The Fourth Planetary Mainframe

In a private room of a fully automated restaurant, artificial protein pastes of various colors are transformed into exquisite dishes under the effect of holographic projection. Meanwhile, the olfactory regulator under the table starts to operate, and in an instant, a variety of aromas waft over. The colors, aromas, flavors, and presentations are all of masterful quality.

This is not the power of a master, it is the power of technology.

Big Muscle Man poked the lobster with a fork; the white lobster meat was bouncy and jiggled like jelly.

"How did he do that?" the muscle-bound burly man muttered.

"The fork has a tactile adjuster that mimics the feel of a lobster. On this planet, if you want to eat authentic seafood, you have to have it shipped from the old colonies."

The eldest brother, Hui, snapped his fingers skillfully, and the seat automatically rose, transforming into a baby seat.

"Eat up, why aren't you eating? I have to say, this fake lobster tastes really good! Pipi, stop working and hurry up and eat," Sister Ji called out.

"I will work hard, I will strive, and I will generate revenue for the company!"

"Brother Umbrella, why aren't you eating? It's been a while since we've seen you."

"I can't eat—"

"By the way, what have you been busy with lately? I haven't seen you doing any tasks in a long time."

"Sigh~~"

Baozi opened his mouth, but hesitated. There's a saying that a scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation, but these three people in front of him have changed too much.

Sister Ji transformed into the tentacle Kayako, her long black hair moving without wind. The tentacles on her hands would sometimes multiply into two, sometimes into four. She used a knife and fork with incredible skill. As she ate heartily, bright red juice dripped down the corners of her mouth. For some reason, Baozi felt a chill run down her back.

PP's head has also changed. A pair of implanted sunglasses makes her look like an erhu player. Code flashes constantly on the sunglasses. According to her, this is the latest type of eyelid screen that can connect to the nervous system and can work for 30 hours.

Moreover, Pipi's entire demeanor has changed; he's become quite ambitious and hardworking, and he even recites company quotes from time to time, such as corporate values or the chairman's famous sayings.

As for Umbrella Bro, he became even more melancholy, wishing he could find a wall to squat against, his expressionless face full of misery—there seemed to be whip marks on his body.

Even the most carefree Red Flower Fairy put down her knife and fork, stared wide-eyed at the three of them, and after a long while, finally managed to utter a single sentence.

"Have you guys become so obsessed with playing games?"

The plane gave the other party a long, lingering look and remained silent.

"What's wrong? I'm perfectly normal," Sister Ji said, cutting the steak with her tentacles while staring at the three of them with her pale eyes.

"Alright, you're the kind of person who's always trying to sabotage things, you have no right to judge others," Baozi coughed. "Didn't Sister Ji get the first kill? Has she opened the reward yet?"

"No, I'm starting now."

Sister Ji opened the game panel and directly accessed the first kill reward.

[As the first player to kill the level 30 boss, do you want to announce it on the forum?]

Of course!

Soon, players who were browsing the forum also received the message.

Sister Ji looked at the posts discussing her on the forum with great satisfaction, her vanity greatly pleased. She took a deep breath and then clicked on the task rewards.

[You killed Ko Chun, the leader of the Welfare Gang. Experience +10,000, Street Reputation +1,000, Specialization Point*1, Skill Point*1]

[Since you are the first player to kill a level 2 civilization NPC, you will randomly receive one boss skill and two bonus blueprints.]

[You have gained the talent "First Blood"]

[You have the right to choose three pieces of quest equipment first]

[You have earned the title: Internet Widow]

The Internet Widow: No one knows exactly how the leader of the Welfare Gang died, but in the underworld, it is vaguely rumored that he was killed by a woman who had a unique fetish for men, and that she seemed to be a widow.

"Damn it, all I did was post a few lewd pictures, why is the system making such a fuss about me?!" Sister Ji was furious.

Red Flower Fairy timidly raised her hand, "Sister Ji, I've collected several terabytes of what you post."

Sister Ji took a deep breath, ignored the guy, and activated her talent again.

First Blood: Your implanted attacks have a 15% attack power bonus against races with implanted bloodlines.

"This talent is not bad, but it doesn't sound very healthy."

Next, Sister Ji extracted the boss's skill and blueprints. The skill was "Intermediate Mech Combat Technique," and there were two blueprints: one was a level three embedded human engine, and the other was a level two holographic tattoo.

