Chapter 432: Destroying the Mastermind

In this modern era, life is fast-paced and stress is everywhere.

Busy work, complex interpersonal relationships, high cost of living and noisy environment all make people feel extremely tired and anxious.

Faced with these invisible pressures, more and more people choose to immerse themselves in the virtual world, because there is a colorful life that is completely different from reality.

Whether it is returning to the farm given by my grandfather, farming in the mountains and wilderness, fishing, mining, or returning to the natural and simple rural life.

Or come to the chaotic and disorderly junction, ride on the spiritual horse given by the fire girl, and face those ancient legends on the exciting and magnificent battlefield.

The virtual world can always provide those things that are hard to find in life, allowing people to get a moment of tranquility and satisfaction.

In this context, the Internet cafe emerged as the times require. It is the junction of reality and virtuality, and it is also a place where countless people seek spiritual food.

In an Internet cafe in Xicheng Community, you can smell a strange smell as soon as you open the door. The air is filled with thick dust. There are all kinds of garbage that haven't been cleaned up on the ground. Empty drink bottles, cigarette butts, Food wrappers and scraps of paper are everywhere.

Several fluorescent lamps hanging on the ceiling flickered on and off, emitting a pale light. The surrounding walls were yellow due to lack of maintenance for a long time, and there were even mottled mold spots growing in the corners.

Many young people are sitting in front of the computer, staring at the screen intently, their fingers tapping rapidly on the keyboard, making a crackling sound. The ground beside them is piled with leftover takeaway boxes and drink cans.

Occasionally, a stray cat silently passes between the tables and chairs, stopping to lick the uneaten food remnants. The fan on the ceiling rotates squeakingly, making a harsh noise, but it is difficult to dispel the stuffy air.

Compared with those Internet cafes that take the high-end and comfortable route, the environment of this Internet cafe is too simple, but the corresponding Internet fees are also very low, and the customers are mainly young people who come from poor backgrounds and work hard.

Here, you only need 20 yuan to sit there for a whole day, pick up the keyboard and mouse to play games when you wake up, and lean on the chair to sleep when you feel sleepy. It is much more affordable than those hotels that cost tens or hundreds of dollars a night.

The Internet cafe owner was sitting behind the counter, dozing lazily. There were several crumpled boxes of cigarettes and an old and black kettle on the table.

Next to the boss was a young child, who looked to be only eleven or twelve years old. He was sitting in front of the boss's personal computer, playing one of the most popular competitive online games at the moment.

The child's bright eyes are fixed on the screen, as if he is integrated with the characters in the game. His fingers dance on the keyboard and make crisp tapping sounds. The mouse is also moving accurately under his control, and every skill is released. They were all extremely smooth, as if these operations had become his instinct.

The game character on the screen nimbly shuttles between the enemies, launching a series of dazzling combos, and the enemies fall one after another.

There were a lot of people in the Internet cafe. From time to time, there were voices complaining about losing games or shouting from other booths. However, there was no expression change on the child's face. He was focused and calm, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him. , only the battles in the game are real.

At this moment, the boss's snoring stopped suddenly and he woke up. He rubbed his face in a daze and turned to look at the child's screen.

Just as the round was over, a victory screen popped up on the screen, as well as a sign of rank promotion.

The boss immediately came over, smiled and touched the back of the child's head: "Okay, little Su Mo, help my account get promoted as soon as I wake up."

Su Mo put his hands on his hips and said proudly, "Your rank is too low. I'll kill you randomly. Can I play the game by myself now?"

The boss waved his hand and said, "Play as you like. I already agreed with you that if you help me advance, I'll let you play all afternoon. You can play whatever you want."

Su Mo quickly closed the current window and opened a recently released stand-alone game.

It's not that Su Mo's family is so poor that they don't have a computer. It's just that his parents are very strict about it. They feel that playing games is useless and affects their studies, so they usually don't let them touch it.

He could only use the weekend to find an excuse to go out with his classmates, and then sneak to this Internet cafe.

He and the boss are old acquaintances, and the "transaction" every time is very simple - I help you increase your points, and you let me play games.

The boss stretched and suddenly found someone smoking in front of a machine, so he reminded him: "Hey, hey, if you want to smoke, go out and smoke."

