Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 494 - 439: Blood Magic Ring

Chapter 494: Chapter 439: Blood Magic Ring

The Hundred-eyes Demon is a precious legacy left by Kyoto Infinity, utilizing third-generation artificial intelligence technology with a supercomputer as its computing core. Its technological content is top-tier, surpassing any robot in ability, and now it watches everything from behind the corporate landscape of the Northern Archipelago like the ultimate overseer.

If they could recruit the Hundred-eyes Demon to their camp, it would undoubtedly deal a fatal blow to the New Xisheng Group, Xu Yang thought to himself.

Moreover, in terms of civil applications, the Hundred-eyes Demon was similarly outstanding. It could easily draft production plans and calculate labor output, boosting the entire company’s productivity by leaps and bounds.

Contacting the Hundred-eyes Demon was definitely a valuable attempt, but caution was necessary; an out-of-control artificial intelligence could bring disaster to the entire civilization.

"It has its own thoughts," Xu Yang had reviewed the logs of the Hundred-eyes Demon before. It was a richly thoughtful, capable, and cunning artificial intelligence, "You should know where its mainframe room is. We can only access it from there. The Hundred-eyes Demons in other places are just its extensions, its subnets."

"The main body is deep in Mingge Mountain, twenty miles behind the Eternal Cherry Blossom Shrine, within an air defense shelter belonging to the Kyoto Infinity Independent Z18 Research Institute," Kirino Reisei’s spirit was not present, anxious about the news of Nanase Kizuna’s capture, "Kizuna and I personally oversaw its construction."

"And where is the Xisheng Defense Company missile base you mentioned before?" Xu Yang pressed.

In the southwest of Akasumi City, in the Yulong District NCER Nuclear Engineering Development Zone," Kirino Reisei recalled swiftly, "Nearly all the nuclear warheads are stored there. Xisheng Defense doesn’t have surplus funds to expand its nuclear arsenal. If we paralyze the entire base before the war starts, their military power will be greatly weakened. They also have strategic nuclear submarines, at least four, as a final nuclear counterstrike force."

Xu Yang continued to gather news and discovered that the Orochi had already set sail for Shangjing.

The captain, Tenjouin Kiriyari, now in charge of Shangjing’s defense, was a noble himself and the ruler of the entire mothership, highly trusted, his voice influential both in the conglomerates and within the New Xisheng Group. If war were to break out, he might serve as the enemy’s supreme commander.

His departure for Shangjing indicated new changes in the situation there, Xu Yang pondered. They still had a window of time left, so he quickly issued orders, dividing the forces into several squads.

Xu Yang would personally go to negotiate with the Hundred-eyes Demon, to deal with the cunning artificial intelligence; Du Qianqian would lead a reconnaissance squad to investigate the nuclear weapons base in Akasumi City; in addition, squads 101 and 102 would be dispatched to make contact and attempt to rescue Nanase Kizuna, to sway the cunning fox to change sides if possible, as it could provide intelligence, counsel, and muscle.

Attacking on three fronts, they would accumulate advantages step by step and eventually devour the New Xisheng Group in one gulp. Xu Yang silently analyzed. Fundamentally, they were also playing David against Goliath, with the small Nestor Corporation against the long-established mega-corporation, and had to utilize every inch of advantage.

Farosa was stationed at the Shijin Mansion, making herself a cup of coffee as she coldly gazed in the direction of Shangjing.

"The likelihood of us winning completely is very small," Lila walked up beside Farosa, "Every one of us is part of the entire war, and unless we perform perfectly, we will surely suffer losses."

"I understand," Farosa said, her demeanor unchanged, "No need to beat around the bush, Lila. You must have an ulterior motive for coming to see me."

"I have only one statement: To avoid mistakes, you must obey orders," Lila fixed her gaze on Farosa, "To obey orders means... even you must follow my plan of action."

"I agree," Farosa agreed easily, which was the least likely option Lila had anticipated.

Farosa had to concede to Lila’s "plan" because she aimed to take over the flourishing Shangjing and to see Minamoto Makoto, that self-important man, cut into pieces before her, with absolutely no mercy.

"I can use ’The Witch’s Dream’ to contact witches from more enemy corporations, turning them against each other on the battlefield," Farosa hinted, "I just lack their preliminary intelligence, to facilitate targeted handling."

"And I will draft the list," Lila nodded, "Pleasant cooperation. Hopefully, we’ll see the Battle Witches of the enemy corporations turning against each other one by one on the battlefield."

Lila extended her hand to Farosa.

The cold hand of the Mechanical Witch. Farosa reached out and shook hands with Lila.

... It was still very soft.

On the other side, imprisoned in the room, Minamoto Makoto looked up at the hollow ceiling, searching for a way out.

Those accustomed to luxury often find themselves more agitated by the threat of death than those with nothing at all. For Minamoto Makoto, it was precisely such a situation.

Most of the Xisheng offspring had seen Honma Noriko; Minamoto Makoto was no exception. Ever since seeing the august presence of Honma Noriko, Minamoto Makoto deeply understood what a grand and inviolable concept "the children of Xisheng" was.

Trapped in such a predicament, she once again thought of that mother who had given birth to the whole family.

—What a splendid moment it was! To commemorate Honma Noriko’s birthday, the children of Xisheng attended the ceremony and headed to the Xisheng Shrine.

The scene was extremely magnificent, the setting lavish, with expensive materials and a hall decked out in gold, where all the male members of the family knelt subserviently on the ground like slaves, with only the women allowed to queue up before Honma Noriko.

Even though they were all girls wearing short skirts and butterfly knots, Minamoto Makoto could still see the unruly nature in the other girls.

Kojima Kanako laughed proudly, walking up to Minamoto Makoto and claiming she was a daughter of the mother, not just an ordinary descendant like Minamoto Makoto. At that time, Minamoto Makoto just thought she was so powerful. Kojima Kanako grew up in the Xisheng Shrine, with an extraordinary demeanor. Little did she expect that a few years later, Kanako would run away from home to degrade herself, joining the street urchins.