"I should have emigrated sooner."

Thomas's voice was weak, "The rebel armed forces have blockaded my city,

Ports, roads, flights, all suspended,

The coastline and the trails are also full of checkpoints.

I thought it was just an accident,

But after discovering that Ohm's life and death were unknown, I realized that this was a trap.

Traps for wizards.

If the mailer really wants to rule the world through data and information systems,

Well, those of us who disobey discipline, who are the most powerful, who are most likely to find him, are undoubtedly a stumbling block in his path – he simply does not need too many people to share power with him.

Ohm is dead, and the mailman is back in command of the armed forces, searching my city, and it doesn't take long to reach my area. ”

Thomas slowly exhaled a cloudy breath: "I can't contact the intelligence agencies of the United States, he must have taken control of the surveillance satellites in low earth orbit and infiltrated every corner of Venezuela."

As soon as an agent from the U.S. intelligence agency came out and wanted to take me to the safe house, he would instantly lock down my location.

Maybe even to seal up, launch missiles to destroy the street I'm on.

And I can't be sure of the extent to which the mailman infiltrated the American intelligence agencies — maybe the mailers themselves were members of the intelligence agencies, or maybe they were shadows behind a whole revolving door.

They are not willing to accept the decline of American hegemony, but secretly and maliciously subvert other forces.

Maybe these were all deceiving me, and he waited for me to panic and throw himself into the net.

The only way I can do it now is to find his real name before he finds me.

Threaten him with his true identity.

But...

If you hear this message, it proves that my plan has failed.

My ending, self-explanatory. ”

Thomas smiled wryly, "My old friend, now you have three choices.

The first option is to sit in your seat and pretend that nothing has happened. When the recording is over, leave the castle, hide it, and inform the intelligence agencies of different countries.

Let them intensify their search for the mailers - Venezuela is relatively poor and backward, and has no international strategic significance,

The turmoil that is taking place here is clearly an experiment, a massive attempt to subvert other political entities.

A wizard in a foreign land, without even moving a finger, can make the automated decision-making system in all regions of the world available to him.

This fear will definitely make the intelligence agencies of all countries act quickly.

And as long as the news is spread far enough? So even if the mailers are really behind the American Social Security Administration or some other department, they will have to give an account to other political entities that have been shocked.

Completely abort the mailman program? Or the outbreak of a third world war ...

The latter is less likely, after all, the American 'Zeus' system (a military satellite in low earth orbit that can launch a laser to destroy intercontinental missiles)? It is not unique internationally.

Even if a world war breaks out, there will be no intercontinental nuclear bombs flying all over the sky?

Instead, it has become a traditional war for the conventional armies of the army, navy and air.

The second option is not to do dimensional walking? Completely abandon brain-computer interface devices.

Quietly enjoy the rest of your life? Watching the mailman's madness.

Your whereabouts haven't been completely revealed, and the mailer hasn't found your real name yet.

Now with your savings living in the mountains and forests that are completely cut off from the Internet, maybe the Third World War without nuclear missiles has passed, and you don't even know what happened.

And the third option..."

Thomas's usual frivolous voice suddenly became serious, "After leaving a word? I'm going to start trying to take control of a few supercomputers in South America?

And if the plan goes well? Will I be able to take over the giant calculator smoothly? Start with a cleanup of data centers across South America – email people are in control of Venezuela's automated decision-making system?

He not only has to conceal his whereabouts, but also calls a large number of processors to make calculations, so that he can adjust the automated decision-making system.

Then he will definitely not set the computing location too far away, it must be near the South American mainland.

Otherwise, the bandwidth of cross-border transmission is too obvious.

Top wizards, like you and me, are quick to spot.

Assuming that the major data centers in South America are not found, then I will start to check the communication satellites in low Earth orbit one by one. ”

There was a hint of trademark cunning in Thomas's voice, "This is also my plan,

Regardless of whether the plan to find the emailer succeeds or not, I will sabotage it at the data level.

When you hear this message,

If there is news in the real world that the South American data center has been invaded by wizards,

So to prove my hypothesis correct, the mailer, or at least his algorithm, is hiding in the data center.

I'll fight him to the death.

If there were no news of the South American data center being hacked in the real world,

Then my guess is also correct, the mailer is hiding in the data center, but his power is far superior to mine.

Able to keep me completely restrained before I can wreak havoc.

If in the real world, there is news of [South American data center being invaded], but there is no news of [low earth orbit communication satellite being invaded by wizards],

Prove that the mailer is hiding in a communication satellite. ”

After Thomas finished his tongue-twister-like speculation, he said in a deep voice, "I may not be able to defeat the mailman, but at least I can at least seriously injure him, or leave a mark in the center of the battlefield."

You can go to the center of the battlefield and look for clues.

No matter how good the e-mail man is, he will not risk a complete exposure at this stage to destroy a data center or a communications satellite—he may not have that ability.

in a word

The choice is yours whether to go against him or not.

