Cyber ​​Ghost Record

Chapter 33: The Mountain God of Fengyu (Part 2)

These words were unfamiliar, yet Suger seemed to see the shadow of the organization.

Following the clues in these fragments, he began searching the giant's database.

He passed beneath the feet of those giants from ancient myths and saw a mortal beneath their enormous shadows.

To be precise, it wasn't a complete person, but rather fragmented experiences and past events, like a montage without any logic. It was impossible to extract any useful information from it, and Suger's own consciousness was even thrown into a state of confusion.

Just when he was about to reach his breaking point, a name that had almost been erased surfaced:
[Wang Mang!]

Socrates' search was like a call to action.

The fragments of reality lost between mountains and seas suddenly found their home, converging into a mortal beneath those enormous figures.

Wang Mang hadn't heard this name in a long time. He was supposed to gradually forget his past as a human being, but at this moment, he woke up.

In the dim light of the underground plaza, Fengyu Mountain God stopped his movements, slowly opened his palm, and a hooded man wearing a silver mask stood in his palm.

A silent dialogue is taking place between the two of them, a dialogue that exists within their consciousness.

Do you recognize me?

Wang Mang looked at Su Ge as if in another world. He hoped to see an acquaintance, but he was also afraid that the acquaintance would see that he had become like this—his remaining biological tissues, covered by the prosthetic body, had aged and shrunk to the extreme.

"Now we know each other." Soger had access to fragmented memories of the other person. Since arriving in this era, he had finally met someone he could perhaps trust. Suppressing his excitement, he introduced himself: "My name is Soger, from 2027, and I used to work in the Surveillance Department."

[Su Ge... My name is Wang Mang, I am...] Wang Mang couldn't recall the specific details of his past for a moment.

"You've participated in the Breath of the Earth Project," Sog reminded him.

Wang Mang remembered. He hesitated for a moment, then realized that there was no need to keep the original plan a secret anymore.

Regarding...the Breath of Earth Project...

"When did this happen?" Socrates asked.

[The 22nd century, the 1950s and 60s... Oh, more than eighty years have passed since then...]

Wang Mang was in the same state as Su Ge, who had just woken up from hibernation.

Su Ge understood that Wang Mang and he were not from the same era.

The 1950s and 1960s, more than 80 years ago in modern times, were precisely the time when the "Archipelago Wars" took place.

"Could you elaborate?" Socrates pressed.

Why do you want to know this?

I want to... find my organization.

After Su Ge finished speaking, he suddenly felt a sense of sorrow. He connected with Wang Mang's brain-computer interface and for a moment did not know whether it was Wang Mang's or his own feeling.

This is the Fengyu military base where Project Breath of Earth was originally launched. At that time, we captured the equipment used to build the Spirit Realm. This was the core of Project Breath of Earth, whose purpose was to establish a Spirit Realm belonging to humanity.

So, was the plan a success?

It wasn't exactly a success... but the plan's objective was certainly achieved; we called it "the human world," which later became the dark web.

[It's become the dark web? Why?]

The spiritual realm has been successfully built, but the counterattack...

As Wang Mang spoke, images from mythology appeared in his mind. He brandished his axe and shield in a fit of rage, cleaved open the Heavenly Gate, and stormed to the palace of the Yellow Emperor.

Kill, kill, kill...

A deep roar reverberated as the copper hammer struck Suger's head repeatedly, and he felt his connection rapidly blurring.

【Vast and desolate!】

The repeated calls brought Wang Mang back to his senses, but the recent events had left him somewhat confused. He stopped his growling and continued to utter incoherent murmurs.

"Where is 'the human world'?" Socrates asked hastily.

"If the human world still exists, it exists on the dark web," Wang Mang muttered. "The dark web, a ghost realm..."

How do I get there?

I don't know... I don't know...

[Don't rush, think it over carefully, think it over carefully.] [I don't know... that was a long time ago, and the dark web isn't the same as it used to be. The virtual world, like the universe, has no boundaries...]

Socrates paused for a moment, then asked:

Do you know what a major power outage is?

[Major power outage...] Some dubious historical events surfaced in the vast database.

Have there been any major power outages in history?

I've heard of major power outages... but it might not actually have happened...

[What do you mean? If you've heard of it, then it must exist!]

All information may be false... Even what you see with your own eyes may be false. History is false; everything you see is what they make you see...

What is real?

Only what you believe is true.

Wang Mang's words filled Su Ge with a profound sense of emptiness, but he quickly suppressed this feeling and said, "No matter what they have altered, come with me to find the human world, Wang Mang."

"The human world..." Wang Mang was touched, but said softly, "I won't go..."

【What's wrong? Are you worried you won't be able to find it?】

【No... have you ever heard of crab slaves?】

【what is that? 】

[A type of crab parasite that invades the crab's body and brain like fungal hyphae. In the end, the crab may appear alive, but it is actually dead; it has been controlled by the crab slave.]

Wang Mang paused for a moment.

I am that crab.

The image of the giant from mythology began to reappear, his massive body trembling as if the entire underground space was shaking with him.

The earth-shattering tremors severed the connection.

Sug was so dazed by the headache that he could no longer control his body and could only stand in the giant's palm with the help of the Gu Diao.

Wang Mang knelt down on one knee, slowly placed his palm on the ground, and took one last look at the silver mask.

Illusions of ancient battlefields, giants, mountains, rivers, sun, and moon began to disrupt his vision, and he also heard the sounds of metal clashing, roars, and battle cries.

The giants of mythology overwhelmed his consciousness; he was just a mortal.

But at least he still has the power to overturn the table.

He activated the consciousness anchor.

That was the scene when "humanity" was first explored.

Even though the counterattack had failed, he was still moved to tears when he faced that world without gods or Buddhas, a world entirely belonging to humans.

The consciousness anchor cuts off the body's energy.

Sixteen nerve centers shut down in succession.

The life support system for the wet component was thus disconnected.

The superconducting environment was also destroyed, and the instantaneous release of heat burned most of the neural networks. The evaporated liquid helium rose violently from the gaps in the prosthetic body.

……

The creators of the underground space watched this scene in horror:
The enormous body knelt before the tiny figure, as if a giant god had been defeated by a monkey.

One of the modified individuals knelt down, followed by the second, the third...

The sound of metal knees hitting the concrete floor echoed continuously.

Ghost Golden Sheep also knelt down, his only option now being to beg for forgiveness.

The fall of Fengyu Mountain God proclaimed to the underworld that beneath that silver mask lay a powerful deity.

The pace of information delivery was difficult to control, so the update was a bit slow. Sorry.

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(End of this chapter)