December 3, 2101.

Over the Atlantic, the Zì Yóu front-line floating carrier - the Vulture.

In a control room filled with surveillance screens, a black man with a mop head is nervously busy in front of the screen.

Almost everything around him was metal, not even the backs and armrests of the high-back seats. The screens are equipped with special glass, the kind that can't be smashed even if someone lifts up a folding chair and smashes it. Of course, there is no such thing as a large object to move in this place.

"Impossible...... He was able to hack into the Vulture's security system. He said to himself, "How did this guy get on the ship......

On the screen in front of him, there were two empty corridors, but if you looked closely, there was something there.

"Is this a non-mechanized optical camouflage suit...... Or is it some kind of jamming device? All cameras are only outlines and transparent stains. "He kept switching angles and really couldn't see the other side. He had no choice but to pick up the communicator again and said: "I'm the twenty-three, he's moving towards the G5 area, I don't know if it's an ability, and I can't confirm the characteristics, he's invisible!"

"Okay, let's try to find out. The voice from the communicator replied.

With the comms turned off, Agent Twenty-Three continued his work, but as soon as he put his hand back on his keyboard, a cold dagger was attached to the side of his neck.

"I'd love to know how much hazard pay they give you. A hoarse voice sounded in the background.

Twenty-three felt that the voice sounded familiar, and he quickly remembered someone. A man who once spent time in the organization, wearing a mirror mask at all times.

"Personally, I think a million a year is a good number, but I can't get that much. "Twenty-three returns.

"If your fingers continue to move towards that jǐng bell button under the table, I'll cut them all off. Mirror Face directly stopped the other party's imperceptible small movements with intimidation: "I think that can help you receive a considerable amount of medical compensation immediately." ”

"Okay. Man, got something to say......"

"You should be able to connect to the Matrix Host at the North American headquarters, right?" Mirrorface asked.

Twenty-three thought for two seconds, and in just two seconds, the skin on the side of his neck was cut, and although the wound was not deep, there was already blood flowing. Mirrorface continued, "If you need to think about such a simple question, I'll just cut your neck and find the answer myself." ”

"Hey, hey, calm down, dude, yes. Yes, you can connect to the matrix host here. Twenty-three hurried back.

Mirror Face knew in his heart that it was necessary to force the other party to answer faster, otherwise Twenty-Three would definitely stall and think about which answers could lie when answering other questions.

"So what are you waiting for. Log in and bring up all the data related to the keyword 'mirror face'. Mirrorface said, throwing him a portable hard drive: "Copy...... No, cut into the inside. ”

"I'm ......" Twenty-Three was about to say something when Mirrorface interrupted, "From what I just observed. You can do cāo while talking. ”

Twenty-Three immediately put his hand on the keyboard and began to connect to the matrix at headquarters, without stopping. He replied, "My computer here doesn't have the authority to move or delete that data from the matrix host......"

"yes, then I want you to be better as a hacker than you are as a security guard. Mirrorface said, "You know. You're alive at the moment just because I want to save some time. Now that I can hack into the Vulture's security system. I can hack into the Matrix, and if you can't, I'll kill you, and all the people on this ship who come to disturb me, and then take the time to do it myself. ”

The cold sweat of the twenty-third came down, and he replied with a trembling voice, "Okay, I'll do my best." ”

The light on the communicator turned on at this time, and the team leader who had contacted No. 23 just now said: "No. 23, this is a small team, the surrounding area has been searched, and nothing has been found, can the invisible person you said still pass through the wall?"

"Uh......" Twenty-three picked up the communicator and said in a slur manner, "I've lost track of him too, I'...... I don't know, maybe it's not an intruder, it's just something wrong with the security system. ”

"Okay, Twenty-Three, the next time we attack, you'd better make sure there's something going on, and don't smoke marijuana while you're on duty!" The guy on the other side seemed a little annoyed, and after saying that, he cut off the communication.

Twenty-three also put down the communicator, and the screen in front of him showed that the soldiers who had attacked had lifted their jǐng rings, disbanded in place, and returned to their original posts.

I said...... Is that transparent figure your accomplice?" asked Twenty-Three as he logged into the matrix.

"You're not qualified to ask questions. Mirror Face said.

