Lin Mo's words undoubtedly poured a bucket of cold water on Xu Shiming and Xu Wanmeng's heads, which made the two of them who were in a state of joy calm down instantly.

【DATA EXPUNGED】Puppet... Even though he had served as a hacker in the army in the past era, held the highest rank of colonel, and had seen many classic types of puppets, Xu Shiming now had no impression of the name of this puppet that came out of Lin Mo's mouth.

But one thing is for sure, if this puppet is really the hole card of AI Xu Shiming, then its destructive power is definitely unbearable for Kangtao Company.

Not to mention the distance, just the network area belonging to Kangtao Company under the bottom of my feet, I don't know how much vital confidential information is stored.

If these confidential data are destroyed by such a puppet, whether it is the headquarters or the branch of Kangtao Company, there will be a chaos comparable to an earthquake.

No one can ignore a contagious puppet!

The former god of hackers, Bartmoss, unleashed the [Data Collapse], which was also a terrifying puppet with powerful contagious properties, and that catastrophe eventually created the depression of today's online world.

And now, there is another contagious puppet program that spreads in Kang Tao's intranet, and the heaviness in Xu Shiming's heart naturally goes without saying.

Even after thinking for a while, he was ready for the strong man to break his wrist, and it was a big deal to abandon the internal network of the headquarters in one go to prevent the spread of the infection puppet!

"Now that AI Xu Shiming has been eliminated, this puppet has also spread, so when will it take effect? Or is this puppet already destroying the company's data?" After Xu Wanmeng calmed down, she asked several questions in a row.

She and Xu Shiming tacitly agreed not to continue to ask Lin Mo such stupid questions as "Why don't you tell this news before eliminating AI Xu Shiming".

At this point, since the puppet has spread, it is pointless to hold accountable afterwards, and it is not to blame.

And if you want to make a choice between "eliminating AI Xu Shiming" and "avoiding the invasion of Kangtao's intranet by infectious puppets", whether it is Xu Wanmeng or Xu Shiming, they will not hesitate to choose the former option.

The most important thing to do now is to think about how to minimize losses.

"If you're worried about the damage this puppet might cause, then you can rest assured, I thought about it when I came out of the labyrinth." A reassuring smile hung on the corner of Lin Mo's mouth, and his tone was full of calmness.

Xu Wanmeng's eyes widened slightly, and there was a little more surprise in her eyes.

She glanced at her grandfather and found that the latter was just looking at Lin Mo in a little surprise, and she didn't want to speak, so she knew that she had to ask by herself at this time.

"Could you please explain this to us? Mr. Mu." Xu Wanmeng asked softly.

Lin Mo smiled lightly and raised his head to look at this network area, as if looking for where the previous data streamer had fallen.

——After the demise of AI Xu Shiming, this network area has also changed back to its original appearance, surrounded by Kangtao's data fortress.

And the [Data Deletion] puppet is obviously somewhat hidden, and after the data streamer completely fell and disappeared, there is nothing unusual to see around now.

If it weren't for Lin Mo's special reminder, maybe Xu Shiming and Xu Wanmeng would have ignored the streamers.

After observing the puppet he released, it didn't seem to show any feet, Lin Mo couldn't hold back a hint of joy in his heart, and explained to Xu Shiming's grandfather and grandson with a calm face:

"In the process of fighting with AI Xu Shiming, I also noticed the infectious puppet contained in his body, and we were inseparable at that time, and I had no way to get rid of that puppet in a hurry, so I could only put a lock on it!"

Xu Wanmeng frowned slightly, always feeling that this statement was a little far-fetched, but she still followed Lin Mo's meaning and asked:

"It's locked... So that puppet won't work?"

"Yes, you should have seen that

The chain that binds AI Xu Shiming, in fact, it is a functional puppet designed by me, as long as it hits successfully, it can make the opponent's puppet unable to take effect, so AI Xu Shiming can only be slaughtered by you in the end!" Lin Mo seriously:

"Although the AI has disappeared, my puppet is still valid, if nothing else, most of the data deletion puppets disseminated by AI Xu Shiming will not take effect, you can rest assured!"

