Safe house, dive room.

Tang Yuheng hugged V, placed it on the hacker chair, and gently straightened her sleeping position.

V lay quietly in the hacker chair, his eyes slightly closed, and seemed to sleep soundly.

Tang Yu found V Zi in a small square in Watson, when she fainted and lay on the ground without the slightest movement.

Coupled with the bloody area around the small square, V's 'corpse' almost didn't surprise Tang Yu, and he thought that V had encountered some terrible accident.

After Tang Yu's all-round examination, it was found that V was still maintaining healthy vital signs, so he was relieved to take her back to the network monitoring safe house.

On the other side, Lucy debugged the equipment, sorted out the fiber optic cables and interfaces, and made preparations before the deep dive.

"Her ICE was hacked by an unknown program, but it only caused her brain to temporarily fall into a short circuit and shut down, but did not destroy the prosthetic hardware."

"From this point of view, the other party's warning is more meaningful."

Tang Yu reached out and lifted the back of V's neck, and combed the hair that was blocking the neck, leaving a biological nerve interface.

"It's true that there is no trauma to her body."

"In addition to warnings, the other party uses this remote way to invade the brain prosthesis, and it is also intended to show their strength, at least in terms of hacking technology."

Lucy's eyebrows and eyes looked a little solemn, and when she saw V, who was lying unconscious on the hacker chair, she couldn't help but think of what happened to her.

Now.

V is targeted by unknown forces, and will inevitably face an environment full of potential crises, and he is seriously insecure.

Lucy didn't know what conspiracy V was involved in, and in a short period of time, she was seriously injured in two comas in a row, which was enough to see that her luck was indeed not good.

"This time it's just a warning, not next time."

"Fortunately, I have done the ICE solid defense upgrade before, and the system is very stable, as long as the brain prosthetic system is restarted, it will not take long to regain consciousness."

But Tang Yu wanted to do a more in-depth examination of her brain before V woke up.

Previously, at Lao Wei's place, I borrowed equipment to check the underlying database of V, and found nothing abnormal.

It's just that there are some clues in the memory storage, and there are unknown programs that have infiltrated her memory blocks, but there is no other action.

"Well, but you may need to dive into her biological nervous system to see what's unusual."

Lucy walked over to the hacker chair, handed over the interface in her hand, and said softly, "Pick it up." ”

Tang Yu passed the interface into V's biological nerve slot, looked sideways at Lucy, and found that she was stripping off her clothes and stepping back into the icy pool water.

Lucy's originally calm face frowned slightly, although she couldn't hold back and didn't make a sound, she still couldn't get used to the biting chill of the icy water.

She lay quietly in the ice pool, her whole body soaked in the water, and her slender waist was exposed.

Lucy crossed her hands in front of her abdomen, stared straight at the ceiling, and muttered.

"Don, I'm ready."

After Tang Yu dealt with the program on V's side, he picked up the optical cable interface at the other end and squatted next to the pool.

"Twice a day, can you stand it?"

Lucy slowly closed her eyes and said no more, her face showing determination.

Doing two dives in a row on the same day is a huge test for the brain.

Although the previous dive went smoothly and didn't take long, the nerves of the brain were exposed to the huge flow of data and the inevitable heat scorching.

So for the second deep dive, Tang Yu was a little worried that Lucy would not be able to bear it and would be in danger.

However, Lucy seems to be resolute and ready for a second time.

Tang Yu reached for the back of her head and gently uncovered the bandage that covered the deep dive slot.

Then the optical cable interface is steadily handed into it, and with a click, the two are tightly matched.

Lucy's brow furrowed slightly, and she couldn't help but clench her silver teeth.

With the switch activated, Lucy's consciousness instantly turned into a stream of data, escaping into V's brain data space.

Tang Yu reached into the bath and gently grabbed Lucy's wrist, and a faint invisible arc of electricity slowly flowed into her brain through the bionic skin and from the data interface.

Now.

Lucy was in V's ICE data space when she suddenly heard Tang Yu's voice.

