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Rebecca stood up abruptly.

"It shouldn't be like this..." Compared with Rebecca, Lucy was much calmer. She glanced at Mann and analyzed in a low voice: "The target is still in our hands. No matter how you think about it, the middleman is not here. It's time to lose the commission."

"It's a deposit."

Mann shook his head, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and explained in a vague voice.

"According to the rules of the Tao, when the task is half completed, a certain percentage of commission must be paid first. But when I went to ask for the money, he refused, saying that he would only give it if he got the information in the target's mind."

"What does he want to do? He won't renege on his debt, right?" Rebecca's face collapsed at the thought of missing out on so many euros.

"Can't afford so much money for the time being?" Lucy tried to guess: "After all, the commission this time is very high, even the deposit can be said to be sky-high."

"He can't even get the money out, and he's still acting like a middleman!"

Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling a large cloud of smoke, Mann said with a sneer.

"But you're right. The amount of commission this time is really big. Be careful and don't follow his way. What about Moon, don't you believe me yet?"

"No."

Lucy shook her head. Since the end of the battle that day and the evacuation of the mercenary team from Ventura Street, Moon has never appeared again.

They didn't dare to disturb this mysterious and powerful hacker, and they never took the initiative to contact him.

"Won't you be arrested?" Rebecca muttered in a low voice.

"How is it possible." Lucy said without hesitation: "He cracked the Arasaka agent's network just like playing a game. Is it possible for such a master to be caught? In other words, if even the moon is killed, how can we sit comfortably?" this."

"Forget it, a big man like him must have a lot of things."

Mann took another puff and dropped the butt on the ground.

"Let's do it ourselves, Qiwei."

"Lucy and I have tried many times, and that thing is very difficult to handle." In the communication, the voice of the female hacker came out helplessly: "The only thing we can do is deep dive."

The so-called deep dive is to immerse consciousness into cyberspace to obtain higher data transmission volume and freedom.

Technically, anyone can dive deep, but it's a dangerous technique.

In addition to the inherent risks in the network, the physical consumption of deep diving also increases exponentially. The neural overload system will heat up, making the body temperature reach the level of possible death. Therefore, it is necessary to rely on professional equipment such as ice water, hacking chairs, hacking customer service, etc. .

Most sane hackers don't dive deep if they don't have to, preferring to use data cables and wireless networks to solve problems.

"Remind you, even if you dive deep, it's hard to get that thing in his head."

There was a rustling sound in the communication, it was Qiwei who was taking off her clothes - they didn't have the money to buy a hacker chair, so they could only soak their naked bodies in ice water to cool down.

After a while, there was the sound of splashing water again, and Qi Wei continued to explain.

"For this kind of situation, deep dive can only increase computing power, that is, use stupid methods to brute force."

"Do it with confidence, we will guard it for you."

Mann gave a few more instructions in the communication, and Dorio, who was interrogating Tanaka, got up and went outside Qiwei's house.

"I'll go down too. I'm worried that Pila will stay alone next to the target." Rebecca threw away the drink she had already drank in her hand, and sprinted down the stairs.

"That, Lucy." Mann scratched his head, turned around, and set his eyes on the girl: "You should also be prepared, if Qiwei fails, it will be up to you."

"Oh well……"

Lucy nodded slightly, then lowered her eyelids, and some complicated emotions flashed in her lavender pupils.

As a hacker trained by Arasaka since childhood to go to the intranet for 'mining', Lucy has a lot of deep diving experience, and can even be said to be specialized in this field.

But she didn't want to take the initiative to say it.

"If you show a deep dive ability far beyond ordinary people, as well as familiarity with the Arasaka network, you will be suspicious."

as well as……

"I really don't want to go back to that, suffocating state..."

Watching Mann leave, she put her hand on her forehead, inserted her fingers into the short white hair, and rubbed it lightly. At the same time, she put the straw into her mouth again, trying to relieve the guilt rising in her heart with cold sweet water.

Chuck - there are only a few drops left.

Lucy felt even more annoyed, pinched the drink bottle so hard that it deformed, and then fell to her feet.

In this way, time passed by every minute and every second.

The sunlight outside the window is constantly changing, and the shadows falling on the house also change from left to right, and then the whole room gradually dims.

Lucy didn't turn on the light and just sat there.

In the darkness, there was a 'snap' sound from a lighter, and then a small light spot lit up.

After half of the cigarette was burned out, she finally couldn't hold back and asked in the communication.

"How's the situation?"

"Ah—where are you talking about?"

Rebecca responded with a long tone.

"Anyway, it's not good on my side. That guy fainted, and if he puts more strength on it, he might be close to death."

"Qiwei is still in the deep dive and cannot be contacted." Dorio also said.

Lucy's lips moved slightly, but she still sighed and continued to remain silent.

A few hours later, she felt drowsy, and her eyelids gradually closed.

At this moment, Dorio's exclamation suddenly sounded in the brain.

"Qiwei—Qiwei! Are you okay?"

"What's wrong?!"

Lucy looked up suddenly.

"I don't know, there were a few continuous slight cracking sounds in the room just now, and then Qiwei disconnected from the communication!"

Dorio's speech was fast, and she could still hear hurried footsteps and the sound of doors opening.

"explode?"

Lucy frowned, and immediately thought of several possibilities in her mind.

