NOVEL WEB Chapter 746: Perhaps the Writing Isn't Good, but the Author Likes a Grand Finale
The appearance of the Cosmic Snail Dali Ban stunned the Victory Team for a moment, but then the computer monster's attack on Dyna drew their attention away.
Now is not the time to stand idle; we need to defeat that computer monster.
Da Gu on the Flying Swallow No. 1 realized that the monster was extremely powerful, capable of analyzing Dyna's moves, rendering Dyna unable to use his tactics effectively.
Meanwhile, in the virtual city, Sun Wukong and Zhao Yingkong stepped out of the car and walked into the city, strolling as if they were on an outing.
The tall buildings, the sci-fi streets, countless floating vehicles flowing incessantly, and the hurried pedestrians were all there, but upon closer inspection, you would find that the pedestrians and vehicles seemed unable to touch each other, each going their way.
There were vehicles stuck in buildings, constantly flickering; pedestrians crashing into each other and moving in place.
If viewed on a screen, this scene might seem funny, but when placed in reality, it appeared eerie and chilling upon closer reflection.
Obviously—
This is a glitch.
It's estimated that most of the computing power of this computer game's city is concentrated on that Faybas fighting Dyna, resulting in these bugs appearing in the game city.
Zhao Yingkong held the Victory Hyper Gun cautiously, alert to her surroundings, seeing Sun Wukong acting carefree, she pouted and said, "Seriously, do you have to be so relaxed? Aren't you afraid of something unexpected happening? This is a city created by a monster, and you can't transform into Ultraman."
Sun Wukong waved his hand back, saying, "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, even if the path ahead is filled with knives and fire, I'll get you through safely."
"You really think you're Sun Wukong?" Zhao Yingkong was speechless.
"I am." Sun Wukong smiled.
Zhao Yingkong was totally unconvinced, but she didn't know how to argue, especially since this person's name was indeed "Sun Wukong."
Really, the nerve of his parents, giving him such a name, might have made him popular in kindergarten for a while.
Sun Wukong led the way, Zhao Yingkong followed, and the two of them really didn't encounter any difficulties, easily reaching a platform.
All around was dark, with only a four to five-meter-tall, seven to eight-meter-wide mainframe in the center, with a display on its front.
"What is this?" Zhao Yingkong asked.
"The true body of that monster, the biological computer E-90, a special computer in the Ultraman Tiga universe." Sun Wukong explained to Zhao Yingkong, who hadn't watched tokusatsu, "However, in the plot, this computer didn't appear."
"How did you find it then?"
"Because I have a pair of sharp eyes."
"Did you redeem some special ability from the Main God?" Zhao Yingkong guessed, seeing Sun Wukong not answering, she asked again, "Such an important thing, why isn't it inside that monster's body?"
"How did you get the misconception that this thing isn't inside Faybas?" Sun Wukong retorted.
"Hmm?" Zhao Yingkong was startled, immediately realizing, nervously asked, "Do you mean we are now inside the monster?"
"This city is virtual; when we walked in, we were already inside it. Faybas is just a manifestation conglomerated by countless computing powers."
Sun Wukong's fingers moved rapidly on the keyboard in front of E-90, typing code quickly, hacking into its program, "In this virtual digital reality, space becomes an interconnected web, and we are just lucky ones walking in the gaps of the web."
"But at the moment I touched the keyboard, E-90 realized it, so—"
"You'll need to help fend off the enemies in a bit."
As soon as he finished speaking, lines of "0" and "1" emerged around, coalescing into black-clad figures rushing towards the mainframe.
Zhao Yingkong's gaze sharpened, she put away the Victory Hyper Gun, drew out two daggers, and charged at the black-clad figures.
As an assassin, she preferred to engage personally rather than using guns!
Meanwhile, Nori, continuously contacting Karen through his communicator, suddenly noticed the screen on his communicator fluctuating.
"This is... someone is hacking into the E-90's program!"
"Who is capable of such a feat?"
Being a computer genius, Nori immediately realized that a human was hacking, worried about Karen, he immediately wanted to counterattack—although E-90 itself needed to be destroyed, if possible, he hoped to preserve Karen.
She is a good person!
However, merely having a communicator, he couldn't fully utilize his talent, so he had to search in the game city.
He was sure, from external means, it's impossible to hack the computer city, so that person must be in the computer city, either bringing a refined computer device or having found the E-90 mainframe.
"Right, the mainframe, why didn't I think of it until now? The whole city is virtual, so that monster's body couldn't possibly contain a mainframe, at most, E-90 puts most of the computing power on it."
Understanding this, Nori intended to find the owner and personally hack it, formatting all personalities except Karen.
By doing so, not only could the monster be resolved, but the Victory Team might even gain a powerful virtual ally!
It's unimaginable what kind of combat power the Victory Team could unleash after mastering immense computing power—such as the Flying Swallow with massive computational support, ensuring its laser didn't miss its target, even actively aiming at the monster's weaknesses.