Tang Yu is helping Lucy through 'weak electric control energy'.

Following his prompts, Lucy quickly unravels the ICE defenses and heads towards V's core data area.

V's ICE solid defense is an upgrade made by Lao Wei, so Tang Yu knows it very well.

With Tang Yu's help, Lucy didn't have much effort to find the memory storage area.

In the endless dark space, a matrix composed of countless codes is running and circulating in an orderly manner.

"The examination confirms that there is no problem with the neural operating system."

"The examination confirmed that there was no problem with the biosign maintenance system."

"Check to confirm."

Lucy screens V's condition item by item, trying to find out what the problem is in V's head.

"Take a look at the memory storage area and check if there is any abnormality in the subnet Poseidon." Tang Yu's words flowed through Lucy's heart.

She quickly switches between screening areas, enters the memory storage area, and flips through the contents.

Lucy saw a lot of detailed memories of V, some of which were memorized by V's creatures, and some of which were taken through the prosthetic eye.

It shows the life of many V fighting in the street and mixing in various fight scenes all year round.

And then there's the recent experience of being hit by Adam's hammer and losing a lower arm.

Suddenly.

Lucy catches Lucy's attention with a footage recorded through a prosthetic eye.

The content is V's first point of view, as if leaning on some man's arms and bowing his head shyly.

Due to the speed of the data, these images were only fleeting, and they were not very relevant to what Lucy was looking for.

She only paid a little attention and skipped over, but she always felt that the shirt in her sight was inexplicably familiar.

Soon.

Lucy was shocked to find the key point through the screening data.

There is a behemoth stored in V's brain, assembled into a clump of its own, directly absorbing the data code symbols flowing around it.

The large cloud of data is like a giant bee colony, and each code symbol is like a small bee, flying up and down around the colony in a regular manner.

Lucy tentatively analyzed the data cluster in front of her, and immediately found the clue.

Subnet Poseidon?

This data cluster that seems to have come to life is the Poseidon data that was copied into V's mind not long ago.

It's just that at that time, because of the data copying process, the server was seriously damaged, resulting in the loss of the subnet Poseidon data in V's mind.

But now the subnet Poseidon seems to have regained its vitality, and is using the computing power of the V brain prosthesis to gradually repair and improve its own data.

The codes are like little bees, gathering from all directions to join the subnet Poseidon.

Lucy was shocked.

The subnet Poseidon Data actually produced a preliminary artificial intelligence ideology, or Poseidon belonged to artificial intelligence from the beginning.

Now it is stored in V's biological brain computer to obtain another survival renewal mechanism environment.

If this development continues, the subnet Poseidon can recover little by little with the brain computing power of V, until it evolves into a newer algorithm or artificial intelligence.

Realizing that something was wrong, Lucy waved her hand and activated the cleaner in an attempt to wipe out the data.

Now that the Voodoo Gang has been destroyed, and the subnet Poseidon Broken Data has been handed over to Arasaka, this data in V's mind no longer has much meaning, and the network monitoring does not need to use this data to do things.

One by one, the code of the cleaning program was like a white iron chain, invading towards the Poseidon data cluster.

The cleanable program code came into contact with the Poseidon data cluster, and was immediately swallowed up and disappeared silently.

Apparently.

The computing power of the Poseidon data group has developed to a certain extent, and it can independently resist invasion, and even gradually has a human form, which looks more like V from the blurred figure.

This is also the first time Lucy has encountered this situation, and it is extremely tricky.

This mass of data is now equivalent to 'parasitizing' in V's braincase, and although it does not have much impact at the moment, it is not sure that it will produce moths in the future.

Before Lucy could activate the more aggressive program again, the Poseidon Data Group suddenly stretched out several codes and attacked her like an octopus tentacle.

Since it was in V's biological neural data space, Lucy didn't dare to use too aggressive means to avoid causing nerve damage to V's brain.

