John's frustration over the high Mental Points cost per a single hack vanished as quickly as it had appeared. The traps at his base didn't even have more than the basic setting, under pressure.
He realised that the Hiveminds likely hadn't activated the seismic or acoustic triggers today to avoid accidental detonations from the upcoming battle against the Fog Seekers. It was safe to assume they were relying on a simple pressure setting.
"But the Mental Point cost is the bottleneck," he realised, looking at the limited Mental Points he had. "I can't hack them all, what a waste! I'll need to pick the shortest possible path to the Ogolith cores and evade the rest for now."
This was a rare, one-time chance. The next time he would enter this territory, the Hivemind wouldn't be distracted, and these traps would likely be set to react to the slightest footstep or whisper.
