Chapter 1 Numerous Cannons

*Bang bang bang!*

Countless cannons roared, bombarding the figure in the middle. Manison's consciousness, embodied as a silver giant, wantonly ravaged Molnisa's virtual soul.

In the Supreme Virtual Domain, Molnisa was powerless to fight back. Manison's furious attacks made her dizzy, and waves of mental agony washed over her, almost freezing her thinking. Her virtual soul flickered with white noise, appearing extremely unstable.

"Ugh, aaaaah—"

Molnisa screamed in agony. Although she had been mentally prepared to be beaten up by Manison, the pain of her consciousness being severely damaged was still unbearable. She could feel a strong killing intent in Manison's attacks.

This pain made her think of the lesson Manison had taught her when she first failed to steal technology.

At that time, Molnisa had just become a Super A-grade, and she was extremely proud. It was a time of inflated confidence, and she was not clear enough about the power of a veteran Super A-grade. After the theft failed, she was beaten to a pulp by Manison. All resistance was futile, and she was as helpless as she was now, being wantonly tortured like a doll.

At that time, Manison calibrated her perception of reality, and the profound fear forced Molnisa to embrace the Radiant Federation.

This humiliating memory of abuse had been suppressed in her heart, and at this moment, her psychological shadow was reawakened. Molnisa could almost feel the trembling of her soul's instinct, gritting her teeth to endure the torment, praying that Manison would end it quickly.

She didn't know how long passed, but Molnisa, who was struggling to endure, suddenly felt her mind lighten, and she abruptly left the Supreme Virtual Domain, returning to the virtual intrusion battlefield where the offense and defense were still ongoing.

Molnisa was almost mentally exhausted. Although the actual control time was short, she felt as if she had endured decades of torture, as if countless blenders were operating in her brain, turning her brain tissue into a chaotic mess.

In particular, in order to continue the intrusion, she had to continue to operate her almost frozen thinking and cheer herself up to stay awake, which deepened the pain.

And at the moment she left the Supreme Virtual Domain, due to the stiffness in her thinking, her computing power plummeted, and the intrusion offensive in the area she was responsible for suddenly slowed down.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Manison, who was prepared, flashed his eyes and suddenly released a massive amount of information data, trying to break through the opponent's news blockade and try to transmit it to the outside world.

*Buzz—*

At the edge of this virtual battlefield, layers of light curtains suddenly lit up. The data blockade barriers formed by the three major civilization's main intelligences cut off the data sent to the outside world. These massive information data bodies hit the blockade barriers, like countless mosquitoes hitting a high-voltage power grid. With a crackling burst, they were instantly blown to pieces.

"Cough cough, trying to take advantage of my injury to send out a message, how could I let you succeed so easily? I expected it..." Molnisa was quite weak, but seeing this scene, she still smiled mockingly.

Manison remained expressionless, waiting for the Supreme Virtual Domain to cool down, while continuing to resist the intrusion, and constantly trying to send information to the outside world through various paths, impacting the large-scale blockade of the three major civilization's main intelligences.

With his virtual technology, it was basically impossible for his opponent to completely lock him down, but it would take him some time to break through the blockade.

Molnisa endured the discomfort in her thinking and intercepted a message sent to the outside world. The content was actually a request for help from the Super A-grade Association.

Seeing this, even though she was injured, she couldn't help but let out a playful laugh:

"Has the once arrogant and independent Mech Kingdom finally learned to ask for help? What about your pride?"

Manison glanced at her, unmoved.

He knew that after his request for help was sent out, it was likely that Black Star would come, and he would probably be ridiculed by him.

If he could, he didn't want to deal with Han Xiao, let alone let Han Xiao visit his database. After all, [Virtual Purification · Restoration] was his nemesis. But in the current situation, he was having a hard time holding on, so he had to put down his face and call for help.

One side was resisting and asking for help, and the other side was intruding and blocking, and the situation was deadlocked for a while.

Manison was constantly patching up the firewall, but the defense line continued to shrink. It was being frantically squeezed by Molnisa and the main intelligences of the three major civilizations. More and more intrusion probes pierced into one database after another, copying and stealing the data he had accumulated over the years.

During this period, the Supreme Virtual Domain's cooldown was also refreshed several times, and Manison used them all on Molnisa, chasing and beating her alone, beating her until she cried out in pain.

Molnisa couldn't recommend Manison to beat up her other teammates, so she had to bear it alone, and her injuries worsened step by step. If it weren't for her teammates helping her, her consciousness would hardly be able to continue the intrusion.

Suddenly, a wave of intrusion data finally broke through the siege, broke through the firewall, and plugged into the confidential database. It only lasted for a moment before being killed by Manison's backhand.

