The Creators: From Night City

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She vaguely sensed that a 'vast and mighty beast' slid past her and squeezed into the 'gods and beasts' in front of her.

"We succeeded?"

Vincent looked at the nanodevice with great curiosity, particularly the densely packed memory bars inside, and finally asked a question.

"Yes, you succeeded." A cold, monotone voice rang out from the loudspeaker above the four people's heads.

"Who?!"

The sound startled the four of them.

“I am Otto Cunningham, and I have successfully entered ‘God’s Realm’.”

"Then please keep your promise." Valerie endured the slight dizziness caused by the fluctuations in the network layer and directly shut down the external communication of her own network access pod, which made her feel much better.

"Of course, during our conversation, I have already begun to hack into all the other 'Gods and' and destroy Saburo Arasaka's data backups in the other Gods and'.

As she spoke, the voltage across Night City began to fluctuate, and most of the electrical appliances inside Arasaka Tower went out.

This is a sign that Ultra Cunningham, who has already gained most of the access to the Arasaka Tower's 'Gods and', mobilized all the computing power here and went all out to connect the link lines and invade other Arasaka 'Gods and'.

"Can she succeed? This is Arasaka, after all."

Vincent remained cautiously skeptical.

Chapter 790 Jiang Bing's Backup Plan

Unexpectedly, Ultraman provided the answer to this question in the very next second.

"Of course, Relic technology originates from the Soul Killer program, and I am the developer of this program. This is the fundamental reason why you, Sabur Lerek, chose to cooperate with me."

"Only I can do this, so you have no choice but to trust me."

"Actually, it's just that the BOSS doesn't want things to get too ugly."

The raven's cry rose from the void.

The nano camouflage was removed, and the graceful figure of the raven appeared from the void.

Old Logan scrutinized Raven several times with a suspicious look before finally putting down the shotgun he had seemingly raised beforehand, at Valerie's prompting.

As the Black King's hidden blade, Raven's identity is known only to a few people within the company. She mainly does the dirty work for Anti-Entropy, and her extremely high combat skills ensure that the operations she participates in are all highly classified. If Valerie weren't in the right field, she might not even have the authority to know about her.

"Very interesting nanotechnology, it actually fooled all of Arasaka Tower's detection equipment." Over the radio, Otto Cunningham's words were full of praise, but his emotionless voice sounded quite eerie.

"I hope you can fulfill your transaction obligations as agreed, Otto."

As the one responsible for the fighting, Raven's role doesn't allow her to play the good cop.

Despite being subtly threatened, Ultraman wasn't angry at all; her humanity was no longer sufficient to support her in performing such a difficult act.

"I will," she said, her voice as flat as ever.

Raven walked to the 'pod', stretched out her arm, and countless nano-elements surged, forming a constantly spinning golden magic cube in her hand.

"What is this...?" Valerie looked at the thing in Raven's hand that looked somewhat like a data cube and asked her nominal 'subordinate'.

"Contingency plan".

Cyberspace, the Night City regional network, outside of Arasaka Tower God and his data fortress.

In the unpredictable cyberspace, three figures sat on a teahouse atop a virtual skyscraper, gazing at the bustling Aragaka Data Fortress 'not far away,' enjoying tea and conversation.

“It seems you still don’t believe in Ultraman, Sabur.” At this moment, 42 transformed into the appearance of a Caucasian loli, staring at Jiang Bing, who was leaning on a cane opposite her, with blue eyes.

Jiang Bing wasn't holding a teacup; instead, he kept fiddling with the golden Rubik's Cube in his hand.

"Trust takes time, and Rome wasn't built in a day."

Mr. Blue Eyes remained silent, his eyes fixed on the Rubik's Cube in Jiang Bing's hand, as if afraid that he might accidentally drop it and shatter the 'Cyber ​​Space' into pieces.

In the end, he couldn't resist his curiosity and spoke up.

"Sabur, where did you get this thing? You should know how dangerous it is."

Jiang Bing stopped playing with the Rubik's Cube, smiled, and placed it on the table for the other two people to admire.

"It was a small idea from one of the company's employees, plus a little help from me, and it's nothing special."

