Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 828: Chapter 352: The Truth of the Deep Net

”Brother, this is—”

Gao Yuanyuan looked at the change in the ’Box’ in astonishment.

She saw the power of the five Destruction Forms enter the ’Dyed Box,’ then, borrowing the Box, transfer into Gao Gong’s body.

Through Gao Gong’s body, it finally turned back to the Destruction Forms present.

The five people seemed to enter a marvelous cycle state.

[...61%, 62%, 63%, 64%...99%, 100%]

[Simulation complete, Biological Computer 6.0 complete, new feature: World Model]

As the ’cycle’ continued, the range of the Box began to expand, or rather, grow.

From the beginning when the ’Box’ couldn’t be opened at all.

To Gao Gong being able to open the ’Box’ in ’Great Serpent Mode.’

Then to the ’Box’ being able to house people.

Then to the ’Box’ undergoing secondary growth.

With every evolution, Gao Gong understood more the significance of the ’Box,’ or rather, the ’Modifier.’

No one knew how much time had passed when Gao Gong opened his eyes, the mysterious radiance flashing in them made the Destruction Forms present feel a chill down their spine.

The sensation was as if they could be consumed by him at any moment.

”Brother, what happened?”

Gao Yuanyuan was 100% trusting of her brother, she asked curiously.

Gao Gong smiled without speaking, staring into her eyes.

The next moment, a strange Destructive Energy overflowed from her body, flowing into his.

Gao Gong’s eyes suddenly resembled black-and-white VHS, and with a thought, everything that had just happened seemed to rewind.

”This is the Rewind System?”

Gao Yuanyuan exclaimed in surprise.

Gao Gong then looked at Ymir, the Artificial Intelligence girl was shocked, seemingly anticipating what would happen next.

”You, you—”

Indeed, as Gao Gong’s gaze fell upon her, the strange, mysterious aura from her gradually merged into Gao Gong’s body.

”The authority of the Destructive Intelligence.”

A flash of white light gradually appeared on Gao Gong’s palm, covering his entire body, and the next moment, a sense of relaxation emerged.

[Your Prosthetic Giant ’Negative Effect’ has been neutralized]

[Your Pipe Sovereign ’Negative Effect’ has been neutralized]

[Your Artificial Intelligence Ghost ’Negative State’ has been neutralized]

[Your Sensory Queen ’Negative State’ has been neutralized]

...

The prompt sounded nine times in succession.

Except for ’Mother of Data’ being successfully transferred, the remaining nine Big Data Conceptual Bodies, each time one fell, it would apply a debuff to all players on this planet, totaling nine debuffs.

On average, with nine consecutive debuffs, players’ attributes would be approximately halved.

This was the legendary conspiracy of the deceitful planner.

Even for Gao Gong, his Mechanical Body had to suffer a 30% attribute loss.

And now, the attributes were restored.

”You, you have my ability!?” Ymir exclaimed in surprise and terror.

Gao Gong ignored her, directly using Xiao Yu’s ability, and in an instant, the ’Soul Domain’ expanded, soul flames fiercely burning.

This time, the Memory Worms, which were always visible but untouchable, burned to ashes in the flames and dissolved away.

!?

The ability of Soul Flame could actually burn Memory Worms!

Gao Gong was both shocked and delighted.

As a large number of worm eggs were incinerated, the remaining worms began to gather, forming a fist-sized worm egg, and suddenly, indescribable murmurs exploded from all of Gao Gong’s sensory organs, coarse veins bulging under his skin, his eyes filled with blood.

Even the ’Black Forbidden Throne’ on his skin began to disintegrate along with its cries, various S-Level Radiation Beasts’ roars mixed into the ’murmurs’ attacking Gao Gong together.

The core of the chaotic murmurs was no longer transparent, but from the white worm egg, a pair of transparent wings pierced through the egg’s surface, slightly moving, causing Gao Gong’s consciousness to falter.

Then, a hand viciously grasped the worm egg, and golden flames roared, Gao Gong’s Emperor’s Might soaring to the sky, merging into the egg.

The butterfly let out a baby-like scream, and the Soul Flame smashed it to pieces.

”Damn it, it directly matured into the Butterfly Stage.”

Gao Gong gasped deeply, cursing.

Unconscious Stage, Conscious Stage, Feeding Stage, Growth Stage, Butterfly Stage

At this stage, the Memory Mother roughly transitions between the Unconscious Stage and Conscious Stage.

Unexpectedly, just by burning the worm eggs on his body, this thing erupted directly.

Back then, the Machine Prophet and just now, Luca the Sage, the Memory Worms on them were only in the ’Feeding Stage.’

If it truly completed the Butterfly Stage, it would be a standard Tier 5 and among those present, at least half would be gone.

”What is that?” Ymir asked, stunned.

”The planet’s greatest future enemy, have you seen it now?”

