Starting as a Mechanical Hunter-Chapter 395 - 152: Spider Holy Seal (2)

Old Pawa shrugged, "See, problem solved."

"What we truly need to confirm is who hired this suddenly appearing young girl, the special mercenary group intervening in the Sub-human Continent’s situation, and the meddling Lady Red Dream and veteran Bionic Man."

"The identity of the enemy has been confirmed."

With Old Pawa’s words, the voice of Artificial Intelligence rang out. Photos appeared, marked by various arrows pointing out their relationships, and at the center of these photos was a lazy young man yawning inside a dilapidated storefront.

"What what what—"

Counterfeit G’s pupils suddenly widened.

"That melancholic gaze, the scruffy stubble, the captivating aura, the strong figure at the center of attention despite his nonchalance—isn’t this me!?"

Many were shocked, looking at this new member of the Powerful Gang. Is this man the mastermind?

"Oh, didn’t I tell you," Old Pawa said calmly, "he’s your brother, your biological one. Later, he beat you into amnesia to take your inheritance, and I was the one who picked you up."

Counterfeit G’s expression changed, realizing, "I am actually a child of a wealthy family! No wonder I’ve always wondered where my aristocratic aura comes from! So that’s it!"

Among those present, some twitched at their mouth, others at their eyes. Don couldn’t help but criticize, but was stopped by Naga who pressed a finger to his face.

"An unexpected and yet reasonable adversary," Old Pawa coughed and said, "If I remember correctly, this person also has a Super Hacker friend, which explains the happenings in Cyber Space."

With the help of corporate giants, soon all information about Gao Gong was in the hands of everyone.

"How does a Prosthetic Doctor have so much power?" One of the executives flipped through the documents and frowned.

"Wait," another executive suddenly thought of something, flipped through confidential information, and displayed a photo.

The photo was stealthily taken by someone, depicting a scene in the Iron Sand Desert. It showed a man and a woman, the woman sat on the hovering platform of a spaceship, while the man stood behind her, smirking as he massaged her shoulders.

"It’s her!"

The face of Steel Claw III darkened.

There cannot be two corporate giants within Nightless City.

Likewise, a continental block cannot have two military groups.

Du Gao Technology, emerging rapidly from the Iron Sand Desert, was advancing at an unusual speed.

Collaborating with Mas Sharpness, making waves in bidding conferences, taking on military contracts everywhere, acquiring upstream and downstream industry chains, even launching small-scale wars to earn more orders.

Such ambitious stance, certainly not that of a newcomer.

The pressure felt, coexisting with such a competitor on the same continent is obvious.

And the head of this new military group is none other than this mysterious woman—Du Zhaodi.

"That’s the woman’s lover? So that’s it!"

Steel Claw III suddenly understood why this ordinary Prosthetic Doctor would have so many resources.

Old Pawa opened his mouth, feeling that the other party’s idea might differ somewhat from reality.

This man is the real terrifying mastermind, the one standing behind that woman.

To stand behind the woman as a man or lover seems to mean the same thing.

Does this need explanation?

Old Pawa revealed a rare conflicted expression.

The previously silent Deep Web Weaver suddenly spoke.

"What can be confirmed is that this man is still within Nightless City."

"Based on his recent transaction records, he’s acquired the bankrupt Life Industry. The likelihood of those severely injured hiding in these locations is highest."

The company’s Artificial Intelligence marked several places, one of which was the human experiment center where Gao Gong was.

"The death of the 9th Spider Woman is not an end, but a new beginning, the Deep Web Weaver will not forget everything!" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The representative of the Deep Web Weaver said this ominously, then disappeared into thin air.

After everyone else had left, Steel Claw III suddenly said, "I can sense this spider’s computational power has subtly increased."

Old Pawa rubbed his chin, "Moreover, her anger was beyond my expectations. Among the nine spiders of the Deep Web Weaver, six attained their positions by devouring their own kind. How can they be so angry about the death of one Spider Woman?"

"That’s not important," Steel Claw III took out a cigar, held it between his lips, and looked down from a skyscraper, "Shall we test them out?"

"Then let’s test them out," Old Pawa squinted and smiled, "Single combat between experts—this is not corporate warfare tactics."

...

Inside the Brain Disc

Aidolu and Ahong were squatting in a corner of this white space, sweating profusely, sweat continuously dripping down, turning into data streams.

At this moment, Ahong was fanning the girl with a fan.

"Hey, time’s up, it’s your turn to fan me!"

"Nonsense, there’s still ten minutes left."

"We agreed to swap every half an hour, yet you go back on your word!" Ahong was furious.

However, under the strong suppression of this former idol girl, Ahong eventually yielded, obediently fanning her while complaining.

"Hey, what did you make my Senior Sister do? How come she’s exposed her true form?"

In the center of the Brain Disc, a gigantic Flame Bird the size of a football field hovered in the air, seemingly in a semi-sleep state. Its massive wings occasionally fluttered, giving birth to terrifying flames of data.

"Sustained some significant injuries, now undergoing logical reformation," Gao Gong folded his arms and frowned, "Strange, could it be like the news said, the Deep Net did intervene, this coding style doesn’t look like it."

"Forget it, waking her up will answer that."

The Prosthetic Doctor’s two traits ’Genetic Editing’ and ’Energy Infusion’, along with the Cyber Renegade’s three traits, ’Top-level Programming’, ’Punk Spirit’, and ’Special Transformer’, all lit up.

With the blessings of these five traits, Gao Gong could wield code beyond his level.

The space began to distort, data furiously bred and regenerated, a meteor shower fell around the Flame Bird, each ’meteor’ being a segment of ’human code’.

Soon, the Flame Bird gradually disappeared, leaving only Paradise Bird’s body suspended in mid-air, various codes seeped from its skin to reform clothing.

"Hey, how do you know my Senior Sister’s precise human data! This isn’t like a simple measurement you can see at a glance."

Ahong couldn’t help but angrily retort.

"Too terrifying, this old pervert."

Aidolu’s face turned pale, she moved closer to Ahong, wondering if such a man could really exist?

Gao Gong gave a sidelong glance at the other party, "It’s not about how high the mountain or how deep the water, what do you know!"

Soon, the Flame Bird opened its eyes, its body formed from data unchanged, except for that signature bird-shaped scar, now adorned with a black spider insignia.

"Mother City’s intervention?"

Paradise Bird nodded, straightforwardly saying, "Deep Web Weaver attempts to revive an ancient evil god."

"Huh?"

...

Another encrypted network node

The previous emissary appeared once more, entering a grand Spider Temple.

Inside the temple were statues of Spider Goddess, connected by data lines between the statues, and in the center, the nine main statues were entirely woven with network cables, a vast surge of virtual data bubbling within.

Pintou Mr., Nightmare, and the upper members of the Deep Web Weaver from the Holy City Organization stood at the periphery of the statues.

Among the nine statues, eight had heads.

Only one lacked a head.

The emissary pulled back the hood, revealing a face that looked very familiar to Gao Gong, the old woman who once sold Memory Chips in Saint Domingo District.

And this old woman also had another identity, the former leader of the Deep Web Weaver, Old Spider.

Mr. Pintou’s body was full of cracks, looking quite in poor condition, yet he maintained his defiant tone.

"We agreed we would take action, yet you insisted on interfering. Interfere as you wish, but you sneak attacked too, now look, you tried to steal but ended up losing, the Spider Holy Seal was snatched away. How are you planning to revive the Spider Goddess?"

The old woman stared at the center of the nine statues, that faintly visible enormous black shadow, and emphasized:

"The Holy Seal must be retrieved—at any cost!"