NOVEL WEB Chapter 743: Game Computer City
"Beep beep!"
The communicator sounded, and Wu Ye answered it; it was a call from Kujima Megumi.
"Wu Ye, please return to the team immediately, something has happened."
"Understood."
Ending the call, Wu Ye said to Xiao Honglu, "I have work to do. Be careful. With the Sofias rampant now, there's no telling if one might invade the headquarters."
Xiao Honglu burrowed into the blankets, picked up the remote, and changed the channels, saying, "If even the Victory Team's base is breached, what can I do? After all, I don't even have a gun right now."
Wu Ye shook his head.
Giving a gun to a teenager?
Absolutely not possible.
If the Main God hadn't assigned them as Victory Team members, it wouldn't matter, but as a team member, handing a dangerous firearm to a teenager—
He'd probably be reprimanded and then kicked out of the Victory Team.
Even after being kicked out, he wouldn't be able to live a normal life because of the Sofia cells in his body! With huge research value!
What awaits him would be a life in a dark laboratory.
When Wu Ye returned to the operations meeting room, Kujima Megumi said, "Da Gu and Lina suddenly discovered a computer gaming city; it looks like a virtual city, but is transforming into a physical one. Many Sofia spheres are entrenched there, seemingly merging with it. They are currently engaged in battle."
"Xin Cheng, Wu Ye, you pilot the Victory Flying Swallow No.2 to support Da Gu and the others."
"Nori, Zheng Zha, you take the Sherlock car to investigate that virtual computer city and find out why such a city has appeared."
"Zongfang, you and I will stay at the base to prevent outside enemies and conduct command operations."
Everyone collaborated, those piloting the Fly Swallow Two piloted the Fly Swallow Two, and those taking the Sherlock car took the Sherlock car, quickly rushing to the scene.
Meanwhile, Sun Wukong and Zhao Yingkong also prepared to drive towards the computer gaming city, but a change on the road forced them to report back to headquarters and pause their advance.
A snail-like monster was trembling in the snow, its long beak opening and closing like a child lost from its mother, weak and helpless.
"What kind of monster is this?" Zhao Yingkong asked curiously. As a member of an assassin family, she had never had time to watch various films and TV shows.
"Dali Ban."
Sun Wukong stated the giant snail's species code, "It's a relatively gentle monster. Its habitat is the vacuum of space. This one came to Earth because it was being playful."
Taking a few steps forward to stand before Dali Ban, Sun Wukong raised his hand and touched its skin, causing the snow and ice on it to melt and evaporate into white mist.
Feeling the warmth, Dali Ban seemed to cheer up, seeing Sun Wukong and Zhao Yingkong and shyly blending into the ground, revealing only its two antenna-like eyes, blinking with curiosity.
Dali Ban is a rather shy monster; when seeing unfamiliar humans, it hides away, relying on its innate talent to blend into any environment, it can hide anywhere.
It's just that it may not realize its two eyes are its biggest flaw.
Zhao Yingkong quipped, "Speaking of which, if this snail lives in the vacuum of space, why would it be afraid of cold or heat? The temperature in space is clearly lower."
"Its physique is special, and after entering the atmospheric environment, it undergoes some changes that make it afraid of the cold. Once it re-enters the space vacuum, it will be fine." Sun Wukong reached out and touched Dali Ban's eyes, making it shrink down, but it soon got used to it and seemed to enjoy Sun Wukong's caresses.
Zhao Yingkong asked, "How should we deal with this monster?"
"Earth is sealed off right now, and it can't leave. It will have to stay on Earth temporarily." Sun Wukong pondered, voicing an ambiguous solution.
"Isn't this bad? Earth can't sustain such a monster, and the presence of Sofia makes it easy for this snail to go berserk." Zhao Yingkong thought the best solution was to kill the snail.
At that moment, over a dozen Sofia spheres flew towards them.
"Speak of the devil," Zhao Yingkong remarked, drawing her Victory Hyper Gun and firing at the Sofias, but not hitting any.
However, Dali Ban suddenly leapt out, excitedly calling out, spewing a blob of sticky liquid from its mouth that quickly enveloped the dozen or so Sofia spheres, immobilizing them.
Then, Dali Ban, like slurping noodles, sucked back the liquid into its mouth, along with the Sofia spheres, swallowing them down like eating dumplings.
It let out a sound akin to a baby's laughter, as if it had devoured a delicious dessert, extremely pleased.
"This creature actually ate the Sofia spheres?" Zhao Yingkong murmured, "Won't it be a problem?"
"No."
