Treants?

Leon was expressionless, everything in the data world was based on the image of the material basis,

The tree man summoned by Merlin is essentially a data attack method such as password intrusion, SQL injection, and MAC flooding, but it is just a special form of existence in the data world.

can combine these means,

It is concretely displayed in an image that the human brain can understand.

Boom –

The ground shook and tore, and in the abyss of burning flames, a large number of tree spirits climbed out, all over the mountains, densely packed, like a wave.

The tree spirit at the front, trampled under the feet of the same kind in the rear, stepped mercilessly,

The army of treants is stacked high,

In an instant, a slope was created at the foot of the building.

Boom!

Merlin then pestled his staff, shrouding the dark sky of the entire city, forming countless black spheres,

Gargoyles, harpies, griffins and other monsters were released from it, and they swooped towards the building where Leon was.

Although the magic power of the Great Witch is strong, it is still very difficult to create a huge data torrent in such a short period of time.

Unless the other party is, come prepared,

Someone will go to the Venezuelan network node to find clues...

Could it be that Thomas was captured? Or did the mailman count that Thomas would stay behind?

Li Ang suppressed the doubts in his heart and stepped on the roof of the building.

Click-

The floor tiles made of reinforced concrete burst open, and Leon's figure flew straight into the distance like a cannonball.

Several gargoyles dived vertically like fighter jets, trying to intercept them, but they were struck by the overlord's horizontal bar in mid-air.

or explode on the spot,

Or fly far away, smash the glass of the high-rise office building, roll in the narrow corridor of the office floor, and smash the baffles of countless office cubicles.

The griffons and harpies were more agile in their movements, and they rushed forward, their glittering claws avoiding the overlord's barrage and grabbing at Leon's back.

Psychic Enchantment, Level 2, [Inflict Pain]

Leon's own psionic energy was converted into a virus program and invaded the harpy's brain.

The latter's body trembled like thunder, and his winged arms? Covering his head in pain, he screamed loudly and fell downward.

Psychic Enchantment, Level 3? 【Secondary Domination】

A griffon's pupils suddenly become cloudy and change the direction of its dive? Turn around and pounce on your kind?

Dagger-like claws and sharp beaks that easily tear open the throats of their unsuspecting kind? Disemboweling along the neck?

The latter turned into a white light.

Kilometers in a flash? Merlin didn't seem to expect Leon to arrive so soon? His complexion changed slightly, and the staff in his hand was lightly tapped,

A thick firewall made of alloy is constructed in front of it.

Just hit the firewall? will reproduce and multiply quickly,

In the blink of an eye, around Merlin, an iron-clad defensive front was formed.

And yet—

"Boom!"

With a deafening loud bang, a fist mark appeared on the firewall, incomparably clear.

Merlin's heart also trembled with the sound, and the cold hairs on the back of his neck stood up, and his heart became inexplicably messy.

What's going on?

As a wizard of the data plane walker, there are many means and strange things,

But they fought each other and attacked,

It's usually a ranged attack, and the spell is a blast.

Who can penetrate the opponent's defense line first,

Bypassing or dismantling firewalls, exploiting vulnerabilities, planting viruses, scrambling data, hijacking domain names,

Whoever wins will win.

Close combat, pointless,

Not only will it not increase the probability of breaking through the opponent's defense,

Instead, you will put yourself in danger of being seen as flawed.

Merlin has never fought Samastre head-on, but from getting along with the Coast Wizards Association, he can feel that the other party should also be a traditional wizard.

How could it be that in one day, the whole appearance, along with the habit of performing witchcraft, was completely changed?

Boom!

Another punch,

A firewall made of alloy with a single piece recessed inward.

Immediately afterward, the sound of laser cutting (ten-finger dissociation) and pistol bombardment (Colt revolver) sounded outside the firewall.

Merlin subconsciously took a half step back, and the next second he was annoyed by his actions.

This is his home turf!

Merlin's expression is hideous, and in the center of the spherical firewall, waving his staff,

In the dark sky, black clouds suddenly fell, generating rolling thunderstorms that indiscriminately bombarded the surroundings of the firewall.

