677: Chapter 321: Chaotic Pine Eagle City 677: Chapter 321: Chaotic Pine Eagle City Yuki was draped in a black hooded cloak, making his way through the streets.
The cloak’s nature was akin to a dust cover used for equipnt.
The greening in the northern part of the New Continent had never been effective.
After enduring the catastrophes of the Heroic War and the Sublimation War, it had only worsened.
For the last couple of hundred years, sand and dust issues had continuously plagued the residents.
High-end prosthetic bodies could often integrate dust-proof structures into their cooling systems, and could even defend against tal aerosols, which are artificial dust designed to kill electronic machinery.
However, many people’s prosthetic bodies could not reach this degree, and so martial artists who cherished their prosthetic bodies used dust covers to wrap their entire bodies.
At this ti, such attire beca even more inconspicuous.
After receiving a ssage, Yuki turned a corner and arrived at the street corner.
Soone was already waiting there.
The resident was clearly a civilian, with a lower rate of prosthetic modification than Yuki.
Seeing Yuki, half of his biological face showed a hopeful expression, “You are the Hero…
the one who posted online.
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is that right?”
Yuki said, “5c92873444e77329802c976d613e7c43.”
Seeing that the code matched, the man showed a delighted expression, “It’s really true…
to ask for help on that forum, and actually have a chance…
that’s great!”
Yuki flipped his hand and took out an antique and profound-looking small electronic storage device, “You have this type of standard interface, right?”
The man nodded, “Yes…
I have this.”
This was the most common type of data interface on civilian prosthetic bodies.
“After you use it, just stuff it to anyone on the street or throw it in a street corner,” Yuki said.
“Don’t possess this thing for long, it could lead to death.
Although the lords might not necessarily kill you because of this, it’s better not to be overoptimistic.
Also, take this…”
Yuki then handed the man a can-like object, “Inside are hundreds of tal foil dragonflies.
When activated, the compressed air will send these tal foil dragonflies out, allowing them to stay in the air for a long ti.
If you encounter a small missile, throwing this might save your life.
It can also weakly interfere with communications.
Take it, it might be useful.”
This object was a lesser version of Iron Dust, essentially interference foil twisted into special shapes.
It could interfere with radar and had so capacity to counter tracking missiles and AI-controlled weapons, but it had no ability to scatter lasers and almost no defense against EMP.
But Yuki and his colleagues couldn’t give Iron Dust to civilians.
Although Iron Dust was more versatile and powerful, the sealing of civilian prosthetic bodies was definitely not as good as that of governnt soldiers.
Giving those weapons to them, one could not know whom they would end up helping.
The man looked at Yuki, “Great Hero…”
“First, install this temporary firewall,” Yuki said.
“That way, at least you won’t be spied on.”
The governnt didn’t have the manpower or resources to constantly monitor every corner of the internet, but they were always randomly sampling.
The installation package Yuki provided included a firewall, several patch packages, and a few plugins.
The firewall was actually a public version that was released before the uprising of the Seventh Martial God.
It had been declared compromised by the governnt many years ago, and the ban wasn’t very strict.
Since it had been part of a movent that swept the Solar System, it had been downloaded very frequently, and there were still many available resources — only that people younger than a hundred years had gradually forgotten how to obtain it.
The patch packages were developed by Redstone Gate and Chaotic Blade Sect.
Redstone Gate even took out versions that were previously only for internal Sect use and learning, as Deborah Zhao’s undercover work had exposed too much.
These things weren’t important now, and who knew when the governnt would develop counterasures.
Better to contribute them here.
The remaining plugins were also free resources released by famous practitioners of the internal arts within Jianghu.
Considering that resources for the firewall from the era of the Seventh Martial God were easy to find, many Jianghu Sects and practitioners of inner strength had researched and upgraded it.
On one hand, this made it convenient for new heroes entering Jianghu without access to advanced resources.
On the other hand, the initial version of the firewall was indeed a classic in terms of “design philosophy.”
What Yuki had brought was nothing too complex, just basic defense for civilians, and occasionally sending so false intelligence to the governnt’s surveillance systems.
He had explained all this beforehand.
At such a frantic point in ti for the governnt, this might help civilians to survive.
After confirming that the man had installed the firewall, Yuki turned to leave.
But the man quickly blocked Yuki’s path and said, “Great Hero, there’s more… Great Hero.”
“I cannot give you weapons…”
“But I’m useful, Great Hero!” the man really beca anxious, “If I could kill one or two soldiers, that would help you, right?
Killing one would still be a gain…
You surely have weapons yourself!
Great Hero!”
“Giving you weapons would only harm you,” Yuki said.
“If you attack a soldier, you’ll be executed on the spot.
At this ti, if they see you hiding weapons, they will interrogate you.
I don’t need to tell you what thods they might use, do I?
You’ve seen enough rumors online.
Rember, I’m just doing my best to help you survive.”
“But…” the man burst into tears, “my daughter and I need to leave the city…”
“I advise you best not to take the risk; you will die,” Yuki said.
The man sat down on the ground and cried bitterly, “You’re not helping us, what are we to do!”
Yuki sighed, about to say sothing.
But then, an ultra-small drone slipped past before his eyes.
These small civilian devices had beco very common lately.
Many people accustod to using these devices to be on the lookout around them.
But Yuki recognized that this one belonged to Liu Ri.
The drone’s flight path was a warning.
“Mobile Cavalry is coming.
If you don’t want to die, leave this place,” Yuki said, then started running.
After turning two corners, he slowed down his pace.
Another figure wearing a Martial Arts School dust cover approached from behind.
The forr Dojo Master of Iron Block Style Dojo, Lei Daye, quietly said, “Managed to escape safely.”
Yuki nodded, “Indeed…” He smiled at the Dojo Master and said, “Dojo Master, you truly have a knack for being a hero.
You’ve learned counter-surveillance so quickly.”
Lei Daye responded gloomily, “Don’t call Dojo Master anymore.
The Iron Block Style dojo is gone…
no, almost all the martial arts schools are gone — and before, I really didn’t see that you were like this.”
Yuki asked, “Did you find more help this ti?”
Lei Daye shook his head.
“Then…
what about the information from Mr.
Matsushima?”
Lei Daye shook his head again.
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