CHAPTER 98: CHAPTER 97: THIRTY YEARS? THREE HUNDRED YEARS!

After killing Scott, Lu Yan left the Thirty-Third Cave.

After obtaining the Heavenly Dao Code from He Dongsheng, Lu Yan actually wanted to ask He Dongsheng about the details of Zhao Huowang, and whether he remembered information about the Cyan Simurgh Sect or the like.

Unfortunately, at that time, Lu Yan didn’t have time to ask due to the urgency, and later He Dongsheng had to escape early because Scott’s father ambushed them halfway.

Now that the trouble has been resolved, Lu Yan is intent on finding He Dongsheng.

But the Lower City District has hundreds of caves, with millions of people living in this sunless underground, and Lu Yan has no idea which cave He Dongsheng is currently in.

Moreover, since He Dongsheng is a fugitive who escaped via the Heaven Transport Vehicle, he will surely lay low for a while after entering the Lower City District; even though Shaq is now a major figure there, it is difficult to find any trace of He Dongsheng.

Lu Yan could only ask Shaq to keep an eye out for information related to He Dongsheng or the fake Antique Chip, and then he returned to the underground pharmaceutical factory.

...

In the cultivation room of the underground pharmaceutical factory, Lu Yan took out the chip obtained from He Dongsheng.

Inserting the chip into his personal terminal to open the files, Lu Yan saw the contents inside.

The so-called Heavenly Dao Code was just a segment of seemingly ordinary code, unremarkable amidst some books and volumes of Spiritual Ability Code.

Upon seeing the Heavenly Dao Code, even Lu Yan could hardly believe that such a small segment of Spiritual Ability Code could deceive the Intelligent Brain and even involve the underlying logic of the Extraordinary System.

For this, Lu Yan began to study it.

Lu Yan first took out the Intelligent Brain Terminal obtained from Scott’s father’s corpse.

If the Intelligent Brain Spirit Body is the core CPU of a computer, then the Intelligent Brain Terminal is the motherboard host, needing to work together for use.

Previously, although Lu Yan had already refined most of the Intelligent Brain Spirit Body, he could not truly use the Intelligent Brain due to the lack of the Intelligent Brain Terminal’s assistance, only able to emulate and study the Spiritual Ability Code on the Intelligent Brain Spirit Body.

Now that he obtained the Intelligent Brain Terminal, he finally could try to truly use the Personal Intelligent Brain.

To be safe, Lu Yan did not choose the newly obtained Intelligent Brain Spirit Body.

As a major figure in the Upper City District, Scott’s father’s Personal Intelligent Brain most likely left some unknown backdoors; an uncontrolled Intelligent Brain Spirit Body entering might trigger these backdoors, exposing Lu Yan’s whereabouts.

In contrast, the partially refined Scott Intelligent Brain Spirit Body had no hidden dangers, allowing Lu Yan to use it with confidence.

The Personal Intelligent Brain quickly initiated, and under Lu Yan’s active operation, he deleted the machine’s internal positioning and online systems to ensure no problems would arise temporarily.

However, Lu Yan still realized that using someone’s else Intelligent Brain is ultimately unsafe; obtaining Soul Transformation Technology to transform himself is the best choice.

Lu Yan first, imitating He Dongsheng, randomly wrote a fake Compiler Advanced Knowledge, inserting the inconspicuous Heavenly Dao Code amidst some seemingly plausible text.

Then, through the Intelligent Brain Terminal, assessed this piece of fake Compiler Advanced Knowledge.

The results were as expected; the fake knowledge, with the Heavenly Dao Code, successfully deceived the Intelligent Brain.

The second time, Lu Yan simply chose some news brief completely unrelated to the Compiler and inserted the Heavenly Dao Code.

The computational results still passed the assessment, confirming the truth in what He Dongsheng said.

After this, Lu Yan completely let himself go, starting to attempt to fabricate fake identities using the Heavenly Dao Code.

