Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 568 - 485 The True Knower_2

Chapter 568: Chapter 485 The True Knower_2

Rinne... Lu Jing thought hazily. If she could get it to Rinne, she’d be able to help her...

She opened her cell phone and discovered that Rinne had sent her more messages.

"Are you alright?"

"Did you encounter any danger?"

"Do you need help?"

All three messages were sent by Rinne before she engaged in a cyber showdown with Liu Tianshi, and as soon as Liu Tianshi began his move, Rinne stopped messaging.

The thought of Rinne in trouble left Lu Jing feeling utterly helpless.

Rinne was only wrapped up in the situation to aid Lu Jing, yet Lu Jing had no reason at all to leave!

On the other side, Rinne, fearing Lu Jing would be harmed, took the initiative to hack into Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing’s Shangjing Office, using her familiar methods to shut down the power lines. However, the response from the other side was swift; they restored all power supply in an instant and had skilled technicians counterattack, following the slightest trail left by Rinne to hunt her down.

Their signal attack methods were completely unfamiliar to Rinne, with coding so strange it seemed to come from an entirely different civilization.

Rinne attempted to make her escape using Anonymous’ equipment, but fearing for Lu Jing’s safety, she endured, struggling bitterly. Out of desperation, she reached out to Xu Yang for help.

"Could I use... Nestor Corporation’s Helis Sea to fend off a very mysterious attacker?"

"Alright." Xu Yang, although surprised by the message, was curious to see who this so-called mysterious attacker was.

For Liu Tianshi, the situation quickly changed.

His consciousness transformed into digital signals with an efficacy a hundred times that of ordinary people, his faith pervading without a hint of obstruction. As he made his move, those despicable beings trying to disrupt the office simply couldn’t withstand it.

But in the blink of an eye, the content that Liu Tianshi’s signal landscape received changed dramatically; he found himself engulfed in a vast orange-red sea, standing on its edge.

In the lonely sea, a leviathan surged, resembling a wingless Kunpeng, its breaths filled with the data of thousands of dimensions. If he wished to cross this vast sea to continue his search and annihilation of the enemy, Liu Tianshi had enough strength but was reluctant to take such a great risk.

Besides...

How magnificent it was.

Liu Tianshi was witnessing the Helis Sea System for the first time.

Understanding everything, he could do anything. Liu Tianshi sat cross-legged in a corner of the digital space, silently contemplating, believing it to be his own creation.

Only after practitioners came into contact with modern technology provided by Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing did they realize that what they could never comprehend from the classics of their former lives was knowledge that could only be developed by industrial civilization. No wonder they had been clueless when studying ancient texts in their studies. Now, as they stepped into the vast world of the internet, they could validate the thoughts in their minds.

Xu Yang, in his digital form, swam through the Helis Sea, and he was truly surprised to see such an "intruder."

The intruder had entered the Helis Sea in a distinct manner, not by transforming into a digital consciousness but by extracting a part of their expansive consciousness. The attack program they transformed was entirely written in Secret Script, similar to the characters on Lu Jing’s thunder talismans, forging a programming form never seen before, almost as if it came from a more advanced civilization—indeed, it was an eye-opener for Xu Yang.

He immediately took notes for reference, using it to optimize his own coding.

...what a rare encounter!

Previously, Xu Yang had worked for Kyushu High Pavilion. Unlike Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing, Kyushu High Pavilion sealed and destroyed all ancient texts, fully embracing the great future of information technology and complete industrialization. They eradicated all cultivators, which is why Xu Yang was unaware of these mysteries, only vaguely knowing that Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing had some acceptance of them.

Liu Tianshi had only heard that technologically advanced companies were using brand new network systems, but he had no specific knowledge of them.

Xu Yang and Liu Tianshi, both felt that contact was beneficial, and for the time being, they did not attack each other.

Meanwhile, in the real world, Rinne, having evaded Liu Tianshi’s assault, continued driving Anonymous to maintain contact with Lu Jing.

"Good kid?" Rinne tentatively sent her a message, "What are you doing now? Did something really happen?"

"I’m sorry," Lu Jing hurriedly replied, apologizing to Rinne, "I’m fine, I just don’t know what to do."

"As long as it’s a decision you make yourself, that’s fine."

"Okay," Lu Jing sighed and quickly replied.

"Can we still have a drink together?" Rinne sent another message.

"We’ll know tomorrow," Lu Jing really wanted to hide away; she felt a hollow emptiness within her.

"It’s fine then," Rinne sent one last message, "What I hope for the most is your safety, I don’t want to see another person I care about die without explanation, or become something else."

Lu Jing really wanted to cry.

Returning to the underground training facility, Shi Qing looked at Liu Tianshi, who seemed more vital than before, as if he had left the Helis Sea System and felt a grand spaciousness in his chest, greater than before, as if the ethereal world had no hold over him.

"We believe you can protect Xia," Shi Qing turned and tried a different way of persuading Lu Jing.

"...You should cultivate a pure heart and strive for true understanding, the righteous Immortal Law, all is transmissible..." Liu Tianshi said to Lu Jing, when he didn’t feel like talking, he would use the electronic voice unit on his neck, giving his voice an extra raspy quality.

That’s it. She could also modify the Digital Mind, Lu Jing suddenly realized. Endowed with both magic power and digital strength, like Mireya, but stronger than her because Mireya isn’t trusted by either side, whereas Lu Jing was being groomed by a massive corporation.

Then the choice became so clear.

Either run away, be pursued, be a super bad kid; or turn back, accept the teachings of Shi Qing, Miss Lu, and Liu Tianshi.

"I’ll give my answer tomorrow," Lu Jing whispered.

She went back to her own room and lay down, feeling an emptiness throughout her body.

Rinne actually made a daring intrusion into the office for the sake of Lu Jing’s safety, truly reckless, and it must be interesting to be a bad kid with her.

Liu Tianshi could teach Lu Jing all the arts of Immortality, including how to create protective artifacts as powerful as the life-saving jade talisman. She wouldn’t let down Miss Lu’s cultivation, in the future, she could protect a region and also safeguard the people of Xia.

No matter what... no matter what...

It’s not something Lu Jing truly wants to do from her heart.

Amidst a hazy drift, Lu Jing fell asleep. Her spirit had never been as weary as it was today.

In her pure and unguarded dreams, she felt defenseless, falling deeper and deeper.

Gradually, she saw a witch radiating a mysterious aura approaching her, leaving Lu Jing bewitched.

So magnificent, solemn, and noble.

As if epitomizing the witches’ ultimate paradigm of existence.

"Who are you?" Lu Jing asked.

"That’s a long story," Farosa smiled as she looked at Lu Jing, "Tell me, do you have any wishes? Oh, but I want you to do something first... I want you to confront what your heart truly loves, what you truly desire, all the way to the depths of your heart."

"If I listen to you, will you help me?"

"Everything," Farosa smiled, "All your troubles, every dilemma, I will solve it for you."

Lu Jing held her breath, astonished to find that this was the dream she was most willing to sink into, the destination she longed for most. Ah... so this was the person she really was? Astonishing, yet frightening.

The past seemed so distant now.