Chapter 166 Lark

V tried his best to control his body not to fall down, but the pain from his brain was like a needle pricking into his brain, causing him to fall to the ground.

‘Fuck… I feel like my brain is about to burst! ’

Looking at the pained expression and facial features that were almost twisted into a wrinkled V, Johnny Silverhand immediately realized that they had probably been hacked.

[V, either someone has hacked us, or the AI ​​White Queen has gone on strike, causing the Relic chip in your brain to activate again and continue the process of downloading the consciousness data. 】

As a string of consciousness body codes, Johnny would not feel a splitting headache 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 had been blocked by some kind of signal jammer. At this moment, Johnny suddenly felt that something was wrong. They were being targeted!

Because even if the AI ​​White Queen malfunctions, it will not cause any problems in the data of his consciousness. But if this happens, it can only explain one thing:

Someone has hacked into V's system!

[V, get up quickly and 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 that V was trying his best to overcome the pain and stood up unsteadily.

It seems that V can still hold on.

[Damn...it can ignore the AI ​​White Queen's defense system and directly invade your technology, I'm afraid the only thing left is the black wall protocol! 】

Johnny was very surprised by this unknown intrusion method. Apart from the mysterious black wall protocol, the only hacking technology that could disable the AI ​​White Queen was LA Company's internal technology.

But V is from LA company, any unsighted colleague would hurt V secretly.

After thinking about it again, Johnny could only think that it was a hacker group that controlled the blackwall intrusion protocol, or someone who hacked into V's system through the blackwall.

‘Johnny, it seems that I can’t call Mr. Li Ang, nor can I send text messages. All the signals here are blocked! ’

V said through gritted teeth. Just when he was thinking about finding a taxi and asking the driver to take him out of Dog Town and out of the hacker's range, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

That figure was the holographic portrait of Song Zhaomei projected in 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 chatting with an old friend.

"Relax, this uncomfortable symptom will disappear soon. I have established a blackwall-based communication program in the Relic chip, which can facilitate our conversation."

The moment he saw the familiar Song Zhaomei, V was as alert as if he were facing a formidable enemy. He stared at Song Zhaomei closely and nervously said:

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

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

"My name is Song Zhaomei. I am a hacker agent of the CIA, codenamed Lark. I am here to help you, and I am the only one who can help you."

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

What a good thing it would be to have a few agents following Miles Rosalind's stinky bitch!

【Hold! Get the hell out of here right now, you are not welcome here. If you don’t leave, I will let the LA company’s hackers burn your brain to pieces! 】

Johnny guessed that Song Zhaomei planned to use V to do things, and even work for her, so he directly attacked Song Zhaomei with curses and words.

After all, V is now doing a good job in the LA company, and there is no need to follow an inexplicable female hacker out to cause trouble.

If something really happens, V will never be able to remove the Relic chip from his brain.

[Did you fucking hear what I said? Get out of here! ! 】

Faced with Johnny Silverhand's angry insults, Song Zhaomei just gently put her hand on his shoulder and said in a calm voice:

"Johnny, you're tired, go down and rest."

【Fuck you...】

Before Johnny could finish speaking, the mandatory shielding of the Black Wall Protocol had completely closed Johnny's consciousness into the Relic chip.

Only after Song Zhaomei's projection leaves V's body and the Black Wall's invasion protocol is lifted, can Johnny come back.

"It would be too much for your brain to keep Johnny here too. I think you should feel a little more relaxed now."

While Song Zhaomei was communicating with V, she used a scanner to detect the specific prosthetic device information on V and the status of the Relic chip in his brain.

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

It turns out that V has an amulet in his head!

V shook his head from side to side as the pain subsided, and then took a deep breath. He looked at the strange female hacker Song Zhaomei in front of him, and asked with a puzzled face:

"Lark... I've heard of you. You're an agent working for Miles. Why don't you work for your master? Why did you come to me?"

"And..."

"How did you know my identity information!"

Faced with V's questions, Song Zhaomei did not hide anything from him and directly told him all the information about him that the United Intelligence Bureau had investigated.

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

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

When V learned that Reed was secretly collecting his information behind LA Company, he was so angry that he wanted to kill the traitor named Reed immediately according to the address given to him by Li Ang.

No wonder Bryce, the former Internet monitoring company agent, said that the United Intelligence Bureau was investigating his identity and had a lot of information.

It turned out that there was a company insider like Reed who leaked secrets.

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 are loyal to is also related to my boss Li Ang, so we can be considered half colleagues."

"You specifically found me by hacking this time. Are you planning to let 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.

The hacker who can easily bypass the defense of the AI ​​White Queen and enter his brain is not a hacker of ordinary level.

The first thing to do is to stabilize the other party. If you accidentally piss off Song Zhaomei, your brain may be burned to ashes.