Identity certifications for both the Central City District and the Upper City District could easily pass the Intelligent Brain’s assessment.

This means that if Lu Yan wanted, he could completely use fake identities to go to the Central City District or even the Upper City District, and then purchase a Compiler Advanced Knowledge with forged qualifications.

In a society where information is paramount, the effect of the Heavenly Dao Code that directly fabricates false information disregarding any conditions could be called a bug.

For this, Lu Yan thought of Scott’s father’s last words before dying, that Soul Transformation Technology is only available at the Heaven Computation Center.

"If I use the Heavenly Dao Code to create a fake identity, could I sneak into the Heaven Computation Center to plot for the Soul Transformation Technology?"

Evidently, this idea is extremely dangerous, as the Heaven Computation Center provides Soul Computation Power for the Intelligent God.

Once inside, it means picking wool right under the Intelligent God’s watchful eye.

Lu Yan is not sure whether the Heavenly Dao Code could deceive the Intelligent God, given that its existence nearly transcends biological realms.

"Perhaps I don’t need to go personally but could covertly infiltrate using something else?"

Thinking of this, Lu Yan instinctively focused on the ghost, pondering whether the Heavenly Dao Code could be etched onto it.

Just as Lu Yan painstakingly delved into the Heavenly Dao Code, a storm had broken out outside.

The Heaven Transport Vehicle was hijacked, the Thirty-Third Cave erupted into chaos, and a regional manager of the Universal Giant Corporation suddenly disappeared...

Over the course of just one day, several major incidents erupted consecutively, finally inciting the wrath of the Upper City District.

If the hijacking of the Heaven Transport Vehicle could be considered a mere accident, the Thirty-Third Cave riots and the disappearance of a Universal Giant Corporation regional manager were resounding slaps to the faces of the bigwigs in the Upper City District.

Particularly the regional manager of the Universal Giant Corporation, who held high status and power even in City 14.

However, based on the last positioning records, such a prominent figure bizarrely disappeared at the entrance of the cave.

This inevitably led the bigwigs in the Upper City District to suspect that a dethroned figure had intervened in the cave, trying to stir up a storm in this manner.

The riots of the ruffians in the Lower City District were still within the acceptance range of the bigwigs in the Upper City District, but if a dethroned figure was involved, that was something the bigwigs absolutely could not tolerate.

For no matter how the ruffians in the Lower City District rioted, it was confined to the Lower City District, but a dethroned figure could truly threaten them.

Thus, within just one day, all law enforcement teams, patrol teams, and police stations in the Central and Upper City Districts were mobilized.

Large numbers of troops poured into the Lower City District, starting their advance toward beneath the cave.

...

"The Great Clean-up has finally arrived!"

Quentin rushed excitedly into the underground pharmaceutical factory, holding a directive to hand to Lu Yan, who had just finished his research.

Lu Yan reached out to take the directive, seeing only a brief piece of information on it.

[Universal Giant Corporation issues the following directive: Effective immediately, Universal Giant Corporation will advance the collection of Spiritual Energy Tax by thirty years from all residents!]

Quentin explained, "This thirty-year advance Spiritual Energy Tax is calculated based on the average tax paid over the recent months.

The economic ability of the Lower City District’s populace is absolutely unable to afford thirty years of Spiritual Energy Tax, and even many families in the Central City District would find it hard to bear.

The Universal Giant Corporation is too ruthless; this Great Clean-up is not just targeting the Lower City District, it even affects the Central City District, they are dead set on sending millions into the Heaven Computation Center!"

However, upon seeing this directive, Lu Yan fell into silence.

Lu Yan had already seen the information about the advance collection of Spiritual Energy Tax on the version selection interface before entering the Cyber version.

At that time, Lu Yan couldn’t understand the meaning of the Spiritual Energy Tax, so he could just laugh it off.

But after staying in the Cyber version for three months, he realized the horror it truly represented.

And even more importantly, the advance collection of Spiritual Energy Tax displayed on the version update selection interface wasn’t thirty years, but three hundred years!