Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 192 - 192 112 Contact

192: Chapter 112: Contact 192: Chapter 112: Contact “The data you wanted to protect has probably already been deleted,”

Daijiu Tai’a was always so direct in his speech.

Ming Jing simply didn’t understand the style of the Scientific Knight Order.

If it had been Carolina, a follower of Deborah, in the same situation, she might have reacted sooner.

The process might not even have been a conscious human operation.

It would only take a thought from the system administrator and those pieces of data pertaining to Ya Pining Zhao would have their protection removed.

The system might have then deleted it on its own.

It was just data of a Personality Mask.

The thing was inconsequential in itself.

But for Ming Jing, it was as if the sky had fallen.

He felt like he was hit by an invisible boulder from the heavens and almost knelt to the ground.

——I…

He had lost the object of his loyalty.

More than ten years earlier, when he was still a Natural Person, after passing the “test for the armed auxiliary forces of gene banks,” he was taken to meet the then-young Ya Pining Zhao.

His adolescence, that entire period of mental activity full of secretions, was spent with the figure he was loyal to.

His rich emotions prior to his complete transformation, all centered on “loyalty.”

Humans are free, so there would no longer be any gods, dominant powers, or anything else above them to oppress humans.

Therefore, dependence on other humans is the only permissible form of organization in modern times.

And the Secretary Officer…

Ming Jing, since that time, had been loyal to an individual.

This was the entire meaning of his life.

He could not think of any other way to live.

Daijiu Tai’a shook his head.

To be honest, he did feel quite sympathetic towards him.

The Scientific Knight Order, also known as the Order of Yawgmoth, was nominally directly loyal to Yawgmoth himself.

From this perspective, every Official Knight was equivalent to one of the “Kings” among the Protectors.

And due to Yawgmoth’s own thoughts, all Scientific Knights also regarded “truth” as their ultimate direction.

This blend of “loyalty” and “faith” created an unprecedented, otherworldly group.

Scientific Knights never fell into this kind of dilemma of “losing their goal.”

Daijiu Tai’a extended his hand and patted Ming Jing on the shoulder, “If you are no longer an entity towards which loyalty can be directed, you could also stay as a regular Military Officer in the armed defense.

If you really feel pain…

They probably offer ‘Frontal Lobe Dissociation’ service for free, too.

Becoming undisturbed is actually very simple.”

Ming Jing lay prostrate on the ground, whispering, “I will consider your suggestion…”

“But personally, I hope you do not consider it…” the Secretary Officer sighed and said, “You could also take a break from the armed defense and travel around.

Maybe in your travels, you could find a new goal.”

The Martial Artist with the Prosthetic Eye beside him flickered with shock.

This Grand Master seemed to be talking about something very dangerous, didn’t he?

What if this Military Officer were to be influenced by Jianghu ideologies and fall into a lawless Jianghu Thug, that would be a huge scandal for the Pine Eagle City defense forces!

Daijiu Tai’a didn’t really care.

The rumors at Oslo Holy Palace about sympathizing with Jianghu Heros being an open secret was basically common knowledge.

By saying a few words like this in public, the Risk was actually not that great.

It’s more like the surveillance power of the “Kings” always suspects those Holy Knights of the Oslo Sanctuary who don’t say anything.

The logic probably being, “This guy hides so well, is he planning on making big news?”

But essentially, the “Scientific Knights sympathizing with Jianghu Heroes” is something that cannot be prohibited.

The scientific method relies heavily on the freedom of information.

In the distant past, the monopolies of capital were suppressing this freedom.

And yet, the “honor” of the Scientific Knight Order formed another form of suppression.

After all, the Scientific Knight Order also uses “honor” as bait to entice all Scientific Knights to climb towards “truth.”

Many Scientific Knights are concerned not with “truth” but with the “honor on the path towards truth.”

Of course, there is nothing wrong with that—a scholar who does research for money and power is objectively contributing if his outcomes are substantive, just like a devout scholar who pursues “truth.”

Ultimately, one must look at the mark their actions leave on history to judge a person.

But this “bait” will inevitably cause “competition.”

The purer the scholar, the more likely they are to be attracted by the Jianghu ideology of “putting justice before fame”—some Jianghu folks even publish their results without seeking credit.

For an extremely small portion of utterly pure individuals, the attraction there is even greater.

And precisely these people often don’t lack research abilities—after all, they are the most likely to immerse themselves completely in their work.

Furthermore, there are always Scientific Knights who, after deep contemplation of “the meaning of life,” come to approve of what “that Hero of last night” spoke—everything for people, everything based on people.