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

"Let you recover your health and no longer suffer the death threat of the Relic chip."

Song Zhaomei could see that V's expression was still full of fear, and he was obviously unwilling to believe her words, so she kept a low profile as much as possible and begged 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 disease as a bargaining chip in exchange for help, his heart was actually not touched.

Because from the past few months, V found that the adverse effects of the Relic chip on him were 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 a little pain except for the day he first came to LA company, and there was no pain at all at other times.

That is, there was a guy named Johnny Silverhand who loved to nag in his mind, and he would pop up from time to time to say something, and then there were no other side effects.

Therefore, the current Relic chip does not pose much of a threat to V's death. Sometimes V even thinks that it is fine, since he will not die anyway, and he can take the chip off or not.

After seeing Song Zhaomei's pitiful look that was almost like begging, V remained calm and remained cautious:

"Why should I believe you? What concrete evidence do you have that can make me believe that you can help me remove the Relic chip and save my life?"

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

Realizing that V seemed to be a little interested in the conditions she proposed, Song Zhaomei hurriedly responded to the other party and patiently explained:

"I can get the AI ​​neural matrix device from a European company, which can help you get rid of Arasaka's Relic chip once and for all."

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

"So..."

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

When V heard Song Zhaomei mention 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.

He had always thought that this thing was the patented technology of LA Company, and never thought that European companies could also make AI neural matrix!

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

V had to wonder if Song Zhaomei was betraying her and made some shameful deals with the European company behind President Miles' back.

"Can you tell me first, who is going to trade the AI ​​neural matrix device you mentioned to you?" V asked relentlessly.

"In addition, what is the content of your transaction? If you don't plan to tell me this information, then don't talk about asking me for help."

V's attitude was very firm.

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

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

Seeing V lowering his head thoughtfully and saying nothing, as if analyzing the authenticity of the information, Song Zhaomei hurriedly spoke to divert V's attention and said:

"I need your help now. I can't confirm it yet. I have to keep looking at the situation."

"Because the situation will 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!"

Song Zhaomei's promise did not make V feel excited. At this moment, V was only thinking about how to escape and immediately reported the situation here to Li Ang truthfully.

If V knew nothing about the current situation and felt confused, it was really possible that he would directly 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 has received from Li Ang is not much worse than Song Zhaomei.

Therefore, faced with the hacker Song Zhaomei who suddenly came to the door, V certainly could not act like a fool and be easily grasped by the other party.

Seeing that V seemed indifferent and still maintained a high degree of vigilance, Song Zhaomei had no choice but to retreat and sigh softly: "V, I know you don't believe me yet, but everything I say is true."

"If you think about it carefully, go to the open-pit mine. I will continue to contact you when you arrive."

When Song Zhaomei said these words, she herself was also suffering huge backlash from the black wall, because it is not that easy to bypass the AI ​​White Queen.

She could hack into V's Relic chip through the ICE protocol of the black wall, but she could not maintain such a conversation forever and had to interrupt it for a few minutes before continuing the contact.

So she couldn't keep chatting with V here. If she couldn't negotiate cooperation with V, then she could only act according to the original plan.

"Open pit mine? Are you there yourself?"

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

But I didn't expect that she could hack into her own system from such a distance. It's really not easy for a hacker with this ability!

"No, I am not in Night City now, but on the Sky One airship several thousand meters away from Dog Town."

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

The erosion effect brought by the black wall made Song Zhaomei's voice become intermittent, just like Johnny was blocked before.

"Remember, open pit mine, I'll wait for you there!"

As soon as the words fell, Song Zhaomei's projection and voice suddenly disappeared, as if the signal was forcibly cut off.

Johnny Silverhand, who disappeared, also reappeared after being released from the shielding state.

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My eyes were inflamed today and I had to lie down for a long time before they got better. So I couldn’t finish writing just one chapter. I will try to write more tomorrow.

dividing line -

Let me briefly talk to you about the follow-up plot here. Originally, I planned to finish writing the plot of the cyberpunk world and then go to other worlds. The total would be about 500,000 words.

But now it is 100,000 words ahead of schedule, and the world of cyberpunk will end at almost 400,000 words. This is equivalent to wasting some of the prepared outline content and accelerating the progress of the plot.

So I have to spend more time to write a new outline. Some heavenly items are magically modified to serve the plot, but I really don’t have time to understand them in detail.

If something different from the original setting appears, you are welcome to post the original setting information, but the items in this article should mainly be based on the magically modified settings.

When we get to the plot of starting interstellar colonization, it won't be as comprehensive as the cyber world. It will probably take tens of thousands of words to complete one dungeon.

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

But the overall tone is still the same as the cyber world.

That’s it for writing this. I’ll go to bed early today. Good night, everyone.