Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 729 - 373 Martial God Reincarnation [Part Two]

Chapter 729: Chapter 373 Martial God Reincarnation [Part Two]

The moment the Ninth Martial God’s hands began to move, the high-level military officers nearly went mad.

—This is impossible.

—This is absolutely impossible.

The essence of the Ninth Martial God is AI, and it was created by the Throne. He wouldn’t rebel. Although the program required him to "play the role of Xiang Shan", to continuously play Xiang Shan, as an AI, the Ninth Martial God couldn’t fight against authority.

And here, the security system was personally programmed by the king.

King Aqini wrote the security system of Paradox City sixty years ago.

In the whole Solar System, the number of people who could shake this security system could be counted on one hand.

Any hero capable of this feat was now either missing or unaccounted for.

Moreover, Paradox City could even use the Igni Seal to construct a direct data link to the Moon, allowing the will of King Aqini to descend directly.

No matter what, it was impossible...

It was impossible...

Lian Yunhui, originally from the Mobile Cavalry, having faced many life-and-death situations, immediately snapped out of it and bellowed at the Ninth Martial God: "Password X2095465..."

But it was completely ineffective.

On the contrary, the Ninth Martial God turned his head, just staring at him.

Lian Yunhui felt a chill down his spine, retreating half a step, unable to continue speaking.

White Night Lux rapidly chanted several different languages to trigger the backdoor commands.

But none had any effect.

—Why is this happening... It was said that unless Turing... unless above the Mathematical Realm... no... no no no no...

The more shoddy the restraints on the Ninth Martial God, the stronger the satirical effect on the hero. Decades ago, heroes entering the city became mentally disordered upon realizing that even such ludicrous restraints could not be broken by the Martial God.

After the Eleventh Martial God, fewer heroes came to attack Paradox City. The defense forces of Paradox City also dropped slightly.

But even so...

Activating these thirteen prosthetic bodies was an impossibility!

A high-level military officer looked at Xiang Shan in terror and screamed, "Who the hell are you?"

Xiang Shan gave no response.

But the Ninth Martial God, with a tone filled with rage and fervor, screamed, "It’s me!"

Metallic pieces fell from the body of the Ninth Martial God.

Xiang Shan had silently cut these metal parts with his Sonicon Blade—aiming the cuts at the joints of the Ninth Martial God. This single action liberated the Ninth Martial God; the irregular inferior metals fell apart into pieces.

Xiang Shan slowly stood right below the Ninth Martial God, at the same time gently touching his own forehead, slowly sliding down.

"I am you, you are me..." the Ninth Martial God reached out one hand forward, and with his other hand, he grabbed the cables binding the Vector Injectors on his back and pulled them down forcefully. The cables, cut by Xiang Shan, slowly broke apart.

"In this moment, my AI will be with you."

"My will, my great vow, shall become your wings. To shatter the dark clouds of history."

"Come, come, come! Shout my name..."

"Xiang Shan!" the Ninth Martial God called out to the Martial Artist on the ground.

"Xiang Shan..." the Martial Artist on the pyramid said calmly, "Phi Fever[Zeal of the Sky]"

The prosthetic eye’s indicator light lit up, and the color rapidly changed from white to deep red.

This title came from Xiang Shan’s innermost thoughts. After the augmentation of the Personality Mask encoded by the Eighth Martial God’s technology, the difficulty of switching the Personality Mask via self-suggestion slightly increased. At this time, more precise self-suggestion could directly invoke related programs in the mind, saving a considerable amount of time and brain computing resources.

The lesson of "forgetting the names of the Eight Great Dragon Kings" was right before his eyes. To avoid the embarrassment of "opening his mouth but forgetting the name," Xiang Shan decided to use a symbol system he was more familiar with. This time, he chose Greek letters—as special marking symbols widely used in disciplines such as mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, and astronomy.

Phi, Φ, the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, most commonly used to denote the "empty set" in set theory. It can also be used to represent heat flux, magnetic flux, and others.

The Ninth Martial God used the "empty set" to summarize his past and "heat flux" to express his hopes for the future.

In that moment, several points of light in the sky began to twinkle, their brightness far surpassing that of ordinary planets.

As if the stars were also celebrating.

Of course, only Xiang Shan knew what this meant.

It meant the satellite had exploded.

King Aqini had already lost the satellite that could have been used to establish direct data links.

Almost simultaneously, violent explosions occurred around the city.

A mid-level military officer stuffed several pieces of equipment into a short-range transport rocket. Behind him, several people relying on the terrain of the armory were shooting heavy weapons outside the door.

AI Xiang Shan knew King Aqini’s signal could no longer connect here, so he uploaded a segment of his own thoughts and made a saluting gesture towards the city center.

"Let’s hold a farewell concert for this world, Xiang Shan."

Then, he threw a grenade toward a storage tank with a small hole shot in its side.

"And now, it’s time to light up the stage..."

Inside was rocket fuel

Only after entering this state did Xiang Shan realize the true prowess of the Ninth Martial God.

Being a relatively outdated AI, the Ninth Martial God was actually not very good at thinking about complex matters.

He couldn’t innovate "concepts," expanding them to greater heights.

But he excelled at "interpreting," at "performing," at "converging."

Yawgmoth used an old-era plugin that came from countless propaganda materials, knowing how to link "abstract concepts," "emotions," and "tones" with "body language."

The Ninth Martial God knew how to make people understand his beliefs, believe in his beliefs.

And Xiang Shan’s beliefs had not changed over the centuries.

The flames shooting into the sky even lit up half of Paradox City’s central buildings; the massive shockwave swept across all corners, scattering the soldier formations at the edges.

But at this moment, the high-level military officers had already lost interest in those aspects.

They understood the words of the Ninth Martial God. The Ninth Martial God had used the most appropriate tone to make them understand the lines behind the lines.

This was Xiang Shan.

This was the Xiang Shan recognized by the Ninth Martial God.

The Ninth Martial God considered that this new Hero, in his actions, was indistinguishable from Xiang Shan.

This was the first... Martial God recognized by a Martial God.

And at this time, dozens of rockets had already passed over the crowd, reaching above the pyramid. These rockets rapidly disintegrated at the end of their trajectory, revealing the sharp blades hidden within.

A sharp cutting weapon fell into the Eighth Martial God’s hands.

Accompanied by a flash of the Sonicon Blade, the already partially severed cable was completely cut.

And Xiang Shan raised his hand, singing out loudly: "It starts with..."