Cyber ​​psychosis is my girlfriend

"Don't worry about it. There was a sudden power outage and the connection was disconnected from the cyberspace. At first, the body was still alive, but the soul couldn't come back."

T-Bug glanced at it and came to a conclusion.

Rocky: Huh?

After a brief science popularization, Luo Qi finally realized that what he saw was one of the hacker groups, although it was not common, it was not an anecdote either.

In the old network (also known as "deep network"), when the accidental death of Reich Batemos caused a devastating disaster of virus out of control on the entire network, a large number of hackers also died in this situation.

The entire network was paralyzed, and countless latent and destructive viruses blocked and destroyed all network systems, sinking the ICE of the network security department known as the "battleship" at that time.

Many hackers who uploaded their consciousness to the cyberspace were completely blocked from returning to their bodies before they could react, and lived in the cyberspace forever in the form of consciousness.

This is not eternal life.

Because the out-of-control AI quickly swallowed and wiped out their hacker consciousness that lost the support of powerful hardware, or was wiped out in the subsequent counterattack, and finally, the ICE formed by a super AI called "Black Wall", It was blocked outside.

In 2077, due to the complete destruction of the old network environment, the corresponding equipment was also abandoned.

People build new subnets based on their cities or countries.

It is safer and more reliable, and more narrow and controllable, but it is far less free and powerful than the deep network.

At the same time, many abandoned cities have been completely reduced to nests of wild AI.

There are also a large number of robots, under the control of the intelligent system, continuing to keep moving according to the set programs.

People call it, a ghost town.

The city has been empty, but there are still machines active, as if it has been occupied by ghosts.

As for this hacker, it was just bad luck.

It has nothing to do with the so-called AI invasion.

When connecting to the Internet, I connected my consciousness to it, but because of the collapse of the signal tower, the network cable and electricity in this place were directly destroyed.

Therefore, the pre-set emergency disengagement insurance to avoid the situation of "the person is alive but the soul has not returned" has not been activated.

He was permanently left in the cyberspace just like those hackers who didn't have a comprehensive awareness of prevention.

In this case, the body is no different from brain death.

Brain death can be used as the basis for a person's complete death.

Xiao Fangtou connected to his completely shut down computer and confirmed his identity——

The hacker who officially assisted Regina in her attack on Internet surveillance.

If he guessed correctly, he was not discovered and killed by network surveillance at that time, but was directly pulled out because of the collapse of the signal tower.

It sounds easier than dying in pain with the nerves in your head burned out.

But the problem is that it was the tactical drones of network surveillance that destroyed the signal towers.

Is this a coincidence?

Rocky didn't believe it.

"Hey, Regina, I have good news and bad news for you, which one do you want to hear first?"

Luo Qi helped the hacker chair up, and then laid down on it leisurely, not at all shy about the dead man wearing black customer service at his feet.

"Don't be tricky, just say it."

While Regina felt a little depressed, she was also a little relieved.

It can be regarded as found.

"Then let's start with the bad news."

Luo Qi said, and then glanced at the hacker who was sure to be completely dead, "Your hacker has died, and I guess he has been gone since he dropped the line."

"Hey, it's a pity, but it's expected."

Regina sighed.

In this line of work, how can you not take some risks?

"That's not my hacker, but as long as someone finds it, let's find a time."

"I didn't expect you to arrange the funeral all by yourself."

Luo Qi laughed, "The good news is that this guy wasn't killed by network surveillance."

Regina: ?

A question mark slowly appeared on Regina's forehead.

"You may not believe it, he was gank by the signal tower."

Luo Qi sighed helplessly and spread his hands.

Regina: ? ?

After Luo Qi turned on the live video for him, she finally realized what it means to be unlucky.

The signal tower directly smashed through the corridor and shattered the load-bearing wall. While turning the building into a dangerous building, it also shut down the network and electricity for others.

The hacker naturally disconnected on the spot.

Not only the network is disconnected, but people are also directly disconnected, which is a fatal blow.

Xiao Pingtou also used this method when he dealt with the Arasaka hackers in the Cyan Bi Building.

Get physically close to their hacking chairs, then tap directly into their devices, burn their brains at the source, take over subnets that have been compromised, and open up all permissions and ports to T-Bugs.

Bloodless, but low-key and efficient.

"It's really impressive."

Regina had a hunch.

