Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 244 - 244 24 Channel

244: Chapter 24 Channel 244: Chapter 24 Channel Before the Life-Chasing Cavalry drew their guns, this person had shouted, “Beware of the rangers.” This indicated that he was likely not affiliated with the government.

Appearing here and not being from the government, he was mostly likely a hero.

Of course, one couldn’t be one hundred percent certain.

After all, the possibility of a “ruse of inflicting self-injury” couldn’t be ruled out.

However, the probability of it being a ruse of self-injury was, after all, still low.

Xiang Shan had just entered from outside as a hero and knew nothing about the local intelligence, making deceit meaningless.

For such a target of not too great value, it wouldn’t make sense for the Protector to sacrifice a martial artist’s biological brain.

So, a confirmation was necessary.

“I am…” Tan looked at the dim shadow opposite him through the sand dust and said, “I am a common wanderer of Jianghu.

I’ve discarded my original name and am now known as Tan.

I usually operate in the industrial areas of North Asia…”

“Oh, oh, oh!”

A large hand suddenly slapped onto Tan’s body, startling him considerably.

He twisted his body backward, thrusting his arm forward, and the armor-piercing bullet in his wrist was almost fired.

Xiang Shan immediately acted, his big gun probing forward like a dragon’s claw, catching and smoothly neutralizing Tan’s move.

From the general outline of Tan’s movements, Xiang Shan knew what kind of armor-breaking device was hidden in his wrist.

Although it wouldn’t be surprising if Jader, this simpleton, jumped out right now and got killed, Xiang Shan couldn’t just watch him come all this way only to be accidentally injured by his own people.

Xiang Shan’s action also made Tan realize that the person behind him was a friend.

He sheepishly smiled, “Sorry, I was too nervous.

I thought it was the cavalry…”

Jader was innocent, “I just heard a familiar hero’s name and couldn’t help but jump out to make acquaintance — so you are the ‘Hundred-Tempered Diamond’ of Jianghu, Hero Tan?

What a pleasure to meet you.”

Tan was not a particularly strong hero.

In his early years, he was a sports martial artist, but to support his struggling martial arts school, he gave up all dreams of being an arena fighter — the “Big Arena” with no rules, and instead focused on various types of blindfighting arenas to quickly earn points.

His martial talent wasn’t considered high.

Even after becoming a hero, the martial skills he trained in weren’t too impressive.

But this experience of running a martial arts school had given him the ability to be considerate of others.

Under Dyson’s principles, only a few original and spontaneously formed groups could exist.

Very few people could learn the art of socializing from running a business.

Although Tan’s martial skills were not high, he had friends from all walks of life, and he was known and befriended everywhere.

He himself was always ready to aid others and got involved on the edge of major events in Jianghu.

Having narrowly escaped death over so many years, he had become a seasoned figure of Jianghu.

Having adopted “Tan” as his hero name and struggling for a long time earned him the nickname “Hundred-Tempered Diamond”—Diamond being a particularly hard form of carbon crystal.

“Not at all, not at all…” Tan said, “And this friend is?”

“Jader of the Northern Land.”

“Jader…” Tan exclaimed, “Could it be the ‘Instant Explosion Solo-Kill King’ from Redstone Gate, Hero Jader?”

Although Tan had been around longer than Jader, Jader’s hero name was more renowned.

“Exactly, exactly,” nodded Jader.

Meanwhile, Xiang Shan began to dismantle the Life-Chasing Cavalry on the ground.

He first ended the Life-Chasing Cavalry’s life without any pain, then dismantled the storage device and computing center.

Afterward, he extracted the most valuable part — an isotope battery, and tossed this battery to Jader.

The defeated Life-Chasing Cavalry had a foldable motorbike linked to its waist.

The Life-Chasing Cavalry, once laid down and its waist bent, could transform into a two-wheeled mode.

The Life-Chasing Cavalry had continuously used its legs earlier.

This was probably because, compared to the fixed relative positions of the front and rear wheels of a military motorbike, legs could support more martial arts strategies.

Xiang Shan lifted up the motorbike that fell with the Life-Chasing Cavalry.

The bike still had parts of the Life-Chasing Cavalry’s limbs attached.

After removing some of the bike’s armaments from the pillion, he mounted the bike, then took out two data cables, connecting them to the interfaces on the limbs and his wrists.

Now, Xiang Shan rode it as if he were riding a horse.

Xiang Shan pointed at the motorbike, “Get on, let’s talk while we move.”

The militarized motorbikes now used by the cavalry were all standardized, whether their mechanical engines or tires, their sounds were easily distinguishable by martial artists.

Riding this motorbike for movement, even if someone heard a faint noise, there was a good chance they could be misled.

Seeing Xiang Shan’s fluid movements, Tan was somewhat impressed, “May I ask who this friend is?”

“My old buddy here doesn’t like to say his own name, but he seems to care a lot about his ID, so he doesn’t want to make up a name either,” shrugged Jader.

