Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 831: Chapter 355: Arasaka Tower Operation

Gao Gong’s words successfully halted the argument between the two Deep Nets.

Then, the gaze of the two behemoths simultaneously fixed on him, their expressions somewhat unfriendly.

So big!

Gao Gong looked up, thinking to himself.

Why is it that my own virtual life, starting from Little Lady No. 2, including Gao Yuanyuan, Gox, Paradise Bird, Director Du, etc., all seem incomplete in code?

Thinking about this, Gao Gong felt deeply guilty, it was his own oversight.

”Little brother, what did you just say?” both Deep Nets asked with a laugh, their expressions surprisingly similar.

”Ahem, actually, I’m here for it,” Gao Gong pointed to the sky, where the Quantum State planet firewall flickered in and out of sight, its shape different each time, probably due to the Observer Effect. Gao Gong even saw a version of the firewall with ample curves.

No wonder it needs firewalls.

Gao Gong suddenly understood.

”Little brother, aren’t you here to save big sister?” the Destruction Form Deep Net asked with reluctance.

”Not capable enough to save.”

Even if I were capable, I wouldn’t save. I made so many preparations just waiting for the Cyber Tide to make a grand entrance.

Any Deep Net coming out would stir trouble, didn’t the Deep Net of the Planet Host say so, another Deep Net wants to become a ’Cosmic Relic’ after all.

”You don’t want to synthesize a relic yourself and then become the Relic Will, do you?” The ’Deep Net’ sounded somewhat defensive, ”I, as the big sister, cannot agree with that.”

”I’m not interested in becoming a Relic Will.”

With the Planet Host down, everything here seemed undefended to Gao Gong, and soon he found the operating system of the ’Wall of Code’, once again entering Box mode, frantically absorbing the power of the ’Wall of Code’.

Originally, Gao Gong planned to use the ’Planet Firewall’ to build an Information Security House.

However, he discovered the Destructive Power was more effective, so he temporarily shelved this plan.

But the firewalls of the three Planet Hosts are still the only weapon against the Memory Mother.

The Memory Mother is a Tier 5 existence, but after devouring all the information of this planet, there is a certain probability of advancing to Tier Six, and Gao Gong’s goal is to infinitely increase this probability, the bigger the better.

And once the Memory Mother enters the ascension state, that will be his moment to strike.

Don’t forget, in the last life, Gao Gong was the Civilization Leader of a Level 6 Civilization, far more familiar with virtual creatures at the Tier Six state than anyone else.

Before that, he just needed to do one thing, which was to feed the other side frantically.

The Planet Host that went down in the first wave is not good nourishment, a fully powered Planet Host is the real feast.

So in some ways, he hopes for the Memory Mother to grow crazily even more than those ’Polluters’.

After absorbing half of the ’Wall of Code’ from the Planet Host, Gao Gong finally stopped.

”You two have a good chat, I’m leaving now.”

”Are you really leaving just like that?” Deep Net No. 1 was really taken aback this time.

However, the Deep Net of the Planet Host showed a thoughtful expression.

”Although I don’t know what you’re up to, I hope you understand one thing: the Fortress has never betrayed us.”

Gao Gong was taken aback, then showed a look of realization.

”I think I understand.”

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Other Shore of Freedom

In the luxurious bedroom of the mansion, Gao Gong’s figure appeared once again, with various codes flickering on the surface of his body, making it seem as if the entire Other Shore of Freedom was covered by the ’Wall of Code’.

’Indeed, relying only on a Level 30 hacker, even with the additional power of the Box, is not enough to suppress a planet-level firewall completely. I’ll have to wait for Gao Yuanyuan to come back and transfer authority of the ’Wall of Code’ to her.’

Gao Gong glanced at the sky; on the artificially simulated sky, the fixed star was gradually setting, with the beautiful scenery of a sunset against a yellow dusk.

’Before the dinner party, I still need to do one more thing.’

Gao Gong sat on the boat, folded his hands and feet into a cross, and once again entered the ’Information Golden Core’ mode.

Information Golden Core: Scientific immortal cultivation, boundless mana, under the ’Golden Core Mode’, external information can’t enter the body’s circulation, likewise, internal biological information can’t overflow to the outside.

Then, the new feature of Biological Computer 6.0, the world mega-model, launched once again.

This time, it was as if Gao Gong had returned to the era of ancient creatures once again.

Huge ’ancient serpents’ swam on the sea surface, many already evolved into terrestrial creatures, with their ’serpent bodies’ thickening and growing limbs, but not slender dragon claws, rather, limbs resembling crocodile legs, similar in size but these ’ancient crocodiles’ are hundreds of times larger than a normal one.

Gao Gong’s vision ascended to the sky; the ’ancient serpents’ didn’t evolve wings but became ’inflatable structures’, with mouths thousands of times larger, often creating giant air vortices with a single inhale, these ancient creatures highly resembling ’Kun’.

