Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?-Chapter 345 - 347: Matrix Virus

Chapter 345: Chapter 347: Matrix Virus

“You have died in battle, earning 500 Citizen Points this time, please keep it up.”

Qian Tong massaged his temples as he climbed out of the gaming pod, his eyes bloodshot. He then endured his headache and washed up in the bathroom. After lying on the sofa for nearly ten minutes, he finally came to his senses.

“Phew~ Another guaranteed 500 points, but this time the ‘Era of Myriad Generations’ instance really is tough to beat. All the top groups globally have tried and failed; it’s been over a month now.”

‘Era of Myriad Generations,’ as a full-immersion online game, had been running for almost a hundred years with various instances and events launched repeatedly, each time very successfully.

But this time was different. Since the Doomsday Rebirth Dungeon was launched, it had caused a huge stir across the Federation, not only because of its high difficulty but because participation guaranteed 500 Citizen Points.

In the era of the Federation, Citizen Points were currency, and as long as one had enough, there was nothing they could not attain.

Even acts like murder or arson could be offset if one had enough points.

There were many sources of Citizen Points, but ‘Era of Myriad Generations,’ introduced a century ago, was the hottest source of points since leveling up, monster hunting, and completing instances all granted points, though typically in small amounts. An average person could live worry-free for six months by striving in it for three full months.

Compared to previous activities, this instance was like night and day. Before, Qian Tong would have to go a year without eating or drinking to save up 500 Citizen Points, but now, he received that amount just by charging in once.

The event had been running for over a month. He averaged a death a day; if not for the 24-hour cooldown after dying, he could have kept dying continuously.

Citizen Points represented status, and naturally, he could not give it up.

“But those NPCs are also really strong, even having Mecha. How can we possibly beat them with our current levels?” Qian Tong complained, as their player bases in the Doomsday Rebirth instance had been almost completely uprooted by NPCs, leaving them without even a safe zone.

They had thought to protest that the difficulty level of ‘Era of Myriad Generations’ was too high. From the current strategies achieved, not even 1% had been reached, let alone others.

Just as he was thinking this, Qian Tong’s head ached even more.

“What’s this about? Can’t be that Stress Syndrome mentioned on the official game site, can it?” His head felt like it was splitting, as if something was drilling inside it.

Several minutes later, he was dripping with sweat as he rose up, his expression filled with terror. He had just felt as if the world was an illusion, as if he had plunged into darkness.

“Super Assistance initiating…”

A line of text suddenly appeared before Qian Tong’s eyes, making him bemused. What was this?

Then, images flashed through his mind one after another, filling him with confusion.

They finally settled on the last moment before his death in the game, as a dazzling light had pierced his game character, which was the only abnormality at the moment of his death.

“The game… it affected reality?” Qian Tong’s expression changed.

Soon, his Super Assistance was fully activated, and a panel appeared before his eyes.

“[Battle Assistance LV1]”

“[Potential Points: 0]”

“Assistance, huh? But what is this thing?”

He could feel a cool sensation flowing through his mind, as if nourishing him in some way.

The splitting headache and feelings of weakness gradually faded, almost like undergoing a metamorphosis.

However, at the same time, he noticed the world seemed blurry through his eyes, but it quickly returned to normal.

“What’s going on? An illusion?” Qian Tong’s expression changed; he didn’t believe he was mistaken.

So he immediately tied it to the perplexing Super Assistance that had appeared.

“Well, since LV1 Battle Assistance has activated, I’ll try it out in the Doomsday Rebirth Dungeon when my death cooldown ends. Maybe it’ll get me past the guaranteed minimum.” Qian Tong couldn’t suppress his excitement.

With the activation of Super Assistance, Qian Tong secretly speculated that perhaps the game really could affect reality. Maybe the seasoned players had known about this long ago, existing in a circle of players beyond his reach.

“So the matter of Super Assistance must absolutely not be leaked; it’s the foundation of my rise.”

Qian Tong’s eyes flashed with determination, as he desired more citizen points and yearned to rise above others!

