Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 936 - 171 Conquest

Chapter 936: Chapter 171 Conquest

The hallway inside the Nautilus now resembled a rushing stream. Seawater surged and roiled, enclosing large volumes of air, turning it into bubbles within the water.

The bubbles obstructed the path of light, while the sound of water masked the true killing intent.

Three sect defenders of the Six Dragons Sect held their weapons in hand, advancing rapidly under the lead of their banner leader.

"Remember, there’s a good chance we’re up against a Martial God on the other side. Don’t attempt close combat; our only chance is to suppress them with firepower. The corridor is so narrow, dodging bullets is nearly impossible..."

The banner leader spotted the corner ahead and raised his left arm: "Get ready..."

Then, he heard a massive explosion behind him.

Turning back, he saw that two magnetic chain weapons had turned his three subordinates into a pile of scrap metal.

This was the last scene he witnessed.

For behind him, there was a third magnetic chain weapon.

Two seconds later, Xiang Shan calmly stepped out from behind the corner.

"It seems the ship’s communication system hasn’t been activated at all, completely unprepared for magnetic chain weapons." Xiang Shan analyzed the situation: "Looks like there’s no chance to use Inner Strength for a sneak attack."

Aside from when he connected to the ship’s system earlier and threw a negotiation AI in front of the Holy Lord, he hadn’t found any other opportunities.

The main server inside the submarine seemed to have been decisively blown up by someone. The members of the Six Dragons Sect aboard the vessel had also prepared for combat in the emergency situation of a "sudden network offline."

They acted in groups. Some groups engaged in fire suppression to delay his movements, while other groups retreated at full speed. As long as they escaped the vessel, everything could be negotiated.

Whenever he reached a certain area, nearby groups would automatically interrupt their evacuation tasks to suppress him.

Unfortunately...

"Using electromagnetic gun output for annihilation, it is quite effective indeed," Xiang Shan nodded. Two hundred years ago, he had used magnetic chain weapons, but back then, magnetic chain weapons were primarily used against Homo sapiens. Even with snake-like flexibility, they were just so-so.

But now, with the support of reactor output, these magnetic chain weapons finally had the potential for lethal damage against cyber warriors.

Xiang Shan took out a small bottle from behind him. The bottle was sealed with metal at both ends, equipped with a separate life support device. The bottle wall was transparent, and inside was a squid, quietly staying in transparent solution. Several tubes penetrated into its body from the edge of its tentacles, delivering pure saltwater nearly saturated with dissolved oxygen to its gills.

The squid could not endure Xiang Shan’s ultra-high acceleration during movements, so it could only stay in the transparent liquid composed of non-Newtonian fluid.

Xiang Shan took out a screen and exchanged a few words with the squid. The squid immediately conveyed its speculative path in image form.

Even whales struggle to communicate directly with human devices, making it even more impossible for these cephalopods. Their memories are difficult to encode correctly. Without transcription, humans cannot directly operate the spark of squid’s intelligence within their neural networks.

Moreover, squids find it challenging to record their speculations in forms comprehensible to humans.

Thus, they had to resort to this method.

Xiang Shan brought this squid along to infiltrate the Nautilus.

These squids turned out to be much smarter than they imagined.

Not only did they record the Nautilus’ action path and behavioral logic, but they also deduced various "rule restrictions" that influenced the Nautilus actions from their behavior logic.

In the 3rd century BC, Eratosthenes, the third librarian of the Library of Alexandria, deduced the Earth’s circumference based on caravan measurement results and the length of shadows on the summer solstice. He never circled the globe nor viewed the Earth from the heights of space, but his speculation differed only by two or fifteen percent from modern precise observation results (as the recorded ancient length unit varied across locations, making it impossible to confirm conversion to modern units).

Just like Eratosthenes. Despite never having seen other vessels of the Six Dragons Sect, the squids could confidently assert that "something," positioned along the Nautilus’s route, differed in logic from patrol forces of "restricted orbits."

They had limited understanding and could not say what that something was.

But Xiang Shan could guess.

For this reason, he split his forces once more, sending the Nameless Swordsman along with Yuan Wenren and the others to the other two "possible coordinates of Six Dragons Sect vessels" predicted by the squid. Precise squid predictions weren’t essential; with approximate coordinates, they could search on their own.

The squids also recorded the communication frequencies of the Six Dragons Sect.

Just making a sneak attack during the Six Dragons Sect communication, without exposing himself, would be sufficient.

Even if the Six Dragons Sect discovered the deception later, it wouldn’t be a problem—the secure communication window would have already passed.

Furthermore, Xiang Shan specifically advised them to find opportunities to break that communication device rising to the surface.

All intentions were merely to deprive the Holy Lord of intelligence advantage and prevent judgment of the situation.

And he certainly hadn’t truly defeated Yang Mengying. He didn’t even know where Yang Mengying was.

This head was merely an empty shell. After his last battle with Yang Mengying, he used his visual recording data to create another one. The craftsmanship was rather crude and might not restore all details. If the Holy Lord examined closely, flaws would become apparent.

For this reason, he deliberately struck this false head a few times with a blunt object. Moreover, he intentionally used the magnetic chain weapon to prop this head, flashing it before the camera.

As long as he flashed it quickly enough, the Holy Lord wouldn’t discern details.

And now...

Thus, he strolled along the rushing waters, calmly moving through the corridor. All cyber warriors attempting an ambush around corners were directly killed by the magnetic chain weapon from over ten meters away.

Reaching a more expansive area, exclamations came from both his front and rear.

Even if occasionally someone’s martial arts prowess allowed them to resist two or three strikes from the magnetic chain weapon, Xiang Shan would raise his hand, shooting a bullet or micro-missile, precisely disrupting their moves.

Soon, he arrived near the glass pipes where the squids shuttled.

Xiang Shan did not change his pace, continuing with unhurried steps. The magnetic chain weapon cut directly, shattering the glass.

Xiang Shan opened the bottle, releasing the guide into it.

"Go, tell your kind you are free. The remaining matters, I’ll figure out."

He continued walking like this. Behind him, cyber warriors cried out, weapons exploded.

Until...

"You did come indeed," Xiang Shan laughed.