Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 215 - 215 135 Thunderclap

215: Chapter 135: Thunderclap 215: Chapter 135: Thunderclap Several hours later, Xiang Shan, carrying a large box, pushed open the side door of Hiroshi Matsushima’s mansion.

Hiroshi Matsushima was standing at the doorway.

He looked a bit annoyed, “Why have you come again?”

Just now, Xiang Shan had sold him a 256GB memory card.

Inside this memory card was a single text document that advised the reader to temporarily shut down the house’s alarm system and then open the side door.

Since Hiroshi Matsushima’s Biological Brain had been hacked by Xiang Shan using Inner Strength before, he did not access it directly.

Instead, he returned home and with the help of a “friend,” checked it to confirm it wasn’t infected with a Gu, before reading the file.

Hiroshi Matsushima, keeping a close eye on the gate, said, “So you just waltzed in like this?”

This guy was simply draped in a piece of yellow fabric, and had casually smeared some flesh-colored silicone on his face to pretend his prosthetic alteration was minor.

For Cybernetically Enhanced People with low levels of alteration, it’s normal to have a bit of metallic sheen on their faces—you can’t find anyone in this era without some metal parts in their body.

But this guy was obviously outrageous.

As a fully Cyberized Remodeler, his skull was a designed product, significantly different from normal facial contours.

If one looked closely, they could tell his face was not a human one.

Xiang Shan shook his head, “The last time I was here, I had already figured out all the locations of the cameras.

Even if I can’t hack into them, I still have the skills to avoid them.”

As he spoke, Xiang Shan found a spot to put down his box.

Hiroshi Matsushima closed his eyes, mediated to calm himself down, and then asked, “Why haven’t you left the city?

After doing something so big, don’t you think about fleeing for your life?”

Xiang Shan found an outlet, plugged in a charging cable, then comfortably sat down and said, “I’ll take my time—I actually did leave the city, the day before yesterday.

But, due to some opportunities, I came back.”

“Opportunities?”

“I thought there might be a chance for a counter-kill, so I changed direction and came back to carry out an attack.

Probably because they didn’t expect me to operate in reverse, they were unprepared, and I succeeded.”

“You succeeded?”

“Ah, yes, I killed an officer, full name should be Claudio K11 Balbo.”

“Er…

You mean Amilcare’s military assistant officer?” Hiroshi Matsushima said in surprise, “You killed him?

Inside the military?”

“The larger the number of personnel and the more powerful the firepower of the military, the greater their dependence on modern command systems,” Xiang Shan shrugged.

“As long as you prepare the right means, block communications, then disrupt satellites, anyone can close within five steps of that guy.

And once you are within five steps, there’s always a possibility of killing him.”

Hiroshi Matsushima pointed at Xiang Shan, “You…

you…”

He sighed, “Audacious.

That guy was Amilcare’s confidant.

If Amilcare was not around, or had other things to take care of, then the troops in Pine Eagle City would usually be commanded by him.”

Xiang Shan nodded, “Yeah, he even killed a singer last night.”

Hiroshi Matsushima didn’t quite understand.

Xiang Shan didn’t explain further.

In fact, he himself found it unbelievable too.

While avoiding the search in the city, he had also read Balbo’s memories.

It was then that Xiang Shan learned about the last experience of that Broadcasting Client—the one who ordered the launch of that missile was indeed Balbo.

When Xiang Shan was planning the broadcast of that song, he didn’t expect that his target person would be the one who ordered the killing of Crab.

What a coincidence…

or perhaps, in some sense, it was inevitable.

As an important military officer of the city, matters involving Crab would likely go through him, and the search team would almost definitely be commanded by him.

But now, worrying about this probability was meaningless, as the person was already dead.

Hiroshi Matsushima sighed, “So what are you planning to do next?”

“Just find a place to stay in Pine Eagle City for a few days,” Xiang Shan also seemed somewhat helpless, “After all, there are very few places to hide in the Wilderness, and it’s really difficult to move even a step outside the city now.”

“You’ve relentlessly killed through the military, assassinated an officer…”

“That was only achieved under certain conditions,” Xiang Shan replied.

“It’s not like I’m really so strong that I can disregard the military and just kill my way through.

Now I can’t meet that sort of condition.”

Hiroshi Matsushima said, “So it has to be this way?”

Xiang Shan pondered, “Speaking of which, Lord Hiroki…”

“Great Hero, we aren’t that close.”

“Tsk.

Matsushima, your place here isn’t usually lacking in dust storms, right?

I remember this area has historically had many dust storms.

The vegetation coverage is obviously very low here, and precipitation is also rare…”

Hiroshi Matsushima thought for a moment, “You mean to move during a dust storm?”

Dust storms could disrupt satellite surveillance and greatly reduce visibility.

Additionally, while silica aerosol—unlike metal aerosol—might not efficiently obstruct the transmission of electromagnetic waves, negatively charged silica particles in the air could still create communication barriers.

