Warhammer: The Time Traveler

Chapter 157 Invading the Divine Carriage (Ninth Update)
Inside the workshop, Chen Yu's processing core instantly analyzed the request signal sent by Mann.

In fact, without Mann's need to report, his consciousness had already silently infiltrated and covered the internal network of Arasaka Tower through the electronic warfare cybernetic bodies on Sasha and Qiwei, which he had personally modified and whose technological level far exceeded that of this era.

Every data node and every communication link inside the tower is under his real-time monitoring.

However, his perception encountered a completely different boundary when it reached the depths of the tower.

The target, "Kamikoshi"—the core data fortress of Arakazama—has a defense philosophy that is completely different from the other networks within the tower.

The lessons of the 2023 nuclear bombing and the attack by legendary hacker Bartmouth served as a wake-up call, leading to the adoption of the most extreme security measures: complete physical isolation.

It is like an independent brain sleeping in a steel womb, with no electrical connection to the external network, forming a defense line built purely by physical isolation.

Any form of data interaction must be achieved through a dedicated physical interface located at the most heavily protected bottom layer of the Arasaka Tower.

Even Chen Yu could not cross this purely physical barrier by remote intrusion alone.

He calmly accepted this technological reality and then sent precise coordinates and connection protocols to Sasha and Qiwei via an encrypted data chain.

"Sasha, Qiwei," Chen Yu's command was transmitted directly into the minds of the two hackers, "Connect your data probes to the hidden interface below the elevator control panel. Frequency: Gamma-7. Protocol: I will provide it."

Upon receiving the instruction, Sasha and Qiwei acted swiftly. They skillfully located the concealed interface beneath the control panel and securely connected the specially made data cable.

The moment the connection was established, a torrent of data rushed in—highly encrypted, complex in structure, and carrying the defensive attack characteristics unique to the Arasaka system.

If it were an ordinary hacker, they would probably have suffered nerve damage and mental breakdown by now.

But they withstood the impact. Thanks to the efficient operation of the neural interface and processing center enhanced by Chen Yu, they steadily received and managed this dangerous turbulence.

Chen Yu's consciousness extended forward along this hard-won physical channel.

The multiple firewalls and dynamic encryption protocols that Arasaka was so proud of were useless against him.

The data processing logic he uses is based on a foundation of knowledge accumulated over tens of thousands of years, presenting a fundamental generational gap in the face of today's network defense systems.

He encountered almost no effective resistance and quietly seized control of the core authority.

"Access control complete, elevator activated." Chen Yu's calm voice rang out again in the team channel. "Your mission is to reach the underground data hall, locate the core server array, and establish a secure physical connection. Notify me immediately upon completion."

The heavy elevator doors slid open slowly. Mann's team entered, and the elevator began its rapid descent, cutting through the rock layers and heading towards the deepest part of Arasaka Tower.

When the elevator doors opened again, an incredibly vast underground space came into view.

The room was brightly lit, and the temperature was significantly lower than on the ground. The air was filled with the low hum of the server cluster running and the subtle sound of coolant flowing.

Countless rows of towering server racks stretched like a steel forest to the horizon.

This is the physical location of the Divine Vehicle—the core data fortress of the Arasaka North American branch.

"Disperse the guard and mop up any remaining resistance," Mann ordered.

The team members quickly dispersed and took up advantageous positions, and the scattered security personnel were soon eliminated.

Under the protection of Mann and Dorio, Sasha and Qiwei found an exceptionally large server core interface located in the center of the hall, connected by countless cables.

"Boss, we have arrived at the core server array. Preparing to establish a physical connection." "Execute the connection procedure," Chen Yu confirmed.

Sasha and Qiwei connected a specially made data cable, which shimmered with a ghostly blue light, to that core interface.

This time, the moment the connection was established, even those of them, who had been enhanced, felt a strong surge of data, as if the entire ocean's information was trying to flood in through this cable.
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In the abandoned town workshop, Chen Yu's main consciousness officially entered the divine carriage through this stable physical connection.

His senses were instantly overwhelmed by the endless stream of data.

But this is not a chaotic torrent; rather, it is a carefully organized and encrypted universe of information.

This contains all of Arasaka's research data, financial records, trade secrets, government contracts, competitor weakness analyses, and unpublished technological blueprints since the establishment of the Night City branch...

And massive amounts of personal data used to train AI and conduct Soul Killer experiments.

Chen Yu's consciousness was like the most efficient scanner, searching, decrypting, and copying this information at an astonishing speed.

This data was categorized, packaged, and transmitted back to the large data storage unit he had prepared in the abandoned town workshop.

This is of immeasurable value to his understanding of the world's technological development, social structure, and power dynamics.

However, his ambitions did not stop there.

Chen Yu's consciousness continued to probe deeper into the divine realm, crossing layers of data barriers, and finally touching a special area heavily sealed off by multiple encryption protocols—the Digital Soul Prison.

As the last logical firewall silently crumbled before him, the scene inside unfolded in his perception.

It was a vast and boundless void constructed entirely of code.

Countless faint points of light float within, flickering and changing, resembling a silent sea of ​​stars.

Each point of light is a product of the "Soul Killer" program.

It is not a true transfer of consciousness, but a digital soul constructed through memory copying and personality simulation at the moment of the original subject's death.

They are trapped here, neither living beings nor pure data, their consciousness suppressed to a minimum, like specimens sealed in amber, maintaining a state of eternal stillness.

"Although I knew that a large number of digital souls were stored here before I traveled to the Warhammer world, seeing them with my own eyes is still very interesting." In the data space, Chen Yu projected himself as a young Eastern male with black hair and black eyes before he underwent cybernetic modification.

He made a gesture of touching his chin, a movement that would be impossible for his armored body in reality.

Only in the data space can he so naturally simulate these habitual actions that are imbued with "humanity".

As he continued to copy the entire data of the divine carriage, including all the information about this digital prison, he delved deeper into it, searching for specific "stars".

Soon, he found his target.

One of the points of light was surrounded by a code that pointed to a name—Johnny Silverhand.

The other one is marked with the name Arasaka Kei.

(End of this chapter)