"It is impossible to have any powerful AI in the target's head, maybe it is locked by the hidden ice, or it may be that the deep dive time is too long, and the body temperature has reached a critical point..."

She stood up with her lips tightly pursed, and walked down the stairs in the dark.

"Dorio, first check if there are any obvious wounds, and if there are any, send them directly to the hospital."

Thanks to the cover of the optical camouflage uniform and the 'moon', during the battle three days ago, the members of the mercenary team did not reveal their appearance.

"If there is no wound, then check the cooling system. If it doesn't work, put her in the refrigerator first."

After a few more words of advice, Lucy raised her hand subconsciously, stroked the back of her head lightly, and took a deep breath.

There is her deep dive entrance hidden there.

"I'll try it."

Just after saying this, suddenly, Lucy heard a familiar electronic voice in the communication.

"You seem to be in some trouble?"

Volume 75: Chapter 74 Chapter [-]: Talk to him

David was helpless.

He was eating the newly ordered pizza while researching on external hacking equipment, but suddenly received a reminder that 'Qiwei's brain computer is seriously damaged'.

When carrying out the mission three days ago, he put some gadgets in the heads of the members of the mercenary team.However, this was to prevent accidents, not surveillance, so David didn't pay attention there all the time.

When he suddenly received this reminder, he was really taken aback, thinking that Arasaka had come to him.

"So, you haven't pried open the target's brain and got the memories and information inside?"

After Lucy on the other end of the communication finished speaking, David sighed.

"This shouldn't be difficult..."

He deduced it according to the plot in the anime. At that time, the team also captured the old Tanaka, and Qi Wei and Lucy hacked into his brain at a fast speed. Lucy even deleted the information related to David in the old Tanaka's brain. information, and implanted a deadly golem in him.

It was precisely because of knowing this that after the mercenary team led Tanaka away, David returned to the safe house with peace of mind, never expecting that they would be stuck at this step.

Of course, Lucy didn't know what he was thinking, and this sentence had a different meaning in his ears.

It's certainly not difficult for you!

The girl complained silently in her heart, her expression was a little speechless.

That is a self-destruct program produced by Arasaka, and I am afraid that few people in the entire Night City can handle it easily.

Even with her understanding of Arasaka, she can only rely on the powerful computing power brought by deep diving to forcibly crack it, just like Qiwei.

"Forget it, leave it to me."

On the other side, David had already got up from the bed, and came to the computer desk step by step.

"Find a data cable and connect the target's brain computer with the communication network."

Don't come here?If the distance is too far, the data throughput is pitifully small, and it will be a lot of trouble to crack it...

A trace of doubt flashed in her heart, Lucy opened her mouth, but still didn't ask the question.

In front of Mr. 'moon', she always felt a kind of pressure, and even a little inexplicable sense of shame.

The former is naturally due to the opponent's strong strength, while the latter is derived from some guesses about Moon's identity.

"If it's really him..."

Lucy frowned, as if trying to escape, she threw this death-feeling thought out of her mind.

Soon, she came to the room where Tanaka was, greeted Pila and Rebecca, and plugged the data cable into Tanaka's head.

But then, witnessing the operation of the moon, Lucy's pupils dilated slightly, showing an expression of disbelief.

With the addition and subtraction of pieces of code, she suddenly discovered that the program that was originally as stubborn as a rock was gradually decomposing!

Moon didn't choose to look for backdoors or other methods, he directly reverse-engineered the entire program!

If the self-destruct program in the target's brain is regarded as a strong door lock, then Qiwei's way of cracking it in a deep dive is to pick up a hammer and try to break the lock open with brute force.

But Moon's operation was far more outrageous, it was equivalent to standing a hundred meters away, inserting a long and thin iron wire into the lock cylinder, and prying the lock open, and the movement was quite fast, without a single mistake.

"This, how is this done?"

Lucy swallowed subconsciously, her eyes gradually dazed.

In all fairness, she already has a high opinion of Moon, but this guy can always refresh her cognition again.

At this time, Mann, who had settled Qiwei, also walked into the house with low steps, and stood at the door waiting quietly.

After another 10 minutes or so, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the self-destruct program that made Lucy and Qiwei helpless was cracked layer by layer, and then completely failed.

"It's done, let me see..."

In the communication, a slightly smiling voice of 'moon' came out.

"Well, I found it, that's about it."

"The data in the target's brain computer shows that he is in charge of a top-secret project code-named 'King Kong', which is located in the northern oil field and the secret laboratory of Arasaka Seaside Park. There are some more specific ones, I will send them directly to Faraday. "

"Finally done!"

Mann, who remained quiet throughout the cracking process, clenched his fist and waved it, his face full of excitement.

"You did us a great favor again, thank you very much."

"Yeah!" Rebecca nodded beside her with her little hands in her hands.

Lucy, who has always stood by Tanaka and kept the internet unblocked, also let out a sigh of relief, and then felt a little ashamed.

I actually questioned Mr. 'moon''s operation...

Well, compared to most of the hackers in Night City, 'moon' has probably reached another level, and I can't figure him out with my own thinking.

Just as Lucy was reflecting in her heart, Rebecca blinked, and suddenly said in a pleading tone.

"Mr. Moon, there is one more thing I want to ask you."