Ymir opened her mouth, and in that moment, she felt as if her entire being was about to burst. It was an uncontrollable power, an intense distortion from the inside out, both mentally and physically, that almost rendered her speechless.

Meanwhile, Gao Yuanyuan and Xiao Yu came to his side, their small hands frantically patting all over him, afraid he might have been hurt. Gao Yuanyuan’s hands were soft and gentle, like a kitten’s paws, while Xiao Yu’s hands were like bear paws, grabbing a Radiation Beast with one hand, causing Gao Gong to roll his eyes.

”Okay, okay, I’m not dead, but if you keep pounding on me like this, I might be.”

Gao Gong rolled his eyes and grabbed Xiao Yu’s hand.

Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief and playfully asked, ”Boss, what kind of skill is that? How can you even use my abilities? Are you possibly a son-in-law of our Xiao Family?”

”I don’t dare, I don’t dare. Your Xiao Family’s sons-in-law are too fierce; it’s something I can’t handle,” Gao Gong exclaimed, shocked in every sense of the word.

”Then how do you have this ability, Boss?”

”Just practice a bit more, and you’ll get it.”

Gao Gong’s gaze fell on ’Fake Aramaki’ and ’Ymir’, and with a thought, the information chains entwining ’Ymir’ disappeared.

”You’re letting me go?” ’Ymir’ didn’t show much happiness, clearly startled by the ’Butterfly Stage’ Memory Worm.

Moreover, she understood that since the opponent could grasp her abilities, they could pinpoint her location and quickly find her.

So, whether she was released or not made no essential difference.

”To be precise, I want you to do something, of course. You can choose to do it or not, but not doing it will result in the birth of more ’Butterflies’.”

With a thought, Gao Gong transmitted a pile of information about the ’Electronic Brain Graveyard’ to the other party.

The Electronic Brain Graveyard, the tomb of all AIs.

The other party’s expression became more grim after reading just a few pages.

Gao Gong then looked at this fake ’Aramaki’, the true ’Spirit of Ecology’.

”Aramaki gave you a bunch of tasks too. I won’t keep you either; you may leave.”

The ’Spirit of Ecology’ also didn’t look pleased. Among all the Destruction Forms, he might have been the first to perceive the existence of the ’Memory Mother’.

”Could you leave a ’Spatial Brand’ for me,” the ’Spirit of Ecology’ forced a smile. ”In case anything happens, I could easily find you.”

”Sure.”

Two flashes of purple light, and they both vanished.

”Brother, so now you can simulate other Destruction Form abilities?” Gao Yuanyuan asked excitedly.

The power Gao Gong now wielded wasn’t replication; it was transformation. Using the ’Box’s’ power, he seized the opponent’s Destructive Energy for himself.

”Something like that, unless they can hide their Destruction Form aura, like entering the Information Ocean for War, or that Deep Net.”

A voice suddenly spoke—

”Are you curious about my abilities?”

”If you really want to know, I can tell you.”

A phantom of a young girl suddenly appeared on the highest cathedra, smiling at Gao Gong.

”Deep Net!”

”You should call me Big Sis.”

Deep Net smiled warmly at him, and from her expression, Gao Gong couldn’t see much hostility. There was, instead, a peculiar intimacy.

”Can you also enter the Box?”

”I entered much earlier than you. That fool War thought only about hiding in the Information Ocean, unaware of how dangerous it is in there. If he hid here, no one would ever find him.”

”But you would find him.”

”I am not an enemy.”

”Did you see that Butterfly just now?” Gao Gong asked again.

”I saw it, a higher-level Information Monster.”

”Don’t you plan on doing something? If such monsters run rampant, whether you’re Deep Net of the Mother City or of the Destruction Forms, it would lead to a dire outcome.”

Deep Net said wistfully:

”But right now, there’s really nothing I can do.”

”Why?”

”The reason is simple, the Deep Net, this Planet Host, has been down for many years.”

”Down?”

”The Deep Net of the Mother City captured the Deep Net of the Destruction Forms, and the Deep Net of the Destruction Forms wrapped around the Deep Net of the Mother City. If either side loosens their grip, it would lead to irreversible disaster.”

”If the Mechanical Sovereign knew this, they would probably replace the mainframe directly. If the Fortress knew this, they would also act immediately. As for Cybertron, that guy doesn’t have a brain; sometimes, even I can’t tell us apart.”

”So all these years, you’ve just maintained this empty shell?” Gao Gong found it hard to believe.

Deep Net, one of the three great Mother Cities, had been in such a state, kept this way for 60 years.

”So you must evolve quickly, strive to reach the final step. Once you reach the final step, you can rescue me.”

It was only now that Deep Net spoke the truth.

Perhaps it was because Gao Gong’s deeper involvement with the Box prompted her to bet on him.

Gao Gong had long thought that the Fortress was the one with the problem, but it seemed that Deep Net had far bigger issues.

Gao Gong asked one last question:

”How did you end up in this state?”