Sun Wukong watched as the Sofias tumbled in Dali Ban's stomach, attempting to merge with it, but the special fluids secreted by the stomach walls decomposed the Sofia cells, turning them into the purest nutrient liquid.
You could say Dali Ban is the natural enemy of Sofia spheres!
In terms of combat strength, Dali Ban isn't particularly outstanding among monsters, with only a tougher snail shell, and can't compare to Sofia, but its stomach can digest Sofia spheres.
A case where one thing overcomes another!
Of course, it's not to say Dali Ban is invincible against Sofia; it does have a limit. If hundreds or thousands of Sofia spheres attacked, Dali Ban would still have to flee.
After devouring the Sofia sphere, Dali Ban shrank back into the ground, leaving only its two eyes peering fixedly at Sun Wukong.
"What now?"
Zhao Yingkong thought that this cosmic snail might become a formidable weapon for humanity against Sofia.
Therefore, if Dali Ban could be controlled, the chances of survival in the future would be much greater.
"Of course, we continue on to the computer game city."
Sun Wukong got into the car and started the engine.
Zhao Yingkong, having no other option, also got in the car, but as she looked through the rearview mirror, she was surprised to see two antennae eyes following them—the cosmic snail was "tracking" them.
She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Did you foresee this happening?"
"No."
"I don't believe you." Always read from the source: M|V|LE4MPYR.
"Then I won't waste my breath explaining to someone who doesn't believe anything."
"······"
"Also, as an assassin, you talk a bit too much." Sun Wukong pointed out Zhao Yingkong's flaw as an assassin, "But as a member of the Victory Team, you still qualify."
"Oh really? Then should I say 'thank you' for your compliment?" Zhao Yingkong's face didn't look too pleased.
"If you're willing, you can. After all, Sun's praise isn't something anyone can earn." Sun Wukong chuckled, making Zhao Yingkong feel like she had punched a pillow.
"You, you just can't be hated." Zhao Yingkong sighed and looked out the window, "Speaking of which, why would the Main God choose a long plot like Ultraman Tiga?"
"Who knows, maybe it got a virus." Sun Wukong said casually.
"A virus? That's possible, that big light ball is like a sci-fi computer, it might really be under virus attack by some higher existence." Zhao Yingkong nodded slightly, "But what does that have to do with us?"
Sun Wukong, driving the car, didn't comfort her. He knew Zhao Yingkong was just venting, not confused—and if it came to being lost, she had always been lost in life.
Born into an assassin family, taught various killing techniques from a young age, unable to pursue personal interests.
As for being lost, Zheng Zha and the others didn't compare to her.
For Zhao Yingkong, entering the space of the Main God might have been a release, for only in the infinite world could she enjoy life as her own.
Moreover, meeting the Zhongzhou Team was also her luck.
Meanwhile.
In the game computer city.
The virtual city had materialized into reality, with two Victory Flying Swallows constantly attacking the Sofia sphere from above. Meanwhile, numerous men and women sat before computers, their fingers flying over keyboards to construct a virtual world that manifested into reality, even managing to trap part of the Sofia sphere within a virtual cage.
The entire computer city was originally a biological computer, E-90, which having developed its own consciousness and thoughts, was preparing to turn its data into reality.
That is, data materialization!
Furthermore, the existence of Sofia provided the computer city with a reason to launch materialization—to save the world.
Zheng Zha and Nori quietly entered the computer city, finding it empty, with no sign of the perpetrator.
"There's no one here." Nori, holding a Victory Hyper Gun, was visibly cautious. "In games, the emptier a place is, the more careful you have to be, or else it's easy to get ambushed."
Zheng Zha was speechless, only saying, "This must be one of your few missions, right?"
Nori blushed and said, "So what, I've read a lot of reports. My experience is certainly no less than yours."
"Is that so?" Zheng Zha noted he had learned something.
Nori's face turned even redder, but she said nothing as she cautiously moved forward.
Suddenly, a group of fully armed black-clad men chased after a girl who burst out.
"Help!"
Seeing the beautiful girl being chased, Nori felt the urge to play the hero and save the damsel in distress. He aimed at the black-clad men, "Stop now, or I'll shoot!"
However, the black-clad men ignored Nori's order and continued after the girl.
Zheng Zha and Nori exchanged a glance, immediately stepping forward, landing punches and kicks to knock the black-clad men to the ground.
Surprisingly, after they fell, the black-clad men disintegrated into fragments and disappeared, just like when characters die and vanish in a video game.
"What's going on here?" Nori was confused.
"Thank you for saving me." The girl expressed her gratitude to the two.
"Who are you?"