Taking advantage of her fearful efforts, the Poseidon Data Chain instantly trapped her, locking her in a chain-like cage.

Lucy was stunned, if she was locked up here and couldn't get out, when V woke up and disconnected, she might be trapped here forever, never to return to her body.

Before she had time to worry about what would happen next, the situation was already precarious.

The cage that trapped her was slowly pulling towards the Poseidon Data Cluster, and it seemed that the other party was going to use Lucy as a new supply.

This kind of data consciousness with logical thinking is undoubtedly the most tempting feast for the sea god who has just taken shape.

Lucy made a quick decision, and with all her might, she broke through the cage that trapped her and rushed towards the other areas.

But as soon as she escaped from the cage, she was immediately grabbed by two data chains, blocking the transfer process she had initiated.

Poseidon Data's powerful basic algorithm program gives it more room and leeway to play.

Lucy's eyebrows were anxious, if she couldn't get out of here, she was in danger.

But in the face of the Poseidon data group, and the data space in V's mind, Lucy couldn't destroy it wantonly at all, and then get out and leave.

Just as she was in a stalemate with the Poseidon Data Regiment, an arc of lightning flashed out of her legs, burning the data chains like an electric fire.

The arc then enveloped Lucy's body, blocking out the countless data chains that stretched out, and any data code that touched the arc network was incinerated.

Lucy's expression was light, and she immediately seized the opportunity to start the return flow and end the deep diving operation.

"Ahem."

At the same time that Tang Yu turned off the deep diving program and unplugged the slot on the back of Lucy's head, Lucy took a sharp breath and suddenly woke up, unable to stop coughing a few times.

Lucy's whole body trembled because of the violent coughing, and her wet hair was scattered.

Tang Yu hurriedly took the blanket, draped it over her shoulders, and lifted her up from the cold pool.

Lucy stepped out of the pool with some weakness, her slender legs shaking, and she almost couldn't stand on her feet.

She held her hands on the wall, her head bowed and her brow furrowed, trying to calm her agitated emotions and scrambled breathing.

Two high-intensity dives in a row, as well as fierce confrontation with ICE, made her brain overloaded, her headache was extremely uncomfortable, and her face was painful.

Tang Yu knew that this was the sequelae of the hacker's deep diving activities, and there was no better way than to wait for the brain to recover naturally.

Lucy draped a blanket over her shoulders, droplets of water dripping down her smooth skin and wisps of evaporating heat rising from her head.

She relieved herself slightly, looked sideways at V who was lying in the hacker chair, and whispered, "There is an abnormality in the subnet Poseidon in her head, and it has come to life."

Is the subnet Poseidon alive?

Tang Yu was also a little surprised in his heart.

He had suspected this at the beginning, but when Old Vena examined, he never found any signs of a problem.

This shows that the subnet Poseidon hides very deeply and disguises itself well.

And when I got the invasion record before, it is very likely that I saw the state of the subnet Poseidon, so I chose to continue to wait for the opportunity to mature.

"How's it going? Can you still hold on? ”

Lucy said in a deep voice: "I'm fine, let's take a look at her first, this problem is not easy to solve." ”

She had tried hard just now to clear the existence of the subnet Seagod, but it ended in failure.

Tang Yu nodded, but with the technical means in front of him, he couldn't deal with it for a while.

"This matter can only be solved by another way, not by deep potential, let's wake her up first later."

Lucy nodded with some difficulty, but she couldn't even stand still, and she couldn't even squat down to pick up her clothes.

She tried to crouch, reaching for her clothes, her hands and legs trembling involuntarily, not listening to her head's command.

"Damn."

The deep diving activity just now caused too much pressure on the cranial nerves, and at least it will take a while to recover.

Tang Yu saw her difficulty, so he picked up the clothes on the ground one by one, patted them clean, hung them on his wrists in an orderly manner, and walked to Lucy.

"I'll put it on for you." Tang Yu's expression was calm and he said bluntly.

He didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with it, and when he was a hacker diving deep, he often stripped naked.