Xiang Shan nodded, “I haven’t seen many, but I’ve seen a few.

Moreover, there’s a Green Forest Stronghold called ‘Dust Storm Ghost’ outside the city…”

“Yes, there’s indeed a group of timid Green Forest people who don’t dare to come out except during dust storms,” Hiroshi Matsushima nodded.

“Oh,” Xiang Shan said, “Then they should never appear again.”

“It’s not fixed.

Sometimes several times a month, sometimes once every few months.

It’s unpredictable,” Hiroshi Matsushima said, “But it hasn’t happened recently…

The next dust storm should be due soon.”

“Right, just like that.”

“Do you plan to stay in the city until the next dust storm?”

“Yes.”

Hiroshi Matsushima felt a headache coming on.

He asked, “You don’t have any bolder ideas, do you?

Like an assassination on Amilcare or something?”

Xiang Shan shook his head, “How could I?

It’s nearly impossible for me to defeat him now.”

“Even if you created ‘Within Five Steps’?”

“His prosthetic body exceeds three meters,” Xiang Shan sighed.

This was intelligence provided by Redstone Gate.

“Once a combat prosthetic body exceeds three meters, it means it can be fitted with a higher-grade power system and has space for a large number of ‘expansion slots’.

He can attach extra armor or weapons to the external armor at will, even mini rocket launchers.

And this junk prosthetic body of mine doesn’t even have a few good batteries.”

The best batteries he had were those he had taken from Deborah Squad.

The batteries inside Balbo or Bengel were better than those of Deborah Squad, but on those two occasions, Xiang Shan hadn’t had the opportunity to take the batteries with him.

Such batteries had difficulty supporting prolonged combat.

And as for Amilcare Zhao’s prosthetic body, not to mention the “reactor,” it certainly had at least high-voltage “isotope radioactive batteries,” commonly known as “nuclear batteries.”

The endurance of this power system was far beyond what Xiang Shan’s rechargeable batteries could match.

And the performance of the prosthetic body that this set of batteries could supply also far surpassed the makeshift one Xiang Shan was using.

Not to mention that the prosthetic body could also attach various equipment.

A prosthetic body with expansion slots and one without, is as different as armed humans are from unarmed.”

Even the number one unarmed fighter in the Fighting World could easily be defeated by an ordinary martial artist armed with a weapon.

Xiang Shan remembered that his previous prosthetic body not only had a Pseudo Star Device, but also a larger computing unit and an array of advanced weaponry.

With his current setup, he definitely couldn’t fight Amilcare Zhao.

“I need to find a way to get a stronger prosthetic body to kill that bastard,” he said.

Hiroshi Matsushima sighed, “As long as you don’t stir up trouble, I’ll help where I can.

Remember, I’ll just try my best.”

“Also, I’d like to meet that Jianghu friend of yours.”

Hiroshi Matsushima shook his head, “He generally doesn’t interact with people…”

“…Indeed, because my current situation isn’t good.

If I rashly reveal my details, I might face a fatal attack,” said a speaker on the table.

“Do you know?

With my location as the center, the entire space army within ten light seconds has been looking for ‘our’ traces.

I can’t disclose any information.

So I generally don’t interact with people.”

Hiroshi Matsushima wanted to say something but closed his mouth instead.

After all, these two had fought side by side in the Meiyimei Building and recognized each other.

The voice continued, “On this point, I think Your Excellency must feel the same.

I believe, until Divine Skill is fully mastered, you should also stay hidden.”

Xiang Shan waved his hand, “Isn’t there a saying?

‘In Jianghu, one can hardly control one’s fate.'”

The voice paused briefly, then said, “Do you know the story of the Eighth Martial God?”

“Oh?

The one who didn’t manage to do anything before being blown up by King Aqini and his men?” Xiang Shan shook his head, “Some say he was the weakest Martial God…”

“The Eighth Martial God had great potential…

No, rather, all Martial Gods who held the mind of the Martial Ancestor, in the construction of their Biological Brain, share similarities with Martial Ancestor and acquired his wisdom in Martial Arts, therefore their potential in Martial Arts is very high.

But, most of them never reached that potential.”

“The Eighth Martial God was the most unfortunate.

His potential was truly very high…”

Xiang Shan thought about it and felt something was off, “That doesn’t sound right, he didn’t do anything, how do you know his potential was high?

Moreover, since it is widely rumored in Jianghu, despite his brief life never leaving the new continent, who among Martial Ancestor’s friends acknowledged him as ‘Xiang Shan’?”

The voice paused again, then said, “Very few people know, the one who acknowledged that woman as ‘Xiang Shan’ was none other than Martial Ancestor’s wife…”

Xiang Shan’s mind was blown.

“You mean, in the eyes of Martial Ancestor’s wife, Martial Ancestor the person… was quite feminine?”