Deposed? I couldn't be happier! I wouldn't even be a dog to the crown prince.

That line of pale, typo code looked like a huge mourning banner.

It hangs a hundred feet in the sky above the ever-sleeping city of Chang'an.

Each distorted character radiates a low-frequency contamination waveform.

The vibrations made the air buzz.

Underground in the Qinling Mountains.

The first-generation giant steam supercomputer, which was forcibly awakened, has entered a state of extreme overload.

The boiler temperature exceeded the safety warning line.

The remaining fragments of consciousness of the powerful clan leaders in those rebirth cabinets that were shredded by the Great Snow Dragon Riders last night.

The madman from the Gongshu family, along with his utterly desperate malice, was packaged together.

It was forcibly crammed into the computing center of this old relic.

These remnant souls, whose path to immortality had been severed, underwent a complete mutation.

They no longer pursued their dreams within that stark white cubicle.

They fused into the forgotten physical vulnerability of the original unit.

At this moment.

They transformed into the most vicious "Digital Heavenly Way" of Cyber ​​Tang.

They became the black network administrators, beyond the control of the Crown Prince.

Chang'an City, East Market Street.

The once bustling morning market fell into an eerie silence.

"drop--"

A piercing buzzing sound erupted from the crowd.

A middle-aged man who was buying breakfast suddenly screamed and clutched his wrist.

The civilian identification bracelet on his wrist, which was originally green, instantly turned into a glaring blood red.

The high-voltage current traveled along the wristband's patch and directly into his nerves.

The man collapsed to the ground, his body convulsing violently.

White foam welled up from the corners of his mouth.

"Dad! What's wrong with you!"

The little girl next to her was terrified and cried as she reached for her father's hand.

I haven't encountered it yet.

The little girl's own bracelet also emitted a red light.

Drop drop drop!

The blaring alarms echoed wildly throughout the streets and alleys of Chang'an.

The basic firewalls used by ordinary people were overwhelmed by the massive physical computing power of the first-generation servers.

It was torn to shreds like paper.

Millions of forced synchronization commands from the "Feathering" virus were forcibly hacked into the terminals of all the city's residents.

A side hall of the Taiji Hall.

Wu Zetian watched the safety index of the water plunging wildly on the big screen.

His face was deathly pale, and his fingers were almost bleeding from scratching the tablet.

"Your Highness! The civilian firewall has completely collapsed!"

"They're taking over Chang'an's underlying infrastructure!"

The voice just fell.

Polymer streetlights are used for illumination in the square outside the Taiji Hall.

Suddenly, it started flashing randomly.

The blinding white light, flickering on and off, made the entire palace look like a shimmering haunted house.

This is not the worst part.

Above Chang'an City, there are unmanned hover shuttles used to transport goods.

It was flying smoothly along a fixed route.

Suddenly, their navigation systems collectively flashed red lights, indicating hostility.

Hundreds of hover shuttles broke away from the control route of the Tian Shu system.

They looked like a swarm of wasps out of control.

It shut down the deceleration engine and crashed straight into the street and houses below.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions rang out one after another throughout Chang'an.

Flames shot into the sky, and thick smoke billowed.

The people on the street screamed and scattered in all directions.

"Run! The hovercraft is falling!"

"Help! I can't get my bracelet off!"

Li Shimin stood on the steps of the Taiji Hall, looking at the chaotic city of Chang'an.

My hands and feet are cold.

His pride and joy, Datang Automation, revealed its most ferocious backlash at this moment.

"Where are the Great Snow Dragon Riders?! Where is Xu Xiao?!"

The old emperor roared at Wang De, who was standing beside him, completely terrified.

"Make him shoot down those crazed hovercraft for me!"

"His Majesty……"

Wang De slumped to the ground, pointing to Zhuque Avenue outside the Imperial City Gate.

His voice trembled as if he were sifting through chaff.

"We can't fight anymore... Even the patrolling security mechs... have turned against us!"

On Suzaku Avenue.

The light mechs, originally intended for maintaining order, suddenly stopped moving.

The deep blue Tian Shu indicator lights on their heads flashed twice.

It turned a glaring scarlet red.

Click click click.

That was the metallic scraping sound of airborne weapons being unlocked and loaded.

A security mech rotates its heavy metal head.

The crimson electronic eye locked onto an innocent woman who was running away with her child in her arms.

The mech raised its right arm.

The muzzle of the high-pressure riot gun began to charge, emitting a piercing hissing sound.

Blue arcs of electricity danced at the muzzle of the gun.

This was originally a non-lethal weapon intended to deal with thugs, but it was tampered with by a black web administrator.

The power-limiting fuse was forcibly melted.

Once the fire starts, it can turn a person into a pile of minced meat.

The woman was so frightened that she fell to the ground, desperately protecting the child in her arms.

He closed his eyes in despair.

"No!"

Li Shimin's eyes were bloodshot, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

Hawaiian safe house.

Li Chengqian pressed his hands firmly on the keyboard.

The veins on the back of his hand bulged out.

"Tian Shu! Cut off all physical power supply to Chang'an City!"

He roared as he issued the order.

"Physically disconnect all automated equipment from the internet!"

[Command denied]

For the first time, the synthesized sounds of the Tian Shu system experienced stuttering.

[Hit of the underlying physical circuitry by an unknown high-frequency band has been detected]

[The power supply network has been removed from the highest level of control]

"Grass!"

Li Chengqian slammed his fist on the control panel, creating a shallow dent.

The madman from the Gongshu family is too ruthless.

They knew they couldn't beat Li Chengqian on a purely code-based level.

So they made use of that old, antique steam engine.

On a physical level, they turned the cables of Chang'an into an extension of their arms.

The entire underground pipe network of Chang'an City seemed to come alive.

The superconducting cable, which was originally buried underground, was operating under overload conditions.

It emitted a terrifyingly high temperature.

They forcefully broke through the bluestone pavement.

Like thick, black and red tentacles, they emerged from the ground.

These electrified tentacles slithered through the streets like venomous snakes.

It was accompanied by a chilling hissing sound.

They would frantically swarm around any passerby they saw.

The high temperature instantly set people's clothes on fire.

The stench of burning flesh mingled with desperate screams, permeating the air above Chang'an.

The heart of the entire empire, gripped by the backlash of automation, descended into utter chaos and despair.

Right in the middle of Suzaku Avenue.

With the large-scale collapse of the ground.

Thousands upon thousands of electromagnetic chains, flashing with black and red electric sparks, spewed out from the ground.

They are like a giant, all-encompassing net.

It carries the malice of wanting to drag everything into the abyss of destruction.

Overwhelming.

Towards those unarmed civilians who were being driven to the brink of despair by the anti-mechs.

It swept over fiercely.