Just as Lin Tuo and his party walked along the straight and empty road and explored the surroundings, Hathaway, who had turned into a flow of information, moved upward lightly, capturing the "network signals" that seem to be everywhere in this world.
Similar to the No. 2 sandbox, in the sky of Ueno, there are also weak, almost undetectable etheric fluctuations.
In the eyes of ordinary people, it is invisible.
However, from Hathaway's point of view, it was clearly a delicate spider web covering the entire sky, and the level of sophistication and complexity was something she had only seen in her life.
Every microsecond, there is a huge amount of information transmitted in this network, lighting up each node, and being affected by each node.
And the encryption inside it is so strict that even a digital life like her finds it a bit tricky, not really powerful and difficult to decipher.
In her opinion, Ueno's "magic net" is actually full of loopholes in many places.
In other words, many public areas have not received due attention, while in other places, they are guarded so tightly that it is outrageous.
The real difficulty lies in her unfamiliarity with the underlying logic of the magic net of this strange civilization.
Just like a computer proficient in calculations, when it suddenly encountered a "language" different from 0 and 1, it would naturally get stuck. Fortunately, the understanding of the battleship system provided her with powerful help at this moment.
Soon, Hathaway finally pried open the first door and sneaked into the "Ueno Network".
And found a device that was connected to the network, put on the network address of the other party, and then ran at high speed with the camouflaged digital vest, trying to collect and read public information.
This process is extremely abstract and difficult to describe. If you want to make a metaphor, it's like she has entered a small closed city.
Some areas in the city are open, let her read them, some are residential buildings with doors installed, which can be pried open with a little effort, and some are tightly guarded institutional buildings.
She tried to get closer, but found that it was difficult for her to invade in a short time, so she gave up decisively.
And as she ran and gathered information, she became more and more aware of the world.
"So it's like this... Hey, it's not that difficult."
When she finally found a loophole in the citizen information database and successfully entered the information of three fictitious citizens, she felt a burst of pride in her heart.
This is the joy of hackers.
"Not good!" It's a pity that this happiness didn't last long, and Hathaway's expression changed.
She could feel that in the virtual network, there was a powerful, cold, and indifferent "consciousness" coming towards her quickly!
Menacing!
"Been discovered by the note?" Hathaway thought angrily, decisively cut off the constructed virtual data clone, and discarded the vest.
Transferred to another "broiler".
Then without hesitation, he abandoned this one, and jumped to the third vest...then the fifth, the tenth...
For safety, she covered a thousand and thirty-six vests on her body, nesting them layer by layer.
In her mind, this was more than enough, the "Internet Police" of the "Magic Net" couldn't find herself.
Soon, however, she began to appreciate her prudence.
That cold, hard consciousness is so powerful, like a ferocious Tibetan mastiff, or a shark smelling fishy smell, biting behind her tightly, never leaving her.
This scene frightened Hathaway's soul into a frenzy, and she decisively cut off a part of herself, and cut off her tail to survive!
Forged a false location, and the real body jumped to a backup machine, and the limit was offline!
And at the moment Hathaway escaped successfully, somewhere in the data ocean, that tyrannical consciousness suddenly appeared.
Staring fixedly at the already chaotic and unreadable data stream in front of him, he was silent for a while, and then disappeared.
…
Ueno Star, the central area of human settlements, a building with a white appearance stands quietly here.
Compared with the buildings in the inner city that are full of artists' fantasies, it looks very ordinary, but every Ueno star clearly knows the name of this building:
Governor's Palace.
For many years in the past, the "Governor" has been sitting here.
Overlooking and protecting its people.
On this day, in the central hall of the Governor's Mansion, amidst the flood of data, a stream of split data turned back and brought back a piece of information at the same time.
[Discover abnormal escape data]
[Categorized into the second type of abnormality, in the danger level, start local search]
[Enter special observation category]
…
The relevant information flow was scrolled down, and then disappeared. Although there were not many intermediate-level data anomalies, they were far from enough to issue an alarm.
…
the other side.
"Is this really a developed civilization?" Huaxi muttered, looking at the building that looked like an abandoned gas station in front of him.
At this moment, the three had been walking for more than an hour without encountering any danger.
Even, I didn't even meet a local.
This made them feel a sense of suffocation that they had gathered all their strength and had nowhere to vent.
It's not that there are no gains, at least they confirmed that the parameters of this planet are very close to the earth. If you go south, there are almost endless fields, so green that it makes people panic.
