Chapter 544: The Beginning of Change
[Boss, the assassination arranged by Emperor Star has been completed, and Levi's side has not responded yet. ]
No response?
Boss Yang was skillfully disassembling a kinetic firearm, thinking carefully in his mind.
The lack of reaction is actually a reaction in itself, proving that the other party is either holding back or has not yet found a way to suppress him and Posu, the two ancient god life forms.
Yang Ming nodded imperceptibly, indicating that he had received the news;
He picked up the kinetic energy firearm he had just assembled and pulled the trigger continuously at the target area in front of him.
These kinetic firearms can continue to exist in the context of the popularization of laser guns. In addition to being cheap and able to cause greater damage to some types of mutants, they have also undergone considerable improvements and developments.
Just like this submachine gun, it has low recoil and strong lethality. After firing a volley of bullets, Yang Ming's body did not shake at all. More than a dozen blasting clouds appeared in the target area in front, and the alloy targets clanged loudly.
Yang Ming put down the gun, removed the magazine, and took off his headphones.
"Daru, what do you think of this new weapon?"
The weapons research and development specialist of the advanced training base came over with a smile.
This is a fat aunt with a big belly and sparse hair. She doesn't speak gently and her voice is quite rough.
"Not bad," Yang Ming said, "What's the effective range?"
" One thousand six hundred meters, and it's still being improved," the fat aunt said with a smile, "mainly because the initial velocity of the warhead is restricted by the complex structure inside the warhead, and we can't use the latest accelerant, otherwise the effective range can be doubled."
Yang Ming took a closer look at the target area and said with a smile: "My evaluation is that the firepower is still insufficient."
"But the warhead itself is so small, and increasing the caliber will make it inconvenient to carry...Okay, I'll go back and continue thinking about it."
The fat aunt took the gun, squinted at Yang Ming, and whispered:
"By the way, Daru, how long will it take you to complete the course?"
"About a year or so. I might apply to stay at the base for a while longer to improve myself as much as possible." Yang Ming had dealt with this weapons specialist for several years and was familiar with him. "What's wrong?"
The fat aunt seized the opportunity, her eyes sparkling, and she smiled, "I actually wanted to ask, what are your plans for the future? Will you stay in this nearby city?"
“I haven’t thought about this yet.”
"Oh, Daru, you should think about this."
The fat aunt put the gun aside, raised her watch, and said quickly:
“I know you’re a hard-working kid, I’ve been working here for twenty-six years, and you’re the best trainee I’ve ever seen.
"But you are not young anymore. You can't always think about fighting, fighting, training, training. You have to have your own life. Remember, if you just fight blindly, you will easily get confused, tired, and lose faith. You won't know why you are fighting. You have to draw strength from life... Do you understand what I mean?
"Look, what do you think of this girl? This is my niece. She just graduated from a higher vocational skills training school this year and joined a large company. She is very gentle and pure... She has only been in love once."
Yang Ming could only put on an awkward but polite smile.
The three-dimensional image projected by the watch reveals a slender blue-haired girl, which looks pretty good overall.
But this... this...
Yang Ming knew that this was a fictional data city, and that he was just a virtual thinking body. Essentially, it was the brain that was thinking. It was like playing a game, allowing him to have a relationship with the NPCs here...
To be honest, Boss Yang finds it a little hard to accept.
Especially since he might be stared at by several pairs of eyes, it is unlikely that he would allow his virtual thinking body to move around naked.
"Thank you, for this."
Yang Ming cleared his throat and said, "I still want to help more people. I am not considering starting a family at this stage. Sorry."
After saying this, he bowed slightly, then turned and walked away, his feet gradually gaining speed.
"Oh, he's shy?"
The fat aunt laughed and said, "What a nice kid. I wish I were thirty years younger."
Yang Ming ran a little faster.
After leaving the comprehensive training ground, Yang Ming found a corner and stood against the wall. He closed his eyes and saw the two lines of text he had just written.
[Boss, the underlying data of the City of Light seems to have changed. I am checking it.]
[Levi may have known that you were trying to get close to him. Be prepared. If anything goes wrong, I can pull you out at any time.]
Yang Ming burst out laughing.
Lu is getting more and more nervous now.
He is just a virtual thinking body. Even if this body is crushed into pieces, he will only bear some painful memories, and it will not affect his body taking a bath in the Dongfeng.
Yang Ming glanced at his chest.
The butterfly-shaped virus given by the Faya people is hidden here, and he can activate the butterfly at any time.
The next path is clear enough. He needs to reach a higher level in the advanced training base, and then find a way to join the 'Levi's personal guard' Cloud Guard.