As for the seabed, evolution began anew under Gao Gong’s world mega-model, no longer getting larger or thicker, but longer, a single ’ancient serpent’ could reach lengths of up to tens of thousands of meters.

’Let’s first try to extract an ancient bloodline.’

With a thought, Gao Gong’s ’world mega-model’ began focusing on a type of ancient serpent, shaped like a flat-bodied snake between seaweed and algae, similar to a hydra, but with far more than just nine heads, numbering in the hundreds, thousands, and Gao Gong even saw a mass with tens of thousands of heads, an ’Algae Serpent’.

The main reason Gao Gong chose this ”ancient creature” is its terrifyingly strong life force.

In the 6.0 version of the biological computer, a download bar suddenly appeared.

[”Ancient Algae Serpent Bloodline” downloading, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%...]

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Meanwhile, in a VIP suite at Arasaka Tower.

Paradise Bird was resting with closed eyes, while Ahong was fidgeting nervously. The Personality Simulator glanced at Ahong and suddenly chuckled, transforming into another Ahong, raising an eyebrow.

”Feeling tense?”

Ahong rolled his eyes, not wanting to engage.

But the Personality Simulator seemed quite chatty.

”Are you thinking about that idol? I’ve heard she’s fallen out of popularity. What’s in vogue now is spiritual love, like brain-machine girlfriends, helmet companions. These virtual idols have already fallen behind the times.”

Ahong directly looked at Paradise Bird, complaining, ”Senior Sister, why did you bring someone like this here? Can this person be trusted?”

”It’s Scorpion’s request,” Paradise Bird replied with her eyes closed.

Ahong turned to Ms. Du Mei.

”Sister Du Mei, is this guy trustworthy?”

Du Mei, wearing a virtual helmet, had entered a network connection state, preparing for the final invasion work, and without turning back, said:

”Not trustworthy; last time it betrayed me.”

”Then why bring it here?”

”No hacker is trustworthy; however, I know all its escape routes, so betraying us would be quite difficult for it.”

Du Mei paused and continued:

”Moreover, excluding those hackers transformed by the Punk Clan, there aren’t many top-tier hackers left on the market. Just so happens, this guy is very skilled in researching electronic personas and role-playing.”

”I’m very useful,” the Personality Simulator chuckled.

”Hmm, if you’re not useful, I’ll let the Punk Clan invite you for tea. You should know what kind of person our operation’s commander is, right?”

Strangely enough, the fearless Personality Simulator shivered when hearing the words ”Punk Clan,” instantly becoming compliant.

Ahong watched, clicking his tongue in wonderment, saying, ”Didn’t expect you to be so scared of that person. Are they really that terrifying?”

The Personality Simulator, with eyes full of fear, replied:

”If you really knew what has recently happened in the underground world, you wouldn’t ask that. They’ve gone mad, transforming a program, a persona, a clone—no matter how we escape, we can’t outrun them. I’ve been a hacker for so many years, no antivirus software has given me such a strong sense of fear.”

Paradise Bird finally opened an eye and scoffed.

”No gratitude.”

She knew that during the Corporate War, someone planned to have Gao Yuanyuan subdue these hackers, but each of them was rebellious and sly, clearly knowing about her formidable strength and backing, yet having no intention to pledge allegiance.

As a result, Mr. G didn’t tolerate these hackers and directly made another persona intervene. You dislike Gao Yuanyuan for being naive? Well, here’s someone crazier, more reckless for you.

Enjoy it!

The Personality Simulator managed a smile and no longer wished to speak.

Soon, Scorpion raised his head, looked at Paradise Bird, and solemnly said, ”Someone’s coming to greet us.”

The lights flickered twice, and everyone’s expressions changed.

An abrupt holographic projection appeared in the room.

”I just knew, why would anyone beat me to it? So many backdoors, cracking software, viruses—it was all your preparation, wasn’t it?”

Holy City of Terria, the former world number one hacker, and one of the only two Tier 3 hackers on this planet alongside Paradise Bird.

Paradise Bird eagerly looked at the opponent.

”The last match wasn’t over, so this time let’s compete again to see who can open Arasaka Tower’s ’Personality Storage Center’ first.”

Terria showed a faint smile:

”Then let’s see who hacks in first.”

After saying this, the holographic projection quickly dissipated.

”Senior Sister, he just left after saying that?” Ahong was stunned, saying.

”Is this the competition between top-tier hackers?” The Personality Simulator clicked his tongue in awe.

”But I feel he meant something else,” Scorpion sensed something amiss with a woman’s intuition.

Paradise Bird did not respond, she closed her eyes again, and within her Tier 3 Flame, a figure appeared faintly.

”Paradise Bird, I need you to help me with something,” Terria’s voice sounded again.