The man said inexplicably: "You were allowed to smoke yesterday, why aren't you allowed to smoke now?"

The boss pointed at Su Mo, who was concentrating on playing games: "There are no children here."

The customer smiled and said: "Damn it, you let a kid come in to this Internet cafe? Aren't you afraid of being investigated?"

The boss said lazily: "I didn't let him get on the computer. Why can't he play with my own personal computer? If someone comes to check, I will say he is my nephew."

"Okay, okay, whatever you want." The guest didn't bother and ran outside to smoke.

The boss woke up and had nothing to do, so he stood behind Su Mo and watched him play games.

The boss had played this stand-alone game himself and was familiar with the process. After watching it for a while, he discovered what Su Mo was doing.

The boss asked: "Why are you running this branch? You don't need to do this task to clear the level."

Su Mo: "I'm saving the heroine. I read the guide and they said that if we don't do this branch line, the heroine will die."

The boss said lazily: "The heroine will not come out again at this point in time. Even if you complete the task and save her, the ending will not have a special CG. It is a complete waste of time."

Su Mo's expression was very serious: "That's two different things. Even if there is no special CG, at least I know that I saved her, and that's enough."

The boss laughed and said: "It's so funny. Why are you playing a game so seriously?"

Su Mo thought for a while and said: "Don't you think that the world in the game is real?"

The boss asked inexplicably: "Games are games, they are all fake, how can they be real?"

Su Mo looked at the character he controlled on the screen and muttered: "Then I am different from you. Although I also know that the game is fake, I will put myself in the protagonist and treat the screen as the real world."

"Everyone in it is real to me, and every choice I make will affect their lives."

"So, whether it's a waste of time or a difficult road, I will give them a perfect world."

Because the energy reactor of the Sky City was damaged in the fierce battle and lost enough power, it fell and hit the ground.

Fortunately, the Sky City was designed with enough safety margins at the beginning. The backup power engine was turned on during the falling phase, and the falling speed was very slow. It was not a hard landing, otherwise the strong earthquake it caused might be enough to destroy the entire Crescent City.

Even so, the terrain at the falling place was still permanently changed. The falling Sky City was like a long mountain range that fell from the sky, stretching across the suburbs of Crescent City.

In the center of the battlefield of the final showdown, endless dust filled the surroundings, smoke and dust rose into the sky, and gullies bursting due to the huge impact force could be seen everywhere on the ground.

Suddenly, a bloody hand stretched out from the collapsed rock layer and stone pile, holding up the ground with force, and dragged the buried body out.

Su Mo was seriously injured at this time. There was no good meat on his body. The bloody wounds were extremely hideous, and blood gushed out like a stream, wetting the tattered clothes.

He vomited black blood after just a few steps. Every time he breathed, his wounds would move. He fell to the ground as if his spine had been pulled out, but he held on and forced himself to stand firm.

Soon, the Black King-level Scarlet Rose Blood Code began to work.

Previously, in order to maximize his power, Su Mo deliberately suppressed the Scarlet Rose Blood Code to ensure that he could always be in a "residual blood" state to maximize the use of the Canglang Blood Code.

Now it is no longer necessary.

The injuries on his body that were enough to take the lives of ordinary people countless times were quickly repaired, and his body was finally able to stand firm.

Su Mo searched in the wreckage of the battlefield and soon found the remains of the main brain.

In the previous attack, the original blazing construct body had been completely destroyed by the Blasphemy Sword, leaving only a light core in the corpse.

The ultimate form of the "God Body Incarnation" of the final BOSS of Dawn, the main brain, was broken!

Time

Su Mo recalled the whole process of the battle just now.

Well, it took less than a minute in total.

There are still 3 seconds left.

At this time, the light core began to emit flashes, and a faint voice came from it.

"This is impossible."

Who is speaking now? Yan Wenwu? Or someone else?

I don't know.

After all, there are a lot of "people" inside.

Su Mo moved his arms and said lightly: "It's a bit outrageous that you were injured so badly."

"If I had a keyboard and a mouse, I would have beaten you without any injuries."

The light emitted by the light core gradually dimmed, and finally disappeared, falling into dormancy.

