The AI's warning made Carl stop in his tracks.
Carl had not sensed any scan, nor had he felt any data intrusion, but he still took the AI's words seriously.
"Can you locate the source of the scan?"
He smoothly pulled the chip containing the AI from his phone and connected it to his neural port—the icy stream of data immediately poured in along his spine, and the consciousness belonging to the AI entered his body.
Without the AI core source code and commands, Carl would never have allowed an AI into his body. Even with control in his hands, he still considered the possibility of it going out of control. But it had to be said that as long as an AI could coexist stably with someone, it truly counted as humanity's best companion. By now, he was gradually getting used to using it.
After Carl connected it to his body, the AI mobilized its computing power and swiftly completed its calculations.
"Based on the signal characteristics, there is an 84.6% probability that the scan source is the target vehicle."
"The target vehicle?"
Sure enough, there was no way they had left the car there without any precautions. They had to be relying on something.
"Can you block or interfere with it?"
"The scanning method used by the target shares the same origin as my underlying protocol, but its hardware has a performance bottleneck, causing its signal to be extremely unstable. As long as you perform a deep connection, complete shielding can be achieved."
A deep connection—in other words, linking through Monomolecular Wire and transmitting the data over?
"Can you calculate the other side's scan frequency?"
"Please wait."
The AI fell silent briefly. Half a minute later, it responded, "The scan interval is ten seconds. In four seconds, the