Conversely, the implants and brain-computer interface in your body will become the foundation for the Black Light program, which will use this basis to reverse data transmission to your brain, forcibly digitizing your consciousness data in the form of Soulkiller.
It will gradually digitize your brain until it locates the core of your consciousness data to consume it.
Once it has consumed your data core, your memories, knowledge, emotions, and other consciousness data will become a meaningless pile of stored data. Black Light can take over or delete it at will.
In other words, if a person is infected with the Black Light Virus, without anyone's help, he will be in a state where his body is uncontrollable, unable to speak or move independently.
He can only watch helplessly as his consciousness is gradually transformed until Black Light finds the consciousness data core and consumes it.
Afterward, even though this human remains biologically alive, at the data level, he is already a dead person.
This can be understood as a low-level AI that merely exists with a pile of data, lacking true intelligence, completely reduced to a device freely manipulated by the Black Light program and a 'biological server' that provides it with a continuous supply of computational power.
And yet, this is still just a relatively mild form of infection by the Black Light Virus.
In fact, the Black Light Virus has a second attack mode.
This attack mode is highly similar to the Black Wall—it will obliterate all devices infected with rampant overload at frightening speeds, overclock, overload, send the same instructions to all surrounding devices, and automatically dispatch hacking programs.
The specific manifestation can be understood as dozens of rapid decryption programs being triggered in a person's head simultaneously; these programs, by just running continuously, will destroy the brain or processor providing computational power.
The terrifying aspect of this destructive hacking is that if Black Light infects a hundred devices or humans near you, it equates to a hundred devices and humans hacking you simultaneously, without requiring a large server to provide computational power.
Theoretically, Mercer can now use the information-gathering Sky Net System to send the Black Light Virus globally and then possess the world's largest biological server cluster.
Over eighty percent of devices and humans on Earth will instantly become hosts for the Black Light Virus.
Subsequently, all people and devices, under the siege of the Black Light Virus, will automatically infect and spread to the remaining twenty percent of humans and devices.
And given its intelligence and destructiveness, it is highly probable that in confronting some devices that cannot be infected, it will choose physical destruction...
For instance, automatically controlling a person to press a missile launch button or commanding a large group of humans to charge at a target at all costs, just like a virus-infected zombie!
In fact, when developing this virus, Mercer was somewhat disoriented—his goal was to create a peaceful world where he wouldn't have to live in constant fear.
But to achieve this, he first developed a super virus capable of destroying the world...
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"Mercer?"
Rebecca looked at Mercer lying on the sofa, deep in thought, wasting a rare day off by not making a move, and frowned unhappily.
"Gosh! It's a rare day off, even if you don't want to go out, don't just stare blankly!"
As she spoke, she jumped onto him, hooked her arms around his neck, and cheerfully shook him: "Since you're not working today, how about we go out and have some fun?"
"Go out? Forget it... I just want to lie here for a bit today."
Mercer showed a lazy expression, sprawled out on the sofa, watching the boring TV program discussing the Night City flu.
The flu virus spread by biotechnological means has already started spreading explosively, and Mercer's vaccine has been approved by the Night City Drug Administration, yet the available quantity remains limited.
This is because the majority of Night City's citizens are still unaware of the potential dangers posed by this flu—thanks to professors and experts paid by biotechnology companies who keep spouting nonsense on TV.
There are even experts openly stating that Mercer's vaccine has little effect on the flu and may even be harmful to humans...
Mercer could also pay experts to speak in his favor, but he doesn't have the inclination. Matters concerning the public in Night City are left to his allies in the city council.
He is only responsible for providing low-cost vaccine supplies. Others will handle sales and uncovering information about biotechnology.
Venus is watching over it, so there's no need for him to worry.
"You've been lying there all morning! I specially took leave to stay home with you!" Rebecca feigned dissatisfaction.
Mercer chuckled and turned to her: "Special leave? You've barely worked this month! When you do go, you're just slacking off..."
"Damn! You're using Venus to spy on me again! You voyeur!" Rebecca feigned fear, hugging her hands to her chest, but seeing Mercer uncooperative, she puffed her cheeks, pounced on him, and started messing around.
Mercer was just about to surrender and see what she had in mind, maybe lighten up some of his worries and contemplations about the Black Light Virus—when suddenly, a message notification popped up.