Starting as a Mechanical Hunter
Chapter 334

Personality Mitosis

1,304 words4 min read0 views1mo agoSource
Next

Upon hearing this, the collider and Tong immediately changed their expressions.

The senior engineer licked his lips and chuckled, "Since the main party has come knocking on our door, shouldn't we at least see them?"

"You should leave for a moment."

Xiao Yu obediently went into the room. In what used to be Gao Yuanyuan's room, a bionic little girl was lying straight, in a powered-off state.

The collider and Tong hesitated for a moment, then also chose to give way.

Soon, only the senior engineer remained. He snapped his fingers, and the room vanished, replaced by a data maze. Countless electronic lights flashed, and as the door opened, it instantly engulfed the newcomer.

"Hmm, Mr. G is too kind, actually bringing out the best to treat an old good-for-nothing like me."

Old Pawa scanned the area and saw that the real scene had disappeared, replaced by a long white corridor with countless rooms, white ceilings, white walls, white floors, and even white metal doors.

Even more strangely, the metal door had no handle.

The faint smile that always graced Old Pawa's face had vanished.

This is no ordinary data maze.

It is not some kind of visual illusion.

Rather, it's a more profound change.

Old Pawa squatted down, rolled up his sleeves, and unceremoniously stretched out his palm, inserting his dirty fingers into the ground. Under the influence of some special force, the ground began to soften, and the patterns began to become clear, like clumps of white earthworms.

"Brains?"

Countless pixelated images suddenly flashed through Old Pawa's eyes.

By the time he came to his senses, he had already stood up. The corridor was still white, the floor was still white, there were no dents, and no brain matter.

"Can you control my senses?"

"It's not just a data maze. Let me think, let me think," old Pawa's old eyes gleamed. "A fusion of hacking and biotechnology."

He knocked hard on the white metal door, and a strange clicking sound suddenly came from the door.

In reality, Xiao Yu stumbled, and the energy circuit in her ankle lit up, allowing her to regain her balance.

"Um?"

"And the mechanical technology... impressive, truly impressive! I never imagined I'd live to see such amazing skills. Mr. G, have you considered joining the Powerful Gang? If you join, all our past grievances can be settled. What do you say?"

There was not a sound in the white corridor.

Old Pawa smiled dismissively. For a strong person like a senior engineer, the unwavering will is an imprint of their mind, completely unaffected by external things.

But that's what he likes!

As the ruler of a powerful gang, his purpose this time was simple: to kill.

The reason why the Powerful Gang is one of the three major gangs in the City That Never Sleeps, and even slightly surpasses the other two gangs, is that every member of the gang has the combat power to destroy a professional army. Each member is the absolute number one in the enterprise or gang.

The strong in the City That Never Sleeps also take pride in joining a powerful gang.

But now, someone has eliminated two members, two of whom he had high hopes for.

Without a doubt, this shattered the powerful gang's invincibility.

Old Pawa must deal with them personally and defend the reputation of the powerful gang.

However, he has now slightly changed his mind.

If the person who kills two powerful gang members is also a powerful gang member, then there's absolutely no problem!

This is our organizational culture!

He overthrew his superiors, then overthrew them again, and kept overthrowing them until he became the number one person on this planet!

"Hehe, hehehe, interesting, then let me come and find you!"

"Found it, so let me have my fun."

Old Pawa revealed a grotesque smile, rubbed his old hands together, and pushed open a large door.

However, the scene remained unchanged; it was still the same corridor, the same ceiling, the same floor, and the same door.

"Interesting, very interesting!"

This time, old Pawa's head bulged out, and a gaunt, grotesque face emerged—first his face, then the back of his head, then his arms, his body, his thighs...

Unlike the splitting of Cyber Killer, in this split, all the "human units" are forcibly squeezed out from the head.

"Dissociative identity disorder?"

In a huge room filled with countless 'small screens', the senior engineer sat in the center, eating a cotton candy drawn by the system while watching.

Just like cells undergoing mitosis, one becomes two, two become four, four become eight...

Soon, hundreds and thousands of old Pawas appeared and began wandering around.

"Looks like we've found it." The senior engineer stuffed a mouthful of cotton candy into his mouth and muttered to himself.

"If you combine the virtual world with your brain, aren't you worried about the data flow overwhelming you?" A hand reached out, picked up a clump of cotton candy, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Bird of Paradise plopped down next to Senior Engineer, crossing its long legs.

Don't let her looks fool you, this woman has amazing legs, they're model-worthy.

"I'm always the one attacking others; I'm never going to give anyone the chance to attack me. I'm confident in that," the senior engineer glanced at the other person. "But why did you come out?"

"Just came out for some fresh air, and also to see what you're up to?"

Hackers are all shut-ins. As long as there is internet, it doesn't matter where their physical body is. People like Ahong and Aiduolu are even online in their minds every day, browsing cosplay websites, anime circles, and otaku communities. They are completely absorbed in their hobbies.

Although Bird of Paradise is also a shut-in, she is a tech-savvy shut-in who prefers to study hacking techniques.

This also does not require real-world resources.

So it seems these three are planning to stay in the senior engineer's brain for a long time.

"What do you think?" Bird of Paradise glanced at Old Pawa on the countless small screens and frowned.

"If he were to compete with me in coding, I could take him down even if I had ten of him, but he has a split personality, which is a bit of a problem."

The senior engineer shrugged. "I don't want to absorb some messy personality fragments into my own brain."

Bird of Paradise was well aware of the troubles of "personality changes" and asked in bewilderment, "How can he split into so many personalities? An ordinary person can only have one personality at most. Even hackers like us can only copy no more than 10 personalities, and most of them must be in a dormant state."

"You'd have to ask the fortress about that, since this guy came from there, it makes sense that he possesses some kind of abnormal mother city technology."

Hundred Alliance Book

"So you're just going to keep them trapped like this?"

"Yeah, if he likes it, he can stay here. By the time he finds the exit, I'll already be out of town."

"Yes, that's for the best. Monsters with so many personalities have different underlying codes, making them almost impossible to kill," Bird of Paradise agreed with the senior engineer's idea.

"With your coding skills, even I wouldn't be able to find this place without enough time," Bird of Paradise added, giving the senior engineer a strange look.

"Well, don't make promises you can't keep, or you might end up being proven wrong."

Bird of Paradise paused for a moment, its expression changed drastically, and it turned around sharply, only to see a figure standing behind the two in the brain center where there was no door.

Old Pawa is just Old Pawa without facial features.

End of Chapter
Prev
NovelSummaries
Next

Explore the wiki

Comments