Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 695 - 339: Conversation with Han Zhun

Chapter 695: Chapter 339: Conversation with Han Zhun

Han Zhun was unconscious when he was rescued. However, Xiang Shan, through the system, only had to read the record of some of his brain’s neuronal activity to guess the probable events that had occurred.

Some truth serum could permanently change specific receptors on the surface of specific neurons via chemical methods to achieve some permanent effects.

After Yuki and Liu Ri brought back that prosthetic body and some equipment, they stayed by Liu Ri’s side.

At this point, Liu Ri was also nearly awake.

Mentioning this, Hiroshi Matsushima also felt uncomfortable. He murmured softly, "Who could have thought, Amilcare that bastard is dead, so many are dead. Yet, all this originated because the lord’s son, for no reason... no, because he targeted me and arrested him."

"I don’t even understand why he was targeting me so specifically."

"Maybe he just has a screw loose," said Xiang Shan indifferently, "plenty of people are like that. You could even tell me he simply wanted to experience what it feels like to wield power, and I would believe it. Really. I’ve encountered many such fools in various eras."

The disturbances from Han Zhun gradually diminished. It looked like he was calm now.

But a couple of hours later, Han Zhun began to cry loudly again.

He seemed to realize his own condition. He couldn’t hide anything now.

The youth tried hard to restrain himself. But at this moment, the more he "didn’t want to say something," the concept of that "something" he didn’t want to mention first arose in his mind. Subsequently, he would blurt out exactly what he didn’t want to say.

This was a deliberately induced disability.

"I can no longer be a hero... I can no longer be a hero!" Han Zhun screamed in terror, "What will I do next... I can’t become a great hero now... I have no Protector, I can’t go to a Martial Arts School like this..."

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!"

"No...it’s not right... don’t want this... I’ve done nothing wrong... why is this happening..."

In the time that followed, forty percent of Han Zhun’s time was spent apologizing to Yuki, Liu Ri, and other unfamiliar heroes, thirty percent lamenting he could no longer be a great hero, and twenty percent worrying about his future.

The moment the thought formed in his mind, he would speak it out loud.

This made him increasingly pessimistic about his future. This inability to hide anything, a disability, might make it impossible for him to survive in any community.

This also made the remaining ten percent of his curses become more intense.

Xiang Shan sighed heavily and stood up: "No mood to repair the prosthetic body now. I need to go see him."

Hiroshi Matsushima nodded gravely. Zero clicked his tongue twice.

Hiroshi was not interested in listening to others’ lamentations, but Zero automatically recorded Han Zhun’s words.

Han Zhun’s ten percent of cursing indeed became increasingly extreme, possibly showing signs of displaced anger. Whether he directed this anger toward Yuki and Liu Ri, or at himself, considering his own death, it was a terrible situation.

Xiang Shan probably felt he couldn’t leave this matter unattended any longer.

Xiang Shan stepped outside of the vehicle. It was nighttime.

Behind them, on the northern horizon, a thin but massive dust storm was chasing them.

Two vehicles were traveling side by side, creating standard parallel lines on the ground. Both vehicles were equipped with advanced camouflage nets—sourced by Yuki and Liu Ri.

Xiang Shan had instructed that they must secure two items, one being the Lord’s prosthetic body and the other this camouflage equipment. Generally, Protectors like Lords didn’t need to hide from satellites. Protectors held absolute superiority in satellite networks. However, under extreme conditions—such as if an Internal master seized control of satellite networks or just in case a private satellite happened to pass overhead, etc.

Amilcare also prepared this massive and highly technical piece of flexible fabric out of a "just in case" mindset—although he’d likely never use it, 99.99% of the time, the resources it consumed were insignificant to him.

It could counteract satellite surveillance on various levels.

It was because of this gadget that Xiang Shan could pull off some tricks that he normally wouldn’t attempt.

At this moment, he didn’t even need to jump off the vehicle; he simply stepped onto the other vehicle with one foot.

Normally, Hero’s vehicles wouldn’t be this close. They would use the vehicles to spread the risk. But right now, Xiang Shan was using a weak, quickly attenuating but swift wireless signal to direct the engineering machinery in the other vehicle to disassemble and reassemble the Lord’s prosthetic body. Meanwhile, in the vehicle where Hiroshi Matsushima and Xiang Shan were, two 3D printers were rapidly printing the needed parts.

The other Heroes had dispersed to other convoys. According to the information they received, there were sporadic firefights everywhere, but fortunately, the average level of the Heroes was high this time, and everyone was well-prepared, so there were no casualties.

Xiang Shan entered the inside of the vehicle.

At this moment, Han Zhun was shouting loudly, his words carrying a hint of madness. Panic was huddling in a corner, carefully watching the person lying on the ground. Yuki and Liu Ri sat in a corner with their heads bowed. Their eyes were prosthetic and lacked the function to cry, leaving them somewhat at a loss.

Yuan Wenren was driving the vehicle at the front.

Xiang Shan waved his hand, drawing the attention of the several younger people present toward himself.

Xiang Shan sat down and said to Han Zhun, "Kid, calm down. This situation isn’t hard to handle. You just can’t control what you want to say. All you need to do is replace your vocal organs with prosthetics, and you can manage silence by ’manually shutting off your vocalizer’. Calm down; things haven’t reached an irreversible point..."

Yuki exclaimed, "MASTER!"

He thought this symptomatic approach was utterly absurd.

But Han Zhun blurted out, "Right, how did I not think of that, there’s still hope..." Then, hearing Yuki’s shout, he looked up, stunned, and said, "Yuki’s master seems like a big shot... You’re that Great Hero... ah ah ah sorry I mentioned this, no no no I don’t want to say this oh oh oh..."

Xiang Shan stretched out his hand and covered the kid’s mouth, "Alright, calm down. The truth serum incident isn’t your fault, it’s the Protector’s. The Protector who bullied you has been killed by Matsushima. And the City Lord of Pine Eagle City has also been killed by me. Thus, those who directly harmed you have paid the price."

Han Zhun’s eyes widened. Once Xiang Shan released his hand, he shouted, "What the Lord is dead how is this possible... no no no I meant to say Heroes can’t possibly kill... it’s not what I’m saying thank you and..."

Xiang Shan covered his mouth again, "Enough, you’ve got many things you don’t want to say as well, let’s continue this conversation like this. From now on, just nod or shake your head."