Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 962 - 198 Regular Operations

Chapter 962: Chapter 198 Regular Operations

The Six Dragons Sect Banner Leader Rancheng C felt uneasy.

A few days ago, he received a task stating that at the Colon Underwater Port, some apprentices of the Scientific Knight Order attacked a hermit from the sect and hijacked a submarine to escape, instructing Rancheng to retrieve it.

Shortly afterward, he heard a broadcast from the highest authority.

All previous verification methods of the Six Dragons Sect were abolished.

It was right after this broadcast that Rancheng C received an additional command from a hermit.

He must kill all those Research Knight Apprentices, decapitate them to ensure silence, and throw their submarine onto the trajectory of Arrow Stone.

Frankly, Rancheng C didn’t even know if this command was genuine.

Judging by his private relationship with that hermit, he roughly discerned that this was the person’s style. The hermit conveyed this command through direct communication, using an overt identity rather than an identity within the Six Dragons Sect system.

They used the identity system of "Vice Captain of the Scientific Knight Order" and "Vice Captain’s Private Armed Forces", which had nothing to do with the identity system of the Six Dragons Sect.

If it weren’t for this, Rancheng C probably wouldn’t have accepted the command.

But the other party couldn’t disclose more.

Because communication must go through the network.

And the network is inevitably monitored.

They cannot talk too much in the network. Within the Earth-Moon system network, saying a single wrong word might lead to the demise of one’s body and soul.

Especially since "that person" is now focusing on the Six Dragons Sect.

Yet, there is still the possibility that "this command is fabricated by someone with ulterior motives."

This is precisely why Rancheng C cannot obtain more support.

As a "private armed force of the Scientific Knights", he was originally able to conditionally receive support from the Gene Bank Defensive Force—only under the condition of "ensuring silence" this "condition" is hard to fulfill. And after all verification methods failed, he couldn’t request the assistance of Arrow Stone’s Six Dragons Sect experts.

This is not a good omen.

The squad he leads has individual and collective strength greater than those rebellious apprentices, but cannot form an absolute advantage.

According to the original plan from above, if those apprentices hadn’t entered the "Preservation Area", they could leverage the relationship with the Scientific Knight Order to apply for the assistance of the Gene Bank Defensive Force. But now, they must kill that group of Research Knight Apprentices, and frame them as belonging to the Six Dragons Sect, ensuring they don’t come into contact with the soldiers of the Gene Bank Defensive Force during this process.

If they already entered the "Preservation Area", there’s nothing to talk about, just bring in the folks from Arrow Stone to slaughter them.

But now, this road is also blocked.

Given this premise, it’s inevitable for him to have some doubts.

Moreover, his martial arts aren’t specialized for underwater combat. Without much supply, he can’t change prosthetic bodies on the battlefield based on the environment—that requires quite high martial studies, engineering, and equipment levels to support.

But as the task difficulty increased, the instructions from above became more stringent.

Originally, this pursuit task was "best if completed, no big deal if not", but after the verification methods of the Six Dragons Sect were rendered null, the superior demanded they "must ensure silence".

It’s said that with the intelligence these guys possess, one could broadly deduce the position of Six Dragons Sect hermits within the Scientific Knight Order.

He couldn’t just opt out.

"Perhaps I should report that there’s a lack of strength to ensure task completion here, request more reinforcements from above, work together from both sides? Or simply report task failure, wait to rendezvous with the second batch of teams before executing the task?"

Rancheng C crossed his arms, contemplating.

A subordinate couldn’t comprehend: "Boss, it’s just a group of Scientific Knights, why are you being so cautious?"

"Those Scientific Knights have internal strength cultivation above the Linguistic Realm, put them in the Green Forest, they’re formidable powers. In Jianghu, they’re among the experts..."

"Tsk..." The subordinate chuckled: "At least they are at the lowest Linguistic Realm? Indeed. But these apprentices aren’t adept at rapid decryption and reverse engineering, right? Their use of backdoors and Gu isn’t as effective either."

"That level of inner strength is enough to kill." Rancheng C shot him a glance.

Another subordinate said: "But they also need the opportunity to kill. A bunch of fledglings who’ve never experienced combat, might even forget their inner strength when truly confronted."

"Don’t be so glib." Rancheng C shook his head: "Turing eradicates bugs, does it with full effort. As the saying goes, busy is prone to errors, careful has no bugs."

At this moment, the AI reported.

"Hmm? Sonar has a find?" Rancheng C shut off external senses, starting to carefully perceive the information obtained from the sonar.

Within his mind, this sensation directly appears in the form of "vision". He "saw" on the seabed, that regular and flat object—that is characteristic of a man-made object.

"Twenty kilometers from Arrow Stone’s trajectory." Rancheng C pondered: "Get closer, prepare for action!"

"Yes!"

Responding to him was a loud, unified acknowledgment.

Then, a Banner Leader and six Sect Defenders, totaling seven Martial Artists from the Six Dragons Sect, detached from the submarine’s gateway.

Their bodies now presented a kind of round and streamlined shape. This is a special disguise layer, the shape can scatter sound waves, the material can absorb sound waves. This is a special foam protective layer specialized against sonar. At crucial moments, this special shell can be quickly peeled off without affecting the Martial Artists’ performance.

Fish-shaped prosthetic bodies are said to be closer to the marine mammals of the old times, with swift movements underwater.

Rancheng C had only heard that the Scientific Knight Order retained some old-era gene samples, few of them even cloned samples for research, and there are mature small ecosystems on Mars. But he has always stayed on Earth, only longing, never visiting. Yet, he spent a lot of time observing the postures of marine mammals in documentaries.

Soon, they spotted their target.

"AGIP230197, it’s indeed the target, no mistake." Rancheng C and his team slowly approached. But the submarine showed no reaction. This was expected.

Technology is witchcraft. In the face of more advanced witchcraft, lower level witchcraft seems to recede in fear.

The Six Dragons Sect Martial Artists soon found the entrance of the submarine, piled gel explosives around the entrance, encircled it, and then slowly pushed.

Then, they detonated.

The dispersing shock wave subtly deformed and twisted the submarine’s midsection accompanied by the shattering of a giant bubble, the hatch broke into pieces flying in the seawater.

Then, the Six Dragons Sect Martial Artists were almost "sucked" into the submarine by momentum.

Rancheng C took off his disguise in mid-air, landing in a crouched position.

Then, the explosion engulfed them.

Here lay a landmine.