Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

The middle-aged man glanced at Gao Yuanyuan, initially paying her no mind, but then he suddenly let out a sound of surprise, stood up, and walked directly to Gao Yuanyuan, earnestly scrutinizing her.

”You have a connection with Turing, young girl.”

Gao Yuanyuan was so frightened by this middle-aged man that she took several steps back. The man’s skin was nearly transparent, allowing the red of the blood vessels to be clearly seen. However, as the blood flowed, it transformed into numbers. More terrifyingly, gibberish was flickering constantly in his eyes, and when Gao Yuanyuan met his eyes, the same gibberish emerged from her own.

A low rumble surged from the ground; it was millions of humans reciting in chaotic languages.

’Binary code is the past’

’Human brain programming is the present’

’The Holy Hall will appear in the future’

’The evil of Cyber Space is trying with all its might to obliterate the world we know’

’Life has become Memory Data + Cognitive Patterns’

’This is a desecration!’

’We must use the oldest Wisdom, from the sacred scriptures, from language, from the Holy Spirit in the brain...’

”From the Holy Spirit in the brain”

Gao Yuanyuan suddenly spoke, her voice mechanical, step by step.

”Machines cannot save your soul.”

”Machines cannot save my soul.”

”Life comes from life.”

”Life comes from life.”

On her wrist, a ’Cross Hook’ symbol of the Turing Sect gradually formed.

Just as the middle-aged man revealed a satisfied smile, a slender, tattoo-colored arm flashed out like lightning from Gao Yuanyuan’s mouth and grabbed the middle-aged man’s mouth.

A sharp, fierce girl’s voice rang out.

”Shut up!!!”

The fingers painted with five colors of nail polish suddenly pierced into the man’s cheeks, pulling his mouth away.

The middle-aged man staggered back two steps in horror, now missing one of his facial features. At the position of his mouth, blood was merely an open split skin.

”Pretty girl, wake up, wake up.”

Gao Yuanyuan opened her eyes in confusion to see Gao Gong standing in front of her, looking at her with concern.

”How did you fall asleep leaning against the wall?”

”I—”

Gao Yuanyuan opened her mouth, but her expression froze; she looked around, finding the place empty, other than Gao Gong, no one else was there.

She had just had a very bizarre dream.

But she couldn’t remember what it was about.

”Are you okay?” Gao Gong asked with concern.

”I... am fine.”

”Shall we go in then?”

Gao Yuanyuan took a deep breath, quietly stepping forward, her face slightly flushed as she held onto Gao Gong’s sleeve.

”Hmm!”

Gao Gong looked around, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. Through the ’Data Brain,’ he ’saw’ the redundancy in the Sensory Data in the air. Who was it logging into the Cyber Network just now?

...

The concert venue was an oval-shaped building. They entered from the entrance on the fifth floor, arriving at section 404, and found their seats.

The entire venue was packed with people. The outermost circle was section 5, followed by section 4. Sections 3 and 2 were at the sides of the stage.

Section 1, directly facing the stage, was known as the VIP area.

The whole concert venue could hold 100,000 people, and it was full. It was said that many fans even specially came from other continents.

Unlike ordinary idol concerts with colorful light sticks, Aidoru’s concert had no light sticks, only countless 3D Aidorus, a hundred thousand uniquely dressed super beautiful girls suspended in mid-air, a scene of Holy Light as far as the eye could see.

Gao Gong’s ear suddenly ached. Gao Yuanyuan was staring at him angrily, her big eyes seeming to question, what are you looking at?

Gao Gong forced a laugh: ”I’m worried someone else’s virtual girlfriend might flash, just reminding people.”

”Hmph, brother, just relying on your eyes won’t do,” a fan beside them sneered, ”I came prepared!”

Having said that, he took out a pair of glasses and put them on.

”Those glasses—”

”That’s right, I added a see-through mod to them, no data layer barriers are obstacles for me.”

Gao Gong had a feeling the guy looked familiar. Damn, wasn’t this the guy who just handed over the 3D data?

Unfortunately, just as the guy turned on his glasses, an alarm began to sound. A group of robot security guards immediately surrounded him, dragging him away without a word.

”I smashed an egg for the debut album, I helped with the support activities in a hundred cities, I cried for the best song, you can’t treat me like this, I have to see Aidoru! I want to see Aidoru!!”

”Disgusting!”

Gao Gong denounced the guy while simultaneously activating the ’Eye of Truth,’ looking around everywhere. Did you think he was looking at the Holy Light? Of course not, he was searching for the presence of that ’macro’.

A Cyber Hacker can certainly hack from afar, but for such a level of virtual programming, there’s a good chance the person is on-site.

The Cuckbeast needs to face its act to find the real thrill.

Your Aidorus are great, but sorry, after this concert, they will be mine.

