Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 769 - 15 Tumors

Chapter 769: Chapter 15 Tumors

Jeanne said in annoyance, "Stop calling me with those weird nicknames and aliases, old man. Be proper; I’m not your daughter."

"Hey, you should ask around online, in the eyes of us Beiping guys a few centuries back, any young lady could be considered a daughter," Xiang Shan rolled his eyes, "Moreover, if you really were my daughter, my generation would have to be bumped up quite a bit. I would at least be of the same generation as Kotoba. Do you know the ’Flower of Rhetoric’ from the Hero quarters? Nowadays, the lads and lasses over there all look up to her as a senior."

"You..." Jeanne shook her head, "I absolutely don’t believe you’re a good person. With my case as an example... I have doubts about the origin of every Martial God!"

"Good, I’m also full of doubts. Except for the fact that Four, Six, and Seven made too much of a fuss, it’s unlikely they’re part of any conspiracy; I do find the rest of them a bit suspicious," Xiang Shan casually tossed aside the tablet—since it was just a model. He said, "And I’ve said before, whenever you think this old man is useless, just give yourself a dose of Restoring Enzyme and heal yourself. I’d actually prefer you do it right now."

Jeanne sighed, "I don’t have the time... I might be just half a step away from the target now."

The Restoring Enzyme would lower a Martial Artist’s proficiency in Martial Studies in the short term; it wasn’t some magic drug without costs.

"Hmm, up to you."

Jeanne scoffed, "Look at you now... What’s that word? ’Laid-back’? More than a decade ago, weren’t you the one who said, ’If I have to snatch your brain away, then I’ll snatch it’?"

"Back then, I didn’t know much," Xiang Shan spread his hands, "I was quite impulsive myself."

Jeanne turned around, her hand lightly caressing the interface she had just used and closed the protective cover.

This interface was originally on warships, used to provide wired networks for junior officers. The people of the City of Ur had dragged these warships together, gathered them up, and then modified them. The circuitry behind this interface was intact and still usable.

Years ago, a Hero accidentally discovered this place and made it known within a small, invitation-only community. During her years on the run, Jeanne had infiltrated the Hero community under Xiang Shan’s guidance and just so happened to learn about this interface that was unknown to the administrators of the City of Ur.

Accessing the network from here was safer than most places within the City of Ur.

With a light push of her feet, Jeanne flew towards the opening as if commanding the wind in a void. Of course, this wasn’t "Qinggong," but the result of low gravity.

Using the Magnetic System at the joints, Jeanne swiftly turned upon exiting the opening, then lightly tapped her feet against the "ground," and within moments, she flew ten yards away.

Jeanne slowed her pace.

Directly ahead was a huge emblem. It was the insignia of the Sky Star Fleet. Several white five-pointed stars arranged in formation.

Twenty years ago, Jeanne trained under this emblem, firmly believing that she would one day dedicate everything to the owner of this emblem.

Jeanne Osta Janis was once a member of the Martial God Special Operations Unit.

The tenth martial god had dealt a severe blow to this unit in the battle against the Martial God Special Operations Unit, and in turn, almost entirely wiped them out in a mobile war. In response to the resurrection of the Eleventh Martial God, King Aqini reactivated this unit.

Jeanne was originally raised as a Life-Chasing Cavalry and was later admitted to the Martial God Special Operations Unit due to her outstanding performance.

This unit was to face the strongest enemy of human civilization, also the most dangerous thug in the world. Whether in training or treatment, they were the best under the banner of King Aqini.

On the first day of entering the training camp, Jeanne was led by the instructor to meet Mr. Feheart, the King’s deputy who had come to inspect. Mr. Feheart’s various promises still sounded as if they were right next to her ear.

But for Jeanne, that was just the beginning of a nightmare.

After being exposed to the memories of the Martial God, Jeanne began to have frequent nightmares.

Xiang Shan in her dreams would shout at her, scold her, interrogate her about whether she could hear the cries of her own kind.

The instructor once said that these were all normal phenomena they would encounter after touching the memories of the Martial Ancestor. Reading someone else’s memories would inevitably create some psychological pressure. The memories of such a great person as the Martial Ancestor would have an even more significant impact.

The mission of the Martial God Special Operations Unit was to combat the madness brought by those memories, only extracting the useful elements.

The Martial God Special Operations Unit only needed to know how to distinguish Martial Gods and how to confront them.

But this nightmare gradually became more serious. It no longer confined itself to dreams but started affecting reality.

Until one day, Jeanne even unthinkingly copied the actions of that phantom.

This "consciousness," was it interfering with the mirror neurons through the Soth Divine Realm? Or perhaps...

But for some reason, Jeanne didn’t report it.

Maybe she feared being purged, or maybe...

At that time, Jeanne still thought she could keep hiding until the end.

But in the end, for some unknown reason, King Aqini decided to purge an entire Martial God Special Operations Unit.

Yes, the whole unit, thousands had to be executed.

To keep other soldiers from knowing about this, King Aqini had Mr. Feheart bring in a tank unit to surround the training camp with artillery fire and also sent experts to participate in the encirclement.

To this day, Jeanne doesn’t understand why. Logically, King Aqini could kill them with just a thought.

And at this time, a "miracle" was born.

An ironic "miracle" was born.

The "phantom" took control of Jeanne’s body for the first time. Although it used Jeanne’s Martial Arts Algorithm and Experience Accumulation, in application, in tactics, and in the control of war machinery, it was several ranks stronger than Jeanne.

It wasn’t just Jeanne alone. Many others from the training camp exhibited similar "symptoms."

Thus, inside the training camp, a small group of people escaped certain death and luckily made it to the Lunar Launch Site, seizing a fuel-loaded spacecraft.

The Sky Star Fleet was composed of giant warships. In terms of short-range acceleration and deceleration, they were far inferior to these small spacecraft propelled by chemical fuels.

So, Jeanne luckily escaped from certain death.

And at this time, she finally realized the phantom in her eyes was not an illusion.

But at this moment, she still didn’t know the true nature of this phantom.

It took another ten hours for her to truly understand.

After killing a den of Thugs, Jeanne seized a complete set of equipment. She completely replaced her prosthetic body, changing her appearance.

And it was only after removing her head that Jeanne could finally see the true condition of her brain with the aid of a machine.

A tumor.

The vegetative part of her brain had undergone obvious pathological changes, forming a tumor.