Chapter 256
"It's alright, but relying on Welt alone probably won't be enough..."
"Of course, I can handle the battlefield over there by myself, but I've found quite a few experts here. My three knights are all here, and I've prepared Anti-Entropy versions of the God-Slaying Armor for them. By the way, why does the Anti-Entropy version of the God-Slaying Armor look more like an exoskeleton armor?"
The Key of Blankness and other God-Slaying Armor from Otto's laboratory were given to Einstein and her team for research. However, the God-Slaying Armor -God-Slaying Armor they replicated was vastly different from the one created by Otto.
Otto's God-Slaying Armor was inspired by the Key of Blankness from the Previous Era, combining aesthetics with powerful performance. However, Anti-Entropy clearly abandoned aesthetics, focusing more on practicality, and even believing that bigger is better and thicker is stronger.
Freya's outfit resembled a formal gown for a banquet, while Lewis, Laguna, and the others wore some kind of tactical armor.
The general feeling is that one side is Spider-Man's bodysuit, and the other side is Iron Man's steel armor.
However, the difference lies in the fact that Otto, while focusing on aesthetics, does not compromise on practicality, while Anti-Entropy abandons all aesthetics.
Of course, the three knights Freya chose were very satisfied with those armors.
Most importantly, Murata Himeko donned the Key of Blankness and stood guard Eye of the Sea Abyss, with the Plague Gem of Calamity, which housed the power of the Herrscher of Flames, embedded in that armor.
Because of Himeko's frail health, she can only fight for 120 seconds using the Key of Blankness. As the last line of defense for Sea Abyss City, 120 seconds is not crucial, but it is enough to finish off the enemy.
Freya was even willing to send Himeko into battle to ensure that no accidents would happen in this great battle.
Thinking of Himeko, Freya suddenly felt a headache coming on.
She certainly didn't want Himeko to participate in such a dangerous battle, let alone use the Key of Blankness.
However, after examination, it was discovered that Himeko was a suitable candidate for the Key of Blankness.
Just as a commander might designate his son to be the pilot of a giant humanoid robot, Himeko seemed to have been chosen by imperial decree.
Equipping the Key of Blankness with the Gem of Calamity grants Himeko the power equivalent to a fully-formed Herrscher of Flames for 120 seconds.
However, the Herrscher is the door, and the key is the core.
The Key of Blankness cannot replace the Herrscher as a gate; it can only utilize the Honkai Energy within its core.
It's a pity that the growth time given to the 13th batch of new recruits was too short; otherwise, this battle against World Serpent would have truly been an all-star lineup.
That being said, Raiden Ryoma somehow acquired a full-coverage power armor that resists Honkai Energy. This armor not only allows him to move around in environments with extremely high Honkai Energy levels, but also stimulates his human potential through internal electrical currents, unleashing power comparable to that of Valkyrie.
Of course, the Valkyrie referred to here is the old-style one.
Now, the Type-B Valkyrie equipped with Type-B Stigmata are able to extract power from the real Stigmata, making them almost like superhumans.
If the Valkyrie were so easily overtaken, Schicksal's position would not be so difficult to shake.
However, with the added advantage of Raiden Ryoma's swordsmanship, Freya felt that Raiden Ryoma was probably even stronger than Laguna and Lewis at the moment.
Although this was just Freya's intuition, she dared not underestimate the Raiden Ryoma, who was confidently guarding the central square of Sea Abyss City. Perhaps he could give Gray Serpent some unexpected surprises.
Suddenly, Freya's wristwatch terminal received an urgent communication from Welt, and Freya opened the connection.
"Freya, the enemy has made a move."
"Oh? So eager?"
Freya was somewhat surprised to see Welt appear on the communication screen. She knew that Gray Serpent and Kiana, along with a few other elites, had only just set off. Naturally, they would wait until their submarine arrived near Sea Abyss City before launching an attack, so that they could launch their attack simultaneously with the fleet on the sea.
Otherwise, if the fleet on the sea launches an attack first, the alliance can deal with the fleet first, and then turn around to meet Gray Serpent and Kiana.
Without cannon fodder to draw attention, Gray Serpent and Kiana were like fish that had run into a net. The net hadn't broken, but the fish had been caught.
"Oh no! Freya... Mjolnir has been attacked by a virus!"
