Those who reincarnate must die.

The entire Mechanical Empire was destroyed by Zhang Lang, leaving not a single hard drive behind. All the humans in the laboratory were also killed by the Mechanical Empire, leaving no survivors. So where did this soul end up?

The only possibility is that it is hidden in the last stronghold of humanity, the underground city of Iron City!

Since that is the soul of the Ugly Clan, originating from the body, it can naturally return to the body!

If there are hackers in Iron City who can access the Mechanical Empire's network, then the Ugly Clan's soul could potentially "possess" these hackers via the network cable. If the possessed hacker then accesses Iron City's internal network, the Ugly Clan's soul will spread within the internal network!

Each person possessed is equivalent to killing a member of the Shen clan. With the virus-like spread of data souls, it will likely spread and infect the 200,000 residents of Iron City in no time!

Once the number of survivors decreases to a certain level, the ownership value here will drop to a dangerous point, meaning that the altar will lose control of this place, and the Shen clan's control value will also collapse!

This is a bomb that could explode at any moment!

"By any means necessary!" Zhang Lang roared at the badge while simultaneously directing the mobile command line towards Scrap Iron City: "Immediately cut off Scrap Iron City's internal network!"

Le Xinyi also realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately agreed to take action. {What? You don't know yet? | Read COM, read error-free chapters | Go Google it now!}

Zhang Lang quickly arrived at the location of Iron City. He didn't even bother to wait for the entrance to open, and plunged into the ground, passing through multiple layers of thick armor, and went straight to the city center!

This terrifying spectacle caused riots in Iron City, where people thought they had been invaded by the Machine Empire.

Zhang Lang had no time to deal with the residents running around. Guided by the force of the rupture, he arrived directly at the city center and met the reincarnators who had taken control of the area by force.

"The internal network has been cut off." Le Xinyi stepped forward: "All the hackers in Iron City have also been brought under control, a total of 336."

Zhang Lang nodded and quickly walked past the reincarnators. Behind them, a dozen or so humans who had undergone cybernetic modifications sat together, their eyes filled with fear and anger.

"You're the elders of Scrap Iron City, aren't you?" Zhang Lang's gaze swept over the group. "This is a matter of great importance. Who is our representative?"

One of the elderly men, with white hair and beard, stepped forward. His eyes had been replaced with electronic prosthetics that flashed red and made a hissing mechanical sound as his gaze moved.

"I am the current governor, so tell me what's on your mind."

Zhang Lang looked at the old man and said, "Then I'll make it short. First of all, the Mechanical Empire has been destroyed, and now you can't find a single usable hard drive on the ground."

"What?" Not only the governor, but all the elders showed expressions of shock.

"But that's not important," Zhang Lang said casually. "The key issue is that before the Mechanical Empire was destroyed, they... released a powerful artificial intelligence program. This program could reproduce infinitely like a virus, and what's even more deadly is that it could not only invade electronic devices, but also invade human brains, replace their original consciousness, and complete 'body possession'."

"A program capable of invading the human brain?" The red light in the governor's electronic eyes contracted. "You suspect it has infiltrated Iron City?"

"It's not doubt, it's certain!" Zhang Lang said firmly. "There are thirty-six such programs in total. I've done my best to eliminate thirty-five of them, and there's still one left that I haven't found a trace of. Right now, the only place in the world that can accommodate an intelligent program is Iron City. So it must be here."

The governor asked with some curiosity, "How did you determine how many procedures were completely eliminated?"

"This is my privacy; you just need to trust me," Zhang Lang said. "According to my intelligence, this program was deployed to the network three hours ago. Therefore, any hackers who accessed the Mechanical Empire's network within those three hours are at risk of infection!"

"That's easy." The governor's eyes gleamed red. "If the Mechanical Empire falls, the hackers will be useless; just kill them all!"

Zhang Lang frowned slightly. This governor was ruthless. Compared to the life and death of the entire city, the sacrifice of more than three hundred hackers was insignificant in his eyes.

Unfortunately, this doesn't really solve the problem.

"It's not just a hacker problem," Zhang Lang said, looking at the governor. "If hackers have indeed been infected and returned to Iron City's internal network, they could infect many more ordinary people. Therefore, I think it's best to find out exactly which hackers have been infected and, based on their activity records, identify potentially infected ordinary people. Otherwise, the entire city is a suspect!"

"Well..." The governor thought for a moment, "We can cooperate with the investigation... but how can I be sure what you're saying is true?"

"First of all, we are genuine human beings." Zhang Lang raised his hand and pinched his cheek. "Secondly, as for the destruction of the Mechanical Empire, if you don't believe me, you can send people to the surface to investigate. Finally..."

Zhang Lang looked at the reincarnators around him: "I think you've already experienced our power and know that you have no choice."

The consul nodded: "Alright!"

With the plan finalized, things became much easier. The elders quickly retrieved the hackers' login records to the external network. After screening, they finally confirmed that there were a total of thirty-three hackers with login records in the last three hours.

These thirty-odd hackers were brought before the reincarnators.

"Think you're so clever, huh?" Zhang Lang looked at them and sneered. "Entering this world by sacrificing your soul, invading people's minds and taking over their bodies—you've got a good plan!"

The hackers looked at each other, all with puzzled expressions.

"No need for acting anymore." Zhang Lang's gaze swept over the crowd. "No tricks will work against my power!"

Upon realizing that Iron City might be under attack, Zhang Lang enveloped the entire city with his "Collapse Force." A soul without a body would certainly lose most of its power, but it couldn't be ruled out that this escaped creature possessed abilities related to the soul. However, under the influence of the Collapse Force, no mysterious force could cause any trouble!

The elders' plan is to simply kill all the selected individuals and then track their internal network connections after they log out of the external network. Iron City's equipment is far inferior to that of the Mechanical Empire; its internal network transmission speed is much slower than the external network. Since carrying the soul of a hero requires a massive amount of data, and with network speed being a bottleneck, that ugly tribe member can't infect too many people on the internal network. In that case, it's better to kill a hundred innocent people than let one guilty person escape.

However, Zhang Lang rejected the plan because he had a more accurate method to screen out the ugly souls among these guys.

"Matsumoto, it's up to you now." Zhang Lang called out softly, and the girl with long, straight black hair walked out gracefully from behind him.

To deal with the soul, you should definitely consult a soul expert!