Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 181 Infiltration Operation
Rows of square columns stand on the gray frozen soil. The ventilation systems throughout the place are running all the time, continuously removing hot air and inputting cold air to maintain the optimal equipment operating temperature.

This is one of the most important businesses of Zero Degree Network in Zhuguang City.

Looking down from the sky, the standing square pillars are data centers and server units. Under the unique natural climate conditions, their maintenance costs such as heat dissipation will be greatly reduced, and they can contribute to the zero-degree network all night long.

[Fubo Energy] is undoubtedly one of the owners of Zhuguang City, but decades ago, even the "one of" could be removed.

However, during the two full-scale corporate wars and the subsequent fluctuations in the situation, in a series of complex games and confrontations, [Zero Degree Network] and [Southern Region Heavy Industry] successively seized the opportunity, took advantage of the situation to enter the Rokar Plain to open up the market, and occupied part of the territory of the City of Forged Light.

The city government, which had always been a vassal, also took the opportunity to rise. Even though it was still subject to various constraints, with the strong support of the United Government's General Security Bureau, it gradually became an important force in Zhuguang City and surrounding areas.

To this day, on the Rokar Plain with Zhuguang City as its center, the authority of [Fubo Energy] is still respected, but it is no longer the "city with one family" that it was at its peak.

"call"

Song Shi slowly exhaled and looked into the distance.

Among the rectangular buildings, there is an 11-story building protruding. In the frost and snow, the "Zero Degree Network" logo on the outer wall shines brightly.

Most of Zero Degree Network's data centers and server units are located outside the city, and this building is one of the control centers.

Perhaps for convenience, eleven years ago, Zero Degree Network set up a "deep diving center" here - from today's perspective, both the building and the deep diving center are a bit outdated, so their priority has been continuously lowered.

"——The camera has been hacked, the fake image has been replaced, the safe passage has been opened, and the estimated safe time is five minutes."

Lapis Lazuli's voice sounded from the headset: "The camouflage target has been determined. The 'full representation mimicry' has begun to be deployed during data comparison."

Twelve seconds later, Song Shi's appearance changed.

His body - or rather his clothes, to be more precise - suddenly lost its original appearance and turned into blurry blocks of color, which then flashed and transformed into completely different outlines.

The original long-sleeved jacket disappeared, replaced by a tightly wrapped, gray-white combat uniform. A nameplate engraved with the Zero Network logo was attached to the chest, with a slight metallic luster.

——Tactical equipment·【Fully characterized mimicry suit】.

It integrates optical imaging, super-pixel, thermal mimicry, shallow physical collision simulation and other functions, surpassing the performance of most camouflage equipment on the market. It is enough to achieve "full representation mimicry" that is almost one-to-one replication. It is an authentic advanced tactical equipment.

Provided by Enlightenment's Engineering Department.

The former was not clear about Song Shi's goal, but because of Chakolo's instructions and the influence of the battle with Anfu Axeman, he could be said to have no need to ask any questions and could take what he needed.

Lapis Lazuli's plan was not complicated. It had locked onto a nearby patrol security guard by hacking into cameras, and at the same time blocked and forged communications and real-time images, temporarily isolating the surveillance system.

Song Shi will pass through this temporary safety passage, quickly deal with the security, use the "full representation mimicry suit" to complete the replacement, then wait for an opportunity to sneak in, and then.
--laugh.

A few wisps of flames wrapped around the corpse whose mouth was covered by Song Shi, but in the blink of an eye, the latter, along with the equipment on his body, silently turned into ashes and dissipated in the wind and snow.

With [Ashes], there is no need to dispose of the corpse by throwing it into a trash can.

"——No. E71, everything is normal, over."

Without Song Shi's signal, Lapis Lazuli had quickly accessed the communication channel with the help of the security guard's tactical terminal and completed the routine reporting every five minutes - for an intelligent machine, voice correction simulation is a basic skill.

Song Shi put on his helmet, buckled his armor, and picked up the security guard's assault rifle: "How do you feel?"

".very good."

As if the signal was delayed, after a few seconds, Lapis Lazuli's voice came: "It doesn't get any better than this."

"I can feel my body. Can you understand it? It's like a paralyzed patient who suddenly feels pain one day." It paused and murmured, "No, it's more than that."

"To be precise, it's about a nimble athlete who became paralyzed overnight, and then one day he suddenly found that he seemed to be able to recover from his injuries and even return to the court." "That sounds good." Song Shi nodded: "Then point me in a direction so I can get closer."

On the tactical interface inside the helmet, a map of the deep diving center popped up and an arrow began to guide.

Lapis Lazuli did not speak again, completely immersed in the resonance - due to the serious injuries in the past, it suffered unimaginable damage, and the connection between its "body" and "consciousness" was abruptly interrupted.

Even as [Transcendence], right now it is impossible for the two to merge into one in an instant and return to their original state. Constant resonance is needed to gradually blend and become self-consistent.

——This is also the reason why it did not do it itself in the past, but needed a helper and chose Song Shi.

When the two are truly united, it must devote itself to it, and it will be difficult to maintain various disguises, and it will be temporarily defenseless. The "devil" that has been biting it from behind will never miss this opportunity and will definitely quickly notice and rush over.

In the Zero Degree Network, with a broken body, he faced a Depth 4 demon.
It's like asking for death if you get involved.

"Well, the location is the spare parts warehouse?"

Looking at the location marked by lapis lazuli on the map, Song Shi raised his eyebrows slightly.

——No one really noticed?

But it seems quite reasonable.

Song Shixin thought.

Even Lapis Lazuli's own consciousness has become like this, and his body is probably even more riddled with holes. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that it is stuffed into the backlog warehouse as ordinary spare parts - but what is the source?
Judging from Lapis Lazuli's current memories and descriptions, he was most likely severely injured during the Liberal Revolution, twenty-two years ago.

The consciousness sinks into the [abyss] and the body is riddled with holes.

How did [Zero Degree Network] get Lapis Lazuli's body after such a long time? It couldn't have been picked up.

Eleven minutes later.

Inside the spare parts warehouse of this control center.

Looking at the things placed in the deepest part of the warehouse, randomly piled together with a pile of old, poorly maintained parts, Song Shi let out a light sigh.

".Is this your body?"

"Correct."

At the edge of this pile of parts, there lies a right arm made of alloy but with a dull surface - even the name "arm" is somewhat unworthy of the name, as it has no palm or upper arm, only a half-hollowed out, rusty forearm.

"To be injured to this extent... then this place is really suitable for you."

A reserve warehouse, with such abundant spare parts and materials, after being swallowed and replenished, it is at least enough for Lapis Lazuli to return to a "stable" state.

Song Shi found a relatively clean shelf and sat on it.

"——I can go get your body back now."

"I will protect you."

Song Shi's attire had been changed into the uniform of a logistics worker. He glanced at the warehouse door and said, "I'll wait for the demon to enter."

"The lingering fear instrument..."

Song Shi said softly: "It has to be you."

(End of this chapter)