Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 60 NO.003c: Three Forks

Gravity is in effect.

Liao Qi tore off the key on the auxiliary anti-gravity engine, and let the heavy all-terrain vehicle make a perfect free fall.

And the three people in the car... two people and one AI, they all soared into the air for a short while without any force.

The graphic grids on the edges of the cracks are connected together, and the sound of howling wind is whistling outside the window.

The head of the liquid metal humanoid machine was blasted like popcorn, with a fiery breath remaining, and it is currently slowly healing. And its hands pinching Jiang Zhou's neck continued to slowly increase their strength to strangle.

Jiang Zhou felt that the other party's previously cold hands were now burning hot, but soon he realized that this was the feeling caused by blood stasis.

Sensing this, Jiang Zhou manipulated Liao Qi's body and kicked on the other side of the car door.

The door of the car was kicked and flew out, and Liao Qi also used that force to eject, crossing the river boat with precision and hitting the opponent.

He grabbed the opponent's neck and pressed its steaming head against the edge of the crack.

"squeak--"

It was like the sound of a train braking. On the way of falling rapidly, the incomplete head of the other party wiped out a series of dazzling sparks on the edge of the crack.

The edge of the fissure is the transition zone between different abyss darknet depths. As bedrock, its material is not limited by the base construction program.

In other words, at least within the framework of the agreement, it is indestructible.

So, like grinding on a grinder, the opponent's head was smoothed out.

But even so, the other party had no intention of stopping breaking Jiang Zhou's neck.

The noose of the god of death tightened around Jiang Zhou's neck.

Then fall faster, faster...

Because of the lack of oxygen, Jiang Zhou thought to himself that his consciousness was close to fuzzy.

As long as you fall a little more, you will be able to...

Heavy drowsiness kept coming to his head, and even his fingertips gradually became numb and dull.

It won't be long before he is about to fall into a deep sleep.

However, at the moment when he crossed a certain depth, Jiang Zhou suddenly became sober.

It's like switching from "off" to "on" directly.

Hypoxia?

In cyberspace, why do I need to breathe?

Jiang Zhou woke up instantly and realized that he no longer needed "oxygen".

In fact, there is no so-called "oxygen" for him to breathe.

At the same time, the opponent's clenched hands were strong enough to break Jiang Zhou's neck.

But he still didn't die.

Just shrinking his neck back a little, Jiang Zhou penetrated the opponent's hands strangling his neck like a ghost.

There is no such thing as a collision volume anymore.

The falling had stopped, they were floating... no, they were abruptly still in mid-air.

Not only gravity, but even inertia no longer exists.

"Although it is far from falling to the bottom of the abyss..."

As Jiang Zhou "said", a single thought created a long distance between him and the other party.

From Liao Qi's perspective, the scene was as abrupt as a poorly produced stop-motion animation with a low frame rate.

Jiang Zhou recalled what he had asked Qian Xia Ying earlier:

"Then what if...you jump down?"

You won't be thrown to your death, because to a certain extent, the laws of physics simulated by the base construction will break down.

You will fall into other depths of the abyss and dark net. Because you cannot recognize everything around you, your mental index will experience an irreversible drop, and you will eventually go completely crazy.

But Jiang Zhou's mental index was completely abnormal.

When absorbing the tactical memory, although he would feel dizzy for a short time, after that, he did not have visual and auditory hallucinations like 136 and the others were worried about.

After the depth 1 transformation, the mental index detector once displayed the impossible number "1". Even if that number is just a mechanical failure, according to Booker, his talent is a one-in-a-million genius.

And after falling to the current depth that is said to be enough to drive ordinary people crazy, Jiang Zhou didn't feel that there was anything abnormal in his mental state.

Rather, there is nothing abnormal.

"The timing of this drop was just right."

Jiang Zhou said.

"Yeah, otherwise I would almost have to explain it here."

Liao Qi, who also opened a distance, replied like this.

Alternately present the inner self-talk through dialogue.

Or maybe... His existence itself was already abnormal enough.

The current depth is sufficient, and the physical laws simulated by the base construction are no longer valid.

