[Key information captured: internal network topology fragment, key nodes on the core data synchronization path. Node location coordinates recorded.]
A system notification flashed by.
Although it only lasted less than two seconds, the technician fumbled for a button and pressed it. The "pot lid" scanner emitted a low hum, and a directional, cold energy flow swept over Jiang Chan's entire body, forcibly suppressing the overload state of her visual prosthetics.
The burning sensation subsided, the white light disappeared, and all that remained before my eyes was a blurry shadow and physiological tears.
"A madman! A high-risk item that's completely out of control!" The technician could finally see things clearly. His eyes were bloodshot as he glared fiercely at Jiang Chan, tapping his fingers hard on the control panel to bring up an assessment report template.
“Deep diagnosis: high risk! Rejection index exceeds the standard! Recommendation…recommendation…” He hesitated for a moment, as if weighing something, and finally typed: “It is recommended to keep it under observation for the time being, list it as a ‘key monitoring sample’, and process it after the requirements assessment of the ‘stress test unit’ at this round of new product launch.”
New product launch? Stress testing unit? Jiang Chan's blurry vision caught these two words. The "Unlocked" status following the additional task "Glitch Art" in the system tasks flickered slightly.
The technician clearly didn't want to touch this dangerous "junk" anymore. He roughly untied Jiang Chan's restraints, dragged her off the cold recliner, and pushed her to the doorway.
"Get back to your assembly line! If you cause any more trouble next time, scrap it!"
The pneumatic door hissed open, revealing the foreman's cold, metallic face waiting outside.
Jiang Chan rubbed her still sore and swollen eyes, her vision blurry, and stumbled as the foreman forced her back onto the assembly line that had filled her with despair. The noise and smell of machine oil enveloped her once more.
She was pushed back to her original workstation.
The pliers behind her neck were loosened, but the supervisor set a conspicuous red skull icon on the monitor screen at her workstation.
"High-risk sample! Keep a close eye on it!"
Her fellow workers, those equally numb "test subjects," seemed to subconsciously distance themselves from her. A silent repulsion filled the air.
Jiang Chan ignored them. She lowered her head, pretending to continue working, and picked up a part from the conveyor belt, her fingers still trembling slightly.
My mind was racing.
We've got the node location! It's near the core area, so the defenses will be tight. How do we get there? Force our way in? That's suicide.
New product launch? Stress testing unit? What does that mean? It doesn't sound like a good thing...
Most importantly, her body. The prosthetic vision system had just been forcibly overloaded, and now she sees things as if through frosted glass, and her vision is also sore in waves.
The drive shaft of my left elbow joint made a more noticeable friction noise, and the burning sensation in my bionic lung lobe in my chest intensified. My body's alarm bells kept ringing in my head.
No, we must familiarize ourselves with these "bombs" as soon as possible! We need to know how to use them! Which ones can trigger EMP interference? Which ones can create chaos? Which conflicts can produce the kind of covert "noise" that the system talks about?
She began to use every tiny opportunity to grab a part and move her body to test it extremely discreetly.
As the conveyor belt rumbled, she tried overloading the cheap hearing enhancer in her right ear a little. A buzzing sound immediately filled her ear with a piercing electrical noise, like a thousand mosquitoes swarming, drowning out the surrounding roar. She quickly turned it down; the noise disappeared, but her ear still rang slightly.
While moving a slightly heavier box of parts, she deliberately used the power-amplifying prosthetic in her left arm to exert more force. Her arm muscles bulged, and the box was easily lifted, but immediately the miniature pressure sensor on her wrist beeped! The power-amplifying module and the stress sensor in her wrist were malfunctioning! She almost dropped the box again! Luckily, she managed to steady it in time.
The break whistle blew, lasting only five minutes. The numb workers, as if all their strength had been drained, slid down against the cold wall. Jiang Chan also found a corner to sit down, pretending to be exhausted, lowering her head and closing her eyes to rest.
In reality, she was frantically conjuring up conflicting combinations in her mind.
[System, attempting to simulate a conflict between the old Type B neural interface (C6 spine) and the novel visual processor (left eye)!]
[Simulation in progress... Data stream noise generated... Interference intensity estimated: Medium (can effectively mask data fluctuations within 1.5 seconds)... Side effects: Temporary blindness in the left eye (0.8 seconds), severe stinging pain in the neck...]
It works! But the side effects are too great.
[Attempt to combine: Right knee anti-gravity balance module (low power) with chest cavity miniature energy core resonance...]
[During simulation... the resonant frequency is unstable... which may induce local EMP pulses (radius 0.5 meters)... Side effects: uncontrollable convulsions in the right leg, significantly increased risk of overheating of the energy core...]
That works! EMP! Although the range is small, it can create chaos in crucial moments!
Jiang Chan silently memorized this combination. The price was leg cramps and a heart attack.
Just then, she felt a series of rapid, popping sounds coming from the bearing joint behind her right knee! A sharp pain shot up her nerves! Was it a lingering problem from the excessive force she had used while moving the box? Or had the system simulation triggered something?
She subconsciously tried to tense her thigh muscles to steady herself, but this caused her knee's anti-gravity module to be slightly overloaded for a moment!
Buzz!
A faint but extremely chaotic electromagnetic wave suddenly spread out from her right knee!
The screen of an optical scanner next to us, which is responsible for inspecting the precision of the parts, suddenly flickered and displayed a bunch of garbled characters!
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