"That's good... That's good..."Hearing such "good news", Xu Shiming seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and looked at Lin Mo's eyes full of appreciation and affection.

"Thanks to you this time, Mr. Mu, not only helped us solve our troubles, but also helped us deal with this infectious puppet by the way, you are definitely the biggest hero in this battle! If you want anything in return, just tell me!" He added.

Lin Mo smiled indifferently, waved his hand casually and said indifferently:

"Remuneration matters,Let's talk about it later.,I haven't thought about it yet.,Let's continue to talk when we're free in the future.,This time I'm a little tired of solving the AI.,I'll be offline later.。

Xu Shiming looked regretful, and seemed to feel sorry for Lin Mo's sudden farewell, but he still nodded and said seriously:

"Just defeated a powerful enemy, and I've used a puppet many times... It's really a big loss for hackers, so I won't delay you, Mr. Mu, I hope you can get a good rest, and if you are interested in communicating with us in the future, you can call my granddaughter at any time."

"Yes, yes, yes." Lin Mo casually perfunctory.

In the end, he gestured to Xu Shiming's grandfather and grandson, and did not waste any time to stay here, and soon led Lucy and Sasha away.

When the figures of the three disappeared into the cyberspace, the light smiles on the faces of Xu Shiming and Xu Wanmeng all converged invariably, and the expressions of the grandfather and grandson became solemn and deep almost at the same time.

"He's lying..."Looking at the place where Lin Mo disappeared, Xu Shiming said calmly.

Xu Wanmeng nodded noncommittally, and her tone was quite helpless:

"I guess he spread the contagious puppet himself... And he didn't seem to mean to hide it deliberately, although he didn't say it to his face, but his lame explanation just now was enough to explain everything."

"There are some lies, you know they are false, but you can't debunk them in person, and he also knows this, so he is looking for us to go down the ladder for each other, and throwing the accusation to AI Xu Shiming... As for the purpose of his doing this, I can more or less tell..." Xu Shiming said in a low voice.

Xu Wanmeng smiled lightly, followed her grandfather's words, and said the answer:

"He's trying to blackmail us... No, it's probably to warn us not to hit him casually, and the effect of that puppet is mostly real, and judging from his amazing hacking ability, no one can guarantee a contagious puppet like this, he only has one..."

Xu Shiming nodded slightly, agreeing with his granddaughter's statement:

"There is really no free lunch in this world, he found you directly and said that he could help, maybe he would have done this at that time, and this puppet is also expressing a meaning to us - since AI Xu Shiming has tossed us for several years, then he has enough strength to make Kangtao Company pay a heavy price if he solves AI."

Xu Wanmeng thought for a while and added:

"There's no reason for him to do this, after all, he also chose this euphemistic way to tell us the truth, this puppet called data deletion may be just an insurance in his eyes, in order to prevent us from settling accounts with him."

"It's also a handle!" Xu Shiming sighed: "It seems that from now on, we will have to seriously consider our friendly relationship with this Mr. Mu, and we also need to think about how to befriend him."

"So grandpa, what are you going to do?" Xu Wanmeng asked.

Xu Shiming turned his head to look at his granddaughter, and a slightly meaningful smile appeared on his lips: "No, it's what you're going to do."

[In view of the large ring

In this way,

Xu Wanmeng's eyebrows bent slightly, and she looked at Xu Shiming in confusion, waiting for the latter's explanation.

"When I chose to retire, I mainly thought that AI Xu Shiming's target was me, and I shouldn't have to attack you... Now he's gone, but I don't want to deal with the internal work of the company." Xu Shiming smiled slightly:

"I'm used to being idle, and I can't stand it when I suddenly go back to work... From now on, the work in the company will be left to you and your father to deal with, and how to deal with the relationship with Mr. Mu is your task."

Xu Wanmeng was silent and nodded slowly.

......

......

The chaotic data flow flickered in front of my eyes, and the entire cyberspace world changed from a realistic scene to an illusory data, and then these dazzling data streams began to gradually disperse, like a misty light veil being lifted, revealing the colorful and real world behind the gauze.

