No conventional wireless access method was used! It was entirely a physical hard link, the most primitive, direct, and difficult to interfere with or cut off! This in itself represented absolute control and disregard for potential threats.
Buzz——!
As the final cable was connected, a deep, powerful hum erupted from within the black metal box and the connected server array! The entire laboratory floor trembled slightly! The dark blue energy patterns on the box's surface suddenly became dazzlingly bright, pulsing wildly like blood vessels coming to life!
On the main screen, next to the solitary glimmer that originally represented the Ark's own node, a new, dark blue, swirling vortex icon suddenly lit up! It was like a foreign star suddenly intruding into the dark star field, with a cold and powerful presence. Then, countless deep blue rays of light burst out from the center of this vortex, spreading out instantly like a spider web!
"Siphon activated. Target locked." Shen Qingli's voice was emotionless, like a cold system prompt.
The "map" of the ruined world on the screen instantly lit up! However, this light didn't come from the nodes representing the various factions, but rather from deep within the map, from those "blind spots" marked as extremely dangerous, with disrupted signals, or even completely silent! Nodes representing the core areas of "Anvil City" and "Quicksand Collection" were also highlighted, and several thick, deep blue rays of light, like greedy tentacles, pierced into them firmly!
"It's begun!" the old professor exclaimed, his voice filled with fear and a hint of morbid excitement.
On the screen, the water level representing the Ark's shared data pool (although the platform had crashed, the Ark's own original data pool remained intact) had been almost motionless, like the ripples of stagnant water. Suddenly, it suddenly jumped upwards! Then, a second time, a third time... The amplitude of the jumps grew larger and larger, and the frequency became faster and faster!
Data pool water level: 1.3%... 1.8%... 2.5%... 3.7%...
The values were skyrocketing! The grayish-white depleted area was rapidly being replaced by a vibrant, bright blue color, representing an influx of high-purity data!
"Oh my God...this speed..." A young technician opened his mouth wide, looking at the numerical curve on the screen that was soaring like a rocket in disbelief.
"Look at the source!" Another technician pointed at the constantly refreshing data source icon in the corner of the screen, his voice trembling. "'The Ruins of the Old Era Seventh District Data Center'... signal strength spike! Oh my god, isn't that place marked as a permanent electromagnetic dead zone?! And then there's the 'Quicksand Collection'... the 'Crimson Vault' of their core database! The highest-level encrypted area! It's been... forcibly opened! Data is being extracted continuously!"
The lab was filled with suppressed exclamations and gasps. Shen Qingli, with her back to the crowd, continued to operate swiftly, as if the shocked gazes and soaring data behind her had nothing to do with her. She was like the calmest operator, precisely controlling this silent feast of plunder.
Lin Mo pursed his lips tightly, watching the madly rising water level. His heart felt no joy at all, only a sinking boulder. This force was too strong, terrifying. He looked at Shen Qingli's straight, impassive back, at the back of her hand, occasionally exposed while she operated, covered in a glove made of a special material. The joints of the glove seemed to reveal a subtle metallic sheen, as if blending seamlessly with her skin.
Inhuman. This thought popped up again uncontrollably. The skills she displayed, her calmness, the speed and precision she used that surpassed human limits... and the way she looked at me, as if I were experimenting with experimental materials...
At this moment, Su Mu, who had been standing silently beside Lin Mo, suddenly stepped forward and moved to the side of the console. As if wanting a better view, her eyes followed Shen Qingli's swift movements and the data source indicators on the screen that had been forcibly opened by the "siphon." Her eyes were focused and anxious, as if she was desperately searching for a specific coordinate in a chaotic torrent of data.
"Doctor Shen," Su Mu's voice was filled with a subtle nervousness, breaking the oppressive roar of machinery in the laboratory. "Can the 'Siphon' protocol...do we conduct a targeted search for specific...biochip signals in the ruins? For example...some special, old-fashioned neural connection auxiliary chip?"
She asked cautiously, but the anticipation and hidden fear in her voice were clearly conveyed to everyone present. Lin Mo's heart suddenly tightened. She was indeed searching! Using this powerful force to find clues to her mother's disappearance!
Shen Qingli's fingers tapped the virtual keyboard, then paused ever so slightly. The pause, less than half a second, was almost imperceptible, but under Lin Mo's intense gaze, it was remarkably clear. She didn't turn around, her silver-gray eyes still fixed on the home screen, but the cold lines of her face seemed to freeze for a moment.
"The biochip signal is a low-entropy weak information flow." Shen Qingli's voice was still steady, without any emotional fluctuations, as if she was stating an objective fact, "In the strong background radiation and complex electromagnetic environment of the ruins, the positioning success rate is less than 0.07%. And the core design goal of the 'Siphon' protocol is not for this kind of inefficient search." Her words were like a basin of ice water, instantly extinguishing the fire of hope that had just ignited in Su Mu's eyes.
Su Mu's face instantly turned even paler, her body barely perceptible as she shook. The faint light in her eyes faded, leaving only deeper pain and confusion. She lowered her eyes and bit her lower lip tightly.
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