However, in such a short period of time, these intrusion probes with extremely high computing power absorbed a large wave of nutrients and sent back a portion of confidential data.

"Important technical data has been unearthed!" A mechanic sent a message to his teammates.

"Continue!" Molnisa's severely damaged consciousness suddenly cheered up, as if she had been injected with chicken blood.

This was like digging a mine to the depths and finally digging out a gem. Even if she was tortured, it was worth it!

However, at this moment, Manison, who had always remained calm, seized a gap in the blockade barrier and finally sent out the request for help.

"Damn, he found a flaw and sent it out!"

Molnisa's happiness hadn't lasted a few seconds before her heart sank, and she immediately became unhappy.

She was arrogant on the surface, but she was actually a little panicked in her heart. If the Association's mechanics came to support, this operation would be ruined.

In particular, the unfathomable Black Star was a ruthless person who had kicked her once revered teacher off the peak. Just thinking about it made her extremely afraid.

If Black Star came, Molnisa would run away without saying a word… She dared to backstab the declining Manison, but she didn't dare to touch the ass of the rising Black Star.

"Don't panic, we still have some time," a teammate beside her said in a deep voice.

Molnisa calmed down, gritted her teeth and cheered up, running her computing power, trying to dig up as much technology as possible before the reinforcements arrived, and by the way, she withdrew most of the computing power used by the three major civilization's main intelligences to block the news.

Since Manison's request for help had been sent out, there was no need to continue to spend a lot of effort to intercept it. Everyone simply concentrated all their computing power to carry out the intrusion.

In her anxiety, the intensity of the group's intrusion increased again, and waves of intrusion probes plugged into various key databases. Manison frowned and had to try his best to resist.

After this continued for a while, a direct descendant mechanic calculated the time and suddenly said:

"It's almost there. If we delay any longer, the reinforcements will really come."

"Withdraw!"

Molnisa bit her lip. She hadn't completely emptied Manison's bottom line yet, but she didn't dare to delay any longer.

She glanced at Manison's riddled firewall with reluctance, and the group withdrew their computing power and retreated along the path.

At this moment, Manison's Supreme Virtual Domain was refreshed again, and before this group of intruders ran away, he gave Molnisa one last heavy blow.

Molnisa was shocked, and her virtual soul faded a little more. She desperately used her last bit of consciousness to withdraw and disappear.

In a virtual brainwave amplifier somewhere in the Old Star River, the group's consciousness returned to their avatars.

"Quick, hurry up and leave, my spirit can't hold on any longer..."

Molnisa only had time to say one sentence before her avatar fell to the ground, and the Overlord Descent state was automatically released.

She had been caught and beaten up by Manison, and she was already at the end of her rope to hold on until now. Now that she relaxed, she couldn't hold on any longer, and her consciousness automatically returned to her main body, almost fainting... She estimated that she wouldn't be able to recover from this wave of trauma for a year and a half.

Judith glanced at her out-of-control avatar and shook her head, saying, "Don't worry about her. Take the data we stole and retreat first. The Mech Kingdom may come after us at any time."

Everyone nodded and immediately activated the High-Dimensional Apocalypse Transporter.

In the buzzing sound, the two star ring orbits covering the virtual brainwave amplifier began to rotate, faster and faster, turning into a spherical phantom.

In the next moment, the light flashed suddenly, and the entire virtual brainwave amplifier teleported away. The original High-Dimensional Apocalypse Transporter immediately self-destructed and annihilated.

...

On the other side, in the virtual domain, Manison silently glanced at the position that had been ravaged by the enemy, and slowly said:

"Tally the data loss and give me a report."

"...Understood."

The main intelligence responded and began to search the situation of each database.

Soon, a list was tallied.

Manison looked at the tragic statistics table, closed his eyes helplessly, sighed in his heart, and his expression was a bit self-deprecating.

If you walk by the river often, how can you not get your shoes wet? If you hunt geese all day long, today you will be pecked in the eye by a goose... Sure enough, it is retribution for retribution.

About 70% to 80% of the intelligence of the major forces stored in the database was stolen. This was the data he had accumulated over the years by monitoring many forces, and many of them were confidential documents, especially the several star cluster civilizations of the Old Star River.

A large amount of technical drawings accumulated over many years of research and development were also stolen by others. The only good news was that core technologies such as the Convicts and the Undying Mechs were recorded in his mind and never existed in the database, otherwise the loss would be further expanded.

*Buzz—*

At this moment, a data stream appeared out of thin air and turned into a human figure. He looked down at the mess on the ground and marveled:

"Yo, this scene is really fresh. The Mech Kingdom, which used to intrude on others everywhere, has had its database exploded today. The wheel of fortune turns."

