- As with the old Internet in the past, with the development of new data networks such as domains, hackers have also appeared.

These lawless guys who wreak havoc in the virtual network are undoubtedly the most headache for network administrators.

The hackers' frenzied sabotage activities bring countless financial losses to the field every day, and those hackers who are strong enough to even play with cyber police and protection software for fun, seemingly full of vulnerabilities, can always escape at the last minute before being caught.

The Administrators hated these people, but they couldn't do anything about it.

But today, it seems that there is a "legend" that has fallen.

After reading the content of the news, Lin Chi thoughtfully closed the page in front of him, and while continuing to follow the black-robed man, he asked casually: "Do you know the 'Black Dahlia'?" ”

"I'm a member of a hacker forum, and I don't have anything to do with her." Frankenstein replied immediately, then rhetorically, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, I'll just ask." Lin Chi raised his head as he spoke, staring at the area.

They entered through high-speed fiber optics in the 10th district of the domestic Internet, and unlike the 12th and 13th districts, there are many fewer tourists in this area, and the deserted streets reveal a little oppressive.

Towering skyscrapers stand in the area, slicing the blocks below into neat grids and casting heavy shadows.

- The 10th arrondissement is a typical commercial area with very few pedestrians on the street.

The buildings here are basically for various companies and institutions. In general, users in the field who go to negotiate and handle business will basically use special ports to "transmit" directly to the reception area and will not stay on the street.

Therefore, the streets of this modern urban area full of skyscrapers are almost empty at this time, except for Lin Chi and Frankenstein, there is basically no one else.

"Where is your hideout?" Lin Chi used the encrypted channel to ask the black-robed people around him.

"Yes." Frankenstein replied, "Please follow me." ”

The two walked through the empty streets and into the shadows between two glass-walled buildings. Several electronic guards ignored them and passed by the sidewalk behind.

Although the terrain and character modeling in the realm are much rougher than in the game, and it is still impossible to fight. But at this time, Lin Chi had a feeling that he was playing an intracerebral imaging game. He opened the menu and looked at the time, it was eight thirty in the morning.

- The Blade Arena tournament will start in the afternoon. I still have a few hours to stay in the field and investigate.

Lin Chi followed Frankenstein to the bottom of a glass-walled building, only to see the black-robed man standing in the dead corner of the camera and using the master key in front of a dirty piece of glass.

After it was operated, a dark purple wooden door suddenly appeared on the seemingly non-anomalous glass wall.

Seeing that the black-robed man was about to reach out to open the door, Lin Chi suddenly stepped forward and stopped Frankenstein's movements:

"Wait a minute." He whispered.

Although it didn't seem to be abnormal, there was an inexplicable strange feeling that hung over his heart, and for some reason, he always felt a strange sense of disobedience in this place.

"What's wrong?" Frankenstein turned his head to look at him.

"I think something is wrong...... Lin Chi said seriously.

Although he couldn't see anything specific about the anomaly, he always felt that the situation was not normal. If I want to describe it, there is a sense of disobedience:

- It may be that something that shouldn't have happened has appeared, or something that should have happened didn't happen.

Thinking of this, Lin Chi clenched his fists slightly, and the faint pain in his palms made him suddenly realize the source of his sense of disobedience:

In the realm space where there should be pain, this feeling that should not have appeared. As for why this is the case, there is no need to explain why:

"Evacuate, this is a war zone!"

Before Lin Chi's words fell, the murderous data stream that attacked from behind him was like an invisible giant hand, firmly clamping his body. But at the last moment before losing control, Lin Chi had already opened the menu and clicked the red button of "Exit Domain".

The world in front of him turned into a blurred shadow, Lin Chi's feeling instantly subsided, and when he opened his eyes again, he was greeted by the green light inside the game warehouse.

“……”

He unfastened his belt as fast as he could, opened the hatch and jumped out, picking up his phone and calling Frankenstein.

But the virus, which had gained self-awareness, did not respond to his call.

Because Frankenstein at this time has no time to answer any questions:

Facing the two electronic guards rushing from the corner of the street, Frankenstein raised his right hand suddenly, and the shell module that Lin Chiqiang left in the field when he retreated was instantly wiped out, turning into gray residue and dissipating into the virtual air.

The strange-looking firearm in the electronic guard's hand pointed at the black-robed man's head, but it couldn't stop Frankenstein from deleting the module used by Lin Chi as quickly as possible, avoiding his identity being exposed.

"Over."

The slender figure in the black robe raised his left hand as he spoke, pointing in the direction of the electronic guards.

A dull roar erupted from underground, and the earth of District 10 began to tremble. A silver metal wall suddenly rose from the ground, almost blocking the entire street, directly blocking the way of the electronic guards!

The "firewall" that was enough to block the direct attack of antivirus software even cut through a nearby building, and even if you can't see the situation inside, just looking at the damage to the building, you can judge that several companies working in it may have to temporarily stop working......

"Delete."

Under the hood of the pitch-black robe, a cold female voice floated out, and the two electronic guards who were about to continue the attack didn't even have time to find a breakthrough, so they suddenly flickered, and then ...... Disappeared without warning.

At this time, Frankenstein also realized that he had stepped into a trap, and this hiding place should have been discovered by the Internet police a long time ago. The obliteration program sent by the bastards chose to ambush near the entrance.

Frankenstein, who has battled various antivirus software and firewalls countless times, is already familiar with this kind of battle. The two electronic guards alone are no match for it at all!

