blogombal Chapter 67
Chapter 67
Chapter 67: Deep Web Battlefield.
I learned from Delasip that Taipingzhou was originally planned as a resort for Night City to generate income, but it quickly degenerated into its current dilapidated state after the investment was terminated.
There are no tourists here, only gangs that use violence without scruples. In this land forgotten by the NCPD, only the Voodoo Gang stands up to protect the people around the gang territory.
Due to the confusion of the global economic outlook, investors have withdrawn their capital and most buildings have only been half-built and then hastily left unfinished.
The collision between ideals and reality always brings endless disappointment. Taipingzhou is just one of the microcosms of this world. In some parts of the city, gang fights are still emerging one after another.
In short, if you are not familiar with the local situation of”Taipingzhou”, it would be very dangerous to rush in. After all, living under the broken eaves and broken walls for a long time, the mentality of the people here has long collapsed. There are cigarettes and alcohol everywhere, and people take neurotoxins that are enough to paralyze the human nerves.
Everyone has almost rotten their brains in order to escape reality. In general, outsiders are unwilling to come here unless it is necessary. However, the loss of outsiders’ care has led to the inability of Taipingzhou’s economy to grow. Under the long-term vicious cycle,”Taipingzhou” has become a lawless slum.
However, chaos has its advantages. If you want to buy rare black market goods or illegal prostheses, the local market in”Taipingzhou” is booming. In this place where good and bad people mix, you may really be able to find treasures.
Soon, under the leadership of Delasip, they came to an abandoned hotel, which was transformed by the”Voodoo Gang” and turned into the base of the Voodoo Gang.
“Our”Poseidon Subnet” is undergoing the final baptism, so a large number of our hackers need to go to the deep web to build our own BBS (data fortress)”
“As our old enemies, that group of idle network monitoring agents will not let us set up it easily. They will definitely send people to sabotage it!”
“So your mission is very simple, enter our”Poseidon Subnet”, follow our hacker team, and some other foreign hackers who come to work, and try to intercept and harass that group of network monitors.”
“BBS Fortress? Are you planning to open an independent network server?”
“Yes.”
As a senior hacker who has studied in Arasaka since childhood and has a”good family background”, Lucy immediately understood what the”Voodoo Gang” wanted to do. This is a big project!
Assuming that the internal network of Night City is a large server, everyone and every network life can only live and move within the scope of this server, and the authority of the network monitor is equivalent to the”administrator” within this scope.
The behavior of the”Voodoo Gang” opening up an independent server is equivalent to building a brand new virtual”shelter” in the network that belongs to the”Voodoo Gang”.
At that time, their scope of activities can exceed The scope of the network monitor’s access rights. Once they hide in the”sanctuary”, the network monitor will not be able to find their location, and they will not be able to monitor or counterattack. In other words, if the”Voodoo Gang” BBS is successfully established, they can move freely in the network, and the network monitor can’t do anything to them.
In this way, the”Voodoo Gang” can not only easily enter the”Night City” network and wreak havoc, but also hide in their own”Poseidon Subnet” after being discovered, and the network monitors can only stay in the Night City server and watch them disappear and leave without finding any clues.
“You guys are really bold enough to build a BBS (data fortress) in the deep web. Aren’t you afraid that the roaming AI in it will cause trouble to you?”
“The wandering AIs are like ghosts. They have no consciousness and only know how to act on instinct. How can their threat be compared with the orderly and coordinated network monitoring agents?”
With De Laship’s occasional chat, they soon met the leader of the”Voodoo Gang”, Bridget, an elderly black woman.
“Welcome”Lucy”, we all know you”
“We once tried to hack into Arasaka’s database. Although we failed, we still got some secret information, including your identity and Arasaka’s wanted order for you.”
“Look at you, a poor guy who escaped from”Arasaka” somewhere else. Unexpectedly, the”hardship” did not defeat you, but allowed you to grow so much in dangerous situations and become a senior hacker.”
Maman-Bridget said. She is the leader of the Voodoo Gang. She is now 39 years old. Her body has been deeply transformed, enough to sweep away any network hacker who dares to challenge her. Although she does not look strong in the real world, she is invincible in cyberspace.
A top-level hacker with level 14 hacking skills, she only needs some opportunities to quickly step into the threshold of level 15 epic hackers.
Now she has the authority of”Poseidon Subnet”, and her hacking skills can be improved by three levels, becoming a top epic hacker level of level 17.
Bridget is a mysterious and disturbing woman, even a little aggressive. She is ambitious and ruthless. She tirelessly pursues her dreams, eager to surpass her limits and touch the unknown.
