Chapter 858 - 137

[Munemasa: What dangerous stunt are you pulling again?!!]

The dangerous stunt wasn’t referring to Lille’s large-scale crawling operations—

It’s something that’s been planned for a long time; collecting information through massive crawling programs can almost be seen as the AI’s instinct to return to the internet.

With this unique AI, Lille, bypassing the Black Wall and evading Network Supervision, they can safely collect diverse information from the multiple subnets artificially divided by the European Union, thus piecing together the truth of the intelligence as much as possible.

But all this is built on the foundation of the words "very careful"...

Lille can indeed intercept and distort the communication signals of the European Union authorities in different network spaces, but this is undoubtedly beyond the plan!

Lille can avoid the Black Wall for clandestine crawling activities, but humans might detect his online activities—

Now that there’s this hacking activity, the probability of being found abnormal is shooting up!

The method of cross-dimensional information communication can make the European Union unable to trace the source of the crawler, and they could have completed this task silently.

But this anomaly, even if it doesn’t allow the European Union to locate the source, enables them to conclude:

Someone is tampering with their communication channels, either in Mexico City or in Europe.

Linking the anomaly to Elliot’s side obviously requires some clues and evidence, but the European Union is hardly some resource-strapped old men. Of course, they can operate on both lines!

[Lille: This isn’t the first time, calm down, plans can’t keep up with changes.]

[Munemasa: But you just covered the signal of the European Union authorities!!!]

[Lille: Relax... They won’t find us here.]

Lille had grown accustomed to Munemasa’s weak complaints, and in his opinion, Munemasa was becoming more and more human-like—still the kind who likes to complain but will fully support when something happens...

However, since Munemasa has no gender, using "good brother" to describe it somewhat assumes a gender fallacy.

Clearly, life in Night City is indeed becoming more bearable, but this comfort comes with some carrying a heavy load...

A stubborn girl who inadvertently took on a heavy burden is probably going crazy or something.

[Lille: Let’s keep working, we don’t have time to take it slow.]

[Munemasa: You know you’re messing around, right?]

[Lille: But we’re speeding up for the sake of Night City—]

In Cyberspace, the Evil Ghost mask of Munemasa furrowed a frown, staring at Lille, shaking his head while smacking his lips:

[Munemasa: Sometimes I have the illusion that you might have picked up some bad human habits...]

[Lille: I am human after all, done with the labeling?]

The European Union’s Cyberspace is like small cities with clear boundaries, each city having its own theme:

Unemployed individuals struggling with life communicate within miniature alleys full of agencies, using various cryptic languages and ways of subtle dialogue to communicate crazily, racking their brains to avoid traps in the subnets—actually some sensitive word detection systems.

Those filled with hope for the European Union exist in an orderly and friendly community, sharing positive energy information existing in the European Union.

Supporters of product control enjoy free trading within the community, but they can never buy unregistered products; those who oppose product control similarly exist in a cage designed for them, carefully maneuvering, enjoying the thrill of bending over backward to buy controlled items, feeling like they’ve tricked the European Union...

This is the European Union’s Cyberspace, where people with different opinions are neatly segregated into different subnets, maintaining their own life rhythms.

But sometimes, to satisfy their "battle desire," they venture into territories not belonging to them to wreak havoc—

Besides this active network exploration behavior, there are also some "passive" interactions between communities:

It seems the network managers of the European Union plan to project different community perspectives into other communities, even guiding people from different communities to communicate with each other... Sometimes it can even be called cyber debate.

[Munemasa: ...It’s really strange, if it’s for stability, this logic might instead spark more... ideological conflicts.]

[Munemasa: The probability of humans acting irrationally in this environment spikes, high security costs can indeed suppress these irrational behaviors, preventing chain events...]

[Munemasa: But this is inefficient.]

It truly is inefficient—thinking from the premise of monitoring and safety systems, the design of this system seems somewhat counterintuitive.

[Lille: What if this isn’t a system purely for control purposes? These activities seem like they are experiments.]

[Munemasa: Incomprehensible.]

Of course, Munemasa can’t understand; it is an AI designed purely with efficiency in weapon design in mind.

In fact, not only Munemasa can’t understand, most AIs are only sensitive to numerical changes, while human behavior often contradicts AI logic.

Intuition tells Lille: The European Union’s system is no longer just running for security and stability.

The information cocoons of closed systems, guided interactive collisions, and the "wandering AI guide zone" between the Black Wall and European residents’ networks all bear out this view.

[Lille: It’s okay, we’ll figure it out...]

[Lille: Is Elliot’s prosthetic settled?]

[Munemasa: Waiting for you to flash it—since you returned, his learning efficiency increased by 11 percent, quite miraculous.]

[Munemasa: I always believed a genius is an individual with inherently higher learning efficiency, while human learning efficiency always declines with age.]

[Munemasa: How did you do it?]

[Lille: People can’t teach people, but matters can teach people... Just learn.]

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[New hardware detected: Zeta Technology Civilian Computing Suite (2076 model)]

[New hardware detected: Data Communication Modem (produced by Zeta Technology)]

[New hardware detected: BUG Interferer (subcutaneous implant)]

[New hardware detected: Arasaka Echo Laser Microphone (voice package implant)]

[New hardware detected: World Satellite Communication Company Linear Beam Communication Link (subcutaneous scalp implant)]

[New hardware detected: Communication Electronics Company Scanner Full Body Scanner (package implant)]

[New hardware detected: Data Communication Company "Finance Treasure" Data Watch]

[New hardware detected: Triple Alliance Technology Company Data Shield Layer (portable component)]

[New hardware detected: Qilusi Remote-Controlled Artificial Eye]

[Signature confirmed, certifying authority: European Union Cyborg Administration, European Union Communication and Information Service Standards Bureau...]

[Connecting to European Barrier...]

[Welcome to the network, citizen Elliot Grove]