These are things that cannot be prohibited.

If someone were to try to eliminate these phenomena altogether, the Life Force of the Scientific Knight Order itself would be nearly exhausted.

Of course, it must be clarified.

Daijiu Tai’a was neither of these.

He quickly entered his room and sent a letter to the headquarters of the Evolutionary Language Knights Order on Mars.

“Respected Deputy Captain Ting Yun, I have now completed the field survey of the language changes in the central-northern part of the New Continent over the last decade, according to plan.

I initially prepared to head directly to the Old Continent, to return near the Space Elevator.

However, due to scheduling reasons, I chose to lodge in Pine Eagle City for a few days.

While I was lodging, a Jianghu Hero broke into the local Order of Knights’ headquarters and Assassinated several key figures including the Vice Captain and important volunteers.”

“You might already be aware of the specific process, but I still have reasons to believe that this was not an ordinary event,” he wrote, essentially repeating what he had “seen on the surface” and the actions of the Sanctuary Knight Ashur.

He didn’t mention any problematic content.

However, he added some extra words at the end of the letter.

“Lastly, please allow me to use the favor I previously obtained from you.

I truly hope to extricate myself from the trouble here.

After all, it was because of the Order of Knights that I fell into this awkward situation.”

This sentence, on the surface, seemed to be a perfectly normal dialogue.

But in reality, it was a prearranged code.

If there indeed was a message that “couldn’t be exposed to the light”, then this was the necessary course of action.

It’s very difficult for an ordinary person to find secret channels that lead from Earth to other planets.

King Aqini has been present near Earth within a few light seconds for a long time.

Any information could potentially be scrutinized by him and his subordinates.

As long as one uses the official information network established by the authorities, it’s hard to avoid this process.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there’s no way around it.

Although King Aqini is powerful, he is still just one person.

He and his men cannot possibly review all the information emanating from Earth.

There will always be something that slips through.

If they were Internal Strength Masters of the same level as him, they might even be able to establish a stable “secret channel”.

But Daijiu Tai’a couldn’t take that risk.

The hidden meaning of this code, however, was to urge “the other side” to quickly find a way to come over, as something big might indeed have happened at Pine Eagle City.

……………………………..

Xiang Shan quickly input new blueprints into the 3D printer and started printing new parts at a rapid pace.

Still, he sighed.

“This is really…

We’re already short on electricity, and now this might consume even more.”

He was now printing an incubator to serve as the cultivation environment for the Jade Cauldron Fungus.

In addition, there were fermentation tanks, as well as centrifuges and extractors.

Thinking about it, there really were a lot of things needed to produce the Restoring Enzyme.

And now, the biggest issue was energy.

Vehicles like “donkeys” and “mules” all relied on solar panels for their energy.

The amount of energy these panels could convert each day had its limits.

And these two high-end 3D printers worked by magnetically controlling the flow of metal powder, melting the material with lasers, and using mechanical waves to interfere with the crystal formation process.

Each one of these functions was a major energy consumer.

The moment the machines were turned on, Xiang Shan felt as if he could see the energy reserves plummeting rapidly.

However, these devices were also indispensable.

To prepare the Restoring Enzyme, they were an absolute necessity.

After ensuring the equipment manufacturing was proceeding smoothly, Xiang Shan took out the artificial amber hidden inside his body, crushed it, and sprinkled the shards on a petri dish filled with semi-transparent gel.

This petri dish was also just freshly printed.

The gel inside was smuggled over from some gang, and he had casually stuffed it in while medicating those young people earlier.

When Xiang Shan had inquired about the Jade Cauldron Fungus, he anticipated this scenario and thus made sure to obtain a bit of the substance.

The bacteria within the artificial amber had certainly lost their life force, but the “corpses” of those bacteria might still potentially contain spores with life force.

These spores could become a new colony of fungi.

“Hmm, this is good.

Whether it’s for repairing my own Inner Strength or for the disciple to use, we’re all set,” Xiang Shan nodded in satisfaction.

At that moment, Yuki crawled into the cabin of the “mule” and asked, “Master, do you have a moment right now?”

“Hmm?

What’s the matter?

I was about to read a paper in a while…”

“It might…

be quite important,” Yuki said hesitantly.

“I asked those older brothers and sisters some stories about Jianghu, and they told me about some past events.”

Xiang Shan’s gaze focused on Yuki: “Oh?

You mean…”

“Master, I might have learned a little about your past,” Yuki said.