Then it's time for Bryce to come over on business.

The jammer stops working and everything is back to normal.

"I don't have authentic information in my library, and the identities of several of these mercenaries are also very suspicious."

As soon as the time came, Bryce went into working mode so smoothly that he spit out the cigarette he smoked before it reached his lungs.

In this way, the biomonitoring prosthetic does not detect too obvious changes in nicotine content, and a small change can also be explained by the gang area, where everyone is smoking, all caused by secondhand smoke.

Lille was also very cooperative: "What is a suspicious law?" ”

"Cyber surveillance has its own intelligence network, and some people should not cross the EC border, which is not normal."

Regardless of his status as the Son of Gold, the Sniper is still an internationally wanted man, and one of the most wanted internally.

On the surface, Bryce can still reveal some basic information: this person cannot be let go by the European Union.

Most of these groups of mercenaries were sent by companies outside of Night City to be pioneers, but how could they choose to let such a person over?

Not a European company, not an ordinary criminal or mercenary, who else has the ability to smuggle a criminal across state lines?

So that's where the formal commission comes in.

"Network monitoring anomaly codenamed AIA-1: Suspected unexpected data anomaly, which may involve streaming AI activities and requires more resources to be invested but still happens.

I believe that AI is likely to be involved in this incident, and given your previous experience in helping cyber surveillance deal with AI weapons 'soul killers', we would like to formally hire you to assist Cyber Surveillance in investigating this matter. ”

Unintended activity - some mercenaries are documented, some are not.

These people who should not have been smuggled over have smuggled over, which means that someone's control over the monitoring network has weakened, so it is an unexpected thing and an anomaly.

It can be seen that when it comes to AI, Blessy's spirit has changed a lot.

There aren't so many things to think about, anyway, AI is an external contradiction, the enemy of humanity, just work hard.

Lille touched his chin: "Reward? ”

"According to the market price, you will receive a prize of 1 million euros for successfully hunting the stray AI, and in addition to that, you will also gain some knowledge about how to deal with the AI."

Bryce said as he pulled out a soft screen from his pocket, which could be folded or rolled up like paper, but the contents were in electronic form.

Lille looked over and found something that Bryce didn't explicitly say:

The employment agency is the Cyber Surveillance branch in Night City, and the direct person in charge is Bryce, and there is a guarantor here

Lucius Lane?

Does this need to be written?

Of course not, judging from what Bryce said earlier, this commission is not so much a commission for network monitoring, but rather under the recommendation and instruction of Ryan, the Night City branch of network monitoring decided to let a mercenary assist in handling it.

Although it's only a temporary worker, this hire is much more formal than before-

Burger King has become a regular army?

So do you want to take this commission?

Overall, with this information, it's not unexpected that AI needs to be dealt with.

The problem is that it's clearly something that isn't in the plot.

Even in the original plot of the game, Night City actually didn't have any awesome mercenaries involved in the plot, and the sense of existence was sparse.

This butterfly has set off a storm and blown the original plot to a pulp.

Case

Lille shook his head slightly: "I can take it, but I don't want to sign the contract, I feel like I'm signing the deed of sale to the devil." ”

He chose to accept the commission, not because it was as simple as money, but because he could gain more knowledge of network technology and enrich his arsenal by dealing with AI.

I don't understand technology, and in such a world, I am always a pawn played by others.

"Whatever you want." Bryce shrugged his shoulders and put away the soft screen, "Anyway, this is actually a bounty business that has existed since the old Internet era.

Now talk about where you plan to start, and I'll provide the necessary assistance according to your plan. ”

Bounty on streaming AI has been around since the beginning of the 21st century, when hacking was far more frequent and the number of AI on the Internet was orders of magnitude higher than there is today.

The mercenaries' top businesses are all about blowing up another company at the behest of the company, or affecting the battle of the entire war.

There is one more top-level business for hackers, hunting down these extremely harmful flowing AI.

According to Bryce's previous booklet "On the Harmfulness and Development History of Wandering AI", the reward for hunting a wandering AI at that time was 500,000 euros.

It can only be said that inflation has been terrible in recent years - and the importance of AI is even greater than in the past.

The help provided by this has to do with the reward beyond cash, the typical corporate reward, and you can only get what is good for the task.

"I'm guessing I'll have to prove that this has anything to do with the AI, or not, but that's the last clue I have at hand."

Lille pulls out the last bullet that exited the ram sniper rifle and the last bullet that the sniper did not fire.

As mentioned earlier, the ramjet bullet itself is actually a ramjet engine, and the high speed of the bullet will suck the high-temperature and high-pressure wind into the bullet, thereby igniting the fuel inside.

It is not easy to process this structure on a 20mm caliber bullet, and more importantly, the structural design and gunpowder formula of the bullet itself.

Of course, Lille will choose to take it apart and scan it well, and back it up for later study.

This demolition, I saw some interesting things.

The disassembled bullets were already in bulk, and Lille pointed to the cartridge case structure: "Take a look." ”

Bryce's prosthetic eye itself is equipped with a large number of information components, which is essentially a scanner with good performance and compatibility.

Although it is not like some extreme telescopic performance prosthetic eyes, which can magnify the image dozens of times, it has AI enhancement and hinting functions for some special details.

Immediately, he saw a line of small letters engraved on the inner wall of the shell.

"Muramasa".

"It's a Japanese name again," Bryce squinted at the small line.

"Well, do you have any idea of the name?"

"Maybe if it's a name left by an AI, it's going to be a very important clue, and the AI have a weird way of thinking."

"Then the probability that this village is an AI has added a lot, and the place where he engraved his name is very subtle.

According to the normal process, after the bullet is fired, the prepared fuel will continue to burn, and the high temperature and pressure will completely blur the font on the inner wall, leaving no clues. ”

In this way, there is no point in leaving a name.

Carving a meaningless message on a bullet is indeed a wonderful way of thinking, like an obsessive-compulsive person who has to engrave his name, but does not want to leave any clues for his own safety.

Bryce uploaded the name to the network watchdog's database, and soon received suggestions for further instructions.

His expression was slightly stunned, and then he looked at Lille: "The anomaly level has been raised to AIA-2 level, and it has been basically determined that this is AI." ”

Lille shrugged, "Do you have any other constructive suggestions or help?" Speaking of which, why does the existence of the black wall still put the AI over? How does this work? ”

Two Japanese names, superior weapon-making capabilities, odd mannerisms, and unsolicited controlled weapons and other components.

That's all there is to it.

"Well, there is, as for the question behind you," Bryce left the table, his prosthetic eye flashing slightly.

"I ordered a druman and let's talk in the car.

You can decide what to do with the mercenaries while you wait for the bus - by the way, I remember you still have a prisoner? ”

Network surveillance chatting in AI taxis?

With a subtle expression, Lille opened the door first and walked out.

(End of chapter)