Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 698: Chapter 223: The Three Virtual Elders

”Who are you communicating with?”

Just as Gao Gong was worried if there might be a problem on Director Du’s side, a captivating voice spoke up.

Gao Gong immediately responded ’sincerely’:

”The Du Gao Group is having some issues, I’m considering whether to go help.”

”Hmph, that woman named Du is really hopeless, always causing trouble for others.”

Wearing a black bionic skin-tight clothing, with her figure prominently displayed, Black Rose lazily pulled Gao Gong into her arms, every word and action exuding the aura of a mature woman.

”If she dared to go public, I would have shorted it by now.”

Gao Gong wiped his sweat, the battles between rich ladies truly never cease.

Although both are rich ladies, their styles are completely different.

Director Du’s style is, supporting my husband to conquer his territory.

Sister Rose’s style is, I conquer the territory, you come and flatter me.

Each has their own charm, but in front of Black Rose, while maintaining the ’rebellious young wolf’ demeanor, Gao Gong would also habitually lower his stance a bit.

This is not just a position, but also an attitude.

Being too ’macho’, wouldn’t allow him to rest on Sister Rose’s fragrant thighs.

At this moment, the ’Doomsday Black Armor’ formed by Xiao Yu was flying through the radiation layer. Under Gao Gong’s aura, all Radiation Beasts avoided them, making the journey undefeated.

And their target was the ’Knight’s High Ground’ of the Knight Order, a location Gao Gong confirmed through ’cell analysis’ earlier.

The reason they didn’t perform instant teleportation was, firstly, Gao Gong feared the old War might set up targeted defenses against the Destruction Form, and secondly, after just having a fierce battle, they needed to rest.

Unexpected yet reasonable, the old nest of the Knight Order was on that S-Level Continent.

”What you said to that little girl earlier, was it true or false?”

Black Rose, while running her fingers through Gao Gong’s hair, looked toward the Leaf Big Lolita in Xiao Yu’s hand.

Leaf Big Lolita’s SS-Level psychic ability directly disrupted her sleep, making it impossible for her to fall asleep ever again.

However, each time she was severely injured, this kind of sleep could somehow heal her injuries, allowing her a rare chance to rest throughout the year.

At this moment, Leaf Big Lolita was being carefully cradled like a baby by the ’Doomsday Black Emperor’, occasionally smacking her lips. Xiao Yu’s fingers shielded her from the strong wind, while the warmth from his palm provided her with a cozy sleeping environment.

This big lolita really trusts this dim-witted girl.

”What is true or false?” Gao Gong asked.

”You said earlier that wielding the Destruction Form comes with a price, I see you weren’t lying.”

For Sister Rose, who frequently received certain oral services, telling if Gao Gong was lying wasn’t difficult.

Gao Gong nodded:

”I have this premonition, Sister Rose, you should feel it too. Every host of a Destruction Form has a powerful obsession to change the world. The older the Destruction Form, the stronger this feeling.”

”Are you saying they are influenced by the Destruction Form, and we may be too?”

”Yes, I suspect that sooner or later, we will transform from being hosts of the Destruction Form to beings completely executing its will.”

Gao Gong continued:

”There is also a very important point, which is that to synthesize that ’Cosmic Artifact’, all the power of the Destruction Forms must be extracted, which will undoubtedly deplete the host’s life and power significantly.”

Black Rose’s eyes narrowed slightly, her beautiful eyelashes concealing her gaze, but Gao Gong could clearly feel her grip tighten.

A subtle killing intent circulated between them.

”You want to synthesize that ’Cosmic Artifact’?”

”Yes.” Gao Gong replied frankly, then added: ”I naturally have other means to compensate for the consumed energy and lifespan.”

”Do you think I would agree?”

”No.”

Gao Gong gave a bitter smile; he was far too familiar with Sister Rose’s stubbornness, dreams of assuming the top position yet unfulfilled.

Suddenly, Black Rose gave a peculiar smile, brushing aside her wavy long hair, and planted a gentle peck on Gao Gong’s lips.

”In the future, try to kill me. If you manage to do so, I’ll support your idea. Otherwise, that ’Cosmic Artifact’ will be mine.”

”A very fair proposal,” Gao Gong said in agreement, then added: ”But if I can satisfy you in bed, would you give me a break?”

Sister Rose’s lips curled, her smile devoid of any killing intent now.

”I just love your shameless charm.”

When Leaf Big Lolita awoke, she immediately witnessed this inappropriate scene, and was outraged.

”Hey, what are you guys doing? There are children here!”

The ’child’ Leaf Big Lolita referred to was, naturally, the over ten meters tall Xiao Yu with eyes as large as searchlights.

”I’m a robot now, Little Ye, inappropriate scenes aren’t suitable for minors, but they suit me just fine.”

Xiao Yu was watching intently, replying in discontent.

”Even if you’re a robot or a Cybertronian, you must listen to me!”

Leaf Big Lolita snorted, and with a mighty psychic sweep, everything within a thousand miles was already under her control.

”Have we reached the S-Level Continent?”