“For the time being…

nameless and unidentified,” Xiang Shan nodded.

Tan checked the ranger’s biological brain before he left, confirming that he was indeed dead.

Although the imperial hounds were quite inept, they valued their manpower and wouldn’t really use the rangers, those skilled soldiers, as bait in a trap.

It was also a measure to prevent espionage.

Then, Jader and Tan stood on the rear seat of the motorcycle in a position reminiscent of acrobats.

“This one…

Nameless Brother?” Tan said, “Did you just come from outside?

I mean, outside the blockade line.”

Xiang Shan nodded, “Yes.

I’ve searched through those hounds’ memories.

They have two layers of encirclement.

I thought I’d have to get past the second layer to meet you.

I didn’t expect to encounter you between the first and second layer.

Were you split apart?”

“No…” Tan gave a bitter smile, “Though this might sound disheartening, you’ve come too late.

We were already preparing to scatter and break out.

If you had arrived seven or eight hours later, you might not have met anyone at all.”

“Ah, really?” Jader nodded, “But, it looks like this time it was somewhat successful?

That’s a good thing, right?”

“Hard to say,” Tan was somewhat worried, “Our friends who broke out earlier, I don’t know if they managed to escape successfully.

Although Great Hero Tao had said that even if just one person successfully escapes, it would be our victory, but…”

Xiang Shan asked, “Did Great Hero Tao bring some technical data or intelligence?

As long as someone escapes, they can share that information?”

Tan nodded, “Nameless Brother’s perceptions are sharp.

But this is it.

We let those adept at hiding and scattering break out in batches, and those who remained…

it should be said, except for me, everyone else is better at direct conflict.

They are gathering forces to make a push, trying to maximize our results.”

“So…

Great Hero Tao’s life?”

“Exactly.”

“Tsk.” Solo Kill King sighed, “I’m better at using inner strength in combat.”

“Shame indeed.

But Great Hero Baiman has received the gifts from Senior Tao, and his martial skills have greatly improved.

We can break out together with Great Hero Baiman later.”

Jader showed solemn respect, “Could it be the famed hero known as ‘Whistling North Wind’ in Jianghu?

I remember years ago he mentioned he was going to…”

“Yes, because of that, he came here half a year ago and has since been protecting the injured Great Hero Tao…”

Xiang Shan shook his head, “Your base, is it between the first and the second blockade lines, or within the second blockade line?”

Xiang Shan and Jader saw a wreck when they entered.

It must belong to a hero who came from within the second blockade line.

They had alerted the protectors while crossing the second blockade line, and were bombarded by drones carrying high-explosive bombs for kilometers.

If the heroes’ base was between the first and second blockade lines, then it would have been unnecessary for the owner of the vehicle to charge out directly.

Tan gave a bitter smile, “Ah, the Yang brothers…

They…

well, you’ll see.

Just follow the direction I point.”

Tan didn’t directly tell Xiang Shan the location but gave guidance little by little, adjusting the direction as a precaution.

Xiang Shan drove slowly following Tan’s guidance.

If one were only to look at visual signals, Xiang Shan seemed to have not moved at all for several minutes.

All that was in front of him was endless yellow sand.

Just when Xiang Shan started to suspect that Tan was leading them in circles, the hero finally said, “We’re here.”

The three stopped and cautiously waited for a few minutes, continually filtering signals from around them.

Once they were sure there were no lurking Life-Chasing Cavalry nearby, Tan got off the motorcycle and started searching the ground.

Soon, he lifted a stone, revealing a small hole.

The hole was neither too big nor too small.

It was large enough to fit a rather wide lightweight prosthetic body, but a natural person would find it difficult to move inside.

If a human from the old days saw it, they would probably think it was a den for a small predator like a wolf.

However, the cybernetically enhanced people’s prosthetic limbs were not hindered by muscle limitations and could slowly squirm through it.

Xiang Shan immediately understood.

The reason the owner of that vehicle had to risk breaking out through the interior was that they still needed to take the supply station with them.

Without the vehicle’s internal energy supply, the heroes could not survive the wilderness amid a dust storm with no solar power.

Xiang Shan nodded.

He knew that in this situation, the party of unidentified status should go ahead to earn trust and prevent any side from suddenly turning hostile.

But before he could act, Jader threw a battery into the cave, then used the top of his head to nudge an isotope battery ahead as he crawled forward.

Tan was the second one down.

In this situation, if he were a ranger, having him last would put both men at risk.

Xiang Shan was the last to go down.

Before descending, he hooked one toe and casually covered the hole, which appeared to be made of stone but was actually plastic.

“Among the heroes who came to support us, there was a nearby Burrow Dragon,” Tan whispered, “He prepared the underground works for us.

However, he also had limited abrasive blades for digging, so…

there’s just this one passage.”

And large vehicles were unable to pass through this narrow passage.