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

On Suzaku Avenue.

Those electromagnetic chains, flashing with black and red electric sparks, had absolutely no delay from physical attacks.

They are purely physical energy leaks.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

Within one ten-thousandth of a millisecond.

The chains pierced the cobblestone pavement with precision, tightly binding the fleeing civilians.

Instead of wrapping around their waists, they were directly locked around their necks and the back of their heads.

That is the most densely populated area of ​​the human central nervous system.

"ah--"

The sound effect of the woman holding the child screaming was stuck in her throat.

She was lifted into the air by an electromagnetic chain as thick as a wrist.

It is more than three meters off the ground.

The child in her arms fell to the ground and cried loudly.

She wasn't the only civilian hanging in mid-air.

Hundreds and thousands of Chang'an residents were hung in the air above the streets like dried bacon.

Their bodies were convulsing violently.

His eyes bulged out, and the whites of his eyes were covered with terrifying red blood vessels.

White foam uncontrollably flowed from his mouth.

"What...what are they doing?"

Wu Zetian stood on the steps of the Taiji Hall, watching the tragic scene being transmitted back on the screen.

The voice was distorted by extreme fear.

Hawaiian underground safe house.

Li Chengqian's face was as pale as paper.

He stared intently at the data lines that were flowing wildly backward on the main control screen.

"They are drawing blood."

"Blood test?"

"Drain the people's brainwaves and bioelectricity to use as fuel."

Li Chengqian gritted his teeth, his fingers bleeding as he typed on the keyboard.

"These lunatics want to forcibly package and upgrade all living beings in the Tang Dynasty to a higher dimension!"

"They want to strip away the consciousness of living people and force it into that virus-filled network!"

Underground in the Qinling Mountains.

The first-generation steam supercomputer emitted a roar of unbearable strain.

The bioelectricity of hundreds or thousands of ordinary people.

Following those black and red electromagnetic chains, the current flowed backwards into the underground main copper wire.

Ultimately, it all converges into the computing core of this ancient machine.

The "Digital Heavenly Path" has obtained a massive amount of fuel.

The power began to expand exponentially.

Virus codes are no longer limited to low-level civilian terminals.

Like a flood finding its outlet, they rushed straight towards the central authority of the Tang Dynasty.

Taiji Hall.

The hundred-foot-long holographic dragon suspended atop the Golden Palace.

That was the sovereign symbol of the Tian Shu system, which was usually just a golden projection.

But now.

A blinding black and red light flowed along the underground cables of the palace and was forcibly injected into the holographic projector.

The golden virtual dragon let out a mournful electronic wail.

The golden light was instantly swallowed up by the black and red virus code.

The pollution began.

What was originally just a dragon of light and shadow began to take on a bizarre physical form with the support of massive computing power.

Airborne dust particles are forcibly adsorbed.

Accompanied by a piercing hissing sound, solid scales made of black titanium and random code condensed on the dragon's body.

The dragon came to life.

It is no longer a rigid program.

Under the control of the resentment of the group of withdrawn immortals, it transformed into a cyber monster filled with malice.

Its originally empty holographic dragon eyes.

Now they have become two nuclear fusion detectors emitting red light.

He stared intently at Li Shimin below.

The dragon twisted its massive body.

The metal scales rubbed against each other, producing a teeth-grinding crunching sound.

This sound is a hundred times more piercing than fingernails scratching a blackboard.

The shockwave caused several elderly eunuchs in the main hall to suffer perforated eardrums on the spot, and they collapsed to the ground, rolling around with their ears in pain.

boom!

The dragon's thick, metallic tail swept out with a sudden thud.

It crashed directly onto the carved beam of the Taiji Hall, which was as thick as three people could hug.

Wood chips flew everywhere.

The load-bearing beam emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound.

Half of the dome of the main hall collapsed with a roar, and tiles and dust rained down like a storm.

"Protect His Majesty!"

The imperial guards outside rushed in, carrying riot shields.

They fired their laser guns wildly at the dragon in mid-air.

But the laser hit those black titanium scales.

Not a single white dot was left; everything was deflected by the surface-level virus code.

"Everyone, stand back! Physical attacks are useless!"

Li Shimin shoved Wang De, who was blocking his way, aside.

He didn't run away.

The old emperor stood in the center of the half-collapsed hall, letting dust settle all over his bright yellow dragon robe.

He stared intently at the crazed metal monster above him.

There was no fear in his eyes, only the fury of his imperial power being challenged.

"A few stray dogs that weren't quite dead."

Li Shimin pointed at the giant dragon and cursed loudly.

"You were trampled under my feet in life, and after death you've become a few lines of broken code, yet you dare to run wild in my Taiji Palace!"

The dragon seemed to understand his insults.

It let out a deafening electronic roar.

The low-frequency vibrations simulated by the vocal cord module directly shattered all the glazed windows of the Taiji Hall.

The camera zooms in.

A chilling close-up.

The dragon slowly opened its massive metal maw.

There are no teeth inside.

Instead, it was densely covered with thousands of probes flashing with high-voltage arcs.

It was a tongue made of countless twisted cables.

Like a giant venomous snake, dripping with highly toxic code.

It was wriggling wildly inside my mouth.

That's the highest power interface used to extract brainwaves.

As long as it gets licked.

Even a Great Immortal would be reduced to a dried-up corpse.

"roar--"

The dragon let out a strange roar mixed with countless venomous male voices.

It carries a devastating pressure of computing power.

The massive black titanium body swooped down from mid-air.

That gaping maw covered in high-voltage electric needles.

It aimed at Li Shimin, who was completely unprepared in front of the dragon throne, and bit down fiercely.