"Interesting... an independent subnet, Haishen Subnet..."
The barrier in front of Lisandra separated the Night City network from another independent network space.
Behind this barrier was the network space built by the Voodoo Boys themselves, the Haishen Subnet.
As a hacker gang, the Voodoo Boys were actually quite powerful.
They built the independent Haishen Subnet, covering the Pacifica area, isolating the network space of Pacifica from the Night City network.
The Haishen Subnet was completely controlled and operated by the Voodoo Boys; they could control everything within it, monitoring all information on the network.
It could be said that by accessing the Haishen Subnet, you completely exposed yourself to the Voodoo Boys' view.
Whatever you did, they would know and see.
And this Haishen Subnet was also an important reason why the Voodoo Boys were able to consistently evade pursuit by Network Surveillance.
Network Surveillance, as the name suggests, was a global police organization primarily tasked with maintaining network security, at least according to their public statements.
They controlled the networks of most cities and maintained network security.
Network Surveillance naturally could not tolerate this network space, Haishen Subnet, which was not under their control.
Furthermore, Network Surveillance had another main task, which was to maintain the existence of the Blackwall.
The Blackwall was a giant ICE firewall that separated the usable network from the Old Net, which was filled with dangerous AIs, protecting human network security.
The Blackwall was built and maintained by Network Surveillance.
Every day, Network Surveillance prevented different hackers from damaging the Blackwall.
The Voodoo Boys' ideology was to release the Blackwall.
This inevitably made them enemies.
For these multiple reasons, Network Surveillance had never given up on pursuing members of the Voodoo Boys.
And the Voodoo Boys relied on their control of the Haishen Subnet to escape Network Surveillance's pursuit time and time again.
Clearly, the hacker who escaped from Lisandra relied on the Voodoo Boys' control of the Haishen Subnet to block her trace mark.
Of course, if Lisandra chose to delve into the Haishen Subnet, she could still track down that hacker and the Voodoo Boys.
But doing so would put her in the Voodoo Boys' home territory.
Although Lisandra believed the Voodoo Boys did not have the ability to trap her, the tenacious Voodoo Boys might still be able to hold her up for a while.
If someone else chose to invade Ascension Technology's servers at that moment, she would be in a passive situation.
Lisandra always adhered to her most basic mission protocol: ensuring Ascension Technology's network security.
So she did not act rashly but chose to inform Luoqi of the situation.
As for the escaped hacker, the mark Lisandra left on him was not just for tracing.
The moment he thought he was safe and exited the deep dive, the mark would erupt, completely burning out his brain, and all the data he carried would be completely wiped.
Haishen Subnet could block the information feedback sent back by the mark but could not prevent the mark virus from erupting.
The moment these hackers infiltrated the data fortress, their fate was already sealed.
Lisandra did not have a habit of leaving people alive.
It was just a pity that she couldn't successfully track down the Voodoo Boys' network address.
...
Ascension Technology.
Luoqi looked at the intelligence sent by Lisandra, his eyebrows slightly raised.
"These guys from the Voodoo Boys aren't being very honest."
To be honest, Luoqi had never really liked these guys from the Voodoo Boys.
They didn't follow the rules of the street, were good at deception, and liked to use others, eventually abandoning and killing those they had used like wiping their feet.
Now that these Voodoo Boys had provoked him, Luoqi naturally wouldn't let them off.
"Huh? Voodoo Boys? Those guys in Pacifica, right? Let's go, let's slaughter them clean," Rebecca, who was nearby, shouted excitedly.
Daring to disturb her at this critical juncture, Rebecca's fiery temper absolutely couldn't tolerate it.
"Then let's go."
Seeing Rebecca's enthusiastic look, Luoqi couldn't refuse.
Although there were many ways to easily deal with the Voodoo Boys.
Even if Lisandra was given a little time, she could gradually disintegrate Haishen Subnet and eliminate the Voodoo Boys by spreading aggressive programs that the Voodoo Boys couldn't handle into Haishen Subnet.
But since Rebecca had such strong resentment towards the Voodoo Boys, physical elimination, the most primitive method, would be best. After all, it had been a long time since he had fought alongside Rebecca.
But just as the two were preparing to head to Pacifica to beat up the Voodoo Boys, Lisandra brought them another piece of news.
Network Surveillance had come knocking.
In the reception room.
Luoqi received the Network Surveillance agent who had come to Ascension Technology company.
Under Rebecca's murderous gaze from the side, the agent still stated the reason for his visit.
"Mr. L, I believe you already know, I am an agent from Network Surveillance."
The agent showed Luoqi his credentials, then continued.
"We at Network Surveillance have been tracking the hacker gang, the Voodoo Boys, located in Pacifica. This is an extremely dangerous gang; they recklessly damage the network environment, steal company secrets for ransom and sale..."
"Can't you get to the point, damn it! What's with all this nonsense!"
Facing the agent's long speech, Rebecca lifted her small boot and kicked the chair the agent was sitting on, pulling out her gun and pointing it at his head, telling him to stop talking so much nonsense.
Rebecca's actions scared the Network Surveillance agent into a shiver; suddenly having a gun pointed at him, he immediately stopped the words he was about to say.
"Don't be scared, she just has a bit of a temper, but you should make it brief."
Seeing the agent in a difficult situation, Luoqi just smiled slightly; he had probably already guessed what this guy was here for.
He composed himself; although Rebecca's temper made him uncomfortable, he was still on someone else's territory, so he had to endure it, and he was here with business.
The agent then spoke.
"It's like this, in our recent tracking of the Voodoo Boys, we discovered that they are planning to invade your company's data fortress and steal data.
And we at Network Surveillance have multiple experiences dealing with the Voodoo Boys; we have the most professional network security team that can help your company solve this network security crisis.
Your company only needs to order our latest network security solution package from Network Surveillance to enjoy the top-tier network security service provided by Network Surveillance."
As Luoqi expected, this agent was here to sell something.
Yes, on the surface, Network Surveillance was a global police organization, but they originated from a private network security company, and to this day, they still maintain their basic business.
Network Surveillance had the world's top network technology, and they had always cooperated closely with companies.
Providing network security solutions for companies, helping companies deal with hostile network hackers, and selling network intelligence to companies.
These were all Network Surveillance's business and sources of income.
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