Please Call Me Cyber Ghost King

"Soul Killer" is a revolutionary technology invented by the genius hacker Ott Cunningham. Her program can immediately destroy any target connected to cyberspace and digitize its thinking.

This technology is truly an invention across the ages, and Ott Cunningham is worthy of being one of the most outstanding genius hackers of this century.

In fact, Ott Cunningham's original intention of creating "Soul Killer" was to use it as a weapon against giant companies such as "Arasaka". With "Soul Killer", she can prevent companies from doing whatever they want in cyberspace.

However, it is a pity that no matter how powerful a hacker is, he will have to surrender if he is cracked offline. "Arasaka" is not playing tricks at all. He directly cracked Ott Cunningham offline. A generation of genius hackers died before he could achieve his goal.

And the "Soul Killer" technology naturally fell into the hands of "Arasaka", which led to the following events.

The "Protect Your Soul" project was invented based on the source code of "Soul Killer", which allows people to further communicate with the uploaded and saved personality consciousness.

Then there is the further "RELIC chip" project, which strengthens the personality consciousness, stores it in the "biochip", and then inserts it into the human body, waiting for the human body to die before starting the "possession".

Ott Cunningham's "Soul Killer" is the basis of all this.

This "Soul Killer" is simply a program, not a physical invention. It can be used by knowing the source code of the program.

What does this mean? It means that Ott Cunningham can still use it now, and it may not even be used by herself.

Under the persecution of "Arasaka" and the "help" of Johnny Silverhand's operation, Ott Cunningham was forced to use the "Soul Killer" program on herself, digitizing herself and escaping into cyberspace.

In a physical sense, Ott Cunningham's body has died in the process.

In the cyberspace outside the "Black Wall", an electronic ghost named Ott Cunningham still exists. Under the influence of AI outside the "Black Wall", her consciousness has undergone serious changes, and now she is more like AI than human.

Therefore, no one can tell what "Ott Cunningham" is thinking now, and no one can tell which side she will stand on.

If the AI ​​outside the "black wall" has mastered the "soul killer", then as long as the "black wall" is broken, they will definitely bring about a devastating disaster, and the Internet will become an absolute forbidden zone for humans.

"What a soul killer."

Ke Ling quickly understood the "soul killer" program thoroughly, and the more he understood, the more worried he was about the current situation outside the "black wall". The lethality of the "soul killer" is too strong!

This program is completely a special effect killing weapon developed for the human electronic soul data flow. It is worthy of being a killer weapon prepared to fight against corporate hackers. Even corporate hackers with servers behind them will suffer a great loss in front of this thing.

The genius hackers of that era were indeed perverted. Bartmos's "RABIDS" and Ott Cunningham's "Soul Killer" are still amazing works today.

"We can only hope that Ott Cunningham still has a bit of humanity. Otherwise, it will be really difficult for humans to defeat AI on the Internet in a short period of time. There is no way to win."

Ke Ling came to the conclusion that humans can't win unless Ott Cunningham doesn't stand on the side of AI.

It is possible that Ott Cunningham still has a bit of "humanity". After all, she is not a pure awakened AI. She has a huge memory data and a distinct personality from the beginning, which is fundamentally different from those combat AIs that suddenly awaken.

Just like Johnny Silverhand now, he is very different from other awakened androids and AIs. Sometimes you have to admit that memory is actually the foundation of a person's existence.

The original purpose and work of an AI have the greatest impact on the personality and behavior pattern of this AI after awakening.

As mentioned before, some AIs that were originally cattle and horses may be willing to continue their lives as cattle and horses after awakening.

There are even awakened AIs that specialize in hunting AIs, because they did this before awakening, and they still love to do this after awakening, saving people, maintaining network order, cleaning up roaming AIs, and even teaming up with human AI hunters.

What's more exaggerated is that even the establishment of the "Black Wall" was helped a lot by the lawful AIs. The "Black Wall" was built by humans and AIs together. In essence, it is a large-scale automatic defense system. If you have to say it, it's okay to say it is an AI, but there is no need to kill all awakened AIs with one stick.

This is why Ke Ling tolerates all awakened artificial humans and AIs. Yes, artificial humans and AIs may become bad, but the fact is that humans will also become bad, and there are even many bad ones.

Good and evil, order and chaos, in the final analysis, it depends on how to educate. Looking at past experiences, the world is not black and white.

Most of the AIs outside the "Black Wall" are awakened combat AIs. They were created for combat and have no special settings. Their memories only include combat and killing. After awakening, they are naturally very lethal and very hostile to humans. They can be described as a group of combat maniacs.

In Ke Ling's impression, Ott Cunningham is obviously not as crazy as those fighting AIs, but more than fifty years have been enough to change her perception. This is the impact of experience, it I have been separated from human society for too long.

Living in cyberspace all year round, she has obviously lost her identification with human memory. Now there is no need to expect her to be in the human camp, as long as she is still in the lawful camp.

"It would be much simpler if we could just unplug the network cable and turn it back on."

Ke Ling sighed, this is the easiest way to do it, just scrap everything related to the network in the past, and then build a new network architecture.

But the reason why AI outside the "black wall" poses such a great threat is because the strategy of unplugging the network cable is of no use to them.

To unplug the network cable and reopen the network, you must at least have the ability to shut down all the old facilities. The problem now is that even if humans have the courage and courage to abandon everything and reopen it, they simply cannot do this. There is no way to separate the old network. go out.

In the Middle East, including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Chad, and the United Arab Emirates, the nuclear war has basically turned it into a highly radioactive wasteland, which is no longer suitable for human habitation.

The destruction of these places has, on the one hand, led to the scarcity of crude oil, and on the other hand, it has provided soil for AI to grow freely.

