Abyssal Wanderer

The deputy leader of the hacker group code-named "Compound Eye Spider" was the first to be killed.

After stealing the activation permission of the universal printer from the database and sending it to Booker, the hacker team's task has been completed. Right now, the entire temporary operating base is filled with the atmosphere of opening champagne at halftime.

Among the few calm people, Liao Qi is discussing the next work arrangement with the team leader of the hacker team, while the deputy team leader "Compound Eye Spider" is leading a team responsible for the aftermath, clearing away the traces of the previous invasion. .

At that time, Liao Qi noticed that after the three members of the aftermath team connected to the network, they immediately entered the rapid eye movement state, and the muscles on their faces began to twitch unnaturally. He was a little uneasy, but he didn't care too much.

After all, in the state of deep access, it is not uncommon to have a similar physiological state due to abnormal nerve discharge-similar to the accident of being choked to death by one's own saliva when deeply connected to the Internet, and now it is not on the news.

But when the vital signs detector issued a sharp siren, everyone in the entire temporary combat base panicked.

"Didn't you see that their three signals are all 'flat lines'? What are you all doing here?! Go and get the adrenaline!"

The team leader yelled, jumped up suddenly, and rushed towards the three members of the aftermath team. However, the distance was only a few steps, and when he rushed over, the deputy team leader "Compound Eye Spider" had already tilted his head to the side and died completely.

"How is it possible, how is this possible..."

he murmured in disbelief.

"It's the apoptosis program that's been activated."

A voice echoed behind him, and he turned his head. At this moment, Liao Qi was looking solemnly at the straight line drawn on the vital signs detector.

At this time, someone on the side hurriedly brought the hypodermic syringe, and without a word, pierced the needle tube into the chests of the remaining two people. With a sigh like a dying person, the other two immediately trembled violently like chaff.

However, it didn't take long for this flashback-like reaction to calm down quickly.

useless……

Looking at the "flat line" on the vital signs detector, Liao Qi thought to himself.

If they were only attacked by hackers, with the first aid equipment they prepared in advance, these few people would stay in the hospital for a few days at most.

But this is not a physical attack by using the surrounding equipment, but a direct activation of the apoptosis program of these three people.

Such a thing as brain death can only be said to be hard to save by gods.

"But how is that possible?"

The leader of the hacker team stood up to make way for the medical staff, gritted his teeth and restrained his excitement—the comrades with him day and night were chatting and laughing one second, and let go in the next second Human world. After the momentary absurd emotions dissipated, at this moment his heart was already filled with grief and anger.

It was an emotion that needed to be vented.

So, he walked to Liao Qi's side and grabbed his neckline with his hands.

"The whole plan was designed by you, and it was also a Trojan horse program that you implanted before. We are just using the 'World Wide Web' as a medium to carry out hacking missions... Tell me, how could they die from the apoptosis program?!"

He spoke with both hands, trying to lift the man in front of him who was appointed by Booker as the next leader of Icarus.

However, even though he tried his best, blushed, and even pulled the other party's neckline to make a "tearing" sound of cracking brocade, the other party still stood there motionless—probably at this moment he was angry, and at the moment I forgot that the person in front of me is the adjuster of Depth 2.

"Calm down first."

Liao Qi waited until the other party's emotions gradually calmed down, and his eyes gradually became clear, before speaking softly.

While speaking, his palms lightly rested on the other's hands that had torn his collar, and then he moved gently, but he didn't allow the other party to pull it apart without the slightest resistance.

"In just three seconds, they 'leveled the line' immediately, and the surrounding equipment did not show any signs of being hacked. The only reason for their death is that they were activated by the 'apoptosis program'."

Liao Qi said calmly and slowly.

Then, without waiting for the other party to speak, he continued:

"I know that the apoptosis program will only be activated when the substitute program dives into the abyss and is destroyed. These are all written in the agreement, and its reliability is guaranteed through the blockchain. exploited by a few.

"so……"

He took a deep breath:

"Exclude all the impossible, and the rest, no matter how unbelievable it is, is the truth—the three of them entered the abyss and dark net before, and encountered an accident there."

All of a sudden, everyone present fell silent.

Including the leader of the hacker group who was angry at himself earlier.

After being silent for a long time, he looked at himself with the eyes of a madman.

"Are you crazy?"

His voice was hoarse.

"No."

To this, Liao Qi answered briefly, and then he walked to the side of those corpses.

"Without the deep diving interface, how could they enter the abyss darknet by mistake when the Styx firewall still exists?"

Someone next to him asked.

"How much do you know about the deep dive interface?"

Liao Qi put his hands on the edge of the "Compound Eye Spider"'s reclining chair. Looking at his former teammate, his knuckles exerted force unconsciously, deforming the anti-fall guardrail.

Seeing this scene, the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

Taking a deep breath, Liao Qi asked again in a tone that didn't fit his usual reaction:

"How much do you know?"

It is about the deep dive interface that can pass through the Styx firewall and dive into the abyss darknet. Almost all the forces that hold the deep dive interface will not be mentioned too much.

Most people only know that the deep diving interface is divided into four levels: α, β, γ, and δ. The higher the level, the greater the bandwidth that can be tolerated through the interface, the more stable the diving environment, and the deeper the depth that can be reached.

Alpha-level deep dive interface is a necessary condition for becoming the gods of Olympus. It is said that in the hands of those mercenary kings who have broken through the limit of human intelligence and become the "city of one man", they all have mastered the β-level deep dive interface.

In addition, what is certain is that the deep dive interface must be a real physical interface in the base reality, not just authentication information such as secret keys or permissions.

After all, during the cyber domain war, countless companies, organizations, and individuals fought each other's dog brains, and there must be a tangible carrier for what they are fighting for.

But what is that real thing?

"From now on, everyone should not access the network of Cargo Theseus from the previous path. I guess the activated interface is eroding their internal network... Their sacrifice is valuable."

Liao Qi said.

At this moment, he recalled what Goddess Mingyue had said before.

Hecate referred to the universal printer as the "portal" between cyberspace and reality... He had already hinted at this level at the time, and he didn't even think about it further.

"That universal printer is a deep dive interface." (End of this chapter)