Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 208 - 208 128 Through the Fire Wire

208: Chapter 128 Through the Fire Wire 208: Chapter 128 Through the Fire Wire This happened during the day today.

After infiltrating the stronghold of the “Dust Storm Ghost”, Xiang Shan used his Inner Strength to hack into the stronghold master’s server and then uninstalled some of the underlying protocols of the prosthetic bodies of all the connected members.

Their prosthetic bodies just stopped working.

There were still a few who could fight.

Each Green Forest Stronghold has a few members who stay offline.

But it was pointless.

The “Dust Storm Ghost” was just a small Green Forest group, with only dozens of members to begin with.

After Xiang Shan’s operation, the number of the remaining Martial Artists was less than that of the Heroes in their group.

They were naturally quickly suppressed.

Then, under the resentful gaze of a group of Green Forest members, Xiang Shan kicked open the door of their warehouse, found all the spare motherboards inside, and smashed them all before their eyes.

This was clearly telling the Green Forest members that they no longer could solve the Gu in their bodies by “replacing hardware”.

They either had to surpass him in Inner Strength and remove the Gu, or they had to cooperate with him and then obtain the opportunity to remove the Gu.

Besides, if they refused to cooperate, even if they killed Xiang Shan, the Gu would still act.

Moreover, whether or not they cooperated, the location of this stronghold would be revealed at night.

The Green Forest had no choice.

And Xiang Shan was being pursued by the government forces.

As long as the Green Forest could assist him, the Gu that destroyed the hardware would dissolve itself.

So, these bandits who worshipped violence had no choice but to submit to Xiang Shan’s violence.

Xiang Shan then put them to work, building defensive fortifications on the ground.

As long as they stayed under camouflage, they could even slightly deceive the satellite surveillance.

Under Xiang Shan’s guidance, these fellows moved out all the military reserves of the entire stronghold and, relying on the stronghold’s original defensive capabilities, set up a defensive line on the ground.

Of course, Xiang Shan was not a demon.

He certainly wouldn’t force the Green Forest to fight a hopeless battle.

The saying goes, “leave a line of retreat.” He just told the Green Forest that as long as they fired upon the Protector’s troops from these trenches, even if it was just one shot, the Gu poison would delete itself.

There were two conditions for the Gu poison to self-delete.

First, the members’ Prosthetic Eyes must visually detect the Protector’s army through image recognition.

Second, a clear “fire command”.

The setting of these two conditions was thanks to the information provided by the Broadcasting Client and the visual records from Solo Kill King Jader.

The Broadcasting Client’s information let Xiang Shan and Jader know what the potential incoming military equipment might look like, and just a few months ago, Jader had narrowly escaped from Pine Eagle City and fought against Pine Eagle City’s standard military equipment.

Xiang Shan told these guys that just one shot would trigger the self-deletion of the Gu poison, and they could escape.

However, the Green Forest was only violent-minded, not truly foolish.

Right there and then, one of the Green Forest members pointed out that they wouldn’t be able to run once they fired a shot.

But this knowledgeable individual didn’t finish speaking before Xiang Shan cut off his control of the internal speakers.

With a hearty smile, Xiang Shan dragged him out.

To show his absolute fairness and to keep his word about removing the Gu, Xiang Shan also dragged out all those who didn’t have Prosthetic Eyes.

Because they didn’t have Prosthetic Eyes, their vision was just that—vision, unable to bypass their Biological Brain for computerized image recognition.

Thus, all the Green Forest members could smoothly remove the Gu following Xiang Shan’s conditions.

Afterward, Xiang Shan dragged a few Green Forest members out for various strange reasons, including “overcharged batteries” and “too much machine oil on the body.”

The bandits constructing the defenses never saw those comrades again.

This made them revere Xiang Shan even more, and they didn’t dare slack off in their work.

But those who were dragged away by Xiang Shan weren’t actually executed on the spot.

About a quarter of an hour earlier, Xiang Shan had given them weapons and released them.

Before setting them free, Xiang Shan told them that if they hid for three days, the Gu in their bodies would self-delete after three days.

These Green Forest fellows knew that Xiang Shan was using them as decoy flares.

They were just responsible for attracting the government’s fire, disrupting the government’s search efforts.

A few members of the Green Forest thought about firing shots into the air right then and there to draw the government forces towards them, hoping for mutual destruction with Xiang Shan.

However, their survival instincts ultimately triumphed.

The Inner Strength of this Hero was too terrifying; even if they were truly determined to fight to the end, the idea might not be able to be executed by their prosthetic bodies—Xiang Shan could completely disable their control over their own prosthetic bodies after they had the thought.

And indeed, if they did as he said, they might not be completely without a chance of survival.

Ultimately, these Green Forest members set out with hope.

And Xiang Shan sincerely wished that they could break out and live to the day when they discovered the little surprise he had prepared for them.

About a day later, a hidden virus would begin to operate.

It would modify the CPU frequency, causing the CPU to burn out into scrap in three minutes.

By then, the Green Forest members’ prosthetic bodies would stop functioning.

