Traveler of the River of Time and Space

Chapter 653 23: Dimensionality Reduction Strike 2

The changes in the Polaris military base area are not significant.

The ruins destroyed by the war against the super mutants have been rebuilt, and an area beside it has been designated for an administrative building, while the military zone is firmly controlled by Pasha. If not for holding the military in hand, with clandestine support from the Brotherhood, there might have been a rebellion when Pasha was infected by the mechanical worm virus and became incapacitated.

In fact, a rebellion did occur, but it was swiftly eradicated by the Brotherhood assassins.

In the Wasteland Plane, the Brotherhood is likely the only organization possessing deep knowledge about Su Ziyu, especially after Su Ziyu used thunderous means to clear out the Genetics Faction academy in the North American Region. They further raised any information related to Su Ziyu to top-secret status.

"System."

"Take over Polaris's internal network."

Upon approaching the Inner City District, Su Ziyu noticed some hidden surveillance cameras in his view. His gaze fell upon them, subsequently activating the infiltration ability of the Space-Time Monitor System.

This ability, acquired after merging with the super neural network in the Ancient Lost Empire Plane, made contemporary networks below the interstellar era defenseless against him. Initially, he couldn't fully master his Divine Power, and lacked the computational force to support such capabilities. But having completely mastered the Divine Power, this issue was resolved.

Divine Power serves as the foundation for connecting to the Faith Network, providing the system with formidable computational force.

His instant cast of Spiritual Abilities is reliant on the computational power of Divine Format, completing the model of Spiritual Ability within the Divine Format. Currently, his incarnation can instant cast all 1-9 circle spells.

Additionally.

Su Ziyu learned spell techniques such as 'Spell Sequence,' 'Spell Silent Casting,' and 'Spell Timing' from Lord Stephen.

A sequence of data flashed before his eyes, followed by the entire Polaris network system opening up to him. All information could be reviewed in his mind, with Divine Power providing intelligent search capabilities based on thoughts. Surely, this ability was more often used to locate specific followers.

Divine Spirits typically utilize this ability to pinpoint special followers, like the 'Divine Favored.'

The sealed underground gate opened.

Su Ziyu traversed a tunnel brimming with concealed sentries and automated machine guns, subsequently having the underground base section of Polaris enter his view.

Pasha expanded the underground structure of Polaris thrice, primarily to prevent 'nuclear bombing.' This served as sanctuaries for major forces post-catastrophe, with nearly all large organizations secretly constructing facilities against nuclear bombings.

"Who?"

Su Ziyu passed unhindered along the way but was soon discovered by an on-duty medical personnel.

Mainly because Su Ziyu did not intentionally conceal his presence. This medical personnel was a thirty-something female wearing special chip glasses. She visibly paused upon seeing Su Ziyu, and with heightened alertness, she swiftly placed her hand on her waist and drew her gun to aim at him.

"Brotherhood?" Su Ziyu cast his gaze upon her.

Bionic eye.

Bionic right arm.

Artificial heart.

Her body was laid bare in his eyes, clearly not an ordinary medical personnel. The assets of Polaris could not afford ordinary medical personnel to have so many sophisticated bionic components installed.

Bionic components for the torso were relatively cheap, but internal bionic organs were quite expensive.

Even an artificial heart is costly; besides enhancing athletic ability, it also increases longevity to a certain degree, as bionic hearts do not age easily and are free from common heart diseases.

Bionic organs operate at over one-hundred-twenty percent efficiency and can help extend human lifespan to around 120 years.

Beyond that is not feasible due to genetic limitations.

"You are..." This female medical personnel gazed at Su Ziyu with a hesitant expression, following which a battlefield photo flashed across the lens of her glasses. In the photo, Su Ziyu was standing beside a collapsed building. Her expression turned shocked, even carrying a hint of admiration, as she exclaimed: "Lord Zeus?"

"No..."

"Hanna Davis from the Brotherhood's field operations unit."

"It's a great honor to meet you."

"Lord Su."

Zeus was a title granted to Su Ziyu after he wiped out the Genetics Faction bases in North America, showcasing terrifying control over lightning that resembled the mythical Zeus, King of Gods.

The full-force of a Lightning Storm obliterated a base, its power comparable to a direct nuclear explosion.

Within the Brotherhood, Su Ziyu's rank was elevated several times by the leadership, granting him authority equivalent to Leon.

He is likely unaware that he has become one of the Brotherhood's top six leaders.

Over the years, the Brotherhood has grown considerably.

On one hand, the Brotherhood possesses considerable inherent strength, and on the other hand, Su Ziyu handed over all the documents from Southern Cross to the Brotherhood. Additionally, with some cooperation with the Academy's Bionics Faction, they already have a substantial grasp of bionic technology. However, the Brotherhood does not have as many researchers as the Academy.

