December 3, 2101.
Over the Atlantic Ocean, the Freedom Front floating carrier - Sky Eagle.
In a control room filled with surveillance screens, a black man with a mop of hair was busy nervously in front of the screen.
Almost everything around him was metal, even the high-backed seats had no leather on the backs or arms. The screens are equipped with special bowls that cannot be smashed even if someone lifts a folding chair. Of course, there is no big thing that can be moved here.
"Impossible... He can actually invade the security system of Tianjiu." He said to himself: "How did this guy get on the ship..."
On the screen in front of him, there were two empty corridors, but if he looked carefully at the screen, there was indeed something there.
"Is this a non-mechanized optical camouflage uniform... or is it some kind of jamming device? All cameras can only show outlines and transparent stains." He kept switching angles, and it was true that he couldn't see the other party. He had no choice but to pick up the communicator again and said: "I am No. 23. He is moving to the G5 area. I don't know if he is an esper, and I can't confirm his characteristics. He is invisible!"
"Okay, let's try to find it." The voice on the communicator replied.
After closing the communication, Agent No. 23 continued his work, but as soon as he put his hand back on the keyboard, a cold dagger was pressed against the side of his neck.
"I'd like to know how much hazard pay they give you." A hoarse voice sounded from behind.
No. 23 felt that the voice seemed familiar, and he quickly remembered a person. A man who once stayed in the organization and always wore a mirror mask.
"I personally think one million a year is a good number, but I can't get that much." replied No. 23.
"If your fingers continue to move towards the alarm button under the table, I will cut them all off. (, Geili Literature Network" The mirror face directly threatened the other party's subtle movements to stop: "I want to That can help you receive a substantial medical compensation immediately.”
"Okay. Man, I have something to say..."
"You should be able to connect to the matrix host at the North American headquarters?" Jing Mian asked.
No. 23 thought for two seconds. In just these two seconds, the skin on the side of his neck was cut. Although the wound was not deep, blood was already flowing. Mirror Face continued: "If you need to think about such a simple question, I'll just cut your neck and find the answer myself."
"Hey! Hey! Calm down, buddy, yes! You can connect to the matrix host here." No. 23 quickly replied.
Jing Mian knew in his heart that it was necessary to force the other party to answer faster, otherwise No. 23 would definitely procrastinate and think about which answers could lie when answering other questions.
"Then what are you waiting for? Log in and retrieve all the data related to the keyword 'mirror face'." Mirror Face said, throwing him a mobile hard drive: "Copy... no, cut it into it."
"I..." Just as No. 23 was about to say something, Mirror Face interrupted: "According to my observation just now. You can completely speak and operate at the same time."
No. 23 immediately put his hands on the keyboard and started to connect to the matrix at the headquarters. He kept § replying: "My computer here does not have the authority to move or delete those data from the matrix host..."
"Really, then I believe your skills as a hacker are better than your skills as a security guard." Jing Mian said: "You have to know. You are still alive at this moment just because I want to save some time. Since I can invade The security system of the Celestial Vulture. I can hack into the Matrix. If you can't, I will kill you and everyone on this ship who bothers me, and then take some time to do it myself."
The cold sweat broke out on the 23rd, and he replied with a trembling voice: "Okay, I will try my best. (, Geili Literature Network"
The light of the communicator turned on at this time, and the team leader who had just contacted No. 23 said: "No. 23, this is a small team. They have searched the nearby area and found nothing. The invisible man you mentioned Can it still pass through walls?"
"Uh..." No. 23 picked up the communicator and said hesitantly: "I also lost track of him. I... I don't know, maybe it was not an intruder, but something went wrong with the security system."
"Okay, No. 23, the next time we ask for an attack, you'd better confirm that there is really something going on. Also, don't smoke marijuana while on duty!" The guy opposite seemed a little annoyed, and after speaking, he interrupted the communication.
No. 23 also put down the communicator. The screen in front of him showed that the soldiers who attacked had lifted their alert, disbanded and returned to their original posts.
"I said... is that transparent figure just now your accomplice?" No. 23 asked while logging into the matrix.
"You are not qualified to ask questions." Mirror Face said.