At the same time, Bridget is not a leader who only gives orders and lets others do all the dirty work. She will take the most dangerous tasks on herself and can fight for her people at any time. The Voodoo Gang trusts her, but it is better to stay away from her.
Because she is a lunatic, eager to cooperate with the AI outside the black wall, in short, you’d better not be her enemy, otherwise she has plenty of ways to hack into your brain from various angles!
Ali also knows her. In Cyberpunk 2077, she will find traces of Ultra in the network and hire Evelyn to steal the RELIC that contains Johnny Silverhand’s consciousness.
In the game, V controlled by Ali went to the Voodoo Gang to seek Bridget’s help in order to safely get the Relic chip out of his head, but she obviously had other ideas, because she had other plans for the biochip.
Maman-Bridget wanted to use Johnny Silverhand in the Relic chip to lure out Ultra. She wanted to cooperate with Ultra, who has become a powerful AI digitized, in order to go to the other side of the black wall to comprehend a higher level of digital power.
But these are all things in the future. Now there is more than a year before 2077, and Ali doesn’t plan to think so much.
The most important thing now is to let Lucy complete this mission safely and avoid her being unable to defeat the network monitoring and having her brain burned.
“We admire your talent. Are you willing to join our”Voodoo Gang?” We will protect you until our”Poseidon Subnet” is consolidated, and even Arasaka will not be able to find any trace of you.”
Bridget extended an olive branch to Lucy. After all, there are too few high-level hackers who have no power, no affiliation, and are fleeing. There may be only”Lucy” in the whole Night City.
“Can you stop Arasaka? I don’t think you”Voodoo Gang” have the ability to protect me. Maybe on the Internet, but it’s hard to do in real life.”
“What I want is to live in the”sunlight”, not in the”virtual world”. Sorry, instead of recruiting me, why don’t you pay more for this job? After all, your job can be fatal.”
Lucy shook her head and rejected Bridget’s recruitment. This guy is very smart. She obviously wants to calculate Lucy. If she wants to recruit, why didn’t she say it earlier or later, but when she was about to work, it’s obvious that she wants to take advantage of Lucy’s”hacking technology” ability.
As for”protection”, it’s just verbal talk. The initiative is all in the hands of her Voodoo Gang. If Bridget turns against her, who knows what will happen?
After all, what right does the”Voodoo Gang” have for Lucy ? A foreign senior hacker to fight against Arasaka? They have a lot of senior hackers in their own group.
Besides, if joining a gang can get protection, then which gang can Lucy not join with her identity as a”senior hacker”?
Unfortunately, only a company can fight against a company. Once Arasaka spreads the news that they want to arrest her, she believes that the gangs she joined, including this”Voodoo Gang”, will definitely tie her up and hand her over to Arasaka for the money offered by Arasaka.
This is the reality. The word”protection” is too luxurious for Lucy, who has been wandering alone. Who in Night City can truly”protect” her, Lucy? Maybe there is no one.
“Well, I think we will offer a price that will satisfy the”senior hacker”. You will be the one to lead the team against the agents.”
“After all, the level of other network hackers who accepted our commission and came to help with the work was not high enough, and they were almost all at the level of intermediate hackers.”
“Come with me, I’ll take you to our secret base, where we’ve prepared a”network deep dive” chair for you. As for the”guard” next to you, I hope he can stand still and not move too much.”
“Come on, the credit of your”Voodoo Gang” is well-known, so keep your own”hands and feet” in check. As long as your hands and feet are clean, I will stay here honestly. Of course, if you have”bad intentions”, I don’t suggest shooting your hacker in the head!”
Ali was not afraid of Bridget at all. Anyway, he had no”brain” implants, and these hackers had no way to deal with him. Besides, the”Voodoo Gang” was Lucy’s employer, and he was not. He was the”firewall” that Lucy”hired” to clearly warn and beware of the”Voodoo Gang”.
So Ali was naturally not inferior to this so-called Bridget. What’s more, even if it was just based on hacking skills, his hacking skills were stronger than everyone present. It was hard to say who would hack whose brain at that time.
Bridget and Delaship on the side suddenly turned black. She didn’t expect Ali to come to their territory and dare to be so disrespectful to the”Voodoo Gang”
“What do you think of our Voodoo Gang?”
“”Drasip, control your emotions. We have more important things to do!”
Drasip was very irritable. He wanted to take action immediately but was stopped by Bridget. Bridget gave him a look, saying that the overall situation should be the most important thing, and this rude boy would be taught a bloody lesson afterwards.
In order for their”Poseidon Subnet” to be successfully consolidated, they still have to swallow their anger now. After all, network monitoring is not a job.
