Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 812: Chapter 336: Digestion Complete

”Second Senior Brother, how did you confirm that Leo is the reincarnation of the Master?”

’Second Senior Brother, how do you know that opening my ’Ancient Database’ will resurrect Master?’

’Second Senior Brother, how could you predict that we would definitely encounter an attack from Database 0 as we move forward?’

Faced with Ahong’s curious-baby-like questions, Xiuyue really wanted to feign ignorance, but he couldn’t ignore the strange looks from Paradise Bird and the old Shamate.

The reason was simple: if he couldn’t convince them, it would be tough for these two to follow his plan for the next step.

Xiuyue was silent for a moment, then said:

”Master, you used to tell us that in ancient times, there was something called a ’cell phone’ with a function called ’Restore Factory Settings’, our current state is somewhat similar.”

Paradise Bird raised his brows, wanting to say something, but was stopped by Old Man Lei. He rubbed his colorful hair, pondered for a moment, and said:

”I understand what you mean, then let’s proceed as you arranged.”

”Master, I don’t quite trust this person,” Paradise Bird said immediately.

”Then just trust me.”

Xiuyue took a deep breath, nodded, and soon, all four were transformed into ’Encrypted Killer’ mode, heading towards the location of the ’Transformation Altar’.

It wasn’t the altar they visited last time; this time, they were heading to the ’Altar of Memory’, which, to put it vividly, was the ’Dream Realm’ of Database 0.

For the average Cyber Hacker, they would rather hack directly into someone’s brain than link into their dream.

Firstly, the dream is quite unstable, making the operation more complex.

Secondly, the state of an awake brain is different from a dream; the former is like a Local Area Network, while the latter is like the Internet. If you can enter someone’s dream, then others can too, and who knows what kind of thing you might link with.

The early products of Cyber Space were about linking people’s dreams online.

Fortunately, these people were top hackers, even Ahong, who might look useless, but was actually a frontline player.

The four teamed up to parse the dream quickly, and soon, a hazy altar environment appeared in front of them, with familiar faces tied to each stone pillar.

”These people—” Old Man Lei showed a complex expression, as many of them were his old comrades.

’At this time node, it should still be in time.’

Xiuyue grabbed with both hands, and countless decryption software popped up, releasing one person after another.

Minister Gao’s ’system reboot’ naturally wasn’t for him to retrace his old steps; saving the old man was secondary. What Minister Gao truly wanted, in Xiuyue’s eyes, wasn’t anything else but this Database 0.

And to obtain the highest authority of this database, capturing a ’0’ was extremely important.

So, it must not be allowed to complete the transformation ritual.

Paradise Bird also utilized his advanced information ability, coding all sorts of virtual walls, electronic defensive barriers, virtual crawlers. Undoubtedly, a tough battle was ahead.

”Old Man, is there any way to disrupt the transformation ritual?”

”Let me think, let me think!”

As expected, before the arrangements were completed, Avalanche swept in. Paradise Bird immediately blocked it, and after several exchanges, the slightly younger-looking 0 suddenly spoke.

”It seems I’ve fought you before?”

”I seem to have the same feeling.”

Though they spoke so, Paradise Bird was relentless, countless flames bursting forth from the opponent’s body, wave after wave. The not fully transformed 0’s Avalanche ability seemed less strong, at least when facing the Tier 3 Information Flame, it appeared quite uncomfortable.

However, the same was true for Paradise Bird. Since her breakthrough, she hadn’t met such an evenly matched opponent for a long time. The opponent’s Avalanche power could even melt her informational layer.

This was a dangerous sign.

However, as time passed, 0 appeared more and more anxious because he could clearly feel another self becoming stronger; he needed to retake his body.

In an instant, he made up his mind, fiercely plucking out one of his eyeballs. As the golden hourglass turned backward, in the next moment, the entire Database 0 seemed to collapse. Not only did the flames on him quickly disappear, but the fire of code on the opponent’s body also quickly burned out.

With the loss of one eyeball, 0 instead unleashed some shackles, quickly rushing into the altar. Suddenly, all kinds of ancient encrypted codes lit up, and the previously released ’Punk Clan’ members appeared once again.

This was not only in his dream but also in his body. The so-called escape was just a joke.

Soon, these members turned into melting liquid, inhaled into his body. Suddenly, his expression changed, opening his mouth, unexpectedly spitting out a mass of black blood digits. Then, various symptoms squeezed out from inside and outside his skin.

In the distance, Old Man Lei sneered: ”As a member of the Punk Clan, is it that only his ’Avalanche’ power belongs to punk, and we other members have no other means?”

”But old fellow, he seems to be recovering.”

”Uh, this guy’s strength is a bit beyond expectations. No wonder so many old seniors fell into his hands back then.”

Despite the various phenomena, this 0 was still forcibly digesting the members little by little.

Even Leo himself, if not for needing to descend into reality, might have been absorbed too.

But seeing this scene, Xiuyue actually let out a sigh of relief.

He was quite aware that reaching this point, the big players behind the scenes were already quite satisfied.

Sure enough, a flash of purple light, Gao Gong appeared, this time forcing his way into the database with his physical body. The virtual data couldn’t decompose his physical form at this moment. Without a word, purple prisms instantly unfolded and quickly merged, forming a purple gemstone that wrapped the opponent.

Black Rose also emerged from one of the prisms, clapped with one hand, and the next second, the opponent’s metabolism surged by 10,000%, his eyes bulged, his whole body cracked, and if not sealed, his organs would have surged out long ago.

Most critically, the remaining hourglass eyeball popped out, grabbed by Black Rose.

”I said we didn’t have to go through so much trouble; I could just eat it.” Gao Gong’s voice echoed, and the next moment, mouths squeezed out of 0’s flesh, chewing while grumbling:

”I always wondered why I couldn’t catch that 0 virus; turns out you were hiding in the dream. I hate dreaming the most.”

As the last bit of flesh was consumed, Gox emerged from the purple space stone, his aura surging one wave higher than the last. Wherever his aura went, countless snowflakes and white dots appeared, dissolving all things.

”Seems like you’re a step late?”

Gao Gong looked up at the wielder of the Golden Avalanche, the real 0, smiling amiably.