Cyber ​​Ghost Record

Chapter 91: Defeat
"Me after death?" Sog smiled casually. "You want to kill me, why?"

“Kill you?” Li paused. “While that’s not wrong, if you think I’m going to ‘end’ you, then you’re mistaken.” He paused again. “You can think of it as me letting you live in another way.”

As he spoke, he looked at the disposable chip on the table.

Just when Su Ge thought Li would force him to "take poison," Li said again, "I actually have many kinds of 'works,' some of which, as you can see, will make you experience the feeling of death and actually cause hypoxia, cardiac arrest, electrolyte imbalance... all sorts of physiological reactions, and your body will stop its life activities. But most of the time, I am not bound by this kind of physical death."

He looked Suger up and down, like a designer examining raw materials.

"I will personally design a system that preserves your database and your thought process to the greatest extent possible, while erasing only your personal feelings and some unnecessary motives..."

“You don’t want to kill me to silence me,” Sog said. “You want me to become a walking corpse; you want me to be your accomplice.”

"Don't worry, I won't use a template to deal with you."

Li laughed, his lips didn't move, but Su Ge still heard his words.

Su Ge instinctively searched for the source of the sound, and immediately realized that Li's voice seemed to be echoing in his mind.

Su Ge felt a chill run down his spine, but no matter how bizarre the demons and monsters of this era were, they couldn't possibly invade his biological brain. The next moment, he realized that the negotiation expert who had been reminding him that his conversation with Li had crossed the line was now silent.

Clearly, Li had hacked into the fake brain-computer interface under the artificial scalp, and his voice had reached Suger's ears through the words of the negotiating expert. Suger felt a chill run down his spine, goosebumps rising on the back of his neck.

Li, on the other side, also stopped smiling.

“You’re not a businessman, you’re a biological person.” He frowned.

At this point, continuing to feign compliance was pointless. The moment he entered, Su Ge had already planned his escape route. His gaze passed over the stone pillar carried by the white elephant and looked towards the south side of the hall, where there was a row of olive-shaped windows. But his gaze was misleading; his real target was the skylight above the octagonal coffered ceiling of the holographic projection well. Once he broke through the skylight, he could quickly reach the ground using the eaves of the building's facade. He wasn't afraid of neural data attacks, and the gang entrenched here couldn't possibly possess modern weapons. He could use the Gu Diao to escape danger first, wait for the Security Bureau and Li Xian to clash, assess the situation, and then act accordingly.

He suddenly stood up, but his body only trembled slightly before he could no longer move. This time, however, the Gu Diao did not grant him superhuman mobility; instead, it held him firmly in place.

"Not bad exoskeleton. It took me a while to kill it; it was much harder than killing a person."

The word "kill" came out of Li's mouth as naturally and casually as "turning off" a computer. Su Ge's heart sank. He was still connected to the Gu Diao, which used to be an extension of his limbs and senses, but now it had become a cocoon binding him. Li walked over, and an almost tangible chill enveloped Su Ge. At this moment, Su Ge felt that this guy was not some demon or monster, but the embodiment of the concept of "death."

He looked at Li, using his imagination to construct a bridge connecting the two of them.

His brain began to heat up, and a flood of additional information rushed in. In a daze, he saw himself motionless—sitting in a red sandstone chair, looking like a sacrifice against the backdrop of owl feathers, skulls, and mirrors on the long table beside him.

This is Li's perspective.

He established a connection with Li. This was his first time forcibly hacking into demons and monsters, and it seemed no more difficult than connecting with Chiba Ryoko. But in that instant, his face turned deathly pale, devoid of any color. He felt a strong sense of panic; he felt his body become very light, as light as industrial foam, while his brain felt as heavy as lead, making him feel as if his soul was separating from his body.

Immediately afterwards, he felt nauseous and dizzy, and a strong feeling of suffocation felt as if an iron hand was gripping his throat. Suger immediately realized he had been attacked; his nervous system had been compromised!
He didn't know how Li had done it, but the medium for this attack was undoubtedly the connection between him and Li. He immediately severed the connection, the suffocating feeling in his throat disappeared, and his numb senses began to slowly return to his limbs with his blood.

He tried to move his body, but even the slightest movement caused a dislocation between his brain and body, and triggered severe spasms in his stomach. He curled up, but was still bound by the Gu Diao and unable to move. In the end, he could only let out a groan as stomach acid and food residue gushed out of his esophagus and dripped from the corner of his mouth.

"It's over," he thought, realizing he had overestimated the reliability of his abilities. His abilities had been mistaken for "supernatural powers" several times, and even he himself had believed they were invincible. Now he was reaping the bitter fruits of his actions.

【help me.】

Su Ge focused his hazy consciousness and sought help from Fan Wujiu's body.

He only sensed a vague desire from the other party—it wanted freedom, it wanted to be reborn. This yearning even affected Suger's thoughts; his unfocused gaze fell on the approaching Li, and a desire to take his place welled up within him.

The sound of shattering glass brought him back to his senses. In his blurred vision, several figures crashed through the octagonal ceiling and descended from the sky. In a daze, the night Shen Ke was arrested seemed to replay before his eyes.

Four investigators locked Li in place with a silver shielding device.

“Fan Wujiu!” Lu Shixi walked towards Li. “You are involved in multiple crimes, including illegal mind uploads, digital drug trafficking, and prison break. The Security Bureau is now arresting you in accordance with the law.” She didn’t even glance at Su Ge as she said this.

Four investigators quickly pinned Li to the ground, disassembled his prosthetic body, and activated his brain-computer interface.

"Confirm his identity," Lu Shixi instructed. "Be careful during the search; this guy is covered in poison."

In the blink of an eye, the criminals were brought to justice, and it seemed that the Security Bureau had the situation under control. But Su Ge did not relax at all. Since this was a setup, Li must have a backup plan.

"Be careful……"

Su Ge tried to remind him, but his body had not yet recovered, and he only let out a weak groan. Lu Shixi turned his head and walked towards Su Ge, scanning Su Ge's vital signs with his prosthetic eye.

“You are not in mortal danger,” she said expressionlessly. “You had a chance to earn merit, but your personal actions nearly caused the operation to fail. After the operation, the security bureau will terminate your temporary employment contract…”

Su Ge's lips trembled, his eyes flickered, and he looked past Lu Shixi's shoulder towards what was behind her. Lu Shixi couldn't hear what he was saying, but she turned her head following Su Ge's gaze and froze instantly. The four investigators were still surrounding Li, maintaining their previous postures, yet their movements remained unchanged, as if frozen in place.

Lu Shixi's stiffness wasn't due to shock; all her prosthetic bodies were no longer under her control. Li's figure appeared in the holographic well, looking down at the chaotic scene in the pillar hall.

(End of this chapter)