"Chapter5" - читать интересную книгу автора (Carpenter Matthew)

gateway. He started to push his way in that direction,
searching for Jack. The gateway soon became clearer to
him as it was a large billboard sign which read :


The Cyberspace Mob now rules the nets

Pay to Enter. Pay at your OWN Risk


"What the hell is going on, here!" he yelled.

"Oh shut up up there you asshole!" came from
someone behind him. He turned around to see who the
hell was yelling at him in a crisis like this.

"Fuck you buddy!" he yelled back, not knowing
who had yelled at him. He continued to push his way
towards the front. Eventually he got within a few
hundred feet of the gateway and recognized Jack only a
few steps in front of him.

"Jack, what the hell is going on here man!?" asked
Nebulus as he reached his companion.

"What the hell are you doing here? I thought you
were still in Cryon."

"I was. We got back already. What the hell
happened to you?"

'Take a look. One second I was in, the next I was
pulled out by these guys. Do you believe this shit. They've
taken over all the surrounding gateways and there's no
way in or out to another gateway."

"What do you mean. You can't even break it?"

"No one can" explained Jack in a sorrowful tone of
voice. "I've found a few friends here and they can't break
it. Whoever made this isn't working for the government,
military or a company. This is straight from the
underground. All I can figure is that it's written in a new
AI language that actually learns who you are and how to
keep you from getting into the gateway if you haven't
paid."

"You mean to tell me that someone is holding the
gateway hostage?"