"Where is it?"
"Where is the mainframe located?"
In his anxiety, Nori wandered around the computer city like a headless fly, unable to find his way, until he forcefully slapped himself, calmed down, and murmured, "The platform I was on before might just be it."
When he arrived, he indeed discovered that it had changed, a mainframe appeared, and there were two people nearby.
Sun Wukong and Zhao Yingkong were his teammates.
"It's you guys!"
Nori quickly ran over and saw Zhao Yingkong gasping for breath, probably guessing that she must have had a battle with the defensive measures of E-90.
But when he saw Sun Wukong typing code on the keyboard, he was instantly attracted.
"Mr. Wukong, you understand computers too?"
"I told you, I know a little bit of everything." Sun Wukong finished typing the last line of code and was about to execute it when Nori stopped him and asked, "Um, what does this line of code do?"
"It can generate a virtual AI to destroy and replace the original AI program." Sun Wukong glanced at Nori, "Do you have any other ideas?"
"Actually, there's a personality in E-90 that's good, and I hope to save her." Nori said very seriously, "I know, this might be unreasonable, but I want to try, I'm begging you."
He knew, asking a programmer to delete all the programs they'd written would make him seem too selfish, especially since it was for a virtual personality he'd met for less than a day, which was even more unreasonable.
But he had to try.
"Okay." Sun Wukong stepped aside and personally deleted all the code he'd just written.
"Thank you."
Nori was extremely moved and immediately stepped forward, quickly typing on the keyboard to chat with the personality named Karen.
"Was my work for nothing just now?"
Zhao Yingkong glared fiercely at Sun Wukong, so angry she was gritting her teeth.
Nori being 'inconsiderate' was one thing, but you're siding with him?
"Don't be mad, just think of it as a workout. After all, those game NPCs aren't tough opponents for you." Sun Wukong laughed.
"Easy for you to say."
Zhao Yingkong looked at the black-clad figures appearing once more, her face dark, "They're easy to deal with, but they just keep coming, one batch after another, endless. I get tired too."
These NPCs were digital entities, turning back into numbers after being defeated, impossible to eliminate completely.
"Relax, it's just a swarm tactic; this time, I'll handle it."
Sun Wukong advanced towards the black-clad figures. He didn't even glance at the electro-baton swinging toward him first; with a slight move of his body, he dodged the attack and, without pausing, his shoulder instantly collided with the black-clad figure.
Boom!
The collision was like a meteor striking the earth, sending the black-clad figure crashing into those behind him, causing them to stagger and fall like a sea crashing against a mountain, toppling a large group.
With just a few light punches, he defeated all the black-clad figures, standing strong like one man holding the pass against ten thousand. They couldn't advance a single step, only to be constantly defeated, reappear, and defeated again in a cycle.
"You're definitely cheating." Zhao Yingkong couldn't help but quip seeing Sun Wukong so at ease.
"It's just that most of E-90's computing power is focused on Dyna. In its assessment, the energy emitted by Dyna is much stronger than ours, and that's crucial." Sun Wukong shattered another crowd of black-clad figures with a punch and found an excuse.
Just then, Nori finally reached Karen and said, "Karen, I know you don't want this, so please, don't continue!"
In an instant, the whole host began flickering with arcs of electricity, and finally, the screen went dark.
The surrounding darkness faded, revealing the outside scenery. The sci-fi buildings began to dissipate, but the massive computer robot Faybas still remained, though its movements became very stiff.
[Nori, goodbye.]
Nori's communication device suddenly transmitted Karen's message.
Faybas seemed uncontrollable, stiffly walking toward Dyna.
Zheng Zha looked back at Nori and Sun Wukong, then at Faybas, understanding something. He fired a beam, hitting its chest.
In the flickering arcs, Faybas turned into numbers, vanishing into nothingness.
"Karen!"
Nori knew that Karen was actively seeking death.
Though E-90 had stopped operating, the multiple personalities it generated had converged within Faybas, so it could still act. But Karen chose to die by Dyna's hand to eliminate those personalities...
...
After the Computer City's incident ended, the Victory Team returned to headquarters, but Nori was depressed, even having a big argument with Xin Cheng over the statement that "virtually everything is fake."
Finally, persuaded by Kujima Megumi, Nori apologized to Xin Cheng for his unreasonable behavior: "I'm sorry, Xin Cheng, I got a bit emotional..."
"It's okay, everyone has moments like this." Xin Cheng sighed, "I'm the one who should apologize, I shouldn't have said that about something you like... Although I don't know what you experienced in the Computer City, I just wanted to help you move on."
"Thank you."
Nori returned to the computer but no longer played video games.
Sun Wukong quietly approached him, discreetly placed a USB drive by his hand, and put a finger to his lips, saying, "I can't stand tragedies, so—"
Nori's eyes brightened, suppressing his excitement: "Thank you! Mr. Wukong!"