CHAPTER 83: CHAPTER 82: KIDNAPPED A SMART BRAIN? (FIVE UPDATES, SUBSCRIBE AND VOTE FOR MONTHLY TICKETS!)

Lu Yan’s eyes flashed with a peculiar color. He could feel the personal terminal being locked, while the barely perceptible spiritual energy inside the terminal once again entered his body.

The first time he noticed this trace of spiritual energy was when Lu Yan initially bound his personal terminal, and this trace of spiritual energy conducted a comprehensive scan of Lu Yan’s body.

At that time, Lu Yan had been cautious, confining his Magical Power within his dantian, disguising himself as an ordinary person to deceive that trace of spiritual energy.

Later, through Quentin’s investigation, Lu Yan confirmed that no one had detected the special spiritual energy hidden within the personal terminal.

Now, being locked by the Intelligent Brain and activated again, Lu Yan confirmed that this was a fallback measure left by the Universal Giant Corporation within the personal terminal.

"Under the governance of the Universal Giant Corporation, a personal terminal is almost equivalent to everyone’s identity proof, combining multiple functions such as communication, wallet, and personal computer, making it nearly impossible to move without it.

And above the personal terminal is the Intelligent Brain, possessing computational efficiency far beyond personal terminals, comparable to human intelligence.

More importantly, the authority of the Intelligent Brain far exceeds that of personal terminals.

As long as the controller of the Intelligent Brain wishes, they can lock all personal terminals within a certain range, filter identity information, and quickly target a subject.

Once locked, even destroying the personal terminal cannot escape the tracking of the Intelligent Brain."

Quentin spoke with a grim expression.

Shaq glanced at Quentin with some confusion, as this was common knowledge, and he didn’t understand why Quentin made the effort to explain it.

However, the current situation made Shaq lose his previous composure:

"This time, I miscalculated. I didn’t expect that Enforcement Officer Scott would actually have a personal Intelligent Brain, indicating that his identity must be extraordinary.

Considering that the Upper City District is about to make a significant move on the Lower City District, he might be related to this matter."

With his expression constantly changing, Shaq gritted his teeth as he thrust a password box into Quentin’s hand and said:

"The target is the Gladiatorial Arena, and as the owner of the arena, I’m his primary target. Once they successfully capture me, the Intelligent Brain lock will be lifted.

Instead, you two have never been part of the Gladiatorial Arena. Once you’ve entered the underground passage, you can quickly escape the Thirty-Third Cave."

"After I’m captured, they will inevitably transport me to the Heaven Computation Center.

I will do my utmost to leverage my connections to extricate myself, and when that time comes, I’ll trade with you again."

Though Shaq spoke with confidence, he knew full well that once sent to the Heaven Computation Center, even major figures from the Upper City District couldn’t escape the fate of having their soul computation power exploited.

As a mere small merchant in the Lower City District, it would be impossible to get out once inside. The only chance would be to settle the spiritual energy tax before being sent to the Heaven Computation Center.

As Shaq’s thoughts wavered, Lu Yan spoke:

"Are you sure you can resolve the spiritual energy tax issue?"

Shaq was initially stunned, then realized the implication of Lu Yan’s question, and his face lit up with joy:

"Rest assured, as long as I can evade the Law Enforcement Officer’s pursuit, resolving the spiritual energy tax is absolutely not a problem!"

The major incident targeting the Lower City District mentioned by Shaq made Lu Yan uneasy, prompting an urgent need to quickly gather the information he needed.

Shaq’s connections and abilities still held significant value; keeping him around wasn’t an issue.

"I hope you can prove your worth, or you’ll regret not willingly going to the Heaven Computation Center."

As Lu Yan casually spoke, a cold Ghost Qi began to spread in all directions, causing Shaq and Quentin to instinctively shiver, feeling as if the chill could freeze their souls.

With their ordinary souls, they couldn’t see the silent rush of fierce ghosts heading toward the chaotic Gladiatorial Arena.

Meanwhile, Scott, wearing a Law Enforcement Officer’s uniform, had already reached outside the box. The Intelligent Brain on his wrist had long locked all individuals within the Gladiatorial Arena, clearly marking Shaq’s location for him.

"If I hadn’t used the Intelligent Brain lock, it almost let him get away.

But there are actually two other people with him. Has he already traded the USB drive?"

Scott’s face turned grim as he was about to dash toward Shaq’s location.

Just then, a sense of danger from instinct sent Scott’s hair standing on end, as if targeted by a High-Energy Sniper Rifle.

The combat instincts implanted in his soul and the spiritual ability code engraved on his body exploded at this moment, causing him to roll tens of meters away to evade danger, shattering a large section of the floor beneath his feet.

Looking back at the original spot, Scott found no trace of any attack other than the shattered floor,

"Could it be an illusion?"

Just as this thought arose, Scott felt a bone-chilling coldness once again. Acting on instinct, he sprinted tens of meters away, looking back to find no sign of an attack again.

Even if Scott were slow to realize, he would understand that danger lurked unseen around him.

He began to concentrate and observe his surroundings to counter any threats that might arise.

In the next moment, a chill penetrated his body from his feet, and that dread-inducing danger struck again.

