Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 638 - 169: The Ward?

Inpatient Department, Nameless Building

The inpatient department consists of five buildings. With Gao Gong’s perception, he could hear the patients’ voices in every building except this one, which was completely silent.

This is highly suspicious!

According to Gao Gong’s previous life’s experience, the manifestations of ’Advanced Information’ in the physical world are not entirely uniform. It could be a person, an anti-physical phenomenon, a religious symbol, or even an unremarkable object.

The difficulty in acquiring it also varies. Sometimes it’s as easy as picking up money from the ground, while other times it’s harder than killing a big boss.

And most importantly, he could sense that a ’Biological Organism’ was sending out anxious signals, as if it were melting at any moment, a melting that could even be irreversible.

This made him somewhat anxious too.

Advanced biological organisms are very hard to kill because even if a single cell remains, it has a chance to revive.

But biological computers are an exception; they are one of the few known as a nemesis to carbon-based species.

The 6.0 version of the biological computer system can completely digest Gao Gong’s 2.0 version body.

Unlike a mechanical body, which can be destroyed and rebuilt.

Once a biological organism is destroyed, it’s very difficult to find a replacement in a short time.

hour, no, now it’s only 35 minutes.

In fact, if there wasn’t a certain probability of obtaining ’Advanced Information’ in Undead City, he wouldn’t resort to such means.

To deal with such a virus attack, wouldn’t a nuclear bomb be more enticing?

Or, directly summon the Hacker Corps and hack all the biological computers.

He could even request a ’Brain-in-a-Vat’ to unleash a continent-level beast tide and swallow all the ’Brain-Machine Modifiers.’

But these methods can only defeat the ’Vinos Life Safety Group,’ and cannot completely curb the ’Brain-Machine Virus.’

And if the ’Brain-Machine Virus’ cannot be controlled, total victory cannot be discussed.

This doesn’t matter to ’Ms. Ye,’ after all, she’s the Version’s Son; the stronger the ’Brain-Machine Virus,’ the stronger her superpowers, but for him, it’s a different story.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through Gao Gong’s mind.

’Can I use the power of the fusion route to forcibly shut down the ’Biochemical Brain Machine’?’

All along, Gao Gong rarely had the opportunity to develop the ’Fusion Route.’ After all, against ordinary enemies, Gao Gong didn’t need to go all out, and against exceedingly powerful enemies, a veteran such as Gao Gong wouldn’t provoke them.

Except for that one time with Bionic A, although Gao Gong had many great battles, each seeming perilous, in reality, he was as steady as a veteran dog every time.

’According to the Blade Queen’s close remarks, the fusion route needs to continuously challenge itself between life and death to merge deeper, this Insect Race Queen has faced countless dangerous challenges, being hunted by advanced civilizations more than once or twice, yet every time she turns danger into safety. Should I learn from this violent woman’s methods?’

As Gao Gong pondered, he wandered around this deserted building, its corridors empty, the lights wouldn’t turn on, and a more intense formalin smell lingered.

"Boss, these medical rooms are all empty."

"Mm."

Gao Gong quickly toured a few wards, finding them indeed empty.

Gao Gong thought for a moment and spoke up:

"Sometimes, what you see with the naked eye may not be true. Reality and virtuality are not the same."

Gao Gong snapped his fingers, and in an instant, four blurry shadows appeared, phasing through walls and floors, swiftly sweeping through the entire building.

Virtual Life Cloning Ceremony (Tier 2 - Mastery): Through the copy + paste of the source code, 100% restores a data life form, duration: 6 hours, limit: 4.

And through the eyes of the data life, the ’scene’ looked completely different.

In the entire building, each floor, each ward was filled with patients.

In the corridors, white coats came and went, calls for ’surgery arrangements,’ ’emergencies,’ ’drug treatments’ echoed continuously.

’So, they’re willing to come back because someone is ’treating’ them?’

Gao Gong tapped his fingers, a contemplative look flickering in his hollow sockets.

’So, this ’reality information’ is the night shift ward?’

Creating a massive illusion to devour terminally ill patients, thereby strengthening itself, no wonder Gao Gong never saw a living person in any of the Pale Forest’s strongholds.

Who wouldn’t hold onto a glimmer of hope to survive rather than wait with closed eyes for death?

And Gao Gong was sure, such ’illusions’ were playing out in all hospital inpatient departments.

’Phenomenon-type ’reality information’ is the most troublesome, but also the most powerful kind. Well, it’s time to call the little sister to solve the problem.’