"???"
Einstein's exclamation came from the side, leaving Freya somewhat bewildered.
301. Descend, my Hephaestus!
"What happened?"
"We've fallen for their trap..."
When Freya asked him a question, Einstein still failed to respond with any change in expression.
She strode quickly to the enormous super quantum computer, her expression gradually becoming serious.
"... Just as I thought, Freya. When we invaded World Serpent before, we were countered. This virus attack is like Jörmungandr, lurking for several days."
Upon hearing Einstein's answer, Freya frowned and asked.
"In terms of performance, our quantum computer should be a generation ahead of theirs! Why couldn't it defend against the virus attack?"
"The Second Generation Super Quantum Computer far Previous Era in terms of performance. I have compared it with the Ada, and the computing power of the Second Generation Super Quantum Computer is 10 decimal orders of magnitude less than that of the Ada."
Einstein calmly answered Freya's question.
After all, this Second Generation Super Quantum Computer, Mjolnir Mjolnir, will play a crucial role in this operation.
However, it's unclear whether it's because the name was chosen too well.
In Ragnarok, Thor hurled Mjolnir at Jörmungandr several times, but Jormungandr dodged it each time.
Freya's highly anticipated Second Generation Super Quantum Computer will be housed in Space Fortress in the future.
The Ada that Einstein mentioned was prototype 0042, a Previous Era terminal interface that she discovered during her time in Imperial Research Institute Lab 42.
Ada is a human name given to her by the Finnishman.
Its core is a large-scale, high-speed Honkai Energy computing system, functioning no differently from current-generation mainframe computers, but even 1% of its computing power is 13 decimal orders of magnitude less than that of current-generation mainframe computers.
On this basis, Einstein's Second Generation Super Quantum Computer was still 10 decimal orders of magnitude slower than Ada's computer, which used 100% of its computing power.
Although the Second Generation Super Quantum Computer is only 10 decimal orders of magnitude larger than Ada, this difference of 10 decimal orders of magnitude is enough to create a huge gap between the two.
In fact, even the Soul Steel quantum computer of the Previous Era did not possess such astonishing computing power.
Ada, an artificial intelligence created by Previous Era, is capable of enhancing computing power.
The Second Generation Super Quantum Computer built by Einstein actually outperforms all other quantum computers in the World Serpent.
The quantum computers used by the Schicksal are only slightly better than the large computers of the current civilization era. Even the super quantum computers used by Otto are nothing more than Soul Steel quantum computers excavated from the ruins of Previous Era.
The difference between the second generation and the first generation is like the sudden awakening of the Herrscher of Wind on one side and the old-model Titan mech that has just come off the production line on the other.
Herrscher are inherently superior to Titan Mech. To Herrscher who can freely manipulate Honkai Energy, each old-model Titan mech is merely a moving mass of Honkai Energy. There is absolutely no possibility of old-model Titan mech defeating Herrscher with a single punch.
However, the Second Generation Super Quantum Computer faces a situation similar to the old-model Titan mech transforming into a one-punch Titan daddy, and then knocking down the suddenly awakened Herrscher of Wind with a single punch.
Freya was stunned, and even Einstein, who created the Second Generation Super Quantum Computer, was stunned as well.
"Bring Tesla here..."
Einstein sighed with a sense of helplessness.
She never expected that the super quantum computer she had painstakingly created would be defeated by a virus attack. Faced with the enemy's virus attack, the firewall she had specially designed was rendered useless. At this moment, she thought of Tesla.
Although Tesla calls herself "the man who created the modern world" and is a rare genius inventor, and is now a full-time housewife, no one would guess that she is also a top hacker who can crack the defense system of the Schicksal Headquarters airport in two minutes.
"I'll go to the front lines to exchange for Welt and Tesla!"
Freya, who had also come to her senses, narrowed her eyes.
She quickly grasped the situation and determined what she should do next.
Now that they have been preemptively attacked by the World Serpent Organization, their situation has suddenly become very passive, Freya has decided to switch Welt with her ahead of schedule.
Freya then opened a portal, and Welt and Tesla emerged from it.
"What happened?"
"Mr. Welt, I'm leaving Sea Abyss City to you. I'm going to the front lines..."
That's what they said, but Freya teleported to the location where she filmed Gray Serpent and the others boarding the submarine.
