Chapter 114: Departure, Data Ocean [VIP]
The player stood on the bridge of the Silver Barracuda, his fingers sliding across the brand new control panel, his blue eyes flashing with the light of "clearing the level is imminent".
Data Ocean, Cheat Code Zero, here I come!
"Lin Chen," Dazai Osamu leaned over, his iris-colored eyes filled with fake worry. "I think the system of this 'Punk Lord Spirit' isn't very stable. What if you beat it and the system crashes, leaving us here alone?"
His tone was pitiful, like an abandoned animal. "Take us with you. There's strength in numbers. You can help us if we run into trouble."
Although he said it nicely, this guy actually just thought it was super fun to follow the players on their adventure into the depths of the data ocean!
The player didn't even turn around, busy setting the course: "Oh. All right."
It doesn’t matter. There are plenty of empty seats on the boat. A few more or fewer NPCs will not affect her sailing.
Rather, in such an amazing scene where the player is about to obtain a legendary item, there should be some NPCs applauding and praising him, right?
Jingzi saw the message in the group and immediately replied: "Wait for me, I'll be there soon!"
She didn't want to miss this ultimate adventure.
Also, although Dazai Osamu usually behaved inappropriately, what he said was not wrong. She was also worried that a system error in "Punk Lord Spirit" would leave her here.
As for those hackers who were captured to repair the ship?
The player waved his hand and said, "It's fixed. You guys can go for free."
When the tools are used up, they will be released naturally.
Shuangyi, Yingsuo, Ronglu, Feiying and the others looked at each other, but instead of leaving, they came closer.
Shadowsock: "The Data Ocean is dangerous. I'm familiar with the environment and can serve as a guide."
Shuang Yi: "Exactly. Your ship has just been repaired, so someone needs to keep an eye on the system, right? Want some free labor?"
Furnace: "I want to see what the legendary Code Zero looks like!"
Feiying adjusted her skirt gracefully. "Protecting art... well, protecting the ship is our duty."
The player tilted his head nonchalantly: "Whatever."
Anyway, the boat is big enough.
So, the Silver Barracuda, carrying a full crew, with its engine humming softly, slowly sailed away from the metal ruins of Gear Alley and leaped towards the coordinate point of the ocean of data.
Arriving at the edge of the ocean of data, the sight before us is breathtaking.
Countless ships of various shapes float on the vast sea of data. They all use the "Big Editing" technology to wrap layers of flowing data bubbles to resist the erosion of the violent data flow on the surface.
The colorful data torrent surges like real waves, and from time to time strange data creatures pass by under the "sea surface".
"Here, emergency training." Shuang Yi pointed at the dangerous shadows outside. "See those things? Use this if you get close."
She quickly demonstrated how to use [Big Edit] to condense a specific data stream, "restore" the core code of the data creature, and dissipate it into harmless basic data.
The players had learned a little bit before, and now they can practice it in no time, while others were left looking confused.
Noise Monster was in high spirits, his blue eyes flashing with analysis as he tried to condense the data stream.
Once, twice... a faint but correctly structured light finally emerged from the fingertips.
"Oh? It seems... not difficult?" He raised his eyebrows with a bit of pride. "Hey, what, you haven't learned it yet? Jie, Nitro?"
Noise Monster approached the two with malicious intent, put his arm around their shoulders, and laughed loudly from the middle, "How about it? Do you want me to teach you? It's very simple."
He raised his hands and made a few quick movements, constantly dubbing to himself, "Just like that—whoosh, then—ding, and then comes the main event, watch carefully."
“——Puff!”
He proudly showed the two people the blue light spinning on his fingertips, "It's done."
"Tsk." Dead Fish Eyes grumbled in dissatisfaction, "I don't know why I feel so uncomfortable just seeing him."
"That's normal, Glass." Weird Liu Hai smiled slightly, "I've been annoyed with him for a long time."
Ignoring this little episode, most people are at a loss as to what to do about this.
Dead fish eyes frowned, as if analyzing the steps of surgery;
The strange fringe tried it, and the data stream was scattered into a ball;
Dazai Osamu smiled and gestured, his movements were standard but without any energy fluctuations;
The squinty-eyed cat tried it, but soon gave up wandering around and went to dig in the snack box;
Nakatane tried it, and it felt powerful but the direction was wrong;
Oda Sakunosuke looked very serious and performed the movements accurately, but he didn't think about it at all, so he naturally failed.
Jingzi immediately took out the chainsaw she carried with her, and the physicalist was eager to try it out.
"Tsk, what a hassle." The player looked at this group of passengers with varying talents and gave Shuangyi and the others a direct order: "Just keep an eye on them and don't let those things crawl up and bite anyone."
She doesn't have time to be a nanny.
After setting the course, the player turned it off? Skip it! You'll learn it naturally as you drive.) Manually take over the steering wheel.
Sailing? What a novelty! She stepped on the "accelerator" (the energy output push rod) to the bottom!
Buzz——!
[The silver shuttle, like an arrow shot from a bow, ignored the cautious speed and evasive maneuvers of other ships on the sea, violently tore through the surging data stream, and rushed forward!
The hull shook violently, data bubbles scraped against each other, and a sharp scream was emitted.
“Wow—!” Except for the players and a few top hackers who were accustomed to wind and waves, there was a sudden cry of surprise and the sound of staggering on the boat.
"Lin Chen! Slow down! I'm going to fall apart!"
"My puff tower!" Noise Monster Wu was busy protecting the dessert box he brought.
