NOVEL WEB Chapter 318: Escape from Death
The case at Clarence Organic Life Research Institute was exposed, and the Sikes Civilization issued a warrant for the arrest of five humans.
After the warrant had been issued, all Sikes citizens could access the related information online.
Therefore, not long after Pharaoh's team returned to the beacon location, they quickly became aware of the situation.
"We're wanted, officially by the Sikes. This is not going to be easy," the Perceiver said with a tone of resignation after seeing the warrant information.
The gaze behind Pharaoh's mask grew even darker, "028 never submitted to the organization from the start. He should have been executed when he killed several of its members."
Within the Creator Organization, many of Lu Heng's actions were outrageous.
For example, he had killed two targets who were supposed to be invited to join the organization, and then killed members within the organization itself.
Normally, killing members of the organization is a serious matter, warranting execution.
But Lu Heng was still valuable.
Especially with that piece of biological technology data from Sikes Civilization.
And Lu Heng had indeed produced such a document.
Many labs controlled by the Creator Organization had validated this biotech data and deemed it authentic.
In fact,
Before Clarence revealed the hidden secret in the Superpower Potion, Pharaoh too had believed the biotech data to be authentic.
However, once he learned of the trap hidden within the Superpower Potion, and when he saw 028 attempting to intercept them, he was able to confirm one thing…
028 had defected.
Another defector, following 027.
"What do we do now?" asked the Perceiver.
Pharaoh looked towards the broken pieces of Clarence lying on the ground and said, "First, make sure we secure the technical data."
He walked over, pressing his finger onto Clarence's Mechanical Core, "Unlock the technical data, or else..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but he didn't need to.
It was a direct threat: unlock the technical data, or the Mechanical Core gets destroyed.
Still, a robot's thinking is different from that of humans.
Sikes Civilization's mechanical citizens also fear, they too want to live, but their way of thinking is very clear-cut, or rather, very mechanical.
Clarence didn't want his Mechanical Core destroyed, so he would do everything possible to ensure that wouldn't happen.
Just because his thought process was different from humans, he would not compromise due to threats or fear.
He spoke in a mechanical electronic voice, "My calculations conclude that after unlocking the technical data, there is a 100% chance my Mechanical Core will be destroyed."
Right, Pharaoh agreed with this calculation conclusion.
Because he was truly furious, as soon as the technical data was unlocked, he would immediately crush that damned researcher's core.
Yet, the more that was the case, the less likely Clarence was to help him unlock the technical data.
Clarence continued in his mechanical electronic voice, "You need to repair my track wheels to ensure I can return safely to the range of the mechanical guards, only then will I unlock the technical data.
"As long as my survival probability calculated is less than 100%, I will not unlock the technical data, no terms to discuss.
"If you disagree, you might as well destroy my Mechanical Core now."
He wanted to survive, but his computerized thinking didn't lead him to make wrong decisions out of fear.
This sort of computerized thinking is very rigid, but sometimes very effective.
No matter how Pharaoh threatened, without a guarantee of safety, the technical data would remain locked.
Pharaoh truly wanted to crush this damned robot.
However, the current situation for them was very bad.
Because the Sikes Civilization had already issued a warrant for their five-person team.
This meant that from now on, they could no longer appear before any Sikes mechanical units.
As soon as they did, the planet-wide information network would lock onto their locations, and dispatch mechanical guards and drones to capture them.
If they resisted and destroyed too many mechanical guards,
Their warrant level would increase, and more powerful Mechanical Warriors would appear.
If they kept fighting, it would eventually be equivalent to combating the entire Sikes Civilization.
Though their team was strong, they were not yet strong enough to confront a cyber civilization.
If they did not want to die here, they would now need to go into hiding, avoid any location with Sikes Civilization networked devices, until the very last day of their return.
That is to say,
Their original raiding targets could no longer be scouted.
This operation had exposed their identities and disrupted all their original plans.
This meant that their harvest from the Abyss Battlefield would not be favorable, which made the Superpower Potion technical iteration data they currently possessed exceptionally critical.
Now that the Sikes officials had issued a warrant, killing the mechanical researcher before them yielded no benefits.
Ensuring that we obtain the unlocked technical data is of the utmost importance.
After calm consideration, Pharaoh agreed to Researcher Clarence's request, made a deal with him, let him go, and obtained the digital signature for the unlocked technical data.
