Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 209 68. Threat Removed
"I've already infiltrated."

In the emergency passage next to a stairwell in the Great Empire Mall, Carl contacted his teammates on the radio: "So far, I have encountered two members of the Animal Gang. I avoided them both. Now I still can't see where the target vehicle may be parked."

A few seconds later, Jack's voice sounded, "Same here, V and I. T-BUG, Oliver, can you see from outside?"

"No, this Animal Gang is really capable. They only repaired some of the necessary equipment that was abandoned in the Great Empire Mall. Those equipment are basically connected to a special control room, and it is difficult for me to hack into them one by one."

T-BUG said in the communication: "If I want to obtain all the internal surveillance, I may have to control the ball to access it at close range."

"What's the risk?" Carl asked.

"Not much, but I may need your help. The two control rooms I can guess are very close to you, KK."

"Then let the ball come to my side."

Carl continued to ask Oliver: "Oliver, can you see any trace of the Savage King? Johnny Shouyin gave the stolen car to the Savage King. The car around the Savage King may be our target car."

"No, this gang of animals is indeed as complicated as T-BUG said. I don't know if they just like to scatter around or if they have someone specifically arranged for them. Their movements make it difficult for me to determine where their core figures and key defense points are."

Oliver said, pausing in the communication before continuing, "But I saw that they kept changing the patrol areas in the past few minutes. I suspect that someone is really controlling their patrol routes."

"T-BUG, can you eavesdrop on their comm channel?"

"Yes, but it will take time. I just tried to hack in."

T-BUG's voice was filled with a rare hint of incredible surprise: "How on earth did this group of brainless animals arrange such a tight data defense? Are their professional hackers that awesome?"

The Animal Gang has a cool hacker. It sounds like he has a muscular man, but in fact he is a scholar with a wealth of knowledge. He is even COSing as Confucius.

With all sorts of things in his mind, Carl moved slowly and noticed a camera scanning in the corridor. After determining the range it could capture, Carl prepared to invade and control it first. But before he acted, he noticed something wrong with the scan.

"Carl, please be careful. There are ICE protection scans around you. If you don't want to be discovered, it's best to evade them."

Hearing T-BUG's reminder, Carl stopped moving forward, stepped back a little, and returned to his original position. Then Carl discovered that in the blind spot where the camera could be seen, there was another scanning device emitting red light.

"Damn it, this tight security, am I lurking in the lair of the Animal Gang? Isn't this the place they just expanded and occupied not long ago?"

After cursing in the communication, Carl made a suggestion: "Why don't we just shoot? I think shooting is easier. Thirty people, even elite ones, should not be difficult to deal with."

"Don't always think about fighting and killing Carl. The Savage King is the leader of the Animal Gang in this area. Who knows what her level is? If she is very strong, we will suffer. Moreover, this is the territory of the Animal Gang. I don't know what arrangements they will make. Being too reckless is not the way for a smart mercenary. Have you forgotten that you said this?"

T-BUG reminded Carl. At this moment, Carl saw a black and white ball rolling next to him stealthily. "Let me handle it. When you hack into a protected device, you will leave some traces. Let the ball come."

"give it to you."

As soon as Carl finished saying this in the communication, he saw the black and white ball turned back into the bionic dog ball, and then, under the control of T-BUG, it jumped with a very agile movement, just at the moment when the two scanning devices intersected and there was a blind spot in the corner, and it jumped over with the advantage of its small size.

'Good jump.'

Amid Carl's heartfelt praise, Qiuqiu's claws began to run directly on the wall.

"I added a suction cup device to ensure that the ball can run on the glass surface."

T-BUG said this and activated the intrusion device installed by Qiuqiu.

Two square gaps popped up on Qiuqiu's shoulders, from which access lines extended. Grasped by Qiuqiu's outstretched dog paws, they were inserted into the monitoring equipment.

Carl, who witnessed the whole process, was stunned when he saw the dog's paw grabbing the access line: "Can it even hold it?"

"It's OK to just pop it in, but it's safer this way. A mechanical claw, let alone holding the access line, can even let it sit on a chair and eat pizza with chopsticks." "Eating pizza with chopsticks."

Watching the camera in front of him change from red to green and then to blue, Carl knew that the invasion was complete.

"That's settled. So where are the two control rooms that you mentioned, T-BUG? Take me there."

"Follow me, there may be someone inside, and it will be up to you to deal with it then."

Under T-BUG's control, the ball moved very quickly. Carl followed it and soon arrived at a shopping mall, at the door of a room in the stairwell.

"It's right next to the stairwell. When they designed it, weren't they afraid that curious guests passing by might go in?"

"It's just a temporary point, but because the project is abandoned, there's no way to change it now. After all, the line transfer needs to be refurbished."

T-BUG said, "Carl, I will crack the door in front of you in four seconds. When that happens, you will go in and kill the person in the uniform immediately. Be careful of the tripwire mines that may be there."

"clear."

Four seconds had passed as he spoke. Hearing the tiny click coming from the door, time slowed down in Carl's senses.

He pushed the door open and saw the sensor trap set next to the door.

Good news, no mines.

The bad news is that the sensor equipment can be heard by half the mall when it goes off.

He squatted down and stretched out his hand, crushing the shell with his right hand, and at the same time, a single-molecule wire popped out from his wrist.

Carl can't invade others' data while accelerating himself at the same time, but he can still accelerate himself and invade by connecting with single-molecule wires.

With single-molecule connections, the burden is not that heavy.

While eliminating the sensing device in less than a moment, Carl glanced at the situation in the small room.

There was only one member of the Animal Gang in the room. In this room of no more than ten square meters, the screen in front of him was full of images captured by the surveillance camera. He was sitting in an office chair and was slowly turning around when he heard the sound of the door lock opening.

Judging from the face when he turned back, this sturdy animal gang member was not very old, perhaps about the same age as Carl.

Carl's single-molecule line retracted and stepped forward.

By the time the young Animal Gang member was halfway back, Carl had his head in his hands.

In his mind, because of the confirmed facial features, information about this animal gang emerged.

'Reward 1000 Euros, criminal record: Beating NCPD officer to death with fists.'

Got it.

His hands moved slightly.

"Kacha."

Along with the crisp sound of bones shifting, Carl's calm voice came out over the communication:

"The threat is lifted."

(End of this chapter)