A chill ran through Beigong Ling at the sight, but she quickly realized that her location had already been exposed.
The image before her flickered for a moment, and then Iris vanished from the surveillance feed.
Beigong Ling was less than a thousand meters away from her. Iris would need only a few minutes at most to find this place.
Since she had no idea how far Iris's hacking abilities extended, she dared not casually contact the combat personnel stationed here.
Beigong Ling had to admit that she had never expected Miss Iris to become so difficult to deal with after her abilities awakened.
After her psionic energy awakened, Miss Iris's abilities had risen by more than a single tier.
That applied not only to her combat abilities, but also to her hacking skills, which had improved considerably.
Miss Iris's hacking abilities had already been terrifying... with this further boost, every hackable facility in the base had probably been compromised.
Beigong Ling even felt as though she was fighting not on her own turf, but on enemy territory under Iris's control.
Iris had taken over almost every security installation in the base that could be used for surveillance or remote control, and for some unknown reason,
Meanwhile, at the Alt Conglomerate.
Upon receiving the anomalous readings, the rescue team assembled in less than a minute.
Jonas's judgment had been correct. The base where the Star of Dawn was holding Iris under house arrest was underground.
The Big Data System Iris had left behind had also detected anomalous signal fluctuations beneath the Mika District.
After a brief negotiation, the Smirt Conglomerate, which oversaw the Mika District, agreed to the Alt Conglomerate's request... naturally, such a decisive agreement came with exorbitant demands.
After all, the Alt Conglomerate was the one pressed