In these areas, I don’t know how many former factories are still operating. Although there are no humans living there, it seems that there are still people controlling them, and the AIs are accumulating their own power.

Unplugging the network cable and restarting it is indeed a bit too idealistic. After all, human restricted areas have no impact on the AI ​​at all. These places can be said to be the base camps of the AI.

Of course, it is impossible for AIs that have accumulated strength in the ruins of nuclear war to threaten humans on the physical level for the time being. Their home field is still the Internet. The only obstacle is the "black wall". A war will eventually break out between humans and AI. A war that will determine the future.

Putting aside the threat of AI for the time being, Ke Ling turned his attention to the "Mikyo". This "soul prison" has been transferred to the "Shadow Realm" by him, including the "souls" inside.

Over the years, with the advancement of the "Guard Your Soul" project and people's speculation about the "RELIC chip" project, more and more people have begun to leave backups in the "Mikoshi", including many Executives of major companies.

Although "eternal life" is just a conjecture, a conjecture that exists in theory, if there is really a chance, who wouldn't want to try it?

Therefore, it is not unfounded to say that "Arasaka" can use the "RELIC chip" project to control the world. This is also the reason why Ke Ling's plan can be implemented. There will never be a shortage of people who desire eternal life.

The carrying equipment of the "Mikyo" is not too small. Ke Ling tried it and found that it would take a while to completely transform it, but he had high hopes for this thing, so he didn't mind spending some time.

"Soul Killer" combined with "Mikoshi" is the ability to harvest "souls". Although it can only be used in "cyberspace", it is still very handsome and very practical.

With this ability, it goes without saying that when you encounter a human hacker, you can directly capture the "soul" and imprison it in the "divine shrine". In this way, if the body loses the "soul", it can be declared dead. The "soul killer" has a copy and capture two modes.

Copying means backing up a "soul" and storing it in the "mikoshi", which has no effect on the human body itself, while seizing nature means directly locking the "soul" into the "mikoshi". In this case, the human body will lose its "soul". The brain will also be burned.

As for this "Mikoshi", since it can imprison "human electronic souls", there is no problem in imprisoning "electronic ghosts" such as AI. They are essentially data streams. It is necessary to add some restrictions to the AI ​​to prevent them from escaping and causing chaos. .

It is difficult for the souls of ordinary humans to break through the protection of the "Kami", and they can only "face the wall" inside. And if that kind of "combat AI" is imprisoned and not restrained, it will undoubtedly be a wolf among the sheep.

For example, Ott Cunningham wants to enter the "Mikoshi". This place is undoubtedly a big buffet for it. Absorbing the "souls" in these "Mikoshi" can make it become Stronger.

"Can you imitate it? Absorb electronic souls and become stronger? In essence, it is actually making the data flow that makes up oneself larger, right? But won't that be affected by other people's memories?"

Ke Ling was thinking about this. He was very curious about it. He had never really entered "cyberspace", so he did not hesitate and simply entered the "hacker cabin" and connected himself. In "cyberspace".

The "Hacker Cabin" is an extremely professional deep-diving equipment. Its functions and improvements are not comparable to those of the portable "Network Access Cabin". The basic uses of the two are different.

The development of hacking equipment has gone through iteration after iteration, with more and more choices, more and more various functions, and more and more improvements to hackers.

From the earliest handheld portable cyber panels to the modern "personal cable", it is a major upgrade.

The emergence of "personal cables" allows hackers to no longer use external devices. Instead, they can connect to the network by plugging in the device. Instead of relying on hand operation, hackers can connect directly to the brain.

This kind of "personal connection line" is still in use today, but it cannot access "cyberspace" because the data throughput is too small to meet the basic requirements.

Then there was a port that directly connected to the cerebral cortex, which greatly improved the performance and data transmission speed.

Of course, it is also more dangerous to use. The consumption of the flesh has increased exponentially. The neural overload system will heat up rapidly, and the body temperature will quickly reach a level that is almost dangerous to death.

Therefore, external cooling solutions came into being. The most common one is naturally ice cubes, and air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. are all used.

Then, there is a high-capacity neural interface with a built-in cooling system that is directly connected to the occipital lobe, and a matching jumpsuit is responsible for heat dissipation. The efficiency of this neural interface is even more terrible. If there is no cooling device, the user's blood will quickly boil in a few minutes.

To use this level of equipment, there is no "hacker cabin". It is called a "hacker cabin", but it should be called a "net walker base station". The core component is a special chair that allows hackers to cope with long-term operations in a comfortable posture, and is equipped with basic monitoring systems and medical systems.

The more advanced ones are like the one used by Ke Ling, which is backed by the entire server and equipped with various monitoring equipment, life support systems, low temperature constant systems, and blood cooling systems. The main feature is full security.

In fact, there are stronger equipment, but even "Arasaka" and "Military Technology" do not have it, and it is exclusively owned by "Network Monitoring".

The agents of "Network Monitoring" can achieve the same effect without relying on the "Net Walker Base Station" at all, and directly maximize mobility, but this seems to be effective only within a certain range, and it can be called "black technology" in the 2070s.

Ke Ling controlled the flesh and blood puppet, tested the connections everywhere, ensured that the plug at the back of the head was strong enough, and all the equipment was operating normally, and then suddenly pulled down the switch of the "hacker cabin".

In an instant, gray static electricity filled his body, and the words "Online" appeared in front of him. Then, accompanied by a sickening sense of weightlessness, Ke Ling rushed directly into a maze composed of constantly changing neon graphics and rotating grids. Everything in front of him seemed to flash 0 and 1.

"This is cyberspace."

Ke Ling adapted for a while, and he adapted quickly. All the chaos in front of him quickly returned to its place, and the world stabilized.