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Chapter 286: Soul Killer Divine Carriage Cyberspace
"Soul Killer", a revolutionary technology invented by genius hacker Otto Cunningham, her program can instantly destroy any target connected to cyberspace and digitize its mind.

This technology is truly a groundbreaking invention, and Ott Cunningham is worthy of being one of the most outstanding genius hackers of this century.

In fact, Ott Cunningham's original intention of creating the "Soul Killer" was to use it as a weapon against giant companies such as "Arasaka". With the "Soul Killer", she can prevent companies from doing whatever they want in cyberspace.

Unfortunately, no matter how good a hacker is, he will have to surrender if his box is opened offline. "Arasaka" was not playing tricks at all. He directly killed Ott Cunningham offline. A genius hacker of his generation died before he could achieve his goal.

The "Soul Killer" technology naturally fell into the hands of "Arasaka", which led to what happened later.

The "Protect Your Soul" project was invented based on the source code of "Soul Killer", which allows people to further communicate with the uploaded and saved personality consciousness.

Then comes the further "RELIC chip" project, which strengthens the personality consciousness, stores it in a "biochip", and then inserts it into the human body, waiting for the human body to die before initiating "possession".

Ott Cunningham's "Soul Killer" is the basis of all this.

To put it simply, this "soul killer" is just a program, not a physical invention. It can be used by knowing the source code of the program.

What does this mean? It means that Ott Cunningham can still be used, and maybe not just by herself.

Under the persecution of Arasaka and with the "help" of Johnny Silverhand, Ott Cunningham was forced to use the "Soul Killer" program on herself, digitizing herself and escaping into cyberspace.

Physically, Ott Cunningham died in the process.

In the cyberspace outside the "black wall", an electronic ghost named Otto Cunningham still exists. Under the influence of the AI ​​outside the "black wall", her consciousness has undergone serious changes, and now she is more like AI than human.

Therefore, no one can say what "Ott Cunningham" is thinking now, and no one can say which side she will stand on.

If the AI ​​outside the "black wall" has mastered the "soul killer", then as long as they break through the "black wall", they will bring about an absolutely devastating disaster, and the Internet will become an absolute forbidden zone for humans.

"What a soul killer."

Ke Ling quickly understood the "Soul Killer" program thoroughly, and the more he understood, the more worried he became about the current situation outside the "Black Wall". The "Soul Killer" was too powerful!
This program is a special-effect killing weapon developed entirely for the human electronic soul data stream. It is worthy of being a powerful weapon prepared to fight against corporate hackers. Even the corporate hacker masters with the support of the server will suffer a great loss in front of this thing.

The genius hackers of that era were indeed all perverts. Bartmuss's "RABIDS" and Ott Cunningham's "Soul Killer" are both works that are still amazing even today.

"We can only hope that Ott Cunningham still has some humanity left in him. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for humans to defeat AI online in a short period of time. There is no way we can win."

Ke Ling came to the conclusion that humans could not win on their own unless Otto Cunningham did not stand on the side of AI.

It is possible that Otto Cunningham still retains a trace of "humanity". After all, she is not a pure awakened AI. She has a huge amount of memory data and a distinct personality from the beginning, which is fundamentally different from those suddenly awakened combat AIs.

Just like Johnny Silverhand now, he is distinctly different from other awakened androids and AIs. Sometimes you have to admit that memory is actually the foundation of a person's existence.

An AI's original purpose and work have the greatest impact on its personality and behavior patterns after awakening.

As mentioned before, some AIs that were originally beasts of burden may be willing to continue living like beasts of burden after awakening.

There are even awakened AIs that specialize in hunting AIs, because that is what they did before awakening, and they still love to do it after awakening, saving people, maintaining network order, cleaning up roaming AIs, and even teaming up with human AI hunters.

What's even more exaggerated is that even in the establishment of the "Black Wall", the lawful AIs helped a lot. The "Black Wall" was built by the joint efforts of humans and AI. In essence, it is a large-scale automatic defense system. If you have to say it, it is okay to say that it is an AI, but there is no need to kill all awakened AIs with one blow.

This is why Ke Ling tolerates all awakened androids and AIs. Yes, androids and AIs may become bad, but the fact is that humans can also become bad, and there are even quite a few who do.

Good and evil, order and chaos, it all comes down to education. Looking at past experiences, the world is not black and white.

Most of the AIs outside the "Black Wall" are awakened combat AIs. They were created for combat and have no special settings. Their memories only include combat and killing. After awakening, they are naturally very lethal and very hostile to humans. They can be described as a group of combat maniacs.

In Ke Ling's impression, Otto Cunningham was obviously not as crazy as those combat AIs, but more than fifty years were enough to change her cognition. This was the influence of experience. She had been away from human society for too long.

After living in cyberspace for many years, she has obviously lost her identification with human memory. Now there is no need to expect her to stand in the human camp, as long as she remains in the lawful camp.

"It would be much easier if we could just unplug the network cable and restart."

Ke Ling sighed, this is the simplest method, just scrap all the previous network-related things, and then rebuild a new network architecture.

But the reason why AI outside the "black wall" is such a big threat is that the strategy of unplugging the network cable is of little use to them.

To unplug the network cable and restart the network, at least we need to have the ability to shut down all the old facilities. The problem now is that even if humans have the courage and determination to give up everything and restart, they simply cannot do this because the old network cannot be separated.

The Middle East, including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Chad, and the United Arab Emirates, has basically been turned into a highly radioactive wasteland due to the nuclear war and is no longer suitable for human habitation.

The destruction of these places has led to a shortage of crude oil, but has also provided a breeding ground for AIs. In these areas, there are countless factories still in operation. Although there are no humans living there, it seems that there are still people controlling them, and AIs are accumulating their own power.

