Chapter 52

Lu Xing realized belatedly that all the humans here, especially those on the first floor of the virtual district, were absolute masters of disguise and performance!

They were exceptionally skilled at impersonating androids while remaining highly vigilant against any androids infiltrating their ranks.

The series of performances put on by the white cat right after he entered the classroom might very well have been a test directed at him!

Unfortunately, Lu Xing did not have the luxury of wasting time with them; if he waited until Jiang Xuannü visited the White Cat Society again, there was no telling what kind of situation she might encounter.

"Shall we make a deal?"

Lu Xing asked with a smile.

This expression was a standardized android smile, mastered by everyone present.

"Do friends make deals with each other too?" Ren Qing asked.

"Of course, the exchange of interests is a crucial part of friendship!"

"Alright!"

Ren Qing asked with a vested interest, "What kind of deal do you have in mind?"

"It’s still about the Human Resistance. You can sell me any information you have regarding them. As for my compensation, I possess a certain level of network attack capabilities that can assist you. Additionally, if you are interested, I can provide some intelligence concerning ancient humans."

"Ancient humans refer to those from before the nuclear war!"

Lu Xing added.

"Where did you find information about humans?" Zhou Duohao glanced over, and the rest of the group seemed equally intrigued.

"Because I am an ancient human myself!"

Lu Xing chuckled. Seeing that they remained completely unfazed, he changed the subject and asked, "Aside from making friends, what else does the White Cat Society do? For instance, finding vulnerabilities in the school system, acquiring higher privileges, and things of that sort."

Enhancing his network attack and defense capabilities was one of his primary objectives in coming to the White Cat Society!

After all, this was a virtual world; network attacks and defenses were the equivalent of magic in a magical world, or cultivation in an immortal-hero world.

"My future dating prospect, you are quite violent, but I like it!"

Ren Qing said with a beaming smile, then pointed at Chu Caifeng. "According to him, your strength is formidable?"

"Average strength."

Lu Xing modestly understated his abilities.

Jiang Xuannü had been born a member of the Human Resistance, so her strength shouldn't be underestimated—she was even capable of casually crafting an intelligent hairpin.

"I want to test your strength." Ren Qing stared at him.

"How would you like to test it?"

"Simple, stop me!"

As her voice trailed off, the space within the classroom distorted. A vast torrent of disordered information, taking the form of mosaics and garbled code, surged around Ren Qing like a flowing river of stars. She raised a finger, and the information cascaded forward like a flood.

Indeed, quite simple.

Lu Xing stood motionless. He also wanted to test the defensive limits of the innate chip firewall residing within this body—that is, Jiang Xuannü's!

"Warning: Information torrent encountered. Defense mode activated."

A prompt flashed within his mind. Lu Xing stood unmoving, watching the overwhelming torrent of information roll in. As it drew close to Jiang Xuannü's petite figure, it shattered into tiny debris and gathered beneath her feet.

Across from him, Ren Qing's lips curled into a smile, and she uttered a single sentence.

Lu Xing saw her words transform into a beam of light that merged into the chaotic, mosaic-like torrent of information.

A moment later, Lu Xing received a message:

"Your data organization skills are decent; you didn't pass out from the impact of the chaotic information."

After a brief thought, he replied: "You didn't use any bots, and the data was only sent by a single person, so it was quite simple for me to handle."

His words turned into an arrow. The moment the sentence finished, the arrow shot forth, piercing through the turbulent stream of information and accurately striking right in front of Ren Qing, where she received it.

Ren Qing's expression shifted slightly, appearing somewhat irritated. The long silver hair behind her head fluttered upward, and her eyes grew hollow as she looked at Lu Xing, resembling a ruthless killing machine.

Accompanying this was an even more distorted, ferocious stream of information, with chaotic characters flashing past at high speed, manifesting inside the classroom like a colossal beast.

The members of the White Cat Society, who had retreated to the corner of the classroom, were forced to cluster together and erect a shield to block the president's information-stream attack!

The information beast filled the entire classroom, pressing down majestically toward Lu Xing.

The onlookers stared fixedly, but their fields of vision were consumed by the cluttered information, rendering them unable to see Lu Xing, who was engulfed within the "beast."

