The Blackwall was humanity's only barrier against the chaotic Net after the DataKrash. It was because of its existence that humanity could rest easy at the edge of the digital world.
That was how Carl had understood the Blackwall when she first arrived in Night City.
However, as she came into contact with more and more people, she gradually heard another truth:
The Blackwall itself was also made up of AIs.
They were a group of "traitors"—AIs who, for reasons unknown, had chosen to stand with humanity. Together, they formed a wall of sighs.
Any AI attempting to cross the Blackwall had to be watched closely, because its immense volume of data was more likely to damage the wall. That was why Netrunner Oversight always stood on high alert, doing everything it could to prevent such incidents.
She had learned that later, but now Carl had heard something new.
Alt Cunningham had said it would not work on this side. Did that not imply—
She had to cross the Blackwall?
Did that mean she needed to find a way to get Alt to the other side of the Blackwall?
If she broke the Blackwall, would she become a human traitor like the Voodoo Boys?
As Carl pondered this, she saw that after Alt left behind the chaotic data of the exterminators pursuing her, she drifted directly toward the Blackwall. Before entering it, she "looked" at Carl, then simply crashed into the Blackwall.
She crashed into it?!
Alt had rammed herself into the Blackwall and killed herself?
But there was no tree stump here. Alt could not be a rabbit, could she?
That did not seem right either.
Carl felt like she should have been shocked, but she quickly understood that Alt had not crashed into it. She had merged with