In an instant, the wall of the high-rise exploded, and the reinforced concrete fragments fell downward, killing a tree man.

The spherical firewall, which had lost its support, was suspended in mid-air.

Didn't kill.

With the dryads and dark clouds as his eyes and ears, Merlin could see the opponent in the shape of a white coat with a dragon's head.

At the moment when the thundercloud fell, the body melted into the ground (Phased Boots), hid under the spherical firewall, avoided the thunderstorm, and now hangs at the bottom of the firewall like a gecko.

That is... Over here!

Merlin's eyes were sharp, staring at the inner corner of the firewall space, and the staff was swung, and the alloy firewall immediately extended several metal spikes like a hedgehog, stabbing at Leon who was hanging outside.

Zheng!

The metal spikes tore through the fragile white coat, revealing the mirage red maneas hidden beneath the white coat.

As if he had been hit by a high-speed train, Li Ang fell downward, and only at more than 20 meters on the ground could he adjust his shape and balance his center of gravity.

“...”

Leon looked up at the ever-strengthening firewall high in the sky.

The power of the biological master is naturally released to treat chest pain.

He slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the spiritual power in his body slowly worked, turning from slow to fast.

Time, limited.

Merlin can squat here to defend and defend proves that he has been prepared, and the resources of the network nodes here can be called.

A dark canopy based on the physical basis of real-world network equipment has been laid.

Li Ang will not be supported by the Social Security Administration's computing power, and he will definitely lose if the time is prolonged.

The most important thing is that the mailer has not made a move,

Every second of delay is giving the mailer more room to carry out the final plan.

It is necessary to solve it quickly.

The massive number of tree people below have changed at this time,

A large number of tree spirits stretched out their limbs and branches, entangled with each other, as if they were slowly condensing into thirteen giant treemen nine meters high.

The giant treemen dug their legs into the dirt, their thick arms smashing the city road, picking up huge boulders and throwing them at Leon.

The [Sub-Master Ball] appeared in Li Ang's hand and threw it casually,

With a lightning-fast white light, the hideous and ugly Finks Pit Beast appeared in the data world.

"Roar!!"

As soon as the Poké Ball jumped out, the Finks Pit Beast roared in the sky, a green, venomous, viscous saliva flowing from the jagged teeth of its round mouthparts.

"Roar! Roar! Roar? ”

The never-ending roar of the Finks Pit Beast suddenly interrupted itself,

The creature with a low IQ lowered its head and looked at the plant vines wrapped around his waist dozens of times, not knowing what was happening.

"It's up to you, Finks Pit Beast."

Leon encouraged his Pokémon, and flicked the long whip of the plant vines in his hand,

The Finks Pit Beast tied to the end of the whip immediately flew sideways like the hammer part of a meteor hammer, and hit the boulder thrown by the giant tree man head-on.

Bang!

The boulder smashed into the back of the Finkx Pit Beast, bursting and shattering,

The virus program contained in the boulder penetrated into the surface of the Finks Pit Beast's skin, causing the latter to scream in pain.

"Well done, Finks Pit Beast."

Leon praised his Pokémon and flung the Finks Pit Beast around, shattering countless pieces of debris that flew in,

He stepped on the invisible staircase generated by [Tiyun Vertical] and rushed towards the firewall ball above.

Now is the time.

Leon frantically turned his wrist and threw the vine meteor hammer with full strength,

The Finks Pit Beast, which had long been distracted and delirious, crashed headlong into the surface of the firewall, its stubby head stuck in the wall, and its limbs instinctively pulled at the surface of the firewall ball to prevent it from falling.

This monster was used as a meteor hammer by Leon just now, and was smashed around by a boulder, dizzy and at the same time, it also stimulated its ferocity.

A large amount of highly toxic saliva is secreted in the mouthparts,

Webbed claws, desperately scratching at the ball firewall, making a hissing and screeching noise.

Merlin was inside the firewall, and his heart was furious when he heard it,

Swing your staff and rain down the thunderstorm again.

