Just as the Ihara-Bragg Algorithm was about to finish loading, Lier abruptly cut the connection--
[Heart of Evolution: Abnormal emotions caused by neural components have been soothed]
Just now, the power output of his Spinal Cyberware had suddenly shot through the roof!
The Sandevistan's malfunction indicator blinked, as if letting out a disappointed sigh.
Lier had almost forgotten there was an AI inside him.
To be honest, the AI was pretty gentle, but NetWatch was keeping an eye on him. There was a chance he'd be caught the moment he connected to Cyberspace.
So Lier thought it over and began typing on his Cyberware:
[Personal Drafts]
[Lier: Hey? You there?]
No response.
Lier thought about it, reloaded the language translation program, then pulled in data from the large language model Skye was developing over in Marvel.
[Model data loaded: FW-2]
The red light on the Spinal Cyberware flashed rapidly. It was clearly learning at high speed.
[Lier: Hey? You there? I know you're in the Cyberware system.]
[z]5: I'm not! CNM!]
Lier's face darkened. He suddenly realized Skye had tagged this language model of unknown significance, but had hidden the tag inside the program.
FW: F-WORD, used to carry out network-based psychological attacks.
Note: Use with caution. It makes you look really uncultured.
So Lier picked a normal language model and loaded it instead.
[Lier: Can you talk normally now?]
[w: Wasn't I talking normally just now? Don't you usually talk like that?]
Lier froze.
[Lier: That's not important. What matters is that I'm about to connect to Cyberspace. I'll restrict your activity.]
[Lier: Whatever I do, you do exactly as I do. Otherwise, we're both done for.]
[: Two questions. First, what is Cyberspace? It feels really comfortable. Second, what does "done for" mean?]
[Lier: First question: You'll know