"Below!"

Scott’s psychic energy erupted from within him without reservation, his right foot gathering spiritual energy to confront the threat that made his heart pound.

"Boom!"

The powerful psychic energy directly shattered the floor, yet the sense of crisis did not dissipate; instead, it continuously attacked from all directions.

The sky, the ground, the walls seemed to be filled with that indescribable terrifying malice.

"Die for me!"

Fear and anger intertwined, the blood within his body mixed with psychic energy roared, and vast amounts of psychic energy scattered like a solar explosion spreading in all directions.

In the instant of the psychic energy burst, under the omnipresent psychic reflection, Scott finally saw the source of his fear.

There were ten strange entities floating in mid-air, radiating an aura of ferocity that chilled the heart, their sharp claws seemingly born to reap lives.

They just quietly stood there, their peculiar energy field could even counter the psychic energy, and the psychic explosion couldn’t harm them at all.

"What are these?

Weapons from the latest research by the Department of Warfare? Or special life forms born naturally in some psychic environment?"

The thoughts intertwined, Scott said in a deep voice, "Personal Intelligent Brain, analyze these entities!"

A special psychic wave spread, and within half a second, the Personal Intelligent Brain popped up with information.

[Upon detection, 1% chance of being optical illusion projection, 4% of life gathered by special magnetic field, 95% chance of being spirits!]

Scott widened his eyes instantly: "How is it possible! How can there be such strong spirits?"

But just as the words of doubt were spoken, ten fierce ghosts rushed towards Scott, their sharp claws like the Soul-Grabbing Scythe of mythical Death God, the irresistible sense of crisis struck again.

And at this moment, the aftermath of the psychic burst dissipated, without the cover of psychic energy, Scott could no longer discern the positions of these strange entities.

He could only rely on instinct to evade, but the next moment the violent pain instantly spread through Scott’s body, even though there were no wounds on his body, his soul seemed to be torn by an invisible blade.

With pain and fear intertwined, Scott could no longer maintain his composure.

His proud powerful psychic energy, and even his flesh capable of clashing against main battle tanks, had no resistance against the strange spirits.

Those eerie spirits seemed like hunters hidden in the shadows, as soon as he showed the slightest sign of fatigue, their soul-tearing claws would bury him.

Dodging the invisible ghost claws again, Scott finally made his final decision.

"Activate the Vanguard-level Spiritual Energy Cannon, fire coverage!"

As the command was given, outside the chaotic gladiatorial arena, several huge metal boxes instantly unfolded, revealing the Vanguard-level Spiritual Energy Cannons inside.

Guided by the Personal Intelligent Brain’s program, spiritual energy accumulated in the wide-caliber barrels, several high-energy beams pierced through the gladiatorial arena walls, all pouring onto the area where Scott stood.

The intense sound of explosions spread throughout the entire Thirty-Third Cave, the great gladiatorial arena collapsed at this moment, the rampant psychic energy destroyed every building.

The precisely calculated fire coverage perfectly avoided Scott’s position, and the aftermath of the psychic explosion was also devoured by the silver psychic ability code emerging on Scott’s skin.

Ten minutes later, the Vanguard-level Spiritual Energy Cannon finally ceased fire coverage, and the place where Scott stood had already turned into ruins.

Within a hundred meters, there was no intact building, the high temperature melted steel and stones into a magma pool.

"Personal Intelligent Brain, search for the traces of those spirit monsters."

Scott gave the command, but this time, the familiar voice did not sound.

Scott instinctively looked at the Personal Intelligent Brain on his wrist, only to find that this highest crystallization product of spiritual power technology had somehow stopped operating.

And in the underground passage away from the gladiatorial arena, Lu Yan’s footsteps paused slightly, the ten fierce ghosts sent out had already returned.

Under the extensive fire coverage, even the fierce ghosts had suffered damage, their soul bodies were mostly destroyed and needed at least half a year of nurturing in the Soul Banner.

"Is this the firepower of a primary city defense system? In terms of sheer power, it almost approaches a tier-two spell, but its strength is too scattered, if there is prior preparation it can be dealt with."

This is only primary, and constrained by the cave being hundreds of meters underground, truly large-scale weapons cannot be used.

Once a direct confrontation with the Universal Giant Corporation erupts, an individual strength that hasn’t reached extremity is ultimately far inferior to a complete civilizational system."

Lu Yan mused inwardly, increasingly feeling that outside the cave was too dangerous, once exposed to wide-range fire coverage, there was absolutely no possibility of survival.

Unnoticeably storing the fierce ghosts back into the Soul Banner, but at this moment Lu Yan surprisingly discovered that within the Soul Banner, there was a fragile spirit body shimmering with soft white light.

It seemed to be a product formed by the combination of soul and psychic ability code, the spirit body was fragile yet exhibited extraordinary spirituality.

"Where did this spirit body come from?"

Lu Yan looked at the spirit body within the Soul Banner and began to search the memories of the fierce ghosts.

After a moment, Lu Yan finally understood the origin of the spirit body.

"I sent you to block the enemy, and you brought back a Personal Intelligent Brain?"