Placide didn't have time to react.
One by one, hackers followed suit, each receiving a carbon-grilled brain flower meal.
These hackers seemed to have rashly invaded a high-security data fortress, only to be discovered by top enemy hackers and instantly annihilated.
Placide had never encountered such a large-scale operational failure.
He frantically tried to salvage something, and just as he was panicking, trying to help the remaining hackers retreat from cyberspace...
The sole surviving Voodoo Boys hacker had already disconnected his deep dive and escaped.
Placide was relieved that they still had one hacker alive. He was about to ask him what exactly happened during the deep dive and why the invasion of Ascension Technology's data fortress suffered such a severe attack when...
The interface on the escaped hacker's brain immediately sparked violently.
He couldn't escape the fate of death either.
And the impact of this hacker's death didn't just end there.
The moment before his brain was burned out, his network access port uploaded a large number of aggressive programs to the surrounding cyberspace.
These were carefully prepared by Lisandra in the imprints she had left.
In an instant, the unsuspecting Voodoo Boys members around him were all hit.
Placide was no exception; he clutched his head in pain and let out a howl.
Malicious programs were constantly eroding his nerves.
Fortunately, due to the limited strength of the imprint and the fact that triggering a large-scale network attack weakened the performance of these programs significantly...
These Voodoo Boys members, who possessed powerful hacking abilities, weren't completely wiped out.
But the 'gift' Lisandra left them certainly made them suffer greatly.
After a long time, many members in the Voodoo Boys base finally returned to normal.
After clearing the aggressive programs and dealing with the mess...
Placide looked at the few dead gang members and cursed loudly.
"Damn it, why does Ascension Technology have this kind of network technology? Impossible."
Returning to his desk, he pounded on it furiously.
Just moments ago, breaking through Ascension Technology's ICE was so easy, so why did something unexpected suddenly happen?
"Who's behind this? NetWatch, or Arasaka?" Placide didn't quite understand.
But it was obvious he had guessed wrong.
And just as Placide was still thinking of using network technology to investigate further...
The people coming to settle the score had already arrived.
"Woohoo!"
The huge glass window in front of Placide's desk was shattered with a single kick, accompanied by an excited shout.
Rebecca, a combat loli with green twin tails, burst into the Voodoo Boys' territory from the air without any warning.
And behind Rebecca, Luoqi slowly descended from the hovering delorean.
He came up behind Rebecca through the gap she had kicked open.
"Ascension Technology people!"
Placide was not unfamiliar with these two.
Originally, Ascension Technology didn't have many living employees, and the higher-ups were the same.
So, he immediately recognized the identity of the two who had suddenly broken in.
The Voodoo Boys had just finished invading their data fortress, and now they were breaking into the Voodoo Boys' territory in this manner.
There was no need to think; they were here to settle the score.
Not wanting to fall into a passive position, Placide struck first. His network access port ran at full power, instantly locking onto the two.
Placide, who had just suffered severe trauma, ignored the burning pain in his neural interface and launched a network invasion against the two.
Of course, what shocked Placide was that the two's ICE easily blocked his hacking attempt.
Placide here was sweating profusely, unable to hack into Luoqi's system.
Meanwhile, Luoqi was leisurely observing the Voodoo Boys' famous 'black brother' (referring to Placide).
Luoqi had disliked this guy greatly when he was doing a mission back then; now was the perfect time to send him to hell.
Placide's proud network abilities were completely useless against Luoqi and Rebecca.
And as Placide sounded the alarm and the two caused a huge commotion...
Everyone in the Voodoo Boys base realized there was an intrusion and launched network hacks against the two intruders.
Only this time, the ICE they faced was no longer the trash used for disguise in the Ascension Technology servers.
Now, Luoqi and Rebecca were equipped with top-tier protective ICE from Lisandra, which these Voodoo Boys couldn't break through in a short time.
And the many members of the Voodoo Boys quickly realized that network attacks had no effect on these two.
Although their 'Dao Heart' (will/spirit) was essentially shattered because of this, they still pulled out their firearms under Placide's organization.
The Voodoo Boys naturally couldn't dominate the Pacifica area solely relying on hacking technology.
Basic physical attack methods were still available.
"Have fun, Rebecca."
Seeing these Voodoo Boys finally pulling out their guns, Luoqi patted Rebecca's head, signaling her to play freely.
And Rebecca didn't waste time; she had been holding back a lot of anger.
Rebecca kicked off with her calf, instantly turning into an afterimage, charging towards Placide.
Before Placide could even see Rebecca's movements, she kicked him against the wall.
Stones flew, and the wall behind him instantly had a cracked pit from the impact, while Placide couldn't control himself and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Although a hacker's body is generally weaker, as a native Haitian, Placide's body was relatively strong, and his physique was not as thin as typical hackers.
But under the kick of this loli, who was several times smaller than him, he felt as if all his bones were about to shatter.
And Rebecca's actions didn't stop there.
After giving Placide a big kick, Rebecca flashed in front of Placide again and stepped on his chin.
While shattering his chin, she firmly locked his head in place.
"Huh? You're the second-in-command of this bullshit Voodoo Boys, right?
Do you know how angry I am right now?"
Pulling out her personally modified Iron Ball Shotgun, Rebecca aimed the muzzle at Placide's head and questioned him fiercely.
"Goo... uh..."
Strange sounds came from Placide's mouth.
At this moment, his chin was completely shattered, and Rebecca's foot was still firmly pressing on his head, preventing him from saying anything.
He could only let the blood and teeth in his mouth flow into his stomach, emitting a series of strange sounds.
At this time, the other Voodoo Boys members around also reacted and began shooting at Rebecca.
Bullets flew towards Rebecca continuously, but she didn't show any signs of dodging, still firmly pinning Placide down.
The bullets hit Rebecca directly, splashing blood.
But the scene the Voodoo Boys members imagined, where Rebecca would be shot dead by random gunfire, did not occur.
Instead, amidst the rain of bullets and splashing blood mist, Rebecca burst into maniacal laughter.
"Hahahahahahahahaha!
Is this all you've got? This is... truly disappointing!"
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