Once in cyberspace, there was a big battle with the Arasaka hacker group, and after spending a lot of effort to solve the trouble, the whole person was about to collapse when he returned to reality.

It was also they who helped carry it out of the freezer, wipe it clean and change clothes.

During that time, he lay like a vegetative person for several days, and he couldn't get up after a while.

Lucy was more decent than his embarrassment at the time.

Seeing Tang Yu's actions, she looked embarrassed, her eyes showed a hint of shame and anger, and a pair of neon eyes stared at Tang Yu coldly.

A moment later.

Lucy put away her hostile gaze and slowly closed her eyes and said.

"Draw the curtains"

Tang Yu thought to himself that there were no outsiders around, and V was still in a coma now, so it was a little redundant to pull the curtains.

But considering Lucy's sensitive self-esteem, Tang Yu had no choice but to do so, closing the curtain and isolating V who was lying in the hacker chair.

It didn't take long.

Tang Yuheng hugged Lucy and walked out from behind the curtain.

Lucy glanced at V, then said, "Let me go outside, and then you take her away." ”

Tang Yu was worried that Lucy, who was weak like this, and it was a little inappropriate to stay alone in the safe house, so he kindly suggested, "Send you back." ”

Lucy tried to clench her fists, but her ten fingers couldn't be closed, so she looked at Tang Yu in front of her coldly and asked, "Do you think that sports car can sit down?" ”

Tang Yu thought that she was worried that she couldn't let go of her face, but she didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter, so she replied easily: "It's okay, I still have a spare luxury car." ”

Five minutes later.

A Arasaka limousine drove steadily on the road towards Westbrook Sakura Street.

In the carriage.

Tang Yu leaned back against the soft leather seat, and two people sat opposite, each wearing a seat belt.

One is V, who slept soundly, drooping his head and not realizing it.

One is Lucy, who has a stubborn head and closed her eyes, and there is a bit of coldness and shame between her eyebrows.

Tang Yu looked at the two of them, one on the left and one on the right, and they were both rotten on the same day, which was somewhat of a coincidence.

However, these things are inseparable from him, if he hadn't arranged for V to steal the data of the Voodoo Gang subnet Poseidon, V would not have had multiple data tumors in his brain for no reason.

If he hadn't let Lucy dive deep into V's brain, Lucy wouldn't have tossed twice in a row, encountering danger and finally exhausting herself.

He tried his best to hide his weakness, and asked Lucy with a straight face, "Are you feeling better now?" ”

Lucy didn't open her eyes at all, as if she was haunted by what had just happened, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Tang Yu didn't care about her tone, and still said to himself: "Maybe you need to rest for a while recently, if there is something urgent, I can arrange someone to do it for you." ”

Lucy did not refuse: "Thank you, you have a heart." ”

The carriage fell silent again.

Suddenly.

Lucy seemed to think of something, and asked, "Does she know your secret?" ”

Tang Yu immediately reacted, and Lucy was referring to her mysterious ability.

It does not have any prosthetic installed, but it can control weaknesses, accurately manipulate prosthetics, and even connect into cyberspace to transmit data and energy.

"Only you know at the moment." Tang Yu looked calm.

Lucy remembered that night run and the shock she felt when she saw him display his amazing abilities, which was incredible.

She had thought about this matter many times alone, but she never asked Tang Yu.

In fact, these secrets belonged to Tang Yu alone, and there was no need or should be known by a second person, but Tang Yu chose to tell her in this way.

Lucy opened her ice-blue eyes, and when she looked at Tang Yu again this time, there was a slight glimmer in her neon pupils.

"You're special, so special that you don't belong in this world."

Tang Yu's eyes froze slightly, he didn't expect the intuition of the silver-haired girl in front of him to be so keen, and she found unusual clues.

He looked out the window helplessly, as if he had just returned to Night City, and his heart was a little emotional.

"If this city really destroys one day, and everyone around you disappears, and you are given another chance to start over, will you still choose this path?"