Only Jiang Bing would make such a cyberspace nuclear weapon sound so insignificant.

In reality, this network nano-self-increasing virus, whose program architecture and concept were conceived by Raphael Marx, the author of 'The Mother Domain,' and whose implementation was handled by Jiang Bing, is not something of great value.

Its creation was purely out of a sense of preparedness.

If Otto Cunningham breaks the deal or is unable to completely erase Saburo Arasaka's soul imprint, Raven will release it into the Divine Realm simultaneously, under Jiang Bing's instructions.

This network virus, created based on the organizational structure of the 'mother domain', will devour all data in cyberspace, multiply itself, infect, replicate, evolve, and finally 'explode' after reaching its predetermined size.

As for its power...

All of Arasaka's gods and their connections will surely be destroyed by this massive network 'explosion'. Of course, the aftershocks of the 'explosion' will also destroy all networks that are too close to or too closely connected with the 'gods and their connections'.

According to Raphael Marx's estimates, the extent of the damage would be at least 80% of Arasaka's network. Of course, if the bombing were unleashed without restraint, destroying most of the global internet would be no problem.

After all, this virus was created by taking a portion of the code architecture from the 'mother domain'.

Although Mr. Blue Eyes did not know the exact power of this thing, the code bound within the golden flames was like the most vicious worm in the cyberspace, writhing and turning ceaselessly, bringing the two of them a sense of danger like a tidal wave.

The last time he felt this way was because of that 'black wall'.

But this thing is even more dangerous. It doesn't care about AI, black walls, or soul imprints; devouring everything is its instinct.

Destruction is always easier than construction.

Of course, the one in Raven's hand will be detonated, while the one in Jiang Bing's hand has been weakened a lot and was specially prepared for Ultraman Cunningham.

If the other party takes the benefits but doesn't do any work, Jiang Bing guarantees that he will immediately stuff this thing into the other party's body, so that she understands the way [Anti-Entropy] operates.

However, things didn't get to the worst. When Otto Cunningham's massive body appeared next to the building where the three were, he immediately informed Jiang Bing that the mission was complete.

"As agreed, I have found a backup of Saburo Arasaka's soul imprint in the Arasaka Tower, and used it to track down five Arasaka deities across the global network. They have all been destroyed. At the same time, I used Saburo Arasaka's soul imprint as a blueprint to create a corresponding soul-killing virus and spread it throughout the network."

Given Saburo Arasaka's nature, he might leave behind an offline backup, which would then be crucial in the soul virus spread by Ultra Cunningham.

As for the possibility that Saburo Arasaka could be reborn offline, that's certainly possible. However, Arasaka Yoriyuki, who was prepared in advance, would definitely not let that happen. Of course, if it did happen, Jiang Bing would still be there.

However, as long as Arasaka Yorinobu firmly controls Arasaka Hanako immediately, the probability of Arasaka Saburo's resurrection is infinitely zero.

After all, this old dog trusts no one except Arasaka Hanako, and if there is an offline backup, it must be in Arasaka Hanako's hands.

"All the business data stored on the Arasaka Tower server has been copied to the 'pod' device you provided according to the transaction details. The first step of our transaction is now perfectly completed."

Jiang Bing tapped the table, and as the flames rose, a bottle of Dongzhidong appeared out of nothingness.

"Want to have a drink together?"

The next instant, Otto Cunningham, now the size of a normal person, appeared on the chair that the three of them had specially reserved for each other.

"Come on, drink this cup of wine, and I'll go chop off Saburo Arasaka's dog head."

Chapter 791 The Collapse of the Arasaka Tower

Inside the Arasaka Tower, the operating 'pod' shrinks back to its original form as Ultraman leaves, and is carried back on Mann's back.

The group that had completed their task suddenly found themselves with nothing to do.

During this time, the apostles had already cleared out most of the building, and the Arasaka beach had already been breached by [Anti-Entropy], with the Arasaka army stationed there either being wiped out or captured.

A significant number of soldiers chose to surrender. After all, their own warships hadn't even had time to leave port before the [Anti-Entropy] fighters, like a flock of crows, launched a direct, close-range missile barrage. Who could stand that?