After my message, remember to delete the conversation history of the Castle Waiter program, and good luck, my friend. ”

With a prompt sound of "beep", the message playback program buried in the chessboard is automatically formatted,

Leon picked up the last sunspot and slowly lay down on his seat.

He could hear, not far behind, Merlin and Ohm, still like salesmen,

Selling their "great cause" with the mailers.

If Thomas hadn't lied, Ohm, who was standing there with a smile on his face, would have been an empty shell...

During the time when Leon was playing chess, Merlin and they didn't look at it.

The typewriter, too, was well on the table, and there was no sign of autotyping.

“...”

Li Ang rubbed the dragon whiskers of the mask, and his brain was racing rapidly,

Distinguish between authenticity and falsehood, calculate risks, and estimate gains and losses.

His impression of Thomas comes entirely from Brown Murphy's memories.

But listening to the half-frivolous, half-heavy voice in the message,

Thomas's black and white round face (Thomas's image in the virtual world is the little train in the classic children's animation) slowly emerges in front of his eyes, and it is extremely clear.

"Whew..."

Leon let out a breath of turbidity, threw the chess pieces on the table, and snapped his fingers to make the board disappear.

He turned his head and looked left and right, as if bored by the fact that Thomas himself had not arrived for a long time.

After waiting for a moment, he slapped his thigh, got up from the couch, and walked towards the castle gates.

"Samaste, are you leaving so early today?"

Merlin, who was standing not far away, smiled and waved at Li Ang, "Won't you stay?" There's a drinking party tonight. ”

"Not today."

Leon waved his hand, walked straight to the main entrance of the castle, and pushed the door out.

It's much more convenient to leave the Coastal Wizards' Guild stronghold than when you came,

The complexity of the transparent staircase plummeted, and Leon stepped on the suspension ladder without hurry, and passed through the canyon to the opposite side of the rift.

The female investigator turned into a cricket, honestly lying on the trunk of a tree, motionless, for fear of causing an attack by the automated programs around her—her talent for walking on the data plane can only be described as average.

Being besieged by the program "death" is small,

Attracting the attention of other wizards and even mail people is great.

Seeing that Leon finally walked out of the castle, the tentacles on the top of the cricket's head moved,

Leon's palm hooked imperceptibly, and the cricket immediately bounced off the bark and landed in Leon's palm.

Cricket nervously said, "What's going on, message from the mail man." ”

Leon didn't rush to answer, and quickly walked through the entire rainforest, away from the confines of the Wizards of the Coast.

As the distance increases, the rainforest gradually disappears, turning into an ordinary wasteland scene.

Leon strode toward the fiber-optic network as he spoke at a rapid pace, informing him of the message he had heard.

Thomas's conjecture that the recent turmoil in Venezuela was manipulated,

The female investigator and the Social Security Administration behind her were so shocked that the cricket seemed to be a statue and motionless for a few minutes.

The mailman's plan is not only to usurp power in the United States, he even wants to rule the whole world vertically,

With a population of 31 million, Venezuela is only a small part of its territory.

Leon ignored the frozen cricket,

At this time, the authority of the female investigator and even her superiors is definitely insufficient, and the news has definitely been reported layer by layer.

Although the decision-making system in the United States has always been slow and lazy, it is a matter of life, and they must act quickly if they are not fast.

Soon, the tentacles of the cricket flicked,

The female investigator's voice was mixed with a trace of imperceptible fear, and her tone was much calmer and politer, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Give me control over the entire federal data system, let me control all the data computing centers of the federation, open up the secret LAN to me, including the military system, and let me retrieve all the old data."

Leon's tone was flat, as if he was saying that he was going to eat egg fried rice tonight,

"Impossible."

The female investigator didn't want to refuse directly, "One email person is enough trouble, we don't need a second one." ”

The wizard's talent for data manipulation is extraordinary power,

The computing power of the processor possessed by the wizard is the upper limit of the total amount of extraordinary power.

The bandwidth that the wizard has at his disposal is the output efficiency of the supernatural power.

Let Leon access the data system and open all permissions to him,

It means that Leon can see all the secrets accumulated in the federal data system for decades at a glance.

As small as the bribery of a certain person or a certain group,

From classified records of military operations to the specific location of missile bases.

"You're holding a gun to my head in the real world, okay? If I'm not mistaken, you've also assigned snipers in houses near the community. ”

Li Ang said helplessly, "If I make any moves, you can completely shoot me down." ”

"Your application won't go through."

The female investigator's voice calmed down again,

The wizard's methods are numerous and complex, and Leon can perform countless dangerous acts in the short time he has taken over the authority.

It is the lightest to leak secrets and let hostile forces know the deployment of US military forces.

If he had taken the opportunity to hack into the military system and launch even one or two missiles, it would have been enough to cause the biggest man-made disaster of the century.

Belch... The previous turmoil in Venezuela does not count.

"But we can give you other help."

The cricket said, "Where are you going now?" ”

"Venezuela."

