Watching Lille build his online presence, Bryce was secretly surprised.

Computing power is the cornerstone of activity in cyberspace.

This is a comprehensive indicator, which is determined by the hacker's device, prosthesis, brain function, and other factors, and then forms the individual image in the cyberspace.

In cyberspace, hackers are subject to fewer restrictions, and the laws of physics are of course obeyed here, but not so directly.

Computing power constructs the program, that is, the image, which involves everything in the cyberspace as an extension and affects the real world.

You can be a human being, or you can be a lamp god, a spider queen who rules a spider-like fortress of data

You can be anything you want to be, as long as your computing power is strong enough and your skills are superb enough.

And Lille. His technology is a good street hacker in the eyes of cyber surveillance but computing power.

It's powerful.

His image is very solid, all honestly constructed brick by brick, and he does not dare to try different structures and get some flashy things for himself because of the feeling of mastering everything and creating everything.

The more you don't understand and the more you rush, the easier it is to leave loopholes in the program and be invaded by sophisticated hackers.

And that's what almost all hackers suffer when they are newbies.

Access bin neural chip model. Military technology parallels, no memory expansion parts, no traces of gray matter enhancement, no symptoms of prosthetic stimulation

It's almost pure calculation, and the brain power is around 12, which is also too exaggerated

You really don't think about network monitoring work? Cyber monitoring will provide you with better resources. ”

Bryce is calm on the surface, but looking at the foundation that Lille has shown, he is already a little uncalm--

What is the concept of 12 brain power?

Generally speaking, a purely physical human has a mental limit of 10 and relies purely on the hands and eyes to operate on a computer panel.

In fact, even with a prosthetic, the brainpower of most hackers will not break through this value.

12 is enough brainpower for Lille to apply for a position as a stalwart hacker in a large company, and the company will be happy to equip them with valuable prosthetics -

Provided, of course, that he is willing to sign his name on the "contract".

"Not interested - why don't you say the price?"

"Work in exchange for pay, is that the price?"

"I don't think it's worth it, so it's the price."

"Whatever you want, your idea is a bit retro, it sounds like that kind of brain-dead hacker in the old Internet era, every day is this to control yourself, that to kill freedom."

"Brain-dead? The hackers of the old network era made the company anxious, and even defeated the old network, they are brain-dead, then you"

"Stop!"

Bryce interrupts Lille's heart-piercing remarks, just as Lille's image has been constructed.

A very modest humanoid in appearance, but only a rough indication that it is a humanoid creature from its appearance.

Lille doesn't even sketch his facial features, and most hackers don't sketch them in cyberspace, but they usually wear something like a mask or helmet to make a statement.

But Lille doesn't, this image is like a. A person made entirely of digital streamers, without features.

The corners of Bryce's mouth twitched: "Don't you think your image is even more characterless?" ”

Lille: "If I'm the only one in the whole cyberspace who doesn't have a characteristic, that's a feature." ”

"Okay, try to load your puppet."

Puppets, in the virtual space, you can intuitively see why they are called by those names.

The most common, and most basic type of puppet for hackers, is the "Ice Breaker", which appears as a sharp blade in cyberspace when loaded.

The Ice Pick's sole purpose is to break through the enemy's ICE, which is a typical extreme specialization procedure.

Because of its relatively easy kneading characteristics, it can be embedded in other software, as a pioneer, and is the basis for human-type programs.

The blade constructed by computing power flows with the brilliance of data, sharp and beautiful.

Bryce nodded in approval:

"That's a good choice, if you choose the prosthetic malfunction and prosthetic eye restart programs that street hackers like to use, I'll have to explain to you more about the programs in cyberspace.

I'm guessing you already understand what I'm trying to say. ”

Lille nodded.

The logic in cyberspace is very different from reality, but overall there are many logical parts.

After all, the main purpose of the development of cyberspace is to make people "feel" those signals.

Lille tried to bind the icicle to the prosthetic malfunction, and the blade turned into a short knife.

It's a wonderful feeling, the hacker is like the creator of cyberspace, and the data and electricity are coordinated through the nerves and intuitively change in the hands.

It's a feeling that no virtual reality technology can bring.

Faced with this scene, Bryce was surprised again: this was the first time Lille had entered cyberspace, but he had already learned to combine different programs to produce new puppets.

Lille dissolved the icicle, shattered the dagger and returned to his body as a point of light: "Is there any powerful puppet for me to try?" ”

Bryce sneered: "Little brother, you're just a contract worker, it's already an exception to do this job, you haven't worked yet!"

However, for the sake of our superiors and subordinates, I advise you to continue to improve your digital image.

In the battle in cyberspace, the first hand has a great advantage, a hacker with weak computing power, as long as there is a suitable program, coupled with a sneak attack, it is completely possible to kill a hacker who is several times his computing power.

If the opportunity is right, it is not impossible to kill a hacker who is several times his size.

You'll learn to be in combat at all times and keep your protective, detection/alert programs running.