"Hey... I don't mean anything else. Look, every move I make is under your surveillance. It's impossible to pass on any news. I'm just curious. You know, if I have an accomplice, he will invade the sky with me. For a facility of this level, I would be a little bit worried about him being caught, and then revealing that I was pointing a knife at others in the control room." No. 23 replied.
"Hehehe... It seems that you are a guy who likes to be smart." The mirror said: "You are trying to trick me in this situation..." A strange coughing sound suddenly came from under the mask, and after a few seconds, it became very strange. severe.
The dagger was placed on No. 23's neck, and he could not turn his head. In addition, the rough braided hairstyle restricted his field of vision, so he did not know what was happening behind him, but he clearly heard something. The sound of something dripping on the metal floor was very clear even when he was typing on the keyboard quickly, indicating that it was not just one or two drops...
The mirror-faced man finished coughing, and wiped away the remaining blood on his chin with his other gloved hand, and continued what he just said: "I have penetrated Tianjiu's security system as early as when I was cooperating with you. "It's gone." He coughed twice more: "I have prepared the intrusion program in advance. What you see on the screen is just a processed special waveband that can interfere with the buzzer siren and Something puzzling is produced in the signal sent back by the camera, a transparent... human silhouette... cough... cough... Now, if your curiosity is satisfied, hurry up and start doing what you need to do."
No. 23 has logged into the matrix system, "Okay, I have to declare in advance that the security level of your information is very high. If I search without any declaration, I will be discovered by others soon. , and if I touch those data, it will directly cause... "
"How long?" Jing Mian interrupted him directly with a question.
"Uh... what do you mean?"
"Reaction time." Jing Mian said: "After you are discovered, how long will it take until they track the exact location of the information seeker?"
"Very soon, one minute at most." No. 23 replied.
"After this minute, they will contact you and ask you what happened and why you entered the matrix host to view information without authorization." When they do so, they will contact the commander of the Sky Eagle and ask him He sent someone to check on you." Jing Mian said.
No. 23 was very surprised. It seemed that the other party really knew the series of response processes of the Freedom Front.
"In other words, even if you respond with silence, there should be five to eight minutes until someone comes to stop your behavior." Mirror Face continued: "Are you Agent No. 23?"
"you can call me… "
"I'm not interested in your real name, and I don't intend to develop you into Stockholm Syndrome. I'm not here to make friends. Now, listen...No. 23." The mirror-faced swallowed hard, maybe that was Blood... In short, he paused for a few seconds and continued: "Before your colleagues come to disrupt the situation, give me the data I want, and I will leave quickly with them. You, and the people on this ship , will survive. But in those eight minutes, if you are not done yet... your colleagues will make things more complicated. I hate situations outside of my control happening one after another, do you understand?"
No. 23 nodded: "Okay." Of course he understood that the lives of hundreds of people on this ship were in his hands. If the situation got out of control, this masked murderer would kill the Sky Eagle.
Not long after, No. 23 completed Mirror Face's instructions. He carefully reached out his hand: "I'm going to connect your hard drive to the console now."
The mirrored face said nothing, watching the other party complete this action.
A progress bar soon appeared on the screen, and a group of files was being transferred.
Almost twenty seconds later, the communicator rang: "This is the headquarters, please reply. Who is transferring data there? Please identify yourself."
Mirror Face removed the dagger from No. 23's neck, and pierced the communicator with one blow.
"I think this progress bar should be able to finish before someone comes." Jing Mian said: "When it reaches 100%, you can leave. My suggestion is that if you want to survive, you have to run fast enough. Far enough."
Even though the opponent's weapon was no longer pointing at him, No. 23 had no intention of resisting. He himself was not an ability user at all. Even if he was, when he searched for data just now, he had already seen the mirror in the first page of the search results. Face's estimated level has been reduced, so resisting is tantamount to suicide.
At this time, on the surveillance screen next to it, one could already see the rapid response teams attacking in Tianjiu, and they were rushing here quickly.
Suddenly, when the progress bar reached 83%, the transmission stopped. It was like a hammer was hit on No. 23's chest. He instantly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
Then, an old man's face appeared on the screen. (To be continued...