Lucy's pupils shrank suddenly, and she was extremely surprised by Tang Yu's question.

She thought seriously with some difficulty, but her eyes couldn't help but fall on Tang Yu's face.

There was a long silence.

"I, I don't know." Lucy muttered.

Tang Yu smiled, and there was a bit of helplessness in his emotional laughter.

"Actually, I don't know."

"Once upon a time, we carried torches and set the world on fire with anger."

"But right now, I'm really not sure."

"The ability to be gifted is very powerful, but the price of using it is something I don't want to pay."

"Sometimes I want to not be able to use these skills for the rest of my life, at least that means that everything is going well for the time being."

Lucy's eyes were calm, and she couldn't help but think of the scenes where Tang Yu used mysterious abilities many times, all of which were to save the scene, or to save herself.

Now that V next to her is in danger, she knows that Tang Yu will do whatever it takes to save V.

Because Lucy knew that the chest in the memory picture in V's mind belonged to Tang Yu.

V must be someone who is especially important to him, even if the two of them seem to have just met at the moment.

Lucy's mind began to get complicated, and she didn't want to bother or guess about these things.

"What are you going to do with V?" Lucy changed the topic, and the secret about Tang Yu was stopped.

Tang Yu glanced at the sleeping V, and knew that she had a strong physical fitness and big nerves, and there would be no problems for a while.

"When the time is right, even I can't solve the trouble in her mind now, I may have to find someone to help, or maybe I have the ability to solve it one day, and it will be solved naturally."

Lucy immediately thought of the powerful figure beyond the black walls of cyberspace, Ott Cunningham.

If she made a move, it would not be difficult for the subnet Poseidon in V's brain, but the subnet Poseidon is a tool of the Voodoo Gang, and it will lead to great risks if it is handed over to the AI outside the black wall.

Although Lucy doesn't really want to work in cyber monitoring, she has also learned more about cyberspace through her identity as an online agent these days.

AI outside the black wall is not only growing savagely, attacking hackers who try to climb over the black wall to the old web, but also consciously wants to break through the black wall and enter the only remaining cyberspace of human beings, thus infiltrating the human material world.

Preventing AI from infiltrating the human world is the main responsibility of cyber surveillance.

And the subnet Poseidon is precisely an important tool needed by AI, and there will be endless troubles if it falls into their hands.

After a journey.

The vehicle arrived at its destination.

Tang Yu knew where Lucy's family lived, so he stepped forward to help her unbuckle her seat belt, preparing to send her back upstairs.

Who knew that Lucy stopped him with a voice: "Wait, send V upstairs first, and I'll give you the access control." ”

Lucy Yi's eyes turned, and then the access control authentication system was transmitted to Tang Yu.

This made Tang Yu feel a little strange, so he sent V upstairs to do something.

He also planned to take V back to the apartment and supervise her well, so that she would not have to run around and cause trouble outside during this time.

"She's a little safer with me now, and the network surveillance is strict enough in the area of network security."

"By the way, I'll do an ICE solid defense upgrade for her again, and add program imprisonment to the subnet Poseidon data in her brain, and there is a more advanced version of the network monitoring here."

Tang Yu saw Lucy's serious expression and seemed to be moved.

In the ICE software program, the goods of network monitoring are definitely more reliable than those of Arasaka.

And he has to go back to Arasaka Tower later, and there are still some things to deal with, so it's inconvenient to keep V by his side.

It's impossible to lock her in her apartment, and she can't stop jumping off the building with her temperament.

After thinking about it, Tang Yu agreed.

After pushing the car door, he carried the fainting V upstairs and sent him to the apartment where Lucy lived.

When he returned, he found that Lucy had tried her best to support the car door, and her legs were weak and trembling, trying to go home on her own.

Seeing this, Tang Yu didn't ask any more, and directly stepped forward and picked her up, and sent her upstairs.

After settling them, he turned around and left, and immediately rushed to the Arasaka Tower to prepare his next plan.

Not tonight.

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