Gao Gong, as a righteous Cuckbeast hunter Warrior, knew all too well how these perverts thought.

Even though the two were located in Zone 4, which wasn’t the closest to the stage, it was still a place with no blind spots.

Clearly, this was Alu’s intentional arrangement.

At this moment, countless girlfriend-type Aidolu lowered their heads, whispering quietly to their owners, and the scene quickly fell silent.

Amidst everyone’s expectant gazes, all lights suddenly disappeared, and the next moment, feathers descended from the sky, accompanied by soothing music. Angel Aidolu descended from above, her mouth slightly open.

Everyone seemed to hear the most beautiful music in the world; sadness was erased, emptiness filled, and darkness gently brushed away by a pure little hand.

[You are enveloped by the Blessing Aura...]

[You are enveloped by the Purification Aura...]

[You are enveloped by the Redemption Aura...]

It seemed preparations for this concert had been extensive, as this time the healer was extraordinarily generous, with nearly 30 Additional States being activated.

Even Gao Gong felt a sense of ’elation,’ as if his soul was floating on clouds—an experience rivaling the ultimate pleasure of logging into Cyber Space.

Through the ’Data Brain,’ he could clearly perceive vast amounts of Sensory Data spilling from hundreds of thousands of fans and merging with Aidolu under a special algorithm.

Each Aidolu was a data collector.

Even if this ’macro’ succeeds, the created Aidolu could never evoke such feelings of near love as they do now.

This was a perfect match model created by many virtual algorithms and millions of adjustments at the data center.

They were gentle enough, considerate enough; they cheered you up when you were sad, comforted you when you were in pain, always willing to share good things with you.

They gave you a feeling of being with a real ’living person.’

That’s also why Aidolu could surpass other virtual products and become the hottest virtual idol.

Gao Gong squinted deeply.

Amidst the data currents, he seemed to see a figure moving against the crowd.

The people became increasingly blurry, yet the figure became increasingly clear.

’Brain Relay, a skill after Cyber Hacker level 15.’

Watching Gao Yuanyuan, still engrossed in the concert, Gao Gong took a deep breath. The next moment, countless neural bundles emerged from his trouser cuffs.

He had few means to deal with Cyber Hackers, capturing one alive was even more difficult.

So, like the ’macro’ he created, he also had to leverage the brain power of hundreds of thousands of fans to temporarily create a ’Brain-in-a-Vat’ to control the opponent within the brain world.

The invisible neural bundles fell onto a fan, who remained unaware. Yet the next moment, over a dozen neural bundles sprouted from the back of the fan’s head, like buds growing, connecting to others, gradually becoming person-to-person, bundle-to-bundle, brain-to-brain—ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand...

A giant Neural Network began to take shape.

Gao Gong’s eyes were gradually engulfed by the neural bundles, and the overwhelming mental pressure rushed in like a tsunami.

Generally speaking, a ’Difficult’ level task is equivalent to fighting an elite army within a civilization level.

For players, a ’Difficult’ level task equates to a large-scale mission; without enough manpower, it’s akin to courting death.

But soon, waves of comfort generated, and Gao Gong felt a burst of relief.

He glanced at the panel.

’Is this little idol casting statuses on me?’

’Sweet!’

Gradually, neural impulses began to generate between brains, electrical signals started to transmit, one brain turned into a neuron node.

A Brain-in-a-Vat composed of hundreds of thousands of human heads was born.

Gradually, dense fog began spreading upwards, engulfing the concert venue, engulfing Nightless City.

At the top floor of a tall building, a pale-faced young man looked at the white fog beneath his feet.

”Just by collecting Sensory Signals, you managed to invade my server—what a formidable opponent.”

”But no matter what, I will take you away!”

The young man turned his head, his eyes gentle, and in his gaze, a new ’Aidolu’ pieced together by Sensory Data gradually took form.

The resemblance in appearance and aura was striking.

But while the virtual idol Aidolu had black long straight hair, this Aidolu had short pink shoulder-length hair, a bit less gentle, a bit more playful.

”Let us put on the final performance before everyone!”

”Aidolu’s first album—Fantasy Girl!”

At the concert venue, all Aidolu simultaneously turned to look at Gao Gong, their eyes filled with killing intent.

Reality invaded the virtual.

The virtual interfered with reality.

’Chain invasion?’

The next moment, the girl appeared in Gao Gong’s sensory center.

”Battle Girl Aidolu!”

”Mechanical Girl Aidolu!”

”Punk Girl Aidolu!”

”Holy Girl Aidolu!”

”Dark Girl Aidolu!”

”Magic Girl Aidolu!”

”Victory Girl Aidolu!”

Nowadays, very few people know that the ultra-popular virtual idol Aidolu’s first album followed a rock route!