Chapter 44: Butterfly

Is a hacker infiltrating my neural system?!

Gao Gong forced himself to calm down.

He could be sure that he wasn’t affected before he put on the ’Neural Frequency Amplifier’.

Without the neural signal access of the ’Neural Frequency Amplifier’, he wouldn’t have such severe illusions.

At most, he would feel intense unease.

Just like those Mechanical Bio-Beasts.

Gao Gong ran while pressing his right temple with his thumb.

There was a direct switch here that could forcibly shut down the ’Combat Prosthetic Eye’.

In short, pull out the network cable.

’Pop!’

His right eye blacked out.

The surrounding illusions staggered, and the next moment, like an old TV with a bad signal, snowflake spots appeared on the pink brain grooves.

The hallucination weakened.

Indeed!

The only electronic device on him was the Combat Prosthetic Eye.

To hack in, one must start with the prosthetic eye.

And the disconnect network method works for most hackers.

This was a concrete jungle, electronic signals were severely interfered with, meaning remote hacking was out of the question.

The hacker must be nearby.

However, within three seconds, the brain grooves, like intestines, started to wriggle again, and even a soft, fleshy carpet appeared on the ground.

Hacked in again!

Gao Gong took a deep breath, activating the two statuses inherent to his skin, ’Skin Breathing’ and ’Cold Blood’.

Skin Breathing: Blood activity decreased, endurance recovery increased by 15% per second.

Cold Blood: Reduces infrared radiation, lowers the probability of being discovered by enemies.

The former lowered his brain power usage, while the latter increased the difficulty of neural signal access.

The sound of water drops disappeared once again.

Along with it, his vision disappeared.

Gao Gong was completely blind.

But his left eye was initially fine.

’The thalamus has been hacked in, the visual system in the brain is disrupted.’

’However, other systems restored to normal.’

Gao Gong touched his head, it was hard, then reached for his ear, as expected, he touched an ’earpiece’.

Although he didn’t have hacking skills, couldn’t reverse hack the opponent.

But in this information-interfered concrete jungle, the opponent couldn’t hack in from afar.

The enemy is nearby!

The underground system was trafficked in all directions, finding the enemy in a short time was almost impossible.

Gao Gong gritted his teeth and once again set the ’Neural Frequency Amplifier’ to maximum.

In an instant, that maddening noise that made one want to tear flesh engulfed him again.

Gao Gong could clearly hear the sound of blood flowing out from his ear.

Dida

Dida

Similarly, the traces of intrusion, under the effect of the ’Amplifier’, extended into the darkness like a rainy path.

’In the rain’, there seemed to be a tiny black shadow.

Looked like a butterfly?

Kill!

Kill the hacker to solve the intrusion problem!

The micro motor in his knees was set to maximum, Gao Gong sprinted with a knife, murder intent boiling in his heart.

Within just ten seconds, after turning a corner, the rain path neared its end.

He seemed to bump into something and was pushed back.

Red Unicorn hacked vertically and horizontally, the obstacles in the way were slashed apart.

This texture, some kind of metal?

Something grabbed his lower leg, he kicked it away.

The hacker was close at hand.

Before slashing, a series of images flashed through Gao Gong’s mind.

Strange guardians.

Deserted Cable Tribe.

Perception affected, senses hacked into.

Odd Cyber Hacker.

Professor Han controlling the Reaper Leader.

Professor Han?

If the enemy was Professor Han, they must die!

If Gao Gong lacked that ruthlessness, he wouldn’t be Gao Gong.

Butterfly?

Butterfly!

Not the Cyber Hacker.

Nor Professor Han.

It’s—

At the critical moment, Gao Gong’s knife tip stopped at the opponent’s throat.

Only heavy breathing remained, in and out, in and out.

The noise of the ’Amplifier’ gradually disappeared.

At the same time, the tinnitus vanished as well, and Gao Gong’s vision started to recover.

Beneath the knife tip, Huang Yuanli slowly opened her eyes.

The two exchanged glances for a moment, Huang Yuanli weakly cursed, "You scared the hell out of me!"

Gao Gong surveyed the surroundings, not far away, was the metallic cell gate slashed to pieces.

And around them were faces filled with terror.

Not far off, Meng Duo was in pain, a black footprint on his chest.

Luckily Meng Duo had a strong physical presence, or that kick would have been more than a few broken ribs.

"You lured me here?" Gao Gong asked.

"Yes, I felt it was you, luckily you came," Huang Yuanli said pale-faced.

"Can you explain?"

"No time, get us out first, I’ll explain on the way."

"Everyone hurry, he’s here to save us!"

Gao Gong held Huang Yuanli in his arms and walked out of the cell.

The other Cable Tribe members immediately followed, with a few young guys supporting Meng Duo. Looking at Gao Gong, he forced a painful smile.

"That kick was too heavy."

"Sorry, I’ll be careful next time."

Gao Gong retraced his steps, soon seeing several corpses cut into chunks.

Many seeing this revealed expressions of satisfaction.

If Huang Yuanli wasn’t badly injured, she might have kicked a few kicks too.

"They were subordinates of the Great Elder, that old thing, utterly lacking humanity, trying to sell us as slaves."

"So you revolted? You’re quite brave."

"Not just me, I planned to rescue Professor Han and have him lead us."

Huang Yuanli paused, glanced back, hesitated to speak.

Gao Gong knowingly nodded, then asked, "Do you have a temporary hiding place?"

"I know a nearby underground shelter not occupied by beasts," a tribe young man bravely suggested.

"Then let’s split, you go to that shelter first, we’ll come back for you."

Seeing tribe members glancing at each other, faces hesitant, Huang Yuanli suddenly cursed, "Fools, don’t escape now, want to be slaves!?"

"We can help you!" a young guy said, gritting his teeth.

"You? If you can walk two steps without falling, I believe you."

Meng Duo took a deep breath, "Everyone listen to Sister Lii, we’ll go first!"

Then he seriously looked at Gao Gong, "Please protect Sister Lii!"

Gao Gong rolled his eyes, "If I can’t manage, I’ll throw her out first."

"Wow, you’re such a jerk, after Sister treated you so well."

"What a load of crap, my ears are almost ruined by you."

"You heartless, forgotten who tirelessly helped you find big insects?"

"You didn’t lack for lollipops either."

After the pair separated from the group, Gao Gong calmly said, "Everyone’s gone, explain, how did Professor Han go mad."

"How did you know he’s crazy?!" Huang Yuanli’s eyes widened.

"If he wasn’t mad, could your Great Elder compete with him?"

A Scavenger tribe having a monster with perception over 40 is already lucky, how could there be another.

Professor Han indeed went mad.

In fact, the Little Woman wasn’t truly obstinate; she sought out Professor Han before causing trouble.

In her view, the professor was the smartest person, no problem he couldn’t solve.

However, the professor refused her.

"The professor remains dedicated to exploration," Huang Yuanli murmured, "Professor said only by opening that place could everyone be saved."

"Didn’t you fail?"

"Yes, so the professor changed his mind."

Fear flashed in Huang Yuanli’s eyes, "He wants to lure out what’s in that place."