The 'Yaksha' armor equipped by the Arasaka troops couldn't even reach the waist of the [Slayer] and [Judge] who had been updated to the fourth version. Their firepower was also worlds apart. How could they fight under such circumstances?

Wouldn't it be wonderful to surrender?

Carrying a portion of Arasaka's wealth in North America, Mann and his group also enjoyed the privilege of being chauffeured around by a private jet.

'Domain' quickly sent a message that the airship had landed on the roof of Arasaka Tower, waiting for the four to arrive and evacuate.

As the elevator leading directly to the top floor arrived, Valerie pushed open the door to the rooftop entrance and was the first to see David, who had come to greet everyone.

This former impoverished student from Arasaka Academy is now leaning against the hatch of a hovercraft, gazing at the silhouette of a distant city.

The silhouette of skyscraper H4 can be vaguely seen from here.

"Why is it you here?"

Old Logan pulled out a cigar from somewhere, lit it, and stood beside David, gazing at the city at night.

"It was my own request."

"What, still longing for the top of your Aragaka Tower?"

Old Logan took a deep drag on his cigarette, but also turned his gaze toward the direction of Coronado Farm.

“To be honest, I’ve worked here for so many years and I’ve never been up here before.” Valerie came from behind and walked directly to the railing, looking down at the entire company square.

A large number of media outlets swarmed in like sharks that had smelled blood, while the NCPD officers seemed to have collectively lost their memory and disappeared. Even the Terrorist Mobile Unit, which is usually very fast in responding to emergencies, seemed to be on holiday today. Only hundreds of tall and burly 'Apostles' continued to stand guard in the company square.

More auxiliary troops arrived from Taiping Prefecture to clean up the mess, sweep the battlefield, and collect the spoils of war.

Vincent, always pragmatic, was completely unable to empathize with the three men's melancholy.

Mann disliked the rooftop and simply sat quietly inside the hovercraft.

Seeing that the three remained unmoved, Vincent had no choice but to approach and continue urging them.

"Let's go, hurry back and turn in the mission. What's so great about this place that makes you all so distracted?"

“There’s really nothing to see here.” Valerie turned around first.

"And the wind is really strong." Old Luo, whose eyes were slightly squinting from the smoke blown by the strong wind, chimed in.

David simply stomped hard on the hard floor tiles, said nothing, and then returned to the cabin.

The fighter jets took off, heading towards Taiping Prefecture in the south, bathed in sunlight.

At this point, Arasaka Tower finally collapsed.

………………

The wanderers of Adcado migrate south every winter, much like migratory birds.

However, unusually, they did not do so that year.

Because they found the promised land of their dreams.

He promised it to the kingdoms of the earth.

——"[Anti-Entropy] Big Event·Seventy-Three"

Parnan Palmer was jolted awake from her slumber by the incessant ringing of the telephone, feeling a throbbing headache—a punishment for her drinking the previous day.

"Panan, where have you been? It's one thing to stay out all night, but you can't forget about important business."

During the communication, Mitch and Scorpion's teasing voices were impossible to conceal.

Her wheat-colored skin shone with a healthy sheen, and her long legs were covered by a pair of tight jeans. Her full, perky buttocks were the ultimate culprit preventing her from pulling up her pants.

"Of course, of course I can't forget, I'm coming right now."

"Same place, half an hour away, don't be late."

Mitch's voice sounded glib and slick at that moment.

"Also, give my regards to Vincent. The car modification plan he recommended is really good."

"Mitch!"

Amid Panan's complaints, Mitch hung up the phone.

"Something you need to do?"

On the other side of the bed, Vincent finally dared to speak.

"It's all your fault. I told you I shouldn't have drunk so much yesterday."

Panan struggled to put on a tight sports bra to restrain her ample bosom, and began to tie her hair up.

“It’s not easy to have a holiday, of course I should relax.” Vincent said, his eyes still glued to Panan.

Do you need me to give you a ride?

"Go to sleep, I have my own car," Panan said, still with his fiery temper, his tone slightly reproachful.