Now the”Voodoo Gang” needs all the available hacker power. They need to spend manpower to build their BBS on the one hand, and to guard against network monitoring and sabotage on the other hand. They are short of manpower, so Lucy, as a”senior hacker”, is particularly important at this moment. After all, with one more senior hacker, their success rate will be higher. One more point.
Soon, under the leadership of Bridget, Ali and Lucy also came to the secret base of the Voodoo Gang, which was a church. After a scan to confirm their identities, the secret door of the church appeared in the wall and opened. There was a secret passage leading to the underground.
Ali followed in.
This place was similar to a subway tunnel, but in fact it was part of the interstate maglev.
It used to be able to reach the world, but unfortunately, the economic crisis and various corporate wars broke out in Taiping State.
After the war, this place was abandoned, just like the previous global network.
When they came to the depths of the underground, countless hackers were ready, including dozens of hackers from the”Voodoo Gang” and more than a dozen hackers hired from all over Night City.
“We, the”Voodoo Gang”, will only send three”senior hackers” to lead you to harass and resist the invasion of the Internet monitoring. We will use the rest of the force to quickly build a BBS for the Voodoo Gang, the supreme”Poseidon Subnet”.””
“What you have to do is to stop it at all costs, to prevent the network monitors from destroying what we have built. Do you understand, everyone? After the task is completed, we, the”Voodoo Gang”, will offer you a price that satisfies you.”
Following Bridget’s order, all the hackers nodded to show that they understood. Ali also saw that these hired hackers were all low-end fighters, either junior hackers or mid-level hackers. It was obvious that they were deceived by the”Voodoo Gang” with generous rewards to be cannon fodder.
They really thought that it was just”harassment” and”blocking”, and they would definitely not lose their lives if they were smart at that time, but they underestimated the network monitors’ attitude of killing the”Poseidon Subnet”.
In fact, this group of network monitors are not soft-hearted people. Almost every one of them is an”advanced hacker”, and they all rushed to the battlefield with the attitude of dying together with the”Poseidon Subnet”.
Such a group of weirdos If the monsters come to kill, these cannon fodders will definitely die miserably, and then the generous rewards promised by the”Voodoo Gang” will naturally not need to be paid to the dead.
It can only be said that the”Voodoo Gang” is really poisonous. A blank check can attract countless people to die. Maybe when the hackers who helped survive by chance, they will also stab them hard. After all, they can save money if one person dies, and they can also protect the privacy of the”Poseidon Subnet” indirectly.
But it’s no wonder that Bridget would meet with Lucy alone, because the”senior hackers” have seen a lot, they have seen through the viciousness of the Voodoo Gang, and only Lucy, a senior hacker, is willing to come here for money.
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This also indirectly shows that Lucy is really desperate. She knows that she will die if she joins the”Voodoo Gang” and fights against the Internet police. Even if she survives, she may be stabbed in the back by the”Voodoo Gang”. But she still came because she needs money, a lot of money. If she wants to change her life, Lucy must fight for it at this moment.
“The network deep dive system is ready!”
“Poseidon subnet server has started!”
“We have found traces of Internet surveillance. All hackers, please rush to the battlefield!”
As the Voodoo Gang member at the console issued instructions, Bridget nodded and looked at the hacker group around her:”We will take you into the cyberspace built by the”Poseidon System”, which is the best place for consciousness to interact with the network.”
“The Internet surveillance agents have discovered the battlefield and have begun to attack cyberspace. They have sent the”warriors” to wear network helmets, connect to the nerve center, escape into the virtual space, and block the Internet surveillance!”
“I will do my best to build our BBS. After the”Poseidon Subnet” is baptized, I will manipulate the”Poseidon System Permissions” and kill the network monitors as an”administrator” and completely eliminate them from this server network!”
“Yes!”
Soon, under the command of the”Voodoo Gang” staff, the hackers lay down on the”Network Deep Dive” chairs one by one, and put on the headbands one after another.���Then one of them transmitted the”virtual consciousness” into cyberspace.
Lucy also sat on the”cyber deep dive” chair at this moment. She took a deep breath and her breathing became a little rapid. It can be seen that she was very nervous and wanted to forget the memory of being treated as”consumables” in Arasaka when she was young.
“Ali, do you think I can do it?”
“I’m a little scared……”
Lucy’s hand stroked the network connection port on the back of her head, as if the torture she had suffered in”Arasaka” in the past came back to her, which made her tremble uncontrollably.
At this moment, she was eager for someone to recognize her and tell her that she could do it.
“Lucy, you can do this.”
“Of course, you can also choose to refuse this”deep dive” deal. I can definitely take you away from here safely, and no one can stop me.”
Ali put his hand on Lucy’s shoulder, he looked seriously into Lucy’s somewhat flustered eyes, and said seriously:”With me here, no one can hurt you, believe me!”