Legend of the Cyber Heroes-Chapter 39 - Rankings Jianghu Rules and Mad Hunting Dog

39: Chapter 39: Rankings, Jianghu Rules, and Mad Hunting Dog

39 -39: Rankings, Jianghu Rules, and Mad Hunting Dog

“Nameless warrior from Recycling Station Town, Shan.” The Secretary Officer slightly bowed, “He is still alive.

On the day the Welfare Officer left, he had a conflict with two thugs and successfully killed them.”

Appennine waited for a while and then, startled, said, “Is that all?” freёwebnoѵel.com

“Yes.” The Secretary Officer nodded.

Appennine gestured with his hands, “I specifically threw Will’s prosthetic body there to attract more thugs to give Shan a bit of training.

Just one skirmish?

Are our prosthetic bodies not attractive anymore?”

“That’s not the case,” the Secretary Officer shook his head, “The two thugs who attacked on the first day were both quite infamous.

One of them was called Lev Scheer, known as ‘Silver Transmission Shaft’ in Green Forest.

The other, an Internal Strength Master called Vigorous Kui, although not well-known, often partnered with Lev and used Internal Strength Witnessing for surprise attacks.

Both were annihilated by Shan in one fell swoop, making the weaker thugs afraid to approach.”

“Hmm?

‘Silver Transmission Shaft’?” Appennine closed his eyes, “I don’t recall this name on the Green Forest Tiger List’s Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends top one hundred and eight.

Not in Green Forest Tiger List…”

The Secretary Officer shook his head, “The Green Forest Tiger List also has unrecorded names.

Lev Scheer is the stormtrooper captain of Organization Z, a confidant of the Organization Z leader ‘Chain Missile’ Gleayard, who ranks 98th as Fiend Earth Star on the Tiger List.

Gleayard hasn’t been active in recent years, but intelligence suggests he is researching unmanned drone formation strategies.

If the intelligence is accurate, his ranking might move up a few places.

As his confidant, Lev Scheer likely has the strength to enter the Green Forest Tiger List.

The Green Forest Tiger List, along with the Green Forest Black List, the Martial World Dragon-Phoenix List, and the Martial World Ladder List, are all creations of the Civilization Protectors.

Of these, the Green Forest Tiger List and the Martial World Dragon-Phoenix List are regional records, documenting notable martial artists under eighty from the region.

Their goal is to incite those martial artists not under their control to fight amongst themselves, causing the entire martial world to enter into an inward spiral, focusing martial artists on one-on-one combat rather than investigating the Martial Arts envisaged by the Progenitor of Martial Arts, which targeted autocracy and systems.

To make these fights even more fierce, they would release all the intelligence they had gathered.

It serves as one of the few free sources of intelligence of this era.

These lists include each member’s Cultivation Techniques, battle records, and special moves.

This is to allow the enemies of those listed to better plan their strategies against them.

But even knowing this, those martial artists still vie for places on the list.

Some internal affairs of the martial world are even decided based on these lists.

At this point, even those wary of the list are compelled to get involved.

Honestly, Appennine understood this feeling all too well.

He also used some old era games to hone his martial spirit.

And these rankings were shared across the entire Solar System.

Every time he saw his rank, he felt a sense of “discontent.”

“Heart of Discontent” is indeed a manifestation of human frailty, one of the curses that the biological brain brings to humanity.

Countless upheavals have arisen from it.

In the orthodox martial training of the Civilization Protectors, “extinguishing the Heart of Discontent” is a crucial aspect.

Perhaps it was because he could not extinguish this “desire to compete” that his father disapproved of him—Appennine sometimes thought this way.

Surprised by the outcome, Appennine said, “A Green Forest thug likely to make it into the Tiger List, and an internal strength master?”

“Yes, in the Linguistic Realm, among those Green Forest men, he is considered a master,” the Secretary Officer nodded, “Both men were killed by Shan together.”

Appennine raised his palm, “Hold on…

wait a minute.

Let me guess, Shan used the Bionic Fist Technique?”

“Standard Bionic Fist·Imitation Beast Path,” the Secretary Officer respectfully said.

“Haha…

hahaha!

Very good!” Appennine became excited, “This means, Shan’s martial talent is indeed strong!

Such a talent deserves honor!

Secretary Officer, there are still twelve hours, that place will be re-included in my father’s protection list, right?

Then we can go…”

“But, Young Master Appennine, there is a serious problem here,” the Secretary Officer shook his head, “This ‘Shan’ might be a master of the Jianghu Path.”

“Jianghu Path?” Appennine’s expression became stiff.

“The Jianghu Path?

Those madmen?”

The Secretary Officer nodded, “In his confrontation with Vigorous Kui, he demonstrated a high level of Internal Strength Cultivation.

In this respect, he far surpassed Vigorous Kui.

Judging by the performance expected in the Linguistic Realm, he could already be a master of the Compilation Realm or the Assembly Realm.”

“How could that be?” Appennine was scared, “This guy…

Compilation Realm or Assembly Realm?

That’s not just ‘a master in Jianghu’, that’s a master.