"Interesting! This is adventure!" Dazai Osamu laughed even more happily while shaking, and leaned on the guardrail to look down.
Oda Sakunosuke held Dazai Osamu to prevent him from falling.
"Don't get so close to the sea, idiot." Nakahara Chuuya dragged the two people back inside in a bad tone.
The squinty-eyed cat calmly held the lollipop in his mouth, fastened his seatbelt, and nestled into the chair.
"The wind is very cool~" Jingzi placed her palm on her forehead and looked into the distance.
"Really? So refreshing." Dead Fish Eyes said in a flat tone, enjoying the rare quiet (?) time with her.
The players turned a deaf ear to all of this, their eyes fixed on the dark side of data ahead that was becoming increasingly deeper and deeper, as if it could swallow up all light.
Cheat Code Zero! Right in the Deep End!
Suddenly, the ship's alarm sounded shrilly!
Several huge data sharks composed of countless broken codes and malicious programs broke through the sea surface, opened their huge mouths made of garbled codes, and bit hard at the data bubble of the Silver Barracuda!
"Here it comes!" Shuangyi shouted softly, and a stream of data shot out from her fingertips like lightning!
Shadow Shuttle's silhouette blurred instantly, blending into the data stream and striking precisely at the core of a shark.
Crucible clenched her hands, and a violent data cannon gathered in her palms.
Feiying elegantly weaves a gorgeous web of logical traps to trap the other one.
--boom!
The battle broke out instantly!
The light of data collided and annihilated violently above the dark ocean.
Shuangyi and the others are experienced and work in perfect harmony, "reducing" the attacking data sharks into harmless code fragments one by one.
A fish that escaped the net broke through the defense line, and its ferocious mouth almost bit the hull!
"Let me try!" Gojo Satoru's eyes lit up, and he imitated Shadow Shuttle's movements, condensing his not-so-skilled data stream and throwing it at the shark!
The light hit the shark, but failed to completely "restore" it. It only caused part of its body to disintegrate into garbled code, making it even more manic.
It swung its broken body and slammed hard into the data bubble, causing the ship to shake violently!
"Idiot! Focus on the core!" Weird Liu Hai couldn't help but shout.
"Stop making so much noise, Jay! I'm aiming!" Noise Monster Wu tried again in a panic.
Shuangyi and the others didn't even look at them, and quickly and tacitly cleared all obstacles in front of them.
The player still steered the ship steadily, ignoring the fierce battle outside the ship and the chaos inside.
After a while, several huge data whales, made up of wriggling garbled codes and abandoned protocols, slowly blocked the way ahead.
"Slow down! Take a detour!" Feiying reminded urgently.
The player turned a deaf ear and slammed the steering wheel!
The Silver Barracuda drifted at a near-perpendicular angle, defying physics, narrowly grazing the edge of a data whale. The vortex it created even caused the behemoth to stagger. The ship was instantly filled with sounds of staggering and gasps (and vomiting).
"Ahhh! It's going to hit! Will I die?" Dazai Osamu's eyes lit up and he shouted excitedly.
"Beautifully! Woohoo!" Noise Monster cheered loudly.
The players turned a deaf ear.
Her eyes were fixed on the depth gauge and navigation chart, with only one goal - the deepest point!
Those deep data clusters emitting alluring light and floating around the ocean like deep-sea treasures?
Just a roadblock.
Working on cheat codes is a waste of time!
Players pilot the Silver Barracuda, weaving, turning, and diving through a vast swarm of data ships and dangerous creatures at an almost insane speed. Every thrilling encounter draws exclamations (or cheers) from the passengers on board.
"Lin Chen, in front! That ball of light... the core code fluctuations are very strong, it might be rare data!" Shuang Yi shouted, pointing to a huge ball of data emitting a soft blue and white halo in front of her. Her experience told her that it was very valuable.
The player just took a glance and pushed the joystick without hesitation. The ship roared, drew a nearly right-angle trajectory, brushed the edge of the tempting data, and continued to dive down at the maximum speed.
"What a waste!" Feiying looked at the ball of blue and white light left behind with heartache.
"She only has the end in mind." Shadow Shuttle said calmly.
Just as the player pushed the engine power to the limit and the ship pierced into the deeper darkness like a blue stream of light, a huge, constantly twisting and changing vortex-shaped data group suddenly appeared without warning in the seemingly calm data flow layer in front.
It appeared so fast and so close that it completely blocked the Silver Barracuda's high-speed dive path!
The player's pupils shrank, and he yanked the rudder. The engine roared under the strain, but the speed was too great and the distance too short, leaving no way to avoid it.
"Can't turn in time--!" Shuangyi shouted.
"It's about to collide!" Dazai Osamu's voice was filled with unprecedented genuine excitement.
"Hold on tight--!" yelled Geto Suguru.
Boom!!!
With an indomitable momentum, the [Silver Barracuda] plunged headfirst into the huge, unknown, and ever-changing data vortex.
A violent shock swept through the entire ship.
My vision was completely overwhelmed by an incomprehensible, rapidly flowing, dazzling display of color. All sounds were distorted and stretched, as if I had fallen into a kaleidoscopic abyss.
The player's last perception was the frantically flashing red warning on the system panel:
【Warning! You have entered into unknown deep data! 】
【Warning! Random character generation in progress!】
[Warning! Please remember your species! Looking for the core code!]
Then, the consciousness was like being thrown into a washing machine, the world spun around, and I fell into a chaotic darkness.
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