Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 887 Ogden Christopher: His Story
Ogden Christopher.

The top-ranked Enterprise Alliance member, and also the world's number one Abyss King, is a highly accomplished figure known as the "King of Wizards." If ranked across the entire Terran continent, the number of others between him and the second-ranked Enterprise Alliance member is clearly not zero.

In the battle of the Sky Data Tower, he dared to forcefully intervene in the battle between Chakro, Dwight, and Zenryusha, creating a four-way standoff that shook the heavens and the earth.

Years have passed. Having witnessed the life-or-death battle between "Lord of the Ten Realms" Dwight Brooks and "Corrector" Ruan Fa, and subsequently obtained the Singularity technology "Base Reality Overwrite", Ogden Christopher is undoubtedly stronger now than he was during the Sky Data Tower era, no matter how you look at it.

Even without considering these events or external forces...
Even if he thinks alone and seeks within himself, he will inevitably make further progress over several years.

Because Ogden Christopher was indeed a genius.

One of the most famous hacker beginner manuals is "72 Hours to Master a Vending Machine!" This crash course, characterized by its quick start and difficult mastery, quickly became a hit upon its release, leading many people who were willing but unable to do so and didn't know where to start onto the path of hacking, and to some extent successfully disrupting the company's knowledge payment system.

Its electronic documents persist despite repeated bans, much like cockroaches living on the internet.

And the author's name on the cover is "Wizard".

This is just one item in Ogden Christopher's past resume. According to the personality profile and mental model assessment done by his former company, he truly believes in the concept of "open source technology and data sharing".

Of course, this is all on the premise that he open-sources it and shares it. Both thunder and rain are acts of imperial favor.

He earned his great reputation through a series of outstanding achievements, including a variety of novel encryption algorithms, optimizations and improvements to basic internet protocols, a systematic set of standardized development tools, an abyss-based floating-point measurement system, and the logical reconstruction of brain-computer interfaces.

He has fought against Dwight Brooks, Zenryusha, and even the Abyss King, who is also a Depth 6, and has rarely suffered a loss.

Although his interpersonal relationships were somewhat strained due to other people's reasons, it was not a big deal. "Ogden Christopher" was still a superstar and a top cultural icon in the hearts of countless geeks in the corporate alliance, and was enthusiastically admired.

During the judging process at the annual global hacker conference, Ogden's weight alone is equivalent to that of three normal judges, which speaks volumes about his status.

Moreover, he created his own primal spiritual energy, "Infinite Power." Several years have passed, and it's unclear how much this spiritual energy has increased, but it has certainly become stronger.

With their combined strengths and complementary abilities, if Ogden Christopher were in the Abyss, he would dare to confront the second-stage True Spirit head-on.

The most, most, most crucial point.
Ogden is exceptionally experienced at making escapes and has an extremely keen sense of danger; he's ready to flee at the slightest sign of trouble. Many of his teammates have been tricked this way in the past, often thinking they still have a chance, only to find Ogden has vanished without a trace.

Not to mention providing support, sometimes we even have to take advantage of the enemy's exhaustion and lack of time to attend to their affairs, and then turn around and steal their assets.

—But now, this "King of Wizards" is holding his nose and starting to cry out for help.

"【abyss】."

There was only one answer, and Song Shi knew it perfectly well: "--Depth 7".

In the Abyss, there is only one possibility that could drive Ogden to this point.

Song Shi looked at his phone. The screen was filled with a dense stream of communications, which had stopped flowing a minute ago, like a duck whose neck had suddenly been snapped, unable to even quack.

I clicked on the other person's profile picture, and everything from their nickname to their UID was garbled; there was no response to the click.

"Can VE be traced back to the past?" Song Shi asked.

“Impossible.” VE said coldly: “A one-time account, going from a deep 7-layer network to a surface network, it’s lucky it even made a sound.”

"It seems that our 'King of Wizards' is indeed in a precarious situation."

Song Shi laughed.

"Was there a test?"

"Don't even think about it." VE said expressionlessly, and with a snap, her projection vanished without a trace. Twenty minutes later, thanks to a relentless barrage of messages, Song Shi saw VE again.

The other person's face was very unpleasant, and he grabbed her hair, saying, "Enough—enough! Song Shi!"

"I'll be blunt!" she snapped. "If Ogden is there, then there's no—"

"Wait, don't say that yet." Song Shi interrupted quickly, his expression serious. "You heard it too, he found the singularity technology, don't you think..."

"Heh." VE sneered repeatedly: "I'd rather see that bastard Ogden die."

Song Shi admitted that he was quite speechless at that moment.

"Um, that."

"This 'Sewer' operation took us months to infiltrate [Fubo Energy]'s system. And then! Just because I didn't accept his instructions and talked back to him, he deliberately crashed into the highest alarm at a critical moment, forcing me to cut off my tail and escape on the spot!"

"And this too! The salvage project at Depth 6! We agreed to split it 50/50, haha, but he left a bunch of backdoor programs beforehand, just waiting to cut off my access the moment he got it and monopolize the spoils—if I hadn't been careful, he probably would have succeeded."

"Hehehe." VE recounted the other party's crimes in the log: "He provoked Dwight himself, and was chased around by [Zero Network], but then he turned around and ran into my domain, exposing his location, trying to drag me down with him! Do you know how difficult it is to build an Abyss domain! I watched helplessly as Dwight dismantled it!"

Song Shi listened patiently for a long time, and then realized that none of what the other person said was repeated.

Back then, among the four Abyss Kings of the Enterprise Alliance, Dwight Brooks and Zenryusha both controlled a giant corporation and were among the gods of the Enterprise Alliance. Needless to say, Ogden and VE were both Abyss Kings in the wild, and their positions were naturally aligned.

So even if they dislike each other—Ogden complains that VE's level isn't strong enough—they can only reluctantly cooperate, barely acting as mutual ally, so that the other party won't be dealt with ruthlessly by the giant corporation.

In almost every collaboration, Ogden would pull some big or small stunt, giving VE a lot of trouble, and several times they were really in grave danger.

The reason why the latter decided to side with Song Shi instead of joining forces with Ogden Christopher to create a force like the "Hacker Alliance" was largely due to this.

"Wait a minute, just a moment."

Song Shiqing cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, "VE, have you ever thought about something?"

"No."

Song Shi pretended not to hear: "Of course we can ignore Ogden and let him rot and stink at the bottom of the abyss. But if he dies like that, won't you never have a chance to get revenge for the rest of your life? Once a thorn grows in your heart, it's not so easy to pull it out."

“If he hadn’t died, but instead survived,” Song Shi continued before the other could speak, “You know better than I what Depth 7 represents. If he had escaped, his strength would have increased by more than just a little. To put it bluntly, VE, then you’d be forever overshadowed by him.”

"Isn't it because you're here?" VE said, "Didn't we agree that I'd handle the technical aspects and you'd provide the physical support? Or are you also unsure if you can beat Ogden?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Song Shi said without hesitation.

“Your psionic abilities were inferior in the past, and your skills were also lacking, so the initiative was always in Ogden’s hands.”

Song Shi patiently persuaded, "But now! A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! He's imprisoned, and the initiative is entirely in your hands! What you do is entirely up to you, isn't it?"

"When the time comes, you'll be arrogant and domineering, and I'll be in cahoots with you. We'll make sure Ogden submits obediently, and you'll be able to give us whatever you want! How about it!"

VE was finally moved, her expression shifting between light and dark for a long while before she finally fell into a deep thought.

She looked up sharply.

"make a deal!"

(End of this chapter)