"The games I used to play all had automatic loot drops, but now I have to craft everything myself? Baozi, are you sure you can handle this?"

"I just switched to being a prosthetic doctor, and I've never even done a minor surgery. How could I possibly do it!" Baozi rolled her eyes.

"What about these blueprints?"

"Give it to my boss. He offers the highest price on the black market right now. You can go and ask around, Sister Ji."

"You and I don't believe it," Sister Ji tossed the blueprints to Baozi. "Sell the blueprints, and we'll split the rest equally. Make it clear, nobody's allowed to refuse!"

Baozi hesitated for a moment and did not refute. As for Da Jiba and Hong Huayao, those shameless guys, they just laughed it off and didn't take it seriously.

After gaining experience, Sister Ji leveled up five times, becoming a level 7 implanter and directly entering the top tier.

Big Muscle Man and Red Flower Fairy are both level 6 gangsters, Airplane is still level 5, Big Brother Hui is a level 7 mafia heir, and Umbrella Brother, the former number one assassin, has not leveled up at all in the past two weeks. And to everyone's surprise, the highest level among them is PP Boss, a level 10 neural editor, which means that she has received the job change mission.

"Wow, Pipi! No wonder you're a master of gossip!"

The PP boss suddenly stood up and said in a fanatical tone, "The company has assigned me a mission, I need to go back immediately!"

Before anyone could reply, PP leader sprinted off, leaving everyone bewildered in the wind.

"What happened to Pipi?" Sister Ji asked in surprise. "I was planning to take her shopping after dinner."

Baozi, Big Muscle Man, and Airplane looked at each other, all thinking of the previous "amnesia" incident.

"You mean, after Pipi had the 'workaholic' personality chip installed, his personality changed drastically?"

"Hmm, but this drastic personality change should only be limited to the game," Baozi said worriedly. "But I'm worried about something: has Pipi been offline all these days?"

"How is that possible?" Red Flower Fairy retorted subconsciously, then suddenly her expression changed. "Damn, it's not impossible. As long as you don't log off, it won't go back to normal, and you can keep grinding. That explains why your butt level is so high."

"Then what do we do? Notify her parents?"

"Don't be ridiculous. Who knows her parents' phone number? Besides, with Pipi's personality, she's a typical homebody. She probably doesn't even have any friends in real life."

"Then what do we do?"

Sister Ji looked up, her expression somewhat serious, and said, "I just asked Pipi, and she hasn't logged off these past few days."

"This is a serious problem!" Baozi rubbed her temples. "Although we're all adults and it's not wrong to grind occasionally, what if something goes wrong if she keeps doing this?"

"Which company does Pipi work for?"

"Beautiful Connectivity, I think that's the name?"

"Can we report it?" Big Muscle Man came up with an idea.

"You're reporting a company for 007 in a game? That's a good idea, but you're not thinking straight."

"I can assassinate her boss," Umbrella Bro suddenly said, before reverting to his reclusive mode.

"Well, getting rid of a mid-level manager doesn't seem to make much difference. You'd be better off getting rid of the company's CEO."

Sister Ji's eyes suddenly lit up. "She replied!"

"Who answered?"

"The forum administrators are probably also internal staff of Cyberworld."

"What did the administrator say?"

"The administrator said it's a minor bug in the game and they've already reported it to their superiors."

The next moment, with a "ding", all the players present received a task.

[Task: Minor Bug]

Difficulty: Normal

Mission Briefing: The 100% virtual reality of the game inevitably causes some players to experience confusion. "Cyber World" is a positive, uplifting game full of positive energy. We will take strict precautions against such "addiction incidents" and resolve each case as it occurs.

Mission objective: Capture the player 'PP Boss' and bring her to Hanging Street, Employee Alley 3-301, where the system will assign an NPC to resolve this issue.

Mission Reward: One free cybernetic upgrade

"Employee Lane 3-301, isn't that where the boss lives? Is the NPC designated by the system my boss?" Baozi was stunned for a moment and said.

"Your boss, the prosthetic doctor?"

At the Red Dream Club, Sister Ji had also received several prosthetic doctors. These guys were all gloomy, twisted, and strange. Immediately, an image of an old man in sunglasses with more than a dozen modified arms implanted appeared in Sister Ji's mind.

"Hmm, more or less."

"Anyway, it was a false alarm. We'll ask Pipi out again tonight, and then we'll make our move!"