Sitting up from the hacker chair, Lin Mo took off the cyber eyepiece in his hand and put it aside, and then leaned back on the chair again and let out a long sigh of relief, all the pressure and resentment seemed to be relieved with this breath.

The gaze began to refocus, and the scene inside the warehouse gradually became clearer.

However, before he could look away, a cute and delicate face instantly occupied his entire field of vision, and by the way, a small hand was stretched out and shook in front of his eyes.

"How? You didn't burn your brain, did you succeed in defeating that AI?" Rebecca asked curiously, a hint of concern in her tone.

Lin Mo turned his head and saw Rebecca move a small bench at her feet at some point, with the help of this bench, her height barely crossed the height of the hacker chair and overlooked Lin Mo sitting on the chair.

She couldn't have been standing here like this all the time watching me in the hacker chair...... Lin Mo sneered in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of the scene where he was lying on the hacker chair and Rebecca was standing next to him playfully looking at his "sleeping position".

"Hey, hey, you're not really going to be burned in your brain, how did you become stupid." Rebecca frowned, and her little hand reached over and patted Lin Mo's face.

Lin Mo grabbed her wrist and stopped her from continuing to pat her face, smiling and shaking her head: "I'm fine, the affairs of the cyberspace are also handled very well, in general, everything is under my control, and there are no accidents."

"Cut, I thought you'd stay in the cyberspace until the night this time, but you went in in the morning, and now it's only noon when you come out, so it doesn't seem like that AI is anything special."

Rebecca retracted her palm, glanced to the side subconsciously, and suddenly saw that the other two hackers in the warehouse had also woken up, and both of them were looking at her.

Sasha waved her hand softly, a gentle smile on his lips, and asked softly:

"Did anything happen during the time we entered Cyberspace?"

Rebecca shook her head and said with a bored face, "No, I'm bored to death during this time, so I can only stay outside and watch the three of you lie here, making me look like a nurse in the hospital, and I have to serve a few of you to eat, drink, and Lazar..."

"Anla, now you have survived the most difficult period of time, just now in the cyberspace, Lin Mo has successfully solved the AI, and this mission can be regarded as a successful completion, by the way, are you interested in listening to me tell me about what happened in cyberspace?" Sasha asked.

"Huh? Did you have a fierce battle there?" Rebecca immediately became interested.

"Come, I'll tell you slowly." Sasha smiled and beckoned to Rebecca, in fact, she also wanted to tell Rebecca what happened in Cyberspace, rather than leaving the other party confused.

In the past, she had concealed Lin Mo's whereabouts from Rebecca, although this small matter was not taken to heart by the person concerned, but she still took this matter to heart and always felt a little about it

Guilt.

Since Rebecca is bored now, she also takes this opportunity to explain what happened in Cyberspace so that Rebecca can be happy for a while.

The two of them were telling stories on the side, and Lucy also walked to Lin Mo's side when she saw this, propped up her chair and asked:

"Are we going back to Night City after this incident?"

"Well, AI has been solved, and I also did something in Kangtao's intranet, I believe that as long as Xu Shiming himself is not stupid, he should be able to guess that the designer of the puppet is me." Lin Mo nodded calmly.

Although he did not obtain the shares of Kangtao Company this time, nor did he obtain a position within Kangtao Company, let alone become a so-called big man.

But as long as the data deletion puppet is still there, he can easily make the shares of Kangtao Company plummet in an instant, and from another point of view, he can be regarded as controlling most of the shares of Kangtao Company.

However, this is only a means of insurance, and he is not interested in using this puppet to blackmail Kangtao Company to do things.

After all, the current relationship between him and Xu Shiming and others is quite good, and there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future, and the puppet installed on Kangtao's internal network is just a prerequisite for their cooperation.

"So, when are we going to return to Night City?" Lucy asked.

Lin Mo smiled lightly, thought for a while and said, "If you are really in a hurry, then it will not be a problem for us to choose to return tomorrow."

"What do you think of tomorrow?" Lucy asked with a smile.

"Yes."