Samsara Space: They're all begging me to heal them one more time.

The eerie green light illuminated the entire Arasaka Plaza, making it resemble the underworld.

"This feeling... is truly amazing."

The hammer emitted a piercing, synthesized mechanical sound, and its crimson electronic eyes stared intently at Zhang Yuan in mid-air: "So, you charlatans usually fight with this kind of cheat-like power?"

boom!

He suddenly pushed off the ground, and his massive body broke the sound barrier, appearing instantly above Zhang Yuan's head with a sonic boom.

Without any further ado, the "phantom green version of the Holy Spirit Hammer," formed from twisted cyber data, crashed down on Zhang Yuan with the force of Mount Tai!

The pressure from this hammer blow was even more terrifying than the Blue Team Colonel's mecha blades from earlier!

"Boss, watch out!" Li Mo roared into the communication channel.

Everyone held their breath in a cold sweat.

Zhang Yuan had exhausted his accumulated divine power in order to kill the colonel instantly, and the dazzling golden cocoon on his body had dissipated.

Faced with this fatal blow that perfectly replicated his peak performance, Zhang Yuan did not dodge.

He didn't even raise the warhammer in his hand; he simply raised his head slightly, extended an index finger, and gently tapped the falling, dark green giant hammer.

"Cheating? No."

Zhang Yuan's voice remained calm: "I just have a larger 'budget' than you guys."

Ding--!

A crisp, light sound, like glass colliding, echoed through the square.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

The massive, dark green hammer, powerful enough to smash a skyscraper, was unable to advance even an inch further the moment it touched Zhang Yuan's index finger!

"How is this possible?!" The crimson electronic eyes of the hammer flashed wildly, and the core power reactor roared deafeningly, trying to forcefully suppress the giant hammer.

But before Zhang Yuan's seemingly slender finger, the giant hammer seemed to have crashed into an insurmountable wall of rules and sighs.

"The biggest problem with pirated software is the lack of support for core algorithms."

Zhang Yuan retracted his index finger and slapped the surface of the giant hammer with his backhand.

boom!

The enormous, eerie green hammer shattered in mid-air like a fragile ice sculpture, turning into countless green code-like light spots that dissipated!

"You forcibly scanned my skill appearance and parameters using [Jealousy], which is indeed remarkable. But you seem to have overlooked one thing..."

Zhang Yuan looked at Adam Hammer, who had been knocked back a few steps by the recoil, and sneered: "The reason my attack was so powerful was because of the combined effect of countless auxiliary skills, as well as the massive amount of 'divine authority' and 'faith power' poured into it."

"And in this pile of scrap metal, besides engine oil and kill commands, is there anything like 'faith' or 'holy light'?"

The hammer was stunned.

It is true that he perfectly replicated the model of the skill, but the power of [Original Sin Chip - Envy] can only replicate one ability at a time.

If you copy Zhang Yuan's [Holy Hammer], you can't copy [Honor Blessing], [Angel Blessing], [Light's Vengeance]... With just [Holy Hammer], you naturally can't achieve the exponential explosive output of stepping on your right foot with countless buffs stacked up.

In addition, there is another crucial reason—the data warhammer that Adam Hammer conjured using the power of the Jealousy Chip did not have Zhang Yuan's unique [Divine Authority] as fuel!

Lacking the blessing of divine magic and the most important talent, [Divine Grace], this hammer, though outwardly impressive, is nothing more than an ordinary, unremarkable C-rank damage skill, an empty shell that is strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

"Shut the fuck up! Even without the hammer, these prosthetics I have are enough to crush you insects into mincemeat!"

With a roar, the heavy hammer abandoned its materialized weapon and instead raised its left arm, launching a three-barreled, large-caliber electromagnetic cannon.

Even without using the cheating powers of the Original Sin Chip, as a legendary mercenary of Night City, his speed, strength, and defense are still in an extremely terrifyingly overpowered state!

Just as the heavy hammer was about to unleash its full power and slaughter all the outsiders in the square...

above the sky.

The giant face of Saburo Arasaka, composed of billions of data nodes, suddenly spoke.

"Physical entanglement is far too inefficient, Adam."

The emotionless, synthesized electronic voice carries a hint of absolute arrogance.

"Since Mr. Zhang Yuan is an impregnable fortress in the real world, there is no need to fight on his home turf."

Om-!

Without any warning.

The space around Zhang Yuan suddenly began to distort violently.

This is not a fluctuation of magic, but a pure, massive torrent of data forcibly interfering with reality!

【warn!warn! 】

[Mikoshi's underlying protocol is forcibly reconnecting to a higher-dimensional network!]

Zhang Yuan frowned. He felt an irresistible, immense suction force tearing at his soul!

This is the ultimate variant of the "Soul Killer" program!

Saburo Arasaka, having fused with the power of the Black Wall AI, bypassed all physical defenses and directly locked onto Zhang Yuan's consciousness waveband, as well as the six [Original Sin Chips] bound to his soul!

"He wants to pull me into cyberspace..." Zhang Yuan instantly understood Sanlang's intention.

In the pure world of data, Saburo is an omniscient and omnipotent god.

He wants to strip Zhang Yuan of his physical advantages and forcibly seize the chip in the online world!

"Boss! Your brain-computer interface is being forcibly rewritten!"

Looking at the data displayed on his portable terminal, all showing negative numbers, Li Mo was so anxious he almost smashed his keyboard. "I can't stop him! That's Blackwall-level computing power!"

"No need to block it."

The astonishment in Zhang Yuan's eyes lasted only half a second before he regained his absolute rationality.

He knew that with his C-rank strength, it was unrealistic to confront the ultimate network protocol within this worldview.

Since the other party extended such a warm invitation, he, as the "biggest creditor of Night City," might as well go and investigate their bottom line.

One second before consciousness completely leaves the body.

Zhang Yuan ripped off the storage bag at his waist, along with several vials radiating a rich golden light, and threw them at Lin Qingyue beside him.

"Protect my server (body)."

Zhang Yuan's voice rang out for the last time on everyone's communication channel.

"Wait for me to come back... and I'll give you a bonus."

Swish!

A blinding red beam of data descended from the sky, instantly engulfing Zhang Yuan's body.

……

Mikoshi, cyberspace.

There is no sky, no earth, only endless red code flowing like a waterfall.

Zhang Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

He found himself still wearing that platinum armor, and the golden fox mask on his face had also been digitized.

And directly in front of him.

A towering "electronic Buddha statue," composed entirely of scarlet data streams, coldly stares at Zhang Yuan from the void of the data sea.

Saburo Arasaka.

Or rather, it is an electronic version of the Black Wall AI.