Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 461 - 105: The Plan

Chapter 461: Chapter 105: The Plan

After communicating with Jader, Xiang Shan said he needed to find a place to rest and left alone.

The location where the Heroes currently were was an artificial underground space. It was said that thirty years ago, a group of Burrow Dragons had secretly excavated the area, and the excavated dirt had been dispersed to various places a kilometer away, appearing as though it were natural changes caused by the wind.

Another sect allied with the Redstone Gate had operated here for a while, but later the place was abandoned. This shelter had independent high-performance solar panels, a decent reserve of metal resources, and a good 3D printer capable of printing some replacement parts.

From the outside, this stronghold looked like an ordinary residential building and was not conspicuous.

The exit of this stronghold was only two to three hundred meters from the town.

In principle, Heroes should not actively move around the stronghold because every resident’s Prosthetic Eye could potentially be a camera for the Protectors. However, merely wandering around would not cause any issues. All Heroes were fully cyberized Cybermen. In this era, such people were generally Martial Artists, which ordinary folks dare not provoke. They would not do anything to strangers approaching their settlements.

Eight flickered into the corner of "Native’s" field of vision.

"There’s no need to think about that," Eight said, "If you can’t remember now, forcing it won’t help. Our symptoms are of a physical nature, a memory loss."

Xiang Shan was certain that he had a friend who had died nearby.

Moreover, it was an emotional fluctuation brought about by the Biological Brain. From past signs, this Biological Brain only reacted emotionally to historical events before the end of the Sublimation Wars.

It was certain that this was essentially a matter from before the 22nd century.

But Xiang Shan genuinely couldn’t remember who had died.

"Native" murmured, "But someone did die. I don’t know who."

"It’s not important," Eight said, "Although it’s sad, that matter is no longer important now."

"But I don’t even know who it was."

"It’s no longer important," Eight stated, "It’s an incident from two or three hundred years ago, and it hasn’t been recorded, so its impact on the present is probably very weak. It’s just a typical historical event. In the flow of history, it’s not even a ripple, perhaps just a mere ripple."

"Yes, it’s no longer important," Xiang Shan said, "What’s most important now is to rush into Paradox City and get Nine out. Then there won’t be any problems."

"Native" represents one facet of the personality embedded in this Biological Brain, possessing only pure knowledge and emotional responses to events, but no specific memories of the events. He only knew that something sad had happened in "that place in central Africa," because in his mind, "that place" and "sad emotions" were linked. However, what exactly happened between the two, he couldn’t remember.

And "Eight" was the Legacy left by the Eighth Martial God for "another Martial God." To the Eighth Martial God, the inheritor of this legacy must have relatively complete memories of Xiang Shan—this is the basis of the Personality Mask. So, Eight didn’t have complete memories either.

However, the Ninth Martial God was a bona fide Martial God, with relatively intact memories of Xiang Shan. Even if there were memory lapses, they were only to the extent of "Ahahaha, so something like that happened back then" during drinking and chatting.

Once he stormed into Paradox City and obtained the memories of the Ninth Martial God, all these doubts would be solved.

Eight disappeared once again.

Xiang Shan shifted his attention back to the present.

After Gaoqiao Ziyi brought back intelligence to the Arctic, several sects in the Arctic knew that he, "Nameless Hero," needed refrigerant equipment. The line with the Secluded Crane Knight Order was also informed to Xiang Shan by them.

Naturally, they had made some initial preparations.

The port of the Secluded Crane Knight Order was about five hundred kilometers away from the headquarters of the Order of Knights. Once the specimen was taken out from the submarine, it would be placed on a flying vehicle, and then the vehicle would be accelerated to supersonic speeds. In this way, the flying vehicle could reach the headquarters of the Secluded Crane Knight Order within half an hour.

The headquarters of the Secluded Crane Knight Order also had a Gene Bank protected by armed forces. However, unlike Pine Eagle City, there was no excess population gathering at the headquarters of the Secluded Crane Knight Order. The Protectors simply put up a warning area, forbidding ordinary people from entering.

In this era, one of the significant reasons people wanted to live in cities was "not encountering the Green Forest in the cities."

Within the urban areas, the forces of the Protectors were densely packed. In such an environment, it was very dangerous to kill someone against the Dyson’s principle, and even gang activities were kept at a relatively low intensity.

The "city" of this era originally had no obligation to provide living spaces.

Because there were no residents, "infiltration" became more difficult.

It’s not that "infiltration was impossible," but that there was no way to retreat once exposed.

In Pine Eagle City, Xiang Shan infiltrated the headquarters of the Scientific Knight Order, and even if he was exposed, as long as he escaped the Super Building and blended in with the residents, he could escape safely.

But at the headquarters of the Secluded Crane Knight Order, if Xiang Shan were exposed, he would have to escape an entire military encirclement.

Additionally, the benefits of infiltration weren’t so great.

Without detailed intelligence, not to mention papers or equipment, even helium couldn’t be stolen.

Helium was indeed a common gas used in laboratories, for instance as a carrier gas in gas chromatography, or as a protective gas. But other gases like nitrogen, hydrogen, argon, etc., could also serve similar purposes. Considering helium’s superior performance in refrigeration, and the significance of high-quality refrigerant for the Heroes, modern Scientific Knight Orders would also try to avoid using helium.

Even if they had to use it, it would be stored separately. Helium would be broken down into smaller packages, scattered around different parts of the warehouse, managed by robots. Each time it was taken out, an Internal Strength Master would personally review it; it would not be used in bulk.

Stealing there required thorough preparation.

Moreover, the Gene Bank’s armed protection at the headquarters of the Secluded Crane Knight Order also had a stronger affiliation with the Secluded Crane Knight Order.

The cadre of that protective armament was also a Martial Artist who had crossed the First Heavenly Layer.

Xiang Shan’s Internal Strength could kill this person, but before the Hack into Internal Strength took effect, the other party could have a chance to kill Xiang Shan.

In the breakout battle at Tao Enhai facing Fraser, there was also Bai Man, who had also crossed the First Heavenly Layer, restraining him.

Therefore, seizing things within the Secluded Crane Knight Order was very dangerous.

The best opportunity was still during the five hundred kilometers of transport by the flying vehicle.

The Arctic Heroes had already found a suitable location.