I am in my seventies and eighties (if I am lucky enough to live to that age), and I can still remember that there was a textbook-level unlucky guy who was killed by the signal tower.

"Yeah, it's a kind of luck to die unconventional."

Luo Qi has been in Night City for so long, and has served in the Terrorist Mobile Squad for a long time. He can finally pat his chest and say: What kind of death haven't I seen before?

As a result, today he was an eye-opener——

He had never seen this kind of death.

"Would you like to send someone to clean it up?"

Looking at so many devices, Luo Qi felt that it was a pity to lose them like this.

"Soon."

Now that Regina knew the whole story, she let go of her heart.

What she is most worried about is that her identity will be leaked.

Now it seems that the network monitoring has not found her.

Because even this hacker's house has no trace of anyone coming.

What he was when he died is what he is now.

Safe and sound, that's probably how Regina felt right now.

When she is in a good mood, she naturally doesn't mind giving more rewards to those who help her.

You are happy, I am happy, everyone is happy together——

This is Regina's "Middle Man Philosophy".

"However, I am very concerned about drones for network surveillance."

Regina remembered what Luo Qi said about the drone, and she thought something was wrong.

Are drones for network surveillance really just passing by?

But why did the hacker get killed by such a coincidence, or in such a dramatic way?

But if it was premeditated, it would be even more unreasonable that the people monitoring the network did not come here to search for information.

How can there be any reason to kill without touching the corpse?

What's more, for Night City, this network security organization headquartered in Europe is an absolute official organization.

After all, this is Arasaka's territory, letting NUSA's network company control the cyberspace is simply handing over the lifeline to the enemy's hands.

There is no need to hide such a department.

Everyone knows that network surveillance has always prided itself on being a "just teacher" in combating illegal hackers.

"The answer will be revealed soon."

Regina said.

But half an hour later, Regina's men rushed to the coordinates sent by Luo Qi with their things.

Then, with Luo Qi's guidance and help, he tremblingly walked up to this dangerous building that might collapse at any time.

Restore power with a portable power supply, then start taking over to view device content.

The van loaded with things arrived soon, and with Luo Qi's help, the equipment was successfully transferred faster than usual.

Everything was disposed of, including the corpse.

By looking through the operation records, they came to a conclusion——

The network monitoring drones were not aimed at that hacker at all.

At that time, they were monitoring the fleet of Internet surveillance, which is a very dangerous behavior to be honest. After all, in cyberspace, Internet surveillance people are invincible.

In case of being discovered, it is normal to die on the spot.

The most miserable ones are those hackers whose nerves are slowly scorched, screaming for more than ten, twenty or ten minutes before dying in pain.

This method of death has cast a thick layer of haze on this business, and it has also brought the distrust and extreme lack of security between hackers and middlemen to an unprecedented height.

A mini drone.

For passers-by, this is just an ordinary thing.

There are countless drones flying overhead every day.

From the logistics container drone of the freight company to the delivery drone of the express company.

From heavy combat drones for military companies to armed drones for security companies.

From holographic banner drones for advertising agencies, to service drones for retail companies.

You can see drones with almost all functions in Night City, shuttling through the streets and lanes, the sky and the ground.

But for hackers, the styles they deal with most with drones are all kinds of tactical drones with special functions.

Carrying a life signal scanner, capable of connecting to the network for remote port detection, and even carrying a precise kinetic energy weapon...

This small drone is simply a big killer for them.

In their eyes, hackers are just a branch of mercenaries. After all, they basically take jobs from middlemen, and there are also guys who have their own whims, good self-awareness, and want to work alone.

The company's drones accurately passed through the building and went down, and then killed the target.

This is already a well-known horror story.

So when he discovered that a network monitoring drone was approaching his location at high speed, the hacker panicked.

He has no fighting skills and can only show his prowess on the Internet.

If it is really against the drone or even the following drone swarm, there is no chance of winning at all.

So he shot down the "little fly" with an EMP launcher.

But what I didn't expect was that this thing wasn't aimed at him at all.

The drone, loaded with thermite, was to take down another hacking operation in Santo Domingo.

Network monitoring has captured the location of their server room, intending to conduct a "swarm tactical strike" -

First use thermite to open the way, and then the bomb will follow up, completely cutting through the metal shells under the bunker.

One of the small planes that took off from the drone centers in all directions was shot down by him in the community where he lived.

And crashed into a signal tower.