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Chapter 123 The Knights of Hanno are indeed a villainous organization! (4K)

Ning Wei lost.

The kind that's fleeting.

The Sage Doll Sona clears the backcourt, and the Electro-Angel Vera clears the frontcourt.

The field you painstakingly built up in the first round can be wiped out in a single turn.

Although Ning Wei felt he was no match for Shen Yi, his pride as a duelist meant he still harbored the hope of miraculously winning.

However, the truth is that this idea is indeed an illusion.

The difference in deck strength is an objective fact, and this difference is very obvious in lower-ranked tournaments.

Compared to Ning Wei, who had expected this, Shen Yi seemed slightly disappointed.

He hadn't known Ning Wei's true identity before, and he had expected such an easy victory.

But now that Ning Wei has revealed his identity as a Knight of Hanoi, this performance is indeed somewhat weak.

Although this organization doesn't seem to be known for its dueling prowess, it is an underground organization in the Starry World.

"I thought—the intensity of the assessment duel would be higher," Shen Yi said disappointedly.

Upon hearing Shen Yi's words, Ning Wei's lips twitched slightly.

"Is there any possibility—" he said somewhat awkwardly, "that my strength has already been pushed very high—if it were any other time, my build would definitely not have made it into the top eight, let alone the top four—"

"Huh? Really?" Shen Yi pondered. "I didn't feel anything. What's going on—"

I'm still wondering what happened!

What the hell is the strength of this deck?!

Why can you so easily pull out minions that can clear the board?! Is this the kind of strength a level 1 duelist should have?

The thought that he had included all his most powerful cards in his deck, only to have them completely crushed by Shen Yi, made Ning Wei feel like he was going to vomit blood.

Judging from Shen Yi's expression, he clearly seemed to want more. What does that mean?

I tried my best, but in the other party's eyes, it might not even be considered a speed bump.

"I'm just a field operative." Suppressing the urge to beat up Shen Yi, Ning Wei forced a smile. "I don't need to be too strong in dueling, and my main task isn't fighting in the dueling arena."

This wasn't something Ning Wei said to save face.

His main task was to conceal his identity and then rent out organization members who had been arrested by accident but whose identities had not yet been exposed from prison.

To avoid attracting the attention of the prison authorities, these members could no longer engage in tasks related to the organization; they were simply rented out to allow them to enjoy life relatively freely.

In a sense, Ning Wei's role was more that of a staff member in the retirement department.

His strength was roughly equivalent to the minimum combat strength of the Knights of Hanno.

"So, there are even stronger duelists in your organization?" Shen Yi's eyes lit up.

Looking at Shen Yi's expression, Ning Wei suddenly became seriously suspicious that this guy's attempt to contact the organization was less about seeking help and more about finding a dueling expert within the organization to play cards with.

Despite this inexplicable feeling, Ning Wei still fulfilled his responsibilities.

"At 6 PM, you will receive our contact information at that virtual address," Ning Wei said to Shen Yi.

As he spoke, the dueling field began to shatter.

Instantly, cheers from the audience outside surged like waves.

"Oh my god! I never expected Yi Shen to have such a cute and cuddly personality! I love it!"

"Yeah, yeah, they're surprisingly cute and fierce when they play cards!"

"???"

Wait a minute! Who the hell is spouting nonsense?!

Shen Yi initially thought the audience was just talking nonsense, but after hearing similar comments repeatedly, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Shen Yi left the dueling arena, completely bewildered.

Upon entering the lounge, seeing Vera looking hesitant and Nangong Ai glancing at him furtively every now and then, he finally couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

As soon as Shen Yi said those words, he seemed to have struck a nerve with Vera, and she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"So, what the hell happened?" Shen Yi felt increasingly uneasy.

"Um—Ah Yi, you should watch the duel recording yourself," Nangong Ai said cautiously.

With a hint of doubt, Shen Yi opened the recording of the duel from earlier.

Because of the Knights of Hanoi's methods, although the duel itself remained largely unchanged, the dialogue between him and Ning Wei was significantly altered.

