He seemed to understand why Machida Sonoko, who had deliberately been set up as bait for so long, had shown no abnormalities whatsoever!
If the Carcosa Cult had truly used some method to contact Machida Sonoko, then under the cognitive filter, it would have been strange if Machida Sonoko had reacted at all!
Once he figured out the key to it, Jiang Lianqiu thought of the spy Mech Servant disguised as Yamada.
After discovering that this world actually contained contamination related to the Great Old One, the Mech Servants had collectively upgraded their information security measures.
That spy Mech Servant had probably been immune to such probing from beginning to end for the same reason.
"Had I been too cautious, and failed to notice that the other side might have already made a move?"
Jiang Lianqiu did not know whether to laugh or cry, but he also let out a sigh of relief.
In theory, once the information security barrier triggered its defenses, the spy Mech Servant would sense it. But that Mech Servant had not reacted, which meant one thing—the other side's method was not even strong enough to trigger the most basic feedback from the security protocols. It had been directly filtered out as a "noise signal."
—Forget breaking through their defenses; the other side could not even make them feel a thing.
It made sense when he thought about it. 2.2 After all, this world had undergone Severing the Connection Between Heaven and Earth for the past several decades.
As for lowering the security protocol level, he would never do something so foolish.
Watching the groups of people leave after buying their books, Jiang Lianqiu secretly looked forward to it. Perhaps the bait Eriri and Utaha Kasumigaoka had secretly cast would truly catch something this time.
"Sawamura really is impatient. We agreed to surprise our junior only after we got the results. Telling him in advance broke our agreement, you know?"
Jiang Lianqiu's vision suddenly darkened. At some point, Utaha Kasumigaoka had finished the signing event and walked over, flexing her slightly sore wrist.
"Tell me, should I arrange a thrilling and exciting 'date' for you?"
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