"This is the one, isn't it? The strengthened Spider tank. It is agile and moderately large. It has participated in almost every operation of the yakshas squad. It also boasts a crystal processor that is powerful enough to accommodate our souls temporarily."
"But it is the most cutting-edge experimental model of the Holy League. It must be very difficult to hack into it, and it can be easily detected."
"The more difficult it is, the more exciting it will be. What else can we do? Hack the fully-automatic toilet?"
"It does make sense. Then, where is the yakshas squad right now? Where is the Spider tank that they use every day?"
"Right. The yakshas squad suffered a huge explosion during a mission just now. All of them seem to have been wounded. They are resting in the headquarters of the Sweepers. Their Spider tank is being upgraded in the maintenance workshop, too. It is not far away from here."
"Excellent. What shall we do next?"
"First of all, we will find the design design of the regular Spider tank and its crystal processor, figure out its operating system and defense system, and crack the loopholes in it through hundreds of virtual simulations. Then, we will set up some 'traces' that will be intentionally exposed in the crystal processor debris. Since the Holy League knows that we once controlled the floating fortress through the mainframe crystal processor, we will have to mislead them into thinking that we hacked it with regular crystal processor technology and that our souls ran away the moment the floating fortress crashed. Finally, we will set up a few traps and some 'logic bombs' so that the enemy will cause problems such as data leakage, defense collapse, and even spiritual energy overload when the crystal processor debris is cut into pieces. Those problems will not be fatal, but they will cover the traces of our 'swing'. When the enemy deals with the 'logic bombs' that we set up in a hurry, it will be the best time for us to switch to a brand-new 'carrier'!"
"Very good. Let's begin!"
In a moment, Li Yao's and the mental devil's souls were unfolded like the wings of a butterfly.
As the soul ripples spread out, a brand-new world slowly unfolded in front of their eyes. Countless voices, countless pictures, and countless bright gold and crimson streams of information made a glamorous world that looked like tiny grains of sand. They seemed to be able to "see" the research room of crystal processors that they were in, the researchers who were walking in and out of the research room and the pathways outside, the brainwaves that the researchers were releasing nonstop, and the new world made of the ripples of the Spiritual Nexus outside of the research room that was even vaster and more splendid than before.
"The Spiritual Nexus is too vast."
Li Yao smiled and thought to himself, "Who can … stop me?"
…
Three days ago, in the engine compartment at the bottom level of 'Light Chaser', the main-force warship of the Holy League …
Light Chaser was an outdated, antique warship with a history of five hundred years. If it had been in the Federation or the Imperium, it would've been scrapped a long time ago or handed over to the local armed forces or the carrier fleets.
However, the efficiency and reliability of the primeval technology, and the almost zero requirement of the Holy League for the living environment of the starship, made it still struggle stubbornly in the cold sea of stars and fight for the 'glory of the gods' after countless repairs.
In order to push the enormous body that was more than five thousand meters long to sprint and turn at a high speed, dense thrusters of working medium had been installed all over its body. Together with the astronomical energy that the spiritual shields and the energy weapons consumed, the engine compartment that had been maintained and strengthened many times almost took up all the space at the rear of the warship. The tubes that were several meters in diameter and dozens of meters thick were entangled in a complicated way, making it look like the nest of an iron boa, the coldness, and a three-dimensional maze that was full of rust.
Because of the aging materials and the lack of maintenance, high-temperature steam spurted out of the corners of countless tubes, soaking the engine compartment in a vague mist all year long. It was like a quiet mountain range at the same time.
After the steam was frozen and condensed, it would turn into drops of water and fall from the 'top' shaped by the gravity field, like a drizzle.
The rain and the mist, the rust-colored maze, and the warship soldiers and maintainers who were wearing gray raincoats and gas masks below the maze and remained expressionless even when they took off their masks, constituted the everlasting 'scenery' in the engine compartment of the Light Chaser, no, of all the antique warships of the Holy League.
'Major' Chu Zhixiao squatted on the highest horizontal tube and stared at the glittering 'raindrops' falling into the gray abyss below in a daze, falling on the soldier bees and worker bees that looked like gray dots.
She liked the feeling. She liked the feeling of the dripping raindrops falling on her skin softly. It made her feel that she was truly alive. Therefore, even if it was not a real 'rain', what did it matter?
"Fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty-two, fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty-three …"
Chu Zhixiao was counting exactly how many raindrops had fallen on her body.
"Major, save me. Major, save me. Save me …"
The voice surfaced deep inside her brain again. It was filled with indescribable pity and desperation. The raindrops and the hazy mist before her eyes seemed to have condensed into a little girl in a white dress who opened her helpless arms to her.
Chu Zhixiao slightly frowned. The illusions and auditory hallucinations were all gone, like water droplets melting in the curtain of rain.
Looking at the raindrops, she was dazed for a long time before she cursed in a low voice. She had forgotten where exactly she had been counting.
"Major! Major! "
This time, the ultra-tiny vibrating chips deep inside her ear canal truly echoed the monotonous sound that sounded like metal rubbing. "We have arrived at the scene. Where are you? Are you monitoring the scene? I'll transmit all the terrain data of the engine compartment and the information of all the crew members on the Light Chaser to your spider tank. Please be prepared to receive it."
It was' Seven Stars'. The seven annoying brats.
Chu Zhixiao turned around, only to see a shivering spider tank lying on the tube next to her. Although it was known as an 'all-terrain' and boasted anti-joint limbs that could turn 360 degrees and extremely fast wheels, such ancillary spiritual puppets were still not suitable for climbing up and down in a three-dimensional maze as dexterously as human beings. The guy that was as round as a toilet was constricting its six limbs hard, trying to hug the slippery tube. The indicator light on its back was still flashing rapidly, indicating that it was receiving tremendous data. It looked so flustered that it might fall down at any moment. It could not have been more hilarious.
The corners of Chu Zhixiao's mouth curled up into a cold smile.
"Let's go, Red Pig. We've rested enough."
The woman whose codename was' Major 'stood up from the ventilation tube almost a hundred meters high. Narrowing her eyes, she opened her arms and enjoyed the irregular turbulence of the cold wind above the engine compartment. Then, she leaped down softly and did not forget to hook' Red Pig ', her spider tank, with the tip of her foot. Then, it fell into the gray mist together with her.
The spider tank was obviously a cold machine, but it was displaying certain 'emotions' that were more vivid than those of the people of the Holy League in midair. Its six limbs were shivering hard, as if they were trying to grab anything around them. The crystal cameras embedded in the nine interconnected rails on the head were rolling crazily, too, as if they had been scared out of their wits. It was quite hilarious.
The moment they were about to hit the ground, Chu Zhixiao seemed to have stepped on something solid in midair. Spinning weirdly, she picked up the spider tank by the way. The person and the tank, which weighed more than half a ton in total, fell to the ground like a dry leaf without making any sound.
The six limbs of the spider tank were still shivering slightly. There was no telling whether it was because of the sudden weightlessness from the high altitude or because it was' scared '.
Chu Zhixiao, on the other hand, immediately entered the role of 'captain of the yaksha squad'. With a layer of gray frost on her face, she observed everything around her coldly.
From a hundred meters high in the sky, the soldiers and maintainers gathered in the engine compartment were no different from usual.
When she approached them, Chu Zhixiao immediately sensed the intense smell of blood and panic.
Almost all the soldiers and maintainers had the most twisted facial organs. Panic and fear were written all over their faces. For the people of the Holy League, it was a highly abnormal phenomenon.
The surroundings had been blocked by the Blessed Army, the Purgers, and the Cleaners. Chu Zhiling saw that the Cleaners had sent out the second and fourth investigation teams. The appearance of the two teams at the same time, together with the yaksha squad, suggested that this was a serious heresy.
The result of the emotional scan was exactly the same.
Chu Zhixiao did not need to raise his wrist at all. Through the intense tremors of his portable crystal processor, he knew that the emotional fluctuations gathered in the narrow space had exceeded the tipping point and were enough to trigger mass hysteria on a large scale. All the tranquil, pure, and pious soldiers and maintainers were infected with the virus named 'emotion'.
Although they could only sense 'fear' right now, it was like a dam that had collapsed. If they did not do anything about it, other emotions would soon follow and swallow them completely.
Everybody in the engine compartment, whether they are in touch with the heresy or not, can only undergo 'deep purging' on a large scale.
Chu Zhiyun thought to herself and glanced at the Purgers who were wearing anti-epidemic suits. That's why so many Purgers are gathered here.
However, if the source of the infection is not found, it will be useless however many purges they perform.
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