The bucket-thick lightning slashed straight at the top of the head of the Finks Pit Beast, and it took four slashes in a row to smash the head of this tenacious creature weapon, release the limbs that were gripping the firewall, and fall freely downward.

Finally killed.

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, but instinctively felt that something was wrong...

"Found you."

A faint voice sounded above Merlin's head,

Leon crouched above the Ball Firewall, and a large number of cobweb-like vines stretched out of his body, firmly enveloping the firewall.

And he himself, through a small hole less than two centimeters in diameter, looked at Merlin inside the firewall.

The firewall can control the flow of information in and out of the network, allow, deny, and monitor information.

Merlin's ability to formulate spellcasting strategies based on changes in the outside world means that his firewall is not completely isolated from the inside and outside.

If there is out, there will be in.

Since there is an information entrance, you just need to find it.

The plant vines generated by the swamp's divine power suddenly exerted force, like a hug, and quickly tightened the firewall.

so that it cannot expand or change shape again,

The black muzzle of Colt's revolver, aimed at the entrance of the information flow, aimed at Merlin's head.

Bang –

The gunshot rang out, and Merlin turned into a white light,

The firewall in the middle of the air dissipated,

Only the griffons and dryads were left as auto-antivirus programs, still attacking Leon - the dead creatures had become much sluggish and sluggish due to the loss of their commander.

Li Ang stepped on the ladder and raised his arm,

The beam of the Ten Finger Dissociation Technique fired at the same time as the Colt revolver, hitting the dark canopy,

Tear open a hole in the canopy of the person who has lost control.

information restriction lifted,

Several figures descended from the sky and landed around Leon.

These men were all dressed in suits and sunglasses, and they were not enemies or other wizards, but employees of the cybersecurity department of the American intelligence agency.

U.S. intelligence agencies have always disliked data plane walkers, and in recent years, they have been forced to hire some wizards for cyber protection.

Training courses have also been launched within the department to train their own data plane walkers.

However, the important characteristics of Dawu are that he is extremely sensitive to external information, has a high degree of creativity and rigorous logical reasoning ability, is sensual, believes in intuition and can rationally perceive the outside world and himself....

Such talents, very, very few,

Training and screening alone cannot be cultivated.

And staying in the cybersecurity department, as a public official, going to work at regular times every day, and handling affairs mechanically can also kill and weaken this talent.

To put it simply, being forced to work stifles nature,

The wizards trained by the intelligence agencies in various places will never be as powerful as the wizards grown by the folk savagery.

A wizard in a suit scanned the ruined city and whispered to Leon, "Mr. Samaste, we were sent by the Social Security Administration to support you..."

"We'll talk about that later."

Leon didn't get angry because the other party's support was not timely (the dark canopy can isolate support),

Directly interrupted the other party's words, kicked the invisible staircase, and swooped towards the Venezuelan data center.

A big battle broke out in this area last night, and the traces of Thomas's fight with Merlin have not been cleared to this day.

Leon overlooked the data center, and the swamp was divinely digging into the ground, plowing close to the ground.

The wizards from the Social Security Administration also landed, frowned and asked, "Mr. Samast, have you found out who the mailer is?" ”

"No, but soon."

Leon threw out a handful of plant seeds,

Stepping on the ground again, his figure jumped up and flew towards the location of the Light Network tunnel, "Follow me." ”

His voice echoed in mid-air,

The wizards of the Social Security Administration looked at each other, angry at each other's neglect and shouting.

and because their superiors wanted them to obey Leon's command, they were helpless.

I had to hurry up and shout at Leon, "Mr. Somast, where are we going?" ”

Leon's face hidden under the dragon's head mask did not have a trace of expression, "Jet Propulsion Laboratory." ”

He understood why Brown Murphy would appear at the door of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the beginning of the mission...

————

I don't know what the email man has done in the real world.

The wizards of the Social Security Administration are obviously respectful,

Instead of taking Leon to the server in the Jet Experimental Propulsion Chamber, they took Leon to the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, which is connected to the server in the Jet Experimental Propulsion Laboratory.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA for short, is an administrative agency under the Pentagon's name, established in the late fifties of the twentieth century.

