Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 482 - 126 Amusement

Chapter 482: Chapter 126 Amusement

A Fiend Earth Tier member of the Green Forest had already flashed in front of Xiang Shan while talking. This guy bunched up his body, like a spring ball compressed to the limit.

Lone Earth Star really liked this move of ambush, loved it to his core. He was naturally quick in his neural reflexes, so he was also good at fighting speed with speed. He often launched a sudden attack while talking, and had already defeated many skilled fighters with this move.

He thought this time would be the same.

When the mechanical joints had been compressed to the utmost limit...

In that instant, a hand gently pushed on his shoulder.

Then, his stance became completely distorted.

The force that was supposed to kick out backward turned forward, and the fist that was supposed to hit the enemy’s head struck the air.

Lone Earth Star’s body drifted backward.

He realized the newcomer was formidable.

Then, their gazes met.

The overpowering Inner Strength immobilized his movements. Normally his Prosthetic Body would have recovered its stance by then, but Xiang Shan made this guy’s body stiffen entirely.

He crashed into the three lackeys behind him without any resistance.

Xiang Shan looked towards another member of the Green Forest and slowly walked over.

"You just mentioned the name ’Sky Fierce’, right? Where is Sky Fierce now? It’s long been known in Jianghu that Brother Sky Fierce is like timely rain, generous in his righteousness, and aids the distressed; a well-known good man under the heavens. With my martial arts prowess, do you think that Brother Sky Fierce would take me in?"

"Haha, the Great Hero jests," Earthly Assembly Star slowly retreated, not daring to expose his back to this formidable foe he had met for the first time in his life. Chuckling respectfully, he said, "If the Great Hero wishes to join the outlaws, our stockade naturally welcomes you. It’s just that, as the Great Hero must know, there are rules in our world. Without submitting a Letter of Invitation, I cannot take you to meet Brother Sky Fierce."

Xiang Shan’s tone dropped, "Now, under the heavens, Jianghu has heard how Sky Fierce Star recruits the talented and makes acquaintances with fine fighters. Who doesn’t know that? Yet here you are, obstructing me at every turn. I’m asking you, isn’t my martial arts as good as Sky Fierce’s? Doesn’t that deserve him making an exception just once?"

"This... Please don’t make fun of me, Great Hero..."

"Heh heh... I’ve wanted to say this line for a long time," Xiang Shan almost burst out laughing, "I’m precisely here to make fun of you!"

The moment these words were spoken, Earthly Assembly Star had already swiftly turned around, leaning forward, pressing down with his feet to gather strength, attempting to escape.

But the legs that should have sprung him off were inexplicably stuck.

Earthly Assembly Star fell forward, rigid as a board.

At this moment, he desperately wished his associates would come to his aid... at least take advantage of the time the Hero was dealing with him to escape. But when he struggled to look back, he saw that Lone Earth Star had gone crazy and was performing several submission moves, pinning those lackeys to the ground.

"Well well well, look at you, so foolish you can’t even walk properly, how do you still have the face to go out and rob?" Xiang Shan sauntered over to Earthly Assembly Star, only then grabbing him by the neck from behind, and forcefully twisting to break the spine, completely twisting off the head.

Earthly Assembly Star let out a pained grunt.

Xiang Shan held the head, then searched the Prosthetic Body on the ground, found a few wires, and connected them to the interfaces on Earthly Assembly Star’s head to maintain the power supply. Then, he pulled out a wire from his wrist and plugged it into an interface at the back of Earthly Assembly Star’s head.

"Don’t move, I’m updating the firmware."

In reality, Xiang Shan didn’t have to do this at all. With the Supreme Realm left by the Eighth Martial God and the curse taught to him by TX-0, he could deal with most enemies capable of receiving data input from a distance, even controlling them.

But in front of others, he still had to pretend a little bit.

Pretend his Inner Strength wasn’t that powerful.

Xiang Shan put away his frivolous demeanor and adopted a different tone. "Given the events that took place three years ago, I need to ask once here—were you forced to join the ranks? Do you harbor thoughts of resisting the Green Forest Will? Are you willing to accept having your freedom restricted until either the victory of justice or the reversal of the Ultimate Way Consensus Therapy occurs?"

"What are you talking about... Ah, are you that kind of person?" Earthly Assembly Star felt a surge of ecstasy: "Of course, I am willing! What’s Green Forest loyalty compared to staying alive... Ugh!"

Earthly Assembly Star suddenly cried out in pain. He felt as if his thoughts at that moment had been recorded and then packaged into a memory file.

—This guy, he’s precisely extracting what I’m thinking in these few seconds...

Xiang Shan sighed, "You have thought about a lot in that instant, but it seems like you didn’t consider ’how to control my urge to kill after I’m locked up’."

By Xiang Shan’s standards, any member of the Green Forest who seriously considered questions like "What will I face after my actions are restricted?" and "What should I do during the days when I cannot kill?", reflecting on what they would face if they gave up killing, could be deemed "pitiable".

Xiang Shan was also willing to find a place to put these guys in "solitary confinement".

He would separate the brains of these Green Forest members and place them in a virtual community.

If necessary, he could even write them a game.

Although resources were extremely scarce now, a single brain didn’t consume too much electricity or nutrients.

Xiang Shan could find a Burrowing Dragon Community to house these brains until the restoration of human civilization.

Borshu had proven that the Green Forest members were not beyond redemption.

Some Green Forest members who had been taken into the Great Stockade could be treated as "mental patients with aggressive tendencies and no capacity for autonomous action".

But limited by the conditions, Xiang Shan couldn’t prepare this process for all members of the Green Forest.

At this stage, he could only try to develop a standard.

However, one thing was certain.

Sky Fierce had to die.

Xiang Shan casually threw the head of Earthly Assembly Star to the ground and then repeated the action with the other few Green Forest members.

After confirming the last Green Forest member, Xiang Shan pulled out a gun from his waist.

"Although they are pitiable, at this stage, we indeed lack the spare capability to save the Green Forest members. Sorry."

Then, he fired the gun.

All of these guys had joined the ranks voluntarily. Even in this group of people, only the Earthly Assembly Star from before was "forced".

To Xiang Shan, voluntary participation and voluntary submission to the Ultimate Way Consensus Therapy were "unforgivable".

Xiang Shan methodically shot down those Green Forest members.

At this moment, Kiambang finally came over with the Hero.

He was still a bit dizzy. Xiang Shan’s actions had been so swift that by the time he began interrogating the Green Forest members, Kiambang had just realized that he had been "rescued".

With ecstasy, he said, "Nameless Hero... thank you."

"No need to thank me." Xiang Shan waved his hand: "There’s nothing to thank for. There’s still one more thing to do next, I’ll talk about it later."

As he spoke, Xiang Shan picked up the head of Earthly Assembly.