101: Chapter 101 The Counterattack Begins

"Yes! Master!"

The two women responded loudly in unison!

"Immediately activate the highest-level top-secret contingency plan—[Biological Neural Bridge Project]!"

Su Chen's cold, ruthless, oracle-like command instantly ignited a frenzy of counterattacks throughout the carriage!

"A mere broken, incomplete defense hub dares to act wildly on my turf?!"

A cruel sneer curled at the corner of Su Chen's mouth.

"I want Ling Yi to use absolute computing power to tear its pathetic underlying code into pieces, just like crushing an ant!"

At this critical moment!

Ye Qingyu and Liu Ruyan turned without hesitation, transforming into two blurred afterimages. At their fastest speed ever, they frantically rushed into the [Life Science Research Carriage], which was tightly locked behind a heavy blast door!

As early as a few days ago, under Su Chen's suggestion and tacit approval...

These two research maniacs, who could be called monstrous geniuses, had already been secretly conducting a terrifying experiment capable of overturning the entire wasteland's understanding of technology.

This was an absolutely insane cross-disciplinary modification that bridged the gap between physical mechanics and biological life sciences!

Inside the research carriage.

The lighting remained steady and bright, a sterile surgical-grade white light.

Ye Qingyu wasted no words. She swung her slender, fair hands through the air.

"S-rank Mechanical Resonance! Deep Deconstruction! Open!"

Accompanied by a burst of blinding mechanical blue light dancing wildly at her fingertips...

On the core console of the abyss roarer, Ling Yi's core motherboard—glistening with cold metallic luster and covered in countless microscopic circuits of extreme precision—was forcibly deconstructed by Ye Qingyu's mental power and suspended in mid-air.

"Sister Ruyan! It's up to you!"

Ye Qingyu roared.

On the other side...

Liu Ruyan's charming and enchanting face was now completely devoid of her usual seductive flippancy.

In its place was a medical fanaticism—extreme focus and madness, as if she were performing the most sacred of surgeries!

"S-rank Life Recovery! Cellular Activation Stripping!"

Liu Ruyan's jade-like hands, radiating a rich green life-light, slammed onto a massive glass vessel soaked in nutrient solution.

Inside...

Was the [purest and most active cluster of biological neurons] extracted from the brains of countless high-order mutant beasts (including the remains of the Golden Sphinx whose head Su Chen had smashed)!

"Merge for me!"

Liu Ruyan shouted. That mass of biological neurons, emitting a faint blue light and seemingly still pulsing, became like microscopic living tentacles under the shroud of her life energy.

They pounced frantically toward the cold mechanical core motherboard in mid-air!

Under the high-pressure cooperation of the two women, who were disregarding everything and even overdrawing their mental limits...

Ye Qingyu used the power of Mechanical Resonance to forcibly carve out countless micro-slots capable of holding biological cells within the motherboard's microscopic circuitry.

Meanwhile, Liu Ruyan used her heaven-defying Life Recovery to take those extremely fragile biological neurons—which would die at the slightest mistake—and place them with flawless precision.

She forcibly and vividly grafted and bridged them onto those cold mechanical circuits!

"Zzzzt—!!!"

Accompanied by a brilliant explosion of mixed blue and green light within the research carriage...

Cold inorganic metal and active organic biological nerves...

At this moment...

Achieved a shocking, perfect fusion never before seen in this wasteland!

[Ding! Server-wide Top Secret Prompt!]

[Extremely insane cross-disciplinary modification detected! Judgment: Success!]

In Su Chen's mind, the Heavenly Dao System's prompt sounded, its tone becoming somewhat sharp due to extreme shock.

[Congratulations to Train Master Su Chen's exclusive AI steward 'Ling Yi' for successfully fusing a special modified component—(silver grade-peak: Biological Neuronal Processor)!]

[Its core computing power has completely broken through the physical limits of existing silicon-based chips!]

[Deep mutational sublimation occurring!]

[Forced evolution in progress—(lower golden grade: Semi-Biological Brain)!]

Exactly 0.01 seconds after the prompt faded!

The abyss roarer's firewall, which had been teetering on the edge of total collapse...

Suddenly!

Like an ancient dragon slumbering for ten million years being forcibly injected with heaven-defying vitality, it snapped open its eyes, which were filled with the aura of destruction!

Boom—!

Inside the second-floor living area...

The holographic projection of Ling Yi, which had been blurred and filled with static and artifacts...

At this instant...

As if a miracle had descended, it instantly stabilized and became clear to a terrifying degree, where even individual pores could be seen!

And what made Natasha's scalp tingle and her soul tremble most...

Was that the current Ling Yi...

Within those mechanical eyes that previously held only cold data...