"DDOS attacks are useless against me. I suspect you haven't even figured out where the external port is."

Lu Xing's smiling voice rang out, shocking Chu Caifeng, Zhou Duohao, and the others.

The strength of this newcomer, who had disguised himself as an android for sixteen years, was unexpectedly formidable!

"What did you just say?"

Ren Qing's voice was cold. She raised her hand, and the information beast instantly returned to her grasp, transforming into a long sword.

"Then come and taste my sword!"

She lunged forward, her athletic figure as agile and swift as a leopard, slashing down mercilessly toward Lu Xing.

"Warning: Attack detected. Entering combat mode."

The chip prompted once more, and Lu Xing's hand involuntarily shot out. However, this time, he drew a small dagger from his pocket and threw it directly at Ren Qing.

"Clang."

The long sword in Ren Qing's hand was shattered, and her airborne body forced downward. The dagger then darted toward her calf, but just as it was about to pierce her, Ren Qing's figure vanished.

The dagger spun in a circle and returned to Lu Xing's pocket, and the chip deactivated combat mode.

When Lu Xing looked at the dagger again, its attributes had changed:

"Name: Jiang Xuannü's Legendary Dagger"
"Attribute: Automatically eliminates surrounding unsafe factors"
"Manufacturing Location: Enemy-occupied Principal's Office"
"Description: Humanity will prevail."

It had transformed from a custom weapon crafted by Lu Xing for his own use into... a weapon produced by a Human Resistance armory!

"Is this why you're looking for the Human Resistance?"

Ren Qing reappeared.

"President!"

The others walked over as well, looking at Lu Xing with complex expressions.

During his initiation test, the newcomer had defeated their president in one fell swoop, and he had done it with apparent ease, without even unleashing his true power.

"Why do you say that?"

Lu Xing asked her.

Ren Qing smiled, returning to sit on the podium with her long legs crossed on the desk. After a brief pause, she said, "Because I happen to know some information about the Resistance!"

Lu Xing wore a peculiar expression, glancing down at her glowing white legs. "And here I thought you were going to say you were a member of the Resistance yourself!"

You couldn't really blame him for looking; Ren Qing's legs were placed right in front of him.

Just as Ren Qing was about to say something, a janitor in his thirties walked into the classroom from outside.

Everyone's attention was drawn away. Before Lu Xing could ask who he was, he heard the janitor state expressionlessly, "I received a letter. It says that members of the Purity and Maintenance Department will arrive to conduct a search in three minutes."

What was the Purity and Maintenance Department? Where did the letter come from? Was this person also human?

While Lu Xing was still puzzled, the members of the White Cat Society turned pale upon hearing the news. Ren Qing instantly sprang to her feet. "Quick, let's head back to our classrooms! Lu Xing, remember not to expose yourself. Until we contact you, do not send any more private messages to anyone, and definitely don't come back to this classroom!"

With that, she had already dashed out of the door and vanished the next second.

The rest of the group quickly dispersed as well, without the slightest hesitation.

Only Zhou Duohao—the cold female classmate who shared a class with Lu Xing—turned back to toss out one last remark: "Let's go, stop daydreaming. That human habit of yours is terrible!"

"What about him?"

Lu Xing pointed at the janitor.

He believed that most humans from the 21st century would not react to such sudden emergencies with the speed shown by the White Cat Society; their information-processing capability was simply too fast.

"He's an android we've hacked and taken over."

Leaving behind only that single sentence, Zhou Duohao also vanished.

As Lu Xing walked out of the classroom, he spent three seconds in thought before quickly deciding not to return to his own classroom, choosing instead to head to the infirmary.

"Hairpin, tell me the address of the infirmary."

"Understood, please proceed to XJHKD23."

It was indeed quite intelligent, knowing precisely where Lu Xing intended to go.

He arrived at the infirmary and hurried inside, but just as the doctor was about to check his chip, Lu Xing claimed he felt better and immediately left, heading back to his classroom.

Almost the exact moment he took his seat, a piercing alarm shrieked throughout the school.

"The Purity and Maintenance Department will conduct a thorough search of the school. All students, assemble in the courtyard immediately!"

The broadcast blared across the campus.