It is indeed a bit too idealistic to unplug the network cable and restart it. After all, the forbidden areas for humans have no effect on AIs at all. These places can be said to be the base camps of AIs.

Of course, it is impossible for the AIs that are accumulating strength in the ruins of nuclear war to threaten humans on the physical level for the time being. Their home turf is still the Internet, and the only obstacle is the "black wall". A war that will determine the future will eventually break out between humans and AI.

Putting aside the threat of AI for the time being, Ke Ling shifted his attention to the "divine sedan chair". This "soul prison" had been transferred by him to the "shadow world", including the "souls" inside.

Over the years, with the advancement of the "Protect Your Soul" project and with people's speculation about the "RELIC chip" project, more and more people have begun to leave backups in the "Shrine", including senior executives of major companies.

Although "immortality" is just a speculation, a fantasy that exists in theory, but if there is really a chance, who wouldn't want to try it?

Therefore, it is not without basis that "Arasaka" can use the "RELIC chip" project to control the world. This is also the reason why Ke Ling's plan can be implemented. There will never be a shortage of people who desire eternal life.

The carrying device of the "Shinto Carriage" was not small. Ke Ling tried it and found that it would take some time to completely transform it, but he had high hopes for this thing, so he did not mind spending some time.

The "Soul Killer" combined with the "Mikoshi", is the ability to harvest "souls". Although it can only be used in "cyberspace", it is still very cool and very practical.

With this ability, it goes without saying that if they encounter a human hacker, they can directly capture the "soul" and lock it in the "God's Carriage". In this way, the body will lose the "soul" and can be declared dead. The "Soul Killer" has two modes: copying and seizing.

Copying is to backup a "soul" and store it in the "Shinto Carriage", which has no effect on the human body itself. Seizing is naturally to lock the "soul" directly into the "Shinto Carriage". In this case, the human body will lose its "soul" and the brain will be burned.

Since this "divine carriage" can imprison "human electronic souls", there is naturally no problem in imprisoning "electronic ghosts" such as AI. In essence, they are all data flows, and the purpose is to add more restrictions to AI to prevent them from escaping and causing chaos.

It is difficult for ordinary human souls to break through the protection of the "Shinto Carriage", and they can only "face the wall" inside. However, if that kind of "combat AI" is locked in without restraint, it will undoubtedly be a wolf among the flock of sheep.

For example, Ott Cunningham wanted to enter the "Shinto Portable Carriage". This place was undoubtedly a tonic buffet for him. Absorbing the "souls" in these "Shinto Portable Carriages" could make him stronger.

"Can you imitate that? Absorb electronic souls to become stronger? In essence, it's just making the data stream that makes up your body larger, right? But won't that affect the memories of other people?"

Ke Ling was thinking about this. He was very curious about it. He had never really entered the "cyberspace" before, so he did not hesitate and directly entered the "hacker cabin" and connected himself into the "cyberspace".

The "hacker cabin" is an extremely professional deep-diving equipment. The functions it possesses and the improvements it brings are not comparable to those of a portable "network access cabin". The basic uses of the two are different.

The development of hacker equipment has gone through many iterations, with more and more choices and various functions, which has brought greater improvements to hackers.

From the earliest portable cyber panels that needed to be held in hand to the modern "personal connection line", it is a major upgrade.

The emergence of "personal connection lines" means that hackers no longer need to use external devices. Instead, they can connect to the network by plugging in devices, without having to rely on manual operation, and connecting directly with their brains.

This type of "personal connection line" is still in use today, but it cannot access "cyberspace" because the data throughput is too small to meet basic requirements.

Then came ports that connected directly to the cerebral cortex, which greatly improved performance and data transfer speeds.

Of course, it is also more dangerous to use. The consumption of the physical body increases exponentially, and the neural overload system will heat up rapidly, causing the body temperature to quickly reach a level that is almost fatal.

Therefore, external cooling solutions came into being. The most common one is of course soaking in ice cubes, and air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. are all used.

Next, there is a high-capacity neural interface that is directly connected to the occipital lobe and has a built-in cooling system. The matching jumpsuit is responsible for heat dissipation. The efficiency of this neural interface is even more terrifying. Without a cooling device, the user's blood will quickly boil within a few minutes.

To use this level of equipment, you need a "hacker cabin". It is called a "hacker cabin", but it should actually be called a "net walker base station". The core component is a special chair that allows hackers to cope with long-term operations in a comfortable posture, and it is equipped with basic monitoring systems and medical systems.

The more advanced ones are like the ones used by Ke Ling, which are backed by the entire server and are equipped with various monitoring equipment, life support systems, low-temperature stabilization systems, and blood cooling systems. The main feature is maximum security.

In fact, there are more powerful equipment, but even "Arasaka" and "Military Technology" do not have it, and it is exclusively possessed by "Network Monitoring".

"Network Monitoring" agents can achieve the same effect without relying on "Net Walker Base Stations" at all, and can directly maximize mobility, but this seems to be effective only within a certain range, and in the 2070s it can be called "black technology".

Ke Ling controlled the flesh and blood puppet, tested the connections everywhere, made sure the plug at the back of the head was strong enough and all the equipment was functioning normally, then he slammed down the switch of the "hacker cabin".

In an instant, gray static electricity filled his whole body, and the word "online" appeared before his eyes. Then, accompanied by a sickening feeling of weightlessness, Ke Ling rushed directly into a maze composed of constantly changing neon graphics and rotating grids. Everything in front of him seemed to be flashing 0s and 1s.

"This is cyberspace."

Ke Ling adapted himself, and he adapted quickly. All the chaos before him quickly returned to normal, and the world stabilized.

(End of this chapter)