Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 54: There's a difference between physical connection and breakthrough...

From these soldiers whose cognitions were also adjusted and who seemed to regard Cypher as some kind of terrifying monster, Cypher found a lot of meaningful things.

Their bodies... or rather, part of their bodies work harmoniously with the exquisitely crafted artificial objects that seem to have always existed inside them. Even the skeletons of the creatures have been modified for these purposes.

The two guys who moved incredibly quickly had more unusual looking spines. He told Laika not to look, and he examined the spinal sword-like device he pulled down for a long moment.

Then I was overjoyed.

This is an artificial nervous system. Is it possible to create something like this? If the theory and practical application are successful, physical disability or paralysis will immediately become history!
The excitement lasted only a few seconds before stopping, because Sefer realized that these technologies were just fantasy to him, but the vision before him said otherwise.

During the communication, the researcher on the doctor's side also said: "What you have in your hand is useless. There are often some unique rules in the anomaly that cannot be applied to reality."

"Some technologies can be researched and put into practical use... In short, please don't take everything you see seriously."

In other words, these implants that look almost fantasy-level... just look good, but if you take them out, they will turn into something else?
While collecting the ammunition at the scene and adjusting his status, Cypher asked why other things could be taken out and used.

The communication personnel on the doctor's side said that the things with visions can be used or studied after they are taken out, so everyone takes the things that can bring out visions as the standard.

As for Leica, it's much simpler.

"The mercenaries have a different understanding. They believe the anomalies were created by aliens just for their own amusement, and that the rewards are deformed because something too good can make a mindless animal become intelligent... or something like that."

It sounded like an alien conspiracy theory. Cypher reloaded his weapon and shrugged, "You can say whatever you want to say about it. I could even say it's a teleportation device developed by the underground people."

"So that we mercenaries can invade other worlds like a swarm of locusts, then reap the rewards and retreat."

"The better stuff was intercepted by the underground people, and then they gave us a little dregs as a reward and made a lot of people break their heads and so on..."

This made Leica even seriously consider whether this conjecture was close to the truth.

Dr. Mei then joined the conversation: "Putting aside the mercenaries' paranoia for now, have you resolved the core issue?"

Of course not. After collecting his ammunition and weapons, Seifer hung his gun on his back. "I'll go downstairs right away. Help me confirm if there is an underground passage in this building."

"Yes, of course. I just looked it up in the data. The vision you are in is a slice separated from a larger vision. Be careful of heavy firepower and melee attacks."

Heavy firepower?

As they continued to push downwards, encountering some easily dispatched enemies along the way, Cypher was still pondering what heavy firepower was and why he had to be careful.

I returned to the first floor lobby and just as I walked to the elevator door and was about to go down the elevator shaft, an alarm suddenly sounded during the threat scan.

At that moment, Cypher crashed headfirst into the elevator shaft.

A tennis ball-sized hole was instantly punched out in the elevator shaft wall by some penetrating bullet. The air was filled with torn and evaporated water vapor, followed by a strange gunshot.

The guns in this world give off the feeling of old guns equipped with high-tech accessories, highlighting the laziness!
However, even this body would probably be severely damaged if hit by a gun like this... Is this heavy firepower?

On the underground floor, the defense level of this company, which is ostensibly a firewall R&D company but is essentially an electronic warfare development company, immediately improved.

Not only are there firing points equipped with omnidirectional fire control units, but there are also virus generators that can cover the entire corridor at any time and forcibly hack into any moving objects that approach.

"After all, the machine room is right behind us. I have good news for you: red crossbow arrows. This kind of anomaly is one of the most difficult things for mercenaries to deal with."

Leica's voice was tinged with excitement. "So, if we can successfully bring out the loot, it should be worth a lot." "Well, the problem is how do I get in? Those people up there are probably already surrounded. The good news is that I don't need to leave this building. The bad news is that I'm going to be crushed to death by a bunch of explosives and 'high-tech' at the entrance."

The two were at a loss. Although the Iron Body hadn't told her, she had just been tricked once before.

"Do you have a physical line that can actively connect to the local area network, Red Crossbow?" Dr. Mei's voice suddenly came.

Cypher looked down at his body and said, "I think so. How do I do it?"

"I'll send you an executable file. Try it. Connect it and upload it. This is something I got from another vision. It should work."

should……

Seifer pinched the received file on the UI and, in a very childlike manner, molded it into a holographic trident.

Then he closed the external information interface in the UI and rushed to the nearest virus broadcast point, with the warhead "ding ding dong dong" on his back, and fiercely impaled it on the node of the other party's internal network.

In just a moment, the defensive machine gun that was just spraying ammunition and covering the ground with countless yellow-orange shell casings suddenly went silent with electric arcs.

At the same time, the entire underground machine room, including lighting, access control, and everything else, also went out, so the fire alarm system only sounded twice before it was completely shut down.

There is no doubt that the entire skin has been smashed to pieces.

He didn't know what virus Dr. Mei had injected, nor did he care. As soon as the underground defense system was paralyzed, he had already activated it and headed straight for the area under scanning, which had a large number of machine rooms.

——The hacker who was hiding underground and wanted to "play a game" was also caught off guard. The various protection programs he was proud of and even the backdoors of the out-of-control AI that he intercepted were actually very useful.

But what the hell is going on! What the hell was that thing that was just injected in? And...what the hell is this dialog box on the screen saying?
The hacker, trapped in the chair and unable to escape, saw a huge black and red dialog box and a white text area on the screen:

'Unfortunately! Your computer has been hijacked by us.'

'You now have 48 hours to transfer '2' bitcoins to this account. Remember, do not try to disconnect from the network, otherwise your important files will be lost forever!'

The hacker tried to connect to the so-called account, but the account, from the domain name to the address, was wrong. There was no such format at all. That was fine. Internet? It was already a local area network!
At his wit's end, he immediately resorted to his last resort. That's right. If you're being physically targeted, all hacking techniques are fake; the only real solution is running away!

He pulled himself out of the chair, not caring about the coolant leaking all over the floor. He turned around and prepared to open the door, but he only heard a loud bang from behind the door, and then the metal sheet twisted and bulged!
"what--!"

How did it come so fast? !

'Bang! '

There was another loud bang, and the metal door and door frame were twisted and stuck, making it impossible to leave through this only way out!
'Bang! '

The metal screamed, then stretched and broke like plasticine, revealing a dazzling light that was completely different from the lights in the room.

"Don't come over!!!"

The hacker's screams were heartbreaking, and from the broken mouth, a cold metal face approached from under the shattered face of a girl who should have been very delicate.

"You're here...we need to talk."

(End of this chapter)