Cyber ​​God: Abyss Walker

"boom!"

The heavy aircraft swept across the abandoned city at extremely high speed. No air defense equipment reacted to the aircraft when it passed through the air traffic control area. All notification procedures had been completed, and there was no one in the abandoned city who would cause trouble for the aircraft bearing the Tianzhou Group logo.

Upon arrival at the target location, the momentum engine was activated, and the aircraft completed its descent and deceleration at an almost vertical angle, coming to rest in the parking spot provided by the court.

"This time, it's actually the renowned Mr. Barcos who's handling your Tianzhou Group's violations in the Waste City. I don't recall ever seeing you take responsibility for your violations so readily before. Have you changed genders?"

Chen Mo, the captain of the Order Force who had previously dealt with marine life mutations, waited leisurely below the heavy aircraft for the head of Tianzhou Group to disembark. Upon seeing him, he made a sarcastic remark without any mercy or consideration.

"Chen Mo, we've known each other for a long time. The reason you ended up being assigned to the ruined city is largely because of your mouth. I have no problem with you, but others won't tolerate it."

The middle-aged man who stepped off the heavy aircraft was not angry at Chen Mo's sarcasm. Instead, he calmly "advised" the other party on the very thing that the other party cared about most.

"Stop pretending to be a know-it-all. Everyone knows what you do at Tianzhou. No, wait, what's the difference between these companies? It's just that Tianzhou is a bit more annoying."

Chen Mo looked disdainful and wasn't buying it at all.

"Alright, I didn't come here to waste time with you. Since it was done by our Tianzhou Group, we will naturally accept the punishment for the violation. Go and deal with it quickly."

Barcos waved his hand, clearly having no interest in exchanging words with Chen Mo any longer; he genuinely had something to deal with this time.

"Wow, that's pretty proactive, a masochist."

Turning around, Chen Mo led the other party and the heavy single-soldier mechs behind them toward the interior of the courtroom, casually making another sarcastic remark.

"you?!"

With veins bulging on his forehead, Barcos, a middle-aged man with slightly graying hair, almost lost his temper because of a certain keyword in the other person's words, which was his Achilles' heel.

However, after glancing at the armed guards inside the courtroom, he didn't say anything more. The courtroom was not a place where outsiders could run wild, not even people from giant corporations.

"laugh……"

With a casual chuckle, Chen Mo led the Tianzhou Group members into a building guarded by a large number of armed soldiers and automated mechs. Inside, two groups of people were already waiting for the arrival of the outsiders.

"The layout of the World Tree caused a large-scale mutation disaster in the ruined city, and the Heavenly Axis tampered with the Tribunal's internal network without notice. Both of these are violations, so the distribution to both of your companies will be reduced this time, and the Great Wall will take this portion."

Chen Mo raised his hand and pointed to the giant holographic projection suspended in the center of the building. The huge three-dimensional model encompassed the entire abandoned city. At the edge of the three-dimensional model, a timer for a total of 168 hours was displayed. This was the update time of the main model of the abandoned city. Obviously, the changes brought about by the invasion of the Blood Sea into the Insect Web had not yet been applied to it.

"I will not interfere with your three-way transaction. You can discuss it yourselves and then come to me to confirm it."

After bringing the people there, Chen Mo didn't stay inside for long. How to operate in detail was the business of the three companies themselves, and he wouldn't interfere. The court would only impose minimal constraints on them.

About ten minutes later, all three teams of people came out of the building. The people from the Great Wall and the World Tree left the ruined city and returned to the new capital. Only Barks led his men toward Chen Moxing.

"Is there anything else?"

Chen Mo crossed his arms and looked at the person in charge of Tianzhou Group, asking impatiently what the other party wanted to see him about. Of course, he was actually a little curious, as Tianzhou Group's behavior this time was indeed a bit abnormal.

"I need some data about our violations."

Barcos answered directly.

"Huh? Didn't you already admit to the violation? Why are you asking us for the data on this violation?"

Chen Mo's tone was strange. The request made by Barcos, the person in charge of Tianzhou Group, was indeed odd. Considering the unusual behavior of Tianzhou Group, he suddenly found it interesting and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Do you think the data inside the courtroom can be handed over to outsiders so easily? And your request makes me very suspicious of your true motives. Is this really what you're doing?"

Chen Mo replied indifferently, showing no intention of giving up immediately.

"Smack."

With a wave of his hand, Barcos placed a chip in Chen Mo's hand, choosing not to waste words with him but to achieve his goal with decisive action.

"Oh? You guys are really going all out this time. Alright, rather than playing these pointless games with you, it's better for me to get some real credit for myself. This deal is worthwhile. I'll have the Technical Research Institute send over the data you need."

Chen Mo looked at the chip in his hand and quickly used the auxiliary chip to read its contents. The slight smile on his lips became more pronounced and carried a strange meaning.

It's related to the previous berserk military giant cockroach mech. The chip contains a lot of data about the cockroach that escaped from the armory, and even some of its action logic. The content is practically written on the surface: "It's our problem."

With this data, Chen Mo could easily gain some credit in court. However, the distribution of Tianzhou Group's assets would likely suffer as a result. But since the other party was willing to pay such a price for the transaction, given the nature of these giant corporations, they certainly wouldn't suffer a loss.

Without saying much to Chen Mo, after reaching a deal, Barcos coldly led his men back onto the heavy aircraft, started the engine, and sped away from the ruined city.

"Conduct testing..."

Soon, the data related to the transaction was sent from the courtroom to Barcos. With his eyes closed, he silently sent the data to that special place through a channel accessible only to internal personnel of the Tianzhou Group.

