Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 554 - 475: Exchange Consciousness _2

Chapter 554: Chapter 475: Exchange Consciousness _2

Miss Rinne did not receive the expected response.

All fell silent, returning to point zero.

The communication was cut off, and Miss Rinne was forced back into her own original consciousness.

"Cough—" She sat up from the hacker chair, the lines falling from the interface at the back of her skull, her eyes bloodshot.

She held her breath, adjusted her neural signals, and soon sat down as if nothing had happened.

"You’ve seen the Cyber Specter." Seeking Shadow stood beside the terminal.

"..." Miss Rinne remained silent.

The more she knew about the Cyber Specter, the more she felt despair.

Even such a powerful technical life form as the Cyber Specter had become a watchdog for the Nestor Corporation... Why?

"...I’ll go make dinner for us." Seeing that Miss Rinne remained silent and not knowing how to comfort her, Seeking Shadow quickly walked away.

Miss Rinne shook her head, then noticed a communication invitation lighting up on the device nearby, explicitly asking for Miss Rinne.

She cautiously connected to the communication.

"Hello, Miss Rinne." A man’s voice.

"...Who are you?"

"My name is Xu."

"I don’t know you."

"Miss Rinne, you just contacted the Cyber Specter in the data space, right?"

"You..." Miss Rinne closed her eyes, took a deep breath.

Everything was under surveillance.

Miss Rinne felt a chill.

Even the Cyber Specter could not block external communications; all interactions were under supervision!

What a desperate situation this was...

"Overall, Miss Rinne, you handle technology skillfully, but you are not yet capable of navigating the Helis Sea."

"A person from the Nestor Corporation," Miss Rinne replied with a smile, "...what do you plan to do?"

"We can offer you training courses for the Helis Sea, as long as you complete tasks for the Nestor Corporation."

Miss Rinne wanted to retort "Company dog!" but then thought that the Cyber Specter was still trapped deep in the cage, and she indeed needed the technology to dive deep into the Helis Sea.

She closed her eyes, made a decision.

She had to master the Helis Sea, achieve her goal, and rescue the Cyber Specter, freeing it from the enslavement of the Nestor Corporation.

In the meantime, it seemed she would have to reluctantly serve the Nestor Corporation and work for them in exchange for knowledge.

"I understand," Miss Rinne said casually, "Thank you."

"The first lesson will be held in a week, free of charge."

The communication ended.

Miss Rinne removed the data cable.

Yes, she could rescue the Cyber Specter. Without it guarding the Helis Sea, the Nestor Corporation was nothing but an empty shell, vulnerable to technical offensives from larger companies at any time.

This Xu seemed to have a certain standing within the Nestor Corporation; she still needed to find a way to get close to him, to gather information from him.

It was a pity that she had to obey that guy for the time being to get the courses on the Helis Sea...

Miss Rinne steadied her emotions and clarified her goals.

Elsewhere, Xu Yang ended the communication and strolled through Farosa’s botanical garden. Due to recent technology upgrades and experience, he was able to exchange consciousness between the data space and his physical body without additional equipment.

Miss Rinne is a promising seedling, Xu Yang mused. She should be able to grow into a Hacker Witch gradually.

Once she reached the necessary technical level, she could be sent out to handle things on her own, but he still didn’t know her past and capabilities; he needed time to get to know her better.

Moreover, she didn’t have a Digital Mind... She couldn’t easily transfer her consciousness like Xu Yang, and it wasn’t certain she could reach the same heights as he had. Having briefly become a digital life, Xu Yang could be said to have understood the limits of technology and was the only person in the world with practical experience in the Helis Sea; teaching Miss Rinne to hack it would be more than manageable.

However, because of the risks, Digital Mind was only possessed by a few giant corporations and was now listed as a forbidden technology; it was still unclear how to install one in Miss Rinne, which was the most troublesome part.

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Xu Yang was currently in the core layer of the Xisheng Divine Palace, at the very center of the entire building, where the new secret chamber and Farosa’s residence were also located.

The courtyard was filled with magical plants. Hundreds of Young Witches wearing little safety helmets and labor gloves bustled about, struggling with man-eating trees to pluck screaming flowers, making a raucous as they ran to and fro, filling small carts with their harvest. Farosa, on the other hand, practiced alone in the secret chamber at the deepest part of the garden.

Farosa had neglected her practice and studies due to being occupied with work, but now she had to continue meditating and refining her strength.

