In his mind suddenly flashed the memory of the omnipresent 'Mr. Blue Eyes' who was always watching the protagonist V in the game.
No...
No, that's not right! Maybe this system has already been fully developed! It's highly probable that Ye Corporation is already using a similar operating system to monitor every move in Night City!
And judging from the game's content, Mr. Blue Eyes is likely a rogue AI, or an awakened advanced AI. Achieving this is not an impossible task!
With Ye Corporation's financial strength and city status, they likely have done more than Mercer imagines!
Mercer's expression became serious. After pondering for a moment, he immediately entered into deep-dive mode.
In Cyberspace, he and Venus rewrote some more advanced and covert surveillance Sorcery Puppets, deploying them into the servers of City Hall and the NCPD.
The sole purpose of these Sorcery Puppets is to record and detect all networks connecting to the server, and to record all the characteristics of data transmission that has occurred.
To avoid detection, Mercer doesn't even plan to have the information recorded by the Sorcery Puppets sent back but instead leaves it on the local server. He will use AI to check it regularly to avoid Ye Corporation tracing it back to him.
Mercer was even cautious enough to take out the Desire for Death program given to him by Bartmos and hid it in his laptop's ICE program.
Desire for Death is an assassination program for AI. He believed that even for Ye Corporation's hidden rogue AI, encountering such a high-level program would catch it off guard!
After doing all this, Mercer fell into deep thought with a solemn expression and finally made a decision.
He must create the 'cTOS' system, and Ye Corporation won't be able to stop him. The system's benefits are simply too great; if the software is completed, there would be almost no secrets in Night City left for Mercer.
If Ye Corporation dares to come, he dares to find a way to eliminate all the AI in their company — if he can't win, what's embarrassing about calling for reinforcements? Flesh and blood being unable to defeat AI is nothing to be ashamed of!
And to ensure he has someone to rely on...
Mercer hesitated for a moment and opened the small program left to him by Spider Murphy, which he hadn't used for a long time.
The data content inside hasn't changed because Mercer always kept this program offline, connecting it online only when using it.
And once he connected the program to the internet, a mysterious network channel quickly established a connection with his program.
Who else could connect to this program, or rather AI, other than Spider Murphy?
[Spider Murphy: I almost thought you had forgotten about me!]
[Mercer: I didn't forget... Is your network safe? Don't let the Black Wall or Internet Supervision catch a whiff and come over!]
[Spider Murphy: Please, I am Spider Murphy!]
[Mercer: Where are you connecting from? How did you manage to connect to Night City's network?]
[Spider Murphy: I used Ultraman's server in Hong Kong to send messages to you as a transfer, and as for maintaining this transnational network, of course, it's Internet Supervision. Besides them, who else has the capability to maintain a stable transnational network?]
Mercer's eyebrows slightly raised, it seems that the level of cooperation between Internet Supervision and Ultraman is extensive behind the scenes...
They even helped Ultraman maintain a stable transnational network channel, which isn't something that can easily be overlooked.
[Mercer: Since you're here, can you tell me exactly how many AI are inside Ye Corporation, and whether they're dangerous?]
[Spider Murphy: It's hard to say, but its intention is quite simple. As long as your intention is to make this city better, I think it might become your friend.
Other information is a secret! It wouldn't be fun if I told you all these secrets — a hacker's curiosity should be satisfied by himself!]
[Spider Murphy: Don't continue asking me. I came specifically to hang out with you as soon as I received a signal, if you regard me as a tool, it wouldn't be fun.]
[Spider Murphy: So? Ready to take my commission?]
Mercer felt a bit regretful; he actually wanted to ask Spider Murphy if Ye Corporation had already developed something similar to the 'cTOS' system, but it seems Spider Murphy wasn't planning on telling him the truth, it's like preemptively shutting his mouth.
No asking then, as long as he knows that Ye Corporation most likely won't immediately send something rogue to harm him after discovering him, then Mercer isn't worried.
[Mercer: Do it! Just need to patiently wait for news these days, nothing much to do, buddy wants to get a Sword in the Stone to drive!]
[Spider Murphy: Let me see... hmm, there's good news and bad news.]
[Mercer: What's up?]
[Spider Murphy: The good news is our 'Night City Batman' has been caught; his car is parked hidden in a tunnel container, and that Sword in the Stone sports car could be yours at any time.]
[Mercer: What's the bad news?]
[Spider Murphy: He's still alive, and with your moral standards, wanting his Sword in the Stone means you might think about risking to save his life?]
Mercer became interested.
[Mercer: These seem like two pieces of good news, tell me more.]
[Spider Murphy: Hehe~ Seems like I guessed right... the person is probably with the Vortex Gang, I estimate he is currently being played like a top by their boss Brick.
You better hurry up, otherwise, those lunatics might transform him into the 'Dark Batman', and by then, it would be too late!