Sister Ji glanced around and suddenly exclaimed softly, "Oh right, where's Hei Bing? Why didn't our debt-collecting prince come today?"

His closest friend, Airplane, spoke up:

"He's gone on a mission to a different map, and he probably won't be back for a while."

"Changed map, where did he go?"

"Sin City is similar to our City That Never Sleeps, both are high-level maps."

"Oh."

Black Ice No. 2's presence was indeed not strong, and the topic was quickly changed. After chatting for a while, Sister Ji quietly poked Baozi.

"What happened to Umbrella Bro? It looks like he was humiliated by eighteen burly men?"

Baozi sighed and secretly sent a short video over. Sister Ji skillfully turned the volume down to the minimum and turned it on.

"Welcome to the assassin team selection competition! Today's team is the Thong Group. Their performance will be a naked assassination, and their target is an 80-year-old wealthy woman. Let's see how these handsome and fit male assassins successfully 'take down' their target..."

When the last muscular assassin in a thong appeared, Sister Ji's eyes bulged and she spat out a mouthful of artificially colored juice.

"Puff--"

"Umbrella Bro, you... you... how did you get into the sea?!"

Umbrella Bro's melancholy eyes, stubble, and the dry martine in his hand all proved one thing: in order to complete the mission, Umbrella Bro had a painful past.

"Brother, what are you looking at?"

Gao Yuanyuan looked at Engineer Gao, who smiled and closed the 'Forum Administrator' account.

"It's nothing, just a minor inconvenience."

This is Gao Yuanyuan's first time returning to reality since becoming an electronic life form. Everything is new and exciting to her, and this small old house holds many fond memories.

The senior engineer certainly wouldn't let his younger sister risk being discovered while reminiscing about the past.

"Brother, is this Xiao Yu?"

"Hello, my name is Xiao Yu!"

A human head was planted in a broken flowerpot.

It was Xiao Yu!

"I saw your performance, it was fantastic!" Gao Yuanyuan said admiringly.

"It's all for justice!" Xiao Yu said with a solemn expression.

"Excuse me, the operating table is too small, it's affecting my performance!"

The senior engineer grabbed the head and threw it onto the sofa, then pressed Xiao Yu's mechanical body onto the table and started welding with a 'zzzz' sound.

"Brother, you can't be so rough with a girl!"

"I didn't install a reproductive system on her, so what kind of girl is she? By the way, do you want one? If you do, I can install one for you."

Although Xiao Yu only had a head left, her face turned bright red instantly, and she opened her mouth several times, but no one knew what to say.

"Alright, it seems unnecessary. It's a miracle that a mechanical being like Mas's Edge could be subjected to mechanical overload! If the head of their weapons department saw this, he might commit seppuku..."

Gao Gong was repairing the mechanical body, and Gao Yuanyuan also began her work. She closed her eyes, her white clothes and skirt floating in mid-air. Compared to Xiao Yu, the armed angel, Gao Yuanyuan was more like a true angel.

Countless nerve signals emanated from her body and entered Xiao Yu's brain. The next moment, Xiao Yu's eyes turned white and she entered the 'Battle Angel' mode. As the 'nerve shuttle' intensified, the white light became stronger and stronger, causing Xiao Yu to scream in pain.

Gao Yuanyuan showed no intention of stopping.

As expected, the naive and innocent ones turned out to be black.

Especially a younger sister with a second personality.

Just as the white light reached its peak, a golden ray flashed by, and Gao Yuanyuan's figure trembled violently. Gao Gong appeared beside her at some point, making a grabbing motion with one hand. His tentacles instantly covered the entire room, and all the mental nodes lit up, barely managing to withstand the impact of this massive flow of information.

"Brother! It's a supercomputer!"

"So that's how it is," Gao Gong stroked his chin. He had sensed something was off when the girl fought Gao Jin. Her moves, such as slicing through molecular armor with a single strike, and the move where she stabbed him in the chest when they first met, could not be explained by a simple power surge.

There is only one possibility: the supercomputer's ultra-high-speed information processing enabled Xiao Yu to transform into an information life form in a short period of time.

Only three planetary mainframes on the entire planet can achieve this level of supercomputing: DeepNet, Cybertron, and Fortress.

Or, is there a fourth planetary host on this planet?

---Aside---

I'll update tomorrow or the day after.