Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 956 - 761: Repair and Smile

Chapter 956: Chapter 761: Repair and Smile

Many people’s lives were affected, and Xu Yang had to take measures to save the disaster-stricken residents.

Many were affected by out-of-control machines, equipment, and malicious software. The scale of this network attack was vast and pervasive, becoming an unforgettable nightmare for many.

He had to fix everything, to save them.

Xu Yang did everything he could to restore damaged documents from various sites, rebuild most of the facilities, eliminate all information viruses, and fully restore the situation to near its original state.

He also brought back all the lost people, arranging for the rescue forces to support those residents in trouble.

Xia’s company was essentially neutral in this network war, not interfering, but also providing help. Many businesses launched donations, and through Zishan Banking Corporation as an intermediary, they sent 200 million Banknotes to Nestor Corporation as support.

The enemy’s assault lasted for 3 hours, and now with Xu Yang’s network restoration project, along with the convergence of support from all sides, the damage brought by Maverick and his hackers was gradually healing.

People’s lives were also gradually returning to calm, but they still marveled at everything, and the far-reaching impact of it would be the topic of discussion for the whole day today and for weeks to come.

In another half hour, by 2 o’clock in the afternoon, most would be able to use the network again.

"It’s fixed!"

"Great! I can go online again!"

"My data has been restored!"

"The electronic virus suddenly deleted itself! So amazing!"

"Sure enough... Nestor Corporation could be counted on!"

"Those hostile companies... Too detestable! Just like the corporate wars before, they always bomb civilian facilities first! It’s always like this!"

"I took a nap! What happened? What is everyone talking about?"

From the perspective of an advanced digital observer, Xu Yang could see people’s lives returning to peace.

With the support of three supercomputers, although Xu Yang’s current level was not as strong as that of a complete "digital life," he still achieved about 60% of that level.

Observing, collecting, and analyzing data casually was just too simple for him.

It seemed as if people were moving on him and speaking in his head. Now Xu Yang was almost one with everything, like some kind of creator deity!

One by one, they received his help and felt joy and gratitude for it.

Xu Yang himself felt a kind of exalted power.

Maybe... maybe he could become the savior and protector for all Humans?

To protect everyone like that!

To maintain everyone’s happiness, to guide their direction.

He could act as the "savior" and the only one to help them, to support everyone.

He wanted to protect all of Humanity and also hoped that Humanity would support him.

— But then Xu Yang realized that this would make him become the very person he detested the most.

Xu Yang was always opposed to the fate of all being guaranteed by some "supreme," "most correct" will.

If he himself became the protector of all Humans, he would inevitably be torn apart, falling into conflict with himself!

Xu Yang was free and unbound.

He was clear, he would never get used to the grand responsibility of "protecting all of Humanity," he didn’t want to be a savior, much less be a Leader for all.

He couldn’t betray his own principles and the philosophy he had always upheld.

He could support people’s lives, help with their fates, but he wouldn’t be so proud as to want to be their only savior.

People should be free and vibrant, they should possess infinite, conscious transformative power, not become kindling to light the fire for some great individual.

So, Xu Yang humbly dissolved his briefly conceived grand ideals.

To rebuild defenses, to clean up the mess.

He finished his task as a network inspector for Nestor Corporation.

After that, Xu Yang gradually retracted his mind from every corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, returning to his original body.

It was uncomfortable.

Inside the narrow operating room, Xu Yang was lying on the operating table.

It was that feeling again, a cramped cage...

Just seconds ago, he had been a digital entity covering 1/5th surface of the planet.

It was as if the dense optic fibers were his blood vessels, signals were his thoughts, storage devices were his memory banks, the radar and scanners of Jialong Slope were his eyes, and millions of drones and smart machines were his cells.

His brain was a matrix composed of numerous computational units, and his neural hub was once the parallel processors of three supercomputers.

Now, it was all gone.

Xu Yang was back in the cage of the body again.

The human spirit is so vast and boundless, seemingly capable of encompassing the seas and swallowing the universe!

Yet the human shell is so tiny, nothing but tens or hundreds of kilograms of flesh.

He felt disoriented, wanting to vomit his own organs.

"Huh..."

As Xu Yang’s body inevitably began to lean downwards, he felt two hands lift him up.

"— Time to rest, your battle is over," Farosa said.

"Farosa..." Xu Yang felt tired.

His voice was weak, and he himself did not know why he was so weak.

"Been waiting in this crappy room for you to come back from that state... Okay! It’s over. Snap out of it," Farosa said with a tone of complaint.

"I don’t know, before... you can imagine, right? If you suddenly stop being some kind of ’god,’ and suddenly return to a normal state, wouldn’t you feel a sense of loss?" Xu Yang said softly.