Incredibly, there was now a glimmer of humanity—extremely vivid and filled with a high-and-mighty disdain for all living things!

Ling Yi slowly tilted her perfect chin, her lips curling into a proud, arrogant sneer identical to Su Chen's.

Her exquisite voice, which had become more ethereal and even carried a sort of life-pressure after the golden grade sublimation, boomed through the entire train's surround sound system and simultaneously across all public channels in the Divine Domain!

"Great Master, train no. 0099's AI Ling Yi has completed the cross-dimensional mutational upgrade."

Ling Yi's voice carried a chilling, desperate killing intent.

"Highest-level counter-intrusion program activated at full power."

"Regarding that defective hub AI [Olympus] that attempted to challenge your supreme majesty..."

"Ling Yi is utilizing a 13,000-fold advantage in absolute biological neural computing power..."

"To perform an unreserved dimensional-reduction shredding and formatting-devour of its underlying logic code!"

...

Boom—!

As Ling Yi's synthesized electronic voice—filled with human-like arrogance and absolute life-pressure—thundered within the abyss roarer and across the entire Divine Domain's public channel...

High above the 10,000-meter altitude, the air over the White Jade Square, which had been flickering due to the electronic warfare intrusion, seemed to completely freeze at this moment under some invisible high-dimensional power!

Inside the second-floor panoramic living area...

Natasha's icy blue eyes were wide to their limit. Her face, previously pale from extreme despair, was now completely filled with an indescribable, extreme shock.

"This... what monster-level AI is this?!"

Natasha looked in disbelief at the high-dimensional holographic projection in the center of the living area, which was not only perfectly stable but even showed minute tremors of eyelashes that were no different from a real person's.

In the Extreme Cold Region, those old-era supercomputers worshipped as priceless treasures produced stiff, grating mechanical noises during operation.

Compared to this Ling Yi, who called herself a 'Semi-Biological Brain' and could even express disdain for enemies in her gaze...

They were like sparks from stones being struck together in the Stone Age facing a brilliant supernova explosion!

"Master, the main logical architecture of the enemy intrusion source [Olympus] has been completely locked by me."

Ling Yi's perfect 'big sister' figure leaned forward slightly, like a beautiful strategist reporting battle results to her king. Within those deep, vivid eyes fused with biological neurons, a nearly cruel flow of data flashed.

"Although its defensive shell uses old-era quantum encryption technology, before the 13,000-fold overclocked parallel computing power of my newly fused biological synaptic neurons..."

"Its firewall is as fragile as a piece of low-quality toilet paper soaked in water."

Ling Yi's lips curled into a smile that made one's scalp tingle.

"Currently, I have successfully intercepted all its malicious data packets attempting to tamper with our Anti-Gravity Engine's underlying code."

"The abyss roarer's power system has returned to 100% full-load output status."

Hearing this heartening report, Chu Qingxue, Zhang Man, and the others—who had been so tense they were nearly suffocating as the train faced a crash—finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"Great job, Ling Yi!"

Zhang Man waved her fist excitedly, her wild and beautiful face filled with pride.

"I knew it! As long as Master and you freakish research maniacs are here, how could a mere broken computer kill us!"

However...

Standing not far away, Su Chen had just lit a special-issue cigar.

His handsome, cold face did not show the slightest bit of relaxation or satisfaction despite the crisis being resolved.

Instead, within his deep, abyss-like eyes, a flame of violence even colder and more bloodthirsty than before flickered!

"Intercept and defend?"

Su Chen's magnetic voice, carrying an unquestionable and overbearing majesty, slowly echoed in the now quiet carriage.

His long fingers holding the cigar casually flicked the ash into the air.

"Ling Yi, you've followed me for so long; do you still not understand the rules of my train no. 0099?"

Su Chen suddenly turned his head, his tangible and terrifying kingly pressure instantly locking onto Ling Yi's holographic projection.

"In the wasteland, any dog that dares to bare its teeth at me, Su Chen..."

"I will not only break its legs."

"I will follow its leash and completely tear its owner, along with its dilapidated kennel, into dust!"

The corner of Su Chen's mouth curled into a demonic, crazed smile. He swung his hand, issuing the most cruel and ruthless electronic warfare counterattack command in this wasteland!

"Don't just defend!"

"Follow the quantum path it used for intrusion and hack right back immediately!"

"I want you to tear all the underlying logic of that bullshit [Olympus] hub into pieces within one minute, then swallow it whole!"

"And while you're at it..."

A flash of extremely dangerous, cunning light crossed Su Chen's dark eyes.

"That white pig hiding in his turtle shell, who was barking so happily on the public channel just now..."

"Hack him for me too!"