The Faya people said that as long as they reach Lv60 of the Awakeners of the City of Light, they will be able to get close to Levi, so presumably, a Lv60 Cloud Guardian is qualified to enter the area where Levi is sleeping.
Yang Ming walked back to the small office of the Universe Truth Investigation Society with light steps.
Although they had encountered some setbacks before, they finally used their trump card and recruited several new members to the club.
——The killer move was that Yang Ming gave five names to his roommate, the handsome blond young man Kabuba, and asked him to personally deliver the club recruitment form. Then, the club had three new school girls who decided to join their club because they had a crush on Kabuba.
The beauty trap is just so useful.
However, after Yang Ming came to his senses, he found that he shouldn't be so happy.
He fought the mutants day after day, playing an extremely hardcore combat game;
This guy Kabu always hides in the back and "spits to drown you" every time he goes on a mission, and when he returns to the base, he can still play the sweet love game of cultivating a harem;
What the hell!
Boss Yang’s fist hardened immediately.
After he kills Levi, he can also go to his own dark city to play love games! You can also create beautiful girls with different personalities and styles!
It's really, really infuriating.
In the spacious activity room of the "Universe Truth Investigation Club", Mr. Badoli, who was sleeping soundly on the single bed in the corner, couldn't help scratching his butt.
I felt a little uneasy in my sleep.
In another corner, Adwan Kabuba had a faint smile on his face as he lowered his head and carefully read a book introducing the celestial bodies in the universe. On his left and right and opposite him, there was a girl with generally good looks.
Edwan sighed in his heart.
It was arranged by Ming, and has nothing to do with him.
…
In Lu's thinking space, in the corner where time flows faster, there are a few more figures.
With Yang Ming's continuous activities in the City of Light, the degree of Law's erosion of the place has gradually increased, and now more thinking bodies can be sent into the City of Light.
Therefore, Lu created virtual thinking bodies for Mimili, Lao Kolev, and 026, who were part of the emergency rescue team.
Old Kolev and 026 didn't feel anything about this, but Mimili was very excited. She kept asking her if she was now living a thousand times longer, and kept sighing that mechanical civilization was the ultimate direction of human evolution.
Boss Yang’s feeling was correct.
There are indeed several pairs of eyes now, watching him all the time.
Lu renovated this corner, placing a conference table, a few chairs, and preparing two small rest rooms.
However, Mimili, Kolev and 026 are all ordinary humans. Their brains in the real world cannot withstand a thousand times flow rate - this is equivalent to the brain receiving a large amount of information instantly, staying here for half an hour in real time, and then leaving this corner to sleep and rest.
"strangeness."
Lu called up the 3D zoomed image of the City of Light.
"Li is modifying the underlying data here... The speed is very fast. She can complete the modification in about half a galactic day in real time.
"What does she want to do?"
Mimi Li was a little nervous: "Will my uncle be in danger?"
"No, don't worry, they can't do anything to the boss."
026 held his face with both hands and asked quietly, "Is this some conspiracy?"
Old Kolev also has a technical background, so his guess at this time is quite reliable:
"There is a conspiracy for sure. Levi has awakened, which means that the Li who was always flirting with us before has now become Levi's right-hand man.
"Even if Li likes Yang Ming and Xiao Lu, it is impossible for him to show any inclination in this regard at this moment.
"I suspect they might want to use the City of Light to attack the Dark Star."
Lu said sternly, "Don't worry about this. Dark Star is different from Light City. Light City is a completely centralized virtual civilization. Dark Star's Dark City is attached to each physical base, and I have expanded the Dark Star base outside the human activity area. Even if they locate our Dark Star base in the Falling Wind Alliance, they can only destroy one-third of our mechanical thinking bodies."
Molly asked, "Didn't you say before that every mechanical mind in the City of Light is very mature?"
"Well," Lu sighed, "After tens of thousands of years of accumulation and countless iterations in the real world, who knows how far these mechanical thinking bodies that look like ordinary people and number more than 100 billion have evolved... However, this has nothing to do with us. We just need to avoid direct confrontation on the network. When a war breaks out, the thinking bodies are just drone pilots."
Kolev smiled and said, "We also have a group of brave and combat-ready ghost warriors."
Mimili clicked her tongue and said, "This is not something to be proud of, Dad. Those are the Fallen Wind warriors who died following Uncle. When the Fallen Wind crisis is resolved, we should let them truly die instead of using them."
"Don't worry, we have prepared a plan to deal with it," Lu explained, "We will fully respect their wishes... Everyone has gone off topic. Now we are discussing how to modify the underlying code of the City of Light. What do you think she is most likely to do?"
Several people thought about it carefully.
