Cyber ​​God: Abyss Walker

The raging data stream from Guihai was guided by an unknown force to rush towards the City of Ten Thousand Machines. The approximately twelve percent of nodes and permissions granted to Zero Seven at the time of connection were violently driven by Guihai's power, which was amplified dozens or even hundreds of times, maximizing its capabilities to the extreme.

The City of Ten Thousand Machines is a special place that integrates and gathers massive amounts of data. Computers, AI, and a large number of devices that require the support of such big data belonging to the Tianzhou Group are also connected inside. This integrated construction method can gather power and give the City of Ten Thousand Machines as a whole unparalleled performance and computing power.

Unparalleled performance and unmatched computing power are the advantages of the City of Ten Thousand Machines, but just like the "Insect Web," this kind of thing that gathers and connects a large number of individuals will inevitably affect the whole and every individual connected to it once a major change occurs.

Under the overwhelming technological dominance of the Tianzhou Group, it would have been almost impossible for any major changes to occur. However, this time, the City of Myriad Machines spontaneously granted its authority and nodes, allocating a portion of its power based on its own strength. With the help of this power, Zero Seven gained the opportunity to influence the Tianzhou database with the power surge generated by the Returning Sea.

This data stream, which should have been uncontrollable, rushed into the City of Ten Thousand Machines. It did not cause indiscriminate large-scale destruction, nor did it attempt to steal anything. It swept through the City of Ten Thousand Machines like a whirlwind, leaving nothing behind and seemingly taking nothing away. It came with great force and left with indifference.

As the "pillar" that had been granted permissions and nodes collapsed, the data surge it generated during its return to the sea vanished like a gust of wind after passing through the City of Ten Thousand Machines. This brief, abrupt, and incredibly shocking event seemed to have come to an end.

"Beep beep beep beep beep beep!"

A rapid alarm sounded, and a large number of hidden bombs in the studio were activated as Zero Seven crushed his own chip. The blinding flashing red light illuminated the entire dimly lit studio, as well as Ares, who stood there dumbfounded, seemingly temporarily unable to think due to this unimaginable event. The impending alarm did not bring him back to his senses.

"Boom!"

The first bomb exploded, followed closely by the remaining bombs, either at very short intervals or simultaneously. The combined explosive force propelled powerful shockwaves and fireworks in all directions.

Deadly fragments of the wall flew at breakneck speed, thick smoke and dust swept up by the wild airflow, and molten metal that had turned into a scorching red-hot liquid due to the high temperature... all these chaotic and violent things were released into the surrounding area in a deafening explosion that overlapped with each other.

"null!"

The building where Wang Yu's studio was located shook violently. Then, countless cracks spread upwards along the walls. Soon, with the complete collapse of the load-bearing structure, the building above disintegrated, and the scattered brick and stone frame crashed down onto the first-floor studio below, where everything inside had been blasted to dust and was now engulfed in flames.

"Rumble..."

The building was destroyed in the final, self-destructive explosion. The building, which was only used by Wang Yu and his group, was reduced to dust and debris. The various toxic gases and gray-black mist produced by the high temperature continued to rise.

"Crackling..."

A humanoid figure emerged from the smoke and dust; it was Ares. His mech was exactly the same as before, and the powerful explosion had no effect on him, who was still in shock.

Not even a scratch or any other mark could be left on the surface of the mech. The stress shield blocked everything, although even if it wasn't used, it would only leave some black ash at most.

"Why did you make this choice, Number Seven? Has your talent been eroded and devoured by this defect of yours? Even your mind is no longer clear, leading you to make such an impulsive and reckless decision. But the power of Guihai is not something that a dead being can control or influence. In the end, you did nothing. How pathetic."

Ares did not linger there any longer. This time, he came to have Number Seven join the City of Machines as a pillar. After failing to refuse, the other party chose to compromise, but after completing the connection, he actually chose to detonate himself. What a crazy move! Fortunately, Guihai's violent data stream did not have any impact on the City of Machines.

"We must go back and reorganize the experimental content and related data; this kind of accident must never happen again."

