Shadows of the Deep Space
Chapter 198: The Purpose (Additional Release for Alliance Leader Salted Fish Sage) (Fourth Release)

Chapter 198: Chapter 198: The Purpose (Additional Release for Alliance Leader Salted Fish Sage) (Fourth Release)

Inside the Summit of Stars Arena of Starlight City.

The audience on-site wouldn’t stop discussing.

"What the hell is going on, why hasn’t it been fixed yet?"

"Do you feel something is not right?"

"Yes, these Imperial Court Sect soldiers are acting a bit abnormal!"

...

As the crowd discussed, suddenly a team of doctors and researchers hurried over, heading straight for the neural pods.

"What’s happening? The medical staff have arrived."

"Yeah, what’s the situation?"

...

In an instant, the entire arena erupted into even more chaos.

Unfortunately, Major Andak, responsible for the scene, had no intention of explaining and silently watched the medical and research staff check the neural pods.

After their examination, Andak approached the leading middle-aged female doctor and an elderly researcher with white hair to inquire.

"Doctor Zhou Yuan, how is the situation with Doctor Wu Qun?"

"Their life signs are still stable for now, there’s no immediate danger," Doctor Zhou Yuan said gravely.

"Can we get them out?" Major Andak asked in a solemn voice.

"No, the system has been hacked. We can’t force them out without causing problems," said Doctor Wu Qun with a terrible headache.

"So what do we do?"

"Don’t panic yet. The higher-ups have already sent people to find the source of the intrusion. I believe there will be a solution soon."

"Alright then!" Major Andak could only wait patiently.

Meanwhile, at the viewing stand of the Imperial Court Academy in the Summit of Stars Arena.

Seeing so many doctors and researchers coming over, Mia immediately became alert.

If the interruption of the live broadcast earlier seemed like it was done by allies, now it really seemed like something had gone wrong.

Moreover, since five minutes ago, not a single student had been eliminated from the competition and awakened from the neural pods.

This was extremely abnormal; the competition had entered its final stage, and the battles should be more intense. Normally, there should be eliminations every second, but suddenly no students were awakening—there had to be something fishy going on.

Hence, Mia turned her head to look at Vice Principal Fleck, only to find that he had already run to a corner, constantly on the phone, looking extremely angry and quarreling with someone.

Seeing this, Mia’s heart sank to the bottom—she didn’t even need to inquire; she could pretty much confirm it.

However, Mia didn’t lose her composure and instead quietly looked at the remaining neural pods.

...

Secret Laboratory of the Federation Government·Xi Guang.

The Gakels City Lord stormed toward the central area, as the research doctors along the way all bowed their heads.

Even the foolish ones could tell something was wrong; the Gakels City Lord didn’t visit this place once in hundreds of years, let alone with a face full of anger.

Soon, Gakels arrived at the center of the laboratory and went straight to Blakes.

At that moment, Blakes and Bodden were standing in front of the core control panel, all the holographic displays showing red codes flashing.

Researchers, sweating profusely, were typing in various commands.

"Doctor Blakes," the Gakels City Lord called out, suppressing the anger inside him.

Without turning his head, Blakes spoke in an expressionless tone.

"Lord Gakels, what’s the matter?"

"What’s the matter? You don’t know what the matter is? You told me before that the artificial intelligence brain was foolproof, and now everyone in the competition has a problem."

Gakels’ face was so gloomy it seemed it could almost drip water.

"What’s the rush? It’s not like they’re dead!"

Blakes responded indifferently.

"Not dead? Are you sure?"

Gakels, hearing Blakes say they weren’t dead, visibly relaxed a bit, but he still pursued the matter with some concern.

"Of course they’re not dead, I set up a safety mechanism. However, if we can’t clear the intrusion in an hour and get them out, they will suffer brain death and become vegetative."

Blakes replied calmly.

"And how is that any different from being dead?"

Gakels’ face darkened instantly.

At that moment, Bodden said to Blakes and Gakels, in a state of extreme agitation,

"It’s no use, gentlemen, the speed at which the opposing side generates invasion code is just too fast, it’s simply not something humans can contend with, and we can’t completely clear it. Fortunately, other network nodes have been disconnected, and so far only we have been attacked."

"It’s perfectly normal for humans to be no match; our opponent is the Mechanical Clan."

Blakes stated very coolly.

"There’s also something odd about the opponent’s motive."

Bodden stammered out.

"What’s so odd about it?"

Gakels asked eagerly.

"Their aim doesn’t seem to be the students in the competition, as for the specific purpose, I’m not very clear."

Bodden didn’t know how to respond.

Hearing Bodden’s words, Gakels almost laughed with anger and responded gloomily,

"Nonsense, the Mechanical Clan isn’t stupid; they wouldn’t go to such lengths just for those students. What exactly is their goal?"

"What else could it be? The other side is taking advantage of the competition to find the laboratory’s network and invade it, intending to explore the condition of that dignitary."

Blakes replied very calmly.

Hearing Blakes’ words, Gakels looked so morose he seemed about to drip water. He hadn’t expected the situation to be worse than he imagined; the Mechanical Clan actually meant to probe whether the Council Chairman was still alive.

But Gakels quickly calmed down and said to Blakes in a deep voice,

"Blakes, I don’t care what method you use, you must resolve the Mechanical Clan’s invasion and ensure the safety of all the students. You must keep them alive, not a single person must be compromised!"

"There are only two ways to deal with the Mechanical Clan right now. One is to locate the source of the invasion, which I have already sent people for. The other is to rely on Artificial Intelligence·Celeste to clear them out."

Blakes responded indifferently.

"Then send more people, search! Search now!"

Gakels, nearly going mad with urgency, roared angrily.

"Yes!"

Dr. Bodden on the side replied with fear in his voice.

...

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Inside the Terran Royal Family base.

Su Ming, Timi, Irelia, and others all turned their heads to look at Lu Xi, whom An Ruoxue was holding.

An Ruoxue was also extremely surprised as she looked at Lu Xi in her arms. Although Lu Xi was still as adorable as before, her eyes no longer held the previous fear and helplessness. She spoke to An Ruoxue,

"Please, put me down."

An Ruoxue immediately set Lu Xi down.

Lu Xi bowed slightly to everyone present and said,

"Hello everyone, my name is Lu Xi, I was once a princess of the Tyboken Kingdom. And I have another name given to me by the Federation, and that is Artificial Intelligence·Celeste!"

Su Ming and the others exclaimed in shock,

"Celeste!"