Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 392 - 36 Seeking Help

Chapter 392: Chapter 36 Seeking Help

For at least half a minute, Xiang Shan heard nothing but meaningless white noise coming from Hiroshi Matsushima’s synthesizer.

It must be that even the most advanced voice pack didn’t know how to organize the words.

Hiroshi Matsushima knelt on the ground and looked up at Xiang Shan.

Xiang Shan nodded.

Once again, Hiroshi Matsushima felt that something about the world was off.

That was the personality of the Progenitor of Martial Arts.

That was a Martial God.

That was... the inspiration for thousands of people...

Back then, he, the Solo Kill King, and another friend who had already died were all inspired by the legend of the Seventh Martial God.

That was also why his younger martial brother entered Jianghu to become a hero.

And now...

He had encountered a shameless hero.

Theoretically, the Seventh Martial God was also like this.

Theoretically, the Martial Ancestor was likewise.

This was just too... too... this...

In any case, he couldn’t even begin to comprehend this train of thought himself.

Not to mention that voice pack he had spent some money on.

Hiroshi Matsushima stood up, "No good, I need to... just... quiet down a bit..."

In the world of martial arts schools, there’s a saying that if a person is extraordinarily talented in external strength, they are "favored by the Martial Ancestor with a meal."

He was someone "favored by the Martial Ancestor with a meal."

And then someone with the same personality as the Martial Ancestor showed up in his house, leeching his electricity.

Fate... really is unpredictable!

Meanwhile, Xiang Shan sized up Hiroshi Matsushima.

It seemed that while being "possessed," Hiroshi Matsushima still remained conscious and retained his memory.

This was normal, after all, the chemical substances that form memories and the neural circuits were all in his brain.

Unless Superman Zero deliberately kept him from knowing, Hiroshi Matsushima would surely be aware.

And this dharma gate was quite interesting.

Zhu Xinyu’s method of "borrowing someone else’s brain" was not exactly the same as that of the Eighth Martial God. It seemed that for Zhu Xinyu’s cultivation technique to be most efficient, it required the willing participation of the person being borrowed from. If the person being borrowed was unwilling, it seemed they could reverse and terminate this "divine stricken state" themselves.

However, this didn’t mean that this particular cultivation technique was weaker than that of the Eighth Martial God’s. After all, all of the Eighth Martial God’s techniques required the existence of the Soth Divine Realm. And yet, Hiroshi Matsushima, who did not possess the Soth Divine Realm, was actually able to withstand the power of Zero and demonstrate martial prowess as powerful as Xiang Shan’s inner strength from three years before.

Xiang Shan crossed his arms, "That being said, even though you possess a Pseudo-personality Mask with the function of ’borrowing someone else’s biological brain to exert inner strength’, essentially, you can also act as a chatting AI, right? There’s no need for you to borrow someone else’s biological brain to talk."

This time, Hiroshi Matsushima didn’t "switch out", but suddenly a smart speaker on the table spoke, "That’s indeed the case, but there should always be a contingency plan. Three years ago, I had Hiroshi Matsushima change the electronic devices in the room and burn the hard drive that I had once resided in. Then I moved to the hard drive within his prosthetic body. This ensures that I can borrow his biological brain to exert inner strength in critical moments, and also ensures that he is constantly protected by potent inner strength. It’s a so-called win-win relationship."

Xiang Shan nodded, "Worthy of you, Superman Zero. But why do this?"

"My existence as a Personality Mask is originally meant to steal the information from the Mona Knight Order," TX-0 said, "Ideally, after our collaboration to steal that information three years ago, I should have deleted myself. But I am still somewhat useful, so I remained for the time being."

Xiang Shan became alert, "What does this imply? The awakening of AI? A crisis of intelligent machines?"

"There is no need for the elder plots of old sci-fi novels to be concerned. If Hiroshi Matsushima is unwilling, I won’t be able to use a biological brain, and only have the most basic defenses. Any martial artist from the Compilation Realm or above could delete me. I have no reason to rebel."

"I can feel that Matsushima is a person of passion, very likely to become a hero. At such times, an additional friend equates to an additional path."

"Don’t flatter yourself," Hiroshi Matsushima scoffed, "I’ve said it before, I’m not going to be a hero."

This time, the voice print shield seemed to successfully understand his emotions and used a slightly stilted tone.

Xiang Shan sighed, "Since I’ve already revealed my identity, can you tell me a bit more? Your master, she... "

"I really don’t know, and indeed, I wouldn’t tell you," Zero replied, "Offensive as it might sound, Xiang Shan has died eleven times and will continue to be resurrected, but Zhu Xinyu might not be able to revive indefinitely. And as of today, my master is the greatest deterrent in Jianghu. Although her power is still limited alone, she can cause a great impact at critical moments. The more she conceals herself, the more cautious those Protectors have to be. At least in my eyes, my master is the Pillar of Heaven carved from white jade, the Golden Beam that spans the sea in Jianghu."

As Zero said this, he was still carefully watching Xiang Shan through the vision of Hiroshi Matsushima.

"Really not possible?"

"Impossible," Zero stated.

"Can’t you contact your sect to see what their decision is? After all, it should be up to your master to decide."

Zero shrugged with Hiroshi Matsushima’s prosthetic body, "That’s impossible too. Since three years ago, I have severed connections with the sect."

"What?" Xiang Shan was shocked, "Your methods..."

"It’s not that ’our methods’ are no longer effective, it’s Aqini," Zero said helplessly, "King Aqini has been cleaning up the chivalrous powers of the Inner Orbital Zone of the Solar System for the past three years. All my proxies have been eliminated, and no one dares to use any springboards for fear of being discovered by King Aqini."

At the end, the youngster added, "Of course, I’m not afraid of him. It’s just that I am not my true self right now, and I cannot fully exert my inner strength."

Xiang Shan nodded regretfully, "Then, your stealing the cultivation techniques from the Mona Knight Order is also to perfect this technique. Besides the Mona Knight Order and the Araya Holy Knights Order, which other sects’ information will you steal?"

This would also help Xiang Shan in his search for information. Although he didn’t dare to steal the information from the Scientific Knight Order casually, when looking for contents disclosed by heroes, he could have a target.

"There are many. Inner strength is a holistic field based on cognitive science; we do not shy away from anything we don’t understand," Zero explained, "The Araya Holy Knights Order is our daily routine. The Mona Knight Order is a special project that took a different approach. We steal from knight orders of the Evolutionary Language and the like as well."

Xiang Shan nodded, silently making note of this name.

"Ah, one last thing," Xiang Shan said, "I didn’t come to you guys just to get a card... I mean, to purchase martial arts courses, or to inquire about information. I have another matter to ask about."

Xiang Shan paused, then continued, "I’m preparing to enter Paradox City to rescue the Ninth Martial God. I need some help."