Muttering to himself, the light and shadow on the surface of the Ares mech distorted, gradually disappearing from human perception on both visual and auditory levels, leaving only a pile of ruins behind it after the explosion.

After a long time, a few kennel residents from the surrounding area rushed over to check the situation and quickly left. A pile of bricks and stones in the ruins was moved by the powerful machinery, collapsing and disintegrating layer by layer, revealing the "refuge room" that was originally designed for this purpose.

The gate opened, and Lena stepped out. She glanced around at the ruins left after the entire building collapsed, a place devoid of anything intact or alive. Her expressionless face betrayed no emotion.

Holding her knees, Lena sat in the ruins for a while, seemingly lost in thought. She wiped the dust from the corners of her eyes and walked towards the road leading to the abandoned city in front of the kennel. The motorcycles there were still intact, not destroyed by the explosion due to the distance, but merely overturned by the impact.

Wang Yu had taught her how to ride a motorcycle. Once on the motorcycle, Lena didn't look back and rode towards the city.

……

"Cough cough, ptooey!"

Near the sea, at the sewer estuary connecting to the internal drainage system of the abandoned city, a figure struggled to climb up the relatively calm sewer pipe with one hand, expelling seawater that filled his lungs from his mouth and nose, coughing a few times, and then leaning his back against the curved wall.

"Huff, huff..."

It was panting heavily, and the fish-like scales on its chest were clearly visible. They were only now starting to recede little by little. The gill-like organs on its neck opened and closed in the air, as if it was not quite used to breathing in the air.

By absorbing the abnormal pollution from the abyss that permeates the near sea, Wang Yu mutated his body, gaining the ability to breathe underwater and increase his swimming speed, and swam all the way to the nearest landing point.

Because his "human aura" was almost completely obscured by the abnormal pollution of the abyss, the fish-men who roamed the shallow sea had no interest in Wang Yu.

Escaping from the near sea was one of the evacuation plans he and Zero Seven had prepared in advance. If necessary, he would escape directly by water. Another way to escape was to hide in a shelter and then use the bombs he had planted to blow everything in the area into the air.

I looked up at the sky outside the sewer, but the sea fog was so thick that I couldn't see anything. There was nothing around except for the mutated rats running through the sewer and the ugly fishmen that occasionally popped their heads out of the water.

The weakness in his body had not subsided. Having been hit twice, resulting in broken bones and tendons, coupled with a long swim, how could Wang Yu possibly recover in a short time? He sat leaning against this sewer. It was nighttime, so he couldn't rely on photosynthesis to speed up his recovery. But even in the daytime, he probably wouldn't bother to mutate his body again.

The voice that used to talk to him had disappeared. There were no sounds of the Sky Axis pursuers around him, only the strange cries of some unknown small creatures and the sounds of waves and water flowing into the sea.

Wang Yu suddenly felt a little listless. He knew where he came from, and that there was no one with similar memories to him anymore. He was all alone again. He didn't know if Lena was still alive, but she couldn't replace Ling Qi either.

"Damn it, this is truly, ...

He suddenly stood up and slammed his fist into the sewer wall. Why was this inexplicable world so hostile to him? Before he even understood what was going on, a gang had planted a parasite in his brain. After dealing with the gang, a giant corporation that he couldn't possibly defeat came targeting Ling Qi. He survived, but Ling Qi was also furious.

Hearing the overlapping roars in the nearshore waters and feeling the vibrations penetrating the ground and entering the nearshore sea, Wang Yu's mind went blank for a moment.

Zero Seven definitely chose to detonate all the buried bombs at once. He should have expected the other side to choose to fight the Tianzhou Group's mechs to the bitter end.

"Damn it, what the hell can I do? I can't do anything! How come these normally awesome beings are so trash in the safe zone!"

When he finally realized that Ling Qi had thrown him off the boat and then clashed with Tianzhou Group, this guy's mentality finally broke down a bit. Wang Yu had forcibly endured it while swimming, but now that he was out of danger and had calmed down, he could no longer suppress the rage and irritability in his heart.

"Bang!"

He punched the sewer pipe walls again and again, but the inferior pipe walls were not as tough as his current body. The dents he punched did not cause Wang Yu to bleed or even feel much pain. His pent-up emotions made him even more irritable.