However, it is obvious that there are more than two electronic guards sent by the other party.

Frankenstein turned around and erased the door on the glass curtain wall, and was about to force his way out through the emergency port, only to find three more electronic guards rushing from the right-hand side, which was not isolated by the "wall", trying to restrain its body.

"Delete."

With the cold sound under the hood, the data of the two electronic guards was forcibly erased, along with their bodies, and the remaining "survivor" was directly reduced by half, and the destroyed program was no longer able to fight.

The black-robed figure ghostly flashed in front of the wreckage of the electronic guards, reached out from the destroyed program block, took out a piece of information inside, and began to analyze the orders received by the electronic guards:

"Don't destroy it, keep the complete data. We need complete data. ”

After reading this command, a dark vortex suddenly appeared around Frankenstein, and the whole person seemed to be sucked into a black hole and completely disappeared from the realm.

When the other electronic guards arrived, they found only a wall that resembled a firewall that was difficult to break through from the front. and the half-destroyed virtual bodies of his companions......

The phone screen glows with a faint blue light, and an earpiece-shaped icon is projected into the air above the screen.

When Lin Chi contacted Frankenstein for the fifteenth time, he finally received a concise response:

"I'm here."

Seeing the other party's reply, Lin Chi, who was originally frowning, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly asked, "Are you okay?" ”

"They're no match for me." An electronic voice came from the phone, and there was a hint of pride in the tone: "But I can't find the original data, that hideout is abandoned." ”

"It's okay, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood." Lin Chi said something that the other party might not understand.

It seems that even though the TDK-131 virus has been judged to be "completely eradicated", Frankenstein is not resting on his laurels. Cyber police and antivirus software are still tracking it, but not treating it as a virus, but as a hacker or something.

Those people probably didn't expect that the virus in the network could evolve consciousness, so they didn't use the program to kill TDK-131 to hunt down Frankenstein.

That's why Frankenstein escaped unscathed, but even then, it's not to be taken lightly:

"You'd better not go to the realm lately, stay at home for a few days." Lin Chi reminded.

- Since Frankenstein's identity hasn't been revealed yet, it's better to be cautious now. If those who maintain order in the realm find that TDK-131 has not been completely eliminated and use the antivirus software again, Frankenstein will undoubtedly struggle in the future and will never be able to return to the realm.

"I understand." An emotionless voice rang on the phone.

"That's good." Lin Chi said and leaned back on the sofa in a lazy posture.

After the "adventure" in the field just now, he was woken up by the phone call in the morning, and he was already a little sleepy.

Perhaps, it's time to get some sleep and wait for the afternoon game.

……

Two hours later.

Lin Chi, who woke up from the sofa in the living room, rubbed his arm that was a little numb, and looked at the content of the email received on his mobile phone, as if an ellipsis was slowly rising above his head:

"Dear Sword and Blade players: We regret to inform you that due to an outage on our servers, this game will be undergoing emergency maintenance, and the Arena Tournament was originally scheduled for this afternoon. It will also be postponed to another time.

We will notify you of the specific time of the event. Don't worry if you've purchased tickets for the Arena Tournament, your tickets will be available for use during postponed tournaments.

Please also continue to support Sword Blade, we will do our best to provide you with better service. ”

- So, the semi-finals and finals that were supposed to be held this afternoon were canceled?

"What's the situation?"

Lin Chi opened the official website of "Blade" and confirmed the situation of the game's operator, only to find that the location of the game's virtual server was the tenth area where he and Frankenstein were ambushed.

Blade's servers must have been destroyed in the battle between Frankenstein and the Electronic Guards, right?

Thinking of this possibility, Lin Chi opened the game forum and looked at the chat content of the players inside, according to the descriptions of those players who were playing the game and were suddenly kicked back to the real world and were angry, the server of "Sword Blade" was disconnected at about half past eight this morning.

In this way, my speculation should be true......

Realizing this, Lin Chi couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and muttered, "This is really a coincidence." ”

"What's wrong?" The voice of Frankenstein asking questions rang on the phone.

"It's okay, I think it's time to play the game." Lin Chi said and looked at the large machine in the corner of the living room.

Now that the arena tournament of "Blade" has been temporarily suspended, I don't have to prepare for a duel with the Valkyrie for the time being, so I can relax......

As for his recent means of killing time, there is only one way:

Lin Chi opened the streamlined shell of the game warehouse, switched the internally loaded program from the domain client, to the recently popular "War Paradise", and was about to lie in it with great interest, when Frankenstein's complaint sounded behind him:

"I want to play too."

"You'd better rest for now, and wait for the limelight to pass." Lin Chi smiled.

Before he could finish speaking, he had already closed the hatch and opened the safety lock. Relax your body and lie down in the soft chair, and after securing your body, press the button on the armrest.

Airplanes!

The roar exploded in his consciousness, and the chaotic patch of color, which was spliced together by countless colors, instantly occupied all his sight.

The scenery in front of you is constantly flowing like a kaleidoscope, and when the view is clear again, you will see a building that is still under construction.

Steve Construction's efficiency doesn't look great, and now the building is only seven stories old, and a blurry patch of color appears above the building, like a wriggling mosaic.

"Isn't this system still in place?"

Seeing that the builders he hired were still continuing to build the building, Lin Chi also decisively opened the game menu and began to prepare for matching.