Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 677 - 321: Chaotic Pine Eagle City

Chapter 677: Chapter 321: Chaotic Pine Eagle City

Yuki was draped in a black hooded cloak, making his way through the streets.

The cloak’s nature was akin to a dust cover used for equipment. The greening in the northern part of the New Continent had never been effective. After enduring the catastrophes of the Heroic War and the Sublimation War, it had only worsened. For the last couple of hundred years, sand and dust issues had continuously plagued the residents.

High-end prosthetic bodies could often integrate dust-proof structures into their cooling systems, and could even defend against metal aerosols, which are artificial dust designed to kill electronic machinery. However, many people’s prosthetic bodies could not reach this degree, and some martial artists who cherished their prosthetic bodies used dust covers to wrap their entire bodies.

At this time, such attire became even more inconspicuous.

After receiving a message, Yuki turned a corner and arrived at the street corner.

Someone was already waiting there.

The resident was clearly a civilian, with a lower rate of prosthetic modification than Yuki. Seeing Yuki, half of his biological face showed a hopeful expression, "You are the Hero... the one who posted online. 335ba8430a9d4878392671fd7587992e... is that right?"

Yuki said, "5c92873444e77329802c976d613e7c43."

Seeing that the code matched, the man showed a delighted expression, "It’s really true... to ask for help on that forum, and actually have a chance... that’s great!"

Yuki flipped his hand and took out an antique and profound-looking small electronic storage device, "You have this type of standard interface, right?"

The man nodded, "Yes... I have this."

This was the most common type of data interface on civilian prosthetic bodies.

"After you use it, just stuff it to anyone on the street or throw it in a street corner," Yuki said. "Don’t possess this thing for long, it could lead to death. Although the lords might not necessarily kill you because of this, it’s better not to be overoptimistic. Also, take this..."

Yuki then handed the man a can-like object, "Inside are hundreds of metal foil dragonflies. When activated, the compressed air will send these metal foil dragonflies out, allowing them to stay in the air for a long time. If you encounter a small missile, throwing this might save your life. It can also weakly interfere with communications. Take it, it might be useful."

This object was a lesser version of Iron Dust, essentially interference foil twisted into special shapes. It could interfere with radar and had some capacity to counter tracking missiles and AI-controlled weapons, but it had no ability to scatter lasers and almost no defense against EMP.

But Yuki and his colleagues couldn’t give Iron Dust to civilians. Although Iron Dust was more versatile and powerful, the sealing of civilian prosthetic bodies was definitely not as good as that of government soldiers. Giving those weapons to them, one could not know whom they would end up helping.

The man looked at Yuki, "Great Hero..."

"First, install this temporary firewall," Yuki said. "That way, at least you won’t be spied on."

The government didn’t have the manpower or resources to constantly monitor every corner of the internet, but they were always randomly sampling.

The installation package Yuki provided included a firewall, several patch packages, and a few plugins.

The firewall was actually a public version that was released before the uprising of the Seventh Martial God. It had been declared compromised by the government many years ago, and the ban wasn’t very strict. Since it had been part of a movement that swept the Solar System, it had been downloaded very frequently, and there were still many available resources — only that people younger than a hundred years had gradually forgotten how to obtain it.

The patch packages were developed by Redstone Gate and Chaotic Blade Sect. Redstone Gate even took out versions that were previously only for internal Sect use and learning, as Deborah Zhao’s undercover work had exposed too much. These things weren’t important now, and who knew when the government would develop countermeasures. Better to contribute them here.

The remaining plugins were also free resources released by famous practitioners of the internal arts within Jianghu.

Considering that resources for the firewall from the era of the Seventh Martial God were easy to find, many Jianghu Sects and practitioners of inner strength had researched and upgraded it. On one hand, this made it convenient for new heroes entering Jianghu without access to advanced resources. On the other hand, the initial version of the firewall was indeed a classic in terms of "design philosophy."

What Yuki had brought was nothing too complex, just basic defense for civilians, and occasionally sending some false intelligence to the government’s surveillance systems. He had explained all this beforehand.

At such a frantic point in time for the government, this might help civilians to survive.

After confirming that the man had installed the firewall, Yuki turned to leave. But the man quickly blocked Yuki’s path and said, "Great Hero, there’s more... Great Hero."

"I cannot give you weapons..."

"But I’m useful, Great Hero!" the man really became anxious, "If I could kill one or two soldiers, that would help you, right? Killing one would still be a gain... You surely have weapons yourself! Great Hero!"

"Giving you weapons would only harm you," Yuki said. "If you attack a soldier, you’ll be executed on the spot. At this time, if they see you hiding weapons, they will interrogate you. I don’t need to tell you what methods they might use, do I? You’ve seen enough rumors online. Remember, I’m just doing my best to help you survive."

"But..." the man burst into tears, "my daughter and I need to leave the city..."

"I advise you best not to take the risk; you will die," Yuki said.

The man sat down on the ground and cried bitterly, "You’re not helping us, what are we to do!"

Yuki sighed, about to say something. But then, an ultra-small drone slipped past before his eyes.

These small civilian devices had become very common lately. Many people accustomed to using these devices to be on the lookout around them. But Yuki recognized that this one belonged to Liu Ri. The drone’s flight path was a warning.

"Mobile Cavalry is coming. If you don’t want to die, leave this place," Yuki said, then started running.

After turning two corners, he slowed down his pace.

Another figure wearing a Martial Arts School dust cover approached from behind.

The former Dojo Master of Iron Block Style Dojo, Lei Daye, quietly said, "Managed to escape safely."

Yuki nodded, "Indeed..." He smiled at the Dojo Master and said, "Dojo Master, you truly have a knack for being a hero. You’ve learned counter-surveillance so quickly."

Lei Daye responded gloomily, "Don’t call me Dojo Master anymore. The Iron Block Style dojo is gone... no, almost all the martial arts schools are gone — and before, I really didn’t see that you were like this."

Yuki asked, "Did you find more help this time?"

Lei Daye shook his head.

"Then... what about the information from Mr. Matsushima?"

Lei Daye shook his head again.