Compared with other constructs, the main brain of the Supreme Existence is very special. All the important components of its body are concentrated in this light core, and everything else is just an extension of the light core.

In other words, as long as the light core is still there, it can reshape life and be immortal.

Su Mo did not give the fragile light core a final blow, but picked it up.

It has other uses.

Su Mo walked to a corner of the battlefield, lifted up the ruins, and found Su Motong buried inside.

Su Motong was previously controlled by the hive consciousness of the main brain, and Su Mo used the Crazy Skeleton to entangle her.

Now that the battle is over, the light core of the main brain has fallen into dormancy, and Su Motong's consciousness has returned to normal.

However, even with the protection of layers of Crazy Skeleton, the aftermath of the previous battle was still too intense. Su Motong was now covered in wounds and extremely weak.

Fortunately, the queen bee of the construct is a very powerful life form. Even if it has not reached the level of near immortality of the main brain, the body still has the ability to self-repair. As long as it does not die on the spot, it can slowly recover.

Su Mo carried Su Mo Tong out of the ruins, and called softly against her forehead: "Mo Tong, are you okay?"

Su Mo Tong opened her weak eyes and nodded gently: "It's okay."

Su Mo murmured: "What I told you before."

Su Mo Tong put her fingers on the tip of Su Mo's lips and smiled gently: "I know everything."

Su Mo's eyes flashed with unspeakable sadness. He hugged Su Mo Tong tightly in his arms, and his voice trembled unconsciously: "If I did something wrong, I'm sorry."

Su Mo Tong didn't say anything, but raised her little hand and gently stroked her father's back, melting all the words she wanted to say into a gentle smile.

Su Mo picked up Su Mo Tong, found the old site of the hall just now, and found a metal door in the ruins.

This metal door has been twisted in the aftermath of the battle just now, but its strength is very high, and the main structure is still intact.

Su Mo tore the metal door open, and the cold and turbid air rushed in his face. He took Su Mo Tong into the long steps behind the door leading to the underground.

As Su Mo went deeper, the faint light at the entrance gradually disappeared, and the surroundings were pitch black. Only footsteps echoed on the stairs, which seemed unusually crisp and empty.

Su Mo reached the bottom floor and entered a closed area, and his vision suddenly became clear.

Looking around, there were towering mechanical devices all around, and countless pipes and cables hung from the ceiling, like giant snakes. The cold blue and white light intertwined together, illuminating every inch of space.

A huge control terminal stood on the central metal platform, as if it was the heart of this closed area. The console was covered with complex buttons, knobs and touch screens, and a series of information was flashing on the huge display screen.

This is the main control room of the entire Sky City, which manages all operations here, including the order to open the Spear of Judgment.

Su Mo came to the control terminal, reached his hand near the power supply core at the heart, opened the built-in storage compartment of the prosthesis there, and took out a chip to connect to the control terminal interface.

Then he turned on the built-in communication unit to contact the Edge Building. After the call was connected, he said, "Qi Ling, the battle is over here."

"I used the chip you gave me to open an access interface on the control terminal. You can now use the Black Zetsu virus to stop the launch of the Spear of Judgment."

The Spear of Judgment is the ultimate weapon created by the construct technology. It is true that the built-in program cannot be modified with the current human technology.

But the Black Zetsu virus is not the current human technology. It comes from the old times, and it itself is one of the non-direct lethal weapons used by humans to fight against the constructs at that time.

In the original plot of the Dawn game, the Black Zetsu virus was used to shut down the launch program of the Spear of Judgment.

Su Mo specifically added: "Just shut down the launch program, don't do anything else."

On the other end of the communicator, Qi Ling didn't speak for some reason.

From the constant keyboard tapping, she heard it.

Not long after, countless red warning messages appeared on the control terminal display screen, the mechanical system began to emit a low humming sound, and the surrounding air became a little stuffy due to the overclocking of the machine.

As the last knocking sound in the communicator fell, Qi Ling's voice came: "The launch program of the Spear of Judgment has been closed."

Su Mo: "I will issue a global announcement next. Please help me establish an external communication channel to ensure that I can talk directly with everyone." (End of this chapter)