Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 726 - 370 Brewing

Chapter 726: Chapter 370 Brewing

In the first second of the fusion, in the underground armory of the central building of Paradox City, a military officer practicing Inner Strength connected directly to the system suddenly pulled out, then his consciousness ceased.

His Prosthetic Body crazily downloaded several terabytes of data.

Afterward, Xiang Shan opened his eyes.

"It’s over, I’m on this side now," Xiang Shan muttered, cursing his own hypocrisy in his heart.

He had just proclaimed the need to grant AI the same rights as humans, but then he turned around and derived an AI from his own consciousness to carry out a suicide mission.

But on the other hand...

"Isn’t Xiang Shan the incarnation of rebellion? This isn’t logical. This ’Me’ has not even a single thought of rebellion, nor any resistance to executing the mission and meeting a heroic end," Xiang Shan pondered. "This temporarily generated AI seems to have no will to survive at all. This ’Me’ should be quite human-like."

Although his CPU was processing, Xiang Shan’s actions were without the slightest hesitation. He quickly stood up and then left the Cultivation place.

The command had just been issued. This officer was supposed to be on standby in the armory. However, since the Protector Army’s forces were saturated, the officers currently resting would not be on the first lineup on the battlefield. He just needed to reach the standby location of the reserves within an hour.

Now, he could leisurely go to the armory to select his weaponry.

Of course, this was necessary.

The Ninth Martial God’s Prosthetic Body was intact. To maximize the effect of the humiliation, the Protectors did not remove any components, even the outer Shell was complete. The thirteen Prosthetic Bodies of the Ninth Martial God even needed to guest star as the power components of the central building in Paradox City—the Protectors would even regularly add fusion fuel.

After all, the Ninth Martial God was just an AI, with backdoors installed from the beginning.

However, the Protectors, lax as they were, wouldn’t regularly fill the Ninth Martial God’s Prosthetic Body with ammunition. This act had no humiliating effect and wasn’t aimed at damaging the chivalrous forces.

In the thirteen Prosthetic Bodies of the Ninth Martial God, either there was no ammunition, or there were a few rounds left that had already been ineffective.

If they wanted Old Nine to join the battle, they’d need to replenish the ammunition.

Another five or six military officers silently approached. These mid-level officers were those whose Prosthetic Bodies had been seized by Xiang Shan.

After accepting the AI of the Ninth Martial God, Xiang Shan finally had a clear concept of what a "low-level AI like Xiang Shan" was. His transcendent Inner Strength enabled him to quickly construct such an AI.

On the surface, the battle between the Personality Mask of the Eighth Martial God and the three disciples of Hartman was evenly matched, but in reality, Eight had completely taken the upper hand.

A stronger opponent had used the backdoor in the lower part of their Brain-Machine Interface to inject specific electrical signals into their Biological Brains, triggering a series of physiological responses within their brains. Their well-trained brains could not organize effective resistance, and the paths for their Prosthetic Bodies to send out signals were cut off.

A strong sleep command affected these three Internal warriors. They had to resist their instinctive drowsiness, their consciousness flickering intermittently.

In that instant, they completely lost control over the network.

The Internal Forces monitoring everything could only see three masters from the Moon, outputting data at an inconceivable speed.

Xiang Shan’s will rampaged within the system, he just needed a bit more time...

[Ah, it indeed exists]

In the central system of this city, the Igni Seal also existed.

Of course, this also meant that there was support for the operation of this Dharma Seal—in emergency situations, Paradox City could establish a direct data link to the Moon.

Xiang Shan’s will followed the optical cables, entering the satellite stations outside the city.

At the same time, the AIs Xiang Shan entered deeper into the armory.

Twenty minutes later, there would be a massive explosion in the armory.

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Fifteen minutes after the fusion.

The layers of the Protector Army were arrayed seven hundred meters outside the central pyramid of Paradox City. At the very front of the formation, blast-resistant gabions had been built. But taller than these simple fortifications were the giant soldiers holding Tower Shields. These soldiers’ Prosthetic Bodies were as heavy as War Chariots. Although they weren’t high-level Martial Artist Prostheses and lacked flexibility, their output was sufficient. And within the formation, the comrades could cover the individual soldier’s weaknesses.

Behind the heavily armored Tower Shield warriors were a bunch of soldiers whose legs had been replaced by wheels and who held Long Spears in their hands. These spears were mostly equipped with cone-shaped charges, the armor-piercing bullets known as "White Flame Flame-tip Spears."

Behind the Long Spear soldiers were countless soldiers armed with Maces, hammers, Demolition Shears, and other armor-breaking heavy weapons. There were also some warriors equipped with cutting weapons among them.

This was precisely the Divine Skill that countered close combat, Dense Formation.

Further away, countless artillery, missiles, and Firearms were aimed at this sector.

Five high-level military officers who excelled in close combat had already stood on the pyramid, and they were only a few meters away from that audacious Hero. Their task was to denigrate chivalry, and for them, "capture and execute" was the most satisfactory outcome. At any rate, they had to at least try first.

Lian Yunhui’s hands were positioned on either side of his body, ready to release the Metal Aerosol at any moment. White Night Lux was holding a Sonicon Blade, standing on a Flying Wing-shaped flying craft, hovering several meters in the air. This flying machine could connect to the body inside or one could stand on it, creating a strategic advantage out of thin air.

This method of "using a medium unmanned drone to create a strategic advantage out of thin air" was also a characteristic of modern Martial Arts.

More troops were assembling. The Protectors were determined to leverage their advantage and execute this Hero to set an example for the world.

Three high-level military officers appeared on the city walls. Their huge statures over three meters tall made them particularly conspicuous.

The Heroes ambushed outside the city clenched their weapons.

Hiroshi Matsushima, covered in a Camouflage Net, sized up the high-level officer closest to him, analyzing the Martial Studies he might use.

Hiroshi Matsushima was clear about his own role. He had to at least engage a warrior above the First Heavenly Layer.

Heroes are always fighting asymmetric wars. Only by trading one casualty for thousands or tens of thousands can the long battle continue. However, in cities like Paradox City where high-level forces are densely concentrated, it is difficult for Heroes to achieve a high casualty-to-kill ratio.

Everyone was preparing.

But no one knew that a monumental change was brewing.

Many years ago, when he was still a convict in the FBI, Hartman told the United Nations official Xiang Shan that for small hackers, the most efficient method was to follow in the footsteps of a Great Hacker.

And the trace that Xiang Shan found on the day he slew the Heavenly Machine, left by Zhu Xinyu, was about to take effect.