"There's no mistake. The form of this alteration matches the data that caused the giant military cockroach mech to go berserk. Two large-scale data traces are enough to confirm the existence of such a being. Could it be an entity capable of causing fluctuations in the main body of the City of Ten Thousand Machines? Which test subject could it be? This is someone qualified to become a 'pillar'."

When he opened his closed eyes again, the data sent back from that place known as the "City of a Thousand Machines" gave Barcos's eyes a certain gleam.

"Then let's begin the search. Ares will continue to be in charge."

To himself, Barcos used his authority to send a task notification to the "person" he had chosen.

In the abandoned city, the outer armor of a deep blue mech, which originally did not emit any light, gradually lit up, alternating between light and dark at a specific frequency as if breathing, indicating that the mech had been reactivated and its pilot had awakened from slumber.

"I will find this worthy 'pillar' among us."

……

"The structure inside your body has indeed changed dramatically. The composition of each organ is different from that of a normal human. Although it is still within a similar range overall, I can only be confident in performing prosthetic surgery, which involves delicate operations such as nerve manipulation, once I have fully understood the structure of your body."

"Alright, then we'll have to make do with this kind of exoskeleton-style robotic arm."

Lingqi manipulated the machining table to process the chip in her hand, repairing the chip that was completely unable to make external connections. While working, she also kept an eye on Wang Yu, who was discussing the modification of his arm prosthetic with Reina in the inner room.

With an eyepatch over his right eye, Wang Yu was talking to Reina, who was inserting tentacles that had grown from her body into his body. The complete loss of his right arm had to be compensated for in some way. This was different from losing his right eye; it was a trauma that would have a huge impact on all his actions.

"So Wang Yu's behavior really does have a big impact. Hopefully, it's going in a positive direction."

With a soft, human-like sigh, Ling Qi retrieved the contents of the chip, which had been repaired to the point of being readable by touch. The chaotic and violent content inside made her pause, and she began to understand how the chip had been damaged to such an extent and sent to their shop for repair.

After transferring the contents to a regular memory chip, Lingqi carefully stored the chip and sent a message indicating that the data repair was complete to the customer who brought the chip in for repair, informing them to come and pick it up.

This was the shop she and Wang Yu had in the abandoned city. In the two months since Wang Yu went to the wasteland, Ling Qi had carried out a fairly comprehensive renovation of the place, closing the gate that connected it to the outside world and turning it into a self-service interactive window. Customers could choose within the shop's business scope, and then Ling Qi would decide whether to accept the order.

She also equipped the interior with all the necessary equipment, including the workbench Wang Yu needed for mechanical repairs, and even the equipment for Lena's medical procedures.

As for the certification for operating medical-related businesses within the abandoned city, it's not too difficult to obtain through shady means; otherwise, there wouldn't be so many quack doctors in the abandoned city.

All of this was for their development in the ruined city after Wang Yu and the Hai Chao Gang severed ties. After all, it was estimated that there wouldn't be such a large amount of universal currency coming in afterward. High income inevitably comes with high risk, and she really didn't like the kind of money that required risking her life to earn.

In comparison, opening a shop like Old Fish Head is still a good choice. The amount of currency he earns is not much, which is related to the location of his shop. How many residents in the kennel area have money? Just surviving is enough for them.

However, if it were in the urban area of ​​an abandoned city, it wouldn't be like that. The abandoned city has a large population, and there will always be people who need mechanical repairs. As long as the location is decent, there will be no shortage of business.

As for reputation, there's no such thing in a ruined city. As long as it's cheap, there will naturally be residents who have reached that level who have no choice but to choose it. Once you've accumulated a few customers, you can raise the price.

Besides, their shop is more like a general store than a mechanical repair shop. Mechanical repair, chip data recovery, password cracking, and even the medical business they plan to develop are all included in the services they provide. After accumulating for a period of time, the common currency will not be too scarce.

Of course, for Lingqi, the fastest way to make money would actually be through reselling—that is, retrieving low-priced bargains from the black market database and reselling them at a low or even flat price. But…

With her work temporarily free, Ling Qi looked at her upgraded body, the MK3 shell, whose performance in all aspects had been improved again, and the sensors on the bionic skin were more sensitive. The only thing that remained unchanged was her unusable legs.

Despite Wang Yu's innovative attempts with the MK3 body, such as connecting the control system for the legs to the arms, it still didn't work. It was like a curse, severely restricting Ling Qi's use of the body that was considered her "body" to "walk on two legs" and only be able to move by wheelchair or other tools.

This inherent flaw, like her very form of existence, is not limited to the mechanical level; it is absolutely related to the anomalies of the great beings, which is why she is unwilling to use the Wasteland Network indiscriminately anymore.

"That city projected onto the abandoned city's intranet, a metropolis formed by the convergence of massive amounts of data..."

Lingqi had been worried ever since she observed the city through the military giant cockroach mech. This worry grew after she helped Wang Yu open the gate of the military passage on the edge of the ruined city. Although she had tried her best to erase the traces she left behind, she was not omnipotent within the network, and there were still many things that could limit her.

"Will it be detected? It's possible. To be on the safe side, it's best to avoid using the network for intrusion as much as possible."

In any case, Lingqi did not want to be discovered by that powerful network city that put her under immense pressure. She had an instinctive aversion to it and always felt that something bad would happen if she came into contact with it.

"It's a new order, repairing a locomotive engine. That's simple, I can handle it quickly."

Having already noticed Wang Yu approaching from behind, Ling Qi placed the scrapped engine that had been sent in through the self-service window onto the worktable, allowing the other party, who already had an assistive exoskeleton installed on his right arm, to carry out the repairs.

"Aren't you going to remove that parasite? You seem to hate it, don't you?"

"It can no longer pose a threat to me, but its capabilities are still somewhat useful, such as some delicate operations in mechanical maintenance, which are quite convenient."

"be safe."

"certainly."