Li Ang's words were clean and clear, he stretched out his hand, touched the outside of the fiber optic tunnel, and his figure disappeared in an instant.

————

The feeling of shuttling in the fiber optic tunnel is similar to the transmission of the killing field system.

In the next second, Leon jumped out of the tunnel and came to the Venezuelan network node.

The image of this place, like a modern city,

There are rows of high-rise buildings (large data centers),

There are also small bungalows dotted around (servers for small and medium-sized businesses),

There are some automatic programs walking the streets that are responsible for guarding.

In fact, there is no news of [South American data centers being invaded by wizards] in the real world today,

But that doesn't mean Thomas guessed wrong.

Leon was suspended in mid-air, formless and insubstantial divine power pouring out of his surroundings,

The sun shines on the surface of the city.

The high-rise buildings from the change of large data centers immediately revealed flaws.

Its surface melts like a candle, revealing its devastated nature.

Last night, a big battle broke out here, both sides were top wizards, but one side had a clear advantage in computing power, not only eliminating the opponent, but also having the strength to create the illusion that everything was normal...

"Detected, alien intruders.

Policy: Clear. ”

The automatic program intelligence on the surface, his eyes turned from black to red, and he attacked Li Ang without any hesitation.

At the same time, a dark canopy quickly rose at the edge of the city, covering the entire network node.

This is the trap.

This thought instantly appeared in Li Ang's mind, and the green data in his hand flowed, forming the appearance of a hegemon's horizontal bar.

A sweep of the lance smashed a large number of antivirus programs that rushed in.

Bang bang bang.

The Colt revolver fires continuously, and each shot can wipe out more than 10 anti-virus programs.

The world of scripts does not need to suppress strength,

Leon cleared the obstacle with ease and rushed to the most dilapidated data center.

Suddenly, the wind suddenly rose,

Li Ang's pupils shrank, and the soles of his feet stepped heavily on the steps formed by [Tiyun Zong], and his waist was twisted backwards at a strange angle that defied his intuition.

The overlord bar lance held in his hand stopped in front of him.

Rumble!!!

A huge fireball with a diameter of twenty meters that flew from nowhere instantly engulfed Li Ang's figure,

The explosion burst into the sky.

In a few seconds, the flames dissipated,

Leon landed on the edge of the wall of the data center's wreckage, his white lab coat tattered and covered with burn marks.

“...”

Leon was silent, his palm tapped lightly on his chest, and the alchemy activated, causing the dragon head mask and white coat to grow again.

was attacked,

The sneak attacker was Merlin, who was slowly descending in the distance.

"Samast, Samastre."

Merlin held his staff, shook his head, and slowly landed on the top of a tall building, sighing, "Why are you so stubborn?

Don't let go of the opportunity to become a human being, you have to go against us. ”

"You're stalking me?"

Li Ang glanced at the palm of his hand, the green cricket incarnated by the female investigator had not carried the impact of the fireball just now, and had dissipated.

Looking up again, the dark sky has shrouded the entire network nodes,

I can't see the stars in the sky, which symbolize communication satellites.

It's been locked down.

Well, since the mailman can play the Venezuelan armed forces in the palm of his hand, it is not difficult to send troops to take over the data center directly in the real world.

"Tracking?"

Merlin shook his head and said, "Your skills are not as strong as you think, and I am not as weak as you think."

Thomas thought he was great, but he ended up dying at my hands.

With his character, it is impossible not to have a back hand.

After playing a game of chess with the bot he left behind, you leave the castle - that's too obvious.

You're in too much of a hurry. ”

"You were the one who fought him yesterday? When you say death, do you mean the data world, or the real world? ”

Leon frowned and said, "Wait, you should know that Ohm, who first cooperated with the mail people,

Died in real-world Venezuela, right?

The mailman wants world domination, and for this he needs to be eliminated one by one, as he is a big threat.

First Ohm, then Thomas, then me.

Your cooperation with him is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger..."

As if he hadn't heard Leon's words, Merlin had a calm expression and said to himself, "I'll give you one last chance and agree to cooperate with us, and I can let you live."

If you don't agree, I'll kill you and find out your real name,

Finally, in the real world, kill you again. ”

"You know."

Leon's eyes flashed, "You know Ohm and Thomas are dead, and you don't care at all...

What benefits did the mailer give you?

No, with your character,

No matter how much the mailer promises, it is not worth mentioning in the face of death.

You decided that the mailer couldn't do anything to you,

So what is your real-world partnership with the mailer? Did you get his real name? Or are you just the mail person? ”

"Ugh..."

Li Ang's self-questioning attitude made Merlin sigh, clenched the wooden staff, and said leisurely: "If you don't want to cooperate, then die." ”

Boom.

The wooden staff was heavy on the roof of the building,

The server that originally belonged to a company in Venezuela was taken over by Merlin in an instant, providing a lot of computing power.

A large number of tree men grew in the soil, waving their branches and arms, and surging towards Li Ang.