It was a very special era, the Cuban nuclear missile crisis occurred, the Cold War heated up, and the fear of the American public reached its peak.

The best way to overcome fear is to face it.

At that time, the American people believed that maintaining a leading position in science and technology was the key to determining the outcome of future wars.

As a result, DARPA was created by leading experts and scholars in various disciplines, and the original mission of the institution was to prevent the United States from suffering from scientific and technological breakthroughs by other forces, and also to create scientific and technological breakthroughs against hostile forces.

A series of pioneering inventions such as the Internet, semiconductors, the personal computer operating system UNIX, lasers, and GPS GPS can all be traced back to DARPA's own projects.

Leon stood in front of the tall building of the DARPA headquarters, took a deep breath, and walked to the door of DARPA under the arch (and also supervision) of the wizards of the Social Security Agency.

The panel at the main entrance spit out a password key, allowing Leon to enter the DARPA server.

allow him to use the processors of the Advanced Program Research Agency,

Computing power continued to pour in, and Li Ang stood in the hall, and could clearly feel that his strength was expanding exponentially.

The vines of plants beneath the skin, let out an instinctive cheer,

Even involuntarily drilled through the skin, penetrated the mirage red mane, and stretched freely.

If someone pulled off Li Ang's white coat at this time, they would definitely be able to see the surface of his body, and countless plant fibers were squirming rapidly.

Fortunately, the pleasure of power expansion comes and goes quickly,

Leon calmed his mind and controlled the vines of the plant to retract under his skin.

"Mr. Samast."

The wizards in suit from the Social Security Administration, all with tense faces, spoke very quickly, "We're giving you access to the supercomputer, and we're giving you access to the server in the Jet Propulsion Chamber—as far as we know, you just tried to hack there this morning."

But you have to give us the reasons. ”

"Quite simply, because I suspect that the mailman is not on Earth."

Leon strides, holding the restricted passcode key, and walks towards the port representing the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

"The most characteristic of the e-mail man is that he uses a typewriter no matter who he communicates with, and each conversation can be delayed for as little as a few hours or as long as a week.

It manifests itself in the form of a data processor that is incredibly slow.

Of course, you also saw his destructive power,

It's impossible to hack into your system with a vintage machine.

So why is he setting up the AC delay? ”

The wizards at the Social Security Administration opened their mouths, "He doesn't have enough time in the real world?" Can only log in to the network for a short period of time at a time? ”

"It's possible."

Leon shook his head and said: "But don't forget, the military subversion of Venezuela can be said to be vigorous and resolute, with no lag and delay at all."

The real world is more complex than the data plane.

Living people are not data, they have their own thoughts, ideas and encounters.

The mailman can complete the military subversion in just a few days,

Not only does he need to carry out long-term and careful planning,

It also needs to be commanded and controlled in real time in the most critical days, and cannot be slackened or handed over to an automated program - otherwise his traces of control will be instantly discovered by a big witch like us. ”

"Is it possible that it was the complicity of the mailer?"

A wizard in a suit thought for a moment and asked, "Merlin, for example, who came to unify the armed forces of Venezuela." ”

"Merlin doesn't have that ability. It is more likely that the emailer is able to observe the real world in real time, but he also has a small delay in time, such as a few seconds, a few minutes. ”

Leon said: "In order to avoid being seen by wizards of the same level, he had to deliberately exaggerate the time lag and package himself as a typewriter. ”

"Wait, a few seconds?"

A wizard in a suit was stunned, "How is that possible?" Now low-earth orbit communications satellites ..."

“... It can control the latency to 100 milliseconds or even 80 or 70 milliseconds, and the latency will not exceed the standard line on a global scale. ”

Li Ang finished the second half of the sentence for the wizard and said calmly, "But what if the mailman is not on Earth?

If he were on a large space station in geosynchronous orbit, he would have a delay of 120, 150 milliseconds.

Medium and small space stations that are farther away will have higher latency.

Once he shows a regular time delay in front of a top wizard, he will instantly reveal his position, and even reveal his true name.

Therefore, he is not on earth, but in heaven. ”