True or False Ascension

This commotion naturally alerted the other top hackers.

Especially this method—according to rumors in the underworld, this is a fake brain IP that even the deep web cannot crack.

"It's you!"

"Prototype!"

In the hacker world, the name "Prototype Machine" is not widely known, but in the eyes of true top hackers, this mysterious hacker is a truly formidable figure.

Electronic Dream directly covered the newlyweds' eyes with its palm. The next moment, pair after pair of eyes closed. After 'forcibly shutting down' about 100,000 pairs of eyes, Electronic Dream gritted its teeth and said:

"Someone's taking over, we can't hold them off any longer!"

Without a word, Super Engineer lifted the newcomer up with his thick arm and gave him a sharp shake. A large number of data fragments were shaken off, quickly forming a small mountain. These were all discarded human brain IPs, roughly counted to be no less than 200,000.

Without saying a word, Superman tossed the newcomer into Nightmare's hands.

The black liquid on Nightmare's body swallowed the newcomer whole, digested about a million human brain IPs, and then dumped them on Mr. Patchwork.

The four of them took turns attacking, and although the quantity they processed varied, it was related to their areas of expertise rather than their hacking skills.

After absorbing nearly ten million individual intellectual property ideas, Super Engineer casually tossed the newcomer to the ground.

The newcomer spouted code, causing data to flow erratically through the child's mouth, and clearly, the outcome was disastrous.

Meanwhile, the Bird of Paradise and Tyria stopped their battle at some point and silently watched this scene.

"A very impressive technique," the masked man, Tyria, said.

"Just like a virus, there's no solution for the time being, so we can only put in a lot of hard work," Electronic Dream said, shaking his hand with a hint of defiance in his voice.

Upon hearing this, the bird of paradise sneered and said without any politeness:

"Even if you were given another hundred years, you still wouldn't find a solution."

Electronic Dream laughed, "Big Sister is still as irritable as ever, but what you said makes some sense. Right now, I really wouldn't dare say I can crack this level of virus."

Bird of Paradise raised an eyebrow. When did the other party become so humble?

The senior engineer chuckled and said even more modestly:

"Ordinary virtual personalities won't work, but when an ancient evil god's 'virtual godhood' is implanted, that might not be the case."

"After all, how can a human compare to a god?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed, especially Tyria. Although he was a masked man, the senior engineer could sense that the underlying code of this villainous organization's lair was rapidly changing.

"That expression is terrifying, Sister Paradise Bird, protect me!" The Rich Lady Aiai Prototype once again hid behind Paradise Bird, becoming the man behind the woman.

"Are you going to completely turn against me, Tyria? I haven't settled the score with you for betraying me last time!" Bird of Paradise patted the boy's head, his face darkening.

"The deep web can't find my true identity. Maybe you can keep me here. I'm serious," the senior engineer added sincerely.

Tyria said calmly, "State your purpose, Bird of Paradise. Right now, our Holy City organization doesn't seem to have anything to attract you."

"I need the 'network key' to access the city that never sleeps. Don't deny it, I know you have it."...

"So what do you plan to use for the trade?" Tyria asked.

Bird of Paradise raised an eyebrow, about to speak, but was quietly pulled back by Senior Engineer.

Behind the mosaic mask, the senior engineer smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, and a small black spider crawled down from his palm.

"How about this? The Holy Seal of the Spider Goddess. Without this, even if you can resurrect her, the divinity you gain will be incomplete."

"Before we make a deal, I need an answer," Tyria said. "What exactly is your purpose?"

"A complete upheaval," the senior engineer laughed.

"Disruption? Disrupt what?"

"I haven't decided yet. Should we blow up the abandoned tower, overthrow all the giant corporations, or even bring down the mother city?"

"There are too many plans, and it's hard to choose right now. Let's set a small goal first, like—to take down the emerging giant in the city that never sleeps."

Tyria gave the senior engineer a deep look, then turned to the Bird of Paradise and said:

"Congratulations, you've achieved the ultimate goal of hacking."

"But I assure you, the information life is simply that, in our hands, there is an even greater power, and individual ascension is just that."

"Sacredness and freedom will not stop here."

In encrypted network nodes

The Bird of Paradise and the prototype left, leaving only the members of the Holy City Organization.

Tyria sat in the main seat, playing with the black spider in her hand. The other members hesitated for a moment, but eventually spoke up.

"Why don't you try to persuade your older sister again? She's now sworn enemies with DeepNet. I think we can win her over. And that prototype machine, that unpredictable hacker, I suspect he's an old guy from the civilized era. He probably doesn't have a good impression of Mother City or that old man Arasaka who's sided with Mother City."

"Perhaps it would be better to just keep them."

"They won't report us to the deep web, will they? This temporary node was really hard to build."

Tyria glanced indifferently at the newlyweds on the ground.

"If you're not dead, get up! Don't get in the way!"

"Ahem, okay, boss."

The new face rolled its eyes and struggled to climb down using both hands and feet.

Tyria tossed the spider to Mr. Patchwork and said coldly, "There's nothing wrong with this seal. Resolve the matter of the City of Nevers quickly; you've wasted too much time."

Before the two could speak, Tyria said, "After this matter is resolved, everyone in the organization will proceed with the first stage of ascension!"

Upon hearing this, the hackers' eyes lit up simultaneously.

"It should have been done a long time ago!"

"It wasn't for nothing that we did so much work for the Turing Church."

"Once the ascension is complete, my eldest sister will know that she is not the only one in this world who can become an information life form."

Meanwhile, Bird of Paradise and the senior engineer returned to cyberspace. The senior engineer looked at the 'network key' in his hand, smiled, and then threw it into the sea of data.

"What are you doing?" Bird of Paradise frowned as it was too late to stop it.

They went through a lot of trouble to get this back.

"No need, I've already found the real portal."

"By the way, have you thought about your future?"

"My future?" Bird of Paradise looked at Senior Engineer with surprise. "What do you mean?"

"Information life is the upper limit of a Level 2 civilization, but it is only a Level 3 civilization. Choosing one's own development path is, in a sense, also choosing the development path of a civilization."

"This step requires careful consideration, because once you take it, there's no going back. A level three civilization is a civilization that can touch upon the elements of ascension."

The senior engineer looked at the other person and tempted them:

"Don't you want to experience a true ascension of civilization?"

"Ascension is really awesome!"