Chapter 199: Purpose (Bonus Chapter for Ally Xianyu Xianzhe) (Fourth Update)

Starlight City, inside the Summit of Stars Arena.

The audience on site debated endlessly.

“What in the world is going on? Why isn’t it fixed yet?”

“Don’t you feel like something’s wrong?”

“Yeah, the Royal Court Order soldiers are reacting a bit abnormally!”

Just as everyone was discussing, teams of doctors and researchers suddenly rushed over, heading straight for the neural pods.

“What’s happening? Even the doctors are here.”

“Right, what happened?”

Instantly, the entire audience became even more agitated.

It was a pity that Major Andak, who was in charge of the scene, showed no intention of explaining, quietly watching the doctors and scientific researchers approach to inspect the neural pods.

After they had almost finished their inspection, Andak walked up to a middle-aged female doctor and a white-haired researcher, who were at the front, and asked,

“Doctor Zhou Yuan, Dr. Wu Qun, how are things?”

“Their vital signs are still stable for now; there’s no immediate danger to their lives.”

Doctor Zhou Yuan said with a solemn expression.

“Can we get them out then?”

Major Andak asked in a deep voice.

“No, the system has been invaded. We can’t force them out; it will cause problems.”

Dr. Wu Qun said with a splitting headache.

“Then what do we do?”

“Don’t worry, the higher-ups have already sent people to find the source of the invasion. I believe a solution will be found very soon.”

“Alright!”

Major Andak could only calm himself down.

At this moment, on the Royal Court Academy viewing platform in the Summit of Stars Arena.

Mia immediately became alert, seeing so many doctors and researchers arriving.

If the previous interruption of the live broadcast seemed like an inside job, then now it was very likely that there was a real problem.

Moreover, starting five minutes ago, not a single student had left the competition or woken up from their neural pod.

This was extremely abnormal. The competition had clearly entered its final stage, and battles should be growing fiercer. Normally, people should be eliminated every single minute and second, but suddenly no students were waking up. It would be strange if there wasn’t something fishy going on.

So Mia turned to look at Vice Principal Fuleike, only to find him already in a corner, constantly on the phone, his expression extremely angry, arguing with someone unknown.

Seeing this scene, Mia’s heart sank to the bottom. She didn’t even need to ask; she could basically confirm it.

However, Mia did not lose her composure. Instead, she quietly looked at the remaining neural pods.

Federal Government Secret Laboratory, Light of Hope.

Lord Gakels stormed towards the central area, and along the way, the research doctors all lowered their heads.

Even they, as foolish as they might be, could tell that something had happened. Lord Gakels hadn’t visited here in hundreds of years, let alone with such anger on his face.

Soon, Gakels arrived at the center of the research lab and went straight to Blacks.

At this moment, Blacks and Borden stood in front of the central control console. The holographic display screens on the entire console were flickering with red code.

One by one, research doctors were sweating profusely as they input various commands.

“Dr. Blacks.”

Lord Gakels called out, suppressing the anger in his heart.

Blacks didn’t even turn his head, merely speaking with an expressionless face.

“Lord Gakels, what is it?”

“What is it? You don’t know what it is? You told me that the Artificial Intelligence optical computer was foolproof, and now everyone in the competition has problems!”

Gakels’ face was so gloomy it could drip water.

“What’s the rush? They’re not going to die!”

Blacks replied indifferently.

“Not going to die? Are you sure?”

When Gakels heard Blacks say they wouldn’t die, his expression immediately eased quite a bit, but he still asked with some unease,

“Of course they won’t die. I specifically set up a protection mechanism. However, if the invasion isn’t cleared within an hour and they can’t be released, they will suffer brain death and become vegetative.”

Blacks replied calmly.

“How is that any different from dying?”

Gakels’ face instantly darkened.

At this moment, Borden, extremely nervous, said to Blacks and Gakels,

“No, sirs, the invasion code generated by the opponent is too fast; it’s simply beyond human capability to resist. It can’t be completely cleared. Fortunately, other network nodes have been disconnected, so for now, only we here are under attack.”

“It’s normal for human power to be unmatched; the opponent is the Mechanical Clan.”

Blacks said very calmly.

“And the opponent’s objective is also very strange.”

Borden stammered.

“How strange?”

Gakels asked nervously.

“The opponent’s objective doesn’t seem to be targeting the league students. As for the specific objective, I’m not quite sure either.”

Borden also didn’t know how to reply.

Gakels almost laughed in anger when he heard Borden’s words. He replied gloomily,

“Nonsense, the Mechanical Clan isn’t stupid. Why would it expend so much effort targeting those students? What exactly is its objective?”

“What else could it be? The opponent is merely taking advantage of this competition to find the laboratory’s network lines, invade, and try to investigate the situation of that adult.”

Blacks replied very calmly.

When Gakels heard Blacks’ words, his expression was so gloomy it could drip water. He hadn’t expected the situation to be even worse than imagined; the Mechanical Clan actually wanted to investigate whether the Council Speaker was still alive.

However, Gakels quickly calmed down and said to Blacks in a deep voice,

“Blacks, I don’t care what method you use, you must resolve the invading Mechanical Clan and ensure the safety of all students. You must keep them alive; not a single person is allowed to have an accident!”

“Currently, there are only two ways to deal with the Mechanical Clan: one is to find the invasion source, which I have already sent people to do. The other is to rely on Artificial Intelligence – Ceres to clear the opponent.”

Blacks replied indifferently.

“Then send more people! Find it! Hurry and find it!”

Gakels was also going crazy, shouting furiously.

“Yes!”

Dr. Borden, standing nearby, responded in fear.

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Inside the Terra Royal Base.

Su Ming, Timmy, Irelia, and the others all turned to look at Lu Xi, whom An Ruoxue was holding.

An Ruoxue was also very surprised as she looked at Lu Xi in her arms. Although Lu Xi was still as cute as ever, her eyes no longer held the fear and helplessness from before. She said to An Ruoxue,

“Please, put me down.”

An Ruoxue then put Lu Xi down.

Lu Xi bowed slightly to everyone present and said,

“Hello everyone, my name is Lu Xi, and I am the former princess of the Tyboken Kingdom. And I have another name given to me by the Federation: Artificial Intelligence – Ceres!”

Su Ming and the others said in shock,

“Ceres!”