a violent black wave swept through all the networks and devices involved in the attack, like an unstoppable tide, destroying all facilities and equipnt, leaving a ss behind.
Fortunately, Lille reacted quickly—
Munemasa issued a warning imdiately, and Lille was very familiar with this kind of attack:
The Black Wall!
Honestly, Munemasa’s warning was a bit late, but Lille was more cautious because he had identified the attacker.
Lark, a character from the original "Cyberpunk 2077," belonged to the New Arica Intelligence Departnt, directly under the President, and was also a big weapon jointly developed by New Arica and Military Technology—
She was caught in hacker activities at a young age by New Arica, where her potential was discovered, and she was recruited to beco an official hacker, not only executing the most dangerous hacking activities but also assisting in the developnt of the old web, using the most advanced implants and computing technology equipnt.
After the old web, the most advanced networking technology was AI technology; this chick’s specialty was tinkering with the Black Wall, breaking through the Black Wall, and interfacing with AI.
This work experience, backed by a wealth of military implants from Military Technology, made her one of the top network techs of this generation—
Of course, in terms of network technology, Network Surveillance was the sole top organization of this era. Lark was very bold; her technology and equipnt were good, but when tinkering with AI, the Black Wall from Network Surveillance couldn’t be avoided.
Based on her AI, she developed a very potent network attack, using her resident AI to induce Black Wall attacks, directing network attacks toward the enemy she needed to target. The most powerful creation of this era’s network technology—the Black Wall—would completely eliminate the enemy as if they were AI.
Lille was not only familiar with this attack in the ga but had also played it himself—
Moreover, his thod was more controllable because Lark needed to use her unstable and uncontrollable AI to complete the gateway connection, while Lille had tried this operation in Atlanta. Although the scale was not large and the destructive power was limited:
Lark’s use of the Black Wall gateway would cause the Black Wall to erupt fully on the line, completely burning and penetrating electronic equipnt, but Lille’s initial application only caused signal blockage and delays.
However, the forr might go crazy or lose self-awareness at any ti; the latter was still fine. If it wasn’t for fearing being tangled by Network Surveillance, he would have wrecked havoc using the Black Wall long ago.
So when Lille saw that peculiar chanical brain-bird data body and received that inexplicable communication, he imdiately realized that the attacker was Lark.
In the original, Lark’s consciousness was eroded by the AI inside her body, and New Arica had no intention of reversing her condition. President Miles even hoped to use her as a cyber weapon, permanently storing her in New Arica’s secret arsenal as a weapon unknown to the outside world.
Lark also realized this, so she began seeking self-rescue thods, partnering with Dog Town’s boss Kurt Hansen, aiming for an underground Military Technology AI project buried in Dog Town, hoping to steal it and then go to the Moon to et her contact and cure herself.
In the original, this plan deceived many people. First, she betrayed the President, revealing his itinerary to Hansen, causing Hansen to launch anti-aircraft missiles directly at Air Force One, forcing it to land at Dog Town;
Second, she deceived Hansen. Hansen hired Lark at a high price to help him recover the underground AI project, hoping to use it to beco a reputable figure instead of his current dubious status. In the end, little did he know, Lark was targeting that project.
Lastly, she found a rcenary also suffering from technical erosion, hoping to survive, which was V from the original, a person cornered by the relic chip, deceiving V that this technology could save them both when it could actually only save one person—that person being Lark herself.
Obviously, due to Lille’s various actions over the past year, the plot had undergone significant changes. First, it was now the end of 2076, and second, the original plot’s starting point was Arasaka Saburo’s sudden death, which hadn’t happened now.
However, this woman’s actions were still based on the desire to survive, which was definitely unchanged—she just arrived at Dog Town a year early, and a different situation wouldn’t change her existing in Hell waiting to die.
So Lille concluded that no matter what she said, there was definitely an elent of deception in it.
It definitely wasn’t due to being overwheld—
[Munemasa: That’s the Black Wall! We almost got burned!]
Lille lifted his hanging head. The wheelchair’s shell sprung open, and red-hot cooling fins fell off one after another.
Disengagent had started the mont Lark sent the ssage, and the subsequent attacks were probing, or else it would have been difficult to retreat unscathed.
"Damn..."
V, sitting on the sofa, covered her head, feeling the world spinning in front of her, nausea continually assaulting her brain. She touched her neural interface but found so device attached to it.
Looking at Lille, whose originally human-like form now had most of its circuits flickering with weak currents, he looked more like a robot.
"Was I attacked?"
Lille nodded, indicating for Jack to replace his cooling fins and portable server. "Dog Town is really a hidden dragon and crouching tiger place now. Although the commotion was big, the opponent didn’t succeed. The competition wasn’t disrupted, but we still need to investigate their exact location."
"Damn..." V shook her head, "When are we hitting back?"
"No rush on that..."
[Sss—]
[Contact: Fiona]
[Fiona: The ga is over! Your little star perford well! So teams are interested!]
[Fiona: Also, so...colleagues want to give them so technical and equipnt advice. You’ve achieved your goal; many are asking about Matt’s prosthetics...]
[Fiona: Luxor Sports Academy is back alive!]
[Sss—]
[Sender: Mr. Hans]
[Mr. Hans: I have the breakthrough and intel you want. If you want to take down Long Beach Junkyard... I can provide so necessary assistance.]
[Mr. Hans: But first, I want to know what just happened?]
The battle in cyberspace and the eruption of the Black Wall made multiple lines in Dog Town waste away instantly. It was now dusk, and in the streets of Dog Town, which originally had few public streetlights, now not a single light was on, incredibly dark.
Many holess people affected by the attack lay paralyzed from prosthetics errors on the streets, Netherworld Dog soldiers scattered around. The officers and elite soldiers who could still stand kept calling headquarters, but due to severe electromagnetic turbulence, could only barely communicate, shouting furiously.
Naked wires kept sparking, high temperatures burned insulation covers and sleeves, a stench spread, and flas grew more intense in the darkness...
Everyone would ponder one question:
Why does fire follow the Burger King wherever he goes?
[Lille: Sothing bad happened.]
[Mr. Hans: ...]
[Lille: Forget about helping with Long Beach Junkyard. Before I ca to Dog Town, I heard there was a world-renowned club, Jewel Azure Nightclub. Get so invitations.]
[Lille: Hansen needs to understand the situation now. If he doesn’t, you explain it to him.]
As for why no help was needed for Long Beach Junkyard...
Lark’s physical address initiating the attack was near Long Beach Junkyard, making it the most affected area—
The electronic equipnt there would be paralyzed by severe electromagnetic turbulence, and considering the place was full of trash, a fire might have already broken out.
Now was the best ti to attack.
Lille removed the protective device from V’s neural interface: "We attack Long Beach Junkyard, now we strike the Scavenger."
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