Cyber ​​Ghost Record

Chapter 41: Backup

Suger stared through the barbed wire at the alley corner where the black cat had disappeared, then looked down at the Void Realm Mandala.

The pressure this thing brought him came not only from Li Lou, but also from the demons and monsters themselves. He had personally experienced the unpredictable and insidious methods of these demons and monsters, and this Void Realm Mandala contained forty such cyber ghosts.

He would only rely on his intuition to control this magical artifact, and if he made another mistake and allowed these demons and monsters to escape, he could not bear the possible consequences.

Right now, he can only hope that the Fire and Wind Hell can lock away the positions of those demons and monsters.

He walked to the cardboard box, carefully picked up the ritual implement as if defusing a bomb, and put it in his pocket.

The black cat left him with this time bomb, and he had no way to deal with it properly.

He didn't know where to begin, whether to destroy, hide, or make use of it.

However, there are more pressing matters at hand.

He silently recited Shen Ke's backup address in his mind.

To be on the safe side, he should lay low for a while and observe the situation.

But he couldn't wait a moment longer.

……

Sixteen night wanderers flew through the air.

Ten hours have passed since the security bureau's emergency, and even places like Jinggui Street have increased security patrols.

It's 8 PM, and the food offering ceremony is still in full swing on Jinggui Street. Kongming lanterns are strung together, drones carry offerings, and the aroma of oil mingles with data streams, permeating the entire block. The citizens seem oblivious to the already unpredictable dangers, only fanatically drawn to the divine majesty. The phantoms of colorful figures pass through them, light and shadow intertwining between metal and flesh, making it difficult to distinguish between human and ghost.

A cockroach emerged from the sewer, its antennae trembling in the breeze. It stared warily at the shadowy figure of the park's night watchman.

But it quickly took action again. People of this era may have thought those images truly possessed some kind of power, but it was more concerned with how to evade potential radar scans.

It looked around, then swiftly climbed the wall, weaving between the cement and silicon surfaces. Advertisements flew past beneath its slender, antennae-covered feet: virtual reality cinemas, prosthetics, drugs, bars. One wall screen was still broadcasting daytime breaking news; it stopped to watch for a moment, then quickly left.

The Tzu Chi Building is one of the few government-owned buildings in Yingchuan City, a religiously independent city. One of its selling points for renting and selling shops and apartments is that the building is protected by Level 3 information security. The local security department will do its utmost to protect the private property inside the building, which is equivalent to protecting social order and national security.

According to the "Information Security Protection Regulations," only areas under Level 4 or higher security are monitored by digital life support systems within the five-level security hierarchy. A cockroach, reading the aerial logistics version of the city map, climbed to the west side of the 42nd floor and crawled into a ventilation shaft.

Upon entering the ventilation system, the cockroach suddenly became disoriented and fell off the wall. The ventilation system had electromagnetic shielding, which affected its data transmission and reception. However, the shielding material was only conductive coating; its antennae trembled slightly, but it quickly regained its composure and crawled along the ventilation duct towards room 101.

The ventilation openings in room 101 were blocked by metal mesh, and some indicator lights could be seen shining in the darkness through the gaps.

After observing for a long time and confirming that this was indeed not a trap, the cockroach finally returned the way it came.

A moment later, Su Ge walked to the ground floor of the Tzu Chi Building, lifted his face from under his hood, looked up, and entered the elevator.

Arriving at the door of Room 101, he looked at the lock and asked Shen Ke's question:
Give me the password to Room 101 of the Tzu Chi Building.

He actually preferred to try using his abilities to unlock the door, but since backups were so crucial to digital life, there might be self-destruct mechanisms in place to counter forced intrusion. He guessed that the data Shen Ke sent might already include the room's password and the channel gateway the transmission unit had to pass through, but he no longer needed to worry that such inquiries would expose the fact that he truly didn't understand anything.

I'll go.

Two seconds later, Shen Ke sent a reply.

Suger didn't understand whether she wanted him to transmit her location data into the door lock or into the Tzu Chi Building's network, but even if he could understand, he didn't intend to do as she said.

【password.】

He remained unmoved.

The 32-bit 3D code, resembling atoms arranged in a crystal structure, was sent out and stored in Sog's mind.

Su Ge activated the Gu Diao's combat mode. All of the Gu Diao's sensors closely monitored all changes in the surrounding environment. Then, he transmitted the three-dimensional password to the door lock, and the door opened.

He entered the room, the lights came on, and he could now see the entire space. Three shelves lined the walls, displaying various prosthetic bodies.

Some of their torsos and limbs were bulky, some slender, and some robust, all completely naked.

Suger could clearly see the model parameters printed on the metallic joints of the prosthetic bodies, but their overly realistic appearance still gave him the creeps, making him feel as if he had stumbled into a murderer's dismemberment collection room.

He approached the head of a boy, raised his hand and poked his face. The soft touch was almost indistinguishable from real skin. He was even worried that the head might suddenly open its eyes. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a few strands of white hair out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head and saw Shen Ke's head on the shelf to his left, her eyes closed, and he could see her distinct eyelashes.

Her head was placed among the heads of men, women, and children of various skin colors, with some ordinary or even ugly faces flanking her beauty like green leaves, creating a strange kind of beauty.

Suger shut down most of the Gu Diao's sensors, as seeing the heads and limbs around him too clearly made him uncomfortable.

Some devices are placed in the center of the room, with microwave arrays covering the outer shell. Even when the neural network inside is not running, the entire device maintains a superconducting environment in standby mode.

This is Shen Ke's backup.

If you send her persona in, she can come back to life, choose some prosthetic bodies from those shelves, piece them together to create a new appearance, and stand in front of him.

But Suger has no intention of "awakening" her here, nor will he take her back to Lu Yingting.

The place where Shen Ke hid his backup was not an ideal location. It couldn't even stop a cockroach robot from sneaking in, let alone block the prying eyes of gods and Buddhas.

Whether it's dealing with Shen Ke, handling the Void Realm Mandala, or maintaining his false identity, he needs a place to conduct secret activities.

Is there anywhere that can provide conditions similar to those in the security bureau's cells?

The limited amount of funds restricts Suger's actions, and even if the limit were increased, his act of renting such a room would arouse suspicion.

But he had just been to a place where there must be a secret location that met his needs.

This place is the abandoned Fengyu military base.

(End of this chapter)