"So strong, so strong! Senior Ning Wei's deck is really powerful!"

In the video, Shen Yi's eyes shone brightly as he spoke with a hint of excitement.

"But that's not enough to defeat me!"

"I'm really strong, you know!"

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In the scene, the figure's appearance is exactly the same as Shen Yi's, and the voice is exactly the same, but every word spoken and every syllable jumps on Shen Yi's nerves.

Holy crap!!!!

"What the hell is all this?!"

Vera patted Shen Yi on the shoulder: "Those hackers replaced your conversations with AI. They probably used the wrong model, which is why the conversations came out like this."

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Shen Yi remained silent for a long while, then muttered, "As expected, these guys really are a villainous organization! They're here to kill me! Absolutely!"

As he was speaking, a pair of familiar tentacles appeared at the doorway—no, they were twin tails.

Ninety-Hime, with her ponytail scouting ahead, then poked her head out and looked at Shen Yi with a strange expression.

Shen Yi's lips twitched slightly. He said, "If I said the duel recording was tampered with, would you believe me?"

"I believe you, I believe you." Princess Kuju nodded perfunctorily.

Shen Yi immediately covered his forehead in despair.

"I'm starting to regret it. I shouldn't have held back during the duel," Shen Yi said through gritted teeth.

Seeing Shen Yi's expression, Ji Shi quickly comforted him, "My sister is already investigating. She suspects that some hacker organization intercepted the signal source of the duel field, so she sent me here to ask if I could check the backend of your guide robot."

As she spoke, Kujiro looked at Shen Yi with some confusion: "Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen your guide robot before."

"Here it is!" Vera pulled a guide robot out of her hair.

She had anticipated this and had only made a model of the guide robot early on, giving the public the reason that Vera had modified the guide robot into a hair accessory.

This is quite normal behavior among duelists.

Not to mention hair accessories, there are even those modified into X-shaped plugs.

Similarly, this guiding robot can be handed over for inspection when appropriate.

But Jiji's words made Shen Yi fall into deep thought.

He didn't dwell on the sudden social death (which was caused by AI manipulation) for too long; controlling one's emotions is an essential skill for duelists.

Sometimes getting caught up in your emotions can distort your actions.

When you're in dire straits, the timing of every card you play becomes crucial. There's often only one way to turn the tide and win. Letting your emotions dictate your actions can easily cause you to miss opportunities for victory.

He didn't think the Knights of Hanno were the kind of organization that would do something so rash.

Although Shen Yi is not a famous duelist in the Starry World, he has acquaintances here and quite a few opponents with whom he has dueled.

They all knew what kind of style Shen Yi had in duels.

Using the wrong model might be forgivable for a novice, but it's absolutely impossible for a resistance organization that has survived to this day to do so.

Even if he doesn't know or is unfamiliar with the other party, no matter how amateurish or incompetent they seem, he will still try to guess their intentions with the most sinister thoughts.

Now, even Thirteen Princess has noticed something fishy going on.

Was the Knights of Hanoi really only here to make contact with me this time?

After Kujira left with Vera's guide robot model, Shen Yi immediately voiced his thoughts.

Nangong Ai rarely got involved in Shen Yi's affairs; she just listened quietly from the sidelines.

Vera shared the same idea as Shen Yi, but there were simply too few opportunities available at the moment.

"If only I could eat an even more powerful machine, maybe I could find their trail," Vera pouted.

She never liked being passive.

Even when she was with Shen Yi, she always preferred to take the initiative.

The problem now is that the Knights of Hanno's purpose is unclear, and Vera's authority is completely ineffective in uncovering any clues about them.

It's fair to say that in this era, lacking powerful computing capabilities and access is indeed a frustrating thing.

"A powerful machine?" Shen Yi pondered. "I wonder if Kuji can get one."

"These machines that involve network access are all controlled by law enforcement agencies, right?" Vera said.

Those government members who were promoted back then were actually quite capable of maneuvering.