Of course, it's even better to have a huge data barrier on hand—"

Bryce stinked sideways, showing Lille the massive data barrier.

The data flow is like a branch linked to a high wall, and the mechanical digital wall is still slowly running in and moving

In the real world, people are intimidated by buildings hundreds of meters high, but in cyberspace, strong data barriers can give the illusion of kilometers high.

If you use the right way to hide, you can even lose sight of it.

And these behemoths seem to be alive, ready to attack you at any moment.

The restlessness and helplessness of people in the face of huge objects will be multiplied or even infinitely magnified in cyberspace.

"By joining the Cyber Watch, you can use this data barrier to operate in cyberspace – and by the way, these high-level puppets."

As he spoke, Bryce stretched out his hand—

A digital figure resembling a little devil staggered down from the sky, holding a flaming bow and arrow in one hand and a chain in the other, the other end of which was

A vicious bulldog.

The pit bull comes to Lille and sniffs as if it were a real dog, recognizing outsiders.

The level of lifelike is astonishing.

"When you master a program that's strong enough, you can tie them together as you see fit.

The one that unifies the complex program is a different kind of higher-order program, which is actually closer to the so-called puppet than the junk software sold on the street.

For this type of program, we call it the Demon Program Group (Note).

They have a certain degree of autonomy, in a sense, they are also AI, but the level of intelligence is very low, so don't worry about it burning your brain in turn.

The framework used by this app is called Imp, and as its name suggests, it has the appearance of a little devil.

This imp mainly manages the Bulldog and the Hell's Arrow, and is specifically designed to defend against cyberspace attacks.

When you get to hack like we do, you can also try to write your own."

Before he could finish speaking, Bryce suddenly saw Lille's body begin to swell and tremble

A small octopus appears to be an octopus, a species he has seen on the Approaching Science Channel.

A small octopus climbed onto Lille's digital image and came to his shoulder, looking around with its head agitated.

Cyberspace fell silent suddenly.

Lille panicked, but he couldn't show it, or even talk to Octopus.

So he behaved calmly:

"This is my demon program group, equipped with several sets of target positioning, which are used to help me perceive cyberspace."

With that, the little octopus raised its paws, and its limp arms continued to stretch out, touching the bulldog's head, and even the suction cup twitched.

Bryce is not calm when he sees this--

Why is this happening!

He studied at the academy for two years before he built his first stable demon program group!

Lille casually squeezed the octopus's hand and pressed it back: "Well, there are still some problems with recognition, I'll adjust it again." ”

Bryce said slowly: "You"

Before he could finish speaking, the octopus suddenly rushed into Lille's body in fear, and Bryce's expression changed suddenly!

The data barriers, those moving mechanical walls, spun as fast as an engine starts!

In the pitch-black cyberspace, a weapon of some terrifying size is being generated in the void, as if piercing the black curtain, and a red and black trident that is constantly flashing towards the data barrier!

The red trident seems to have some kind of program attached to it, and the black cyberspace background is being rendered by some kind of red, as if it is about to envelop the area-

", it must have been when you made the short jump just now - cut your link!"

As soon as Bryce finished speaking, Lille found himself being pushed away, completely away from the battlefield-

And in the last scene, he saw that the moving mechanical wall was not to be outdone, revealing an ion cannon of the same exaggerated size!

Rumble!

Cyberspace tremors.

"Ha !!"

Lille exited from cyberspace and inhaled as if out of water!

His access compartment burst into flames, and Lille hurriedly jumped out and took out the room's own fire extinguisher before it burned his butt!

[Use of fire extinguisher: 10 euros.] 】

[Please control the fire and contact NCPD if necessary, any damage to the apartment will be]

Bang!

The payboard also exploded.

The entire room was blown out by electrical circuitry, and if you look from outside the skyscraper, you can see that several rooms around Lille have also suddenly gone dark.

And if you move your eyes to Taiping State.

You will find that the few lights there have also begun to flicker.

Battles in cyberspace can make circuits extremely unstable, as is the case with Lille if both sides of the battle intentionally affect the participants.

Like Lille owes a lot of money to the landlord.

[You have caused damage to the line and are expected to pay for economic losses: 5669 euros.] 】

[Please pay the fine within 24 hours, overdue will be. 】

[Ahh 】

The sound of the electric light going out of the line and the sound of the fire extinguisher spraying overlapped, and the flame was finally extinguished.

[Correspondence: V]

[V: Lille, is there a power outage in your room?] I was still watching TV! Suddenly it exploded, and I don't know what the situation is with this hanging property. 】

Lille sat on the bed.

[Lille: I know. 】

[Lille: Can you borrow two thousand dollars?] 】

Note: The content of this chapter is not a pure compilation by the author, and is based on the setting of the "Cyberpunk 2020" board game series

Thanks to the 5,000 starting coins of Dove and Magpie, the 200 starting coins of Jr the clown, and the 100 starting coins of the scum of the white-clothed Shengxue generation

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