Fortress Falls (End)

The Cyber Tide would only grow stronger from its early stage, to its mid stage, and then to its peak.

The power of each wave would also continue to increase.

After the first three waves, the next waves were the "Concept Entity Parasite" and the "Pheromone Virus."

The former controlled every corporation in the world.

The latter turned the world into an ant society.

Inside the Ghost in the Shell Department's building, Miss Shell's figure appeared for the first time—a petite form made up of an electronic phantom.

As she operated, not only did the Ghost in the Shell Department's building change, but in the Mother City, the conduits inserted into the surfaces of every building conducting "data transmission" slowly withdrew and plunged into the void.

At the center of the Deep Web, atop the virtual Number One, the enormous virtual building spirit, Veronika, let out an excited scream. Her virtual brain-flower was pulled out of the entire building bit by bit, with hundreds of data conduits hanging from her head. Each conduit still carried a massive amount of unfinished data. Veronika absorbed the virtual data, causing her to grow a deformed body. Her abdomen kept swelling, while her limbs were pitifully short, and her head was even larger than her body.

Inside the virtual Number One, all the office workers were doing the exact opposite. Amid the "crack, crack" sounds, their heads kept shrinking. Their eyeballs popped out first, followed by their white brains, while their abdomens also contracted and large quantities of intestines were expelled from their bodies.

Similar things were happening in more than a thousand buildings throughout the Mother City.

Miss Shell's virtual figure continued rising until she finally hovered within the radiation layer.

Besides her, five more figures appeared.

They were—

The Supervising Gentleman of