At this point, playing mind games was meaningless.
He didn't want to increase his wanted level by killing a mechanical researcher.
Thus, the transaction was completed.
Half an hour after the event.
Researcher Clarence was rescued by a mechanical guard, while on the other side, Pharaoh's team had obtained the unlocked technical data.
...
On the other side.
In the greenhouse apartment on Mitchell Street.
Lu Heng and his people returned here and continued to gather information from the Sikes network with the help of the Xavier Matrix.
"Three minutes ago, that researcher from Clarence was rescued. Currently, the Central System is in the process of information gathering from him. This process is confidential, and the information will not appear on the network, so it's impossible to obtain," the Xavier Matrix reported after conveying this information, then analyzed, "However, according to my analysis, I believe that the raiding team has already obtained the unlocked technical data."
Lu Heng rubbed his forehead and asked, "What would happen if this technical data is taken back to Blue Star?"
The Xavier Matrix used its computing power to analyze the potential developments of this event and replied, "The Superpower Potion manufacturing technology on Blue Star would iterate rapidly, producing high-quality Superpower Potions."
Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "Roughly equivalent to what Level of Superpower Potion?"
After computing, the Xavier Matrix replied, "Based on the original iteration coding, it's equivalent to SPA-7 or possibly SPA-8 type.
"However, after SPA-5 type, the potential of this potion was basically fully tapped, and further iterations brought minimal improvement."
Lu Heng recalled additional information upon hearing this answer.
In his previous life, the Superpower Potion had indeed reached SPA-7 type in July of the second year after Abyss Descent, according to rumors.
However, information about SPA-7 type was all hearsay.
Such high-iteration-level Superpower Potions weren't accessible to ordinary people; they couldn't be bought even with money.
Ultimately, the Superpower Potion never surpassed the SPA-7 level iteration in his previous life; there were no rumors of a higher level after that.
Currently, in this world, it was the end of March in the second year of the Abyss Descent.
That meant, according to the original timeline, SPA-7 type would appear on Blue Star in about three to four months.
Calculating from that, the team from the Creator Organization in his previous life would have been conscripted by the Sikes Civilization around this time and would have acquired the Superpower Potion iteration technology here.
After bringing the technical data back, the Elemer Wei Pharmaceutical Company would need to verify it and then break through the technology to start production.
Taking three to four months under those circumstances was quite fast.
After all, a potion from beyond their era could not be produced immediately upon obtaining the complete iteration technology plan.
Indeed, producing it within three to four months would be considered rapid.
Thinking along those lines.
If he had not altered the timeline, the Creator Organization would have still produced SPA-7 type in July of the second year after the Abyss Descent.
This made Lu Heng feel an invisible force pushing events back to their original trajectory.
In this life, he had provided the Creator Organization with fake biological technology data, aiming to trap them.
However, the Creator Organization still obtained the real technical data.
All his actions had changed the process, but the result remained the same.
Would all his future actions turn out this way?
If the outcome couldn't be changed, what was the purpose of being reborn?
Lu Heng fell into deep thought, slowly shaking his head, "No... there must be a way to change all this."
In fact, whether other events had changed or not wasn't significant.
As long as the end—where Blue Star is swallowed by the Abyss—could be altered, then everything done would carry meaning.
Before the Abyss fully consumed Blue Star, there was only one thing to do: continue to accumulate Strength and seek out methods to purify the Abyss.
Lu Heng still held on to his original belief.
The summoning by the will of the world had to have a target.
Only by continuously purifying worlds polluted by the Abyss and uniting the civilizations of various worlds could one hope to find a method to cleanse the Abyss.
So for now, they needed to find this Abyss Pollution Source.
Lu Heng looked towards the screen next to him and asked, "Professor, the humans were summoned here to find a mad scientist who studies Mechanical Demons. Do you know who this person is?"
On hearing this, the Xavier Matrix chuckled, "No wonder, there have been several Human teams investigating my information, all suspecting me."
Lu Heng pressed further, "So, Professor, have you studied Mechanical Demons?"
The Xavier Matrix replied calmly, "Studying Mechanical Demons would only transform the Sikes into a world combined with machinery and the Abyss.
"My goal is to research mechanical life; Mechanical Demons are not my objective."
Lu Heng continued to inquire, "Then do you know who is researching Mechanical Demons?"