"Can this thing save my life?"

"Black Ice is essentially a special internal algorithm, while Pandora is on a much higher level. As long as we get our hands on it, I have a way to help you remove it."

"Heh, are you confident enough to crack that labyrinth?"

John looked at Hugo with some suspicion.

The other shook his head.

"Internet Surveillance has already acquired it. According to the internal management program, it is currently being calculated in a special laboratory, and what we need to do is create a little chaos to draw attention and copy it as quickly as possible."

Hugo laid out the subsequent plan.

His current network access pod had been modified—it couldn't access the equipment of the surveillance office, nor did he have permission to access the internal network.

There were a lot of surveillance agents moving throughout the city.

Those elite hackers are fighting rogue AIs in cyberspace and battling against network criminals who illegally cross borders, and casualties always occur. Now all we need to do is find a "fresh" accident scene.

John listened, full of questions, and could only look at the co-pilot.

Oulos sighed, placing her hand on her temple, as her artificial eye and the lights on her data jack flashed simultaneously.

Hugo wrapped himself tightly in his coat and sniffed.

He closed his eyes in the backseat, seemingly waiting as well.

Not long after.

Oulos received a set of coordinates, as for the specific operation process, she definitely utilized certain special connections.

This woman has eyes and ears all over Eden City.

Within just a single day, John repeatedly and clearly felt his position in the gray food chain.

[Mission Objective Updated]

[Proceed to the accident site. (Not Achieved)]

John drove the armored vehicle to a gas station on the outskirts, and ahead was Shanglang Road.

The largest public cemetery in Eden City.

A disguised Calormen Truck was parked on the sand.

John, armed, approached and saw:

Several bodies scattered inside and outside the vehicle, with the sliding door open, revealing electronic equipment glowing with red lights inside.

All over the ground were surveillance agents in uniform.

"Fresh corpses, likely taken out by rogue hackers. We have only a few minutes before we need to retreat, reinforcements will arrive soon!"

Hugo dove into the vehicle.

He peeled back the eyelids of each corpse, hoping to find a surveillance agent with complete biometric information to unlock the electronic lock, ideally before their accounts were frozen, to use their identity to log into the surveillance office.

Hugo knew where the backdoor was.

John had nothing to do for now, so while keeping watch, he also observed the accident scene. In the black box recording work, he found the accident report.

[Number 3304 Pursuit of Cyber Suspect]

[Charge: Attempting to breach Black Wall.]

[Status Description: [Garbled] Fatal Algorithm.]

John saw the deep diving equipment they used, as well as custom-grade hacker cooling suits unavailable on the market.

"What is cyberspace like?"

He mumbled, looking up with a frown.

To his surprise, Hugo pulled out a knife, carved open the head of a certain corpse, and extracted a fresh, blood-stained implant from within.

He met John's gaze, seemingly changing the subject as he began to explain.

"Have you ever played VR games? In the simulated deep web, data becomes visualized objects, and Internet Surveillance is like god-tier players, forming the most powerful guild alliance to act together."

John detected a nauseating odor.

He frowned and glanced at his feet.

"If they're that powerful, what kind of situation could actually result in surveillance agents being killed?"

Hugo remained silent and didn't speak.

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