Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 670 - 314 Trivial Matters

Chapter 670: Chapter 314 Trivial Matters

Ai Tielang passed two data cables to the younger ones. Yuki and Liu Ri skillfully plugged the cables into the interfaces on their prosthetic bodies.

Wired communication is always a bit safer than wireless. And it is indeed cheaper.

Ai Tielang said, "There’s been a change. The government has been provoked... and the provocation has been more severe than I expected. The government has gone mad."

Yuki was very curious, "What happened?"

"Just before you left Pine Eagle City, Secluded Crane City was attacked. There are rumors that a force called the Six Dragons Sect was behind it," Ai Tielang explained, "I don’t know why, but the incident has caused quite a stir, even the Moon has been alarmed. It seems the Fire God has been putting pressure on all the Protectors. The situation is very bad now."

Liu Ri said, "It’s strange, I didn’t notice any increase in checkpoints on the way here..."

"The organizational ability of Pine Eagle City isn’t that great... and they are short on manpower, increasing the number of checkpoints isn’t cost-effective. Any Hero who has received training knows how to bypass checkpoints, so it’s pointless," Ai Tielang said, "Now Mobile Cavalry roam the city unchecked. They even interrogate anyone who seems suspicious."

Yuki was quite worried, "Are you guys okay? What about the little one...?"

Ai Tielang said, "The Heroes remaining in the city are all right. Panic is fine too. We moved our base in advance. There’s a temporary safe house up ahead. It will be defunct by tomorrow. You can swap out each other’s limbs there and then install some decorative components. It’s best to write a script to modify the mapping of your consciousness to your prosthetic body, temporarily changing your behavioral traits."

This was considered a rather basic operation. For instance, the simplest script could replace the command "lift left foot" issued by the brain with "lift right foot," thus briefly fooling AI that recognized individuals by their walking postures.

Liu Ri still couldn’t fathom, "Why did it suddenly become so serious?"

Among the Heroes left in Pine Eagle City, none possessed the exceptional Inner Strength required to detect the subtle clues from the battle between Xiang Shan and Iron Heart Dharma King.

Even to this day, they only knew that "Pine Eagle City was attacked."

Heroes with higher levels of Inner Strength might be aware that "a force called the Six Dragons Sect is related to it."

Yet, Yuki thought to himself that the Order of Knights was in the north, possibly related to his own Instructor.

Liu Ri continued to inquire, "Our identities haven’t been exposed, have they?"

Ai Tielang shook his head, "I’m not sure. It’s hard to say. If the government tries to find us and can’t do so with regular means, we will definitely be exposed."

Yuki asked, "What about Matsushima Instructor at the Martial Arts School?"

"Matsushima will definitely be alright. It’s common for a few people from Jianghu to hide in a Martial Arts School. The schools aren’t capable of identifying who’s from Jianghu, so the government won’t just kill the school’s teachers because someone from Jianghu came to learn. He’s safer than we are. Your other friends should be more or less the same," Ai Tielang said, "Come on, let’s go. Nameless Senior left behind some blueprints of the Underground City before he left. We can hide there for the time being."

Yuki and Liu Ri looked at each other and nodded their heads.

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Gelangdola left the residential area and entered the work zone.

Having just walked through a corridor, he impatiently asked, "Is it done?"

The Secretary maintained his pace, his gaze becoming dull for a moment. Then he said, "I just mixed up some of the checkpoint personnel near the Martial Arts School district, and they are working on it. However, the intelligence department’s surveillance analysis team reports that they haven’t found traces of the other two martial arts apprentices. We’ve only spotted that Martial Artist near the third person’s residence."

Gelangdola was surprised and sped up his steps, "What’s this? They dare to slip out of surveillance? What exactly do they want to do? What exactly do they dare to do?"

The Secretary hurried to keep up, "This... this precisely shows that, these people are just plaque that can’t stand the light. The authority of the Protectors is more formidable than ultraviolet light, X-rays, and gamma rays. They surely can’t survive in this light."

Gelangdola said, "Keep me updated at all times."

"Yes," the Secretary Officer replied.

When they reached the elevator, the Secretary Officer said, "The assault team has captured that Martial Arts apprentice. There were no fatalities, but there was significant damage to the prosthetic body. It seems that the apprentice was ruthless in his attack, already quite accustomed to targeting the human body."

Gelangdola feigned concern, "That’s not necessarily a bad thing, right? He simply resisted and showed intent to attack members of the government, not causing any actual casualties, so we cannot deprive him of his civilized protection. We must ensure his survival..."

The Secretary Officer caught on, "Yes. Very soon a high-speed drone will be dispatched, carrying a dose of Reversible Truth Serum to the assault team."

Humans now could design "drugs with special effects" based on the variety of receptors on the surface of neurons and various chemicals in the brain. Some potions temporarily antagonize certain chemicals or processes in the brain, creating a temporary mental effect. But other potions could permanently affect by altering the receptors on the surface of neurons.

And according to the principles of Dyson’s Method, no drug with permanent effects can be applied to any protected individual, unless they have lost their protection.

The elevator slowly ascended from the 700th floor. When they reached above 750 floors, the Secretary Officer reported, "All right, the squad has received the truth serum and is currently using it."

By the time the elevator reached the 800th floor, the Secretary Officer said, "The boy has spilled the beans... he actually has connections with the Heroes... two Heroes! He is a follower of Martial Ancestor ideology... at least one of his accomplices is very familiar with the late ideals of Martial Ancestor."

Even Gelangdola found it somewhat unbelievable, "What did he say?"

"This... The interrogators couldn’t sense that either. Those statements were auto-covered by the system alert," the Secretary Officer said.

"To trigger such a mechanism, it seems to be indeed dangerous. This is an outright anti-human element."

The Secretary Officer looked down and asked, "So, same as usual?"

"Hmm, revoke his protection," Gelangdola said.

Soon, the Secretary Officer responded, "I’ve canceled his protection. Also, a stronger version of the truth serum has been dispatched."

Gelangdola nodded, looking at the scenery outside the elevator window.

The human dwellings on the ground were as humble as lichens.

Gelangdola was in a good mood.