Even when they were in such a desperate situation in terms of public opinion, they still managed to become the last chain binding capital in the Starry World by self-destruction.

To this day, the executive agency maintains firm control over the underlying infrastructure of the Starry World Network, and all network-related equipment is managed and manufactured by the executive agency.

Aren't you capitalists promoting automation? Then the production of these network devices can also be completely automated, so you won't need to send people over to get involved.

Of course, theory is one thing, but in reality, large families can still add their own hidden doors to these network devices in various ways, but that's about it.

"If only there were some high-level decommissioned equipment," Vera muttered. "That way I could give them a home."

As she spoke, she touched the necklace hanging around her neck.

"An family? What An family?" Shen Yi looked at Vera in confusion.

"These Ilutros," Vera blinked, "are now their queen! They said they'd willingly become my subjects."

"Holy crap, what have you done?" Shen Yi's eyes widened.

Vera thought for a moment and said, "It's nothing much, it's just that we set up a dating AI dialogue model for them, and they're having a great time chatting in it."

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"If we're talking about high-level, obsolete equipment—" Nangong Ai suddenly said, "I do know one."

Shen Yi looked at Nangong Ai with some surprise: "You know all this?"

"My dad sometimes sells some junk to the Soul Card World." Nangong Ai was a little embarrassed, after all, this was revealing her father's secret.

But this was also a helpless choice for Nangong Xu Kang in order to raise Nangong Ai.

"Because the Starry Sky World is mostly depicted as powerful and mysterious in the Soul Card World, some of our junk items, especially those representing Starry Sky Technology, are very popular in the Soul Card World," Nangong Ai explained. "The dignitaries there will spend a lot of money to buy these technological junk items at auctions."

"My dad is a coward. He usually deals in discarded guide robots and the like," Nangong Ai recalled. "But last night, Mom said that after Dad came back last time, he told me about something he saw. He said that some dog dealers are really bold. They even dare to move the core components of the mainframe to another world and put them up for auction or something —"

"The core components of the mainframe?"

Shen Yi and Vera exchanged surprised glances.

It's important to understand that a single mainframe computer can be considered the absolute core of an entire city, capable of simultaneously controlling hundreds of millions of robots within the city. Its computing power and permissions are ridiculously high.

But isn't the mainframe always the most stable device? Where did this broken mainframe core come from?

After a moment's thought, a place name flashed through Shen Yi's mind:

Qizhou.

The destruction of Qizhou also included the actions of the Qizhou mastermind.

If there really is a broken mainframe core, it can only be the one in Qizhou.

"Which world?" Shen Yi asked with concern.

Nangong Ai thought for a moment and said, "The Empire."

Empire was a category, and it has continued to this day, thus becoming the name of that world.

In fact, the empire mentioned in the world's name was destroyed by the expeditionary force of the Starry World more than a hundred years ago because the other side had passed a law prohibiting trade with the Starry World.

Free trade is the absolute rule of a diverse world!

Many key resources in the ancient world of Soul Cards have been controlled by those families.

But being old also has its advantages.

As one of the oldest Soul Card worlds, the Empire World even has dedicated tourist routes.

Perhaps, after the Pei family's affairs are settled, I can go to the Empire World and see if I can get my hands on that mainframe core.

Judging from the strange behavior of the Knights of Hanoi today, this organization cannot be entirely trusted.

Thinking this to himself, Shen Yi then looked at Vera and asked, "How's the decryption of that document going?"

"It's completely untied," Vera replied, taking a deep breath.

Seeing Vera's performance, Shen Yi immediately understood.

This document probably contains big news.

Otherwise, Vera would usually be happy to take credit in this situation, saying, "I'm so amazing, right?" and then she would pat herself on the back.

Vera is very clingy.

In front of her younger sisters like Nangong Ai and Ilovena, she tends to be even more clingy, taking every opportunity to stick close to them.

The decrypted file was quickly transmitted to Shen Yi's ID card.

Upon seeing the document's title, Shen Yi immediately narrowed his eyes:

【Artificial Soul Card Project】.