Going north, passing through the isolation net next to the unmanned road, turning a corner, and finally found such a place next to the road that looks like a gas station, but unfortunately there is no one there.
"It must be, didn't you see the machines flying over the farmland just now?" Mount Sinai said.
Huaxi sniffed: "But it's not like this."
As she said that, she said a little irritably, "Hathaway didn't move at all, could something happen to her?"
As soon as the words fell, Hathaway's voice sounded in the minds of the three at the same time:
"Hehe, something will happen to me? Who in this world can do anything to me?"
At the same time, Hathaway's figure emerged with a calm expression.
Lin Tuo glanced at her and said, "If you don't look so pale and your body doesn't shake, I will believe it."
"..."
"What happened?" Lin Tuo asked.
Hathaway sighed, stopped pretending, and briefly talked about the matter, and finally her tone became high:
"But how decisive I am, I just ran away and wanted to catch me? Hehe, eat it!"
After finishing speaking, she looked at the expressions of several people, her tone became softer, and said:
"Anyway, don't worry, I definitely didn't catch it."
"Just come back." Lin Tuo sighed.
Although Hathaway said lightly, but I think there is a lot of danger in it. Although it may attract the attention of Ueno Network, there is no way to do it. I just hope that the situation is not serious.
Thinking of this, he asked, "Is there any gain?"
"That must be there!" Mentioning this, Hathaway became high-spirited again, "I've taken care of your identities. If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't have been discovered."
"Thank you." Lin Tuo's eyes lit up. With an identity, the disguise is complete. "What about the rest? Have you collected any information about this society?"
Hearing this, Hathaway was a little dejected:
"I lost it! I have collected a lot, but I was chased too hard, so I had no choice but to throw it away. I didn't have time to digest the information, which slowed down my speed too much.
I don't dare to go in now..."
So, Lin Tuo was a little disappointed, but still patted her on the head with a smile:
"It's already very good. You did the right thing. As for the Internet, you should not enter it for the time being to prevent problems. Speaking of it, if you lose it, it will be difficult for us to go back."
"Why are you photographing me, I'm not Huaxi!"
Hathaway was startled for a moment, then turned her body awkwardly to escape, and then was surprised to find that her slightly weak body had been strengthened.
That slap just now by Lin Tuo actually fed her a lot of ether and even part of her spirituality.
The ether is okay, she knows that Lin Tuo has a lot in stock.
But in terms of spirituality... probably he cut it from his own soul body.
Thinking of this, Hathaway's eyes became a little inexplicable.
She knew that it hurt to cut her spirituality.
"Okay, don't be dumb, I'll give you the chip and write your identity information into it." Lin Tuo smiled as if nothing happened, raised his hand and threw the three intact chip ID cards over.
Soon, the writing of the three chips was completed, and Lin Tuo cut open the hindbrain cortex of the three people, stuffed it in, and used Huaxi's blood to heal it.
After finishing all this, several people seized the time to search the building similar to a gas station, but found no useful information, but unexpectedly found a car parked inside that could be driven.
"This car is not much different from the ones on Earth," Huaxi said.
Mount Sinai was not surprised:
"It's okay, we haven't communicated with other countries on the southern continent before, but the cars look similar. After all, this can be regarded as the optimal solution under a certain level of technology.
Moreover, the energy drive of this machine is not gasoline, but ether battery
Tsk, what a luxury, the same energy used by the search ship. "
After a pause, she shook her head again and said:
"It's just...it's strange that a civilization that can manufacture warships is still using such old models."
"It's useless to think about it. If you want to figure out the situation, you still have to use your eyes." Lin Tuo opened the door and sat in it. After studying it, he probably figured out the driving method, and said:
"Get in the car, I have a hunch, if you go further, there should be a gathering place for humans."
…
Just as Lin Tuo judged, when they drove the vehicle along that road and continued northward, the surrounding buildings gradually increased.
It's just that they are all scattered and abandoned, and there are no people in sight, but there are quite a lot of cars.
Occasionally at some intersections, you can also see some road signs, which is a lot more convenient.
Similarly, the further north you go, the plants on both sides of the road also change, and you can hardly see the fields, replaced by some sparse trees and shrubs with the desert as the background.
In a trance, there is even a feeling of traveling in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Fortunately, this is not a doomsday road movie after all. When the sun set and the sky darkened, the group finally saw the city.
Not a small town.
is the city.
A bustling and restless city.
Its name is written on the road sign:
night city.
(end of this chapter)