Molly asked, "Is it possible that this is Levi's way of consolidating himself before launching a war against us?"
"It's a very simple truth," Lu sighed, "Don't worry, I've made all the preparations for the battle."
"I feel that as long as Yang Ming is not here, we won't have much confidence," Kolev also looked a little worried. "Even if the Falling Wind Alliance uses all its resources to produce warships now, it can't produce too many warships in a month."
"How about we strike first?"
Mimili said:
“Whatever the enemy is preparing, we can’t wait until they are fully prepared before we attack them.
"We can unite the New Federation, the Guel Alliance, and the Free United States to launch a direct raid on the Empire."
Kolev's answer was to the point: "As long as the Skywrath Fortress and the Imperial Star's warp-capable star cannon are not destroyed, these countries cannot really invade the Empire's territory. Being attacked by the Empire and invading the Empire are completely different concepts."
The lawyer said, "How about letting the boss take care of it and asking him to come out to discuss it?"
"We don't have enough information yet," 026 reminded, "Even if the boss comes out, what results can we come up with?"
"Then we should increase our monitoring of the City of Light."
Lu thought about it, and in front of everyone, he edited a new message and sent it to Yang Ming's eyes.
[Some changes may occur in the City of Light, boss, please be careful. (づ￣3￣)づ]
Everyone looked at the image on the projection screen.
In the club activity room, Boss Yang, who was playing board games with Adwang Kabuba and three beautiful girls, closed his eyes and yawned, then laughed and nodded slightly to indicate that he had received the message .
Then , he continued to swing the cards in his hand, adding some laughter to the activity room.
Mimili tutted her lips and said, "What an enviable college life."
Molly laughed and said, "Captain, you are envious of those three sisters!"
"What sister? Stop talking nonsense!"
Mimi glared at Molly and said seriously:
"These are just mechanical minds, and they are minds that worship His Majesty Adwang... By the way, Adwang, alias Kabuba, how long has he been following my uncle?"
Lu smiled and said, "If it is the time in the City of Light, it has been seven years. The initial training base and the advanced training base are all together."
"Uh, you still don't confess?"
"Well," Lu couldn't help but raise his hand to support his forehead, "The situation is so bad that it's hard to reverse. His Majesty Edwang doesn't dare to tell the truth. Well..."
Everyone looked at each other and laughed a few times.
They didn’t know why, but seeing Lu being humiliated and Yang Ming being kept in the dark, they felt an inexplicable sense of comfort.
Even Mimili is no exception.
Kolev adjusted the edge of the screen and looked at the bald uncle Badoli in the corner of the activity room, slightly thoughtful.
"What's wrong?" Lu asked softly.
Kolev asked, "This Bardoli... when he talks to Ming later, please make sure to call me to watch. Is there any data of their previous communication?"
"Yes," Lu said with a smile, "I have investigated Bardoli hundreds of times and found nothing unusual. I can be sure that this is a somewhat eccentric thinking entity."
"I have a feeling I can't explain."
Kolev lifted his hair, which looked like a 'great inventor', and said with a smile:
"Just think of it as an old man's wild thoughts. He gives me a very strange feeling."
"Okay, I'll transfer it to you right away."
…
Maybe there will be some changes in the City of Light?
What changes may occur?
In the middle of the night, Yang Ming lay on his single bed and glanced at the empty single bed next to him.
That guy Kabu will definitely not come back tonight.
This guy's love game is not innocent at all.
Boss Yang turned over and faced the wall. He couldn't help yawning and closed his eyes to fall asleep.
Facts have proved that their Universe Truth Investigation Club was used to spend public funds on food, drink and entertainment. Since the establishment of the club, they have not done any serious work. After school and in between going out to fight, they hide in the club's activity room, playing cards, drinking and singing.
The only slightly outrageous thing was that a girl who was supposed to have a crush on Edwang also showed some friendly smiles to Boss Yang in the past two days.
Can this thing be transferred to someone else?
Yang Ming naturally kept his distance. When Kabu was not around, he chatted with Badoli about the starry sky and the future.
Sometimes, Yang Ming always felt that what Uncle Badoli said seemed to contain a lot of profound meaning, but when he thought about it carefully, it was all nonsense.
This uncle must be the type who is frustrated and unhappy.
Indeed, the background of the City of Light is narrow. The sky here is only as far as the eye can see, and there is no endless starry sky deep in the sky.
The right to civilized development...
Ding, ding——
Yang Ming suddenly heard the sound of metal collision.
He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes. Ripples appeared on the wall in front of him. A blurry figure appeared in the ripples, and seemed to be walking slowly towards him.
That is... a girl with twin ponytails!