Such an internal strength master, could he have fallen so low as to lose everything?”

“Maybe it’s a kind of execution among the Jianghu people?

If those Jianghu members can’t accept becoming like this, then their enemies would be even more eager to make them this way,” the Secretary Officer speculated, “I have indeed heard that some organizations in Jianghu execute undisciplined disciples by ‘abolishing their martial arts.'”

The self-inflicted penalties like ‘Three Cuts, Six Holes’ hold no deterrence for Cybermen.

It’s just a matter of changing the prosthetic body—unless the blade strikes the biological brain.

But if the blade strikes the biological brain, that means death.

Thus, the Jianghu has its own penalties.

“To nullify martial arts” is quite a serious matter.

And the nullification of martial arts has its own nuances.

In some cases, if a sect organization deemed someone’s conduct improper, they would simply retract their internal martial arts by extracting the chip and software.

In such cases, the expelled disciple still had the opportunity to search the web for open-source cultivation techniques and once again become a part of Jianghu.

In another scenario, they would obliterate memories and fundamentals through brain surgery.

“So… the stinky rules of Jianghu…” Ya Pingning hesitated for a moment, “Isn’t this a bit too convoluted?”

“I don’t know, those of Jianghu have their own logic in action,” the Secretary Officer said.

“Moreover, what’s even more baffling is that Xiang Shan seems to have not forgotten his inner strength.

Over these days, he even restored it.

A hero with inner strength cannot be tamed.”

Ya Pingning nodded.

The thugs of Green Forest could use a crazy collective memory to brainwash a hero into a thug.

But the protectors of civilization couldn’t use this tactic.

They lacked this ‘collective memory’ and did not promote any ‘singular stream of emotion.’ Besides, the brainwashing of Green Forest could only integrate someone into Green Forest, but not make them fight for a specific cause.

After being implanted with the memories of Green Forest, some didn’t settle in the indoctrinated place but instead wiped out everyone in that stronghold and then went elsewhere to commit more crimes.

Such records existed too.

Green Forest was still part of the martial world after all, and its philosophy didn’t greatly conflict with Jianghu’s notion of “that kind of freedom.”

But the stance of civilization protectors was entirely opposite that of the people in Jianghu, or even those in Green Forest.

Ya Pingning sighed, “It seems there will be no new subordinates then.

Fortunately, I can still harvest a set of quality brain lobes…”

At that moment, a voice suddenly emerged from a nearby loudspeaker.

“Then, young master, may I take that ‘Mountain’ for myself?”

Ya Pingning showed a hint of displeasure, “Uncle Ulster?”

The Secretary Officer’s face lacked the ability to express.

But he too showed displeasure.

The comer’s inner strength was slightly higher than his.

This blatant infringement was very rude.

If it were in Jianghu, those thugs would even kill over this.

The door silently opened.

A black hunting dog as tall as a man walked in.

Ulster Granddog, known as the “Mad Hunting Dog,” was a master of Bionic Fist Technique who practiced both internal and external skills.

Despite being just a dog, he was also one of the father of Ya Pingning’s most trusted subordinates.

He used a lightweight beast-type prosthesis, but the output of this prosthesis was no weaker than some heavy prostheses.

He was skilled in close combat and melee, unless at a distance and encountering a Martial Artist skilled with “Firearm Lock,” he could overcome those ranked lower in the Tiger List of Green Forest in one-on-one combat.

“Does Uncle Ulster wish to avenge Will?” Ya Pingning was somewhat puzzled.

Ulster was not exactly a doting father.

His Martial Artist Prosthesis absurdly retained natural reproductive organs, and he even underwent several anti-aging therapies to maintain the activity of the reproductive system.

That was his hobby.

Ulster Granddog had dozens of children, most of whom he disregarded.

Among those who showed potential in martial arts, he taught Bionic Fist and then swore them to the service of the lord.

And Will was one of the less favored.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have followed him, a less favored son of the lord.

To avenge a son or disciple?

That wasn’t something Ulster would do.

“No, of course not,” the black hunting dog’s mouth opened, like a mask, revealing the wrinkled face behind it.

“For martial artists, to kill or be killed is normal.

Will was inferior in skills, and it serves him right if he’s dead.”

“Then it is…”

“My Bionic Fist Technique, to think it was cracked by a hero who didn’t use algorithms.

I cannot accept that,” Ulster declared.

“I want to kill him, it’s as simple as that.”

Ya Pingning’s expression grew stern, “His brain lobes are already reserved by me…”

“I don’t want the brain lobes.

If you want them, young master, I will keep that in mind for you,” Ulster said.

“But I must kill him.”

Ya Pingning clenched his fists, then slowly released them.

“Very well, I can accept that.

Although he is the lord’s son, just as Ulster Granddog doesn’t care about Will, his father probably doesn’t care about him either.

— At least until I complete the ‘Thousand-Faced Hero’s Treasure Mirror’, I can’t afford to contradict…”

“Then, I will depart three hours after the Welfare Officer’s departure,” Ulster showed a grim smile.

After the dog left, Ya Pingning punched and shattered the sofa.