Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 526 - 458: Helis Sea_3

Chapter 526: Chapter 458: Helis Sea_3

Kirino Reisei held Little Fool in his arms, standing by until Xu Yang’s eyes cracked open a sliver.

"Qua." Little Fool reached out from Kirino Reisei’s embrace.

Xu Yang had a load of things to explain, but couldn’t utter half a word.

"Lie down properly," Kirino Reisei ordered, then turned to look for Yamano Sanae.

After settling the Young Witch, Yamano Sanae rushed upstairs, disconnected all the wiring, carried Xu Yang from the tech pod to a nearby sofa, placed Little Fool outside, then removed all of Xu Yang’s clothes, wiped his body with clean water, cleaned the bloodstains, stitched up the ruptured blood vessels, injected him with three shots of nanoneural repairer, dried his body with a blanket, and switched him into new clothes.

"Digital Mind has been overused," Yamano Sanae checked Xu Yang’s brain with a health monitor, "24% of the neural cells are numb, there might be permanent sequelae."

"Has New Xisheng surrendered?" Xu Yang weakly looked towards Kirino Reisei.

"They still have enough strength to tangle with you guys for at least half a year," Kirino Reisei said, "submarines, mercenaries, propaganda warfare, missile bases deployed in Taixi Continent."

"I need to go back," Xu Yang struggled to rise.

"Think about yourself!" Kirino Reisei shouted, "Didn’t you hear what I just said?"

"Helis Sea is my home ground," Xu Yang panted, gathered his thoughts, and then blurted out in one breath, "I’ve trained... I’ve trained a power called Net Avatar, spreading my consciousness across thousands of different machines. Helis Sea operates on the same principle; each defense module is a drop of the sea, each one is a me, and it’s linked to the power of Digital Mind, so I can easily solve the problems there... Let me protect everyone, it’s easy..."

"The company has countless hackers," Kirino Reisei gritted his teeth, "you kill one and they’ll just cultivate another, you block them for one day and they can fight you for ten years... I’ve run a huge corporation— I understand better than you do!"

Little Fool brought her precious milk bottle over to Xu Yang, who drained it in one gulp.

"The second dive, I’ll be much better prepared," Xu Yang stood up, staring at the tech pod, "I will leverage the resources of Xisheng Shrine to support me."

There, Yamano Sanae was swiftly wiping, cleaning bloodstains, removing fog, quickly restoring it to a brand-new condition.

"Is it because Farosa can restore you, you act without any fear?" Kirino Reisei said coldly.

"The equipment is ready, Mr. Xu," Yamano Sanae saluted him.

"On the contrary..." Xu Yang settled back into the tech pod, "...I wouldn’t let her see me battered like this, such a pitiful sight, keep it to yourself, yeah..."

"..." Kirino Reisei remained silent.

"I have my own friends, too," Xu Yang said.

He contacted the Relay Machine.

"Hey," the Relay Machine replied, "did you hear? Super cool, hundreds of tech elites were devoured by the ’Cyber Specter’ while attacking Nestor Corporation!"

"I know," Xu Yang briefly responded, "bringing you the latest news— all the security companies, Symantec, Golden Shield, Protecra, Star Ring Network... they’re all focusing their attacks on Nestor Corporation, Formless System can easily infiltrate their headquarters database at this time."

"Really? All of them? I thought it was just a little skirmish. Looks like Nestor Corporation really stirred up the hornet’s nest... Typical Xisheng, even their firefighting team is numerous. But they really underestimate our Formless System. Alright—I’ll let the guys know, we won’t rest until we slaughter these net security folks!"

"Good luck," Xu Yang ended the communication quickly.

He sat in the tech pod, his consciousness eager to break free from this insignificant flesh, yearning to return to the vast and boundless Helis Sea, where all those trespassing spirits were his prey. Helis Sea held an unparalleled advantage in defense, no wonder the company went all out to develop it as a replacement for all network security measures.

He couldn’t shrink from the battle; if Helis Sea fell, all his efforts so far would be in vain, the factories would self-destruct, the Synthetic Humans would rebel, and Lila... Lila would certainly be killed by the information virus.

For decades, people had perished like moths to a flame in the fight against the corporations, and Nestor Corporation couldn’t follow in their footsteps.

Xu Yang’s mind wandered to everything that had happened since he had escaped the company. It all seemed so far away: Farosa, the Rat Tide, Golden Branch, Mireya, Yan Duo, the Colosseum festival, Nangong Island, the Martinez, Garbage Hill, the wedding, Moonlight Princess, Crystal People...

"I hope," he said softly, "that when people look back on this history, they will say—it was all worth it."

Yamano Sanae inserted the connection spike into the data interface on his body.

Leaving real life.

Xu Yang watched as thousands of advanced minds invaded the Helis Sea, coordinating with the massive data terminals and communication modules inside Xisheng Shrine, he quickly launched an attack causing several hackers who were continuously reaping the defensive units to be instantly annihilated and reclaimed by the abruptly returning guardians.

"We can’t break through!"

"It’s back! It’s back—"

"No logging off, keep attacking until it crashes!"

"Wait—Greeny City has been hacked!"

"Lundinium too!"

"Our VIP client data is being attacked—we need to break off!"

With a detached digital state, Xu Yang locked onto these hackers. Come on, bring it on! Unless you kill me...you won’t win!

The bloody and chaotic virtual battlefield was still raging with endless data assaults!

Kirino Reisei watched the tech pod from outside, guessing at the intensity with which Xu Yang was fighting against technical teams from all over the world to protect Nestor Corporation in this grand battle.

She took Yamano Sanae and Little Fool out of the tech room and closed the door.

Little Fool stood guard at the door.

"Are you willing to protect him with your life?" Kirino Reisei looked down at the foolish Young Witch.

"Quack!" Little Fool saluted Kirino Reisei, signaling her resolve.

"I really wish I could see you grown up." Kirino Reisei sighed deeply, "At over one hundred and seventy years old, even if I’m fated to return, I won’t be able to accompany her for much longer."

"Quack?" Little Fool didn’t understand.

"Witches grow up far too slowly," Kirino Reisei looked down at her, "often only understanding the ways of the world by the age of thirty, realizing how to properly use their Magic Power by sixty, reaching the peak of their Power at ninety... but you will grow up fine, quickly, beautiful, and with a firm and righteous nature, and great perseverance."

In the midst of their conversation, Farosa hurriedly returned. Kirino Reisei stood at the edge of the corridor and closed her eyes.

"Step aside!" Farosa glared at Little Fool blocking the door, "I want him to stop."

Little Fool calmly extended a palm to Farosa, signaling her not to pass.

"A man is fulfilling his Mission." Kirino Reisei said, "You would disrupt all of that."

Farosa squatted down by the door. A wave of sadness and fear welled up in her; she could see more clearly, and that made her all the more anxious. Xu Yang’s mind had endured too much; if his spirit were to perish in the Helis Sea or get trapped within the machines, the Law of Recovery would be of no help. Magic Power could only affect that which was tangible; if Xu Yang’s mind was torn to shreds, then all would be irrevocably lost. Just like how resurrected dead people maintain their memories and souls intact, because the Law of Recovery simply cannot affect nonexistence, it is likewise powerless against spiritual death.

"I don’t want it, I don’t want him to die." Farosa leaned her head against the door, "I want him to come out and be with me."

"..." Little Fool patted Farosa’s hair. Oh foolish Witch, not everything can go as one wishes.