Chapter 241: The Black Wall and Soul Killer

Words : 1327 Updated : Oct 7th, 2025

[Alright last chapter happy holiday] In the cyberspace, the network monitor aboard the warship seized the data link, pulled out a massive cannon from behind, and pulled the trigger toward the sky! The cannonball, seemingly guided, flew toward what appeared to be the background noise of cyberspace! Boom! A phantom flickered, and a massive data block crashed down— Inside the Arisaka Tower, many netrunners couldn't withstand the attack and immediately disconnected from the network, crashing down to the ground! The entire company plaza's lights flickered imperceptibly, but that was just the beginning! "ばか野郎 (Damn fool)! Cut the link! The coordinates of Shenyu can't be exposed!" "We've already been exposed! The target is still alive, but the information on the digitalized personality is low!" "Idiot, perform data concealment! Shenyu is more important!" The suit-wearing man in charge of giving orders gritted his teeth: "Completely cut off data communication and conceal it. Send the action team to deal with that damn idiot!" After the Dragon Hunter, holding the data, fired a shot, the data stream began to dissipate and uncontrollably fell to the ground, crashing into the complex cyber-night city— A small plane flew out of the warship, transporting the data block back to the ship in a way that defied reality. He looked at the complicated terrain and sent a message to the control center: [Dragon Hunter: The Emperor's concealment methods are very strong, requesting more computational power to implement broad-locking before the other party changes the feature codes.] [Dragon Hunter: Data remnants have been obtained and are being uploaded.] [Cyber City Control Center: Request approved. Computational power increased to 20,000 CCU.] [Cyber City Control Center: Current computational power has reached task limits. Please note the impact on the local network environment.] "Impact?" The Dragon Hunter stomped on the warship beneath him and integrated the dissipating data stream before it completely vanished, "What impact?" The warship instantly became solidified, and a massive sonar ship's hull generated beneath, emitting a loud sound— Buzz. Exaggerated ripples spread throughout the digitized night city, shaking the entire cyberspace! In his eyes, several red nodes were highlighted within the complex digitalized night city! The warship's hatch opened, and sharp harpoon-like missiles shot out! Boom! In the real world, numerous residential buildings experienced power outages! The entire street of Westbrook had all its lights explode, and even cybernetic implants malfunctioned, with many pedestrians momentarily losing vision in their cybernetic eyes! Yet, amidst the dark streets, some lights were abnormally bright—lights and televisions that glowed oddly. The harpoons nailed down the nodes, and the red data streams that had been fading began to reappear— The network monitor crashed the cannon onto the warship, and the once-ordinary handheld cannon instantly transformed into a missile bay! Multiple missiles launched simultaneously! Cyber space erupted with a massive sound! However, this time the missiles didn't all aim at a single target. A few even hit civilian data barriers! For a time, numerous companies and civilian buildings were accidentally hit, their lights flickering, and equipment crashing— [Cyber City Control Center: Please, Dragon Hunter, be aware of the impact on the network environment.] "Tch, as expected of Arisaka, you guys are really good at hiding and dodging." They couldn't keep attacking. This operation was launched using the H8 Megabuildingas a springboard. To actually damage the unknown facility was already a major success. [Mission Report: The Emperor has retreated to his palace, and the intercepted data blocks have been uploaded.] [We will now begin processing the control AI weapons.] [Dragon Hunter: How's the honeypot situation?] [Bryce: The Megabuilding situation is stable. The Emperor has abandoned that part of the program.] [Dragon Hunter: That's not good. From what we intercepted, they might be implementing physical retrieval.] [Dragon Hunter: Well done. This is the first time we've intercepted the operational code for Soul Killer.] [Dragon Hunter: Big achievement, and we can also test some experimental technology.] [Dragon Hunter: I hope that AI and the Emperor aren't too similar.] [Bryce: I have faith in the people I brought in.] [Dragon Hunter: Speaking of which, before I leave, I'd like to ask you, what do you think of this plan?] [Bryce: It's great. This way, we won't have these damn AIs causing trouble anymore. Wait, the Voodoo Gang is starting again.] [Dragon Hunter: Let me help you with the experiment.] [Bryce: Thanks.] [Permission Request: BW—TA-003] [Type: Upgrade module function test] [Permission Approved.] [Sample loaded.] In cyberspace, the Dragon Hunter looked at the H8 Megabuilding's battered appearance. He knew that this thing was just Arisaka's usual disguise, and in reality, it had already been fully concealed in an almost independent space. Arisaka had been using his unique concealment abilities to carry out these attacks over the past decades— These dangerous attacks. Victims would be locked in the same space as the Soul Killer, and no one knew what they would go through, but from the results, all the people who had been attacked had died. They thought so before, until recently. The Dragon Hunter tore in cyberspace above— A simple black-and-red square appeared before him. His cyber form shrank dramatically to a normal human size— This program consumed a huge amount of computational power. From the information available, Soul Killer indiscriminately attacked the facilities and netrunners within the subnetwork. Of course, the Dragon Hunter wouldn't directly confront it. The network monitor had its own research. "Looks like it's your luck. What was it again? Burger King?" The black-red square crashed into the data ruins. The entire space was instantly dyed the same color. In this space, Leo sat on the small octopus's head, watching as the Soul Killer gradually transformed from a vortex into a shape resembling the small octopus, or rather, a human-faced octopus. Should it be called Octopus Bro? Leo couldn't find a way to deal with this Octopus Bro Soul Killer. Because of Soul Killer's learning speed, any attack from Leo would cause it to change shape, making the attack ineffective. However, there was one way to attack it— By locking onto the open port on Leo himself. But honestly, Leo didn't think he would be more resilient than AI in cyberspace. As the small octopus crawled around on him, it became more and more like an actual octopus. But just as the next moment came, an abnormality occurred! A harder, sharper, and more brutal color squeezed into the chaotic space created by the Soul Killer. As this black-red program flow entered, the Soul Killer started to be attacked! Leo recognized this color and this feeling very well—he had only felt something similar from one thing before— The Black Wall! The Soul Killer stopped operating and began to crumble inch by inch under the influence of the Black Wall. Leo was horrified! Now, he was trapped in a subnetwork with the two most terrifying cyberspace weapons in the world! As the space lost control, Leo received an incomplete message: [... sdghB./ Don't move, don't stir.] How dare he move! As the Black Wall's influence deepened, the Octopus Bro began to break apart, and Leo noticed the Black Wall's tentacles were reaching toward him! The small octopus rapidly shrank, trembling in fear on Leo's body. [Small Octopus: Big Brother, I'm so scared.] [Leo: Don't panic.] Leo sensed something bad was about to happen—not for himself, but— The Black Wall stopped in front of Leo, piercing his arm and the tip of his nose. A few seconds later. Bang! The small octopus was crushed by the Black Wall right before Leo's eyes. [TN:nooo little octopus you shall be miss ] Crack. The Black Wall stopped its crushing, and the surrounding area was left in chaos—completely unreadable data scattered everywhere. Leo could now exit cyberspace. [Dragon Hunter: Welcome back to the real world.]

Chapter 241: The Black Wall and Soul Killer

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