Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 100 Abyssal Psychic Hacker and [Demon]

"From a moral and personal point of view, this is disgusting."

Song Shi spread out his hands and said calmly: "What's more, this is what Jade Pharmaceuticals wants to do with a lot of resources, so what else can I say?"

After beheading two high-ranking executive commissioners in succession, he could feel that the ritual of [Burning Blood] had begun to advance - but this was not enough, far from enough.

Even the so-called "senior executive specialist" is, after all, just a part of the huge machine of Emerald Pharmaceuticals' Pallowser branch. How can killing a more senior "company dog" be considered a true "defeat the strong with the weak"?
"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Alnan nodded without any reaction.

Song Shi pondered for a moment, then turned his head to look at Shan Xing.

"What depth is the [Demon]?"

Hearing this, Shan Xing suddenly sat up straight, and she propped up her chin: "How about you guess first?"

"Depth 3 is not possible with the ability you have shown." But immediately, Song Shi denied this answer: "You should have started trying to dive to 'Depth 4' now?"

"The answer is correct, congratulations!"

A slightly smug smile appeared on Shanxing's face: "But I'm sorry, there are no prizes for the time being!"

it is as expected.

Song Shi nodded in his heart.

More than sixty years ago, the gigantic wonder, the [Internet Domain Firewall], was built to divide the [Upper Internet Domain] and the [Abyss]. Since then, most people have been exposed to the "pure place" separated by the [Upper Internet Domain].

But the exploration and discovery of the [Abyss] has never stopped.

As "Internet" and "psychic power" are confused together, the network domain, which should be virtual, has also been tainted with certain "reality" and "spiritual" properties.

It would be fine if you were in the [upper domain], but once you dive into the [abyss], in addition to facing "technical" problems such as roving AI, memetic viruses, malicious programs, etc., you will also face the "psychic" oppression of redundant psychic power.

If an ordinary person has not awakened psychic power, even if his skills are quite powerful, it is difficult for him to dive too deep into the [Abyss] - because the oppression of "psychic power" increases with the increase of depth.

But [Abyss] is too important.

The most typical point, perhaps because of psychic power, is that "technology" has weight in the [Abyss].

Just like throwing a piece of steel and a piece of polyester plastic into the sea at the same time, the former sinks to the bottom of the seabed, while the latter floats on the surface. In the abyss, each piece of "technology" is scattered at different depths according to its own weight.

The "Fourth All-Out Corporate War" twenty-two years ago began with [Emerald Pharmaceuticals] and [Chronopathic Access] joining forces to launch an attack on [Pure White Creatures].

When the four-year all-out war ended, Pure White Creatures collapsed and disintegrated, and Time Passage usurped the throne to become a giant corporation, while Emerald Pharmaceuticals took over most of the former's personnel, equipment, and technology, seizing market share - but Emerald Pharmaceuticals did not get the most important part of this legacy.

That is the singularity technology possessed by the pure white creatures: [Compilation of the complete genetic map].

This technology represents the pinnacle of a certain field, and is also the essence of a giant enterprise. When the pure white creature was about to collapse and disintegrate, it sank this technology into the deepest part of the abyss. To this day, Jade Pharmaceuticals still invests a huge amount of resources every year and sends personnel to dive into the abyss in an attempt to salvage this technology again.

But it was always fruitless.

Let’s put aside the technologies, data and resources that have sunk into the abyss for various reasons throughout the ages.

Many of the artificial intelligences hiding in the abyss and falling into madness were previously scientific research-oriented. They have been constantly evolving and analyzing technical data over the years. Perhaps most of their products are still not good enough, but there are always products that can be used, and even products that make giant companies confused about the principles - in a sense, the entire [Abyss] is a card drawing pool that is almost a "black box"!
As long as you invest resources, there will always be a day when you will get your money back.

If you cannot make back your investment now, it must be because you have not invested enough resources - why not build another 648 deep diving warehouses?
Thus, the "psychic hacker" named "Devil" was born.

The Abyss is divided into seven levels of depth, with increasing danger and higher requirements for the "technology" and "psychic power" of the intruder. Therefore, psychic hackers use "depth" as a level to rank the abilities of each other.

As a "Depth 3" [Demon], Flashstar can stay in the abyss of Depth 3 for a long time - the emphasis is on "stability" rather than "staying".

This means that Flash Star is qualified to face most of the threats at Depth 3, and if it accidentally enters a situation like this, even if it dives to Depth 6 in one breath, it is not worth mentioning - no, this kind of guy will probably have a mental collapse or become a psychic distortion the moment he steps into Depth 6.

A Depth 5 [Demon] is even capable of carving out a private domain of his own in the Abyss as his own territory - a psychic hacker of this level will be given the title of [Lord of the Abyss].

There is a "Lord of the Abyss" that even giant corporations are willing to take seriously.

Of course, it's just facing it.

If you want to truly compete with a giant enterprise, be on equal footing with it, or even suppress it to a certain extent, you must be the "King of the Abyss" at Depth 6.

Even in my previous life, I only knew one "King of the Abyss", and it was indeed just an "acquaintance". The two sides had only met a few times, so there was no question of friendship between them.

Due to the "abyss", psychic hackers are called "devils", so the [real name] that imitates the mythology came into being - to put it simply, the [real name] can be summarized as a collection of a series of information such as the psychic hacker's real name, personal information, private IP, physical address, etc.

However, according to myths and legends, mortals can also threaten and dominate "devils" with their "true names", but the "true names" of psychic hackers are a bit subtle.

Some psychic hackers are really afraid of this. After all, when someone knows your [real name], what can they do even if they can't defeat you online? They can just send armed men to break into your house, pull out the brain-computer interface, put on a full-coverage restraint, give you a dose of tranquilizer, and put a dozen guns to your head. What can you do?

After all, not every psyker is a high-level psyker and is good at combat.

just.

For some people, [real name] doesn't matter.

Every psychic hacker of this era knows it.

In the deepest part of the headquarters of the giant enterprise [Zero Degree Network], a respected King of the Abyss sits there, overlooking all living beings in the world.

——Depth 6, “Lord of the Ten Domains”, Dwight Brooks.

(End of this chapter)