”Of course, and your ability seems weaker than before,” Black Rose said, zipping up her chest area and surveying her opponent.

”Is it the impact of the previous injury, or something else?”

Ye the Big Lolita grumbled:

”It’s none of your business, Big-Breasted Aunt.”

Black Rose combed her wet hair, completely ignoring the blonde girl, whereas Gao Gong gently said:

”The situation with the Holy Brain Group isn’t great, is it?”

”Humph, the group’s full of useless people. The empire I built, how long has it been, and these wastrels have already squandered half of it,” Ye the Big Lolita complained irritably. ”Didn’t your Du Gao Group step in to help? How did it end up like this?”

”You should understand, with almost a hundred Mechanical Cities, managing to retain half under the onslaught of so many Mechanical Armies is quite an achievement.”

Ye the Big Lolita realized this point, and so she only boasted verbally.

She never expected that the Eternal Financial Group, this monster hiding underwater, would be so terrifying when it acted. Two-digit mercenary organizations, countless land, sea, and air weapons, their extravagance stunned her.

In fact, she was immensely grateful for the Du Gao Group’s intervention from the start; otherwise, by the time she returned, the Holy Brain Group would probably have been reduced to rubble.

”Don’t worry, when you go back, ’Xiao Yu’ will not only be there, but you’ll also have a Host No. 13. With both of you working together, maintaining control won’t be a problem.”

Gao Gong noticed Ye the Big Lolita’s concern, comforting her.

”What do you mean? You want me to become Destruction Form No. 13, no,” Ye the Big Lolita was initially pleased, but then she realized, ”I vaguely sensed before that there was a gaze watching us from time to time, so you had already prepared Host No. 13!”

This time, Gao Gong didn’t deny it with a triple negative but smiled gently and said, ”I’m not unreasonable. You helped us a lot along the way. Once we capture No. 13, I’ll give you a fair opportunity to fight for it, but whether you can grasp it depends on you.”

Ye the Big Lolita puffed her cheeks at him, and after a long while, she reluctantly nodded.

Not to mention that she alone couldn’t beat the two of them together (Xiao Yu definitely wouldn’t betray the boss).

She didn’t even entertain the thought of betrayal because going against Du Gao Group would mean losing benefits and even her own assets.

”Alright, alright, I’ll rest for a bit first. After so much travel, and another battle coming, I’ll take a nap.”

Gao Gong closed his eyes.

The next moment, the spots of light seen with closed eyes began to expand rapidly, turning into virtual channels connected with each other, forming a maze. Soon, Gao Gong appeared at the center of the maze.

It was a ’Welfare Institute.’

”Brother, you’re here.”

A girl in a white dress smiled gently.

The 2.0 version of the Biological Computer had already achieved networking capabilities.

And the 5.0 version of the Biological Computer could provide powerful computational power.

Gao Gong handed the ’manager’s authority’ to Gao Yuanyuan, which could greatly enhance her abilities and make full preparations for capturing No. 13.

Gao Gong walked into the ’Welfare Institute’, where besides some AI, a bunch of children were playing.

Their eyes occasionally flashed with data radiance.

”These are scattered personality fragments. I’ve collected them, maybe one day they can recover their previous personalities.”

Gao Gong smiled, ruffling the girl’s hair, looking at the three old men opposite them.

One old man was lazily drinking tea.

Another old man looked cold, resting with his eyes closed.

The third old man was playing with a child.

Xuanyuan X, Elder Wanwei, Waters.

Three Ascenders of Electronic Ascension.

Gao Gong casually used an Investigation Skill, and the next moment, three gazes almost simultaneously focused on him, making the skill feel like it vanished, and Gao Gong felt himself trapped in an endless data vortex, with three limitless data deities gazing down expressionlessly at him.

Gao Gong held back Gao Yuanyuan, who wanted to help him.

Within a breath, the two sides exchanged thousands of times on the virtual level.

The three old men’s eyes gradually turned surprised.

Their contest wasn’t just about hacker offense and defense; it also involved virtual level evolution, even advanced information interaction, and in every aspect, Gao Gong managed to not let them gain any advantage.

”It’s been a while, gentlemen.”

Gao Gong smiled, not minding the three’s hostility, as he was indeed testing first.

The Mother City Level user management authority was truly formidable.

Gao Gong suspected there wasn’t equipment on the entire planet capable of detecting the attributes of these three.

”Mr. G.”

”Hello.”

Speaking were Elder Wanwei and Waters, while the most aloof Xuanyuan X just nodded slightly, quite arrogantly.

”Gentlemen, if you could do me the favor of invading the ’War Host’.”

Gao Gong was straightforward.

”It’s just a small favor,” Waters chuckled. ”Compared to Mr. G’s great deed of maintaining our ’hacker tradition,’ it’s nothing, really nothing.”

”Capturing this number two on the Mother City Wanted List benefits us as well,” Elder Wanwei said calmly.

Xuanyuan X still said nothing.

The next moment, the three figures vanished from the virtual level, unaffected by whether it was the firewall Gao Gong set up or Gao Yuanyuan’s Electronic Maze.