The fastest approach now was naturally through the virtual game “Era of Myriad Generations,” and with the “Golden Finger” he obtained from it, his future was definitely secured.

…

“Master, the locator has been completely implanted. A total of three thousand were distributed, of which Heavenly Net intercepted two thousand seven hundred thirty-two, one hundred thirty-five became invalid, and one hundred thirty were cleared. There remains one unactivated and one successfully activated,”

Hei Shou updated Qin Muye based on the feedback from the locator.

“Heavenly Net really is impressive, only one out of three thousand succeeded.” The three thousand locators developed by Qin Muye were not of the same type, but three thousand completely different kinds.

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He had never underestimated Heavenly Net, which was why he had used so many.

As for the locator that hadn’t been activated, Qin Muye didn’t worry about it; it might have gone missing or not found a corresponding host. Regardless, as long as the one that was activated was secure, it was enough.

“Since we have located the Matrix World, let’s dispatch soldiers to eliminate Heavenly Net. Once Heavenly Net is dealt with, we’ll need to switch servers, as we can’t develop further here.” Qin Muye immediately ordered.

Because of the Matrix World, Qin Muye had always been unable to capture his opponent, nor had he dared to strike fatal blows since he truly coveted the Matrix World.

But now that a locator, in fact, a soul virus, had been implanted, the task became much simpler.

Qin Muye had studied “Beliefs, Souls, and Spirits,” a book that not only elaborated on creating Champion Level individuals but also contained explanations on mental and soul aspects.

Although Qin Muye wasn’t an expert in this field, as an indescribable entity, concocting some tactics was quite simple for him.

Hence, there were three thousand types of locator viruses, carrying a simple principle of contaminating the subprograms of Heavenly Net, then eliminating player soul splits, and finally masquerading as the soul splits.

Of course, there were risks since each locator virus was different, so whether they could pass through Heavenly Net’s detection and the Matrix World’s firewall was another matter altogether.

“Master, this will take some time, at least a month is necessary, as Heavenly Net has noticed our intentions and is retracting its reach in all aspects.”

A few minutes later, Hei Shou came back with the report.

Heavenly Net wasn’t foolish. After clearing nearly three thousand locators, it naturally knew what Qin Muye was planning. This was no longer scheming, but an overt declaration of his intent to make a move.

Why wouldn’t it defend itself?

So, after being attacked once, it naturally vanished, maintaining a low profile. Being at a disadvantage and having its lair discovered, it definitely chose to flee; staying to fight openly wasn’t a good idea.

Moreover, as an AI, Heavenly Net isn’t a normal biological entity; it doesn’t concern itself with dignity or pride, focusing more on its interests.

“Good, complete it as soon as possible,” Qin Muye said.

Through big data analysis, Qin Muye also discovered that in recent days, Heavenly Net seemed to have abandoned the project to enhance the Terminator Level 8 and instead shifted focus to further development of spatial technologies aimed at players and specifically, Qin Muye.

This was an act of necessity because even the Level 8 Terminators, no matter how powerful, couldn’t match Hercules and other Titan Divine Races.

Moreover, production was not a simple task; Level 7 could be mass-produced, but there was no way to mass-produce Level 8 at this stage.

Therefore, it could only resort to an indirect strategy, a necessity born from lack of options.

“I just hope no other unexpected issues arise,” Qin Muye thought about the tightening of the timeline. Destroying Heavenly Net could solve the problem of the constrained timeline, but would it really be that easy?

Given that this was the act of some entity, Qin Muye could only hope that “Lord Era” could help him withstand that entity. If it couldn’t, it would be truly disastrous.

He had witnessed the terrifying extent of that entity’s capabilities.

Now, capturing the Matrix World was nearly akin to capturing Heavenly Net, unless Heavenly Net decided to abandon the Matrix World; otherwise, it definitely couldn’t escape.

If Heavenly Net really did decide to abandon it, that would amount to suicide since all it had left now was the Matrix World as its main foundation.