"Hey...... I don't mean anything else, you see, my every move is under your watchful eye right now, and it's impossible to pass on any news. I'm just a little curious, you know, if I had an accomplice who was with me to hack into a facility of the Vulture's level, I would be a little worried that he would get caught and shake out that I was in the surveillance room with a knife pointing at someone else. "Twenty-three returns.

"Hehehe...... It seems that you are a guy who likes to be smart. Mirror Face said: "In this situation, you are still trying to trick my words......" A strange coughing sound suddenly came from under the mask, and after a few seconds, it became very violent.

The dagger rested on Twenty-Three's neck, and he couldn't turn his head, and the rough braided hairstyle limited his vision, so he didn't know what was going on behind him, but he could clearly hear the sound of liquid dripping on the metal floor, and even when he tapped the keyboard quickly, it was clear, indicating that it wasn't the amount of one or two......

Mirror Face finished coughing, wiped the remaining blood from his chin with his other gloved hand, and continued with what he had just said, "The Vulture security system has been thoroughly understood by me since I was working with you. He coughed lightly twice: "The intrusion program was made by me in advance, and what you see on the screen is nothing more than a special band that has been processed, which can not only interfere with the buzzering jǐng announcer, but also produce something puzzling on the signal transmitted back by the camera, transparent...... Silhouette of a human ...... Cough...... Cough...... Now, if your curiosity is satisfied, hurry up and start doing what you have to do. ”

Twenty-three has logged into the matrix system, "Well, I have to state in advance that the security level of your information is very high. If I search without any declaration, it will be discovered very quickly, and if I touch that data, it will directly cause ......"

"How long?" Mirrorface interrupted him with a question.

"Uh...... What do you mean?"

"Reaction time. "How long did it take until you were found out until they tracked down the exact location of the information seeker?"

"Soon, a minute at most. "Twenty-three returns.

"After that minute, they'll get in touch with you and ask you what's going on and why you've entered the matrix without authorization. At the same time, they will contact the commander of the Vulture and ask him to send someone to you to check it out. Mirror Face said.

No. 23 was very surprised, and it seemed that the other party really knew a lot about the reaction process of the Zì Yóu front.

That is, even if you respond with silence until someone stops you, there should be five to eight minutes in it. Mirrorface continued, "You're Agent Twenty-Three, aren't you?"

"You can call me ......"

"I'm not interested in your real name, and I don't plan to develop you into Stockholm syndrome, I'm not here to make friends, now, listen...... Number twenty-three. Mirror Face swallowed with difficulty, maybe it was blood...... Anyway, he paused for a few seconds and continued, "Before your colleagues rush to disrupt the situation, you give me the data I want, and I will leave quickly with those." You, and the people on this ship, will survive. But in those eight minutes, if you're not done...... Your colleagues are going to make things more complicated, and I hate it when things happen one after another that are out of my control, you know?"

Twenty-Three nodded, "Okay." Of course, he knew that the hundreds of lives on this ship were in his own hands, and if the situation got out of control, the masked murderer would be bloodied.

In a short time, the twenty-third completed the command of the mirror face, and he cautiously reached out his hand: "I am going to connect your hard drive to the cāo bench now." ”

Mirror Face didn't speak, watching the other party complete the action.

Soon, a progress bar appeared on the screen, and a group of files was being transferred.

Almost twenty seconds later, the communicator rang: "This is the headquarters, please call back, who is there to transfer the data? ”

Mirrorface removed the dagger from Twenty-Three's neck, and stabbed the communicator with a single blow.

"I think the bar should be complete before anyone arrives. "When you reach 100%, you can leave, and my advice is that if you want to survive, you have to run fast and far." ”

Even if the other party's weapon is no longer pointed at him, Twenty-Three has no intention of resisting, he himself is not a capable person at all, and even if he is, he has already glimpsed the estimated level of the mirror face on the first page of the search results when he searched for data just now, so resisting is tantamount to suicide.

At this time, on the surveillance screen next to it, you can already see the rapid response team attacking one after another in the Vulture, and they are quickly rushing here.

Suddenly, when the progress bar reaches 83%, the transmission stops. It was like a hammer in Twenty-Three's chest, and he felt like he was falling into an ice cave.

Then, an old man's face appeared on the screen. (To be continued.) )