Chapter 194: Brewing Storm X (1/2)

Chapter 194: Brewing Storm X

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The black threadworm’s body was malleable and surprisingly agile, and it moved very quickly. It was obvious that he moved more boldly once he passed the black door. He never would have guessed that his every move was monitored by someone else. He was familiar with the territory here, and believed that there would be no more than three Mavericks who could find their way through the traps without tripping any of them.

”Hehe, it’s good that we have him as a guide, or we’ll never pass through here safely. I can’t imagine anyone but Mu achieving just that. The inside man is always the hardest to defend against. This guy is most certainly involved with the designs of the trap algorithms around here. Hehe, that’s quite fortunate for us!” Shang said, pleased.

The myriads of trap algorithms involved were enough to puzzle Ye Chong. They were all hidden under beautiful exteriors, and by using these traps in creative combinations, their effectiveness was greatly increased. The more they looked harmless in the background, the more likely they were to be triggered by the enemy. Who would have thought that such a beautiful scenery was a cover for all sorts of fatal threats?

”What is this place? The security is so tight!” Shang’s words betrayed his curiosity towards this mysterious place. Even Ye Chong, who usually thought it dull to uncover other people’s secrets, was eager to find out the story behind this place.

Beyond the beautiful forest, the scenery expanded into a wide plain. A stream zigzagged across the plain, but what flowed was not water - it was a silver, viscous liquid with suspended particles twinkling like stars as the river flowed slowly along its path.

”Di micropulses?” Shang could not help another gasp.

What was this thing? Without any knowledge in photon processors, Ye Chong could only listen in puzzlement. The black threadworm plunged headfirst into the river without hesitation.

Knowing Ye Chong’s ignorance, Shang explained patiently, ”Di micropulses are a kind of very mild flow of pulses, harmless to the human body, and any character in the virtual world. However, it can assimilate a wide spectrum of pulsed signals.” Shang could not resist expressing his admiration. ”To think that someone would use Di micropulses in this way, genius! In the virtual world, almost all tracking devices rely on weak but continuous pulse signals to determine the target’s location. Di micropulses can not only assimilate these tracking signals, but also interrupt and damage the structure of the tracking device. It’s very much like a sterilizer, only it’s not for germs, but for tracking devices.”

”Oh, I see!”

”It’s too bad that you don’t understand these things. Sigh, to have you as a witness to all these good stuff, the designer must be disappointed.” Shang mocked Ye Chong before continuing ”The designer is a genius! To use Di micropulses in this way, it’s incredible!”

However, Shang immediately affected a sinister smile. ”Hehe, it’s really too bad, Mu’s tracking larvae are not your usual trackers! The probability of getting rid of those larvae is too small!”

As Shang predicted, when the black threadworm plunged into the river, the holographic feed shook violently, but resumed to normal after three seconds.

Shang said, ”Looks like Mu’s work is always the best!”

Beneath the surface, the view was entirely different. The opaque silver was now a semi-transparent gray, clear as crystal. The twinkling particles moved like they were alive, chasing after each other, vanishing and appearing again, clustering and spreading out, bringing life to the quiet silver river.

The black threadworm swam in the river without hindrance, moving quickly through the liquid.

It did not surface, but continued along the edge of the river. After some time, the threadworm stopped abruptly and began to dive. The river did not seem very wide, but it went down deep, as they did not reach the riverbed for a long time. The view in the river, however, changed little by little. The tiny grain-sized particles were now as large as a thumb, and did not seem as lively as their smaller counterparts.

The black threadworm stopped again. He paused for a moment before swimming towards the edge of the river. As they approached the wall that contained the river, Ye Chong saw a tiny crack in the wall. The black threadworm wriggled into the crack without hesitation.

”Sigh, nothing in this world is perfect!” Looking at the crack, Shang seemed to deeply moved.

The crack did not extend much further. Soon, they reached the end, and saw light ahead of them.

The holographic feed suddenly opened up to the insides of a room. This crack seemed to connect the room and the river they saw earlier.

Once in the room, the black threadworm’s body began to transform, quickly expanding from its thread-like thinness into the size of an adult human. The effect was much like an elastic straw suddenly filled with air. In any case, it was an odd process.

Just then, the black object suddenly twisted and began to change its colors. When Ye Chong could finally see it clearly, the holographic feed was already showing a man in a black outfit.

Ye Chong gaped at the transformation.

”This expansion calculation is child’s play, nothing to boast about, unlike those calculations earlier, this is just embarrassing!” Shang spoke with disdain.

The man looked around him and muttered to himself, ”Was it just my imagination? No one’s following? Sigh, I must be getting paranoid.”

Mu’s larvae were very useful, channeling even the slightest voices clearly.

The man in black began walking to his desk.

”Huh, that guy can actually sense that someone is following him, not bad!” Shang seemed to be surprised with the man’s vigilance.

”As I expected, inner security is lax compared to the outer security measures. Compared to the outside, this place is totally undefended. Sigh, such is human psychology!” Shang shook his head.

”Shouldn’t security be tighter on the inside than outside?” Ye Chong asked.

Shang explained, ”It’s actually quite easy to understand. Their setup outside is actually quite advanced. Normally, if someone can break through the security outside, then it only makes sense that they can also plough through the security inside. After all, the probability of someone hitching a ride in like us is very small. Besides, there must be many people working here. Without those trap algorithms, the workers here could be more at ease. Ye, in this world, if you can break the strongest point of something, then that thing would be yours!”