The display interface of the liquid metal doll still encapsulates the program code of the other party, but Jiang Zhou can "feel" the huge amount of information in the other party.

Right now, neither the other party nor themselves can kill each other through "physical" means.

Between each other, they need to compile their own "ice wall" and "ice breaking program" based on their own intelligence and computing power for offensive and defensive confrontation.

Until one party's source code is completely destroyed.

As an AI, the opponent has the source code, needless to say. As a human being, the stand-in program is Jiang Zhou's "source code".

Once it is destroyed, it will activate the apoptosis program on the brain-computer interface, bringing about the death of the physical body.

So here comes the question, Jiang Zhou's Hongqiao brain area has not yet installed any offensive and defensive plug-ins, plus the amount of intelligence and computing power expanded by Liao Qi's Depth 1 transformation, can it be better than one that is definitely deeper than Depth 2? Malware?

Jiang Zhou wanted to give it a try.

Since his consciousness can be maintained here, he at least has the qualifications to give it a go.

Based on his past experience, Jiang Zhou almost instinctively wrote an "ice wall" that acts on the bottom layer of the network protocol, protecting it from the stand-in program.

In his perception, this process became a translucent gray spherical shield, covering him and Liao Qi for protection.

This is the image of "Ice Wall" recognized by Jiang Zhou. If another person sees all this at this depth without being crazy, the other party will probably see another scene based on his own perception.

City walls, shields, watchdogs, guards...all the concrete concepts related to "guarding".

very simple...

Jiang Zhou thought to himself looking at the occasional flickering data on the spherical shield.

But in his cognition, this is effective enough.

So let's look at the other side...

The "ice-breaking program" compiled by the previous liquid metal doll has already taken shape—it was a tsunami formed by data, and it was slapping towards him overwhelmingly.

Leaving aside the quality, the other party is like a monster in terms of computing power.

The lead-gray spherical shield disappeared without a trace, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, within three seconds.

As for Jiang Zhou and Liao Qi?

Seeing that there was a magnitude gap between the two sides, he had already run away.

…………

The so-called running away is actually changing agents without interruption.

Once the coordinates are completely locked, it is impossible for him to escape.

In this regard, Jiang Zhou directly released Liao Qi first - after all, he and Jiang Zhou share the same path, one more person, one more possibility of being caught.

Then he started scurrying through the digital maze. While running, he left traces of camouflage, causing confusion and interference to the AI ​​chasing him.

With the crisis looming behind him, Jiang Zhou felt as if he was a virgin boy who was sent into the Minotaur labyrinth as a sacrifice——he was struggling in vain.

The difference in magnitude between the two sides was too great, and he seemed to be able to hear the heavy roar of the minotaur just a wall away from him.

This is "Icarus" and "Theseus", can I escape or kill the other party?

On the way to escape, Jiang Zhou complained deep in his heart.

Or, is there anything that can help him?

The previous behemoth rising from the abyss appeared in Jiang Zhou's mind.

what is that? Creation of Janus? Or Janus itself?

Since you have brought me to this era, you should be responsible for some after-sales service!

It was getting closer and closer, and Jiang Zhou seemed to be able to "feel" the opponent's breath on his back.

In Jiang Zhou's perception, the front is a three-way intersection.

He "selected" one of the paths, and hastily "dropped" the mark for confusion on the other two paths.

But the next moment, Jiang Zhou was stopped.

One, no... three.

In front of the three-way intersection, three dignified and elegant women suddenly appeared.

The three ladies had the same appearance and each stopped at each intersection.

They have skin as pale as the moon, and they hold a torch, a poisonous snake, and a dagger in their hands.

"Huh? Is this a feeling from the physical layer?"

When the three of them saw Jiang Zhou, they said at the same time.

It's like a voice.

Jiang Zhou wanted to yell at the other party to make way for him, but it was too late.

The malicious program behind him has already caught up with him.

"And the feeling from the most ancient times..."

The three ladies who stopped Jiang Zhou said in unison again before the malicious program was about to capture him.

Adjust the schedule and make up for it tomorrow.