Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 669 - 313 A Protector’s Contented Moment

Chapter 669: Chapter 313 A Protector’s Contented Moment

Gelangdola Zhao was meditating. The visual data from the Paralympic Games decades ago was being fed into his cerebral cortex by a machine, aiding his meditation.

He had lost count of how many times he had used Hiroshi Matsushima’s competition records.

"How beautiful," he couldn’t help but think.

If he possessed that martial arts skill, maybe he would have become a high-level military officer by now.

The core mission of the Human Gene Bank’s defensive armed forces is to ensure the perpetual transmission of human genes. The greatest obstacle to this cause is the Heroes. Heroes are the most adept at using Decapitation Tactics. Thus, to become a high-level military officer, to become a High Official with control over a region, martial arts proficiency is a mandatory requirement.

As the second son of Amilcare Zhao, the cadre of Pine Eagle City, Gelangdola Zhao had, since childhood, access to more abundant resources, able to directly obtain the most advanced algorithms of Martial Studies, and even replicate the Experience Accumulation of notable experts. However, his talent was just too poor.

To put it accurately, it was his frontal lobe’s coordinating capacity that was lacking; even with the experience of masters at his disposal, he couldn’t use it freely.

Gelangdola didn’t dare to think that there was a problem with the Protector’s selection criteria, and hence could only direct his frustration at himself.

However, now he had a new idea.

If he could obtain the frontal lobe of a master and use it as his plug-in, maybe he could overcome this threshold.

This kind of behavior sparked great controversy within the Scientific Knight Order. Many Orders of Knights on Mars had expressed negative opinions about such practices. They believed that these plug-ins could cause irreversible damage to the user’s psyche, and might even lead to mental illness.

All impulses of the brain’s various systems are transmitted to the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe generates behavioral impulses and willpower; it also analyzes and then adjusts or even suppresses impulses that have already arisen. It is foreseeable that martial studies plug-ins for the frontal lobe could impact one’s personality.

In the past, only those on the fringes of society, like those from the Appennine, would choose such gadgets.

More often, the frontal lobes sold off by the public were used as research materials by the Scientific Knight Order.

But Gelangdola was tired of waiting. It had been a full forty years since he made any progress. This feeling of repression was almost driving him mad.

And under these circumstances, he began to think that Hiroshi Matsushima might be a good target.

Hiroshi Matsushima was exceptionally devoid of desires. He hardly resisted the decisions of the government.

Although there were records indicating that Hiroshi Matsushima had interactions with Heroes, it’s quite common for Martial Arts Schools to encounter such incidents. Heroes honing their skills at Martial Arts Schools is not unusual. Unless the entire industry of Martial Arts Schools is eradicated, these kinds of incidents can’t be prevented, but that might also go against the will of Yawgmoth, the Father of Machines.

Overall, this one was a docile individual. His few obsessions were nothing but the "Martial Arts School" and "martial arts." And it was precisely because of this obsession that he was so pure.

Rangers had tested him by anonymously sending him data on an Internal Cultivation Heart Jue, but he never embarked on the Path of Internal Arts.

Merely because cultivation of inner strength would require reshaping the neural connections, which could potentially erase his external strength.

Gelangdola couldn’t help but think that maybe this guy’s frontal lobe would not cause additional personality effects.

Although no research suggests that "the frontal lobe plugs crafted from the minds of simple people have a lesser impact on the user," Gelangdola became obsessed with his speculation like one possessed.

He wanted...

Suddenly, a surge of neural signals interrupted his meditation,

Gelangdola opened his eyes and said, "I have recently been reading human studies books from ancient times and came to know of a story. It says there was a disaster in the myths that required the power of a great god to resolve. But this god was deep in meditation. In order to save the world, the God of Love and Desire broke the great god’s meditation, causing the great god to fall in love. The rage of the great god being disturbed from his trance, however, burnt the God of Love and Desire who was trying to save the world to death."

"Ancient Sages believe that myths, though constructed, might contain the fundamental principles of the human world. Perhaps I ought to be angry at this interruption?"

His Secretary Officer trembled slightly, "Please quell your anger, young master... This matter was arranged by Lord Father. The Secluded Crane Knight Order has been attacked... We must show our position. It’s a matter of concern even for the Wise King of the Moon!"

"This matter..." Gelangdola raised his hand and rubbed his forehead. This prosthetic body designed for relaxation had sufficiently delicate tactile sensors, "So, what else of significance has happened recently? Nothing, right?"

"But the incident from three years ago already made us lose all face," the Secretary Officer reminded, "We must do something."

"Fine. Go find some suspected Heroes..." Gelangdola stood up, flexing his arms, then severed the wireless connection to return his consciousness to his regular body.

The three-meter-tall Steel Behemoth loomed over his Secretary Officer, "What recent reports of suspicion are there?"

"None worth noting," the Secretary Officer answered while following his superior out of the room, "The only suspicious target has already been ruled out. Earlier today, a Wilderness Settlement nearby was raided by the Green Forest. But the Green Forest were restrained; they didn’t kill anyone, so there was no alarm from the automatic judgment mechanism. The Green Forest bunch was killed by three Martial Artists. Notably, these three Martial Artists appeared in town for the first time four days ago and only showed themselves when the Green Forest appeared. This behavior is very much like that of Heroes. But there’s no issue with their identities. We found surveillance footage of them entering and leaving the Martial Arts School district."

Gelangdola paused, "Indeed, from a Martial Arts School? Which one’s disciples?"

"Iron Block Style Dojo."

Gelangdola experienced the illusion of a "heartbeat" for an instant—even though his body lacked a heart.

Don’t rush. Gelangdola reminded himself, it’s not yet time for that step. He was a well-known figure, not some desperate cur like his brother.

But then again...

A character like Hiroshi Matsushima, even if not for use as a frontal lobe plug-in, could be a good subordinate, couldn’t he?

As his own exclusive martial studies tutor...

"Iron Block Style, eh..." Gelangdola mused, "The martial arts system of this style is based on Mech Armor Iron Fist, which, in Jianghu, is also known as the Martial Ancestor’s Long Fist... People of this style are potential rebels; potential supporters of the Path of Chivalry."

"Yes," the Secretary Officer lowered his head. He wouldn’t argue with his superior at such a time.

At such times, it is best to ignore the trivial fact that "the entry-level external strength of the Human Gene Bank’s defensive armed forces is also taught through the Martial Ancestor’s Long Fist."

"So, what now?"

"Look for the suspected Heroes," Gelangdola said with a hint of a smile in his voice.