At Nestor Corporation, Xu Yang still carried out his primary job—network security and management. He was also developing more data centers to handle the server pressure from the deep anonymous network, while using it as a channel to gather intelligence.

Mizuiro Yoshioka was in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Witch Division and also responsible for the evaluation and data archiving of the witches.

Lila was the president, responsible for daily operations and the supreme head of the security department. Anyone seeking help from Nestor Corporation would receive protection.

Her deputy, Aledy, was in charge of external security, managing the company’s armed forces.

The Hundred-eyes Demon’s extension was in charge of managing community production and construction, conducting economic planning and resource allocation based on established programs, without any bias.

Pan Ruiyi was the leader of the mobile assault team, leading the elite among the Battle Witches, ready to respond to emergencies at a moment’s notice.

Miyazato Kazama oversaw the science and technology department, ensuring that the Witch Researchers who joined the company could carry out their research and development work smoothly.

Kanako was in charge of the commercial aspects. Without someone as proficient in finance and economic operations as her, Nestor Corporation would have a weakness. Kanako was currently dealing with foreign trade matters, preparing to sell products stockpiled in the warehouse to overseas markets for a hefty profit.

Du Qianqian and Wei Shiyue were responsible for intelligence and propaganda work. Xu Yang had given Du Qianqian an order to take personal action, leading Seeking Shadow and others to investigate the "Ghost Warrior" intelligence.

If this person was not found and eliminated, Nestor Corporation would keep suffering from covert attacks—it was essential to be vigilant.

Elsewhere, in a small apartment, Seeking Shadow had prepared a table full of food for everyone.

Though she said prepared, Seeking Shadow’s culinary module was only sufficient for her to heat various premade meals and convenience store fast food.

The table was piled with an assortment of foods, mainly rice balls, broccoli, french fries, mapo tofu, hamburger meat, fatty beef slices, miso soup, and tempura, along with side dishes like mushrooms, purple rice, tamagoyaki, pickled vegetables, sausages, roasted chicken, and steak pieces, making for a lavish spread.

"Please enjoy." Seeking Shadow bowed, "Considering everyone has different tastes, I bought one of each product from the convenience store at the corner, so please enjoy your meal happily."

Enjoy your meal happily. Seeking Shadow only felt ashamed. Her inefficient social module was hurriedly spouting nonsense.

"Thanks for the hospitality, I’m starting now," Rinne said loudly with her hands pressed together.

"I’m not very appreciative without fuel," Nidelaide commented as she took a small bottle of fuel out from the inside of her coat and poured it into her mouth.

Lu Jing saw that underneath his coat was another black double-breasted overcoat, completely obscuring his true form.

Just as they were preparing to eat, the door to the apartment was suddenly kicked open.

Bang!

A cool girl wearing sunglasses and a black overcoat walked in nonchalantly, sat down at the table, and began eating the food.

"In a moment, we’ll hold an operation meeting immediately!" she shouted, "No one is to be absent!"

"Hmm..."

"So scary..."

"Who is she?" Lu Jing puzzled, reaching for the sword beside him.

Seeking Shadow observed for a while but came to no conclusion.

"You can call me Du Qianqian," the woman said.

"Du Qianqian doesn’t look like this," Seeking Shadow stood up, "Who are you really? How did you get through the entrance recognition?"

Traps were everywhere to stop spies.

Du Qianqian tossed a Separation Chip to Seeking Shadow, who cautiously received it, read the contents, and then understood.

It turned out that Du Qianqian had upgraded to a High-Ranking Witch, and her transformed appearance was now so powerful that Seeking Shadow couldn’t scan it at all.

Lu Jing was startled by Du Qianqian and bowed his head to eat quickly.

During the meal, Du Qianqian seemed to receive another message, quickly got up, and went into the corridor outside to communicate.

"She’s so scary!" Lu Jing found an opportunity and couldn’t help saying to Rinne.

"What?" Rinne raised her attractive eyebrows, "Is the good boy scared of a strong woman?"

"No, no! I’ve seen her before. She used to be a bit meek, gloomy, negative, and looked very weak... but now she’s ferocious!"

Rinne picked up a can of beer, drank half of it, then wrapped an arm around Lu Jing’s neck.

"A good boy wouldn’t understand," Rinne whispered into Lu Jing’s ear, her warm breath making his ear tickle.

"You... what do you know? Can you tell the reason?"

"Of course, her current state is, ’O’, lacking harmony in life," Rinne said.

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