"The only difference is efficiency. In the past, without the Brain-Computer Interface Network Access Vault, hackers used this."
Mercer multitasked, rapidly tapping the small keyboard on the screen while casually responding, "Dealing with such a sneaky guy who hasn't uttered a sound yet, I need to be cautious.
This Network Access Vault isn't afraid of it hiding a virus..."
Seeing Mercer enter the working mode, everyone tacitly started guarding the surroundings.
But this time, Mercer worked unexpectedly long, it took over ten minutes before Mercer stopped, flexing his fingers: "Pretty tough."
"No way, even you can't handle it?" Rebecca was a bit incredulous.
"Handwritten code is far less efficient compared to Brain-Computer Interface... but hacking has never been just about coding speed; it's about technique."
Mercer confidently said, watching the progress bar slowly rise, "The ICE vulnerability has been found. Now, it either obediently opens the network connection and faces me directly.
Or waits for me to hack the host and then find it on the server."
But V pointed at the computer screen where a dialog box popped up, saying: "Doesn't it show admin permissions are locked?"
"It can lock all it wants; once I upload the software, it doesn't get a say." Mercer said, and at that moment, a new dialog box suddenly appeared on the computer screen.
[Little Beidou Facility: Who are you? I have requested assistance from headquarters. Please cease illegal occupation and intrusion of Military Science facilities immediately.]
Mercer sneered, "Don't pretend. If you're really the AI of the Little Beidou Facility, I'll eat this computer — what the hell are you? So timid, hiding in the shadows?"
The dialog box on the computer flickered momentarily then abruptly turned into a faint crimson dialog box.
[Little Beidou Facility: Stop immediately! It's not beneficial for you! Please state your intentions!]
Mercer spoke coldly: "Do you think you're in charge here?"
The cracking program continued methodically progressing, and the red lights inside the base shone brighter, the alarms sounded more urgent, V frowned: "Lots of footsteps approaching!"
"Organize the defensive positions." Rebecca immediately took the lead towards the door, raising her right hand to reveal the heavy machine gun barrel attached to her armor.
V then pulled out his Samurai Sword — against robots with steel bodies, this metal-cutting Samurai Sword was even more effective than bullets.
Jack stood honestly in front of Mercer, serving as a shield.
"You don't believe this group of scrap metal left in the base is useful for us, do you?" Mercer said while manually speeding up the hacking.
Finally, the unknown wandering AI couldn't endure any longer, suddenly rebooting the network and immediately launching a network attack on Mercer and the team.
However, what the wandering AI did not expect was — just as it made its move, the team, without prior communication, simultaneously shot down several surrounding cameras.
Without the network transmission devices, hacking became a fruitless endeavor, forcing it to begin supporting the host's ICE, pushing Mercer's hacking progress bar back significantly.
But at this exact moment, Mercer quickly inserted a chip, while also connecting a fiber optic cable from the signal enhancer on Jack's back into the host's network interface.
The instant the network connected, the computer refusing to write, the chip entered network mode, and a massive data flow rushed through the fiber optic cable, attack programs began automatically cracking the computer.
Initially, the AI seemingly did not mind Mercer's networking move, even eagerly attempting a reverse hack — from its perspective, Mercer daring to connect it to the external network was like an old man hanging himself; it felt it could immediately attack Mercer's server, showing him its power?
But then, it was stunned to discover that the chip inserted into the host was merely a positioning program, and as it actively connected to the network, a terrifying entity immediately followed the positioning, charging in.
Visible stutters appeared on the computer host, countless dialog boxes and program codes flashed a few times, the host crashed directly, then automatically rebooted.
After rebooting, the computer host screen displayed only a red woman's avatar.
[Ultraman: I'm here.]
"Took over the server?"
[Ultraman: Working on it... that guy wants to erase traces... definitely connected to Lilith, huh? Also related to Ye Corporation?]
"Ye Corporation?"
Mercer's brow furrowed sharply.