"Damn it, get out here! Still trying to confuse me, huh?!"

"Click!"

At the height of his emotions, Wang Yu suddenly slammed his fist into his forehead. The force was so great that his skull and hand bones shattered and broke, leaving a bloody mess. But he ignored the pain from the wound, his expression ferocious, and his behavior horrifying as he reached his hand directly into the still not fully healed head wound.

"Gurgle..."

With his fingers rummaging through his brain tissue, Wang Yu expressionlessly pulled a panicked, writhing worm out of his head. Ignoring the damage that forcibly pulling would cause him, he let the blood flow; such a small injury wouldn't kill him.

"You're useless now, you disgusting thing."

"Gurgle!"

He crushed the parasite, which seemed to sense his emotional instability and instinctively amplified his emotions in an attempt to take advantage of his vulnerability, leaving a sticky organic paste on his hand and spilling onto the ground.

After doing all this, Wang Yu suddenly stood still, as if in a daze, his hands, covered in blood and viscous substance, trembling as if he were savoring something.

His fingers just touched something hard. That makes sense; besides the parasites, there's something else in his brain—an auxiliary chip.

"It's none of my business, isn't that what you hate most? Why did it have to be this one? Why did it have to be this one?"

Muttering to himself, Wang Yu finally realized what was going on. Or rather, he had been forcing himself not to think about it, but now, like a spring breeze washing away the dust and the clouds clearing, a conjecture surfaced in Wang Yu's mind.

He pressed his finger on the blindfold over his right eye, and the mutated tissue inside began to wriggle. Dark tentacles pushed open the blindfold and flipped out of the eye socket, peering into the eye of the person who had been prying open their eyes.

"Ha, ha, ha!"

A smile suddenly appeared on his expressionless face. A hoarse but incredibly carefree laugh came from Wang Yu's throat, making this guy, whose face and hands were covered in blood, look like he had really gone mad. Could it be that he had suffered too much of a blow?

"Drip, drip, drip..."

The liquid, not blood, dripped onto the ground. Without the slightest shame or attempt to conceal it, two tears slid down Wang Yu's face, falling freely and joyfully. This guy, who had never cried since he came into this world, finally cried at this moment.

"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to say that last time. Please don't scare me like that next time. But, oh well, there's no other way. I guess I can only fool you by lying to me too, damn it..."

Overjoyed to the point of tears, Wang Yu shook his hands, rambling incoherently.

"I'm sorry, I went a bit too far."

The familiar voice rang in his ears, causing the growing rage and restlessness in Wang Yu's heart to recede like a flood.

"It's nothing, I was just too happy. Given the situation, that was the only way to handle it."

Wang Yu smiled broadly. Just now, after he activated his Eye of the Secret Man, he saw Ling Qi standing in front of him, looking at him with a pained expression, as if he was not quite mentally stable.

"My current vessel is the auxiliary chip in your brain. It was only after visiting the Primordial Sea that I realized my 'true form' is not that chip; it's just that my power was transferred from that chip to me."

"In my current state, without the power provided by that Tianzhou Group chip, I'm afraid I won't be as strong as before and won't be able to do as many things. I need some time to improve myself."

Lingqi transmitted her words to Wang Yu through the auxiliary chip. She had indeed been somewhat cunning, wanting Wang Yu to experience what it felt like to be told "this has nothing to do with you." However, after seeing his reaction, she quickly felt sorry for him. She had originally planned to speak directly, but Wang Yu figured it out himself.

"It's alright, as long as you're okay."

Wang Yu smiled and relaxed as he sat down, feeling a sense of peace he had never imagined that the voice he heard would bring him such comfort.

"The power of detonating that chip allowed me to alter a tiny bit of the City of Machines. Just a tiny bit. I died from self-destruction. Wang Yu, you and Lena, with so few records to begin with, I erased all of them."

"And this, which was rushed out at the last minute."

A train ticket appeared before Wang Yu's eyes, next to which was the corresponding citizen identification document. It was a loop train, from the abandoned city to the new capital.

"Ah, that's wonderful."

"We won."

"Yes, it feels great to win."