Nowadays, there is no company or organization that is not profit-oriented.
All public resources and services seen and known have long been clearly priced.
Therefore, Luoqi was not surprised by the service promotion from the Network Surveillance agent.
He opened the package introduction information sent by the agent, which displayed the services Network Surveillance could provide to companies and their corresponding prices.
[NetWatch Basic Network Security Solution]
[Includes the most basic data fortress ICE protection enhancement]
[5,000,000 Euro/Year]
The most basic network security solution, which only includes ICE enhancement, costs five million Euro per year.
Besides this, there are advanced and top-tier packages, these tiered options.
The variety of services is increasing, and the fees are getting more expensive.
In short, you get as much service as you pay for.
The most top-tier package Luoqi currently saw cost fifty million Euro per year.
Of course, Luoqi believed this was not the limit of NetWatch's fees.
These listed package services are likely only for small companies of Ascension Technology's city-level scale.
If it were a large international enterprise seeking cooperation with NetWatch, it would definitely be a sky-high deal.
Casually glancing over the list of packages provided by the agent, Luoqi was not very interested in the services offered by Network Surveillance.
It was obvious that Ascension Technology did not need these security services from NetWatch.
"To be honest, it's very ordinary," Luoqi commented.
"If these things cannot satisfy Ascension Technology, we Network Surveillance actually have better customized services."
Seeing this, the agent wanted to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Luoqi.
"That's not what I mean. What I want to say is, why does Network Surveillance think Ascension Technology needs your network security services?
I believe Network Surveillance should know that Ascension Technology and Arasaka are in a cooperative relationship, right? Why do you think I would need services from NetWatch?
Arasaka also has similar businesses, right? How do you know that our company's ICE isn't contracted by Arasaka?"
Looking at the NetWatch agent, Luoqi questioned.
As a top global company with the widest range of businesses, including security services, banking, manufacturing, etc.
Arasaka would not let go of any field where it has technology and can make a profit, which naturally includes outsourcing network ICE services.
Arasaka provided a large amount of security services to Ascension Technology. Any normal person would assume that Arasaka would also contract the construction and protection of ICE for Ascension Technology.
And NetWatch clearly wouldn't be unaware of this, yet NetWatch chose this moment to come to Ascension Technology to promote their services.
It's obvious then that NetWatch has already attempted to access Ascension Technology's ICE and knows that Ascension Technology's ICE is not from Arasaka.
As for the purpose of the access, that is unknown.
The Network Surveillance agent clearly heard the questioning tone in Luoqi's voice.
He understood Luoqi's meaning and didn't plan to continue playing dumb.
His expression showed no change, seemingly without any embarrassment from being exposed. Instead, he explained with a slight smile.
"Mr. L, you know, Network Surveillance needs to maintain the security of the entire cyberspace, so it's inevitable that we might encounter various companies' ICE under certain special circumstances.
However, we are absolutely not malicious and have never had the intention of illegally obtaining company information. You can fully imagine the reputation of Network Surveillance."
The agent grandly spoke of so-called special circumstances and lack of malicious intent.
But anyone with sense knows that the 'reputation' he spoke of is a joke.
Network Surveillance usually relies on its privilege and ability to monitor the network to obtain countless pieces of evidence and intelligence beneficial to themselves from the data fortresses of major companies.
This is the reason Network Surveillance has such power.
At the same time, this is also why Network Surveillance is resisted by local companies in some regional networks, because their control over the network is seen by many companies as absurd and dark.
While it is undeniable that NetWatch has made some contributions to building and maintaining the Blackwall.
But similarly, NetWatch itself is like a larger Voodoo Boys, except they are positively packaged and officially authorized.
In fact, on some level, they are even more terrifying than the Voodoo Boys.
Luoqi, who was originally not particularly fond of Network Surveillance, became even more disgusted with them after the agent's promotion.
"That sounds nice, but forget it. I'm still not interested in your NetWatch stuff.
If you ask me, you've clashed with the Voodoo Boys so many times, yet you still can't get rid of them.
You, the world's largest network security organization, feel very ordinary to me," Luoqi continued.
"The Voodoo Boys are not like ordinary gangs. Currently, Network Surveillance has not been able to obtain the physical location of their subnetwork, Net Ocean, so there is still resistance in eliminating the Voodoo Boys.
Since Mr. L is not satisfied with the solutions we provided, I will not bother you further.
However, our Network Surveillance is still the best choice for Ascension Technology to resolve this network security crisis. If Mr. L ever changes his mind, he can contact me anytime."
Seeing that Luoqi had no intention of cooperating with Network Surveillance, the agent didn't waste any more words.
Network Surveillance had already probed Ascension Technology's ICE a long time ago. Based on their experience, Ascension Technology simply couldn't stop the Voodoo Boys' invasion.
It wouldn't be long before they should change their minds.
What this agent didn't know was that the Voodoo Boys had already attempted to invade Ascension Technology's data fortress, and their fate was extremely miserable.
As for the Voodoo Boys, whom Network Surveillance had always been unable to deal with, in Luoqi's eyes, they were merely lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Network Surveillance didn't know the physical location of the Net Ocean server, but Luoqi, who had done Voodoo Boys missions in the game, knew it very well.
It was in the abandoned maglev tunnel leading from the secret room behind the Voodoo Boys' church.
Their most secret base was hidden there.
That's where they were conducting their exploration work on the Blackwall.
And the physical server for Net Ocean was also inside that base.
Knowing the Voodoo Boys' lair, eliminating the Voodoo Boys became very easy.
"You don't need to trouble yourselves, Network Surveillance, we will deal with the Voodoo Boys ourselves."
After sending off the annoying NetWatch agent, Rebecca finally got her wish and came to Pacifica with Luoqi.
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Pacifica.
Bati Grand Hotel.
Placide was directing this invasion against Ascension Technology.
At first, the hackers' connections were normal, and the feedback showed they had started attacking Ascension Technology's ICE.
The operation was proceeding very smoothly, but just after they returned the information that they had successfully entered the data fortress.
One of the hackers' brains was suddenly burned to a crisp.
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