Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 479 - 123: Just... Very Sudden

Chapter 479: Chapter 123: Just... Very Sudden

The registration was done by an officer of the Secluded Crane Knight Order. These last few days, even two apprentices were given leave to wander around in Cyberspace.

An absolutely genuine record that couldn’t be more real.

Even if the inspection teams of the Conquest Heavenly King or Yawgmoth himself came to check, there would be no issues.

But the focus of Sky Fierce and Heaven Hero was obviously not here.

"That’s not what I mean at all," Heaven Hero said in a hostile tone, "you... We are asking you why you would follow the government’s intentions willingly."

"This place, you might as well consider it an opportunity I seized," Heavenly Machine Star said. "Should there even be a reason not to rob the government?"

"No one would deal with the government over the location of their stronghold," Sky Fierce said. "Our biggest need in the Green Forest is concealment. Without it, a few space-based weapons could level the stronghold. So, besides the ’temporary reduction of surveillance’ deal, you must have struck some other deals with them to prevent them from bombing this place."

"Indeed, I have," Heavenly Machine Star nodded. "There can be a Green Forest here, but there can only be one such group, and the team size must be kept within certain limits. But originally, we intended to install a server here and slowly build a private network."

"Are we supposed to act like dogs and hunt down other Green Forests?" Sky Fierce Star asked in an unfriendly tone, his hand resting behind him.

This was already the starting posture for close-range gun combat.

Heavenly Machine Star nodded. "After all, those smaller Green Forests locally don’t share our collective memory, they have nothing to do with us. You don’t care about their life and death..."

"We won’t be dogs!" Sky Fierce was about to draw his gun.

His focus was never on "hunting Green Forests," but on "being dogs." It was part of the daily routine for Green Forest to fight Green Forest, and nobody minded that.

"You’d better think carefully before drawing your gun," Heavenly Machine kept his tone calm. "Just because I haven’t implanted a Gu in you doesn’t mean I don’t have a curse that can target you."

Sky Fierce, unbothered, aimed his submachine gun at Heavenly Machine: "What about the so-called ’hunting Knights’ team-building activity... That’s part of the deal too, right?"

Normally, Green Forest team-building activities weren’t this hardcore. People would just carry devices that record emotional neuro-impulses, pick a small town, and indulge in murder and arson—preferably targeting those that have lost civilization’s protection.

"Killing unknown Knights in a strange environment is too dangerous."

Heavenly Machine said, "Ah, that’s not it. I obtained intelligence from them. There are a few Knights active nearby, so I decided to kill them. There aren’t many unprotected towns around here, and with so many great Green Forest heroes here, just hijacking a transport vehicle wouldn’t really foster ’unity,’ right?"

This wasn’t a task assigned by the government.

The Holy Maiden of the Six Dragons Sect was arriving soon, so he decided to wipe out this group of Knights to prevent them from causing a major incident, which would then lead the Protectors to intensify their presence in this area.

If it weren’t for this group of Northern Knights, he would lead people into the mountains to search for local Martial Arts Sects, the Burrowing Dragon Community, and the like, just to casually kill some.

It was all about killing.

But he couldn’t tell these Green Forest brothers that the mission was related to the government. The Green Forest had a natural rebellious streak. Whatever the government wanted them to do, they would do the opposite.

"It’s better that way," Sky Fierce stared at Heavenly Machine and said. "If I find out you have other motives... you know, we have already had people die at the hands of Knights."

"Except for the two Heavenly Gang lost while hunting Black Hand ND Bright Flame, the rest were just at the Fiend Earth Tier," Heavenly Machine Star said. "Fiend Earth level Green Forest members are replaced every year. As for Heavenly Gang, there are also changes every few years. To bury a Knight of Black Hand Bright Flame’s caliber, two lowest tier Heavenly Gang Stars, that was a good deal."

"And by jointly killing such a strong Knight, we become more like a collective, right?"

"It’s just that I really hate this attitude of yours! I hate it!" Sky Fierce Star said loudly. "This is exactly your attitude, you don’t treat those who share memories as brothers! You always look at gains and losses so rationally! It’s uncomfortable!"

Heavenly Machine was quite surprised. He turned his head to look at Sky Fierce, astonished, "When you sent Sky Speed here to the south three years ago, you were thinking this way, weren’t you!"

"Borshu was so tormented at that time! He had just become part of Green Forest and was conflicted, so he also needed to do something. Then somehow, he wanted to come here. And I let him!" Sky Fierce said. "I’m different from you. I do things straightforwardly!"

Heavenly Machine fell into thought.

To avoid getting too deep, his prosthetic body contained a special standalone chip to suppress the generation of combat impulses. He also frequently used the restoring enzyme along with online data storage to rebuild neural connections. All of this was assisted by someone, which is why his Green Forest traits weren’t as strong as outsiders thought.

Still, most people, even if they were like him, wouldn’t be able to stay sane after completely internalizing the collective memories of ten different strongholds.

Heavenly Machine also had this conduct because of the arduous training based on the cognitive science accomplishments of the Six Dragons Sect.

He believed that he was closer to the perfect Green Forest.

But the Ultimate Way Consensus Therapy also made him unable to ignore the opinions of these brothers.

The big guy indeed shared a collective memory, but... it was hard to understand the brothers’ thoughts.

Heavenly Machine sighed, "No more people will die. The strongest Black Hands have already been crippled. The others are currently chasing down those Knights, and a trap is forming. In a few days, we will also move out. Black Hand Bright Flame cannot escape."

"It’s better that way," Sky Fierce Star still stared at him intensely.

"There won’t be any accidents," Heavenly Machine was so sure.

Saying this, he continued to sit, watching the construction site below.

Sky Fierce turned his head and just walked back.

Just then, a signal came through.

Sky Fierce looked, it was from Earthly Assembly Star, also his subordinate.

He was very annoyed, connected, and said, "Earthly Assembly? What do you want?"

But the words that appeared before his eyes read.

[Are you the one called Sky Fierce?]

Just then, Heavenly Machine suddenly stood up.

In that instant just before, he felt an unexplained sensation.

—No... no no no...

Death seemed to be right beside him, pervasive.

This was a force he had felt only in training.

Inner Strength at the level of Iron Heart Dharma King.

Without further thought, Heavenly Machine Star grabbed the sniping rifle beside him and aimed at an antenna two hundred meters away, firing a shot.

When the signal was cut off, chaos erupted below.

Before Heavenly Machine Star could breathe a sigh of relief, a metallic crashing sound came from behind him.

He turned around to see that Sky Fierce Star had collapsed to the ground.

—This...