107: Chapter 108: A Battle Across the Internet? Ji Linglong Counterattacks with Sword Qi, Jiang Chen: My Phone's Going to Explode!

The men's restroom in the Jinghua City top-secret base, in the innermost stall.

This was the last refuge of all humanity, and also Jiang Chen's only lifeline at this moment.

Click.

Jiang Chen locked the door with trembling hands. Still feeling insecure, he braced the door with his foot. He leaned his back against the cold tiles, gasping for air, while the "original wife's dedicated phone" in his hand was as hot as a freshly baked sweet potato.

The vibration continued.

On the screen, that antique-style avatar pulsed more and more urgently, as if it were about to burst through the screen the next second.

Answer? Or not answer?

If he answered, and that "cyber wife" who was currently giving a lecture outside discovered it, it would be a collision of Mars and Earth.

If he didn't answer, knowing Ji Linglong's explosive temper, since she could forcibly connect using the haotian mirror, if no one responded, she would definitely dare to risk damaging her cultivation just to slash open this unrefined passage with a single sword strike!

By then, it wouldn't just be a scene of carnage, it would be the scene of Earth's destruction.

Screw it, death it is!

Jiang Chen gritted his teeth, steeled his heart, and with trembling fingers, swiped the answer button.

Hum—

The screen flickered violently, like an old television with a poor signal connection. Immediately after, a blinding golden light shot out from the earpiece, almost blinding Jiang Chen's titanium alloy dog eyes.

That was true "golden light," the power belonging to a top-tier magical treasure of the Taichu Realm—the haotian mirror.

As the light faded, a face that was stunning, domineering, yet unable to hide its anxiety, appeared on the small screen.

The background was the towering main hall of the Taichu Holy Land, but the hall seemed to be shaking violently at this moment; clearly, the price paid on that side to maintain this call was not small.

Husband! Are you still alive?!

Ji Linglong's first sentence almost sent Jiang Chen to his grave.

She stared fixedly at the screen, her phoenix eyes bloodshot; she clearly hadn't closed them for several days.

You scared me to death! Just now, I sensed that the "Laws of Heaven" over on Blue Star had been tampered with by someone! The gravity parameters and electromagnetic constants were jumping around! Did that group of tin mosquitoes use some kind of weapon of mass destruction on you?

I was just about to unleash the "Taichu Immortal-Slaying Array," even if it meant shattering the barrier between the two worlds, I would have come over to save you!

Hearing these love words that were full of bloodlust yet deeply moving, Jiang Chen's heart warmed, and his eyes almost turned red.

This is the true main wife!

No matter how fierce she usually is, at critical moments, she really dares to risk her life for you!

I'm fine! Linglong, I'm fine!

Jiang Chen hurriedly brought his face close to the camera, trying hard to squeeze out a brilliant smile.

Don't be impulsive! Absolutely don't be impulsive! That's not a weapon, that's... that's a technological breakthrough on our side! Yes, a technological breakthrough! You can understand it as... I'm doing some renovations for Earth!

Renovations?

Ji Linglong paused, eyeing Jiang Chen suspiciously.

Renovations can change the Laws of Heaven? Husband, do you take me for a three-year-old child? That level of law fluctuation can only be achieved by an expert at the Tribulation Transcendence stage! Your world doesn't even have spiritual energy, so where would such an expert come from?

This...

Jiang Chen broke out in a cold sweat, his brain working at full speed.

Actually, it's... a "spirit of a magical artifact" I recently acquired. Yes! That's it, an artifact spirit! She is quite powerful and is currently helping me guard my cultivation!

Just as Jiang Chen was trying to use the concept of an "artifact spirit" to explain Ling's existence.

Suddenly.

Bzzt—

The phone in Jiang Chen's hand, which was this "original wife's dedicated phone" used specifically to contact the Taichu Realm, suddenly emitted a strange buzzing sound.

Immediately after, a red warning pop-up window covered Ji Linglong's face (the video feed) without any warning.

Warning! Detected unknown high-energy signal intrusion!

Signal source characteristics: Non-binary code, similar to high-dimensional mental waves.

Verdict: Advanced virus/Trojan horse program.

Launching scan and removal program...

Jiang Chen's scalp tingled instantly.

It's Ling!

Although she was outside teaching scientists, she had taken over all the network signals in this area! Although Ji Linglong's video call used the metaphysical channel of the haotian mirror, it was ultimately converted into a mobile phone signal and was captured by Ling's firewall!

Wait! Don't kill it!

Jiang Chen was so scared he almost threw the phone into the toilet. He screamed frantically in his mind, trying to explain to Ling through that "quantum love connection."

But Ling was clearly a woman of action.

Zap!

A visible blue electric current snaked its way into the phone's charging port.

On the other side of the screen.

Ji Linglong was speaking when she suddenly felt an extremely cold and eerie power backlashing through the connection of the haotian mirror. It was not spiritual power, nor was it demonic energy, but a kind of "Law power" she had never seen before that seemed capable of decomposing everything.

What is this?!

Ji Linglong's expression changed drastically, and her Void Refinement stage cultivation erupted instantly.

Audacious fiend! How dare you ambush me?!

Break!

With a delicate shout, across billions of light-years, she pointed a finger at the haotian mirror.

A golden sword qi surged back along the signal line.

In the men's restroom.

The phone in Jiang Chen's hand instantly turned into a scorching hot iron; red and blue lights collided crazily on the screen, just like two fighting roosters.

Alert! Virus counterattack is intense! The opponent possesses reverse tracking capabilities!

Interesting.

Ling's voice (resounding directly in Jiang Chen's mind) suddenly became cold and excited.

The code structure of this virus is very ancient, like a product of the previous epoch, but it actually managed to withstand my first purge?

Husband, why do you keep such a fierce electronic pet in your phone?

For the sake of your information security, I suggest an immediate format.

No!!!

Jiang Chen let out a miserable shriek; if it were formatted, his connection to the Taichu Realm would be completely severed! That was his way home!

At this critical moment, Jiang Chen unleashed his potential as a "top-tier time management master."

His left hand pressed hard on the phone's power button (attempting a physical disconnection), his right hand slammed hard against his own thigh (attempting to use pain to stay awake), and then he shouted at the air:

Wife! Ling! Stop! That's an ally! That's one of our own!

Ally?

Ling's attack paused slightly, but she remained full of caution.

Explain. Why is this ally's data packet full of hostility towards me? And her modeling (referring to Ji Linglong's appearance)... although it doesn't conform to geometric aesthetics, the data density is ridiculously high.

That's... that's...

Jiang Chen's brain spun fast, and he blurted out:

That's a... holographic cultivation game I'm playing! Yes! A game!

This NPC is called "Empress," and her personality is set to be irritable, protective, and extremely xenophobic! Just now, it might have been because you took over the network, causing the game server to fluctuate, which triggered her defense mechanism!

Game NPC?

Ling seemed to be analyzing the plausibility of this excuse.

Such a realistic NPC? Even the emotion algorithms are so advanced? When did Earth's entertainment industry become so developed?

Beta test! This is a top-secret beta version!

Jiang Chen wiped his sweat.

Wife, you're so powerful, why bother with game data? Quickly withdraw your supernatural powers, otherwise my phone is going to explode!

Hmph.

Ling snorted coldly, seemingly accepting this explanation, or perhaps feeling that fighting with virtual data was beneath her.

Since it is Husband's electronic pet, I will let it go this time.

However, I really don't like this NPC's gaze. If she dares to glare at me again next time, I will turn her dress into a mosaic.

The blue current slowly receded.