Just as he thought this, Gao Gong suddenly heard footsteps, and then the vision of a ’Data Life’ abruptly flipped 180 degrees. By the time it reacted, it was already tied to the operating table. A group of psychotic doctors looked at him with smiling faces, while a plain-faced female nurse coldly administered an injection to him.

Then, ’Gao Gong’ felt completely weak, his consciousness blurred, and his patient gown was pulled open.

’Damn, this ’phenomenon’ even has a death judgment mechanism, exquisite!’

[Your perception exceeds ’200’ points, effectively exempting you from this ’consciousness attack’]

Gao Gong shivered violently, waking up, and the summoned ’Data Lives’, there were only three left.

The ancient information of phenomenon type is also graded, those with judgment mechanisms are definitely stronger than those without, and fatality judgment mechanisms are definitely more powerful than non-fatality judgment mechanisms.

"The judgment mechanism on the operating table is of the death type, so are there any other judgments?"

Just as he was thinking this, footsteps sounded once again.

Soon, another ’Data Life’ was sent onto the operating table.

This time, ’he’ did not die, the surgery was successfully completed, and Gao Gong’s arm fell with a ’clang’, losing perception.

"Non-fatal judgment, ’limb removal’."

However, this time, Gao Gong clearly felt that although his right hand had lost most of its sensation, it was different from the previous ’death judgment’, his hand still had feeling.

With a thought, the golden arm instantly sprayed a mass of single molecule lines, densely puncturing the ground, full of holes.

Then, with another thought, the single molecule lines twisted back into a golden arm.

The lost sensation was partially restored.

After doing this three or four times, most of the perception finally returned.

"Got it!"

Now, Gao Gong finally understood why the residents of Undead City had no ’biomechanical brain’ at the back of their heads.

The reason is simple, when the brain-machine virus invaded and spread, it was judged by the ’Night Shift Ward’ and the brain-machine removal surgery was automatically performed.

With the brain-machine gone, the virus also disappeared.

Fatal judgments kill people.

Non-fatal judgments perform partial removal.

But what are the standards for this judgment?

Gao Gong was both killed by surgery and had his arm cut off.

During this time, he did not make any movements.

While contemplating this, footsteps sounded a third time, but this time it was at his own position.

A group of doctors and nurses came rushing from the corner, the hospital bed rattling incessantly.

"Here we go again!"

Gao Gong cursed under his breath, flicked his hands, and two ’Desert Eagles’ poured out source code bullets without restraint, leaving doctors, nurses, and even hospital security lying all over the place.

’Advanced information’ is invincible, at least among the primitive civilizations, there are almost no means of restraint, but this does not mean the summoned ’Information Demon’ cannot be killed.

After all, although the opponent has the ’instant death judgment’, it’s not a ’meeting kill’.

After a horde of people had died, the footsteps rang again.

And the footsteps this time were divided into two waves, then Gao Gong’s right thigh suddenly struck with pain, losing sensation entirely.

Another data life was operated on.

The ’non-fatal judgment’ removed his right leg.

"This thing is disgusting."

Gao Gong quickly retrieved the last ’Data Life’, then hurled the host brain downstairs, closed his eyes, and the next moment, his entire metal body decomposed, transforming into a dense golden mist, quickly passing through each floor.

And just before the host brain hit the ground, the mist also reached the ground, once again condensing, forming into Gao Gong, grabbing the host brain.

"Boss, are you trying to scare me to death!!"

Gao Gong ignored the other party, flicked his right leg, and sure enough, the lost perception was once again mostly restored.

The previously implanted ’memory metal’ allowed Gao Gong’s mechanical body to switch between solid and liquid states, which greatly reduced his physical damage, the 500% damage recovery came from this.

And after implanting the ’Metal Heart’, Gao Gong had further evolved from a liquid metal robot to a mist form version.

This not only grants 100% immunity to physical damage, but even some ordinary level energy attacks can be exempted.

Thus, Gao Gong’s leg once again recovered.

Yet Gao Gong’s descent from the sky did not cause fear in anyone.

Undoubtedly, he had already been drawn into this ’phenomenon space’, either glitch his way out, or wait for death.

As for the glitch, Gao Gong had some guesses, since it was a doctor-patient relationship, as long as he ’died’ in this space before the ’fatal surgery’, there was a certain probability to leave here.

The reason is simple, for a fatal surgery, if there is no life, there’s no need for surgery.

However, he had a simpler method.

"World’s Most Adorable and Beautiful Sister, help!!!"