Daisyla felt as though she had suffered through a very long nightmare. In the dream, a berserk Flame Giant wielded the Twilight Sword, and its fierce flames destroyed all her weapons before burning her to ashes.
"Urgh, cough, cough."
Daisyla opened her eyes in confusion. Above her was the harsh white light of a sterile room, and an oxygen mask hung over her mouth. A faint mist formed with every breath. No wonder she felt a little stifled.
Daisyla had already lost all sensation in her two prosthetic limbs, which did not surprise her. However, her left hand was unresponsive as well, leaving her with a faint sense of emptiness.
She painfully turned her neck and, sure enough, saw that her left arm had been severed at the root.
"You're awake," a cold electronic voice said.
Daisyla looked over and saw a brand-new mechanical body lying on an operating table not far away, with very little flesh remaining on it.
The mechanical body did not move, but the electronic screen above the operating table descended and flipped around. It lit up, revealing Huang Wen's face.
"What happened to you—"
"The same as you, except I wasn't as lucky. An electronic virus destroyed all my prosthetic limbs. That wasn't unexpected. The cyberhackers in Nightless City can do the same thing. After all, the electronic firewall I installed was only the basic version."
"What surprised me was that the electronic virus could actually invade my organic components, leaving my new mechanical body stuck in standby mode. The moment the body restarts, the virus will instantly flare up again."
Huang Wen's head filled most of the screen, yet his expression was unexpectedly calm.
Daisyla was stunned. She knew how powerful cyberhackers were, but the fact that they could even invade organic tissue was