The auxiliary prosthetic bodies and active weapons they wore were all locked down, even the duty guards couldn't draw their guns.
John was still trapped in Sianweistan's time stop state.
In cyberspace, he watched the digitized world, and Black Light's information popped up in his view.
[Detected intrusion, authorizing user marking, multiple detections, verification, response failed, attempting reboot...]
[Update complete, intrusion rejected.]
Data streams flashed past John, his mind slightly numb.
After integrating Oulos's algorithm, Black Light had added a feature to counter remote hacking.
This indiscriminate prosthetic lockdown didn't affect John.
Agave Rope was the closest hacker, and he suffered significant neural damage.
He gritted his teeth through the pain and grabbed his satchel to escape, but as soon as he took a step, his tightened backpack yanked him back to the ground.
"Oh, shit!"
Agave Rope looked up in pain and was shocked to see:
