Chapter 329: Chapter 328 Digital War

As the situation reached Zhang Yuan, he couldn’t help but feel a cold sweat in his heart.

“…The enemy troops have penetrated 3.5 kilometers into the spaceship.”

“How much longer can we delay?”

“I’m not sure, it’s hard to estimate. A main control room has been captured… However, under the influence of the digital virus, the system is damaged, which doesn’t significantly impact the operation of Kunlun Mountain… We have already cut off the power to that control room.”

“Understood, we will hurry.”

Upon hearing this news, Zhang Yuan steadied himself, swallowing as he observed various data on the screen.

He didn’t share the tense battle situation outside with the nearby scientists focused on their work.

No matter how anxious he was, he had to remain calm.

Creating a “collapsing virtual world” that meets the standards was not easy; the scientists usually built virtual worlds maintaining their stability. But now, they needed to keep it as chaotic as possible yet not collapse immediately; it had to collapse a few seconds later–such a divine requirement!

…

“Ah, the atmosphere contains some oxygen, some nitrogen, inhabited by aerobic organisms… Bipedal walking types of organisms?”

“Such fragile beings… Haven’t they surrendered yet?”

Prince Bart sat in the fleet’s command center, watching the battle images on the screen surrounded by core members of his fleet. As the robot army progressed layer by layer, their morale was increasingly buoyed.

He couldn’t help but start fantasizing about the surprised expressions of the other crown princes when he returned.

Sometimes, turning the tides was just a matter of one opportunity…

He heard a few of his strategists discussing: “Your Highness, the opponent’s spaceship is too large. Even with more robots, we can’t cover the entire spaceship… The enemy is engaging us in evasion tactics. All kinds of smoke bombs are really troublesome.”

“Don’t rush for a victory at this moment.”

Bart elegantly instructed his subordinates, “What difference does it make to capture it a day earlier or a day later? If we capture it a day earlier but have to destroy more areas, causing us to spend a year repairing, do you think that makes sense?”

“Your Highness, you are absolutely right!”

Prince Bart continued, “Of course, we need to find the Captain’s Room and military headquarters, gaining control over the core areas. This way, we can prevent them from using nuclear bombs in a desperate situation.”

“Right, there are indeed some civilizations that prefer death over surrender. We should prevent this scenario and quickly seize their Captain’s Room.”

“So, where the defenses are strongest, that’s where we attack!”

…

The warriors in the forefront were completely bloodshot. Just a few more security doors and they would reach the Central Command Center; strategic retreat was no longer possible.

Everyone knew the Central Command Center housed numerous scientists who were attempting to restart the central mainframe; it absolutely couldn’t fall into enemy hands, or else the entire control of the spaceship would be theirs!

Meanwhile, in the rear areas, Li Zhendong and others were rapidly restoring military robots and removing their communication devices. Although this action significantly reduced the robots’ performance, what did it matter? Even if only as cannon fodder, any delay was worthwhile!

At last, the core area was where Zhang Yuan and others waged their war, attempting to kill all digital life through the virtual world!

This was the most critical step.

“Captain, this is it! This is it!” suddenly, a young expert exclaimed ecstatically.

Zhang Yuan quickly leaned forward to look. Although primarily engaged in managerial work, he hadn’t slacked off in his studies over the years and could understand a significant portion.

He squinted his eyes–the chaotic piling of a myriad of rules made this virtual world fundamentally unable to sustain any digital life.

It was crucial that this thing could still run stably for a few seconds–how this team managed to do it was beyond him.

The expert quickly said, “After running this collapsing virtual world, it can run stably for about 6.2 seconds. Once the world collapses, this computer will automatically shut down, not affecting other worlds running in the Pangu Brain.”

“Let’s start with an experiment,” Zhang Yuan said calmly, cautiously despite the intense battle outside.

Staff detached six biological computers from Pangu Brain, linking them into a small local area network.

Then they connected this network to the external network, and in an instant, like stirring a hornet’s nest, the digital virus sensed this clean, uncontaminated soil and swarmed over!

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

A myriad of data surged on the screen.

But due to the chaos of virtual world rules, Zhang Yuan excitedly found that the reproduction activities of digital life seemed to stop.

That is to say, this virtual world indeed had a certain isolating effect!

This good news sent everyone’s adrenaline soaring.

After 6.2 seconds, the entire virtual world collapsed, and in an instant, all digital life inside died!

Simultaneously, this biological computer also automatically shut down, and the subsequent local area network remained pristine, uninfected by the digital virus.

“This plan is effective!”

Professor Yamamoto couldn’t help but tap the table, “Excellent, but the amount of digital life purged this time is not substantial… or rather, it has already reproduced again and hasn’t purified the entire interconnected network.”

“Don’t rush!” Zhang Yuan suppressed the joy in his heart and whispered, “The experiment only involved six biological computers, not enough computing power, not enough virus attracted…”

“Next, we will expose the entire Pangu Brain, along with the computing power of 600,000 biological computers, which is several orders of magnitude different, definitely attracting a massive amount of digital virus. Are you all ready? Especially the corresponding virtual worlds, do not get it wrong.”

“I’m all set here.”

“Ready!”

Several group leaders, Qi Sensen, responded in unison. Almost everyone was emotionally charged, some even with trembling voices, continuously reminding themselves to stay calm, even calmer, as no mistakes were allowed in this situation.

“Please be even more cautious! Check all settings one last time, and then… begin immediately!”

This battle of digital warfare had sparked its final battle–the success or failure rested in this move.

Including the fate of eight million people…

“Begin!”