They can utilize existing technology, but they lack the ability to innovate.

Most of the Brotherhood comprises combat personnel. They possess ancient and unique training techniques, and with the enhancement of bionic technology improving human capabilities, these elusive assassins became more formidable.

Of course, they are still far from the level of the Star Spirit Temple, but with the awakening of Spiritualists, indeed some Spiritual Assassins have appeared within the Brotherhood.

"Where is Pasha?"

"Take me there." Su Ziyu ignored the other person's actions of relaying his presence to others and instructed, "Prepare some advanced medical equipment for me."

"I need to use it."

This nurse named Hanna, in fact, secretly protected Pasha as an assassin. She stood up, somewhat excited, "Over here, please follow me."

Although the Brotherhood didn't grasp Su Ziyu's later movements, from taking over several bases abandoned by the Genetics Faction, they did acquire some secrets. Especially after the name 'Zeus' spread in the Wasteland's Underworld, some of the Brotherhood's assassins became Su Ziyu's admirers.

Eliminate all the enemies you see, that is the most perfect infiltration.

Among the high-tier assassins within the Brotherhood who underwent advanced bionic transformation and awakened Spiritual Energy, many copied Su Ziyu's combat style in their actions.

Compared to retro faction assassins, their actions are far wilder.

An assassin code-named 'Night Shadow' is the best imitator of Su Ziyu. He loves frontal infiltration, directly massacring through a Plunderer camp, then boldly beheading the Plunderer leader in front of everyone's eyes and leaving stylishly.

This person is one of the top masters who has recently caught up with veteran assassins like Leon, and the first Spiritual Ability he awakened was Flashing.

Very soon.

Hanna led Su Ziyu into a tightly sealed chamber, with an array of sophisticated diagnostic instruments on both sides. In the center was a hibernation pod from the pre-war era.

It's the kind used by the old popsicles in the shelter but slightly more advanced.

"Lord Pasha's condition is very unstable."

"The virus has infiltrated her nervous tissue." Hanna unhesitatingly opened the hibernation pod and said, "Doctors from the Brotherhood and Academy have been here, but none have found a solution to this new virus."

"It has completely invaded Pasha's body, even her brain tissue."

"We only know it's a synthetic virus."

——"Pasha (High Tier Bionic Human) [Infected with Mechanical Worm Virus]!"

As the hibernation pod was opened, Pasha's face immediately shifted from calm to pain. Her body trembled slightly, and her arm, controlled by artificial neurons, twitched involuntarily.

"Relax."

"I'm back." Su Ziyu lovingly reached out to gently stroke Pasha's cheek, his pupils gradually transforming into a golden glow, with faint arcs of electricity dancing. Pasha's painful expression quickly vanished. Her body couldn't move, but her consciousness was clear. She had already sensed Su Ziyu's arrival.

Su Ziyu's relationship with Pasha is not particularly complicated; maybe there's some love-hate entanglement with Qing Ji, but with Pasha, it's more of a close knit, having-each-other's-back kind of comradeship.

He retrieved advanced nanometer repair liquid from Other Dimensional Space and directly injected it into Pasha's brain, then turned to Hanna and said, "I need some assistants."

"Help me arrange it."

"I need to perform new bionic transformations for her."

This time, Su Ziyu returned to the Wasteland, bringing some ancient technology preserved by the Empire, essentially finished bionic products from the Ancient Lost Empire era. These bionic components cannot be replicated even if Empress Isabella marshals the nation's forces, mostly excavated from ancient ruins of the Ancient Lost Empire.

In addition to having more powerful efficiency than other bionic components, their most significant feature is self-repair, made of a special memory alloy that even Lord Stephen finds astonishing.

These ancient bionic parts are almost identical to human structures, except the material is metallic but lacks none of the flexibility of flesh bodies.

The most crucial aspect is that they don't even require energy charging.

Even if buried underground for hundreds or thousands of years, these ancient bionic components function perfectly, they're a perfect substitute for various human body parts while maintaining flesh body-level neural touch.

This level of bionic transformation was once solely used to arm Space Marines.

It doesn't impair Spiritual Energy at all, during the period when the Ancient Lost Empire conquered the Milky Way Galaxy, typically, in a remote planet's garrison, there would only be one Space Marine of this level. Generously, Lord Stephen even provided a modified miniaturized Secret Energy Core to outfit Pasha completely; this thing can be understood as a magical version of the Arc Reactor on Iron Man's chest, its energy supply sufficient to power an entire small floating island.

If combined with secret text engraved on the ancient bionic arms, it allows instant casting of prepared spell sequences, achieving a seamless blend of martial and magical prowess.

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