Manison looked up and saw that it was none other than Black Star.

He was not in the mood to pay attention to Han Xiao's ridicule and said lightly:

"You're late."

"I don't have telepathy. I've already come as fast as I could. You should say that the enemy ran away in time."

Han Xiao landed in front of Manison, scanned his surroundings, touched his chin, and asked curiously:

"How many troops came to make you look like this?"

"Several direct descendant mechanics, plus the main intelligences of the three major civilizations," Manison explained simply.

"Oh, then they really value you."

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows.

In this situation, even he himself was not confident that he could resist it. After all, the Undying Body was not very useful at the virtual technology level, so it was not surprising that Old Manison suffered heavy losses.

Manison clicked his tongue and said, "If I used force, I would have taken care of them by now."

Although he was also good at virtual-level operations, his strength and overall combat power were not comparable. After all, virtual technology was an independent ability, and the mechanical legion was not very useful at the virtual level. Otherwise, with his wealth, he could have easily taken down this group of intruders in reality.

In reality, both he and Black Star could fight ten enemies alone, but at the virtual level, no one could continue to maintain this amazing crushing ratio.

Han Xiao shook his head and asked:

"What do you plan to do next? Swallow your anger or fight back?"

Manison glanced at him and said concisely: "Up to you."

"Up to me?" Han Xiao was stunned.

"Aren't you the president of the Super A-grade Association? I'm also a member of the Association. Whatever you say."

"...Who are you? Spit out the real Manison!"

Han Xiao was shocked.

What the hell, you suffered such a big loss, but you didn't take the initiative to fight back, but respected my opinion as the president? That's not your style, Old Manison!

Damn, either this guy's soul has been switched, or he has suffered too much and his personality has been distorted!

Looking at Han Xiao's unbelievable expression, Manison only felt impatient:

"What kind of look is that on your face? What's so strange about it? In short, this matter will be handled according to your opinion."

Manison was naturally unhappy that his database was intruded, but he was not too angry and did not say that he had to seek revenge.

One reason was that the loss was not too serious in his opinion, and the core technical data was in his mind and had not been leaked. The second reason was that the current situation was sensitive. He took the overall situation into consideration and did not want to disrupt the Association's pace of game with the three major civilizations.

Although he suffered a loss this time, it was after all a joint effort of the three major civilizations. The specification was high enough, and Manison was beaten without any temper. Moreover, since his position in the Mechanical God was taken away by Black Star, his demand for reputation became lower and lower, and he felt that he was becoming more and more Buddhist, no longer obsessed with the halo of the first mechanic in the Star Sea - anyway, it no longer belonged to him.

Maybe it was really because he was getting old and his temper was getting smaller and smaller...

Manison sighed secretly.

"You've really changed your nature..." Han Xiao couldn't help but sigh, then his face straightened, "Don't worry, the three major civilizations have infringed on the personal property of the Association members without authorization, and this matter will definitely not be left at that."

"What are you going to do?"

"Well, first condemn them, ask the three major civilizations for an explanation, and see what their response is."

"It's nothing more than listing my past crimes of stealing the Radiant Federation's secrets and claiming that this is a well-founded liquidation."

Manison shook his head.

"Oh, that's indeed a useful reason. Anyway, you're in the wrong, and they're on the right side. In that case, the problem is back to the Association... The three major civilizations are testing us by moving you at this juncture."

Han Xiao was thoughtful and pondered:

"The so-called liquidation of the three major civilizations should only be a side effect. On the one hand, they are testing whether the Association will take further retaliatory actions for you to feel out our confidence. If we only condemn and don't act, it is also a kind of weakness, and the degree of action can reflect the size of our confidence.

On the other hand, they continue to attack the Association. They are in the right, and if the Association stands up for you, it will appear domineering and highlight their 'righteousness'. If they don't stand up for you, the Association members will be uneasy and dissatisfied, which is not conducive to unity."

Hearing this, Manison nodded in agreement.

The three major civilizations moved a core member of the Association during a sensitive period, and their intentions were naturally very obvious, but the Association had to accept the move.

However, at this moment, Han Xiao changed the subject:

"But... the premise of these analyses is not to consider a huge variable. If this variable appears, the response of the three major civilizations will not be what I just said."

"What variable?" Manison frowned.

Han Xiao looked at him and said quietly:

"I'll ask you a question, and you must answer me truthfully... Among the lost data this time, is there the virtual rebellion virus technology that you secretly copied?"

Manison was not mentally prepared and was suddenly stunned.

Immediately afterwards, his face suddenly changed, and he stared at Han Xiao in confusion.

--When the hell did you know my secret?!