"Freya! Wait, what happened?"
Seeing Freya leave the scene so hastily, Welt and Tesla both had a bad feeling.
"Einstein, what happened?"
"They were attacked by the virus; they are people from the World Serpent."
"Isn't there a difference in performance? The second generation is even more powerful than Ada, and Ada is even more powerful than the quantum computer in the ruins of the Previous Era..."
Tesla was puzzled, but when she saw the serious look on Einstein's face, she immediately realized that he had been tricked.
Tesla quickly went to the super quantum computer, connected his small terminal to it, and began to clean up the virus lurking inside.
"... So that's how it is. It's a latent virus that sticks to your device. When you used this broken machine to attack others, you didn't expect to get a latent virus along with it. After dozens of hours of incubation, the fireproof window of this broken machine has become completely useless."
Tesla immediately identified the cause and swiftly eliminated the deeply lurking, stubborn virus.
However, she soon discovered that her homemade antivirus program had a problem.
The stubborn virus, which should have been completely wiped out, suddenly shed its skin and transformed into a gray snake... then rushed along the connection line into Tesla's small terminal, and then opened its mouth to devour one important program after another.
Before Tesla even noticed, half of the data in the small terminal connected to the super quantum computer was lost...
"Huh? This is using a backdoor program to try and challenge me."
"Tesla, be serious."
Although he had no achievements in the field of hacking, Einstein knew that the situation was not optimistic.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I can take on ten opponents like that!"
Tesla launched a confident counterattack, rewriting the original antivirus program in just over ten seconds.
Snap!
Tesla, having already pressed the "annihilate them all" button, smiled.
"Heh heh, eat my cannon!"
The antivirus program clashed with the virus again, like a red Titan Mech firing its cannon at a gray Great Serpent.
"The other side isn't going to back down either."
Just when the virus was forced to confront the backdoor program, a top hacker, no less skilled than himself, enhanced the virus through that backdoor program.
The virus has evolved from a passive, sticky virus into a highly destructive one, causing programs attacked by the virus to be completely destroyed.
The gray Great Serpent, which had been riddled with bullets by the red Titan Mech, shed its skin again. This time, it transformed into a gray Great Serpent engulfed in flames and pounced forward. The powerful flames burned most of the red Titan Mech's body.
Seeing that half of her antivirus program had been destroyed, Tesla suddenly smiled. She started typing on the virtual keyboard again, and the sound of her typing as she modified the antivirus program was like an exciting melody.
The antivirus program directly discarded the corrupted part of the program and performed two upgrades. During the upgrade process, Tesla performed a mirror copy, creating a fictitious battlefield using a fictitious IP.
Einstein looked at Tesla with some bewilderment.
She didn't understand why Tesla was so excited, as if he were piloting Titan Mech and fighting a giant gray Great Serpent, but in reality... Einstein saw Tesla typing on a virtual keyboard.
Is this a battle between hackers?
A completely bewildered Einstein looked at Welt.
"Einstein, what exactly happened?"
Seeing Freya leaving in such a hurry, Welt had no choice but to seek help from Einstein.
Einstein gave a brief explanation of their ordeal: the Second Generation Super Quantum Computer, on which they had placed high hopes, was attacked by a virus, and there were many reasons for this.
While Tesla was engaging in a virtual duel with his adversaries, Einstein had already figured out why super quantum computers were attacked by viruses.
After all, in order to speed up the work, Einstein utilized technology from Previous Era.
In other words, although this Second Generation Super Quantum Computer far Previous Era in performance, and its computing power far exceeds that of the artificial intelligence Ada, this super quantum computer was mostly manufactured using technology from the Previous Era.
"..."
Welt felt a headache coming on.
The development of the present civilization is inseparable from the technology of the Previous Era.
Products manufactured using technology from Previous Era are inevitably subject to the limitations imposed by that Previous Era.
In particular, the World Serpent Organization possesses a complete legacy of Previous Era technologies.
Einstein sighed.
"This time it's my fault, and I will rebuild a quantum computer."
Welt nodded and said, "I'll leave this to you and Tesla. I'll go meet up with Ryoma first. Since the other side launched a virus attack, then... the surveillance footage we got is fake. Gray Serpent and the others should have already set off."
Only then did he understand why Freya had been in such a hurry to run away.