Xiang Shan had only informed those Green Forest members that there was a virus in their bodies that would self-delete once they met certain conditions.

But he never said there was only one virus.

And Xiang Shan had precisely calculated that if they moved while keeping up evasion from the government forces’ pursuit, one day was not enough time for the Green Forest to move to another place where they could obtain new motherboards.

Unless they were incredibly lucky and happened to encounter a kind-hearted person who just happened to carry a few spare motherboards.

The longer these guys lived, the more attention they drew.

But if they didn’t survive the day, Xiang Shan’s “surprise” would have been wasted, wouldn’t it?

Martial Artist hoped they would last a little longer, from every aspect.

However…

Listening to the gunfire from all directions, Xiang Shan held no such hope.

But it didn’t matter much.

Xiang Shan flipped onto a motorcycle.

Almost simultaneously, gunfire erupted from far behind him.

That was Yuan Wenren sniping from a distance.

Due to the influence of Iron Dust, drone surveillance had been greatly limited.

To counteract that, Xiang Shan had torn out all the data transmission lines that could be ripped from the Dust Storm Ghost stronghold and connected them to anemometers and cameras deployed in different areas.

Bullets whizzed over Xiang Shan’s head and surged forward.

Xiang Shan then started the motorcycle, chasing after the direction of the bullets.

In front of him, apart from the bullets, there was also a large cloud of metal aerosol.

A bit further ahead, there was a contingent of the government army on the march.

The bullets reached the target first, decapitating four soldiers before the others could react.

In that instant, three soldiers carrying shields raised their Alloy Great Shields to form a barricade against the sniping, while the others promptly lay down.

The leading Firearm Warrior quickly reported.

“Report, report, Squad P-3B-12 is under sniper attack.

Repeat, Squad P-3B-12 is under sniper attack.

Suspected extreme range sniping by a Firearm Warrior.

Sniper location is more than five kilometers to the northwest of the squad’s center!”

“Understood.

Squad P-3B-12, coordinate immediately with Squad P-3B-18, P-3C-02, P-3C-03 to pursue the sniper…zzzz…

execute the traitor…zzz by the law…zzz…”

“Hello!

Hello!

Command center?” The warrior sounded annoyed, “Damn it, that idiot AI has no idea what situation we’re in!”

Despite the large shields providing cover and everyone else taking cover quickly, the distant sniping still claimed five more lives.

A squad only had twenty soldiers.

Nearly half were gone in an instant.

The surrounding squads were distracted by confusing firepower positions.

The warrior looked up again.

Somehow, a dust storm had risen around them, and visibility had plummeted.

Without a word, the warrior turned on the sonar detection system.

At that moment, he was shocked.

Right in front of him, several small prosthetic bodies had appeared!

Gunfire erupted in all directions, but seemed to hit nothing.

What Xiang Shan prepared for wasn’t just the Longbo Lens that countered microwave radar.

He had also prepared resonators that could counter sonar.

Using the tuning fork earlier was just a coincidence, a tool he carried to calibrate the speed-measuring function of his Prosthetic Eye.

Xiang Shan knew of some more professional jamming devices than a tuning fork.

The moment the warrior realized he was duped, a sense of alarm sprung in his heart.

But it was too late.

A warrior wrapped in a black cloak had already broken through the blockade.

The most threatening moment for firearms was when they were “not firing.” Once a gun fired, it revealed the shooter’s position and the direction of the barrel.

And adjusting the direction of the barrel took time.

Now, the soldiers were aiming at the decoys Xiang Shan had thrown out.

So the defensive line in front had weakened defenses.

By the time the warrior realized, Xiang Shan was already within five steps.

Then the longsword was raised.

The flash of the blade passed in a blur.

The lead warrior, along with the shield and two soldiers, was cut in half by the Sonicon Blade.

Xiang Shan didn’t stop, his foot immediately stomping on the warrior’s remains.

He launched three lightning-fast kicks, the second striking squarely on the man’s speaker.

Now this squad, under the cover of Iron Dust and with their leader incapacitated, had only nine soldiers left.

Xiang Shan quickly disposed of them in a flash.

The fear of the “group” did not increase linearly with numbers.

Soldiers of this caliber, if ten went at him together, Xiang Shan could take them down swiftly.

But with twenty, it would take him a bit more time.

Thirty soldiers, with proper positioning, could slightly hinder Xiang Shan.

His reason for asking Yuan Wenren to snipe and reduce their numbers was exactly for this.

Xiang Shan gave a thumbs up towards the rear.

He believed Yuan Wenren could see him.

Two seconds later, the motorcycle lazily caught up.

Xiang Shan was faster on foot than the motorcycle, but the bike was loaded with power supply, coolant, and other supplies.

Travelling with this equipment was much more convenient.

When Xiang Shan remounted the motorcycle, Solo Kill King tugged at Yuan Wenren, “That’s enough, if you snipe any more, individual artillery shells will start coming our way.”

Yuan Wenren took down three more drones that were getting close, then leaped onto the “donkey” waiting nearby.

With the vehicle started, they continued their retreat surrounded by Heroes.