Chapter 764: Tallow's End, Palu's Moment of Glory

"This... this is actually a trap."

Tallow stared at the six walls imprisoning him, various codes streaming across their surfaces.

All his abilities in the digital world were completely sealed.

And this kind of power capable of confining digital consciousness was controlled by only one faction.

That faction was the very one he belonged to, Mechanist Supremacy.

But how was that possible!

In the Mechanist Supremacy Forum, digital imprisonment technology was considered high-end tech, requiring at least tens of billions of survival points in resources to exchange for.

Even for Mechanist Supremacy players, unless absolutely necessary, no one would exchange for this technology.

The reason was simple: its applicability was too narrow. It could only target digital consciousness entities or intelligent data cores.

This technology was used exclusively by Mechanist Supremacy's disciplinary department, to imprison internal traitors who had uploaded their consciousness.

Because of that, this digital cage had no way of being cracked whatsoever.

The key existed only in the hands of its operator.

In other words, he couldn't escape.

The digital cage paid no heed to any of this. Chains formed from code wrapped around Tallow's wrists and ankles, pulled taut.

Tallow was suspended in the air, limbs spread in a star shape.

"Who the hell are you? How do you possess our Mechanist Supremacy's internal technology? Taking down Greenfield was the Leader's order. Do you intend to defy the great Mechanical Leader? You foolish thing, release me..."

"Mechanical Leader?"

Yu Yuan looked at the information Alpha had sent. He wasn't surprised at all.

When he'd learned that Bloodlands and Mechanist Supremacy were the ones attacking Greenfield, he'd already guessed that the Blood Duke and Mechanist Supremacy's leader's will stood behind this.

Nine times out of ten, Greenfield's appearance had been discovered by the Blood Duke.

Greenfield was a duplicate of Absinthe.

As Absinthe's husband, and a suspected traitor, the Blood Duke would never sit idly by.

Mechanist Supremacy had merely come to assist, just in case.

[Alpha: Leader, Palu wants me to tell you that although we've imprisoned the target, this is only part of his digital consciousness. Even though we used the final data bait and firewall to lure him into diverting more computing power, we can trap at most 65% of his digital consciousness.

His main consciousness is still aboard that mothership.]

[Alpha: The good news is that with so much computing power sealed away, the target no longer has the capability to perfectly control the fleet. He can at best keep the mothership unaffected. Even so, when suddenly suffering large-scale attacks or electronic interference, it might still cause computing power congestion.

The moment he intercepts the tactical nuke, that's the best opportunity.]

Then a structural diagram of the mothership was transmitted over.

[Alpha: According to Palu's calculations, the target's main consciousness is in the mothership's Core Area. As long as we reach that place, we can take him down. Palu is currently analyzing and electronically interrogating the imprisoned target, attempting to obtain the access key.]

Looking at the core area's position on the mothership structural diagram, Yu Yuan had already appeared beneath the Steel Fleet's mothership.

Just as Palu had guessed.

The majority of Tallow's digital consciousness aboard the Steel Fleet was imprisoned.

With computing power greatly reduced, it was no longer enough to control this massive fleet.

Faced with the complex situation around it, everything began lagging due to data congestion.

Some components even had temperatures spike, at risk of burning out.

They shut down one after another.

Only the mothership still maintained basic operations and attack frequency.

This was the common failing of Mechanist Supremacy's high-end players.

Three streaks of fire appeared on the horizon, targeting Tallow's mothership.

But in the end, they were successfully intercepted at a position three kilometers from the mothership.

The electromagnetic pulse from the nuclear explosion instantly swept across the entire Steel Fleet.

Tallow's burden was made even worse.

Yu Yuan's opportunity had come.

Bang...

As the Heavy Hammer fell, a metal plate was smashed and warped, then tossed aside by Yu Yuan.

This mothership had no living people aboard, so naturally there were no corridors either.

It was a complete mechanical construct.

Yu Yuan didn't need corridors either. Relying on the Heavy Hammer in his hand, he smashed through wall after wall, unstoppable.

Ratatat...

Mechanical crawler guards scuttled toward Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan faced the laser beams fired by these mechanical crawlers, leaping left and right as the Heavy Hammer in his hands smashed down continuously.

One hammer, one little guy down.

Mechanical parts flew everywhere.

Hum...

He sidestepped a thick laser beam, and in 0.1 seconds the Heavy Hammer in his hand completed its switch.

The trigger of the [Rail Kinetic Pulse Sniper Rifle] was pulled.

The tungsten alloy bullet wrapped in plasma instantly pierced through a mechanical crawler's body.

Only half a damaged wreck remained.

As the final layer of protective wall was broken through by Yu Yuan.

He finally saw Tallow's digital consciousness carrier.

It was a mechanical brain connected by dozens of data cables, wrapped in a barrier.

Light and shadow flickered across its surface.

Data codes flashed from time to time.

"Who the hell are you? In my database, there's no information on you among Silver-tier Players."

A mechanical synthesized male voice rang out within the room.

Then a large amount of green data code surged out from in front of the mechanical brain.

These codes formed a human face, which looked at Yu Yuan with a trace of unwillingness.

Yu Yuan put away the Heavy Hammer and pulled out a gourd.

A beetle crackling with electric arcs appeared in his hand, the Electromagnetic Pulse Worm.

"Relax. We'll have plenty of time to chat slowly later."

The Electromagnetic Pulse Worm's massive horn was still condensing electromagnetic pulse energy.

"No... let's talk this out. I admit my tone was off just now..."

He gave the other party no chance to continue speaking.

The Electromagnetic Pulse Worm's electromagnetic energy blasted out.

Electromagnetic energy released throughout the room.

As the location of Tallow's data consciousness core data.

This room naturally had corresponding anti-EMP facilities installed.

Not only was the room modified, even all the instruments within the room had a certain degree of protective measures.

But these preparations were all meant to deal with threats from external EMP.

They simply couldn't handle electromagnetic pulses generated from inside the room.

At most, they could reduce the damage and destruction.

Therefore, after one attack, all the instruments in the room lit up with electric arcs.

Only the barrier shrouding the mechanical brain flickered, still barely holding on.

But it was also clear that to withstand this electromagnetic pulse, the cost had been enormous.

Just then, Alpha's message arrived.

[Alpha: Leader, Palu has cracked part of the Core Consciousness room's permissions. Can remotely operate...]

"Hahaha! Give up! My barrier is absolutely impossible for you to break through."

The electromagnetic pulse hadn't achieved its effect, and Tallow was quite excited.

"Mary I is already on her way here. It's still not too late to run now."

Listening to Tallow's taunts, Yu Yuan revealed a mysterious smile.

A miniature intelligent robot appeared in his hand, came before a data cable, and cut the connection.

Seeing the suddenly appeared intelligent robot, Tallow panicked.

"No... you can't..."

But the next moment, the barrier protecting Tallow began flashing violently.

"I won't let you succeed, I absolutely won't..."

Inside the Command Vehicle.

Palu's keystrokes had reached their peak speed.

The prolonged mental computation had drained his energy massively. He didn't even realize the energy candy bar in his mouth had run out.

He just held the plastic stick in his mouth, fully focused on the battle.

This was a battle, or rather a war.

A war that took place in another dimension, Palu's own war.

Just as the keyboard clatter grew faster and faster, already blending into one continuous sound.

Clack.

The sound suddenly vanished. Palu turned his head to look at Alpha behind him, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"Haha! Got him!"