Chapter 92 Secret Warning (1/2)
”Yeah... He's gorgeous.” Jun Li was sitting on the beach watching a few members of Inferno play in the water.
”Gorgeous and fluffy, I want one of those.” Semmi wore a one-piece white swimsuit that Nix had made her.
”Raaament.
”I'm a hacker Nix, that's my reason for being incarcerated.” She smiled when he had no reply, ”not just a regular hacker, I specialize in infiltrating stasis facilities.”
Nix finally stopped and looked up, his yellow eyes expressionless as he rinsed his mouth. ”That's remarkably specialized.”
”How much do you know regarding Gladis Corporation's legal battles?”
”Nothing. I didn't even know there was an issue.” Nix had never spent a night in the Gladis Crafter Village, and he never read the forums.
”They have their hands in dozens of VR games and Worlds, it has reached the point where other companies are feeling the heat.”
”Is the government stepping in? As far as I know, Gladis has strong ties to the government. That's how they were able to land all the convicts.”
”The government is obligated to follow up on charges of monopolies and tampering.”
”Tampering? As in giving their lifestyle players certain enhancements?” Nix grabbed a fresh shirt and slid on some pants. ”This have anything to do with why you are here?”
Darsi nodded, ”I was part of a group hired by an unknown entity. They paid me more money than I'd ever made.”
”What for?”
”We were to look for evidence of foul play. Any kind of smoking gun or money trail that could be used as leverage.”
”And?”
”Their cybersecurity measures were too high. I suspect they have an AI running it.” Darsi frowned at the memory. She had dived into the Gladis Server virtually, she should have been invisible; instead, she had been immediately discovered before she could even do anything.
Nix raised an eyebrow. ”An Ai? That's illegal, isn't it? And very risky.”
Darsi shrugged, ”there's a fog over everything Gladis does, no one seems to be able to prove anything.
”It's ironic that you ended up working for the company you tried to hack.”
”I've thought the same thing myself.” She leaned forward and lowered her voice. ” I want to tell you something important, but you mustn't share it with anyone.”
Nix nodded, ”not a word.”
”Gladis is going to be targeted again.”
”How do you know?”
”I was part of a team, the only one who got caught. They are making sure that I'm in the loop.”
”Are you still with them?”
Darsi nodded, ”I don't know the specifics. They can't give me any details while I'm still here. It's going to be different this time Nix.”
Nix stood up and started gearing up. ”Different how?”